Watercolor 101 @ The Studio - New and Improved!

Watercolor 101 just got a glow-up! 🎨✨ We’ve kept all the favorite exercises you loved from the original, sprinkled in your most-requested lessons, and wrapped it all up into a fresh, inspiring new series. Get ready to dip your brushes into something even more exciting!

🌊 Week 1: Getting Comfortable with Watercolor

Focus: Foundations & Play

• Intro to materials: types of paper, brushes, paints, palettes, and water control. Receive your own set of brushes to use and love.

• Exercises:

  • Wet-on-wet vs. wet-on-dry

  • Creating washes (flat, graded, variegated)

  • Color mixing basics (primaries, secondaries, neutrals)

• Mini Project: Abstract “color play” bookmark or swatch card set (students leave with something small and encouraging).

🌸 Week 2: Building Shapes & Depth

Focus: From Techniques to Simple Forms

• Skill focus:

  • Layering & glazing (waiting between layers for transparency)

  • Dry brush for texture

  • Lifting & blending

• Practice:

  • Simple florals & leaves

  • Geometric shapes (to learn light/shadow with watercolor)

• Mini Project: A small floral wreath or still-life sketch with 2–3 objects.

🌅 Week 3: Bringing It All Together

Focus: Composition & Confidence

• Skill focus:

  • Planning a composition

  • Backgrounds vs. foregrounds

  • Using negative space

• Practice:

  • Landscape (sky, trees, water, mountains)

  • Adding details without overworking

• Final Project: Each student creates their own small finished piece (a landscape, floral composition, or object of choice).
  
  6/6 Seats available