In week four, Catherine guides you through painting flowers and plants, focusing on advanced watercolor techniques. You’ll begin with color experiments, glazing over flat swatches and using color charging to explore how paint interacts on damp surfaces. Next, you’ll paint a rose directly with your brush, defining shapes through negative space and experimenting with wet-into-wet, charging, and glazing techniques. Finally, you’ll create a study of lilies, experimenting with overlapping forms, textures, and highlights with white gouache.

Throughout this course, you’ll have access to the NMA community for feedback and critiques to improve your work as you progress.