The LoosenUp Watercolor Workshop

Hey guys, this is Jill, welcome to The LoosenUP workshop! This is my signature, 8-day-joy-ride into newfound watercolor freedom that will have you painting with loose brushwork from day one! Learn to work with a fresh, easy approach that brings a new joy and deeper connection with your creative process.

WHAT WILL I LEARN?

The LoosenUP Workshop is designed to help you abandon rigid tendencies, explore more freely, gain confidence with watercolor, and your creative process, so that you're producing the fresh work you long for.

All week, we’ll focus on painting techniques, full paint demos, self care sessions, guided meditation, and assignments designed to build creative habits that produce results in your daily life and work.

It's like no painting workshop you've ever taken.

Students will build new painting skills with a variety of techniques to create stunning visual textures, while gaining confidence with brushwork and color usage. During our sessions, students learn to proactively ditch perfectionism and integrate new creative habits that are sure to bring a new joy and freedom into your work!

WORKSHOP OUTLINE

Day 1 (Monday) : Loosening Up Session, Technique Demo
Spend time with your materials & build a relationship with your pigments and brushes and paper so that you can know what to expect from them.
We’ll explore freestyle work that helps uncover your tendencies and preferences.

Day 2 (Tuesday) : Guided Meditation, Painting Session
We’ll spend a few minutes shifting our focus onto painting and discovery using meditation as a tool. It’s quick, simple, and enjoyable. We’ll also move right into our painting session and practice using some of our freestyle techniques from Monday.

Day 3 (Wednesday) : Creative Process Session with Painting Exercise
Today we’ll spend time talking about the creative process and the habits necessary for artistic growth and development, like filling your creative well, self examination, preferences, and procrastination. This can change your whole creative trajectory!

Day 4 (Thursday) : Mindsets for the Artist, Technique Demo
Our perspectives shape everything we think, say, and do, so it’s very important to make sure we’re staying healthy in this area so we don’t sabotage our creativity. Negativity and false truths are the most common mental setbacks, and can be subtle as well as bold, Let’s talk about the differences and how to spot them, and apply that to ourselves and our artwork.

Day 5 (Friday) : Kicking Perfectionism to the Curb, Let’s Paint!
Let’s infuse our painting with freedom today and integrate some new mindsets while we work to create a fun piece with lots of drama and fun.

Day 6-7 (Saturday-Sunday) : Filling Your Creative Well, Painting Session
This weekend, set aside time to fill your creative well with at least one artist’s date. Options can include a hike, visit a museum, walk around town, go to a park, anything that can inspire a fresh perspective and provide a spark for a new painting. Then make at least a couple of small paintings over the weekend with your new perspectives and inspiration.

Day 8 (Monday) : Overview, Experimental Demo
Let’s expand once more before we wrap up with some experimental watercolors that you can make yourself, to personalize your own work in new ways.

FAQ

How long do I have to complete the course?

The course is yours for life! As soon as you begin the course, you'll receive access to a new unit each day for 8 days, which constitutes the entire course. All the course downloads will also be available for life, as well as any future updates to the program.

What type of painter can benefit from this course?

This course does focus solely on watercolor as the medium, but is designed for watercolorists of all painting/skill levels who are interested in a loose, free approach, but may be struggling with tendencies toward stiff, rigid styles, and need direction on working with more freedom

Can I explore the units in any order?

You can! However, it is recommended to follow the course in the order it's presented for more clarity and best results, as the demos and content build successively each day.

Your Instructor

I'm Jill Williams, a professional watercolorist, nature enthusiast, full time RV traveller, and instructor, who's passionate about developing and sharing my artistic skills with other artists working in watercolor.
I've been painting for over 40 years, and instructing others for nearly a decade. I have an online painting community and annual membership, with students from around the world who paint with me on a weekly basis.

Visit www.jillwilliamswatercolor.com for more info, or to learn about my work, and other in-person workshops and online courses.

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