This gorgeous shot popped up in my feed the other day, created by none other than the wildly talented Maybelle Imasa-Stukuls, I think a lot of people only know her as a calligrapher but she is a brilliant artist as well! Of course this made me want to try my hand at watercolor, I’ve been wanting to for some time I do have a nice set that I got a few holiday’s ago. I had been meaning to sign-up for a local class, but seriously when will I find a watercolor class that I can take either at 7:30 a.m. or 10p.m.? I found one! Yao Cheng, watercolor artist is now teaching a very comprehensive watercolor class at Creative Bug. It’s very detailed, filled with tons of little tips + tricks. I have perused many a book and even did a bit of Googling and this class feels very accesible. I just started watching so I haven’t had a chance to begin a project, but I now feel like it’s possible to give it a go. What about you? Have you ever tried watercolors? Any advice? Have you taken this class yet? Creative Bug is now a very affordable $4.95/mo. but you can also get a 2 week free trial which gives you plenty of time to take many of their classes, in a try before you buy sort of way.
P.S. Love the lettering on this photo and want to learn how to do that yourself? Maybelle teaches an on-line calligraphy class here.
//RESOURCES//
Schmidt watercolors (the one’s that Maybelle used for the image)
Yao’s Watercolor tutorial on the Alison Show
photo by maybelle imasa-stukul
Miss Tristan B. is the co-creator of the world’s best + easiest product photography tool-Foto Rx | Shopkeeper’s Helper and one of the writer’s of this delightful blog. Her lofty goal here is to make this a creative resource repository and to inspire you to fall truly, madly, deeply in love with your life.
hello, twin! i too fell in love with maybelle’s photo at instagram.
may have to give this online class a go. in my spare time, lol. :)
Lol, of course you would and yes, what is spare time, le sigh!
Thank you sweet Tristan! I am enjoying watercolors and experiencing the same feelings of excitement with as I did when I first started learning calligraphy!
I can’t wait to see what magic you come up my dear!
I just played with water colors in my childhood only. Water color art is really damn cool but its tough too.
Anu, me too! I think having the ‘grown up’ tools makes a big difference!
You are my inhalation, I have few web logs and sometimes run out from brand :).