Watercolor school training courses in Durham, NC (public, in-house or online)

Place creative energy into learning watercolor! Practical techniques are covered, including brush control, texturing, and color mixing. Students have fun as they explore value, color, and composition. This class is an elective for either the certificate in drawing or oil and acrylic painting. 16 hours.

Techniques of water media will be demonstrated including wet into wet, dry brush, creating texture, glazing and collage. Techniques will then be applied to color and design theory information.

Learn traditional watercolor techniques including various washes, glazes, scumbles, resists, and more, and discover how to make the techniques part of your personal painting style. The course begins with a look at the materials and how to make the most of them, and you’ll explore watercolor’s unique properties by creating a color grid. You’ll examine prominent watercolor artists, how to shape your style and choose intriguing subjects, and how to articulate your ideas into individual pa...

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Learn traditional watercolor techniques including various washes, glazes, scumbles, resists, and more, and discover how to make the techniques part of your personal painting style. The course begins with a look at the materials and how to make the most of them, and you’ll explore watercolor’s unique properties by creating a color grid. You’ll examine prominent watercolor artists, how to shape your style and choose intriguing subjects, and how to articulate your ideas into individual pa...

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