The World’s Watercolor Teacher Hazel Soan Shares Her Secrets

🎨 Welcome to Artefacto’s YouTube Channel! Join renowned watercolor artist Hazel Soan as she brings to life a majestic elephant bathed in sunlight using a delicate palette of yellow ochre, soft blues, and natural shadows. This inspiring demo showcases her signature approach to light, composition, and brush control. 🖌️ What you’ll learn: ✅ How to shape form and volume with light washes ✅ Creating contrast and interest using warm and cool tones ✅ Using large brushes for expressive highlights ✅ Layering from background to foreground for depth ✅ Techniques for defining textures with hard and soft edges 💡 Plus: Gain valuable insight into contest submissions, artist identity tips, and studio habits that elevate your watercolor journey beyond the canvas. 🎁 Bonus: Sign up for a free online watercolor masterclass—link in the video description—and dive deeper into the art of expressive, story-driven painting. 🐘 Get ready to explore tone, texture, and the power of simplicity with every brushstroke! ➡️ In this video: 00:00:00 Introduction & Starting 00:01:07 Composition & Light 00:02:28 Color & Shadow 00:04:24 Finishing First Layer 00:05:21 Workshop Invitation 00:10:28 Q&A Session 00:13:36 Name Change Advice 00:13:58 Learning & Style 00:14:51 Time & Paper Value 00:15:48 Feedback & Courses 00:16:14 Using Oil Paint ✅ Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ArtefactoSchool?sub_confirmation=1 🎨 JOIN US ON SOCIAL NETWORKS: Facebook ➤ https://www.facebook.com/artefactoschool Instagram ➤ https://www.instagram.com/artefacto_school/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Artefacto is an international online art school where you will learn how to paint. We promise: ▫️ to bring every student to the result ▫️ give high-quality feedback to save your time ▫️ to immerse you to an active community of like-minded people ▫️ to make learning fun On this channel you can: - learn how to paint with watercolor, oil, acrylics, gouache etc, - improve your drawing skills - become a participant of our free ONLINE workshops; - find a new hobby and get destressed!!! We have more than 60 thousand students worldwide. JOIN US! #WatercolorForBeginners #PaintingTutorial #PaintingforBegginers #HowtoPaint #PaintingLessons