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Shelley Skail Art

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Paint a Portrait: 

The Fundamentals of Using Light & Shade

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All my classes are hosted on Skillshare, a subscription-based online learning platform. It’s kind of like Netflix for learning. Any of my links will give you one month’s access free of charge to try out my classes and any of the other thousands of classes there.

Magical Watercolor Flower Paintings 101:

The Art of Dispersion
Learn how to create delicate and magical textures with watercolours by controlling the water and paint - it’s a lot easier than it sounds! In this class you’ll learn how to use a watercolour technique called dispersion to create lovely flowers (and more!) quickly and simply.
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Tap into Your Creativity

3 Fun Prompts to Play with Art
Explore abstract and figurative art in a no-pressure, playful way to help tap into your creativity - you can do this either with a buddy or solo. Child-friendly (and child tested) activities!
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A Mindful Approach to Practising Watercolor:

Values, Palettes & Brush Control
Experience watercolours as a mindful art practice: while giving yourself some gentle, self-care time you will also be learning about colour experientially, honing your brush control, and refining your blending skills.

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Watercolor for Beginners:

How to Add Depth & Form through Layering
Learn how to create paintings with depth and form using watercolours through the layering technique - it’s a lot easier than it sounds! In this class you’ll learn how to use layering to give dimension to flowers (and more!) quickly and simply.
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Bitesize Watercolor:

Master Painting the Flat Wash
Learn different techniques for painting flat areas of color with the essential “flat wash” watercolor technique in this short-form class (only 23 minutes long!). Learn how to achieve this gorgeous watercolor look and take the fear out of the process! It’s the class I wish I had had when I was starting out.
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Bitesize Watercolor:

Master Painting Gradients with a Sunset Sky
Learn how to paint different kinds of watercolour gradients in this short-form class (only 25 minutes!).

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Make Miniature Books:

Bookbinding for Beginners
Learn how to make miniature books in four different ways. - it’s bookbinding for beginners! In this class you’ll learn how to create accordion-fold, perfect bound, simple-stitch and coptic-stitch books, and find out how to create an add accessories like covers, bookmarks, and bellybands.
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Paint a Portrait

The Fundamentals of Using Light & Shade
Learn how to paint faces from reference images with just one colour. We’ll cover how to create depth and form, as well as how to simplify faces into something manageable. We’ll practice painting faces from different angles - front, profile and ¾ - working first on a small scale, then taking it larger as our confidence grows.
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- Seda M
"The easy, confident, calming voice of the instructor was lovely! Very easy to listen to, pause and work, and then rewind and watch again, try again. I'm looking forward to more classes!"
- Vesta D
“Clear, helpful, easy to understand and very pleasant to senses- visually and as a tempo and voice narration. Also something I like so much in Shelley- she always takes a moment to say couple of words about other artists, their strength and talent, giving you a chance to learn about their work.”
- Christina S
“I loved this class! So fun, relaxing and playful. I found the exercises with colour control almost meditative. And I really love Shelley's approach: "... it's not a bad thing. It's just a thing". This takes the pressure off. Everything is a creation and a creative process. I can warmly recommend this course. ”
- Verónica P
"Shelley, I love your class, you are so inspiring and so easy to follow and loosening up. I really needed this class, it was such a stress relief and I learned so much about how my paints act with water."
- Carol l
"I enjoyed the class very much. It gives you creative options that are relaxing and doable."
- Dareen S
"This is a fabulous class for beginning watercolor artists. Shelley does a great job of explaining dispersion and gives lots of examples on how to control water and paint. It’s a laid back, no pressure class, and Shelley’s enthusiastic yet easy-going teaching style makes the lessons fun! Give it a try!"

Make Miniature Books:

Bookbinding for Beginners
Learn how to make miniature books in four different ways. - it’s bookbinding for beginners! In this class you’ll learn how to create accordion-fold, perfect bound, simple-stitch and coptic-stitch books, and find out how to create an add accessories like covers, bookmarks, and bellybands.
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