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Paint Realistic Watercolour and Botanicals - CHASING AUTUMN (Udemy.com)

Exploring the incredible colours and textures of Autumn in the watercolour medium and botanical illustration genre

4.7
681 reviews

Created by: Heidi Willis

Last updated September 2016

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What you will learn

  • Practice putting what we've learned from 'Paint Realistic Watercolor and Botanicals - STUDIO BASICS' into action
  • Understand the development of a simple idea or painting from start to completion
  • Identify suitable colour choices for a simple subject or element
  • Have a better sense of using basic watercolour techniques ~ washes, glazes, dry brushing, masking fluid
  • Understand how a botanical painting can be approached as a beginner
  • Feel more confident and strategic with the watercolour painting process

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  • Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 67% of them
  • Reviews681#79 of 195 by number of reviews
  • Length3.8 hoursshorter than 58% of them
  • Last updatedSeptember 2016earlier than 91% of them

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Course Description

CHASINGAUTUMN'is a progressivewatercolour paintingcourse that has been specifically designed and developed to apply the skills, knowledge,concepts and practice exercisescovered in 'Paint Realistic Watercolor and Botanicals - STUDIOBASICS' into action. Autumn leavesarean ideal subject to start with on our painting journey, and a perfect subject to refine and develop your skills further if you come to this tutorialwith some experience already. Offering simple outlines,shapes and form, an insanely beautiful and diverse palette to play with, andendless combinations and variationsof colours and textures to play with, this is a topic thatgives youplenty of room to movewith techniques and colours andstill achievesuccessful results. This course and subject is all about havingfun with watercolour... but look out! You may just learn a lot too.

'CHASINGAUTUMN' explores a series of7 gorgeousAutumn leaves, one leafat a time. Eachhave beenspecifically selected anddesigned to focus on anddevelop precisetarget areas of watercolour techniques to acompleted painting (or in this case paintings!)allowing us to understand the relevance of what we learned in STUDIOBASICS, and toget a firmhold on the focus points and techniquesof each.

With almost4 hoursof content in this watercolour paintingtutorial, you can follow mystart to end, comprehensivestep by step instruction on each element as set out for you, or by exploring your own compositional ideas,youcanpersonalise your work a little more in this tutorial too. Breaking the course into 7 separate subjects allows you to break the course up into bite size pieces, and gives you time to process and digest each one in your own time and place.
Its a wonderful place to get started and to getlearning!
Im really excited towelcome you to this new tutorial 'CHASINGAUTUMN' and I look forward to your company.

Who this course is for:
Anyone interested in watercolour paintingAnyone interested in Botanical PaintingThis is an ideal starting point for the watercolour medium and Botanical IllustrationFor the more experienced, this is an ideal place to refine your watercolour techniques and skills
Read More All Levels All Levels product length iconTime: 3.8h

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Instructor Details

Heidi Willis

Heidi Willis ~ RenownedNatural History Artist,Botanical Illustratorand WatercolourPaintingTutor
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 Australias 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.
Heidis work has featured in prominent national and international exhibitions over her career. Highlights include The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prizesixtimes to date. The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize is one of Australias most prestigious and richest art competitions held by the South Australian Natural History Museum. Several of her works have been showcased as a finalist at the Focus On Nature exhibitions, a leading international Natural History Art Prize held in the New York State Museum.Her work has also featured and won awards in both Botanicaand

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4.7

681 ratings on Udemy

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By Sarah Paolino on 10/10/2020

Instructor is awesome. She guides you every step of the way. Her instructions are clear and her visuals support the instructions.

By Berenice Suarez on 9/13/2020

It was easy to follow, the only complaint is that sometimes the camera focused on her hand instead of the painting

By Maureen Bryan on 8/25/2020

Enjoying the pics and informative.

By Leesa Carlisle-Brown on 8/21/2020

The intro explanation made a lot of sense to me. I have been painting for a while but what Heidi says about getting the foundation right is so true.

By Jie Hong on 8/20/2020

i would prefer if she got to the point in her videos

By Marion on 8/15/2020

too fast

By Susan Clements on 8/6/2020

Great communicator

By Ozlem Ertaylan on 8/5/2020

Thank you very much for this wonderful course and advises

By Lin D on 6/26/2020

Wonderful, detailed explanations - steps clearly defined. Final product a creative culmination of learned techniques. Thoroughly enjoyable, informative and engaging.

By Dori Jansen on 6/21/2020

too much talking, no painting

By Kokila Doshi on 6/14/2020

It takes a long time to log in keeps on buffering

By Sheryn on 5/26/2020

I have loved every minute of this course, and my skills are improving with every leaf. Well laid out, well explained and clearly taught.

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Paint Realistic Watercolour and Botanicals - CHASING AUTUMN
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