Learn to Paint in Watercolor

In this watercolor instruction video, Susan Bourdet shares a wealth of tricks for creating life-like details in your watercolors, starting with selecting images to mastering complicated settings. Whether you are beginning or an advanced painter, the watercolor lessons in Inspiration from the Garden in Watercolo complement and extend those in Susan's first watercolor video, Bold and Beautiful: Backyard Wildlife in Watercolor. [continued…]

Inspiration From The Garden in Watercolor

Learn from nature painter Susan Bourdet to create a painting with materials you have at home. You’ll see how to select images from photographs, use masking fluid successfully, render luminous wet-into-wet backgrounds, layer brush work to create convincing fur texture, and use dry-brush and salt texturing to portray the corroding metal of an old watering can. You will learn to systematically tackle complicated natural settings for charming results. Susan Bourdet is a popular Audubon print artist, author and teacher. She has a degree in biology and loves photographing wildlife in her home state of Oregon. She is the author of two books, The Allure of Nature and Capturing the Magic of Light in Watercolor, available from Creative Catalyst Productions at a discount when combined with a Gift Set purchase of Susan’s watercolor instruction videos.