Watercolour 101: A Step-By-Step Guide to Painting, Play + Creative Expression

You don’t need to be an artist to make art!

Watercolour 101 is a relaxed, beginner-friendly introduction to watercolour painting designed to help you pick up a brush, explore your creativity, and see what happens when you stop worrying about getting it “right.”

Created and guided by Justine Marie, this self-paced video course walks you through the foundations of watercolour painting from the very beginning. You’ll learn how water and paint work together, how different papers and brushes affect your results, how to mix colour, blend, create depth, and eventually bring those techniques together to create your own abstract pieces.

But Watercolour 101 isn’t about creating a masterpiece.

It’s about giving yourself permission to play.

So many people decide somewhere along the way that they “aren’t artistic.” This course invites you to put that idea aside for a little while. There’s nothing to compare, nothing you’re supposed to recreate perfectly, and no expectation that your work should look like Justine’s.

Just paint.

Experiment. Make something beautiful. Make something weird. Mix colours you didn’t mean to mix. Discover what you like. And maybe surprise yourself along the way.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

Across 13 video modules, Justine will guide you through:

• Getting comfortable with watercolour paints, paper and brushes
• Understanding the relationship between water and pigment
• Working with primary and secondary colours
• Creating and using a colour wheel
• Blending and bleeding colours together
• Working from light to dark
• Creating depth and contrast
• Building colourful circles and abstract compositions
• Creating two complete abstract pieces
• A bonus art lesson to keep the exploration going

YOUR COMPANION GUIDE

You’ll also receive the Watercolour 101 Companion Guide, designed to stay beside you while you paint.

Inside you’ll find your supply list, complete module map, painting tips and a quick-reference cheat sheet covering the little things you’ll want to remember, like working light to dark, controlling transparency with water, and rescuing paint while it’s still wet.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

No elaborate art studio required.

A basic set of watercolour paints, watercolour paper, a brush, water, a plate for mixing and a few simple household supplies are enough to get started. Justine specifically designed the course around accessible materials and encourages you to begin with what you have.

THIS COURSE IS FOR YOU IF…

You’ve always wanted to try watercolour but didn’t know where to begin.

You don’t consider yourself “artistic.”

You want a creative outlet that feels fluid, playful and relaxing.

You’ve painted before but want to reconnect with the basics.

Or you simply want an excuse to sit down, pick up a brush and make something for yourself.

There is no perfect painting waiting at the end of Watercolour 101.

There’s just whatever you create.

And that’s kind of the point.

Art is a practice of patience, exploration and self-expression. Take what you love, learn from what you don’t, and keep creating from there.