The Paint First Technique: 7 Days of Loose Watercolor & Doodle Sketchbook Magic

If feel stuck staring at a blank page, overthink, or worrying about “messing up,” this class is going to feel like a big creative hug. We’re throwing perfection out the window and starting with color instead of lines. This paint-first approach is one of my favorite ways to loosen up, get playful, and let creativity take the lead instead of fear. The results with this technique are naturally more loose and so cute!! :)

Over the next 7 days, we’ll explore fun little sketchbook prompts that help you build confidence, trust your instincts, and have way more fun with your art. Each day we begin with loose watercolor or gouache (Without a sketch! Just trust your hand! :)) and then we bring everything to life with doodles, scribbles, sparkles, and magic. 

Here’s what we’ll play with during our week together:
✨ imagination blobs
✨ cutie faces
✨ wet-on-wet critters
✨ playful florals
✨ a whimsical, abstract landscape
✨ a loose painting from a reference
✨ and painting from life (my favorite way to grow!)

This class is super beginner-friendly, but also wonderful for experienced artists who want to loosen up and bring more joy and experimentation back into their sketchbook practice. You don’t need fancy supplies — use whatever you already have. Watercolor, gouache, colored pencils, markers, crayons… almost anything works with this technique.

By the end of our 7 days, you’ll have a collection of fun, colorful sketchbook pages, a lighter and more playful approach to art, and a bunch of new ideas you can use in your future drawings and paintings. Most importantly, you’ll learn how freeing painting-first can be and how much creativity comes from letting go.

Let’s play together! 🎨✨🤗

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This class is also available on Skillshare, a subscription course platform. All 32 of my classes and thousands of others are on there plus THOUSANDS more from other awesome teachers! I highly recommend it for the value, but if you want to just buy one course you can buy it here on Gumroad.

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