Watercolor Wednesday: Palette Swatching with Imperfect Patterns

Class Description:

Create stunning swatch pages bursting with color and personality! In this session, you'll use organic patterns and shapes to build dynamic, visually interesting watercolor pages. You'll practice essential skills like color selection, color mixing, and brush control while creating pages you'll actually want to keep in your sketchbook. Perfect for exploring your color palette, building confidence with your brush, and filling your sketchbook with beautiful, playful pages that inspire future projects.

What You Will Learn:

How to organize colors on a palette for easy selection
How to mix colors confidently using your palette
How to control your brush with intention and purpose
How to create organic patterns and shapes with watercolor
How to build dynamic and visually interesting swatch pages
How to fill a page with color, patterns, and personality
How to explore your color palette in a playful way
How to build confidence with your brush and watercolor materials

Supplies You'll Need:

Watercolors
Round watercolor brushes
2 jars of water
A rag
A palette for mixing
Watercolor paper or sketchbook

About Instructor

Shelby Abrahamsen (Foxsy)

Shelby is the co-founder of Foxsy and the creator at Little Coffee Fox. She is a professional watercolorist, letterer, and artist with a passion for teaching others to reintroduce creativity back into their lives. Shelby lives in Chicago, IL with her husband Jon and her pets Summer, Basil, and Korra.

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