Just Flowers!
My 3-Course Bouquet Discounted for You
If you know anything about me, you know that I love painting flowers. Even in winter, when my hometown of Montreal is slumbering under several feet of snow, I will always find a way to paint them. I’ve never been a flower snob, so an inexpensive supermarket bouquet will do just fine. Over several days, even these humble bouquets fill my imagination with colour and dreams of spring and summer. And when those seasons finally do arrive, I’ll sit by my flowerbeds to sketch, or assemble small bouquets for my studio, or ask a friend whether I can sketch in their garden.
If you love sketching flowers as much as I do, then JUST FLOWERS! My 3-Course Bouquet, will indulge your floral passions. In these three courses, I focus on the fundamentals of flower sketching, both in small vases and in the ground. We’ll cover subjects such as how to treat stems in water, how to mix vibrant colours, including a variety of greens, and how to convey freshness by varying colour, tone and edges. Most important, I’ll show you how I paint wet-in-wet — a technique every flower-loving watercolourist should master.
With these fundamentals in hand, you can learn to paint not just the flowers featured in these courses. You can apply what you’ve learned to just about any flowers, from supermarket bouquets to exotics in botanical gardens, at home and on your travels, even in the depths of a snowy winter.
The courses in this package:
Late Summer Blooms: Sketching Fresh Flowers
In this course I show you how to:
- Unify your floral sketches by massing flowers to create larger shapes
- Paint light flowers against a dark background
- Create the best colour mixes for vibrant blooms and foliage
- Simplify the complex shapes inside a glass vase
- Achieve the most effective water-to-pigment ratio for painting flowers
Wet-in-Wet Blooms: An Intro to My Favourite Watercolour Technique
This course gives you a strong foundation in my wet-in-wet technique, and also strengthens your overall painting skills. I show you how to:
- Wet your paper so it stays damp for a long time
- Get comfortable with brush wetness on damp paper
- Achieve transitions of value and colour across large areas
- Create hard edges and edges that blend adjacent colours
Sketching Spring Flowers: My Favourite Blooms in Watercolour
I give you step-by-step techniques for capturing both boldly coloured and delicately blushing spring blooms. Learn how to:
- Simplify your composition with dynamic shapes
- Allow colours to blend fluidly on your paper, for stunning effect
- Create a variety of greens for foliage in sun and shadow
- Convey the beauty and freshness of flowers by varying colour, tone and edges
- Mix clean, bright colours and avoid muddy mixes
Frequently Asked Questions
How long will I have access to these courses?
Once you sign up, the courses are yours to watch as often as you like.
Who are these courses for?
These are beginner/intermediate level courses. You should have some basic experience with drawing and watercolour.
What tools will I need?
We’ll cover drawing and painting tools in some detail at the start of each course, and you can download a list of materials.
Will I have access to all the lessons at once?
Yes, once you register you’ll have access to all the lessons so you can start learning, drawing and painting immediately.
How do I find the courses I am enrolled in?
Go to the top of the page and look for the "My Courses" tab. All the courses you have registered for are right there.
