Welcome to Watercolor Basics: Create Your Own Watercolor Chart with Heidi Seidl, in this fun and easy Skillshare class we are going to take the first step into this amazing magical world of watercolor to be able to create beautiful pieces of art that expresses itself better than words, at the end of this class you will understand much better your fabulous chosen medium, Watercolor.

Watercolor can seem intimidating and for that reason, I created this very easy to follow class to take it to step by step and be willing to dive in and to know this amazing medium better.

This class is designed for beginners level although it doesn't matter if you are a complete beginner or a seasoned artist this class has interesting facts that may be interesting to you and you are welcome to join.

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The supplies you will need:

This class we are going to need this material, and please don’t worry use what you have that is similar to what I have:

Marker Paper and Watercolor paper, best if you have a 140 - 300 grs cold press
A glass with clean water.
Paper or a clean towel.
A Brush. I will be using a Princeton brush number 6
Color mixing pan or a ceramic plate.
A paper Perforator and a Piece of string
A pen
A cutter knife or scissors
A ruler
Watercolors: Grab all kinds of watercolor you have in your studio/desk/house because we are going to have fun without fear of messing up.

MY MATERIALS:

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It is best if you take pictures of your process to share in your project. Walking through your process and reflecting on it is good for you as an artist, and great for the community to be inspired by.

The first action to take: Gather all the material, take a picture of them and Please Create a Project to share them with me. I will check all the projects and leaves comments.

In this class you’ll learn:

What is watercolor?
What is a pigment?
Categories of pigment
Types of Watercolors
How I do my watercolor Charts

I will share many examples so you can get a better idea of how to create your own charts.

You’ll be creating:

Your Own Watercolor Chart

Follow along with me and let’s make art!

Get in touch with me on my Instagram: Artjourneywithme

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