Sketch & Splash: Easy Freestyle Sketching and Watercolor Techniques

Learn how to Create Expressive Sketches and Enhance them with Vibrant Watercolor

What you'll learn
Course description
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What you'll learn

techniques for sketching freely and confidently
how to use watercolor to achieve various effects and textures
color theory and how to mix colors effectively for your sketches
importance of color harmony and how to apply it to your artwork
techniques for applying watercolor to your sketches

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Course description

In the First Live Course, we will explore the foundational techniques of sketching together and learn to sketch loosely by capturing form effectively right from the beginning. You will learn how to develop your own unique sketching style through professional guidance by Rabi.

In the Second Live Course, you will take a look at the art of painting with watercolors directly over their sketches and how to effectively apply watercolor to enhance and bring sketches to life. Learn techniques for mixing colors, creating washes, and adding details to your sketches to create dynamic and expressive artworks.

By the end of this course, you'll have the skills and confidence to sketch freely and add captivating watercolor effects to your artwork, bringing your sketches to life with color and creativity. Join us on this artistic journey and unlock your potential in sketching and watercolor painting!

This is a recording of a LIVE-Course.

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Requirements

The course is interesting for beginners as well as for advanced artists who want to keep improving their technique.

Materials:

Paper for Sketches
- Regular sketchbook, or paper, min 170 gr/m2, natural white, fine surface

Paper for Watercolour Illustration
- 100% cotton, cold pressed, minimum 300 gr/m2. Hahnem[le the collection will be perfect

Colors:
- transparent alizarin (Winsor and Newton)
- transparent orange
- natural sienna (Winsor and Newton)
- Sienna Burnt (Winsor and Newton)
- Lemon Yellow (Winsor and Newton)
- Cobalt Turquoise (Winsor and Newton)
- Ultramarine (Winsor and Newton)
- Cobalt blue
- Paynes Grey (Winsor and Newton)
- White Gouache (Winsor and Newton)

Brushes:
- Medium round brush ( Da Vinci Mix B size 2)
- Small syntetic brush for details (Davinci Cosmotop Mix B )
- Small flat syntetic brush

Other Materials:
- Mechanical pencil 2B
- Plain pencil 6B
- Black fineliner
- Eraser
- 2 water containers
- white mixing palette
- Cloth or paper towels
- paper tape

Content

Rabi Alieva

Watercolor artist

Rabi Alieva is a watercolor artist and designer who absorbs different methods and techniques of how to teach drawing. She gladly shares her experience of how to learn to draw impressive watercolors in a short time.

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