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Starting Watercolor the Right Way

Want to learn watercolor but don't know where to start? In this beginner-friendly online course, illustrator Clara Lang guides you step by step to help you choose the supplies that suit you best without overspending (brushes, paper, paints) and to master the essential watercolor techniques such as color dilution, managing transparency, washes, and layering.

Starting watercolor the right way

Course benefits

Available teachers

Teachers available for you to contact

Available exercises

Exercises available for you to practice and improve

Complete training

A comprehensive step-by-step course

Create a watercolor illustration

Create a Complete Watercolor Illustration

This course is not just about theory! You will be guided step by step through the creation of a final illustration: a mountain landscape with mist and pine trees. This project allows you to apply all the techniques learned and be supported in your first creation. Something to be proud of!

Watercolor Techniques

Learn to master key watercolor techniques through clear demonstrations and downloadable exercises available under the videos: washes, gradients, layering (wet on dry / wet on wet), white management, masking, and texture effects. Clara guides you step by step to understand how water and pigments behave.

Watercolor techniques

What the course offers

You will be supported throughout the " Introduction to Watercolor " course with the following lessons

  • Mixing Colors
  • How to Break Colors
  • Fusion and Gradient
  • Make a Wash Painting
  • Wet-on-dry Superposition
  • Wet on Wet Layering free
  • Book the Whites
  • Final Illustration (Mountain Landscape with Mist and Fir Trees)
  • Training Conclusion

Visualize Your Progress

When starting a new technique like watercolor, staying motivated is essential. That’s why we provide a progress dashboard accessible at any time. It allows you to follow your evolution in the course, see the steps you have completed and those ahead, helping you organize your practice sessions at your own pace.

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