I believe in art daily practice: I always try to dedicate some time to painting, every single day. Practice counts so much more than natural talent!

However, some days I'm so busy or tired that I only need to play with colors and unwind with some DIRECT PAINTING. Watercolor can be so relaxing and therapeutic!

Direct painting is a very fun technique, where you paint directly (as the name suggests) without a previous sketch with pencil or ink. It's a fun, spontaneous technique but it requires some skills.

In today's class, we will paint directly three lovely summer fruits: Watermelon, Cantaloupe and Apricot.