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Course Description

Discover how watercolor’s fluid and spontaneous nature makes it the ideal medium for capturing the beauty and fleeting nature of the land and sea. In this course, you’ll learn how to “design” a sky using positive and negative space, and explore essential techniques for painting trees, water, various cloud types, and other natural features found in seascape and landscape painting.

Through focused observation, you will gain insight into how to translate and express what you see in the natural world and incorporate these elements into your paintings. Techniques such as wet-on-wet painting will help you achieve immediate results–bringing depth, mood and boldness to your work.

Prerequisites

Students must be an adult age 18 or older to participate.

Instructors

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

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Type
Studio
Days
Th
Time
9:30AM to 12:30PM
Dates
Oct 30, 2025 to Dec 11, 2025
Schedule and Location
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Contact Hours
18.0
Location
Delivery Options
Classroom  
Course Fee(s)
Tuition non-credit $575.00 Click here to get more information
Service charge(s)
  • 3% Service Fee  
Drop Request Deadline
Nov 20, 2025
Transfer Request Deadline
Jul 29, 2025 to Oct 28, 2025
Withdrawal Request Deadline
Oct 30, 2025 to Dec 11, 2025
Instructors
Necessary Supplies

Students are responsible for purchasing their own art supplies, equipment, and/or books. For most classes, the cost is under $125 (estimate). A supply list will be available on the course site in Canvas at least 30 days prior to the first day of class. 

Once you have received your enrollment confirmation and logged in to Canvas, navigate to Upcoming Courses on the left-hand side of your dashboard. Supplies will be listed on your course homepage under the supplies heading. Some or all of your course supplies are available at the RISD Store.

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