Class Overview

Welcome everyone, I’m Shuika and I’m a watercolor artist who loves to paint in semi-realism style!

If you're considering following this class, the first thing you must know is that you don't need any particular skill to start!

I will teach you everything you need to know, and together we will do a series of practical exercises to both understand our materials, and the techniques we're going to use, starting from pencil and ending with color!

The set of skills you will learn here will be more than enough to create our main project: the Portrait in the cover!

In chapter 1 I’ll guide you through the Materials we’re going to use, explaining to you how to choose the perfect ones for your purpose.

This part will be followed by the first Watercolor Bootcamp in chapter 2, our first practical chapter, dedicated to teach you how to use your brushes, finding their personal skill, learn color mixing, color harmony and to create an intelligent and coherent color pallete, follower the most used coloring techniques.

In chapter 3 we’re going back to pencil, and before: the inspiration behind the portrait.

I will give you some insight on where to gather inspiration for your drawing, guiding you since the first steps of the sketch phase, focusing then on teaching you how to draw the shapes of the face.

In chapter 4 we have our second bootcamp, where we put everything we’ve learnt together, creating a Monochromatic portrait.

It’s very important to follow this part because this is the base to add color next, and that’s what we’re doing in chapter 5, in which I teach you how to color different parts of the face.

After learning everything you need to know, in chapter 6 you’ll finally be able to really challenge yourself and put it all together creating a portrait!

We have an additional bonus chapter number 7 where I will talk about the importance of coloring freely and the relationship that colors and our emotional life have. Then, I will give you my greetings for completing the course successfully, in the Outro chapter, telling you some encouraging words from artist to artist..

I wish for everyone who approaches this class to live it as a moment they dedicate only to themselves, of self-care and growth, a moment to relax and just enjoy painting, knowing you’re doing something meaningful for yourself.

I can’t wait to see what you're going to create along with me!

See you soon!

Class Requirements

1. What will be the main materials and/or tools used in your class?

1. Watercolors (I use Winsor&Newton)

2. Brushes ( I use both Princeton, Winsor&Newton, Borciani e Bonazzi)

3. Watercolor paper (I use mainly Claire Fontaine demi-satin)

2. Can students use other tools to learn during your class? Can you name a few tools?

1. Any paper that lets them paint and not buckle with water! ( Recommended atleast 300gms) Other brands: Arches, Winsor and Newton, Fabriano Artistico, Canson

2. Any brushes that has similar characteristics! (Other brands: Da Vinci, Tintoretto)

3. Any other watercolor, and I recommend choosing colors with single pigments inside! (Other brands: White Nights, Daniel Smith, Holbein, Van Gogh)