If you've always admired the delicate yet bold style of a watercolor painting, but never thought you could create one yourself, this introductory workshop with Sharon Lynn Williams is the perfect motivational tool to get your started.

In this video workshop, you'll be able to take advantage of over an hour of personal instruction designed especially for beginning watercolor painters.

Williams shares all of her favorite tips, tricks and techniques for creating vibrant landscapes using watercolor, including the secret of unleashed watercolor painting: a careful plan. Williams starts the workshop by showing you how to get the maximum benefit from your reference photos, as well as the best way to become familiar with the watercolor artists best friends, the brushes.

Students will benefit greatly from Williams discussion of the Joy of SECs, Shape, Edge, and Color, and demonstrates how each can be achieved easily to add life to their watercolor painting. Williams demonstrates her signature puddling technique that helps palette colors to sing on the page, how to manipulate different brushes to achieve realistic clouds, fresh bushes, and stately trees. Using a wet into wet technique, Williams also discusses the basic concepts of color perspective, contrast and value. Students will be energized to create their own work.