Simplifying Watercolor Painting: Techniques for Negative Painting and Creating Depth

Do you get frustrated with watercolor? Is it not behaving like you imagined it would? In this easy class, we’ll let go of that frustration and learn to have fun with watercolors.  

Join illustrator, author & educator, Mirka Hokkanen, as she teaches you how to explore watercolor behavior using the negative painting technique, and learn how to create a sense of depth in your paintings with three simple design principles. By the end of the class, you‘ll have a beautiful painting to keep or gift, and confidence in a new skill to add in your painting toolbox.

What you’ll learn:

• Basic tools for successful watercolor painting: papers, paint, brushes and other supplies
• Warm up and get comfortable with simple exercises
• 3 Design rules to create depth with negative painting
• Painting a beautiful greenhouse with a variety of plants.
• Adding simple details to create interest in paintings