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Watercolor Painting For Beginners | By Award Winning Artist (Udemy.com)

Learn the Essentials | Master the Basics | Two full workshops packed in 1 great course | All the FUN without the FLUFF!

Created by: Broderick Wong

Last updated March 2026

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What you will learn

  • Learn the essentials first before the basics
  • Understand how watercolor behaves
  • How much water to use
  • How to go lighter with your colors
  • How to go darker with your colors
  • Master basic techniques
  • How to avoid washed out paintings
  • How to avoid patchy, overworked paintings
  • Paint new activities (No repetitive drills)
  • Paint Sea and Land Animals (No fruit, vegetables or salads)
  • How to prepare your puddles
  • How to do a wash (The right way)
  • How to blend your washes using 1 color
  • How to blend your washes using 2 colors
  • How to make smooth, gradual blends
  • How to paint in details and features
  • How to layer or glaze to make your paintings glow
  • How to paint shadows without getting muddy
  • How to paint elements like leaves, trees, wood, grass
  • How to handle your brush to paint simple textures
  • How to "paint without painting"

How it compares

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

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 34% of them
  • Reviews6,950#6 of 195 by number of reviews
  • Length4.3 hoursshorter than 52% of them
  • Last updatedMarch 2026more recently than 90% of them

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Course Description

WHO AM I?

Hey there! Broderick here and I paint in watercolor professionally,

from simple character designs, to realism, to fun art, even fine art pieces hanging in Museums in Europe.

  • I’ve been a featured artist for a major art supply chain

  • Social media loves my quirky watercolor pet portraits

  • Placed first in live watercolor painting competitions

  • I've led live watercolor painting workshops for people who have never picked up a brush before

WHY LEARN FROM ME?
When I started, I knew absolutely nothing about painting or watercolor.

I ruined many watercolor paintings and didn’t know how to do them differently.

I experienced many happy accidents but didn’t know how to recreate them successfully.

I persevered and took a handful of workshops and,

over a brief period, I developed a certain fluency in “reading” watercolor.

I’m excited to help you learn to create watercolor paintings you could be proud of!


WHO IS THIS FOR?

Whether you've never picked up a brush before, or if you’re hoping to understand the medium better,

you'll want to finally learn watercolor the way it's meant to be used.


1) SHORT LASER-FOCUSED LESSONS

2) LEARN WITHOUT THE INFORMATION OVERLOAD

3) SEQUENTIAL LEARNING

4) NO SECOND GUESSING

5) LET GO OF THE FEAR OF STARTING

6) HAVE FUN WHILE YOU LEARN!


My course is professionally produced:

● All videos are shot in high definition

● Over the head shots showing my entire set up

● Close-up shots for color mixing

● Clear and consistent audio/commentary

● Combination of energetic and relaxed pacing

● Casual conversations instead of formal lectures

● Receive the information in small segments. No over explaining.

● Animation/Visual Cues to let you know where I want you to focus on

● Fun activities with new challenges in each lesson to build up technique and application

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Instructor Details

Broderick Wong

Broderick Wong's artistic journey started in Manila with a degree in Marketing from De La Salle University. He found himself deep in Learning and Development as a Management Trainer and while he liked what he did, it wasn't what he loved. In 2009, he left his job to pursue art by enrolling in a basic 3D animation and multimedia course. Eight thousand hours and 1 demo reel later, he abandoned it. Although it was art, there was still something missing. Between 2010 and 2014, he specialized in black and white, graphite Character Portraits.

In 2015, he had discovered watercolors. His journey started with teaching himself the basics. When he reached a decent enough level, he took a few workshops (5 to this date) to enhance his knowledge and skills as a painter.  In that process, he had discovered so much about himself, about life and who he was as an artist.

His impressionistic style of watercolors have not only been shown in group exhibitions in Metro Vancouver but in Italy at the 2019 Fabriano in Acquarello International Exhibition  as one of the representing artists for Canada (where his painting was further juried into the Fabriano Watercolor Museum) and 2020 Fabriano in Acquarello International Conference as international artist under the Italy Group and demonstrated a painting for the on line demonstration portion of the festival.

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Reviews

4.5

6,950 ratings on Udemy

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By Carolien Cornielje on 9/12/2026

De juiste snelle info over materialen, daar kwam ik voor! Iets sneller naar deze concrete info was fijn geweest, maar misschien ben ik gewoon te ongeduldig. De intro was natuurlijk al heel kort en bondig

By colleen s stump on 9/3/2026

helpful and straightforward yes and exciting to see it all work. I approached this work in a different way and ended up with lines, lines, and blooms...Can't wait to try this -- all the attention to the bead!!

By Darren Voisey on 8/22/2026

Getting a solid, foundational knowledge of the materials and how it could affect the outcome of my paintings is very helpful. It is exactly the reason I decided to do a properly constructed course, so I started equipped with the right knowledge to succeed instead of flailing around and getting frustrated.

By Udemy User on 7/13/2026

I am just finishing section 8 and I am already getting a lot out of the course, having language for the strengths, actual real-time understanding of mixing and understanding how to manage the bead is extremely valuable. Keen to keep going

By Leil Garner on 5/29/2026

This course is a GOOD match for me! I appreciate how Broderick explains the WHY of watercolor techniques AND the HOW! It is beneficial to know how AND why water and watercolor do what they do! Otherwise, I find that I am making mistakes that I do NOT have to make! And...I am building a firm foundation of the art of watercoloring! This class has been a game-changer and a life-changer for me!

By Ishraq Kamal Arafeh on 2/10/2026

If you want fast-track your learning in watercolor, this is the course for you. It simplifies complex topics and focuses on real world results. Can't wait to join the next level; wet on wet watercolor course

By Lauren Sylvester on 1/30/2026

Yes, this course was excellent for me. I had been trying to learn how to paint with watercolors by watching YouTube and Instagram videos. I was not learning the basic foundational techniques and I was not improving. Now that I have learned the correct techniques and principals, I can practice and actually get better. I did each exercise twice and I could see the improvement in my second exercise.

By Kate R on 1/15/2026

thank you for this course, I have learnt alot and can see the difference in my works of art. Loved all the animals too! Kate from Australia

By Lisa Clouthier on 12/24/2025

It was a great match for me. I decided I wanted to learn watercolor painting but didn’t know where to start. I found this course and it was perfect. I learned so much about color mixing, water control, paper, etc. Can’t wait to start the next one.

By Sonal Kumar on 11/26/2025

Thank you Broderick, the knowledge you imparted in byte sizes, step by step was extremely useful. You addressed the frustration I have been having with watercolor painting, stagnating without the ability to know how to progress. The idea of the bead slowly descending was so simple yet so powerful as a concept. I know you would be interested in constructive feedback so here are two points to improve - if possible, could the exercises be of more inspiring and aesthetic subjects and would it be possible to have better music. Thank you so much.

By Francois Maurice on 11/22/2020

I had done water coloring years ago but never really knew the proper technique. Thanks. Very enlightening.

By Sabrina Poulakidas on 11/22/2020

Der Kurs entspricht meinen Erwartungen. Ich bin Anfnger und mchte Schritt fr Schritt in die Aquarellmalerei eingefhrt werden.

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Overall Score : 90 / 100