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Backgrounds & Shadows 6-week Interactive course
April 22 - June 3, 2025
Welcome (3:41)
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Meeting link
Meeting link
April 22 - recorded meeting
Material list
Material list
Palette set-up
About the Materials
Tips
Reference photos & community
How to resize one of your own images
Getting started
Getting started (29:36)
Composition and background ideas (9:36)
How to gather background ideas
Background ideas (17:39)
Assignment 1.
Gather ideas of what you can do with backgrounds (5:49)
What to look for (3:01)
Why take the time to photograph backgrounds?
Section 1 - Techniques
Exploring Wet-into-Wet & Wet-on-Dry Techniques (14:18)
Dropping in water & Negative painting (12:29)
Traditional textures, salt and saran wrap (5:07)
The Illusion of Depth and Dappled Light (12:30)
Ask yourself these questions
Ideas that might inspire you
Post your worksheets
Bonus content
Light, Medium Bold Primary colors
Watercolor Painting terms
What you will need
About brushes
Setting up the Palette
Tearing paper
About Paper
Paper type affects your painting
Make your own pad of paper
About Watercolor Paint
Color Charts
Warm, Cool, and Transparent Color
Values and Water-to-color blends
Where and when to sign a painting
Common painting mistakes
Apple Blossom reference photos & line drawing
Reference photos
Line drawing
Apple Blossom Getting Started
Introduction Values (3:50)
Lesson 1: Mask the Stamens (2:37)
Lesson 2 Tint the background if needed (2:34)
Lesson 3: Shading (7:28)
Lesson 4 define the petals (6:25)
Apple Blossom Complex Shadows
About Shadows
Lesson 5 Complex shadows (9:11)
Lesson 6 complex shadow (8:34)
Lesson 7 complex shadows (3:26)
Lesson 8 complex shadow (2:19)
Lesson 9 complex shadows (8:16)
Lesson 10 complex shadows (5:49)
Apple Blossom Branch, Buds & Center
Lesson 11 the center (6:20)
Lesson 12 Buds (7:38)
Lesson 13 Branch (2:59)
Apple Blossom Background
Lesson 14 Let the painting tell the story (3:23)
Lesson 15 background (9:06)
Lesson 16 final details (4:54)
Post your paintings / ask questions
Quince fruit & Background reference material
Reference photos
Quince reference photo _ quarter sheet painting (11x15inches)
Quince reference photos _ fits half sheet painting (15x22)
Quince fruit & Background lesson
Material List - Quince
Quince Intro (2:18)
Quince Getting Started (6:58)
Quince 2 The underpainting (9:47)
Quince 3 Layering color (9:12)
Quince 4 Shadow & Problem solving (4:46)
Quince 5 How to fix a blossom (5:35)
Quince 6 Adding the background (13:52)
Quince 7 Layer Color (5:49)
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Optional half sheet (15x22) painting
Quince optional 1 - Half sheet painting (10:45)
Quince optional 2 - half sheet painting (10:58)
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