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Easy Watercolor Paintings; The Ultimate Beginner Course (Udemy.com)

Learn the fundamental skills and how to apply them to create your first masterpieces

Created by: Robert Joyner

Last updated May 2021

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What you will learn

  • The best affordable brushes
  • How to manage your palette and avoid wasting dry paint
  • How to resize paper and retain the rough edge(s)
  • How to prep paper so that it reduces the buckling when painting
  • Learn color mixing basics using six primary palette
  • How to create the four common washes
  • Learn the three mixtures and how to layer them properly
  • Learn various brushwork techniques
  • Learn how water impacts the painting process
  • Tips on how to work into wet paint
  • Various techniques such as softening edges, lifting and scraping wet, or dry, paint
  • How to employ basic techniques to create colorful artwork
  • How to paint simple landscapes using previously discussed techniques
  • How to create easy painting that will help build confidence
  • Learn the essential watercolor skills that you can easily apply to your own subjects

How it compares

Against the other 175 rated Udemy courses in Digital Painting on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 54% of them
  • Reviews144#93 of 176 by number of reviews
  • Length5.5 hourslonger than 69% of them
  • Last updatedMay 2021more recently than 52% of them

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Course Description

Welcome To Easy Watercolor Paintings Course

Welcome to easy watercolor paintings; the absolute best beginner course for learning basic fundamentals and developing quality techniques.

This class is designed for the absolute beginner! We will start at the very beginning and work our way through all the skills you need to know.

And if you get stuck along the way I'm here to help. There's a comments section so just ask a question and I'll respond within 24 hours.

The course has three sections:

Getting started: we will go over materials, affordable brushes, paper quality, color mixing basics, prepping paper, resizing paper and good palette management.

Basic techniques: you will learn the three common mixtures, layering basics, explore brushwork techniques, managing water, working with wet washes and various skills.

Easy painting projects: you will put your skills to the test and complete a series of paintings. Each project is designed to use certain techniques and skills. It's a great way to bring all the lessons together and create some easy, approachable artwork.

Testimonials

Robert speaks to his students as if they are artist and isn’t full of himself. It’s all about the work haveIng fun. Mistakes aren’t an issue perfection either- it’s more of what did one discover and also learned about yourself. Very cool!

Angel F.

Great fundamentals class. Robert goes over the basics with materials and techniques, with clear explanations and examples. The exercises are especially fun and challenging. Love the loose watercolor approach!

Maria C.

Fantastic course. Robert did it again :))) Course in which first parts you learn different techniques and the behavior of watercolors in different conditions and in the second part you apply this knowledge in some nice projects. Great!

Anton S.

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Instructor Details

Robert Joyner

Hi, I'm Robert Joyner.

I'm a full time paint-slinger from Richmond, Virginia specializing in watercolor, acrylic & mixed media paintings. Best known for my signature loose brushwork and carefree approach to creating abstract style artwork.

Here's a quick look at some of my bragging rights.

Official Artist 2012 Kentucky Derby

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Art On Carnival Cruise Ships

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Art on sitcom Modern Family

Artwork on sitcom The Odd Couple

Artwork in movie Tracers

2013 Mixed Media Instructor Strathmore Papers

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Reviews

4.6

144 ratings on Udemy

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By Parita on 9/22/2026

What is the difference between watercolour tubes & cake difference in terms of effect on paper.

By Mary Stewart on 9/22/2026

He is very thorough, explains everything without too many extraneous words. As a beginner, I appreciate being told exactly what to buy and how to use the materials.

By Jyothsna Devi on 9/5/2026

Loved it so far. The exercises are interesting, simple to understand and follow. Very practical. I paint watercolors but I feel my paintings are stiff. This course helps me loosen up and help me develop my own style

By Valeria Sepulcri on 10/23/2025

An excellent and comprehensive course that gives you all the knowledge and confidence you need to start painting with watercolors. Clear, inspiring and truly effective. Thank you!

By Susan Nielsen on 7/18/2025

This is my second time through. The first time I just watched and listened. This time I am building a "template" so I can follow along easily by doing the exercises. I am new to watercolor but I am a teacher (of other subjects) and this is the way I would teach watercolor fundamentals to new folks. Excellent course! Thank you!

By Tara Peters on 5/16/2022

The course is clear, concise, and chock full of valuable information. This is a great introductory course.

By Young Branch on 12/1/2021

Very detailed helpful information is provided by the instructor.

By Robert Ritchie on 7/21/2021

I had attempted painting with watercolor and other types before, but kept having the same problems. This class included discussion of typical problems and presented solutions. Still takes practice, but set the stage for me to overcome many of these issues.

By Dorie G Burns on 6/26/2021

Excellent. I will return to go over his paintings again and again, Best course ever!

By Ian Andrew on 1/5/2021

Covering the use of pans as well as tubes for complete beginners would have been great as I'm personally using pans. But otherwise great

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Overall Score : 92 / 100