Virtual Art Practice.
Series 1
How do you get better at anything?
You practice.
But knowing where to start, how to practice, or even what to practice is hard. I’ve made it easy. In this first session of virtual art classes, we discuss some basic skills of watercolor to get you on your feet and learn the ins and outs. Gradients, color mixing, textures, and many other skills to get you closer to taking the incredible vision in your head and getting it down on paper.
People always ask me how I developed my artistic skills and the truth is that it was just practice - I painted a lot and continue to paint a lot. The more time you spend with a brush, pencil or pen in your hand, the better you get. But it can be hard to know where to start, what to practice and how to practice. In each class, I will walk you through some skills and show you how they can be applied in your own art practice.
This class series is not about finishing paintings, but about developing skills, much like practicing scales on a piano, strumming on a guitar, or even yoga poses. In fact, this whole idea was inspired by the many delightful yoga classes I've been to where we spend a whole hour together stretching our bodies, expanding our minds and "practicing" poses. As the saying goes "Practice Makes Practice," and in order to create the kind of art we want, to translate the visions we have in our heads onto paper or canvas, we need the tools, the skills and the know-how to get there.
What happens in each class.
These virtual art classes were filmed live in the Spring of 2020. Now they are available on demand to watch at your leisure. Each class focuses on a basic skill, which we will explore and then apply to something that you can use in your own work. During the virtual class hour, I will give you examples of the skill used in works by master watercolor artists and then walk you through the lesson giving you time to practice along with me as you watch remotely from your own home.
No need to go anywhere, no need to leave your house, just login to watch the 1 hour long class. Each class was filmed with live attendees who were able to ask questions via chat as I painted. At the end, there was time for Q&A to assist with any questions or problems students had along the way. Hopefully these help you as well in creating a better understanding of the class skill.
What you need for class.
This is super basic. I don't want you to rush out and buy supplies for this if you don't have to. If you are looking for specific products I would recommend, please visit this supply list. At the most basic level have the following:
A couple of watercolor brushes
A pencil & eraser
Basic watercolor paint set
Watercolor paper
A couple of paper towels
A rag
A container of clean water
A quiet place where you can focus
AGAIN - no need to go out and buy lots of supplies. Use what you have and build up your toolkit as you learn what you want and need.
To Sign Up.
Take all 6 classes for $75.
Or each class is just $15 a la carte.
purchase individual classes below
This class focusses on creating gradients with watercolors. In this class you will learn multiple methods to fade a single color to white, how to fade two colors together and how to translate that into a simple landscape.
Gradients.
This class focusses on creating hue, saturation and value with watercolors. In this class you will learn multiple ways to understand how HSV (for short) can play a role in your art and we will do some practice exercises to help understand that.
Hue Saturation Value.
This class focusses on creating paintings with one color. In this class you will learn multiple ways to understand how monochromatic painting can play a role in your art and we will do some practice exercises to help explain that.
Monochrome.
This class focusses on creating color mixes. In this class you will learn multiple ways to more easily mix colors, make bright colors, natural colors and blacks and we will do some practice exercises to see how colors combine.
Color Mixing.
This class focuses on creating textures in watercolor painting. In this class you will learn multiple ways to create textures with tools you have in your house and some example exercises to help you understand how they can be used in your art.
Textures.
This class focuses on beginner clouds in watercolor painting. In this class you will learn four ways to create clouds in order to create better skies and we will practice each other methods to have you creating clouds in no time.