- Lorraine Watry's YouTube channel and her website. She offers numerous how-to lessons for beginners for free on her channel, and her workshops are available through her website. https://www.lorrainewatrystudio.com
- Shelley Prior's YouTube channel. She has over 30 years of experience, and offers weekly painting demos for free that you can do along with her or just watch.
- Stan Miller's YouTube channel. He offers several free lessons with a focus on capturing the value (how light or dark an object is).
- Workshops: So far, I have focussed on sharing either free or low-cost resources to help you get started. Once you feel ready, I strongly encourage you to explore master arts who have achieved signature status with the American Watercolor Society and/or the National Watercolor Society. Find several that you really like, visit their websites, and try to take a workshop from them. Many now offer online workshops as well as in-person. https://www.americanwatercolorsociety.org and https://www.nationalwatercolorsociety.org
"Graphic Design Fundamentals" by Kris Taft Miller
"Color Choices" by Stephen Quiller
"Strengthen Your Paintings with Dynamic Composition" by Frank Webb
"You Can Paint Vibrant Watercolor" by Dan Burt
"Painting Spectacular Light Effects in Watercolor" by Paul Jackson
"Painting Vibrant Watercolors" by Soon Y. Warren
"Watercolor Masters and Legends" by Betsy Dillard Stroud
- Transferring a Drawing to Watercolor Paper
https://www.dragonflyspiritstudio.com/three-ways-to-transfer-drawings-to-watercolor-paper/
"You Can Draw in 30 Days" by Mark Kistler - good first resource
"Pen & Ink Drawing Workbook" by Alphonso Dunn
"Pen & Ink Drawing, A Simple Guide" by Alphonso Dunn
Grid method of drawing: A grid of 1" squares is drawn onto a photo (or applied electronically using one of many drawing grid apps. This breaks an image that you wish to draw into smaller, more manageable sections. You can then draw, one square at a time, onto paper that also has the same number of squares. This technique is also useful for enlarging or shrinking the size of an image. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=088v4hXE4xs
- A few of my favorite watercolor artists: Anne Abgott, Jennifer Annesley, Phil Babb, Dan Burt, Lana Cease, Ratindra Das, Kelly Eddington, Andy Evansen, Vicente Garcia Fuentes, Paul Jackson, Direk Kingnok, Chris Krupinski, John Lovett, James Maria, Angus McEwan, Dean Mitchell, Stan Miller, Barbara Nechis, Ted Nuttall, Lana Privitera, Stephen Quiller, John Salminen, John Singer Sargent, Tim Saternow, Billy Showell, Dianne Sutherland, Keiko Tanabe, Abe Toshiyuki, Brittney Tough, Carrie Waller, Soon Y. Warren, Frank Webb, Edgar Whitney, and more!!!