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Learn to paint and improve your watercolour skills with Tom Shepherd
Whilst Tom loves painting a wide variety of subjects, especially if the light is doing something interesting, he is always drawn back to the place where his first two passions met: painting wildlife, in particular birds.
"The free-flowing and immediate nature of watercolour seems to lend itself so well to capturing the fleeting moments of wildlife, along with their movement, character and colours"
Tom's work has become widely collected in the UK and, more recently, internationally.
He has been a highly commended finalist in the world-renowned Wildlife Artist of the Year on several occasions.
Tom has also become a highly regarded and much sought-after tutor. As well as running his own workshops, he travels all over the UK teaching and demonstrating for Art Groups & Societies. He also leads painting holidays in beautiful rural France.
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Each tutorial includes a download pack with line drawing and reference images to help you get started.
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A set of short techniques videos to show you all of my key techniques and get your paintings looking great.
Sketching to mixing colour, preparation to completion, everything you need to know to develop your painting skills.
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Enjoy a free sample... from my latest tutorial...
I increasingly love painting these Back to Basics tutorials, and this one was a lot of fun!
They’re great if you’re early in your watercolour journey, as well as a reminder that a simple, easy-to-follow process (with a little practice!) can yield really fantastic results.
In painting this plum and two leaves, we really dive into wet-in-wet work, specifically working an entire area (an individual leaf or plum) wet-into-wet, from light to mid-tones to deep darks, then calling that bit done before moving on to the next.
This allows us to get to grips with wet-in-wet, paint consistency, paper dampness, and ultimately just feeling comfortable moving water and pigment around on the page... but within relatively small and achievable areas.
The big bonus being... yours does not have to look anything like mine!
In fact, I’d encourage you to play here and see how you find it. As long as you can see some lighter areas, some middle areas and some dark areas overall, you’ll have form and depth in a very simple way. Everything else is a bonus!
You can make this one as simple or as involved as you like!!
So see how you go with it... and don’t forget to share your successes, and of course your struggles, in the forum too! 🙂