Experimenting and Playing with Loose Watercolors (Paint With Me)

Class Description:

Dive into a vibrant world of color and creativity in this engaging online class, where you'll explore loose watercolor techniques under the expert guidance of instructor Shelby Abrahamsen. This course encourages learners to let go of control, embrace their artistic instincts, and discover the joyous unpredictability that comes from working with loose watercolors. You will learn how to warm up before starting a project, tips for keeping your strokes soft, and how using a sketchbook is a great way to practice new techniques.

What You Will Learn:

The fundamentals of practicing with loose watercolors
How to utilize multiple sketchbooks for creative experimentation
Importance and methods of warming up before commencing an art project
Creating intuitive art using wet-on-wet technique
Enhancing artwork through negative painting by adding layers
Adding contrast using darker shades to make light spots pop out.
Splatters/freckles technique application for personality infusion in artworks

Supplies You'll Need:

Paper, either mixed media or watercolor
Paintbrush
Watercolor paints
Two jars of water
Mixing well
Rag or paper towels

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.

189 Classes

+31 enrolled

Class Pass includes:

✓Lifetime Access To Class

Foxsy Membership includes:

✓Live Class Access To This Class & All Foxsy Live Classes
✓Access to full 200+ Class Library, The Watercolor Academy, & The Modern Lettering Academy
✓Project feedback from Foxsy Pros & Unlimited Support

Ratings and Reviews

5.0

Avg. Rating

1 Ratings

What's your experience? We'd love to know!

Edna Paro

Posted 2 years ago

Shelby is so cool! She talks like she is a friend of mine. 🙂

I like the intuitive painting and the friendly talk. I also like that Shelby is real and talks about TV, Pedro Pascal (LOL), and shows how she goes with the flow with watercolors. 🙂