beginner WORKSHOP

Watercolor Landscapes

A four-week online course beginning on October 1, 2022

Registration closes on September 30

About the Course

This four-week online watercolor course will walk through all of the watercolor techniques you need to learn how to paint one of my favorite subjects, landscapes! Each week of the course I’ll be sharing all of my best tips and tricks as we cover everything from stretching paper to creating textures to painting reflections, and much more.

My goal is that by the end of this workshop you will have the skills to:

• Understand the start to finish process of creating a piece, from stretching paper to removing it from the board

• Sketch out a composition by creating thumbnails

• Mix color and build a palette

• Work with a variety of brushes

• Confidently paint a landscape using your own reference photo

Click the headings in the menu below to see an overview of the lessons we’ll be covering each week:

A Little More Info

Course lessons will be pre-recorded so that you can go at your own pace. They’ll be released on a weekly basis, but you will have lifetime access to them once the course is complete.

Each week of the class will include a live one-hour session where I will answer questions and demonstrate techniques. These sessions will also be recorded in case you can’t join us live.

When you learn to paint the landscape, you learn to see the landscape, and it starts to become part of who you are.

About Leana

Thanks for your interest in learning from me! Over the past decade as an instructor I’ve had the privilege of teaching hundreds of students how to paint with watercolors, and I truly believe that anyone (yes anyone) can learn how!

Watercolor landscapes are one of my favorite subjects to paint and have I can’t wait to teach you how to paint your own!

Supplies

You will be responsible for providing your own supplies for this course. Below is a list of everything you’ll need. (Linked items are recommendations only. Please use whatever brands are your favorite or you already have on hand)!

Supply List:

• Paint (pan set or tubes)

• Round brushes #2, #6, #10

• Flat brush 1/4”

• Practice watercolor paper (140# weight, any brand)

• Mixing palette (any kind of smooth surface will work)

• Light gray watercolor pencil

Optional Supplies:

• Pencil sharpener

• Other shades of watercolor pencils (dark gray, brown)

• Artist tape

• Paper stretching supplies (staple gun + staples, gator board)

• Arches watercolor paper

Where is this workshop taking place?

This is an online course! Lessons will be pre-recorded and released on a weekly basis. We will have a live one-hour Zoom session each week where I will answer questions and demonstrate techniques. (Live sessions will take place on Thursdays October 6, 13, 20, and 27 at 7:30pm EST).

Will I need to provide my own supplies?

Yes. Please feel free to use whatever you have on hand! If you’d like my recommendations, you can find them here.

Is watercolor messy?

One wonderful thing about watercolor painting is that it is fairly mess-free. You may want to protect your painting surface with paper or plastic, but watercolor paint doesn’t stain and wipes up very easily.

Registration closes on September 30