Learn Watercolour Painting with Ian Scott Massie
Enjoy inspiring online art courses for beginners and experienced painters. Learn at your own pace, discover new techniques and create beautiful paintings from the comfort of your home.
Colour Beginnings:
A Suite of Essential Watercolour Painting Courses
Inviting first steps into watercolour, ideal for anyone who wants to start painting with confidence.
This course takes you from the basics of using watercolour to a finished painting iincluding: colour mixing, introducing materials, painting washes, brush techniques
9 video modules plus download sheets, a guide to watercolour materials and email support from the artist.
A look at creating a variety of andscapes in tonal layers of watercolour. You’ll learn: brush control, colour mixing, tonal composition and painting in layers.
9 video modules plus download sheets, a guide to watercolour materials and email support from the artist.
This course focuses on single-layer skies: calm, dramatic and moonlit, taking you from understanding colour combinations to a range of watercolour effects.
9 video modules plus 11 download sheets plus email support from the artist.
A second skies course - this course teaches how to layer skies, drawing on inspiration from JMW Turner and Rowland Hilder.
5 video modules plus 7 download sheets including a guide to watercolour materials plus email support from the artist.
A course on portraying summer trees. You’ll techniques of mixing summer colours, brush techniques for trees, summer skies and producing finished pictures.
8 video modules plus download sheets and email support from the artist.
An online course on painting the characteristics of winter trees in watercolour including mixing cold colours, brush techniques for trees, painting backgrounds and making finished pictures.
8 video modules and download sheets plus email support from the artist.
Save with a bundle: Colour Beginnings Courses 1-5 Bundle
Painting the Seasons
Suitable for beginners
A course packed with ideas on how to tackle the seasons with 7 videos and 9 downloadable sheets of information, exercises, tips and ideas + email support.
Water in Watercolour: 3 courses exploring subjects around water
Discover how to capture the movement, reflections, colours and atmosphere of water. Choose from three individual courses covering coasts, lakes and islands, or enjoy all three with my special course bundle.
Water in Watercolour: Coast is a course for novice and experienced artists. It’s full of useful techniques taught through a series of video lessons and information sheets.
6 video lessons including painting projects and email support.
Water in Watercolour: Lakes is a course aimed at the novice artist, or the experienced painter who wants to perfect the techniques to portray this amazing subject. The course comprises a series of video lessons and information sheets.
6 video lessons plus down sheets and email support.
How to paint islands and water in their many moods: capturing weather, light, and atmosphere and form. Through structured demonstrations and projects, you’ll build confidence and develop practical, dependable techniques.
8 videos, 5 painting projects, download sheets and email support.
Save with a bundle: Colour Beginnings Courses 1-5 Bundle
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Mastering Winter Landscapes
Suitable for all painters
A course for artists who want to take a step up. 3 painting projects introducing a range of essential skills. Over 80 minutes of video tuition plus email support.
Architecture in Watercolour:
4 courses about painting architecture
Learn how to paint architecture convincingly in a number of different approaches.
A course of 6 videos and 8 downloadable sheets of information and ideas which takes you from the very beginning:
- how to use materials
- how to master basic techniques
- how to tackle simple architectural subjects
- how to combine these skills in three satisfying painting projects
with email support
A course of 5 videos and 7 downloadable sheets of information and ideas which takes you up a step. Including how to:
- blend colours
- draw more complex buildings
- combine layers to compose a picture
- use layering to complete three inspirational painting projects
plus email support
A course in 7 video modules and 9 downloadable sheets of information and exercises.
Perfect for the beginner or more accomplished artist.
With email support
A course of 8 video modules filled with great techniques looking at how architecture changes:
- Against the light
- In Moonlight
- In Misty Light
- With Reflected Light
plus email support
Save money by buying the 4 Course Architecture Bundle
4 courses of video modules and download sheets which cover many different ways to approach painting architecture in watercolour:
1: Essential Techniques
2: Using Layers
3:Pen & Ink
4: Architecture & Light
Watercolour Made Simple:
4 courses of essential techniques used by watercolour painters
- Controlling Colour
- Brilliant Brushwork
- Tactile Textures & Print Techniques
- Special FX & Awesome Additives
Let's take all the mystery out of watercolour and look at the simple techniques which lead to great pictures. The first of a 4-part series looking at colour, brushwork, texture and special effects. 5 videos and an accompanying download booklet plus email support.
This is a course packed with useful brush techniques and information for the watercolour artist: brush control, dry-brush techniques, lifting out colour and much more.
How to use sponging, texturing and edge printing techniques to expand your range of watercolour skills and give your paintings an extra dimension.
This course covers a host of techniques: blowing, spattering, additives, scoring and more. 5 videos and an accompanying download booklet Perfect for the beginner but a great resource for the more experienced painter.
Save money with the Watercolour Made Simple Bundle
A 4-part series of courses looking at colour, brushwork, texture and special effects. 5 videos and an accompanying download booklet make up each course.
Perfect for the beginner but a great resource for the more experienced painter. All courses include email support.
A course packed with ideas and techniques on how to create brilliant paintings in a single colour. 8 videos and a downloadable guide to the course.
Meditative watercolour painting is an excellent approach to painting and a great way of lowering stress levels and increasing happiness.
In this course we look “behind the scenes” of how the artistic mind works . Creativity can lead to us feeling happier, turn our thoughts and feelings into new and original things which are just for ourselves and connect us more meaningfully to the world around us.
A 4-part series of courses looking at colour, brushwork, texture and special effects. 5 videos and an accompanying download booklet make up each course.
Perfect for the beginner but a great resource for the more experienced painter. All courses include email support.
Do you want to flex your creative muscles but don’t know where to start? Do you need an escape from the humdrum into a magical world of paper and glue? If you find yourself stuck for ideas or not confident with drawing this is the course for you. You don’t need much equipment or space, just a willingness to have fun and an ability to use a pair of scissors.
Make beautiful painted papers and use them to create stunning collages. 94 minutes of video instruction + info sheets & email support.
A course to develop skills you didn’t know you had. Learn techniques and stylistic tips through a series of 7 video modules and 8 downloadable sheets of information and exercises.
Perfect if you are a beginner but full of ideas for the more experienced artist.
A course of painting projects focusing on:
- Drawing buildings in an uncomplicated way
- Understanding tone and colour
- Producing simple but effective paintings
5 videos, 1 PDF booklet, 3 painting projects
How to paint a pen, ink and watercolour picture by learning all the techniques and steps gradually before putting it all together.
A course packed full of top tips and information.
6 subject modules, 80 minutes of video tuition + a PDF download booklet.
5 watercolour projects perfect for painting novices or children.
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Ian Scott Massie
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