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SO MANY EDGES!
… SO LITTLE TIME Watercolor Artist: John Lovett Click Here HARD – LOST – BROKEN – LOST Watercolor Artist: LOUISE DEMASI Click Here Join us at Ida Mae Atelier for a watercolor class focused on a simple but powerful skill: painting edges. While we’ll be using bumble bee and floral as our subject, mastering edges…
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Wrinkle, Press, Reveal!
The Magic of Saran Wrap on Painted Rock Create River Stone Textures with Saran Wrap Have you ever looked at a beautiful, textured rock and wondered how you could capture that intricate, geometric pattern on paper? You know, the secret tool is hiding in your kitchen drawer right now? Yes Maam and Sir, its Saran…
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Painting in a Painting
Objectives Watercolor Edges One method of achieving distance in your painting is to use edges strategically. The general rule you should remember is that hard edges appear closer to the viewer and soft edges fade into the distance. In any watercolour painting, the mastery of soft and hard edges – is crucial. These techniques help…
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Watercolor Line &Wash
Student Gallery : Continued Ed. Beginner Watercolor Course Spring 2025 View Video on Line and Wash to get Started : Click Here A Step-by-Step Guide to Painting a Child’s Portrait in Line & Wash Hello, artists! Can you believe it? We’ve sailed through the heart of the course and have arrived in the crisp, creative…
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Cartography of Bloom
Try this fun Blooming Practice today! Make Mistakes into Masterpieces: Forget everything you’ve been told about “staying inside the lines.” What if the most beautiful parts of your painting are the ones you didn’t plan? What if your biggest “mistake” is actually your painting’s secret weapon? Welcome to the wabi-sabi world of watercolor, where control is optional…
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Capturing the Cockspur Lighthouse
Watch Video of the charming lighthouse in Tybee Island harbor ( Click Here ) Join us for a peaceful painting session where we’ll capture the charming Cockspur Lighthouse off the coast of Tybee Island, Georgia. This class will focus on essential watercolor techniques: creating a soft, luminous sky with a “wet-on-wet” wash, using negative painting…
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Carolina Landscapes
Understanding Value & Perspective through Layers, and Loose Abstraction Landscape painting is more than recording what you see, yet it’s about creating a sense of space, mood, and atmosphere. Whether your goal is realism or expressive abstraction, the tools of complete value and saturation of color, will help build depth. Use these to guide the…
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Aloha Hibiscus
Written by Ida Mae There’s something undeniably captivating about tropical prints. These hibiscus flowers can be paired with deep green monstera leaves or even vibrant parrots to evoke a feeling of warmth, relaxation, and paradise. Here we will attempt capturing the Hibiscus essence through fluid, luminous art of watercolor. Before your florals hit the fabric…
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Nature Observed in Watercolor
Historically he relationship between art and scientific documentation eventually gave rise to a new artistic genre, the Naturalistic Illustration, whose aim was to capture in a work the particular forms and functions of a given species. The genre found enthusiastic supporters among scientists and wealthy connoisseurs who were intrigued by the novelty of this rigorouslyobjective…
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Watercolor Supplies
Hi! Welcome to Your Watercolor Journey: A Carolina Artist’s Guide Are you ready to begin your journey as a watercolor artist? How exciting! Diving into a new creative practice is thrilling, but we know it can also feel a little overwhelming when you’re staring at a wall of art supplies. A word to the wise:…