Seashells in Watercolor
Not your average approach to watercolor.
This process includes, masking, pouring, painting, and lots of imagination.
- Try something different, start slow, and gradually build your skills then later if you like try using your own reference photos.
- Learn how to create a gallery wrap frame to use as a painting surface.
- Paint a series of 6 different paintings.
- Learn how to keep color consistent.
- Change the tone of the painting by using colors that feel good to you.
- Become more painterly without being perfect.
- Stretch your imagination and have fun.
Oct 5 - Nov 16
Seashells 6 - week course
More than only a Zoom meeting course, all the lessons are already included within the course, simply login, start at the top and work your way down.
Meetings are optional and scheduled every other week to check on your progress, problem solve and review, recording will be posted.
Meeting Dates
- Oct 5 - Introduction
- Oct 19 - Section 1
- Nov 2 - Section 2
- Nov 16- Section 3
Meeting times
- 2:00 PM (P) San Francisco
- 3:00 PM (MDT) Denver
- 4:00 PM (CDT) Chicago
- 5:00 PM (EDT) New York
- 10:00 PM (BST) England
- Time Zone convertor
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. In 2019, she is expanded into portraits which have been well received into international shows.
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 woman.
Example Curriculum
- Copyrights
- Printing your materials
- Printing from a mobil device
- How to easily resizing your sketch
- How to upload a painting for review
- Links to other stuff, lights, plastic sheet etc.
- How to transfer the line drawing to watercolor paper
- How to transfer the line drawing to the wrapped panel (1:52)
- Apps Notan
- Help
- 1. Create a Notan (1:24)
- 2. Gallery wrap a frame with watercolor paper (8:58)
- How to transfer the line drawing to the panel (1:52)
- 3. Choosing colors (10:05)
- 4. Masking layer 1 (27:27)
- 5. First pour (8:43)
- 6. 2nd mask (14:29)
- 7. 2nd pour (17:46)
- 8. Background (12:51)
- 9. 3rd layer of masking (9:01)
- 10. 3rd pour (10:11)
- 11. Background (18:44)
- 12. Remove the masking (2:46)
- 13. Final details (9:55)
- Post your paintings / section 2
- 1. Sand Dollar & Starfish / Worksheet 1
- Reference photos 1
- 1. Sand Dollar & Starfish / line drawing
- 2. Sand Dollar & snail / Worksheet 2
- Reference photos 2
- 2. Sand Dollar & snail / line drawing
- Step 1 mask (18:09)
- Step 2. pour (12:02)
- Step 3. mask (13:45)
- Step 4. pour (5:49)
- Step 5. mask (2:52)
- Step 6. Final details (4:13)
- Value Study App
- Post your painting / section 3
What Students Say
"You have challenged & expanded my watercolor journey beyond my wildest dreams! I’m so very grateful for you!! This is such a super cool course 😍 thank you so much for putting this together ❣️❣️❣️" Georgia Young, NM
"What a great challenge" Susan Caudill
" I would like to thank-you for all the effort you put into your classes, and your joi de vivre. I have learned so many things" Barbara Beintema
"I learned so much taking this class. It definitely pushed me past my abilities." Christine Cleary