Hi, Hadis here,
On my opinion, filling an Sketchbook I mean a watercolor folio with animals in watercolor is very interesting because It feels more goal oriented in learning, also at the end we have a series like a scientist, I mean zoologist. Here is my collection of classes I found interesting to follow and make our folio:
(By the way the most interesting thing for me is in the class 3: teacher talked about “letting go and take back control”, I think let it go in mediums like watercolor, pouring, etc is so thereupatic.
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First is this tutorial , (to see the video you should scroll down after clicking at top a login page might appear, but if you scroll it down, you can watch the video intro without entering any info). The tutorial by Carrie McKenzie, she use Wet-on-Dry technique. She also use vibrant colors (look the video she use purple, pink .. ). (Not related to topic by her voice made me to feel back to the pleasant time when I was learning English by listening to English learning book: Look, Listen and Learn )
->Carrie McKenzie, Watercolour Animal Painting: Mother and Baby Elephants, see intro, another intro
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In this one, in lesson 7 we learn how to paint a goose (after learning about techniques and color theory).
->Aleksandryna Gromyko, Magic of Watercolor Background: How to Make White Objects Pop, see more on intro
Fish can be done in classic colors, but we can go beyond and use vibrant color palette, I love using this dreamy colors for it
->Bianca Luztre ,Watercolor for Beginners: Create Vibrant Fish Illustrations with Scratching, See intro here
Nature journal is another fun idea, one of my friends had a tiny palette she brought with her everywhere in the city.. Amy is more into wildlife, I think it is a fun class, for explorer type persons like me. are you?
->Amy Wang, Wildlife Nature Journaling: Drawing Animals from Observation, see intro here
I was interested in watercolor because of cute illustrations, and one of cute ones is little birds. look at the splashes technique used around it.
->Evgenia Cordie, Easter Yellow Duckling In Watercolor, Hair & Fur in Portraits. Portrait Painting Part 1, see intro here
What color are pandas? you might say, black and white. Wrong! it’s adult panda, new born pandas are pink and very tiny…
->Jane Davies, Panda: A Beginner’s Watercolour Class with Jane Davies, see intro here
If you like me love vintage vibes, I think by just making a folio of different butterflies in watercolor, we can be happy in life. But just a note, painting butterfly is different with other animals and it needs patience to be precise in realistic styles.
->Anastasiia – Watercolor artist, Insect Painting: Realistic Butterfly with Watercolor, see intro here
After you paint this duck, also add some lettering that it loose and fun, it will be so in harmony with feeling of water splashes.
->Carrie McKenzie, Watercolour Bird / Animal Painting: 3 Ducks Masterclass for All Levels, see intro here
Turtles are a great case study to learn watercolor, because we can try different textures and techniques, wet on wet, dry on wet, dry on dry…
->Will Elliston, Dive into Watercolor: Paint Expressive Turtles with Harmonious Colors, see intro here
In this class I found Michelle is using blocks, I like her method, it is nice and easy to follow.
->Michelle Gonzalez, Beginner Friendly Watercolor Tutorial: Eurasian Tree Sparrow, see intro here
If any of these style caught your eyes, all of them (and much more animal watercolor classes) are inside Skillshare, and you can try free for some weeks with my link