Deborah Dawson
A Watercolor Journey
We are excited to announce our first online course offering! Renowned watercolorist Debra Dawson has produced a complete watercolor course for beginning and intermediate artists. The 10 lesson course is available for $50.00 or each individual lesson can be purchased for $7.50.
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Topics Covered in the Course
- Using a Limited Palette
- Washes: Flat, Graded, Varied
- Glazing
- Scrubbing
- Lifting
- Types of brushes and their uses
- Proper brush usage
- Calligraphic strokes
- Splattering, sponging, dry brush
- Using a liquid masque product
- Seascape, sky and rock forms
- Utilizing flat wash
- Multi-hued wet into wet sky
- Dynamic composition
- Luminosity, under painting layers in light transparent pigments
- In light transparent pigments
- Utilizing the full range of strokes from your brush
- Layering color
- Creating sharp edges to create textures and form
- Dynamic composition, creating recession
- Using Gradation of values, size, and temp to create illusion of distance
- Utilizing the full range of strokes from your brush
- Textures, Saturation of color, brush strokes
- Simplifying a busy reference photo
- Create sparkle by leaving specks of white paper
- Incorporating a color in all areas
- Using a variety of stroke sizes, patterns and drops of pure color
- How to use the color yellow
- Using a unique perspective of subject
- Incorporate compliment as background and shadow
- Using a unique perspective of subject
- Incorporate compliment as background and shadow