Learn to paint 7 easy and festive winter holiday illustrations, perfect for greeting cards with watercolors.

Paint decorated Christmas trees, ornaments, wreaths, wrapped up gifts and many more winter favorite ideas that are perfect for holiday greeting cards , gift tags or as wall art. Winter holiday season is the most wonderful time to create some handmade gifts for your loved ones while you practice your watercolor painting skills with relaxing step by step instructions.

Projects of this class include:

9 stylised Christmas trees ( 3 + 6 in a bonus lesson)
An elegant winter wreath with a hand lettered greeting
3 ornaments
3 wrapped gifts
A symbol of peace, a dove
A red car carrying a Christmas tree and gifts
A quaint woodland cabin

Each of these 15-25 minute long projects is divided into smaller lessons that can be followed at your own pace.

With this class you'll also learn:

Where to look for inspiration and holiday color palette options.
Painting various winter botanical elements.
Important watercolor techniques:
- Painting wet on wet.
- Painting wet on dry.
- Working in layers
- Adding finishing touches with white and gold
- Color mixing recipes.

This class is meant for all skill levels. Beginners or experienced artists are both welcome.

The goal of this class is to inspire you to paint one or more of the 7 winter holiday illustrations while you learn important watercolor illustration skills and techniques that you can use beyond this class.

By the end of this class you’ll not only have beautiful holiday-themed art but also the inspiration and experience to create watercolor illustrations that you can use for meaningful gifts like holiday greeting cards, gift tags and wall art for your friends and family.

Here are the 7 projects you can paint with this class.

More Watercolor Classes:

Learn to paint 14 different potted plants in a 14 day art challenge —-> Paint Potted Plants in Watercolor: A 14 Day art Challenge
Get started with loose florals —-> Watercolor Loose Florals : Paint and Explore

About the teacher

My name is Garima Srivastava, I’m an artist and illustrator based in The Netherlands. I’ve been painting since 2011 and watercolor is my favourite medium. I love creating and teaching art that’s beautiful yet simple and achievable.

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See you in the class!

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