Angela Fehr has been offering a free livestream “beginning watercolor bootcamp” this week, February 27, 28, and March 1st, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (tomorrow). It isn’t much hands on, but she shares a lot of good information. You can find the recorded sessions still on youtube, I think.
Wednesday we made a background.
(Arches cotton watercolor pad, 140 lb, cold pressed… DaVinci paints… except the blue, which is EEM, DaVinci Casaneo brush, size 2)
(PS, these brushes are new… reviewed on youtube by Teoh Yi Chie, a popular urban artist I follow. These are synthetic round quill brushes, but you’d never guess they aren’t animal hair. They are excellent brushes, so far. They hold so much water, as much as animal hair, and keep a beautiful point, but are large enough to do a lot with. I ordered the size 2 and size 0… the 2 is about like a round 8, I’d guess. I’ve linked them on Amazon, and I get a few cents on purchases, but they keep the price the same for you. I haven’t looked anywhere but Amazon, though (I bought through Teoh’s link!) so you might want to shop around a bit and see if there’s a better price somewhere)
Today Angela added a tulip blossom and gave some suggestions about technique… but kind of left us hanging with the rest of it. (What??? I have to paint on my own?? 🙂
I let it dry, then came back to a bunch of water spots I hadn’t noticed, in the top left corner, so I added some splashes of color. Maybe not an improvement, and not perfect, but I like it. Painting loosely is a real challenge for me.
I’m considering taking her 6 week watercolor mastery course. (This is kind of a teaser for that one) If I do, you’ll be able to follow along with my progress, and see if it’s something that might interest you next time she offers it!
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