Intermediate Watercolor: A 2-Part Series
Intermediate | 2 hours 13 min
Intermediate Watercolor: Painting Florals
01:00
01:46
21:59
16:21
06:12
11:08
12:10
08:45
10:21
Intermediate Watercolor: Layered Abstracts and Landscapes
00:54
01:37
10:59
22:07
08:39
Taught by Yao Cheng
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Once you’ve taken Yao’s Beginning Watercolor workshop, you’re ready to learn more complex techniques. Yao begins this 2-part course by sharing her unique style of painting roses, tulips, peonies and more. In the second class, she focuses on layering techniques, showing how to use watercolor’s transparent qualities to create stunning abstract paintings and gestural landscapes. By the end of this skill-building course, you will have learned how to create finished paintings that are complex looking, but simple to make.
Here’s what you’ll need:

Intermediate Watercolor: Painting Florals

  • Watercolor sheets (Yao uses extra-white Fabriano cold-pressed 140# paper)
  • Wooden board to secure the sheets of paper
  • Painter’s tape
  • Bone folder
  • Round-tip paintbrush (Yao uses sizes 1, 8, 14, and 20)
  • Watercolors in a variety of colors (pinks, oranges, yellows, greens, blues and browns)
  • Two jars of water
  • Gouache in Permanent White and Permanent Yellow Deep
  • Small plastic jar with lid
  • Paper towels
  • Downloadable PDF

Intermediate Watercolor: Layered Abstracts and Landscapes

  • Round-tip paintbrush (Yao uses sizes 6, 8, 14, and 24)
  • Mop brush (16 mm)
  • Bone folder
  • Watercolor paper (Yao uses Arches cold-press watercolor block)
  • Watercolors in a variety of colors (pinks, oranges, reds, ochre, golden yellow, lemon yellow, greens, turquoise, blues and blacks)
  • Two jars of water
  • Spray bottle for wetting paints (optional)
  • Painter’s tape
  • Paper towels
Downloads:
Learn how to:
  • Complex watercolor techniques
  • Layering techniques
What you’ll get:
  • Step-by-step expert instruction from Yao Cheng on intermediate watercolor techniques
  • 12 HD video lessons you can access online anytime, anywhere
  • Detailed supplies list and downloadable PDF included
  • The ability to leave comments, ask questions, and interact with other students
 
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Intermediate Watercolor: A 2-Part Series Reviews
1828 users recommended this class to a friend
Anita Eisenman
Very peaceful to follow great encouragement and supportive techniques to loosen up and experience water color.
7 hours ago
 
Sue Kenaston
Lots of useful information but a little fast paced if you don't know to have the different layers dry between steps.
March 1, 2024
 
Grace Sullivan
I would like for her to tell us the specific color names of the paints she is using.
More than 3 months ago