I am teaching the beginner's guide to watercolor essentials in a series that goes along with my book, Everyday Watercolor. These are holiday themed tutorials geared to teach you the watercolor essentials and give you a little taste for what my brand new course, "Everyday Watercolor Companion Course," designed to be a video companion to my best-selling Everyday Watercolor series of books. This beginner watercolor tutorial will help you with watercolor essentials AND give you a taste of my new course. Enjoy!
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00:00 - intro
01:07 - begin painting berries
02:15 - importance of variety of hues
02:27 - painting the first leaves
02:53 - learning compound strokes
04:00 - painting consecutively across the paper
04:16 - vertical vs. slanted hold
09:53 - resources guaranteed to help you improve