In love with moody monochromes or looking to work on technical elements of your watercolor practice without getting distracted with mixing color? Creating monochromatic work in watercolor is easy to fit into your workspace, can help you with improving your practice, and is a beautiful painting style on its own as well! It’s anything but boring!

Taking it from the beginning, we’ll cover:

• How painting using just one color is a great tool in your practice as a study or final art style.


• Key art techniques that form the foundation of good paintings, monochromatic or full color!


• How different paints and pigments behave and why that matters.


• Which colors have higher impact in monochromatic situations.


• Essential watercolor skills to explore your color choice and warm up for the class project.


• Supporting lessons, including my personal tips on creating a still life, taking reference photos, and refining a composition!


• How to approach a painting by working in value ranges, defining form and creating contrast.

For the class project we'll use all of the lessons to guide us through choosing a color, arranging a still life, and creating a monochromatic masterpiece!

Learning how to paint in monochrome is a good fit for beginners and seasoned artists alike. All you need is at least one color of watercolor paint, a watercolor brush or two, and some watercolor paper! Throw in some water and a rag, to cover all your essentials, but we’ll go over all the main and supporting materials and tools inside the class so no worries!