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VIDEO TUTORIALS

In these video tutorials, Paul shares with you over 30 years of experience as a professional painter. Filmed in HD, each tutorial has lifetime access and consists of full demonstrations, overhead footage, palette footage, in film reference, painting theory, tips and techniques.

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The Building Blocks Of Watercolour Painting 1 DESIGN

44:24

The Building Blocks Of Watercolour Painting 1 DESIGN

In this video, Paul begins by explaining layouts, proportions and the compositional grid as a way of making strong designs. He covers modifying the subject as well as how to guide the eye towards a chosen focus point before showing the theory in a full demonstration painting.

The Building Blocks Of Watercolour Painting 2 COLOUR

01:10:55

The Building Blocks Of Watercolour Painting 2 COLOUR

Do you struggle to understand colour and colour mixing? If so, this film is a must. Paul illustrates in clear to understand instruction, how to make accurate mixes by breaking colour into its component parts of hue, tone, saturation and value. Importantly he also highlights the location of some popular colours on the colour wheel to help you better understand how colour theory relates to the paints you use. The academic start to the film is followed up with a full demonstration painting of a bluebell wood, where he shows you how and why he is arriving at certain mixes.

The Building Blocks Of Watercolour Painting 3 SHAPES

01:01:57

The Building Blocks Of Watercolour Painting 3 SHAPES

Paul explains the importance of shapes, balance and proportion in a composition. In the video he explains how to connect shapes to create flow and simplicity in a painting. You will learn the role of shapes, not just in the design of your work, but also in how to view shapes through the layering process of a painting. The information is brought together in a spectacular demonstration of a busy springtime scene. Watch how he achieves simplification through the layers resulting in an engaging painting full of light.

The Building Blocks Of Watercolour Painting 4 VALUES

01:09:05

The Building Blocks Of Watercolour Painting 4 VALUES

Paul starts the film with an illustrated explanation of values and imparts their importance as the main building block of painting. He also illustrates how values and tones interact and how they work when mixing colours. You will learn how to generate different strengths of colour plus how and where to use those strengths in a three layer system of painting. There are lots of tips and information to absorb, plus a full demonstration painting showing the theory in action.

The Building Blocks Of Watercolour Painting 5 FOCUS

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The Building Blocks Of Watercolour Painting 5 FOCUS

In this film you will learn techniques for breaking the focus of edges in your paintings. Varying the focus generates more engagement from the viewer, therefore giving your work more appeal. Paul begins with a demonstration of techniques including softening, drag brush, and dot and dash detailing, before putting them together in a full demonstration painting.

Transparency & Opacity In Watercolour

47:42

Transparency & Opacity In Watercolour

In this HD tutorial film, Paul explains when, where and how to use transparency and opacity in watercolour. If you have ever been confused about transparent and opaque colours, this is a game changer.

Alternative Brushes and Marks

53:39

Alternative Brushes and Marks

In this tutorial, Paul introduces different ways of using brushes to make an exciting woodland snow scene.

Flat Brushes

48:29

Flat Brushes

In this tutorial Paul introduces and explains the use of flat brushes in watercolour painting before embarking on a cityscape demonstration. The film includes a useful explanation of perspective.

Loose Brushwork

42:05

Loose Brushwork

Learn how to use loose brushwork to create expressive paintings that shimmer with life.

Watercolour Brushes

01:03:01

Watercolour Brushes

In this HD production, Paul illustrates the differences in watercolour brush shapes and fibres before moving into a full demonstration painting.

Detailing

01:15:45

Detailing

In this tutorial, Paul highlights various tools and methods for creating fine lines and details before applying the techniques in a full watercolour painting demonstration of boats.

Expressive Acrylics

01:21:41

Expressive Acrylics

In this tutorial you will learn how to use acrylic in a watercolour method, including the materials to use and the appropriate medium to enable the paint to be thinned. Included are lots of tips and techniques throughout the full demonstration.

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