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Everyday Watercolor Companion Book Plus Course by Jenna Rainey | Review
Everyday Watercolor Companion Course and Book Review is clubbed together because they complete each other .
But either of them are good to get started with.
I bought the book 2 years back but signed up for the course last July.I subscribed to her Youtube channel during the pandemic. I loved the loose way she painted her watercolour flowers.
Her tutorials were easy to follow,sensory and always taught me something extra.I was already revisiting my watercolour love and her work seemed to be calling me to follow along.
Her way of painting flowers,leaves and nature was exactly what I liked to paint.That was the reason I also bought her other book, Everyday Flowers.
The book is lovely to look at .Beautiful paintings by Jenna with her tips for starting watercolour and painting the composition.
Even if you don’t buy the course,the book is enough to improve your artwork.
The Pros of the Course
It’s easy to follow along and get the work done .Jenna has a very nice voice and explains how it’s done in a simple way ,making this course beginner friendly.The handout pdfs are very helpful too .I wish it went a little bit beyond the beginner level. It could say a word or two about preserving the watercolor painting and selling the artwork.
I wanted to listen and paint along with Jenna as she completed a composition from start to finish.That was done beautifully through 3 paintings .
🎨 Everyday Watercolor Companion
Course & Book Review by Dr. Amrita
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Highly Recommended
👩🎨 About the Creator
I’ve followed Jenna since 2020 through her YouTube channel and love her loose, colorful style. Her approach to watercolor flowers and nature resonates deeply with me.
“I like how she is always trying to listen to her inner artist while giving back to society.”
🌼 My Watercolor Journey
I bought the book 2 years ago but signed up for the course last July. I subscribed to her YouTube channel during the pandemic, drawn to her loose watercolor flower painting style.
Her tutorials were easy to follow, sensory, and always taught me something extra. As I was revisiting my love for watercolor, her work called me to follow along.
Her way of painting flowers, leaves, and nature aligned perfectly with what I enjoy painting. This connection led me to purchase her other book, “Everyday Flowers.”
The book is lovely to look at with beautiful paintings and helpful tips for starting watercolor.
Even without the course, the book alone provides enough guidance to improve your artwork.
My biggest challenge was going through the complete course (I often lose steam midway)and overall I did meet my own personal challenges.
Why this Watercolor course?
I have followed Jenna since 2020 online through her Youtube channel and love her loose colourful style. I also like how she is always trying to listen to her inner artist while giving back to society. I have all of her books and this course was exactly the watercolor course I was looking for.I have 3 completed painting and plenty of inspiration fueled inside …that’s exactly the purpose of taking the course.
Jenna ‘s personal way of relating stories about her journey her was what made the non-painting part of the course relateable.
A special moment
I also wanted to share a small thing that happened.While buying the course, I intended to buy the one year access. However, a glitch caused lifetime access to be selected repeatedly. The credit card showed that it was the lifetime access that was bought.My hubby was looking glacial .I emailed Jenna and she was kind enough to refund the extra.That’s excellent work ethics and I deeply appreciate that.
Before joining I was painting less and less and rarely tried layering two times ,let along multiple times for depth.Before joining I was painting less and less and rarely tried layering two times ,let along multiple times for depth.I was following various books and Youtube teachers .But having a start to finish understanding of a composition was lacking.
I bought another watercolor book Painting Calm but that didn’t have as much details as this one.
How this course changed how I painted :
Now I am more confident about continuing my loose watercolor style.I am also more confident with layering and mixing colors.
I wasn’t sure I would be able to finish it and the cost.But I like how Jenna teaches and really wanted to learn from her.The universe aligned and it’s done
The colour mixing tips ,thinking about perspective and watercolour layering these three were my ah ha moments.
My 2 biggest wins:
I am capable of mixing colours more confidently.
I am capable of thinking in terms of composition for my artwork. I also focus more on perspective.
What really surprised me about this course with respect to other courses?
That I finished the artwork in one sitting, exceeded my expectations.
What surprised me most was, how relaxing the entire experience was. It helps you get rid of your inhibitions while painting.
Painting is meditation for me.
When you understand why you are doing a certain thing, it’s easier to innovate. If you want to get better at making your watercolor artwork stand out, try this. It’s a must.
Who is this not for?
If you are using other mediums, then this book or course won’t help you.The tips,techniques are all focusing on the watercolor as mediums.
My biggest challenge while painting along with the course
Sharing is good Karma!
Gardening Quotes I love
I wasn’t a gardner. My parents weren’t either.But my paternal Grand father must have been one,though I never had an opportunity to ask him.You may wonder why I say this.Its because he planted the tree which still bears fruits some sixty years later.
The tree is as tall as five storied building and was the reason behind many of my childhood daydreams and adventures plus delicious summers eating the firm juicy Jackfruit from the mighty tree.
I think the tree liked me too.I always felt very protective towards it.Its the reason I made plant friends easily and now have been able to increase my family of trees and plants to a number I can’t count.I love picking fruits fresh from trees and eating them.
The best part is, it gave me the first idea of how even a single tall green tree can help nurture a child.I started gardening in October 2014 the very same time I started blogging and writing online.I am not always writing aiming for SEO and money.
Writing is the cheapest ,easiest,most accessible method for my self therapy.To balance my moods indoors, when I can’t visit gardens,parks or go for fun nature walks.I miss nature even more than coffee or tea and the same amount as books.That’s saying a lot since I am a voracious reader .
But I degress .I published the audio book on How to Walk Write and Garden for the Healthy Life you want free on Youtube.
One reason was because, I wanted it to be available for free for those who want to find wellness in their daily life through going back to nature,words,walking and the simple stuff.Its not rocket science but in this world of sunless rooms ,it’s important to repeat truths ,lest people forget.
On that note sharing my favorite garden quotes-
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.-Greek proverb by Unknown author
Quotes by Alfred Austin
We come from the earth,go back to earth in between we garden
“The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature.
To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul.
Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are.
There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder.
A garden that one makes oneself becomes associated with one’s personal history and that of one’s friends, interwoven with one’s tastes, preferences and character and constitutes a sort of unwritten autobiography.
Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society.
No one can rightly call his garden his own unless he himself made it.
There are no gardening mistakes, only experiments.-Janet Kilburn Phillips
To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow. – Audrey Hepburn
My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece.
Claude Monet
I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.-Claude Monet
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.-Marcus Tullius Cicero
Garden as though you will live forever.-William Kent
Life begins the day you start a garden.
a Chinese proverb
Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.
Emily Bronte
The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him there.
George Bernard Shaw
The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.
Abraham Lincoln
To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.-Mahatma Gandhi
No single sort of garden suits everyone. Shut your eyes and dream of the garden you’d most love then open your eyes and start planting. Loved gardens flourish, boring ones are hard work.
Jackie French
Where flowers bloom, so does hope.
Lady Bird Johnson
Did you know ,Monet had his own garden Givenchy which was the inspiration behind his paintings?
My garden is the inspiration behind my painting.
