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Simple Trees: A Beginner's Watercolour Class with Jane Davies

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Have you always wanted to create beautiful, loose, quick-flowing wet-on-wet watercolour with the simplest of touches, then let me show you how! 

This is the first in my three-class beginner series, and you'll be painting your first masterpiece in just 15 minutes!

Butterflies and Panda are the second and third classes and follow on from Simple Trees

Throughout this series, I'll be showing you my liberating wet-on-wet free-flow technique. We'll be working without fuss or complication, and everything I teach here will be the foundation for the many masterclasses that you'll find here on Skillshare. These three classes will give you a basic understanding of this fabulous liberating wet-on-wet technique!

Get ready to have fun with watercolour, is never going to be the same again!

In this class I’ll be showing you:

  • How much water you really need to add to your paper
  • How magical it is to simply place paint straight from the tube onto wet paper without any brush strokes
  • How to create light and looseness
  • How to simply have fun with watercolour!

You will be creating this fabulous tree scape and well on the way to unlocking this liberating wet-on-wet free-flow technique!

Past reviews

"There is only one word to describe Jane Davies' classes - MAGICAL!”

“Another Fantastic class from Jane. Jane's gentle & patient approach provides students with lessons that feel like you are sat opposite her with a cuppa. She provides wonderful feedback and encouragement. Without question, she is my favourite teacher on Skillshare.”

"Highly recommend this class. Jane has a different way of painting in watercolour, straight from the tube. For me, this resulted in the best watercolour painting I have ever done. She gives clear instructions, step by step, and works at a pace that is not overwhelming. I cannot wait to try another one of her classes"

“Jane is an excellent teacher, and her clear instructions mean anyone, even complete beginners, can have a go and produce a piece of work that they will be very pleased with. Highly recommended.”

“This is a great video class by the very generous teacher Jane Davies. I really enjoyed attempting this with Jane's unusual but effective technique. Thank you, Jane”

"Wonderful class. Jane is an excellent teacher, guiding you through each stage with clear instructions and demonstrations. I love her friendly, informal style”

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Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Materials
  • Sketching Out
  • Main Painting

Taught by

Jane Davies

Reviews

4.6 rating at Skillshare based on 215 ratings

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