Paint a Magical Glowing Effect with Watercolors

Class Description:

Want to create a striking watercolor painting with dramatic glowing elements? Whether you’re painting lanterns, lightning bugs, or magical objects imbued with power, creating a glowing effect can turn the wonder and drama up to a 10. In this class, you’ll learn how to accomplish this beautiful glow with a few different methods.

From selecting your colors to pushing contrast levels, each step will be demonstrated and then practiced together to ensure you understand how to achieve this luminous technique. By the end of the class, you’ll possess a valuable skill to expand your watercolor repertoire. Get ready to bring a little extra light to your artwork!

What You Will Learn:

How to select and prepare watercolor supplies for creating glow effects
The step-by-step process of planning and executing a watercolor glow
Techniques for creating a glow both with and without masking fluid
Hands-on practice in creating a small project with a magical glow
Tips for adapting the glow effect to different artistic projects

Supplies You'll Need:

100% cotton, 140lb watercolor paper
Variety of round paintbrushes (different sizes)
Variety of angled paintbrushes (different sizes)
Masking fluid
Two containers of water
Palette for mixing colors
Paper towels or a clean cloth
Light pencil
Soft eraser
Opt. Heat tool or hair dryer (for speeding up drying times)
Watercolor paints

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

+16 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

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Avg. Rating

1 Ratings

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

linda-f

Posted 1 year ago

Its really ethereally enjoyable!

I did this course after I finished a similar project in the Watercolour Academy as I find the things that glow are a fascinating subjects for this medium. Shelby is very thorough and explains things well and I find watching her process insightful and lovely to watch. By watching this, I added to my knowledge of this technique and look forward to using it.