Pumpkins & Gourds
Independent study
What better way to celebrate the beginning of Fall and the Harvest Season by painting pumpkins and gourds. Learn a different approach to loosen up, and create some paintings with amazing results. Free your creative spirit with long sweeping brushstrokes while learning how to incorporate your challenges into successful paintings.
Paint anytime day or night and go at your own pace, downloadable lessons, include exercises plus bonus content, Lifetime access with no time limit, great for all levels.
Example Curriculum
- Pumpkins reference photo
- Pumpkin finished painting reference
- Pumpkin line drawing
- Practice first (2:29)
- Pumpkin 1. wet into wet (22:54)
- Pumpkin 2. values & shadows (15:22)
- Pumpkin 3. adding depth (9:05)
- Pumpkin 4. stems (8:54)
- Pumpkin 5. increase the color (3:14)
- Pumpkin 6. background & details (8:19)
'Tis the Season for Pumpkin Spice
I’m sure you can easily paint a pumpkin, basically draw a circle, and just fill it in with color. But if you want your painting to stand out, understand values, pull shapes out of the shadows, learn about highlights, and how to avoid your painting from appearing flat, this would be for you.
Begin with simple exercises, then learn to apply what you have done to more in-depth painting lessons or even your own compositions. Paint at your own pace, lifetime access, all levels.
Your instructor
Birgit O'Connor
Birgit O’Connor is a Master artist and a signature member of M-NWWS, (Northwest Watercolor Society) M-CWA, (California Watercolor Association) M-LWS (Louisiana Watercolor Society).
She is an award winning artist, judge, juror and author of the top-selling North Light books “ Watercolor in Motion”"Paint Watercolor Flowers" and “Watercolor Essentials” along with being included in three other titles. Known for her original paintings and inspirational teaching style.
Publications include the New York Times, SF Gate,Artist Magazine and Watercolor Artist Magazine INK in New Mexico, in the United States, Dobry Zank, (Poland) "L'Art de l'Aquarelle (France). Her memberships include Cambridge Who’s Who, Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Women.
