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New to watercolour, building your skills, or looking for something more challenging.
Pick a subject or class you’d love to paint
Follow Louise step by step at your own pace
You want to learn watercolour in a calm, clear and enjoyable way.
Beginner Rose tutorial
You want clear guidance that helps you build confidence without feeling overwhelmed.
Realistic subjects painted step by step using the same approach taught in class.
You already paint and want to improve your water control, colour, edges, layering and technique.
Working slowly and deliberately to build colour and confidence.
You’d like to take on more detailed subjects while still having Louise guide you through each stage.
Beautiful watercolour can look daunting. Louise guides you through it one manageable step at a time. If you’re just beginning, this is the easiest place to start. These lessons are designed to help you build confidence without feeling rushed or overwhelmed.
Geese “We’re Not talking” class preview.
Try a full-length beginner-friendly lesson and see how Louise teaches before choosing what you’d like to paint next.
Leaf Tutorial available on Patreon.
Explore a carefully chosen selection of classes designed to help newer painters build confidence and skills.
Louise’s online watercolour classes are designed for painters at every stage, from complete beginners learning the fundamentals through to more experienced painters wanting to develop their technique and take on detailed subjects.
Learn water control, colour mixing, layering, edges, wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry and other essential techniques through complete paintings, with Louise explaining each step and the decisions behind it.
Classes are pre-recorded so you can paint when it suits you, pause whenever you need, and return to the lesson at your own pace.
Explore Louise’s classes by subject and find something you’d enjoy painting next.
Realistic animal watercolour tutorials focused on form, fur and soft layering.
Member tutorials
Step by step bird painting tutorials covering feathers, colour mixing and detail.
Member tutorials
Flower and plant tutorials with a calm, structured approach to petals and leaves.
Member tutorials
Skill building lessons on brush control, washes, layering and colour mixing.
Member tutorials
Want access to Louise’s full tutorial library? Explore Patreon membership.
Each class is filmed in real time, with Louise explaining what to focus on, how the paint is behaving and what to adjust as you go. You can pause whenever you need and work through each painting at your own pace.
Lessons broken into manageable stages
Supplies list, reference images and progress photos included
Clear guidance for painters at every stage
You don’t have to work it all out yourself
A finished watercolour can look daunting, but Louise guides you through the decisions behind the painting one step at a time.
From first paintings to more challenging projects, these were created by students following Louise’s classes.
Paint along with a complete beginner-friendly lesson and see how Louise teaches before deciding what you’d like to do next.
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Choose a standalone class from Louise or a selected guest teacher and keep lifetime access through the Art School.
Access Louise’s full tutorial library, downloads and new classes through Patreon.
