Otters are a joyous subject to paint in line and wash. In this course we will explore using scribble mark making to capture their playful nature and energy. We will add washes of flowing watercolour to enhance the drawing, ensuring that both ink and paint contributes completely to the end result. Along the way we will learn many transferable skills, which will help you grow as a watercolourist.

Have you seen black watercolour paper and wondered what it is all about? You might think you can’t possibly work on black with your usual watercolours. This course shows you it’s time to see watercolour in a new light! Instead of painting shadows, we will paint light. Using our favourite colours and effects, we will retain the essence of watercolour while working on this new surface.

This is a bundle of my original Ink Resist / Goache Wash Off and my new Turtle Ink Resist courses. Available at a £7 discount over purchasing the two courses separately.

If you are looking to push your watercolour skills forward, this special offer bundle combines the newly launched Painting Birds in Watercolour with the tried and tested Painting Animals in Watercolour course at a special discounted price. You will gain the skills, techniques and confidence to paint any animal or bird in flowing and lively watercolour, capturing their personality and movement.

Painting watercolours on canvas offers many exciting opportunities for the artist. Along with the immediacy, vibrancy and unpredictability of watercolours, it is a liberating and creative process. This practical course explains how to get started and goes on to encourage experimentation, with advice on selecting and preparing canvases, ways to adapt your working process and step by step demonstrations.

Line and wash is where drawing and painting meet. It combines the strength and impact of ink, with the softness and transparency of watercolour. At its best the combination is far more than a coloured in line drawing or an outlined painting. In this extensive course you will learn all about the different combinations of line and wash, using buildings, portraits, animals, flowers and still life as your inspiration.

The wonderful variety of animal and bird life means that you will never be short of inspiration. No wonder animal painting is so popular. This course is based on my best-selling book (Painting Animals in Watercolour). We explore eyes, shape, texture and tone before completing a step by step portrait of a cheeky donkey. The exercises and techniques build confidence for you to produce portraits full of life and energy.

Horses tend to feature high on any list of most popular animals. No wonder - our relationship with them goes back for many thousands of years and they have powered our exploration of the world. But what if you want to capture a horse in loose and lively watercolour without painting every hair? You want to capture their beauty and strength while breathing life into your painting. Then this course is for you.

Negative painting is far from negative! It is simply a way of turning how we look at objects upside down. The subject is revealed by painting the space and air around the object rather than by painting the object itself. Once you have got your head around the concept of negative painting it is incredibly useful to the watercolourist. It will help you capture light and carve out your subject from its surroundings.

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