Welcome to learn watercolors with me! I am happy and thrilled that you are here because 

I am a watercolor junkie.

Yes, that is the only way I can put it. I can draw, I can paint with oils and with acrylics, I enjoy playing with Photoshop

but none of that comes even close how much I enjoy painting with watercolors. 

This love for watercolors began very early on. I must have been 7 or 8, around the same time I realized that I wanted to become a children´s book illustrator and enjoyed watching sweet watercolor illustrations in story books.

Watercolor is not an easy medium, but once you learn the basics of it and you keep practicing it becomes something easy and natural. 

I hope you enjoy this course and I can´t wait to see your creations.

Let´s do this :D

Materials you will need to get started. 

You can get English captions/subtitles to this video and all other instruction videos from the left corner of the video. 

watercolor paper, thickness at least 300 grams
Two jars of clear water
paint brushes of different sizes 
watercolor palette
a porcelain plate
masking fluid

Items that you can also use: masking tape/washi tape, a straw

Learn basic watercolor techniques such as flat washes, gradient washes, dipping, splattering, stripes and more. 

Color Wheel

Primary colors: red, blue and yellow
Secondary colors: green, orange and purple

Complementary colors: red/green blue/orange purple/yellow 

How to mix orange: mix warm yellow and warm red

How to mix purple: mix carmine (cold red) and ultramarine blue

How to mix green: mix yellow and blue 

How to mix brown: mix yellow, red and blue

How to mix black: mix very dark blue and very dark brown together

Paint a lighthouse using the same techniques you have learned during this course. 

When you have finished your own paintings I would love to see your results. You can tag me on instagram @fairychamberart using hashtag #fairychamberartcourses 

Music is classical guitar from Bach.