Playing with Watercolor: a 3-Part Series
All levels | 1 hour 38 min
00:57
Mixing Colors and Creating Charts
00:39
01:40
11:30
12:20
06:29
10:08
01:40
Part 2 - Painting Landscape Orbs
00:24
00:18
09:30
07:44
07:53
Part 3 - Painted and Collaged Landscapes
00:31
00:27
07:25
06:59
06:49
04:45
Taught by Lindsay Stripling
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In this 3-part series, artist and teacher Lindsay Stripling teaches you core watercolor techniques, and then encourages you to use your creativity to make the medium your own. Throughout this series, you will learn watercolor essentials like mixing colors and handling brushes, and then move on to more advanced techniques like adding depth with glazing, working “wet into wet,” playing with light and dark, and creating textures with masking fluid and salt. This comprehensive course is the perfect skill-builder for those who want to push their artistic limits.
 
Here’s what you’ll need:
Playing with Watercolor: Mixing Colors and Creating Charts
  • 100% cotton rag watercolor paper (Lindsay uses Arches hot press block in sizes 9” x 12” and 14” x 20”)
  • Synthetic brushes (Lindsay uses Simply Simmons Synthetic Sable Brushes in sizes Round 6, Round 8, Round 10 and a 1" Flat Wash brush)
  • Enameled metal palette
  • Cotton Rag for drying
  • Water
  • Metal palette knife or butter knife (if using block paper)
  • Sharp, hard pencils
  • Pencil sharpener
  • Ruler
  • Eraser
  • Hair dryer (optional)
  • Paints:
  • HWC Burnt Umber
  • Sennelier Chinese Orange
  • HWC Quinacridone Gold
  • Sennelier Aureolin
  • Sennelier Brown Pink
  • Old Holland Green Deep
  • HWS Shadow Green
  • HWS Indigo
  • HWS Horizon Blue
  • HWC Lilac
  • Old Holland Bright Violet
  • HWC Bright Rose
  • MaimeriBlu Cadmium Red Deep
  • Schmincke Cadmium Red Light
  • M. Graham & Co. Ivory Black
  • Playing with Watercolor: Part 2 - Painting Landscape Orbs
  • Materials from Part 1, Plus:
  • Walnut ink
  • Wells for walnut ink
  • Masking fluid (Lindsay uses Frisket)
  • Old brush for masking fluid
  • Titanium white gouache (Lindsay uses M. Graham & Co. Titanium White)
  • Playing with Watercolor: Part 3 - Painted and Collaged Landscapes
  • Materials from Parts 1 and 2, Plus:
  • Scissors
  • Glue (Lindsay uses a bookbinding glue, but anything works)
  • Artist's tape
  • Sea salt
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    • A 3-Part series aimed to enhance a full spectrum of core watercolor techniques 
    • 15 HD video lessons you can access online anytime, anywhere
    • Detailed supplies list
    • Step-by-step instruction by Lindsay Stripling
    • The ability to leave comments, ask questions, and interact with other students
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    Playing with Watercolor: a 3-Part Series Reviews
    3073 users recommended this class to a friend
    Becky Day
    Wish she was a little slower with mixing colors later in video
    May 8
     
    Rita Melgert
    Loved the colour mixing of the neutrals. And my favorite were the landscapes. I loved those circles, such a great idea. But the last landscape, with the moon and trees, is what I loved the most, it looked just awesome. And so simple to make, have to make one myself.
    May 6
     
    Melinda Gregory
    Great beginners class, helped me a lot on how to start. Presented as a relaxing art form, and helpful to understand the rules of the paint. From here it is all about experimentation and practice, but also fun. I loved how this class was presented, anyone can paint. I might rewatch again in the future, very inspiring.
    April 5, 2024