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Big Watercolour - Private Facebook Group

Dont buy this group if you are in The Art Garden Group because you get it for free in there

Do buy this group if you are interested in these techniques specifically, or want to test out a group to see if you would enjoy The Art Garden

Big Watercolour - Brave Painting made Easy

Big Watercolour private Facebook group is a unique opportunity to join an interactive art class with fun people, hours of video instruction, and so much more

The videos and live streams in the group guide you through the process of being able to make gorgeous loose, wet watercolour and markmaking large scale artworks

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Each step of the way you are encouraged to share your art - and then everyone in there is sharing their own inspirational art

You can ask questions about any stage of the process - and get heaps of answers and support

Even if you have never painted before, the ease of the instruction makes it simple and fun

Step by Step VIDEO SERIES
with hours of training
by Mandy

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Access to the groovy interactive art classGROUP
$30 aud


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showing how to create gorgeous large scale abstract watercolour markmaking art...and more

Do simple, fun and easy step by step creative exercises that lead to a finished work of art to hang on your walls

I have simplified the process into a series of simple exercises that demystifies each layer

making it a process that anyone can do

And the group comes with an instructional videos to watch online whenever you need them

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BUILDING UP

By starting small and easing into your practice with some chaotic easy fun - you can slowley build up in skill and size

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blue and green watercolour stripes patterned with mark making

DEVELOPMENT

Practicing with pouring and dripping exercises - and then refining your work into a more skilled finish as you create usable studies

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blue and green watercolour circles bleeding into each other, with a touch of gold

GOING BIG AND RESOLUTION

Increasing in scale takes bravery - which comes with practice.

As you develop a series of work - you work out how to resolve the style into beautiful harmonious and cohesive art works

loose botanical watercolour shapes in oranges and greens abstract botanical watercolour leaves in magenta and sea green abstract gum leaves in loose watercolour wash abstract botanical nuts and leaves in sage green with red highlights watercolour abstract botanical of australian native flowers and leaves simple botanical blue and magenta shapes in wet on wet watercolour




a botanical abstract watercolour notebook cover painted by Mandy
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These techniques of markmaking and layering with watercolour are an addictive pleasure

It is a beautiful and fun way to make art that, after you have discovered it, can be incorperated into all of your future art endevours

and you can interact with others as we all learn these modern and contemporary methods together, and discover where they can lead us

They are an experiential pleasure

They are mindful and keep you in the moment

From choosing your colour schemes

To creating your backgrounds

To collecting shapes and markmaking patterns from around your home

There is an instructional video to guide you on your way

WHO IS IT FOR

This workshop group is for anyone who wants to learn about markmaking, watercolour and a modern approach to abstract art

...it can introduce a new technique into an already skilled creatives armoury

- or it can be for the relaxed Sunday afternoon creative exploration

Its a lot of fun and because the process has been broken down into simple steps it makes it easy arty play





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ABOUT
THE PRIVATE FACEBOOK GROUP

Its a work in progress

And a pretty exciting place to be - if you join the group...

you will get

* All of the videos I am making leading to and including the final professional versions of the workshop exercises

* Somewhere to ask questions and get help

* Somewhere to share your work

* Somewhere to watch lives in real time of the process so you can paint along

* and basically anything you request to help you on your way to learn these wonderful painting techniques

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Other Workshops

Before I went completely abstract - I first became absorbed in mark making

It helped me to loosen up and realise how pleasurable art was without the boundaries of expectation

Every mark is a surprise - and there is no pressure because it can even become a background that you paint over - it is a wonderful feeling

As a controlled artist for over 30 years I felt a rush of the wonder I had experienced as a young artist just learning everything, it was so exciting

Since then I have been breaking more and more boundaries and have immersed myself into abstract art - I LOVE IT - and you can do it too

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