Learn Advanced Watercolor With Me!

In addition to FREE YouTube tutorials, I offer in-depth watercolor and gouache classes on my Patreon channel. Each class contains a variety of reference materials, including black & white outlines, step-by-step photos, painting supplies and pigment alternatives.  Join my PATREON any time and have unlimited access to 50+ real-time tutorials, demos and technique videos {200+ hours of instruction}. In addition, you will get access to our private Facebook group, and priority attention to your Direct Messages {vs. other social media platforms}. New compositions are added on a regular basis, and you can cancel / pause the subscription at any time.  Below You will find a list of all available classes, along with a summary of key learnings and techniques we will practice together.

  • Toucan & Hibiscus (4 Hours)

    Skill Level: Intermediate - Advanced
    Key Learnings & Techniques: Painting black subjects (without black pigment), mixing blacks, negative painting for petals & leaves.

  • Sunbird & Lemons (3 Hours)

    Skill Level: Intermediate - Advanced
    Key Learnings & Techniques: Glazing to build depth and volume; Blooming effects with granulating pigments; Wet-on-dry for gorgeous feather textures.

  • Watercolor Portrait

    Watercolor Portrait Fundamentals (3 Hours)

    Skill Level: Intermediate-Advanced
    Key Learnings & Techniques:
    Mixing skin tones; facial anatomy; painting light & shadow to create realistic features.

  • Leaves: Beginner to Advanced (1 Hour)

    Skill Level: From Beginner to Advanced
    Key Learnings & Techniques: wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, wet-on-damp, glazing, masking fluid, granulation and negative painting.

  • Macro Flower

    Gladiolus Macro Flower (3 Hours)

    Skill Level: Intermediate
    Key Learnings & Techniques: Wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, glazing to adjust hues and color temperature, creating petal texture, background techniques.

  • Blue Orchids: Wet-on-Damp (3 Hours)

    Skill Level: Intermediate - Advanced
    Key Learnings & Techniques: Wet-on-damp vs. wet-on-wet techniques; Using dagger brush; painting realistic petal veins and flower stems.

  • Lilly of the Valley (2 Hours)

    Skill Level: Beginner - Intermediate
    Key Learnings & Techniques: How to paint white subjects (without using white paint), negative painting, painting greenery.

  • Autumn Forest (5 Hours)

    Skill Level: Advanced
    Key Learnings & Techniques: wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, painting animal fur, glazing to create “glow”, negative painting technique for greenery.

  • Cockatoo & Stargazer Lilies (4 Hours)

    Skill Level: Intermediate - Advanced
    Key Learnings & Techniques: Wet-on-wet and negative painting for feathers; Wet-on-damp for flower petals and leaf veins.

  • Summer Grapes (4.5 Hours)

    Skill Level: Advanced
    Key Learnings & Techniques: planning complex paintings, wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, glazing to create depth, "under-painting" to create a glowing light effect.

  • Chocolate Orchid (3 Hours)

    Skill Level: Intermediate
    Key Learnings & Techniques: Charging technique (variation of wet-on-wet), color harmony, painting flower petals and stems.

  • Winter Birds (2 Hours)

    Skill Level: Beginner - Intermediate
    Key Learnings & Techniques: How to avoid over-painting and overworking your paper, painting realistic snow & bird feathers.

  • Butterfly & Poppies (4 Hours)

    Skill Level: Intermediate - Advanced
    Key Learnings & Techniques: wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, glazing, color temperature, negative painting technique.

  • Glowing Rose (4 Hours)

    Skill Level: Advanced
    Key Learnings & Techniques: "glowing light" under-painting; "softening the edges" to create atmospheric depth, and other background techniques.

  • Tropical Forest (3 Hours)

    Skill Level: Intermediate
    Key Learnings & Techniques:
    in-depth overview of fundamental techniques for painting realistic feathers; painting greenery & berries.

  • Coral Reef & Clownfish (2 Hours)

    Skill Level: Beginner - Intermediate
    Key Learnings & Techniques: Wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, glazing to add depth, and blooming to create texture.

  • Diving Penguin (2 Hours)

    Skill Level: Beginner
    Key Learnings & Techniques: In-depth review of wet-on-wet vs wet-on-dry fundamentals; using "sprinkling" technique for atmospheric effect.

  • Deer & Persimmons (3 Hours)

    Skill Level: Beginner-Intermediate
    Key Learnings & Techniques:
    Wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, background techniques and composition structure.

  • White Shell & Painting Shadows (3 Hours)

    Skill Level: Advanced
    Key Learnings & Techniques:
    Painting white subjects; capturing realistic light & shadow with watercolor (in-depth review).

  • Partridge in a Pear Tree (4 Hours)

    Skill Level: Intermediate
    Key Learnings & Techniques:
    glazing, working with granulating pigments, painting realistic feathers & fruit.

  • Sweetpea & Dragonfly

    Sweetpea & Dragonfly (4 Hours)

    Skill Level: Advanced
    Key Learnings & Techniques: Color temperature fundamentals; overlapping layer technique; painting small details.

  • Chinese Lanterns (3.5 Hours)

    Skill Level: Intermediate
    Key Learnings & Techniques: glazing, wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, negative painting for realistic greenery. 

  • Mandarin Duck & Lotus Flowers (4 Hours)

    Skill Level: Advanced
    Key Learnings & Techniques:
    wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, wet-on-damp, negative painting.

  • Summer Vegetables (3 Hours)

    Skill Level: Beginner-Intermediate
    Key Learnings & Techniques: How to create various textures with watercolor, including the use of salt, lifting technique and granulating pigments.

  • Scarlet Ibis & Tropical Leaves (4.5 Hours)

    Skill Level: Advanced
    Key Learnings & Techniques: wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, painting feathers, painting various types of tropical greenery.

  • 2 Turtle Doves & Christmas Cactus Flower (3.5 Hours)

    Skill Level: Intermediate-Advanced
    Key Learnings & Techniques: wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, painting feathers: soft and sharp, "recycling the palette", painting greenery.

  • Fuchsia Flower (2.5 Hours)

    Skill Level: Beginner-Intermediate
    Key Learnings & Techniques: Planning watercolor layers, glazing technique to add depth, lifting technique.

  • How to Paint Green Leaves

    How to Paint Green Leaves (2 Hours)

    Skill Level: Beginner & Intermediate - 2 Case Studies
    Key Learnings & Techniques: mixing greens, glazing, working with granulating greens, negative painting.

  • Watercolor Tiger (2 Hours)

    Skill Level: Beginner-Intermediate
    Key Learnings & Techniques: Wet-on-wet; wet-on-dry; working with granulating pigments; background effects.

  • Black Swan (1.5 Hours)

    Skill Level: Beginner
    Key Learnings & Techniques: Wet-on-wet; wet-on-dry; working with black pigments; feather effects.

  • Lotus Flower (1 Hour)

    Skill Level: Beginner
    Key Learnings & Techniques: Negative painting technique, working with student grade paints.