What's included

    1. Welcome to my online class

    2. Watercolour cardinal tutorial

    3. Copyright information

    4. How to keep your paper flat (stretching)

    5. Watercolour cardinal - Downloadable files

    6. Watercolour cardinal tutorial video - Part 1

    7. Watercolour cardinal tutorial video - Part 2

About this class

  • $55.00
  • Lifetime access
  • Instant delivery
  • On demand

Watercolour Cardinal Tutorial

In this cheerful two-part tutorial, Louise guides you through painting a vibrant cardinal. A subject that’s perfect for holiday cards or simply adding a bold splash of red to your portfolio.

What You’ll Learn:
  • Building rich reds with layered washes and subtle colour variation.
  • Wet-on-wet blending with Scarlet Lake and Winsor Lemon.
  • Negative painting to define feather clusters.
  • Tips for painting black feathers with depth.
  • Creating expressive feather details using small brushes.
  • Adding an optional splash background for festive flair.
  • Ideas for using your finished painting to design holiday cards.
  • An introduction to the technique of negative painting on the feathers, with a link to a detailed YouTube video for further learning. https://youtu.be/BPN-_Tr5Yv4
Artist’s Insight:
Cardinals are the perfect mix of bold and delicate. Louise shares how she layers reds to keep them glowing, using Scarlet Lake for its intensity and Winsor Lemon for warmth. She explains how to preserve highlights with masking fluid and soft erasing, while also lifting paint for subtle light effects. To top it off, she shows how this piece can be transformed into a personalised holiday card — turning your painting into a festive keepsake.

Louise
Watercolour Cardinal Painting
Watercolour Cardinal Fullscreen View

Checklist

Here's what you get with this class.

  • Supplies list

  • Colour reference photo

  • Line drawing to trace on to your paper

  • Photos of the completed painting

  • Full length instructional video showing how to complete the painting

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is your refund policy?

    We think you'll love our classes, but if you're not absolutely satisfied within 30 days, just contact us at [email protected] and we'll refund your purchase, no questions asked.

  • For how long do I have access to the class?

    You have lifetime access. Your content doesn't expire, so you can come back and revisit it anytime.

  • What supplies do I need?

    A supplies list is included with each class, however we do encourage you to work with what you already have.

Dive into Watercolours

No Traffic, No Timetable, No Worries

Online courses are not just convenient, they're better. In our online classes, you get to pause, rewind, and revisit any part of the lesson you want. Missed a stroke? No dramas! Just go back and watch it again. Plus, all our classes are filmed in real-time and fully voiced over. That means you'll catch every stroke, every detail, and every step you need to nail that painting. It's like having a personal tutor on your screen, only better, because you're in total control. So what are you waiting for? Grab a brush, hit 'play', and let's get painting!
Louise De Masi setting at her desk painting a watercolour painting and looking at the camera.

Student Works

Here are some of our student works created from this class


Instructor

Meet your teacher for this class.

Louise De Masi

Watercolour Artist

Louise De Masi is a professional artist and qualified teacher with over 23 years experience. She is based in the gorgeous Mid North Coast of NSW, Australia.

Louise has been passionate about watercolours since 2011. She has sold paintings worldwide, licensed her work, and even co-written a book about painting sea life in watercolour.

Want to learn to paint in watercolour? Check out Louise's online classes here or watch her YouTube tutorials and browse through her shop for beautiful watercolour paintings, prints and merchandise.

Social proof: testimonials

“I am taking an in person class and I learned more here today [in this YouTube video] than I have in 6 weeks of the class… Signing up based on this video!”

Irene

“You are an outstanding teacher and are always so explicit with your instructions that you make it almost impossible for us to fail when following your tutorials. You have a wealth of information that you are always so happy to share with us. I have not as yet found another teacher who teaches as well as you and I have certainly watched thousands of You Tube tutorials. You are the best and deserve all the recognition you get!”

Marion

“Just finished watching this tutorial (I always watch them before starting to paint them) and I wanted to say it's so helpful to have the reference photo showing while you paint. I find myself thinking what I would do next and where I would add color and then when you do it too I know I'm learning -- even before I put paint to paper. Thank you for your explanations and thorough descriptions of what you are doing. You are the best teacher!”

Bonnie

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