Color Play: A Daily Practice in Watercolor and Colored Pencil by Joy Ting

All levels | 2 hours 50 min

Color Play: A Daily Practice in Watercolor and Colored Pencil
Overview01:16

Week 1 - Florals
Day 1 - Materials06:18
Day 2 - Watercolor technique05:59
Day 3 - Color studies06:47
Day 4 - Contour play04:03
Day 5 - Blue flowers05:08
Day 6 - Flower studies08:42
Day 7 - Page of flowers08:30
Day 8 - Dried flowers04:46
Day 9 - Tiny floral studies07:59
Day 10 - Floral composition08:20

Week 2 - Plants
Day 11 - Contour play04:33
Day 12 - Indoor plant study05:57
Day 13 - Fall leaves07:18
Day 14 - Page of leaves06:48
Day 15 - Tiny leaf studies05:37
Day 16 - Leaf compositions06:56

Week 3 - Landscapes
Day 17 - Contour play03:37
Day 18 - Landscape study05:58
Day 19 - Limited palette06:12
Day 20 - Nature brushes04:11
Day 21 - Tiny landscape studies03:26
Day 22 - Landscape composition06:07
Day 23 - Oil painting study03:28

Week 4 - Still life
Day 24 - Contour play03:33
Day 25 - Still life with pompoms 04:32
Day 26 - Still life studies03:00
Day 27 - Still life with cherries05:45
Day 28 - Still life with flower07:12
Day 29 - Tiny still life studies03:41
Day 30 - Still life composition05:11

Taught by Joy Ting

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Learning through play is artist and educator Joy Ting's favorite way to discover new techniques. Join Joy in this fun-filled class as she demonstrates how to be loose and expressive while exploring the fun of oil pastels and colored pencils. In this daily practice, you’ll be inspired by the natural world around you in order to make drawings in a variety of sizes and colors. Beginning with a simple sketch and fall down a rabbit-hole of creative play, discovering a style that is all your own.

Here’s what you’ll need:

Watercolor palette - Joy is using Holbein Watercolor Tube Set
Prismacolor pencils
Watercolor pencils - Joy is using Windsor Newton and Derwent
Caliart Alcohol Markers
Watercolor markers - Joy is using Windsor Newton
FW acrylic inks
Liquid watercolor Dr. PH martins
White gouache
Strathmore watercolor sketchbook
Strathmore mixed media toned paper
Strathmore ready cut watercolor 8 x 10
Round paint brushes - Joy is using size 4 and 8
Tissues / paper towel
Masking tape
Ruler - Joy uses her son's Legos as her ruler
Cup of water
Optional: Pressed flowers and nature brushes (sticks and branches)
Class PDF of reference images

Downloads:

Download Materials List Joy_Ting_Color_Play_Daily_Practice-2.pdf

Learn how to:

Use watercolor pencils
Incorporate unconventional materials
Create abstract and realistic compositions
Map out a drawing with a sketch
Work on a variety of colors of paper
Take a small study to a larger piece

What you'll get:

A month's worth of creative prompts and demonstrations designed to strengthen your creative muscles
30 HD video lessons you can access online anytime, anywhere
Detailed supplies list
Step-by-step expert instruction from artist Joy Ting
The ability to leave comments, ask questions, and interact with other students

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Class PDF

Download Materials List Joy_Ting_Color_Play_Daily_Practice-2.pdf

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Class Reviews

★★★★★

83 ratings

83 users recommended this class to a friend

Debra Roussopoulos

★★★★★

Joy Ting is so inspiring! She teaches you how to produce whimsical florals that jump cheerily off the page. She starts you painting with playful contour warm ups that you will really enjoy. And encourages you to stay loose. I especially loved her Van Gogh tribute!

6 days ago

Barbara Hethcote

★★★★★

It got a little repetitious.

February 28, 2023