1Start here · Lesson 1 · 30 min
Materials and first washes
Set up your palette and paint the three washes every landscape in this course is built from.
Start lesson 1- Lesson 1 · First washes
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Lessons 2 to 4 and Nadia's notes on every painting come with the full course: £12 a month, stop any time.
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I lifted the clouds with a tissue but the edges came out hard. Did I wait too long?
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Hand in a paintingNadia's latest feedbackOn Lesson 2 · Skies
Lovely soft sky, and the green hill sits well under it. The hard edges mean the paper had lost its shine: lift a minute earlier, while it still glints. Your shore is spot on.
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Loose Landscapes
Paint loose, luminous landscapes.
Four watercolour lessons with Nadia Holmquist. Hand in a photo of each painting and read her notes on it. Lesson 1 is free; the full course is £12 a month.
“Lovely flat wash: no streaks, and that's the hard one. Load the brush fully for every stroke and tilt the board a touch more.”
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- 1 Washes
- 2 Skies
- 3 Trees
- 4 Water