Paint a Watercolour Duckling at Home

Are you on the hunt for some fun things to do at home? Watercolor painting can be a great way to add washes of color to your life as you free your creative side.

Painting is a mindful process where you carve time out of your day to just get lost in the process, feel a sense of achievement, and often surprise yourself with your creative abilities.

It's quick to set up, easy to clean up, and very portable, making it the ideal DIY craft wherever you are (at your kitchen table or on your holidays).

Guided by your expert teacher, you'll learn some great new watercolor techniques and you'll soon be lost in the process of putting paint to canvas. You'll explore the basics of color theory (how to mix paints to create different colors), you'll discover some of the technical terms used in the craft, and you'll be shown how to hold your paintbrush to achieve great results.

Because this is a pre-recorded online class, you can stop and recap over details, hints, or tips at any time - making it ideal for beginners. This gives you the opportunity to paint at your own leisurely pace without missing any of the information or demonstrations.

After this watercolor painting for beginners tutorial, you'll have painted your own cute fluffy duckling, which you can look at whenever you need a little calm in your life or a reminder of your newfound painting skills.

Let's get painting!

• Watercolor paper - cold-pressed 300gsm (preferably 100% cotton)
• Watercolor paints (good quality student grade paints are widely available online or in art/craft shops e.g. Winsor & Newton Cotman sketchers pocket palette)
• Mixing palette (a dinner plate or ceramic tile will do)
• Watercolor brush – soft round size 8
• Masking tape
• Easer
• Pencil
• Paper towel
• Water container/jar