Painting Birds
360 Online Class | Registration opens 7/14/2025 12:00 AM PDT
Instruction Medium: Watercolor or gouache
Learn to paint beautiful, unique birds in this fun and relaxed watercolor class. Each week, we will paint a new bird from regions around the world. Through live demonstration of transparency layering, color mixing, and textural mark making, students will build technical and expressive skills in watercolor. Composition, process, and the unique details of each subject will be explored as we discover the living world together.
Sketchbook
Strathmore mixed media paper pad or 140lb watercolor paper pad (8”x10” or 9”x12”)
Watercolor or gouache paint set
Brushes (range of sizes and shapes, my favorites are angle brushes)
Water container
Paper towels or rag
Pencil (HB)
Pencil Sharpener
Eraser
Ruler
Artists tape or blue tape