Embark on a creative journey with this course focused on the creation of three stunning watercolor paintings, where you'll acquire practical skills and theoretical knowledge to bring your artistic vision to life.

Discover the joy of watercolor painting without the need for talent or extensive time commitment. Join our beginner-friendly course and unlock your creativity, as we guide you step-by-step to create stunning landscapes using professional techniques. Engage yourself in a fulfilling artistic journey and see your skills flourish.

The video course “Watercolor trip to Italy” is a step-by-step tutorial made by Ukrainian watercolorists: Andrej Gerasimyuk (ranked in TOP20 world’s watercolorists)  and Vitalii Dets (finalist TOYP 2014). The tutorial shows how just in 3 steps, you can learn to paint Italian landscapes with watercolor. The authors share their expertise and secrets of watercolor techniques in the form of 3 step-by-step interactive lessons. Video-course includes different techniques: wet-in-wet, dry, masking etc. Those are 3 of 16 lessons extracted from the book "Watercolor trip to Italy". So if you have the book, you can paint directly in it.

Course Structure:

Section 1: Course Introduction

• Lecture 1: Introduction to the Course and Materials

• Lecture 2: Color and Technique Demonstration (15 minutes)

• General recommendations

Section 2: Tutorial 1: The flower pot on the wall (22 minutes)

• Preparing a sketch, presenting visual and text instructions

• Following step-by-step lesson in the video

• Checklist and corrections

Section 3: Tutorial 2: The tree (20 minutes)

• Preparing a sketch, presenting visual and text instructions

• Following step-by-step lesson in the video

• Checklist and corrections

Section 4: Tutorial 3: The field in Toscana (28 minutes)

• Preparing a sketch, presenting visual and text instructions

• Following step-by-step lesson in the video

• Checklist and corrections

Shortly about the process:

1. Make a draft drawing on watercolor paper using the attached sketch.

2. Prepare the necessary materials: 12 paints, brushes, etc.

3. Follow the step-by-step video instructions with highlighted green outlines and accompanying instructional pictures.

4. Finish all details and check for any mistakes in the pictures.