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Postcard Paint-Alongs

Simple and stress-free. Easy enough for complete beginners, but experienced folks might pick up a handy tip or two.

Color

Pigments, palettes and color-mixing.
(Watercolor Jumpstart and Watercolor Skies & Clouds 1 also contain some lessons on color which are not in this collection.)

Third sketch of conservatory buildings.

Sketching and Plein Air

Tips for easier on-location sketching and ideas for what to include in your sketching kit.

Studio Tips & Hacks

Solutions for pesky problems and for making tasks easier in the studio.

Technical How-to

Watercolor basics and techniques for many subject.

Watercolor brushes drying on a towel on a slanted board.

Watercolor Supplies & Materials

Choosing, using and caring for watercolor supplies and materials.

Planning a Watercolor

Take the leap from paint-alongs or copying photos to designing your own paintings.
• design & planning
• evaluating work in progress
• reserving whites/lights
• figuring out the painting sequence

Finding Your Own Style

Take the leap to designing your own paintings.
• from idea to painting plan
• “loosening up”
• intuitive painting
• dealing with your inner critic

Green and blue "jungle face" mask, with fish and underwater image on facing page.

Creative Energy Journaling

Shake things up and explore your creativity.

Self-Paced Courses

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Watercolor Jumpstart has been retired.

Watercolor Skies and Clouds and Your Studio Journal are CLOSED to new enrollments. These courses will be retired at the end of 2024.

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Introduction to Keeping a Studio Journal

This free course is for anyone who is curious about keeping a studio journal to develop their personal creative style and voice, or explore and deepen their own creative potential. It consists of the first three lessons of the full course (Your Studio Journal), enough to get you started with a studio journalling practice for free.

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Watercolor Skies & Clouds

Learn to paint skies with soft wet-into-wet effects by a slow development of multiple layers. The method you will learn in this course allows more control, without overworking. Then practice your new skills in context as you complete two dramatic watercolor sky paintings. PLEASE NOTE: The techniques in this course are intended for stretched paper. How to stretch paper is covered in the course. These techniques will not give good results on unstretched paper.

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Your Studio Journal — 30 Days to Discover Your Unique Artistic Vision and Style

Learn to use your sketchbook or journal to explore your unique artistic goals and style. 30 modules with thought-provoking questions, creativity-building activities and artist-to-artist encouragement.

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watercolor painting of three marbles in the sunlight

Watercolor Jumpstart

Watercolor Jumpstart is a self-guided beginner watercolor course. Learn fundamental watercolor skills as you do six fun and easy projects.

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