For this class, your project will be to paint a watercolor orca using two paints of your choice. Before getting started with this project, there are a few exercises you’ll want to complete. These exercises will help you practice new skills before you apply them to your painting. The exercises are:

Example Combos - Mix your own choices of paints!
Mixing Warm and Cool Shades - Make partially neutralized shades
Mixing on the Paper - Practice creating black colors directly on the paper
Quick Intro to Edges - Make different types of edges

While these exercises aren’t officially part of the class project, feel free to upload them as part of your project. Share with us what you learned to do (or avoid!) and any insights you gained from these exercises.

When we reach the class project, I’ll help you produce a beautiful work of art by:

Explaining how I plan my painting
Reviewing how you can personalize your orca
Narrating my choices as we paint the orca in sections
Discussing final adjustments you may choose to make

When you’re done, post your final painting to your class project to share with our community!

If you have any questions during this class, feel free to pop them into the Discussion so that I and our community of students can address them. Also, I’d appreciate a review of this class once you’ve finished it. I would love to hear what you found most valuable AND what your biggest challenges were so that I can make the next class even better!

Thank you for joining me!

Note: This reference photo for the outline and painting comes from Amaury Laporte on Flickr and is available under a CC BY 2.0 license. This license requires attribution and changes made must be noted. If you share your painting to your personal social media (and please do so your friends can see your wonderful work!), please follow the terms of the license.

T. Lockhart

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