Online Watercolour Course for beginners

Getting acquainted with each other and setting the goals for the course.

Itten’s colour theory * visto

Taking a look at the colour wheel the way artists do.

Six-colour wheel * visto

Creating yet another colour wheel.

Mixing warm and cool primary colours * visto

Creating a practical colour table.

Creating your own palette * visto

Creating your own set of paints to work with.

Colour matching exercise * visto

Learning to better differentiate and select colours.

Colour density * visto

Putting the theory of colour density into practice.

3D tomato *** visto

Practising to make objects look three-dimensional.

Selecting colours. Seashell ** visto

Painting a realistic seashell.

Three main painterly techniques * visto

Dividing all watercolour techniques into three categories.

Outline watercolour wash. Mill and a city * visto

Creating a painting of a mill and a city by working with outlines.

Working with a liner brush. Chandelier * visto

Learning to create strong focal points by working on the finest details.

Abstract colour composition ** visto

Learning about colour schemes.

The Luxembourg Gardens *** visto

Learning to work with a light and dark background.

The concept of positive and negative space ** visto

An object (positive space) and everything that surrounds it (negative space) are equally important.

Working with positive and negative space ** visto

Learning 3 methods of using the negative space in a creative way.

Masking fluid * visto

How to get the most out of the masking fluid; learning the ways of applying and removing it.

Girl and the sea *** visto

Strengthening the skills of working with negative spaces.

Black olives ** visto

Turning our attention to botanical illustration.

Autumn landscape ** visto

Working on a landscape painting with the focus on textures, accents, and colour.

Flower market *** visto

Painting an experimental still life.

Sunlit road *** visto

Painting an experimental still life.

Final assignment. Paris street *** visto

Working on one of the most difficult assignments of the course.

BONUS. Painting glass objects ** visto

Practising to draw transparent objects and glass texture.

BONUS. Key ** visto

Creating a painting of a key while imitating the textures of wood and metal.

BONUS. Dandelion ** visto

Practising the use of masking fluid and working with a limited palette.

Conclusion and feedback visto

Sharing our impressions of the course.

BONUS. Minimalist landscape with a tree visto

Please give your feedback about the course in the previous lesson to get access to this bonus lesson.

Veronika Kalacheva – the author of this online course

Illustrator & watercolor artist

Veronika graduated from the Moscow State Pedagogical University in 2004 and qualified as a graphic artist. After graduating, she worked as a Commercial Illustrator. Today Veronika creates book and magazine illustrations for a few well-known publishing houses. In addition, since 2013 she has been focusing on leading online courses.