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Getting started
Fundamentals
Mechanics of mixing water-colors to a desired strength or color – Mechanics of Mixing Exercise (part of Project 2 of Watercolor Jumpstart )
Rinsing your brushes – 12 Tips for Happy Brushes , How to Properly Rinse (and Care for) Your Brush (lesson in Getting Started section of Watercolor Jumpstart )
Caring for brushes – 12 Tips for Happy Brushes
Brushmarks and brush drawing- Exploring Brushmarks (lesson in Project 2 of Watercolor Jumpstart ), Hummingbird Brush Drawing , Dragonfly Brush Drawing , Bee and Coneflower Brush Drawing , Spring Chickadee (Project 1 of Watercolor Jumpstart )
Choosing colors, setting up a palette – August 2020 Second Sunday Live Demo – What’s on Your Palette?
Securing/stretching paper – Getting Started in Watercolor section of Watercolor Jumpstart , How (and Why) to Stretch Your Watercolor Paper (lesson in Project 1 of Watercolor Skies and Clouds 1 )
Laying a flat wash – Laying Flat and Graduated Washes (lesson in Project 4 of Watercolor Jumpstart )
Laying a graduated wash – Laying Flat and Graduated Washes (lesson in Project 4 of Watercolor Jumpstart ), Watercolor Skies and Clouds Project 1
Graduated wash within a shape – Blending Color Within a Shape (lesson in Project 3 of Watercolor Jumpstart )
Color wheel (understanding basic color theory) – Watercolor Jumpstart Project 3, August 2020 Second Sunday Live Demo – What’s on Your Palette?, Mixing Better Landscape Greens , How to Deal with Phthalo Green
Mixing greys – April 2020 Live Demo: 50 Shades of Grey (the G-rated version) , Introduction to Shadows & Highlights in Watercolor (lesson in Project 2 of Watercolor Jumpstart ), Color Mixing for Skies & Clouds (lesson in Project 2 of Watercolor Skies and Clouds 1 )
Mixing greens – Mixing Better Landscape Greens , How to Deal with Phthalo Green
Basic lifting – Introduction to Shadows & Highlights (lesson in Project 2 of Watercolor Jumpstart ), Lifting Wet & Dry Watercolor (lesson in Project 5 of Watercolor Jumpstart ), Three Ways to Create Clouds by Lifting (lesson in Project 2 of Watercolor Skies and Clouds 1 )
Preserving white and lights – Watercolor Jumpstart Project 5 (All 4 lesson videos)
Creating soft edges – Paint Shapes Not Things , Achieving Soft Edges (lesson in Project 2 of Watercolor Jumpstart ), Eggs in a Glass Bowl Postcard Paint-Along
Basic wet in wet effects -Painting Light Clouds on a Darker Sky Using Negative Painting Wet-into-Wet (lesson in Project 2 of Watercolor Skies and Clouds 1 ), Sunset Variations Postcard Paint-along , Watercolor Jumpstart Project 2
Spattering, sponging, stamping (applying paint with things other than brushes) – Full Moon Above the Forest Postcard Paint-along , Hummingbird Brush Drawing , Dragonfly Brush Drawing , Bee and Coneflower Brush Drawing , Watercolor Jumpstart Project 1
Choosing colors, setting up a palette – August 2020 Second Sunday Live Demo – What’s on Your Palette?
Technical skills
Applications/situations (skills in context)
Tips and hacks
Plein air
Presenting Work (alternatives to framing)
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