Watercolor Mastery Online Class Schedule 2026 - 2027
Upcoming Live Classes
For the remainder of 2026, one live class is scheduled each month. These will feature a critique (about 2 hours) and a short paint along demo (about ½ hour).
Starting in January 2027, two live classes are scheduled most months (depending on my personal schedule). Each live class will be two hours long and include only one activity focus : a Master Work Study, a Paint Along project, a Critique. Each type of described in a general way below.
Master Work Study Class : In these classes, we’ll look at and discuss a masterwork watercolor painting. The discussion will be themed to focus on a particular composition or color idea that will be expanded on in an upcoming Paint Along Class. Approximately half the class will be spent discussing the work, the other half doing thumbnail sized ‘master studies’ of the painting discussed.
Paint Along Class : These are more like typical watercolor painting classes in that we’ll paint a subject together. The subject and approach will be themed, often in a way meant to illustrate and expand on the ideas discussed in a recent Master Study Class.
Critique : These sessions are meant to provide actionable feedback on Mastery Class members work. Any work can be submitted but it is best to submit work that aligns with either the current class theme or your current individual learning path. Info on getting ready for a critique can be found here.
Mastery Live Class
Suggested Theme For Critique : Painting is Process. Share yours this month
Mastery Live Class
Suggested Theme For Critique : Share a fall landscape with using temperature contrasts for light and mood.
Mastery Live Class
Suggested Theme For Critique : Share a painting that is an experiment in division of space
Live Class : Paint Along Demo
This is a ‘paint-along' class very like a more typical online watercolor class where we paint the same subject together.
This months’ subject is a winter landscape scene. Following the 2027 theme, the painting will be guided by a simple value composition. Also following the theme, we’ll use a limited but ‘expanded’ complementary color palette.
Paint Colors For Class Project - Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue, Burnt Sienna, Raw Sienna
Live Class : Follow Along Demo
This is a ‘paint-along' class very like a more typical online watercolor class where we paint the same subject together.
This months’ subject is a what I call a “winter still life” because it is set up near a window to catch feeble winter light.
We’ll continue to follow the 2027 theme, painting will be guided by a simple value composition and using another ‘expanded’ complementary color palette.
In addition to composition and color themes, we’ll look at methods for creating Object Clarityusing directional marks, paying attention to edge condition and overlaps.
Paint Colors For Class Project - Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue, Cadmium Red, Cadmium Orange
Live Class : Follow Along Demo
This is a ‘paint-along' class very like a more typical online watercolor class where we paint the same subject together.
This months’ subject is an early spring scene that we’ll use to highlight a bright subject with harmonious neutrals.
Following the 2027 theme, the painting will be guided by a simple value composition and using another ‘expanded’ complementary color palette.
In addition to composition and color themes, we’ll look at methods for creating Texture using the surface of the paper, brush technique and sedimentary colors.
Paint Colors For Class Project - Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue, Cadmium Red, Raw Sienna
Live Class : Follow Along Demo
This is a ‘paint-along' class very like a more typical online watercolor class where we paint the same subject together.
This months’ subject is a summer scene that we’ll use to explore
The painting will be guided by a simple value composition and an Analogous With Complement color scheme.
In addition to composition and color themes, we’ll look at methods for creating both a sense of light and representation of form with a simplified value arrangement.
Paint Colors For Class Project - Indanthrene Blue, Cobalt Blue, Aureolin Yellow, Permanent Alizarin Crimson
Mastery Live Class
Suggested Theme For Critique : Share a scene using a Pattern 1 Value Composition and a Secondary Triad Color Scheme