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Ever wanted to master the art of painting powerful, crashing waves in watercolour? This workshop, led by renowned watercolour artist Julia Barminova, will guide you step-by-step through the process of painting the ocean’s energy. Julia, who has explored over 160 port cities for inspiration, will teach you how to depict waves, foam patterns, and shorelines using various watercolour techniques such as wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, and dry-on-dry.
This workshop covers everything from understanding wave dynamics to mastering brush control. You’ll start with an introduction to essential materials like watercolour paints, brushes, and paper. Then, Julia will demonstrate key techniques and show you how to apply them to your work. By the end, you'll have a clear understanding of how to capture the motion and fluidity of the sea in your watercolour paintings.
What will we study
- How to paint dynamic breaking waves in watercolour.
- Techniques to depict foam patterns and the shoreline.
- Wet-on-wet, dry-on-wet, and other watercolour methods for capturing ocean movement.
- How to choose the right brushes and paper for watercolour seascapes.
- Understanding wave dynamics and how to reflect them in your artwork.
Program
How to Paint Breaking Waves in Watercolour
≈3h
Reviews
It was my First experience with lecto room, was so happy with my experience. Special thanks for sorting me out of finding the course and the recording. Thank you so much
Very kind and charming instructor, excellent explanations, easy to follow. I especially liked the preparatory exercises to understand the specific watercolor technique Julia Barminova is using.
Really like learning Julia's technique, would have love to be able to see or download the reference photo
Julia Barminova explains very well her technique , very good course, thank you
My biggest discover was learning sea and water reflection.
Used materials, colour theory, creating textures, usefull exercises to master it all..... It was a very complete introduction. To see all this applied to a exemple painting was very helpfull as well. My secound course with Julia and looking forward to the next one. Thanks, Tomas
I am absolutely in love with Julia's way of painting,, excellent lesson incredibly informative ad extremely enjoyable and very easy to follow. Hope to become as good as she is with my boats and water! There are many courses out there and I have followed many, but noone has been so helpful and useful both for technique and instructions provided.
Amazing my second course by Julia and I've learned so much. She is so talented it is really generous that she is sharing her skills and how she sees water, thank you!
It was the first time that I have an WS online with Lectoroom and is was Excellent. Hope you make many more:
Absolutely enjoyed this course. Julia is a great teacher and loved how detailed her explanations are!
I enjoyed very much to see Julia do dry on wet to create the sea, very helpful.
Great course, very helpful and detailed! I really liked how Julia explained every single aspect of her technique, I learned a lot! Thank you!
Excellent. I want to go through it again because I wasn't able to paint live because of the tie difference.
Who is it suitable for
- Beginners who want to learn watercolour techniques for painting waves.
- Intermediate artists looking to refine their skills and depict realistic seascapes.
- Anyone passionate about painting the ocean and mastering wave dynamics.
- Those who wish to improve their control over wet-on-wet and dry-on-dry techniques.
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Necessary materials
Materials
Paints
- Metallic or plastic palette and watercolours (recommended to use tubes)
- Gamboge PY150/PO48
- Cadmium Orange PO20
- Phthalocyanine Blue Reddish PB15
- Indanthrene Blue PB60
- Phthalo Green PG7
- Cobalt Blue PB28 or Ultramarine Blue PB29
- Neutral Tint RBk6/PV16
Paper
Required paper specifications: 100% cotton paper 300gr. For Julia’s watercolour technique the best paper is Arches Grain Fin 300gr.
It is possible to use single sheets of paper or a block If you use single sheets don’t forget about a board and a masking type. Size is 20*30cm.
Brushes
- Angular brush
- Round pointed synthetic brushes
- Soft flat brush
Mechanical pencils 4B, kneaded gum eraser, masking tape, water container, napkins.
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