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Realistic Watercolors Step by Step

Offered By: Craftsy

Tags

Watercolor Courses Art Composition Courses Color Theory Courses Botanical Illustration Courses

Course Description

Overview

Description Learn how to paint watercolor flowers and more step by step with online video lessons from award-winning artist Anna Mason. Start with how to choose a reference photo, set up your workspace and outline your subject matter: a rose. With your outline complete, see how to create petals by layering tones from light to dark. Next, paint a lifelike stamen and build skills for balancing tones. Move on to rendering a lovely flower bud and get tips for avoiding muddy colors, increasing contrast and creating highlights that add depth to your work. Expand the number of greens on your palette as Anna guides you through painting convincing leaves, stems and thorns. Plus, discover tricks for finishing your painting beautifully by establishing crisp edges, using color-correcting techniques and refining the level of contrast in your piece.

Syllabus

  • Class Preview
  • Working With Watercolor
  • Preparing to Paint
  • Painting the Petals
  • Painting the Stamen & Reassessing Petals
  • Painting the Bud
  • Painting the Leaves & Stem
  • Finishing Details & Assessing Contrast

Taught by

Anna Mason

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