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Watercolour Painting Course at Home: Scenery and Sea
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Learn to paint beautiful Australian scenery with gum trees and sea life with watercolours!
4 x 2 hours
6 to 30 guests
$145
What you'll do
Come learn how to paint with watercolour and channel your inner nature lover with this fun online painting course!Guided by friendly and experienced teacher Fran, based in the Blue Mountains, you'll get to grips with the techniques behind basic watercolour painting and brushwork and learn to create gradients and washes with watercolour over four sessions.In each session, you'll work on a range of exercises to prepare you for painting a new piece. The drawing for the painting is sent before the class and a recording of the class is sent after with an example of the finished artwork.The Australian sea life and scenery covered in the course include for:
- February series: Hermet crab, Seals, Sunset reflections, River scene
- July series: Stormy sky, desert landscape, dolphins, shipwreck
Knowledge required
Perfect for beginners - no prior experience is needed.Templates provided for each painting
What to bring
- A4 sheets x 8 of smooth textured 180gsm or higher grade (sometimes called g/m2) watercolour paper (you can purchase this at any art supplies store or some office suppliers)
- Watercolour paints. Suggest 'cake/pan' style instead of tubes. You can often buy them in a 'set' with a range of colours. (Please message if you would like brand suggestions, for this workshop high quality paints are not necessary)
- Brushes: No 12 flat or round (large tip brush), no.6 round tip (medium tip brush) and no.0 or no.1 round tip (fine tip brush for detail). Additional brushes medium flat would be good
- Masking fluid (made from liquid latex-based substance and is applied to areas of an artwork the artist wants to keep white)
- An pencil and eraser
- Salt
- Two cups or glasses half filled with water to wash your brushes (Recommend access to water, in case you need to change it during the class OR have a jug of water clean water and a container for dirty water
- Paper towel (a few sheets) and cotton buds
- Hairdryer (optional)
- Apron or old top to protect clothes
Session repeats
This class series runs over 4 consecutive sessions, at the same time every 2 weeks.
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Recent reviews of Watercolour Painting Course at Home: Scenery and Sea
- 5/5 from Heidi Hodge, attended Jul 2026: Fran was amazing. I had never really painted before and never with water colours and I had so much fun in these classes. Fran is a great teacher and I found her very helpful and patient.
- 5/5 from Megan, attended Jul 2025: Brilliant as always, highly recommend for anyone and everyone, perfect for first timers and the skilled artist.
- 5/5 from Megan, attended Feb 2025: Love Fran's watercolour classes, they are easy to follow & Fran gives heaps of great advice especially if like me you stuff up. Also love the recordings so you can repeat the class in your own time, the help sheets, the templates & the fun facts such as the one shown which are all included & take it from as average class to a fantastic class. Can't wait till I can do the next one. Thanks Fran for being so kind & patient.
- 5/5 from Rezwana Bashir, attended Feb 2025: Fran is a great teacher and this is another lovely class! I really appreciate the effort she puts in all the classes and the final pieces! I can’t wait to do her next class
- 5/5 from Sofi, attended Feb 2025: We painted a crab.. it was just so intriguing how Fran (excellent teacher by the way) conveyed the information on colours, all different techniques in step to get a great result for all and she did it with humour and more then anything patience. Thank you, I loved the class!!
- 5/5 from Anastasia Joseski, attended Jul 2024: Great series of classes. Fran always makes it super relaxed with lots of guidance. Each series always has something new to paint with lots of tips and tricks to help you improve. Already booked in for next series!
- 5/5 from Rezwana Bashir, attended Jul 2024: Fran is one of the best teacher in ClassBento! I have been attending her sessions for two years now and I keep learning! She explains things so well! Her videos are very good and the final Pieces are just amazing! I have already signed up for her next class
- 5/5 from Olivia Hines, attended Jul 2024: Teacher was very helpful and checked in with us a lot. Relaxing class. Excited for the next one!
- 5/5 from Sofi, attended Jul 2024: I just really thought that Fran knew what she was doing. She is an excellent, patient and humorous teacher… I have had and still have lots of fun doing her watercolour classes.
- 5/5 from Rezwana Bashir, attended Feb 2024: Fran has created the best online watercolour class! I really looked forward to every session and learnt so much! I can’t wait for the next round of class!
- 5/5 from Megan, attended Feb 2024: We are learning how to paint scenes and underwater things including whales during this 4-week course, love how there are recordings so one can refer back if needed or if a class is missed etc.
- 5/5 from Sofi, attended Feb 2024: I love any course with Fran. I have done a few. She a really good communicator, she cares about how you are progressing. By the end of the class you understand the technics well. This class is definitely worth it
- 5/5 from Megan, attended Jul 2023: Love these painting classes with Fran, they are such good value as you get 4 detailed classes over a few weeks and the best bit is that if you can't make a class or don't get to finish you work then Fran sends a recording of the class to everyone so they can do it later when they have time. The classes are always interesting and different but most of all relaxing and fun.
- 5/5 from Claire Cooke, attended Jul 2023: This class is the perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon. I love sitting down with my paints and trying something new.
- 5/5 from Rezwana Bashir, attended Jul 2023: Fran is a very good teacher! This the second series of artworks that I did with her! I have learnt so much from Her and the final peace’s are great! I can’t wait for more classes
Your teacher
Fran is an artist; an educator, neither overshadows, they simply entwine and enrich one another.At a young age Fran discovered the value of creating art in her daily life. The act of art helped Fran express her identity. The process of developing an idea, especially with jewellery, seeing that idea come to completion by Fran's own hand filled her with satisfaction and accomplishment. Fran began to see how creating art helped other aspects of my life and learning.Fran is inspired by nature, patterns, form and texture. Each created piece portrays a slice of life, a perspective of the world in which we all live. Her mediums span painting and jewellery to collage and stitching. They all bring joy, though not everything turns out how she envisaged.In particular Fran sees the unique design and individually handcrafted nature of bespoke jewellery as an ornamental way of extending personal self-expression. During the creative process, she is mindful that someone will be wearing the piece and it will come alive only when it finds its owner.Fran is most comfortable in the studio classroom teaching art than in any other place or endeavour. It fills her soul to help others learn by exposing them to tools, materials and techniques of Fran's trade and then develop their skills and confidence in the creative medium.Through support, conversation and laughter, I set a welcoming scene of free expression.Ladybird Design Creative Studio is the culmination of creating a life around my passions of art, jewellery and teaching. It frees Fran to take a piece of silver, blank canvas or paper, turn it into a beautiful thing and share it with the world every day. Fran believes now more than ever that pursuing one’s passions makes life more colourful and vibrant, gives us pleasure and purpose, but most of all it reminds us of who we are.Fran would love to share the joy of creating and making with you.
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