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Paint Realistic Watercolor and Botanicals - STUDIO BASICS (Udemy.com)

This foundation tutorial will help you understand essential work+studio basics for realistic watercolour and botanicals

Created by: Heidi Willis

Last updated February 2017

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What you will learn

  • Know how to GET STARTED ON THE RIGHT FOOT!
  • Understand sound studio, materials and technique basics needed to create realistic watercolour and botanical paintings
  • Learn about materials so you understand what to purchase... don't waste money on the wrong things!
  • Learn how to improve your environment, approaches and results of your own work
  • Build practical strategy towards successful outcomes
  • Feel confidence in yourself by getting the right information
  • Prepare yourself for my subsequent 'hands on, step by step' tutorials

How it compares

Against the other 194 rated Udemy courses in Drawing on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 34% of them
  • Reviews3,280#23 of 195 by number of reviews
  • Length3.1 hoursshorter than 67% of them
  • Last updatedFebruary 2017earlier than 90% of them

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Course Description

This is a foundation watercolour course from a highly experienced, competent artist and tutor. This tutorial is jam packed with wonderful hints, tips, and insights on everything from studio environments, to materials, to important work practices. The course finishes with 2 levels of exercises, specifically designed to familiarise you with the most common water-colour techniques needed for realistic watercolors and botanicals. This comprehensive guide will definitely get you off on the right foot... and to keep you going and growing! With well over 3 hours of knowledge rich content on how to get started in this medium, this is a wonderful opportunity to gain quality insights into the beautiful world of water-colour painting, and launch you onto your own painting path successfully. 

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Instructor Details

Heidi Willis

Heidi Willis ~ Renowned Natural History Artist, Botanical Illustrator and Watercolour Painting Tutor

Australian born, Heidi Willis is an entirely self-taught Natural History watercolour artist. Her work intricately illustrates our native and exotic plants, flowers, fruits and seed capsules, whilst her powerful & distinctive portraits of our spectacular bird life offers viewers an insight into the world as she experiences it. Painting full-time since 2003, Heidi quickly established herself as one of Australia’s emerging artistic talents. Her reputation as a leading natural history, wildlife and botanical artist is well established and her meticulous and intricate studies of botany and birds can be found in significant public and private collections around the world.  

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Reviews

4.5

3,280 ratings on Udemy

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By Isabelle Goethals on 7/17/2026

Der Inhalt deck alles was man als Anfänger wissen muss. Alles ist sehr präzise erklärt. Was mich am meisten begeistert hat sind die vielen Infos zum "Timing" und wie man seinen Arbeitsplatz gestalten soll für ein flüssigeres arbeiten. Sehr interessant waren auch die Tipps die übers zeichnen/malen hinausgehen in Richtung persönliche Entwicklung als Künstler. Ich danke Heidi für diesen tollen Kurs der auch noch für einen sehr guten Preis daherkommt.

By Laura Amato on 5/22/2023

This is a great coarse . Its the 3rd beginner coarse I’ve taken and once you get into painting it teaches the perfect techniques. After I watch the last 2 parts of this coarse 5 or 6 more time to get the lessons down perfect I may be able to download a coarse not for beginners! Who knows. There is still a lot of practice. The first 75% of the video is A-Z everything you need to know about water color. Plenty of tips and tricks to help you along your journey. I recommend this coarse.

By Katja Jacob on 5/20/2022

I enjoyed the course. it’s a bit hard to decide whether “more theory” is really what I need - I just started painting and watercolor is my first ever paint medium - because, I really also need to paint! I liked learning the theory/information you provide, and I am once again thinking that “more theory” was indeed what I needed. That is because of how deeply frustrating it is when I paint and don’t know at all what I am doing. … Now I look forward to taking your next course, which will be hands-on, and I do feel better prepared for that.

By Viraj Tapase on 11/15/2020

nice details about small things that matters

By Cel on 11/8/2020

Love the fact that Heidi covered the very basic things to enable one to truly have good foundational knowledge. Her passion shows through, shes clear with her explanations and she inspires. Looking forward to enroll in the rest of her courses.

By Miles Taffert on 10/26/2020

its fine, just not what i was looking for

By Lisa Knechtel on 10/24/2020

Wow. This course exceeded my expectations. Not only do I have a great understanding of how to set up my workspace and what materials to invest in, I also understand enough about colour theory and where to start to begin my watercolour exploration

By Girly Arizo Broos-Godts on 10/15/2020

I have learned a lot that even a simple material does really matter.

By Sarah Paolino on 10/11/2020

There is a wealth of I formation in this course! I am so glad I took it.

By Anne Kristin Blomfeldt on 9/27/2020

Fantastic tutorial for me as a new painter. Now I know how to plan my work, how to choose the right colours, and how to use different techniques.

By Debra Shumate on 9/23/2020

Good, basic information.

By Nat Gary James on 9/21/2020

yes.

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Overall Score : 90 / 100