When I first started using Watercolour in 1980 I was inspired to copy the great artists such as Constable, Quinton and others. I couldn’t get on with oil or acrylic so turned my hand at watercolour.

As I had never gone to art school I just went with my instincts and had fun!

Because I tried to copy the great artists, the techniques I developed were completely unique and unlike any other watercolour pictures I saw.

I remained self taught, learnt as I went along and what you’ll see in this course is a result of years of learning through mistakes and finding what worked.

New Approach

You’ll also see techniques never before attempted with watercolour (as far as I know). My watercolour pictures, even though they’re “impressionistic”, have a sense of realism about them.

Materials

The paper I use is a 300gsm smooth watercolour paper. You can use something similar or your favourite watercolour paper!

The Watercolour Pans I use are Winsor and Newton Cotman. The colours used in this picture are:

• 235 emerald

• 150 chinese white

• 660 ultramarine

• 179 cobalt blue

• 074 burnt sienna

• 744 yellow ochre

• 552 raw sienna

• 554 raw umber

• 331 ivory black

• 119 cadmium yellow pale hue

• 346 lemon yellow hue

• 109 cadmium yellow hue

• 599 sap green

• 098 cadmium red deep hue

• 090 cadmium orange hue

• 076 burnt umber

• 696 viridian hue

• 465 payne's gray

If you do not have these watercolours then we have a colour chart available inside the course.

The brushes I like to use with Watercolour are No.6, No.4, No. 3, No.1, No.00, Half Inch Flat and Quarter Inch Flat.

Basic Outline

In this course I’ll give you an outline drawing so that you can print this straight to watercolour paper or trace it using a carbon. I’ll also show you the materials I use in my watercolour work.

Then we’ll get started with the paintings which are split into “easy to digest” parts.

With this course you will learn to paint a landscape of Barges at Rest. In this course you'll learn to a lot of trees, water and those beautiful barges.

I hope you enjoy learning my watercolour techniques, once you are finished, please do share your artwork via the Q &A section or message us using Udemy's messaging tools.