Learn more about the Course and your Instructor, Kelly Beekman

Learn more about watercolor paints and how to prepare them for the exercises we will do in the Masterclass.

In wet-on-wet watercolor painting, the paper needs to be dampened before painting. This demonstration guides you on how to prepare your paper.

If you are preparing paper for a whole class of children, follow this video for the best technique.

After soaking, the paper should be sponged before painting. Here’s how you do it…

Here are descriptions of all the tools you will need to be prepared for painting during the Masterclass.

Let me introduce you to the life and work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. 

Demonstration of several wet-on-wet watercolor painting techniques including Controlling Water, Creating a Value Scale, and 2-in-1 painting.

Introduce yourself to each of the colors by creating many small paintings focusing each time on a single color.

Paint your own color wheel to understand the basics of Goethe’s Color Theory.

Let’s look more closely at the color wheel of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and consider the qualities he describes in the colors. We will identify the different contrasts within the color wheel.

Two painting demonstrations include Using a Sponge as a Painting Tool and Creating a Blend.

Follow the demonstration to label your Color Wheel to show the color relationships.

In a series of painting you will now paint two colors together and learn more about their qualities when they “play” with each other on the paper.

To see how your chosen color responds in different circumstances, you will create a color study of that color by painting three separate paintings.

Goethe’s study of colors went beyond color qualities and contrasts. We will discuss some of his other experimentation and discover “physiological colors” and “colorations”. I will also introduce the terminology you can use to talk about color and how it can support your understanding of color interactions.

Techniques of painting control must be counterbalanced with techniques allowing for freedom. This video demonstrates Color Flooding.

Give your colors a voice and let them talk about their interactions with other colors. Learn how to write a color story that both describes to others how your painting was made and introduces the qualities of each color.

Taking all you have learned so far, you will create a painting of your own design, using three colors.

Using your Masterpiece as your inspiration, you are asked to write a story about the color interactions that you experienced while painting.

Some final words from your Masterclass instructor.