Ever Seen a Beautiful Watercolor Design and Thought:
"I Wish I Could Do That?"
Guess what? You absolutely can.
It’s easier than you think.
Watercolor for Relaxation
A gentle, joyful way back to creativity
Watercolor for Relaxation is not about perfection, pressure, or performance. It’s about slowing down, finding your rhythm, and discovering how calming—and accessible—watercolor can be.
No stress.
No intimidation.
Just you, a brush, and a peaceful creative flow.
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ONE-TIME PAYMENT ($197 USD + tax)
PAYMENT PLAN (Three $77 USD payments + tax)
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Here’s What This Course Is Really About
This course is an invitation to step away from the noise and into a quiet, restorative creative practice.
You’ll learn watercolor fundamentals in a way that feels soothing rather than overwhelming—and you’ll create work you’re genuinely proud of along the way.
It’s art as relaxation.
Art as presence.
Art as care.
Simple, Supportive Foundations
I’ll walk you through the tools you need—paper, paints, brushes, and journals—so you can stop guessing and start painting with confidence.
Essential Watercolor Techniques
You’ll build skills in brush control, color mixing, and paint flow, all taught in an approachable, encouraging way.
Creative Page Ideas
I’ll share relaxing design ideas inspired by my own practice and help you learn how to create your own, so painting feels playful and freeing—not intimidating.
What You’ll Learn
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ONE-TIME PAYMENT ($197 USD + tax)
PAYMENT PLAN (Three $77 USD payments + tax)
Everyone Can Benefit!
Complete beginners who want a calm, step-by-step introduction to watercolor
Experienced artists who need a creative reset or a softer way back to their practice
Anyone seeking relaxation through a mindful, screen-free activity
Those wanting a sustainable creative habit without pressure or judgment
Wherever you’re starting, you’re welcome here!
A Different Kind of Watercolor Class
This isn’t about lectures, rigid rules, or getting everything “right.”
It’s about:
Feeling supported
Letting go of overthinking
Reconnecting with creativity in a way that feels nourishing
You’ll move through the lessons at your own pace, building skills gently and confidently—because art should fit into your life, not add more stress to it.
Relaxation as a Creative Practice
The painting exercises in this course are designed to feel meditative and grounding.
Many students describe this class as:
A way to unwind after busy days
A return to creativity after burnout or self-doubt
A calming ritual they come back to again and again
This is watercolor as self-care—with color, movement, and curiosity.
Ongoing Support
When you enroll, you’re not just accessing lessons—you’re joining a creative space that values curiosity and encouragement.
The course includes bonus videos created in response to student questions and feedback, so you’re supported as you explore and grow.
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~Enroll in the course here~
ONE-TIME PAYMENT ($197 USD + tax)
PAYMENT PLAN (Three $77 USD payments + tax)
You Don’t Need to Be “Good” at Art
You just need to begin.
Watercolor for Relaxation is your permission to slow down, make marks without pressure, and rediscover how peaceful creating can be.
We’ll take it one brushstroke at a time.
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Watercolor for Relaxation FAQs
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A lot.
I always over deliver!
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This is not a bookbinding course, however I do offer many bookbinding courses at willawanders.com. The specific watercolor sketchbooks that I watercolor paint in are my own handmade books that I teach in my course called Willa Journals. If you want to bind your own book to paint in, you can do that using any handmade book structure! In this course, provide all the information that you need on using the paper that I use to bind into my covers, so that you can bind them into your own journal of your choosing. Of course, you can take my Willa Journals course too, https://willa-wanders.teachable.com/p/willa-journals.
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The journal that I paint is was created by me. I used a "Willa Journal" as the cover and a handmade watercolor paper for all of the pages.
The "Willa Journals" course is one of my courses on Willa Workshops. When you make and bind your own journals, you get to choose the papers that you put in your journal.
In the case of the book that is in this video, the pages were created from a handmade 100% cotton watercolor paper with deckled edges that I purchased off of Amazon. I don't recommend painting directly on this paper that I used in this journal-it turned out to not be great paper for watercoloring.
In this course, I'm going to go over the different option for your own journal, the workaround that fixed this journal for me, and even what I want to experiment with in the future.
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Yes, I will provide information about journals that you can purchase that have the same deckle edge effect and then I will teach you what to do with them to create the look that I get.
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To learn the basics of loose watercolor leaf and floral painting, please take my course, Willa's Watercolor Leaves and Florals
Meet your Teacher!
Wendy Solganik
Wendy Solganik, aka @willa.wanders on Instagram, is a life-long artist and crafter, currently working in watercolor, hand lettering, mixed media collage, art journaling and handmade book arts. From production wheel pottery to scrapbooking to knitting and so many more passions, Wendy always dives deep to master a craft.
After a fifteen year stint as the co-owner of Luscious Verde Cards, a successful, Louie award-winning, custom invitation design, printing and manufacturing company, you can find Wendy at home in her spare bedroom art studio moving around from art project to art project. It is the experience of a delicious flow state while she is creating that keeps Wendy coming back to making day after day.
Wendy balances making art with energetically running her online art course platform, Willa Workshops. Over the past four years, she and other artists from around the globe have launched over 40 new online mixed media art, handmade book, collage art and watercolor painting courses. This includes the epic year long mixed media collage art experience called Fodder School, which is the creation that Wendy is most proud of.
Willa Workshops General FAQs
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There are no refunds on online courses
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You will have “Lifetime” Access to all classes unless otherwise mentioned—"Lifetime" is relevant to the lifespan of the Willa Workshops business (I don't plan on leaving anytime soon!) or the longevity of the technology.
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This class includes captions in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Hindi, and Hebrew
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All Willa Workshops lesson content is prerecorded video. Once your purchase is complete, you will have instant access to the classroom, and are free to work through the content at your own pace
You can access Teachable and watch the lessons in your browser (PC, Mac, Android) or the Teachable app for iOS (recommended for iPhone and iPad)
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No, at least not available as local downloads to your device. The Teachable app for iOS may allow you to download lessons for offline playback.
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No. One student per registration. This is an honor system that if violated will result in your removal from the course with no refund.
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Please do! Always tag @willa.wanders and mention the course in your post description
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Yes! Please keep them for yourself, give them as a gift, or sell them.
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That's a hard no.
There's an endless amount of incredible art tutorial content in every Willa Workshops course. For some creatives, it's tempting to want to use these videos as a well of inspiration for their own creative enterprise, YouTube channel, brand, etc.
Willa Workshops Courses are not sold with permission for anyone to use it in this way--specifically, as a source of inspiration for any one's free how-to social media tutorial content, whether that be on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok or any other social media platform.
If you are a creative who loves to share your work with the world, that's wonderful! I love it when participants share their finished projects in photos and videos on social media. Please tag me @willa.wanders, I'd love to support you!
But making how-to videos of yourself while creating from the lesson content or obviously inspired and derivative of Willa Workshops course content, and then posting those tutorials on any free social media platform, will get you banned from Willa Workshops with no refund issued.
