Watercolors are made to paint misty scenes,they are the perfect medium for it and in this course I teach you how to paint "Misty trees"

There are 4 separate tutorials to tackle and I have used a brand new way of presenting them!

I film myself doing the paintings and then write a full narrative which appears on the screen explaining what I am doing,a very simple idea but very effective.

"Don't subtitles do that?"

Not really because I think sometimes tutors can get a bit carried away chit chatting about all sorts of things and completely miss the valid points as well as the annoying technical issues and also bodily noises,dogs barking , phone ringing you get the idea. Not only that but most subtitles are not even accurate, oh and another thing,even the voices of our most beloved family members can get on our nerves a little at times so what chance have I of not doing so?

So my solution means that you can read through the narrative first and then start the painting the next time,you can always go backwards or forwards to read up on which colors we are using or which brushes etc.

Just like the traditional Art book but with moving pictures!

Check out the free preview videos to get an idea of what I mean and I will see you in the first lesson

all the best,David.

Art is such a beautiful way to express yourself and as a watercolor artist for over 30 years I can not urge you enough to give painting in watercolors a try,I never get bored with the effects of the colors on my paper,I still learn new techniques in my work every time I paint something,it is such a free and easy medium and it is well worth the time and effort you may invest.

To paint a watercolor picture is to escape into your own little world where nothing else matters and all your problems and worries can be forgotten, at least for a little while.

To give your own watercolor painting as a gift could not be more rewarding,I never get bored with the expression on the face of a friend or family member when I present them with an original watercolor painting which I have painted specially for them.

The medium of watercolor, for me, is the ultimate medium because even as a complete beginner you can achieve many effects using techniques which sometimes you are taught and sometimes you learn by complete accident which we call "happy accidents",such as when one color runs into another color and creates water marks or bleached paper,this is why sometimes I sit and watch the painting paint itself in front of my very eyes.

Of course now and then it does not work out as I wanted it to but all I have lost is a little bit of paint pigment,a piece of watercolor paper and a little time so I put that piece of paper to one side and start again!

Too many people have a go at painting with watercolors and think that they have to produce a perfect painting every time and they overwork the piece,desperate to get a finished painting to hang on their wall and of course they end up with a mess,get dispirited and give up announcing that they will never be an artist and so never paint again.

I would like to show these people the hundreds of watercolor paintings that didn't work out for me because without making mistakes you can't improve.I keep all my paintings good and bad and I look at the failures quite often,in these failed paintings there is quite often a part of the painting that I really like and I try to remember which technique,which colors I used,which brush made a particular mark on the paper so I can use these same techniques in my future watercolor paintings.

If I was stranded on a desert island,my watercolor kit would be the first thing I would wish for.