7 Day Watercolor Challenge for Everyone - Build Painting Habits & Master Fundamentals

Ready to learn watercolor painting step-by-step? Join this engaging 7-day watercolor challenge designed to build your confidence and master essential watercolor fundamentals. Whether you're a beginner watercolor artist or looking to refresh your skills, this class offers simple, approachable lessons to guide you through the entire process – without the overwhelm.

Each day features:

• A short, focused watercolor technique exercise
• A fun, beginner-friendly demo painting

New! Bonus Lesson: Paint Beautiful Koi Fish! Expand your skills with a bonus Day 8 lesson focused on creating stunning koi fish paintings using expressive watercolor effects.

What you'll learn:

• Drawing fundamentals: Develop essential skills to observe and sketch your subjects with confidence.
• Watercolor fundamentals: Understand watercolor tools, materials, setup, and core techniques.
• Sketching basics: Learn quick, proven methods to draw any subject for your watercolor paintings.
• Watercolor effects: Master techniques like wet-on-wet, splatters, salt, lifting, and masking for dynamic results.
• Shading: Learn how to effectively shade with both pencil and watercolor.
• Painting tips & tricks: Discover how to loosen up and truly enjoy the watercolor painting process.

How this class works:

This class is structured as a manageable 7-day challenge. Complete one short exercise and one demo painting each day. Lessons are designed to be beginner-friendly and real-time paced, allowing you to paint along at your own speed.

Downloadable resources under “Projects & Resources” include:

• Materials PDF
• Sketches
• References
• Step-by-step images
• Scans

By the end of this watercolor class, you'll:

• Feel more confident with your watercolor tools.
• Understand how watercolor behaves on paper.
• Enjoy the watercolor painting process.
• Gain a clear understanding of how to approach different subjects.
• Develop your eye for structure, values, and composition.
• Build the muscle memory and confidence to continue exploring watercolor painting independently.

Summer Giveaway! Complete all 8 paintings from the challenge (including the new koi fish bonus lesson) and upload your project by August 31st to enter for a chance to win 1 year of Skillshare Premium!

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I'm excited to see your projects – especially your koi fish paintings! See you in class, Jane-Beata