Explore & fall in love with Modern Watercolor Painting!
Become a confident modern watercolor artist
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Awesome! I've designed this course for you!
but not had the confidence or know-how to start,
We often convince ourselves that art and painting were things we never thought were even possible for us. I bet you've told yourself one or more of these false statements!
I’ve always thought wow, I’d love to learn to do that! The truth is, not everyone who is painting and exploring watercolor has an art degree. Most of us start painting later on in life when time is more available and we can dedicate that extra time to exploring things we love. It’s never too late to try!
Looking at all the pretty pictures are inspiring. You gather the courage to try most often from others doing exactly what you aspire to do. Finding images of pieces you would like to paint or to use as color references are great ways to enjoy all the pretty pictures.
You don’t need a fancy watercolor kit to get started. Although you don’t need to have a professional watercolor kit to get started, knowing what brushes, paints and watercolor paper to start with can cut down lots of frustration, save time and even have better success with painting.
You don’t consider yourself to be artistic. The exciting thing about watercolor painting is you don’t need to know how to draw in order to paint. Forget about the need to be “artistic”, that’s a myth. Paint strokes are often just lines and shapes that we learned to do when we were kids.
but I've never done this before, where do I even start?!
Inside this fun and in-depth, online watercolor class, I’ll personally walk you through the entire course.
Watercolor Painting for Beginners
Welcome to Class
Supplies and tools Video Lesson
Watercolor Paints and how to work with them
New! Video for Mixing Watercolor for the Perfect Consistency
Brush strokes video lesson
Your Student Project!
Color Wheel
Painting Transparencies
Painting wet-on-wet & dry-on-dry
New! Painting Wet-on-Wet Tutorial
Painting Color Stories
You just finished the first section!
NEW! Color study and working with a dry palette
NEW! More color mixing and ways to explore your palette
NEW! Let's continue to blend colors
Your Student Project!
Let's practice painting abstract pieces!!
Abstract Practice Lesson Number 1
Abstract Practice Lesson Number 2
Abstract Painting Lesson Number 3
Abstract Painting Lesson Number 4
Zoom Live workshop - August 4th recording
LIVE Zoom painting session - abstracts
You've completed the Abstract Painting Section of the class!
Using your brushes to paint leaves, stems, and botanicals
Painting Single Stems & Adding Variety
Dry-on-Dry Painting on Leaves
Painting Stems and Adding Depth & Dimension
Painting a Stem Adding New Elements & Color
Paint a Full Page of Leaves
Variegated Leaf Part 1
Variegated Leaf Part 2
LIVE Zoom painting session - Leaves
Your Leaf inspired Student Project!
A Look at Floral Watercolor Examples
Painting an Open Flower & Bud
Painting a Second Style of Open Floral
New! Easy Watercolor Flower Tutorial
Painting a Grouping of Peonies
Three different ways to paint a peony
Use a Filbert to Paint Violet Shaped Florals
Adding Detail to a Flower using Dry-on-Dry
Painting Flowers Can be Challenging
Explore Lettering with Watercolor
Painting Block Lettering and Adding Details
Adding Serifs and Painting Happy Birthday (I misspelt birthday!!!)
Painting Be Kind & Using a Variety of Typography
Painting a Very Loose Wreath & Adding the Word Love
Show us your lettering
Some Final Tips to Try
How to transform a piece that you don't love
Adding some mixed media to existing pieces
A few more ideas for you.
Your Student Project
How to paint an Abstract Mixed Media piece
Thank you!!!
Introduction and what you can expect
FREE PREVIEWStudying Composition
Picking your color story
Mixing your colors that you chose
How to plan out composition using a Pencil Sketch
Sketching in watercolor
Painting the Bouquet
Watch as I paint the same bouquet in a different style
Final thoughts & Student Project
Here's what students are saying about the course
“OMG I highly recommend this course! I got it during the pre-release period and I'm so glad I did. I used to be so afraid to even pick up a paintbrush, and now I am so excited to paint when ever I have some free time. I love every single Module in NIcki's course, and highly recommend it. It's been an amazing outlet and break away from the kids”
“Nice, relaxed pace, encouragement offered regularly, a great beginning to watercolour!”
“Really enjoyed this class and learned so much!”
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Not sure if this course is right for you?! Send me a quick message nicki@lifeidesign.com and I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have about this modern watercolor class for beginners!
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