Discover Your Creative Voice
Let's Put Composition into Practice Painting Watercolour Botanicals with Natalie Martin
Your roadmap to stronger, more intentional paintings! Learn how to plan, structure, and bring your ideas to life with confidence. No more guesswork—just clear, creative strategies to make your watercolours shine. Ready to paint with purpose?
Discover Your Creative Voice
Let's Put Composition into Practice Painting Watercolour Botanicals with Natalie Martin
Your roadmap to stronger, more intentional paintings! Learn how to plan, structure, and bring your ideas to life with confidence. No more guesswork—just clear, creative strategies to make your watercolours shine. Ready to paint with purpose?
Ready to take your watercolour skills to the next level? This course is all about unlocking the magic of composition, colour, and creativity so you can paint with confidence!
In Compose, Paint, Create – Part 1, we’ll dive into the juicy stuff—how to arrange your artwork, discover the principles of art, and bring your ideas to life with ease. Whether you're just getting started or looking to refine your skills, this course will help you develop a solid foundation while keeping things fun and stress-free.
Think of it as your creative toolkit for making watercolours that feel right. You’ll get step-by-step lessons, hands-on exercises, and plenty of encouragement along the way. Let’s paint something amazing together!
Composition is the magic ingredient that takes a painting from okay to WOW!
Learn how to balance shapes, colours, and focal points, so your paintings just work.
Your paintings will do more than just look pretty—they’ll tell a story, evoke emotion, and draw people in.
With a solid plan in place, you’ll feel way more in control of your creative process.
Composition is the foundation of great paintings, and this course will set you up for success.
11 videos shot in High Definition with an overall run time of 3 hours and 10 minutes.
This course is self-paced and you receive instant access once checkout is completed. The beauty of this style online course is youo can binge it all at once or take it in in bite size pieces. Whatever works best for you. You are welcome to watch and rewatch the course as many times as you like.
• A comprehensive understanding of composition
• How to apply the Principles of Art
• How to use the Rule of Thirds and other compositional structures
• Tools to help you resolve unfinished artworks
• Confidence to create resolved paintings on your own
• A greater understanding of watercolour materials
• A series of botanical inspired paintings
• Comprehensive 100 page (!) Course E-Book loaded with extra tips and extension projects.
• Materials List
• 5 Principles of Art Quick Guides
• Printable assets for course work
• A Selection of Reference Images
• Reference sheets of Natalie's course work
If you’ve ever started a painting with zero plan and then wondered why it’s not working… this course is your new best friend.
If you’ve ever stared at your painting, squinting, tilting your head, and hoping for answers… composition is the missing piece!
Love painting but feel like your work is missing structure? This is the course to take your skills to the next level.
If you want your paintings to feel more intentional, expressive, or emotionally powerful, composition may be the missing piece of the puzzle.
Whether you’re just starting out or have been painting for years, mastering composition will transform your art.
I've got a whole video in Compose, Paint, Create Part 1 dedicated to materials (I do LOVE talking about art supplies), however here are some suggestions so you can get the ball rolling right away. If you've found yourself here you've probably dabbled in a little bit of watercolour before - I encourage you to work with what you've got. No need for anything fancy or new, unless, you know, you're dying to go to the art store. If you're kit needs a freshen up, you can always pick up one of my Beginners Watercolour Painting Kits.
Here's a general list of your basics to get you started.
• Watercolour paints
• Round brushes - size 10 or 12 and 4 or 6
• Watercolour paper
• Pencil, eraser, scissors, metal ruler
• Two water jars
• Palette (an old plate will do)
• Paper towel or a rag
• Painter's masking tape
• Salt
• Surface to work on
• Computer, tablet or phone
What a Super Awesome Class. I would HIGHLY recommend this class to any beginner as there are some great learning opportunities to help artists learn what helps they're paintings go from just so, to fantastic. This is the best tutorial I have found to learn the foundations of painting. This is also a great class for those who maybe have been painting awhile to review & help you to expand your skills. Thank you for teaching these skills. You are the only one i have found to teach such essential skills.
Susan
This course is the most comprehensive course I have seen on floral composition. It made so much sense and gave me great information and knowledge to apply to my paintings. I highly recommend watching it and putting it into practise.
Rachelle
I found this course so helpful in working out how to put a painting together. Natalie has a way of explaining things so they make sense in a way I could action them. Her presentation and descriptions are clear and helpful, the quality of everything is superb, and she makes the class lots of fun as well. Highly recommended to all levels of artist, as the content can be applied to whatever level you are at. I'm not that experience, nor a beginner, and it suited me really well. Thanks Natalie!
Louise
I started the course intending to paint along with you but got a bit lost with your fast pace. So I just watched the whole course first and by the time I got to emphasis and unity it all just clicked . I then started from the beginning and am working my way through it , understanding each element and enjoying working the examples. I feel much more confident with composition and especially working out how to compose a painting without copying someone else. Thank you.
Eileen
Such a great class! I learned so much and made some really lovely paintings. Natalie is a great and encouraging teacher. One of my biggest artistic goals is to paint really dense floral paintings so this was a great class for me.
Raven
Check out the trailer and see what Compose, Paint, Create Part 1 is all about.
Choose your preferred enrolment below, whether you kick off with just Part 1 or you can bundle it with Part 2, save a few bucks and begin your composition deepdive! Enrolment is instant once you have completed the checkout process (woohoo!) My online school is through a website called Teachable and this is how you will view your online course. A link will then be sent to your email to complete your Teachable account and gain access to your course. PLEASE NOTE: Your Teachable account will be automatically created with the email used at the checkout. Checking out with PayPal, Apple Pay or Shop Pay may override your supplied email address, please double check to make sure it is correct.
Ready to get stuck in? Compose, Paint, Create Part 1 is waiting for you, simply enrol now and you'll be painting in no time. Watch on your laptop, phone or tablet.
Want to gift Compose, Paint, Create Part 1? We'd be delighted. A simple E-Gift card is the easiest way to go. Simply click the button below to get started.
Ready to become a composition guru? Save $19 when you bundle Compose, Paint, Create Part 1 and Compose, Paint, Create Part 2 together - the complete composition package.
We recommend a e-gift card if you wish to gift the bundle (great choice btw). The button below will get you started.
*The course is also available on Skillshare (a subscription based platform). There you will find the whole Compose, Paint, Create Part 1 course, as well as many other courses across other disciplines! You can subscribe to Skillshare and pay an annual subscription to access the entire library of Skillshare online courses. You will only have access to the course while you have a Skillshare subscription.
I would be delighted for you to gift this course. Due to the way the enrolment process works, please ensure you click on the 'Gift the Bundle' button. This will ensure the recipient receives everything they need in their Painting Kit including enrolment details.
If you'd like to gift just the online course, we recommend you purchase a Natalie Martin E-Gift Card that the recipient can then redeem for the course. Select the $59 E-Gift card and add a personalised message before you send!
The online course didn't meet your expectations? You are entitled to a full refund within 30 days of the initial payment for course. This includes any courses purchased through nataliemartin.com.au. It does not include Skillshare memberships.
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