Vintage marathon
with Nina Orlova

You will paint 5 watercolor paintings in a vintage style antique dishes, fresh fruits and vegetables, wild mushrooms, delicate flowers.

Material:
watercolor

Number of artworks: 5

Duration:
10 hours

Access:
lifetime

Program of the marathon

Day 1

Drawing a Gooseberry in a Mug

In the lesson, you are going to:

Day 2

Drawing a bright pumpkin

In the lesson, you are going to:

In the lesson, you will learn how to draw a simple shape of a pumpkin with a pencil.
Learn how to show the volume of a pumpkin with color;
Learn how to paint a background for the subject.

Day 3

Drawing copper pans

In the lesson, you are going to:

Learn how to correctly arrange the total mass in the sheet and build each object with a pencil;
Learn how to paint copper objects using the wet pouring technique;
Get to know the peculiarities of color combinations

Day 4

Drawing wild mushrooms

In the lesson, you are going to:

learn how to choose objects on the reference, how to make a selection and how to arrange them on a sheet for a harmonious picture;
get familiar with the peculiarities of the texture of mushrooms and how to paint them in watercolor;
learn how to combine objects with the help of a background.

Day 5

Drawing pears in a mug

In the lesson, you are going to:

learn how to draw a mug and pears with a plain pencil;
learn how to add objects (leaves), figure out the composition so that the picture was harmonious;
get to know the closed pouring technique.

In the lesson, you are going to:

learn how to make a bright picture out of a nondescript reference
learn how to draw a bucket with a plain pencil;
learn how to depict old metal with watercolor, what color combinations are used for this;
learn how to paint lavender flowers in a generalized and vivid way.
get familiar with wet-on-wet technique;
You'll see how to enhance the lighting and make the work more expressive.

She created about 400 paintings
She taught more than 2000 students
She has been teaching art classes since 2015
She graduated from the Department of Applied Arts of the Kosygin Textile University
She cooperated with Faber Castell as an artist and teacher.
Author of two watercolor courses at the renowned Bangbangeducation school
She took part in many exhibitions

1. Watercolor paper, 100% cotton, 30×40 cm (except for the mug lesson – 20×30 cm);

2. Professional watercolor paints, 32 colors;

3. Additional colors:

4. Professional brushes:

Round (squirrel, squirrel imitation, kolinsky – whichever you prefer) sizes 5, 7–8, 3;
Flat elastic nylon brush, approx. 1 cm wide;
Flat wash brush for wetting paper, approx. 5–6 cm wide;
Soft goat-hair wash brush for large washes, approx. 4 cm wide (optional);