Nature Moments
with Valeria Renne

  • You will draw 12 aerial summer sketches
  • Learn to work in mixed technique with watercolor, liner, and pencil
  • Learn to let the control go and draw more boldly

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What is the course about?

On the course, you will master the skills of forming the volume from a stain, learn how to create dynamic compositions, distribute contrasts and work with tone. You will also be able to get down to work with ease and courage, stop perceiving mistakes as an indicator of your failures and fall in love with your creativity.

My drawings have a lot of detail, but at the same time they are balanced and airy. We will use mixed technique: watercolor, liner, pencil. Thanks to this, you will have a wide range of possibilities to mark textures, form complex compositions and convey an impression.

Who will benefit from the course?

Who will benefit from
the course?

This course is for you if:

  • You often end up with overloaded paintings and want to add lightness and airiness to them
  • You'd like to learn how to draw in mixed technique: an expert will show you how to combine watercolor, liner and pencil in one picture
  • You dream of letting the unnecessary control go and drawing more boldly on paper
  • You want to learn how to build a composition from several references, as well as stylize your paintings
 

Course program

Lesson 1

Acquaintance with the teacher

Greeting and acquaintance with the teacher.

Lesson 2

Overview of course materials

Basic information on the course materials.

Lesson 3

Basics of black art, graphic sketches with watercolors

Duration: 1 h 56 min

In the third lesson, you'll learn more about line and hatch.

You will learn to:

  • Quick sketches of objects with a liner and a pencil;
  • Learn different ways to work with volume - dot, hatch, stain, line.

Lesson 4

Black & white flowers

Duration: 1 h 58 min

How do you use a waterbrush when drawing a painting? We'll find out in this lesson.

You will learn to:

  • Working with a water brush;
  • Feel the tone;
  • Convey the depth of the bud and the structure of the plant with the help of light and dark spots.
  • Notice the main and the secondary one.

Lesson 5

The Birth of the First Flowers

Duration: 1 h 53 min

Today we will draw sketches with different colors and learn how to convey the character of plants.

You will learn to:

  • Control the watercolor spot;
  • Convey the different character of plants with the help of a line.
  • Combine the three main tools - watercolors, a liner and a plain pencil.

Lesson 6

Meadow flower

Duration ~ 1 h 23 min

In the lesson, we will work on a summer sketch and draw bright wildflowers.

You will learn to:

  • Make quick linear sketches of colors;
  • Read the characteristic shape of the flower.
  • Use tone to show the volume.
  • Use spots to show the space.
  • Notice details in watercolor blotches.

Lesson 7

Peony Aroma

Duration: 2 h 12 min

Today we will learn the secret of drawing such delicate peonies

You will learn to:

  • Draw shadows on light buds;
  • Mix delicate colors.
  • Delicately draw details with a liner;
  • Paint double flowers.
  • Work with composition changes;
  • Highlight the main points in the drawing.

Lesson 8

Plum Still Life

Duration: 2 h 15 min

In this lesson, we will master a small still life with the help of a beautiful plum tree.

You will learn to:

  • See space even in a small group of objects;
  • Use tone and warmth to specify the foreground and background;
  • Draw a pattern on a vase according to the shape;
  • Mix complex dark shades.

Lesson 9

Overview of Valeria's work

I will visually show you how drafts, rough drawings, and sketches help you create more complex paintings later on.

Lesson 10

Meadow Guest

Duration: 1 h 10 min

Today we are going to depict such a cute little mousekin.

You will learn to:

  • Notice simple shapes in the figure;
  • Draw from a silhouette;
  • Use a cold underpainting to get a glow in the fur.
  • Mix pure and sonorous shades of gray.

Lesson 11

Poppy Splash

Duration: 2 h 5 min

The poppy season begins at the end of May, but to make them delight us all year round, we will draw a composition of these amazing flowers.

You will learn to:

  • Build dynamic compositions;
  • Work with contrasts of shapes, sizes, spots, tones.
  • See different ways to create rhythms in compositions;
  • Combine several references together.

Lesson 12

Forest Delicacy

Duration: 2 h 3 min

Let's draw berries and learn how to combine them into one composition!

You will learn to:

  • Smoothly dissolve the drawing in space;
  • Connect objects in a drawing;
  • Form berries and their leaves;
  • You will learn how to combine a black-and-white drawing with a watercolor one, leaving a slight understatement.

Lesson 13

Striped Family

Duration: 1 h 12 min

Let's draw a sketch with bumblebees and learn how to combine graphics and watercolor in one composition.

You will learn to:

  • Work on the "piece-by-piece" format;
  • Form a round composition;
  • Show movement in a circle in non-obvious ways;
  • Create a silhouette of a flower with a rubber;
  • Harmonize the pattern by analyzing the total mass of the dark.

Lesson 14

Answers to questions and life hacks

In this lesson, I will answer the most frequently asked questions that may arise when painting watercolor sketches with mixed technique with the addition of a liner.

Lesson 15

Tender Roses

Duration: 1 h 35 min

Let's combine spray and peony roses into a single composition!

You will learn to:

  • Combine drawings of different sizes in one spread;
  • Combine watercolor drawings and graphics;
  • Draw details with free lines and hatches;
  • Quickly draw spray roses;
  • Draw the petals of peony roses and do not get confused;
  • Create motion on the sheet.

Lesson 16

Fragrant Magnolia

Duration: 1 h 50 min

Today we will learn how to work in wet-on-dry technique and convey bright sunlight with the help of such an ancient flower as the magnolia.

You will learn to:

  • See simple shapes in magnolia buds;
  • Combine graphic detailed drawing and watercolor;
  • Create volume and contrasting lighting with the help of tone.
  • Based on the reference, create your own image.
  • Make a contrasting center and smooth dissolution of the pattern towards the edges of the sheet.
  • Learn how to work with hatches accurately and make neat, detailed graphics.

Lesson 17

Conclusions on the course

Our course has come to an end. We'll listen to the parting words for further creative development.

 

Teacher

  • I painted about 350 pictures.
  • I have been giving art lessons since 2017.
  • I have taught more than 250 students.
  • I was an invited friend of the festival and a finalist of the NewArtFest 2019 awards.
  • I am a finalist in the Wildlife Artist of the Year (UK, 2022) awards
  • I held a solo exhibition, which was visited by more than 1200 people
  • I published an art book that contains reproductions of paintings, sketches, drawing tips and analysis of the works.
  • My paintings are kept in private collections in Russia, Israel, France, Switzerland, Australia, Portugal, USA, Canada.
  • I sold the paintings for a total value of over 1,000,000 rubles.

The teacher's works

Materials

  • Watercolor paper. You can use a bond of sheets or a sketchbook of about A4 format, pulp or mix (pulp + cotton), 250-300 g, medium grain (for example, Maxgoodz Light sketchbook);
  • Aqua brushes (waterbrush), round with a sharp tip, larger and smaller (for example, numbers 1 and 3, Nevskaya Palette);
    OR a round watercolor brush with a sharp tip, medium and small (e.g. No. 3 and 5). Squirrel, imitation squirrel or a mix of natural fleece with synthetic
  • A standard set of watercolors with 12 colors or your usual set of watercolors;
  • 01 or 03 water-resistant liner, or water-resistant gel pen.
  • Simple Pencil 2B
  • Rubber.
 

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  • An opportunity to watch the analysis of other participants' paintings.
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  • Face-to-face one-hour online consultation with a course expert
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  • Unfreezing the course.
  • An opportunity to watch the analysis of other participants' paintings.
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  • Face-to-face one-hour online consultation with a course expert
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  • An opportunity to watch the analysis of other participants' paintings.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Of course you should! The course is specially structured so that first there are simple pictures, and then more complex ones, so you will have time to join the process and achieve high results!

For experienced artists, the course will also be useful. You will be able to work out your technique even more, as well as improve your observation skills.

At the end of the lesson, you'll post a photo of your work. The teacher will have an opportunity to leave textual, graphic (notes on the drawing), as well as audio comments to your work.

At the bottom of each lesson, there will be a comment section, where you can ask any questions about learning.

If you have a no-feedback plan, it will all depend on your personal pace at which you take the lessons.

On feedback tariffs, we are actively engaged in lessons during two months from the moment you "unfreeze" the course.

In general, I recommend taking the course slowly. Enjoy the process more.

It's never too late to learn painting. In our school, 30% of students are over 50 years old. And they are happy to draw, develop their skills, creative thinking and rejuvenate their soul and mind!

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