Hi everyone, my name is Nia and today I’ll be taking you through today’s class where we’ll be painting a Rustic Honey Jar. A few months ago, I posted a class on a honey bee, so I thought that this would make a nice pair, if you like to hang and display your finished paintings.

This painting is a combination of two reference images that I found and decided to edit into one composition with of course my extra touches as well. It’s not too difficult, but just like my usual food illustration paintings, I will be adding really fine details, so though this is a much simpler composition to what I’m used to painting, I’d classify this class for intermediate students.

However if you’re new to watercolor, I’d still welcome you to join if you want to give this a go since I will be taking you through every step of the way. I like to paint per section or item, which I find makes the information easier to digest, but please paint at your own pace.

Before we start, if you’ve never taken any of my classes, just as a disclaimer I’d like to tell you that I tend like to make cuts in between the steps when my hand is either inactive or off the camera and some parts of the painting is slightly sped up. I just find that this makes the painting flow better and it’s easier to see the progress this way. But this means that I will be painting faster than normal.

And of course I understand that everyone also paints at a different speed, so if you would like to paint along, please watch the class or the lessons just to get to know the speed and the way I teach, and once you’re ready to paint along, you can pause in between each step so you can paint at your own pace without being rushed, and continue on at your own speed.

Laila Foldager Scharff

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