Fundamentals of Watercolour Painting Course

Service Description

Build a strong foundation in watercolour with this 8-week Fundamentals of Watercolour Painting Course at IN ART Studio in Calgary.

Designed for beginners and students who want to strengthen their basic skills, this structured daytime course will help you understand how watercolour really works. Instead of simply following individual paintings, you’ll learn the essential techniques and principles that can be applied to any subject.

Over 24 hours of instruction, you’ll practise controlling water and pigment, mixing colours, creating washes, understanding edges and values, and gradually building complete paintings with confidence.

What You’ll Learn

Throughout the course, we’ll explore:

• Watercolour materials, brushes, paper and pigments
• Understanding the water-to-pigment ratio
• Flat and graduated washes
• Wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry techniques
• Colour theory and colour mixing
• Creating clean, luminous colours
• Transparency and layering
• Hard, soft and lost edges
• Understanding tonal values
• Light and shadow
• Brush control and expressive mark-making
• Creating textures
• Basic composition and focal points
• Simplifying reference photographs
• Planning a watercolour painting
• Avoiding muddy colours and overworking
• Building a painting from first wash to final details

Classes combine demonstrations, exercises, complete painting projects and individual feedback, allowing students to understand each technique and immediately put it into practice.

Perfect for Beginners

No previous watercolour experience is required. This course is ideal if you are completely new to painting or have tried watercolour on your own and would like more structure and a better understanding of the fundamentals.

Course Details

Dates: Wednesdays, October 14 – December 2, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Duration: 8 weeks / 24 hours of instruction
Price: $560 CAD
All professional art supplies included
Location: IN ART Studio, 601 10 Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta

You don’t need to purchase or bring any materials — everything will be provided at the studio.

Class size is limited to allow for individual guidance and feedback.