Need Some Help With Watercolours For All?

For instructions and a video guide on how to access the private Watercolours For All group, please see the third lesson in the Start Here section of the course).

If you're not sure how to post an image to the group. I've created a video showing you how to do that.

I've also added a short video to that page for using the free ArtKula app.

Watch the video of me posting an image to a group on ArtKula

If you get stuck with the group at any time, please contact me here.

Watercolours For All is about being consistent, NOT perfect! So there is absolutely no need to keep perfect pace with the release of the projects (which are released weekly).

In fact, most students will be at least a few weeks behind the latest project at some point

And don't forget, Watercolours For All is a finite 10-week course. That means it will be much easier to catch up when the last project has been released.

The price you've paid for the course gives you lifetime access to it, within your Draw Awesome account. So it doesn't matter whether you take 10 weeks or 100 weeks - you'll have paid exactly the same amount! 

When all the projects have been released (week 10), you'll be able to access them online indefinitely. You don't need to purchase an Ongoing Access plan like you do with Draw Awesome. 

Yes, you can download any of the project videos if you want to watch them offline (i.e. if you're going somewhere with a poor Internet connection). 

Just bear in mind that downloading and storing lots of large video files can take a long time and may require extra storage (if you're downloading lots of videos).

To download videos please see this guide: https://www.drawawesome.com/how-to-download-projects.

Please see here for information on the materials you'll need.

The best place to ask questions about Watercolour For All lessons is in our private group on ArtKula.com. Either I, a colleague, or another student will be able to answer you there.

Of course, if you're not on ArtKula, feel free to email me your question using this contact form:

https://www.drawawesome.com/contact

Unfortunately, Joanne can't give one-to-one critiques of project artwork.

Watercolours For All is about steady, consistent practice over time. Like the magic of compound interest, this is what leads to massive results and transformation!

One project per week is achievable for most people who are committed to becoming awesome watercolourists. Any more than that, and there's a risk of burnout and of you becoming overwhelmed - which leads to you quitting much earlier than you would have otherwise.

Because this schedule is at the very heart of Watercolours For All, projects can't be released earlier, unfortunately.

Absolutely! You can post the artwork you make from any of the projects, anywhere you like. You don't need to ask for permission but it would be nice if you gave Joanne a credit or mention. :)

Your challenge artwork is obviously your own creation, so as long you've not broken someone else's copyright in creating your images, you can obviously do with them what you want.

Yes and no...

If you want to sell a project drawing to someone who's asked to buy it, then by all means go ahead and we'd love to hear about it! After all, one of our goals for you is that you reach a point where you're making commission-worthy artwork!

The only thing Joanne and I  ask you not to do is make digital copies or prints of the artwork and sell those. It's cool to sell the original (and I'd encourage it), just not duplications of the original, if that's okay. 

The reference photos Joanne uses for projects are either taken by her (so she owns the copyright and gives you permission to do with those photos what you want), or they're from Pixabay, Pexels or Unsplash (where photos are made to be used freely).

If you can't sign in, it's down to one of three issues:

1. You don't have a Draw Awesome account

2. You are entering the wrong email and/or password

3. The web browser you are using has a setting that is interfering with the Draw Awesome website

Step 1: Are you sure you have a Draw Awesome account? A lot of people can mixed up between Draw Awesome and ArtKula (our free community website). Draw Awesome is a paid-for course so if you're sure you have a paid account at Draw Awesome more to Step 2...

Step 2: Try resetting your password here: 

https://www.drawawesome.com/password/new

Make sure you enter the email address you use for your Draw Awesome account. If the reset email doesn't turn up, check your spam folder. If it's not in there, the issue is with your email address. Please contact us with your full name and any email addresses your account could be under so we can do some digging.

Step 3: If you DO receive the reset email and resetting your password doesn't help (or you keep having to reset your password), the problem will be with your browser. Try using a different browser on the device you're having an issue with (i.e. use Firefox or Safari if you're currently using Chrome, or vice versa).

Nine times out of ten, you'll be able to sign in okay using another browser.

If none of the above work for you, please contact us here. 

If you know your existing password and simply want to update it, here's what to do:

1. Sign into your Draw Awesome account.

2. Go to the Settings page (by clicking or tapping on your avatar).

3. Update your password and/or email address on that page.

If you've forgotten your password, you can set up a new one on this page:

https://www.drawawesome.com/password/new

The first project will unlock itself when you watch and complete the three introduction videos in the START HERE section.

Beneath each video in the course is a "Mark As Complete" button. This will automatically "complete" when you reach the end of a video. Or you could cheat and click or tap it any time. But don't do that. ;) 

Please see this guide for getting and using the free app for ArtKula (where we host the private Draw Awesome community).

Please see this guide: https://www.drawawesome.com/how-to-download-projects

When you have issues playing videos on the web, is almost always down to one of tow things:

1) Temporary Internet peed problems, which causes videos to stop and start (buffer).

2) Something on your web browser that interferes with the video player.

1) I'm having issues with videos stopping and starting (buffering):

It's an Internet speed issue. Speed issues can happen at any place between your location in the world and where our videos are hosted. So even if videos on the likes of YouTube play okay, it doesn't rule out Internet speed issues.

If you don't have speed issues at other sites like YouTube, any buffering on Draw Awesome videos will resolve itself and usually quite quickly.

If it doesn't resolve after 24 hours, please contact me here and we can run through more detailed checks.

2) I'm having other issues with the videos, like getting them to play at all or no sound:

This is almost certainly down to a setting on your browser (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge etc,) interfering with the video player.

Even if video played fine yesterday and not today, it's still likely to be a browser issue because they're always updating themselves in the background, and those updates can stop other stuff from working.

The fastest way to resolve this is to use another brower. So if you normally use Safari, for example, try Chrome or Firefox. 

All the main browsers are free and very easy to install. Here's a handy webpage that with download links for all the major browsers:

https://www.whatismybrowser.com/guides/how-to-try-a-different-web-browser

Not at the moment, unfortunately. But I will be adding these over time.

Sorry, not at the moment.