From start to finish, this will be a wild ride as the painting shifts and evolves.
This is not a paint-by-number painting. I'll lead you through the in-depth painting process step-by-step.
The learned skills will help you feel confident in your abilities, so you can apply what you have learned to your paintings and become a better artist.
Who This is For
- Anyone who loves to paint in watercolor.
- Perfect for self-paced painting and activities with friends.
- Fun for experts who want to unwind and anyone looking to dive into the wonderful world of watercolors!
- Anyone who wants to improve their painting skills and become the artist they have always dreamed of.
- Great for all levels.
About the course
Learn that no problem is too big to solve when several issues present themselves.
Learn why paper surfaces make a difference and maintain color harmony while using multiple shades of red.
Recognize and manage the amount of water on the paper surface. Use negative and positive painting techniques to create areas you can see on the reference photo and those you must make up so the painting works.
Create intriguing backgrounds that do not compete with the main subjects to achieve depth for drama.
View Curriculum
- 14. Darken shadows (9:07)
- 15. Pull the highlights forward (6:38)
- 16. Background details (15:15)
- 17. Create clarity (5:34)
- 18. Inside the flower (14:18)
- 19. Stems (15:39)
- 20. Form and shape (9:42)
- 21. Centers of the flowers (3:39)
- 22. Curve the stems (3:12)
- 23. Adding depth (7:14)
- 24. Adding depth (11:00)
- 25. Darken the values (13:53)
- 26. Changing shapes (8:56)
- 27. Final details (5:12)
- 1. Wet-into-wet (5:21)
- 2. Negative painting (10:19)
- 3. Brushstrokes (11:27)
- 4. Develop the flower (11:44)
- 5. Shadows (10:09)
- 6. Touch the background (8:22)
- 7. Shift the color (3:22)
- 8 a. Mix your greens (1:26)
- 8 b. Add the background (10:38)
- 9. Add drama (10:25)
- 10. Glazing (9:31)
- 11. Details (3:14)
- 12. Finetuning (5:57)
- 13. Beyond the lesson (5:57)
Your instructor
Birgit O'Connor
Master artist Birgit O’Connor is an internationally known award-winning artist, judge, juror and, author, known for her original paintings and inspirational teaching style. She is signature member of M-NWWS, M-CWA, M-LWS. Her memberships include Cambridge Who’s Who, Who's who in America and Who's who in American women.
Her books “Watercolor in Motion”, “Paint Watercolor Flowers” and “Watercolor Essentials” are top selling titles in her field, along with being included in over 60 national and international publications such as the New York Times, SF Gate, Watercolor Magazine, Dobry Zank, (Poland) "L'Art de l'Aquarelle (France).
What Students Say
"You have not only created a beautiful painting of lovely red flowers using many shades of red, but maybe more importantly, it is the best use of technical painting methods that I have ever hoped to see. No explanation or detail has been left behind. It is truly an open window to your thought processes.
Each lesson is packed full of information, and evaluation how to expedite the methods, thoughts, and tools to create perfection.
For example, evaluation, filling gaps, use of shadows, layering, use of colors, making successful changes to an area, values, corrections, water-to-color mixes, and color-to-color mixes.
You have skillfully promoted ”Letting your imagination to successfully make changes that you the painter sees” (more than once)." Trish Kuncewicz