Paint Budgerigars and Parakeets in Watercolour at Home

Learn to paint these colourful birds with ease with this pre-recorded art class.


Marilyn Allis Artist
Marilyn Allis Artist
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  £9

If you've been looking for things to satisfy your creative urge at home, try this self-guided online art class guided by experienced artist Marilyn as a fun thing to do at home. It's available whenever you need it, so all you need to do is grab your art supplies and get painting!
What's great about this watercolour art piece is that it has a slightly unusual composition using yellow, a non-tonal colour. If you're an improver artist looking for a new challenge this is a great way to pick up new painting skills.
This pre-recorded video is full of step-by-step instructions that you can pause and rewind as much as you like. Experiment with colour from the comfort of your own home and enjoy the relaxing world of art.
By the end of this virtual experience, you will have loads of new watercolour painting talents plus a work of art to hang up on your wall.
What to bring
  • Saunders Waterford 1/4 imperial rough paper or similar watercolour paper.
  • A selection of paintbrushes.
  • Watercolour paints (colours needed: Prussian blue, cadmium yellow, Cadmium Red, rich sepia, lemon yellow, French Ultra Marine blue, Burnt Umber, Viridian Green).
  • Masking fluid.
  • Bamboo pen.
  • Maskaway.
  • Pencil
  • Water.
  • Kitchen roll.
  • Ruler.
  • Toothbrush.
  • Cling film.
  • Hairdryer (optional).
Add-ons available for this class
  • Pink Masking Fluid (£7)
  • Painting Dorset in watercolour Book (£15)
  • Super Blue NEW Brush set size 10, 16 & Titanic (£45)
  • Book People aren't scary Really (£7)
  • Book Animals on the loose (£7)
  • Rich Sepia 14ml watercolour Paint (£9)
  • Art Light weight Carry bag (£16)
  • brush cleaner expandable container (£7)
You can add these when you book (optional).
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Marilyn Allis Artist
Marilyn Allis Artist

Facebook likes 5k followers
5.0 (2)
female Women-owned

Marilyn Allis is a talented watercolour artist with a loose and impressionistic style. Marilyn loves to use strong vibrant colours to capture the movement and the energy of a scene.
Working mainly in watercolour, but also acrylic inks and mixed media, Marilyn won the SAA artist of the year title in 1999. She has exhibited at the RI in the Mall galleries’ and appeared on Channel 4’s watercolour challenge.

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2026-06-19 15:00:00
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