The World of Watercolor Painting with Birgit O'Connor

Today will be reviewing paintings and discussing different types of paper, masking fluid and how to get that color intensity that you're looking for. You'll be able to hear students questions along with my answers, It's a fun time and there's always lots of little nuggets in there to help keep you inspired and painting. How to make a quick line drawing How to enlarge your line drawing Rapid Resizer how to make a large scale image on your home printer

Today my guest artist is Charlie O'Shields the creator of the Doodlewash blog, World Watercolor Group on Facebook. With almost 70,000 followers we will be discussing how he got started, his approach, painting style, art materials, what what inspires him to stay motivated and the joy that he feels by supporting other artists. Charlie is the one that created World Watercolor month that will be here again in July, with 11 different sponsors, there will be giveaways all month long and a 31 day painting challenge, artist ambassadors that during that time will be donating a portion of their sales to the Dreaming Zebra Foundation to help provide art supplies to underprivileged children around the world, this has provem to be quite the event.

Audio only: Final meeting of the January February session of waves water land and Sea, To view the video portion of this podcast go to YouTube  https://youtu.be/P0ZtjYr1Zms  or you can find all previous video recordings in the course https://birgitoconnorwatercolors.teachable.com/

Discussing: copyrights, upcoming courses, discounts and painting reviews.

Focus on reviewing students paintings

Today we reviewed lessons 5-8 and focused on the Lagoon, Crashing waves, Simple reflections, wet-sand reflections along with reviewing work that came in since our last meeting, demonstration and other information. 

Audio  only Focus: Apple Blossom, - reviewing paintings, Shading, brushstrokes, shadows, background www.birgitoconnor.com  interactive and non interactive online courses      

Jan 24 2018  Waves & Water meeting 1 Platform, Lessons 1-4, keeping track of where you are, Painting review, problem solving Online courses

Meeting of how to blend color work wth a full sheet of watercolor, problem solving, and painting reviews Join the Class Access your courses anytime, anywhere, with a computer, tablet or smartphone Videos, quizzes and interactive content designed for a proven learning experience No set class time! Our courses are structured to fit around your schedule Lifetime access Participate in class meetings Skill Level Artists of all levels are encouraged to participate in this course