By Mireille Belzile - Beginner level - Language: French
Immerse yourself in the soft, festive world of watercolor with this online course presented by Académie Madolaine. In over 2h30 of video tutorials, you'll learn to paint 6 unique Christmas greeting card designs.
No experience or drawing skills are required: tracings are provided and every step is explained, so you can paint your cards with confidence.
The designs you'll create:
- Cozy little village
- My happy snowman
- Sparkling baubles-
- Rain of red fruit
- Warm Christmas wreath
- I hear Santa's laugh
Techniques included:
1. Painting wet on wet: brush and paper are wet.
2. Painting wet on dry: the brush is saturated with color, but the paper is dry.
3. Splashes of color: to give sparkle or the effect of falling rain or snow.
4. Clarify color: to obtain a lighter shade.
5. Making a relief: to wet a very small area to obtain a white (find the white paper underneath).
6. Mixing two colors to obtain a third color.
