Holiday Postcard Plan-Along

Do you want to learn to plan watercolor paintings of your own design? A postcard is a great place to start! In this video, I walk you through one approach to designing and planning a painting of your own, using a holiday postcard as an example. Come plan along with me!
0:00 intro
4:28 refining the initial concept
8:56 narrowing the options
9:58 what's your situation?
10:56 what skills can you exploit?
12:05 brainstorming possible images
13:17 evaluating/selecting a few to develop
14:59 what problems must you solve?
16:19 the initial plan (ex. 1)
17:19 the first draft
19:11 a slightly more complex example
20:26 initial plan (ex. 2)
20:41 the first draft (ex. 2)
25:05 evaluating the results, refining the plan
25:28 revisions are normal
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