Explore Green in a Step-by-step Watercolor Painting Class
Olga Bonitas, Watercolor lover
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Lessons in This Class
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1. Welcome
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2. Supplies Needed
1:36 -
3. Paint a Flower
14:02 -
4. Paint Limes
13:39 -
5. Paint a Bird
15:24 -
6. Conclusion
1:13
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About This Class
Once, while staying at home, I missed the forest, greenery, fresh air and the wind. I made the whole window sill with flowers, imagining that it was my little garden.
I took out a watercolor and started painting in green. I painted for a week, breathed deeply, felt fresh and couldn't stop. It was such an enjoyable activity that I took the camera and filmed the process on video. So this class was born.
This is a beginner-friendly class containing three step-by-step processes for creating beautiful illustrations.
In this class, you'll learn how to:
- Use wet-on wet technique to create a background
- Use layering painting technique to paint flowers, fruits, leaves and bird
- Mix watercolors and writing tool
- Better feel the paint and brush
There are not many words in this class. I did my best to make the process understandable without words. Too many words surround us in this stressful time. I want to give you the opportunity to focus on yourself, enjoy the colors and music.
All my rare comments are subtitled. So you can completely turn off the sound of the video (without fear of missing important information) and draw while listening to your favorite music.
Supplies Needed:
- Watercolor. Actually only 3 colors are needed: lemon, light green and dark green
- Watercolor paper 100% cotton. Cotton is important to keep paper moist for a long time
- Your favorite brushes. It’s convenient to have a large brush to wet the paper.
- Any writing tool for drawing a dark outline. Fountain pen, calligraphy pen, liner, gel pen or even a soft pencil
- White gouache or acrylic. Only for the third illustration
- Paper napkins
Let's draw something fresh together!
Meet Your Teacher
Hello, my name is Olga, I'm an illustrator.
I live in St. Petersburg (the most beautiful city in Russia!)
My passion is watercolor. But I draw both digitally and using traditional medium.
I like to experiment and come up with something new (for example, mix watercolor, collage and embroidery ...), to make small animations and film my creative processes.
Recently I opened sketching for me. And this is an absolutely breathtaking event, because it influenced my style and philosophy of drawing. Someday I will tell you about this creative journey.
I share my creativity and workflow on my instagram @olga_bonitas.
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Hands-on Class Project
Your project is to create fresh green watercolor illustrations by drawing with me or draw any other illustration in green colors, inspired by this class. Watch each video and follow along at your own pace.
Use templates that are available in the "Resources" tab to draw bird and rabbit, if you feel the need
Link to a beautiful photo of the bird uploaded by Charles Jones: https://pin.it/5P5wbkQ
Supplies Needed:
- Watercolor. Actually only 3 colors are needed: lemon, light green and dark green
- Watercolor paper 100% cotton. Cotton is important to keep paper moist for a long time
- Your favorite brushes. It’s convenient to have a large brush to wet the paper.
- Any writing tool for drawing a dark outline. Fountain pen, calligraphy pen, liner, gel pen or even a soft pencil
- White gouache or acrylic. Only for the third illustration
- Paper napkins
Can't wait to see what you create! Feel free to upload your illustrations to the "Your Project" section.
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