Welcome to the Watercolor/Acrylic Academy! I am your hostess, Colette Pitcher. You can watch videos on the player below. Each week I post a new video. If you sign up for emails by clicking the "Join Us" button on the home page you will receive notice that a new video has posted and what other classes are available for the following week live at Showcase. The videos are available any time for a mere $10/month. Scroll down through the index to find introduction, beginner, techniques, simple or complex lessons. Something for every artist. Do you want something else? Share your requests or ideas by using the contact button. Most of all have fun! You are on your way to improving your skills, keeping your brain engaged and creating art! New: more class choices. Beginning watercolor, Acrylic academy, and some free videos. Hover over the video class menu item and see dropdown choices.
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Water Media Academy
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Lake Lighthouse

Carolina Chickadee

Nuthatch

Petroglyphs on Gesso
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This Week's Video:







Water and rocks media exploration:





Changing the substrate

Winter Topics
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Candlelight Glow
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Still Life/Edibles
Glass Bottles
Strawberries & Glass
Lemons and Limes
Eggs
Flower Bench
Apple Harvest
Pumpkins
Pumpkin Pie
Warm light & cool shadows
Cool Light & warm shadows
Thanksgiving Still Life Plan
Orange in October
Ornamental Corn
Cornucopia
Ornaments
Candlelight Glow
Strawberries
Pumpkins & Spider
Tea Party
Watercolor Watermelon
Corny Project
Chile Ristra
Pumpkin Play
Transparent Hearts
Horseshoes
Setting up a Still Life
Thumbnail Compositions
Color Study Corn



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Transportation:
1952 MGTD
Christmas Tree Truck
Make It Move
Rust is my favorite color
Rust at Rocky Point
Wagon Wheel
Mighty Ship
Coastal Boats
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Photo by Pace Clynke

1955 Chevy Pick up


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Photo by Tracy Stroh
Portraits/People:
Celebrity portrait (part 1) Chris Pine
Celebrity portrait (part 2) Chris Pine
Wonder Woman Gal Gadot
Pick a President - Ron Regan
Helen Ring Robinson
Rattlesnake Kate
Cowboy Portrait
Miss Rodeo Colorado
Native American Female
Nighthorse Chief
Witchy Moon
Splash
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Pick a President -
Ronald Regan Portrait
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Starter Techniques:
Beginners start here. The Red section explains materials and supplies. The orange section shows essential skills to help make watercolor do what you wish. The Yellow section shows tricks and fun secrets. Each section has a project. The purple sections is more essential information to build your skill level. Review these areas when the paint is challenging. More projects are in the blue section.
Red
Materials and supplies:
1 - Pigment
2 - Tracing and Transfers
3 - Brushes
4 - Water Control
5
6 Magic Time
7 - Dry, Drier, Driest
8 - Keep It Clean
Project Red - Portrait 1-4
Orange
Skills to master:
1 - Flat Wash
2 - Soft Edge, Graded Wash
3 - Rough Texture
4 - Dry Brush
5 - and Lifting
6 - Wet Into Wet
7 - Shape Into Form
8 - Glazes and
9 - Shadows
10-Drawing and
11-Tranfers
12-Washing Off Paper
Project Orange-Still Life 1-6
Yellow
Tricks to enhance:
1 - Salt
2 - Plastic Wrap
3 - Sponge, Spatter, and
4 - Toothbrush
5 - Cobwebs
6 - Crayons, Candle and
7 - Scrape
8 - Blow and
9 - Bubble Wrap
Project Yellow 1, 2, 3
Calligraphy
Fairy/Angel
Chancery Italic Hand
Bee Quote
Inking
Ames Lettering Guide
Things with Wings
Ruling Pen
Watercolor Journal
Flutterby
Starter Projects:
Butterfly 1-8
Seascape 1-4
Giraffe 1-5
Landscape 1-4
Abstract 1-2
Favorite Mug
Winslow Homer on Teabag
Economy of Line
Juicy Clouds
Glass Bottles
Soap Bubble Hydrangeas
Drawing:
Red Tailed Hawk
GAA Bunny Demo
Economy of Line
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More painting concepts:
Pack for Plein Air
2 Point Perspective
Wet Media Acetate
Design with Tracing paper
Thumbnail Drawing
Removing Stretched Paper
Layering Color
Color Theory
Mixing and Applying Color
Color Contrast
Planning a Painting
Stretching Watercolor Paper
Watercolor Mediums
Bad Hair Day (fix brush)
Value Scale 1-2
Half Sheet Transfer
Watercolor Block
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Green - Acrylic:
All videos could be used with acrylic as techniques are similar. These videos are painted in acrylic but could also translate to watercolor:
Setting up a stay-wet palette
Sunset Sail miniature
Plein air balcony landscape
Koi - Acrylic
Color Theory (3 videos: color wheels
modern and inorganic, mixing black
from compliments, tint tone &
analogous chart)
Zion
"Sunset Sail"
Category: Acrylic miniature
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