Free Watercolour Tutorials & Resources
Here you can sample some of my online lessons, and download some of the resources I prepare for my in-person watercolour classes in Oxford
What Watercolour Materials to Buy
Watercolour Materials: What to Buy
This video guides beginners through selecting essential watercolor materials, including recommended paints, brushes, and paper types. You'll learn how to choose paints according to the two-primary system (a warm and cool yellow, warm and cool red, warm and cool blue), as well as what sort of brushes to look for, and the best paper options to support your watercolor journey. No more overwhelm in the art store, and no wasting money on unnecessary supplies! This is one of the first videos in my Watercolor Joy App, which takes you step-by-step into the wonderful world of Watercolor.
Introduction to my class., Paint a Watercolor Landscape with Confident Brushwork
Paint a Watercolor Landscape with Confident Brushwork
Watch my Introduction video and a few sections from my latest class, which got a “Staff Pick” on Skillshare. The class content is included in Module 5 of my Watercolor Joy App, presented in bitesize chunks.
Section from my Watercolor Joy App, on how to create expressive marks with your paintbrush
How to make expressive marks with your paintbrush
This is a section from my class, "Paint a Watercolor Landscape with Confident Brushwork", which got a Staff Pick on Skillshare. In this class, you will learn what to do with your brush, and how to create diverse marks and textures. These skills will help you gain confidence and versatility in your brush handling, so you can create more expressive paintings. You can find the class on Skillshare here: https://skl.sh/4yca1gP Or, you can find it in my watercolour painting app, called "Watercolor Joy", which takes you step-by-step through 9 modules of my video content and covers lots of awesome watercolor techniques and projects. You can find my app here: https://studio.com/apps/catherine-jennifer/watercolor
How to paint a dog in watercolour
Click on the image to download my step by step notes on how to paint a dog in watercolour, and have a go, it’s super fun! These are the sort of notes I provide for my in-person watercolour classes in Oxford.