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• Over 4 hours of Video Content

• Over 15 Student Activities plus Multiple Student Resources (Downloadable)

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Beginner/Intermediate Students: This class walks you through everything you should need to know to develop your own painting process.

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Experienced Students: This class breaks down the various approaches to creating a piece of art in watercolor and visits the idea of using black as well as opaque watercolor in the medium.

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The class is broken down into three sections:

1. Foundational Concepts

2. Preparing to Paint

3. The Five Painting Processes

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The first half of the course examines foundational topics that relate specifically to the watercolor painting process, to include a comparison of transparency and opacity and how that relates to layering the paint. Concepts are reinforced through hands-on activities.

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The second half begins with a walk through of the preparatory stages of a painting, such as the underdrawing and color planning. Students then choose a simple composition and paint the same piece using each of the five methods. In this way, students can see and experience how each version impacts the results.

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To close out the class, students are asked to create a formal painting using their preferred process method and a composition of their choice. The goal is for students to discover what they feel is a process that best meets their personality and painting style.

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Throughout the course, students are guided step-by-step through each stage and are given hands-on activities to reinforce the concepts. There are over four hours of course lecture, and over fifteen student activities and multiple helpful handouts.

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