MONTH 1

Watercolor Foundations

by Artist Uday Bhan

Goal: Build strong fundamentals, brush control, and confidence with watercolor.

🔹 Week 1 – Getting Started

• Understanding materials (paper, brushes, paints)
• How watercolor behaves with water
• Flat, graded & variegated washes
• Controlling blooms & backruns

🔹 Week 2 – Brush & Texture Control

• Brush handling techniques
• Soft edges, hard edges & lost edges
• Dry brush technique
• Lifting & correction methods
• Texture effects (splatter & creative textures)

🔹 Week 3 – Value & Depth

• Importance of light & shadow
• Monochrome value study
• Building form using tonal contrast
• Glazing & layering techniques

🔹 Week 4 – Still Life + Introduction to Landscape

• Still life in grayscale (understanding form)
• Still life in color (fruits/objects with texture)
• Basic landscape structure
• Sky washes, simple trees & perspective basics

✨ By the end of Month 1, students will confidently control water, edges, and tonal values.

 MONTH 2

Portrait & Figure Foundations

by Artist Uday Bhan

Goal: Apply watercolor fundamentals to human structure and expression.

🔹 Week 5 – Head Structure & Proportions

• Understanding skull structure
• Facial proportions
• Drawing eyes, nose & lips accurately

🔹 Week 6 – Light, Values & Skin Tones

• Monochrome portrait study
• Shaping features using light
• Mixing natural skin tones
• Soft blending techniques

🔹 Week 7 – Figure Drawing Basics

• Basic human body proportions
• Gesture drawing for movement
• Painting hands & simplified figure studies
• Capturing natural posture

🔹 Week 8 – First Full Portrait

• Step-by-step realistic portrait
• Integrating background softly
• Creating depth & focus

✨ By the end of Month 2, students will complete a confident full portrait in watercolor.

 MONTH 3

Advanced Realism & Composition

by Artist Uday Bhan

Goal: Create expressive, story-driven artworks with refinement.

🔹 Week 9 – Clothing, Drapery & Accessories

• Painting fabric folds
• Creating texture in clothing
• Jewelry & metallic shine
• Fine detailing techniques

🔹 Week 10 – Landscape Painting Mastery

• Atmospheric perspective
• Light & mood in landscapes
• Natural vs urban landscapes
• Creating depth with color temperature

🔹 Week 11 – Final Project (Choice-Based)

Students choose one:
• Realistic Portrait
• Expressive Figure Painting
• Detailed Landscape Composition

Live step-by-step guidance with feedback.

🔹 Week 12 – Finishing & Presentation

• Refining edges & focal points
• Color harmony & storytelling
• Final detailing
• Group critique & presentation guidance

✨ By the end of Month 3, students will create a polished portfolio-level artwork.