Painting With Watercolours: Beginner and Intermediate

Online Notes
 
Course Information

 
Recommended Resources

Art Stores

  • Curry's  Canadian store.  Excellent prices.  Free shipping for orders $75 or more.
  • Ken Bromley Art Supplies Located in Great Britan. Excellent prices, but you sometimes (not always) have to pay about 15% duty at the border.   Also, watch out for the British Pound to Canadian Dollar exchange rate.  I always check on Google before placing an order. Currently, it's cheaper than anywhere in the USA.  I use this store when I need something that's not available at Curry's.
  • Art Cansel  Located at 210 Kenmount Rd, St John's, NL A1B 3R2   709-738-3600 (Convenient, decent prices, good service.)

Information on the Internet

Not everything you read nor every video you watch on watercolour painting on the internet offers good advice. Please be careful. Some of the advice I've read and heard is actually bad advice.  Listed below are a few sites and YouTube videos I recommend.

  • HandPrint This is the best and most comprehensive resource for watercolor painters on the Internet. Created by watercolour artist Bruce MacEvoy
Class 1 (March 30, 2015)

Class Notes

Online Resources

 
Class 2 (April 6, 2015)

Class Notes

Online Resources

For more detailed information on the the material attributes of watercolour paint, see: [Here]

About Colour

Optional Homework:

Please complete the exercises demonstrated in the following video
(Note: This is Optional, . . .  but it's really good practice and you end up with some very useful colour charts).

 
Class 3 (April 13, 2015)

Class Notes

Reading Assignment (Important)

Please read Tips on Working with Watercolour Paint by Bruce MacEvoy (www.handprint.com)

More Great Tips on Watercolor Techniques for Beginners

My Studio Setup

 
Class 4 (April 20, 2015)

In Class Activities

  1. Practice the following watercolor techniques (6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.)

    Do as many as time permits.
  1. Work on your sunset scene (8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)

    Work collaboratively. Share lessons learned, ask each other questions, etc.

 
Class 5 (April 27, 2015)

Class Notes

Great Tips for Beginners

 
Class 6 (May 4, 2015)

Class Notes

Great Tips for Beginners

 
Class 7 (May 11, 2015)

 

Videos from Class


Other Great Tips on Painting Water

 

Some have been asking about how I approace painting. That is, do I complete a whole section before moving on to the next, or do I do lighter colours followed by darker colours over the whole painting, etc. This slideshow demonstrates how I typically approach doing a painting.
Class 8 (May 18, 2015)

More Great Tips

 
Class 9 (May 25, 2015)

More Great Tips

 
Class 10 (June 1, 2015)

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