Unleash your creativity and embark on this captivating artistic journey into the mesmerizing world of underwater creatures with our class "Watercolor Sealife Exploration: Dive Into Ocean Art" ! This comprehensive class is designed to provide you with a solid foundation in watercolor, by teaching you essential watercolor techniques, some super important advanced techniques and even let you explore the tactile experience of finger painting and the fun of the sponging technique. Throughout the class you will receive step-by-step instructions that will guide you through two enchanting class projects featuring a Starfish resting on the soft sand waves and the majestic Whale Shark.

Let your creativity flow as freely as the ocean itself.

What You Will Learn:

Different ways to transfer your sketch to your watercolor paper.
All the basic watercolor techniques, including wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, dry-on-wet and dry brushing technique .
Explore some advanced watercolor techniques, such as lifting and pulling color down (softening the edges) and different ways of splattering with watercolors.
How to add interest to your painting with sponging and finger painting techniques.
Explore the intricate array of blue shades that we will use in this class and how to mix some of the colors if you don't have them premixed.
How to create smooth background blends and how to add some fun details to them.
How to make your foreground element pop, so you can keep the interest in the viewer's eyes.
How to create a sense of depth in a visibly simple painting with only one foreground element.
Different ways to paint the super detailed pattern on the Whale Shark with two different techniques, depending on the accuracy that you would like to achieve.

Why you should take this class:

For some people watercolor is the most difficult medium to learn, but in my opinion you can learn how to master watercolors, if you just learn the right techniques, how the paper and the color work together and you spend enough time practicing them. Whether you're a complete beginner or an intermediate artist looking to expand your skills, this class offers an incredible opportunity to enhance your watercolor skills, learn super fun new techniques and challenge oneself to push it`s boundaries to a new level.

By the end of this class, you'll have developed the skills and confidence to embark on your own watercolor underwater adventures. You'll possess the knowledge to find inspiration from your own reference images, compose captivating artwork, and bring your visions to life with calming colors and mesmerizing techniques.

Even if you never painted in watercolor before you took this class, I got your back. We will learn all the basics together and gradually increase all the information, whilst keeping it easy to understand and digest.

If you are an advanced or intermediate artist who just happened to drop by here, then I’m sure that you will still find some interesting concepts that can improve your paintings.

Who is this class for:

This class welcomes artists of all backgrounds who are eager to learn and embrace the art of exploring the Sea Life and learn how to paint the Underwater Creatures.

If you are a beginner, then this class will be super helpful because you will learn all of the basic techniques, some advanced, a few fun techniques and also how to break down a reference image to a simple sketch in our class projects.
If you are an advanced or intermediate artist who just happened to drop by here, then I’m sure that you will still find some interesting concepts that can improve your paintings.

Let's embark on this exciting journey together and discover the beauty that awaits in this underwater adventure class. Enroll now and let your imagination soar!

If you have any questions about any of the concepts in this class, please don't hesitate to head over to the discussions section under this class and ask me anything and everything and I'll be happy to help!

By the end of this class, you will have an understanding of how Watercolor behaves and how to work with it, instead of trying to control it. Through learning all the basics you will build a perfect knowledge base and confidence in your skills, so you can implement everything learnt above in your future paintings. You will have completed two step-by-step projects and be ready to explore more creative tasks.

Ralitsa Arnaudova

Watercolour Artist

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