Creative Watercolor Sketching for Beginners

Watercolor as a playground

Illustrator Laura McKendry leads this Domestika class around a loose, exploratory approach to watercolor, treating your sketchbook less like a place for precious finished pieces and more like a space to experiment with playful, unconventional techniques.

Who it's for

Aimed at beginners, this is a good fit for anyone who's felt intimidated by watercolor's reputation for being unforgiving, or who's stuck in a rut with more traditional, tightly-controlled painting instruction.

Why it's worth a look

Domestika's creative courses tend to lean heavily on the instructor's own artistic voice, and a playground framing for watercolor is a refreshing counterpoint to overly technical tutorials. If your sketchbook has been sitting untouched because you're worried about getting it wrong, this looser, exploration-first approach could be the nudge to actually open it.