How to Paint Figures and People with Watercolor

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About This Course

Learn Unique Techniques to Paint People & Figures using Watercolor. 2 Courses for the price of 1!

When I first started using Watercolour in 1980 I was inspired to copy the great artists such as Constable, Quinton and others. I couldn’t get on with oil or acrylic so turned my hand at watercolour.

As I had never gone to art school I just went with my instincts and had fun!

Because I tried to copy the great artists, the techniques I developed were completely unique and unlike any other watercolour pictures I saw.

I remained self taught, learnt as I went along and what you’ll see in this course is a result of years of learning through mistakes and finding what worked.

You’ll also see techniques never before attempted with watercolour (as far as I know). My watercolour pictures, even though they’re “impressionistic”, have a sense of realism about them.

In this course I’ll give you an outline drawing so that you can print this straight to watercolour paper or trace it using a carbon. I’ll also show you the materials I use in my watercolour work.

Then we’ll get started with the paintings which are split into “easy to digest” parts.

With this course you will learn to paint 2 pictures:

  • Figures in the Mist

  • Victorian People

I hope you enjoy learning my watercolour techniques, once you are finished, please do join our private VIP facebook group where you can share your work with my other students.

  • Have 2 completed a Paintings

  • Apply new watercolor techniques to their own work

  • Understand building colours and layers with watercolor

Course Curriculum

3 Lectures

3 Lectures

1 Lectures

Instructor

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Colin Bradley School of Art

Colin Bradley became a professional artist in 1982 and opened his gallery in Broadstairs the same year. With 35+ years experience, 30,000 subscribers on YouTube and over 3 million views, his teaching has inspired people all around the world. Over the years, Colin has developed a range of unique techniques which you won’t find anywhere else.

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4.9 course rating
4K ratings
ui-avatar of Guangze Wang
Guangze W.
2.0
1 year ago

I learned nothing from this class. Just copy and then fill in colors. Nothing interesting.

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ui-avatar of Bert Verhees
Bert V.
3.0
2 years ago

He talks too much and let us look at uninteresting activities like detailed painting

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ui-avatar of Liz Auchincloss
Liz A.
5.0
3 years ago

So far, the course is good. He explains thing very well.

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ui-avatar of Susan M
Susan M.
4.5
3 years ago

very good introducing the materials needed first

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ui-avatar of Nicolette Bohn
Nicolette B.
5.0
5 years ago

Gefällt mir sehr gut, wie alle Kurse von Colin Bradley ganz toll sind! Ich bin ein großer Fan von Colin Bradley.

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David L.
4.0
6 years ago

Mr. Bradley has shared some delightful insights into the process and decision-making involved in using people in watercolor projects. His resources are easy to download and using them saves a lot of time when trying to start each of the projects. Two techniques that were especially satisfying for me to learn included his freehand drawing of extra figures in his "Figures in the Mist" project, and his excellent explanations of why he used certain colors and how he decided to paint them in the "Victorian Figures" project. I am not very experienced as an artist, but I would have liked to see some a more complicated project which he draws first, a discussion of what is included and excluded in the line drawing, and then follow this with his excellent demonstration of how he puts colors in and why he makes his decisions along the way for technique, strokes, and additional items he finds to be needed in the project to make it become finished. I do look forward to learning more with Mr. Bradley in the future and will remain thankful for his help! Dave, in California

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