Watercolour for Beginners #5 A landscape with birds (Coursera)

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Watercolour for Beginners #5 A landscape with birds (Coursera)

Watercolour is a fun and easy. This course is for the new-to-watercolour and will teach you all about how to start a watercolour painting. Once you learn the basic steps, painting will be a joy. You can complete this course in an hour if you follow the step-by-step process. There are hints and pointers in every lesson. By the end of the series, you should be able to paint in watercolours all by yourself. These are the successful lessons that have been used for beginner students before.

I have chosen my students' favorite lessons show you. Come and enjoy these lessons too. Upload your version for everyone to see.
A landscape with birds
The lesson is an easy landscape with birds. You learn basic skills like a multicolour wash and drybrushing birds. Be sure you watch my video on 'Materials' for watercolour and in particular the video on making skinny lines before you paint the birds. Don't worry if your scene is not exactly like mine. No watercolour is ever the same. That is what is wonderful about watercolour. The variations are great. This is also a favorite of my students and they succees with this project every time. Upload your version for everyone to see.

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