Watercolor still life with fruits is a calm way to take the first step in painting without the fear of a blank page. Participants will get acquainted with basic techniques of working with paint, try painting from life, and create their own artwork. Sometimes the desire to paint remains at the level of thought: it seems that special skills, expensive materials, or a steady hand are needed. The watercolor class for adults is structured differently - it is designed for beginners and helps to enter the process calmly through a clear subject. Fruits in the still life provide a convenient theme for the first experience: they have expressive shapes, clean colors, soft transitions of light and shadow, and the result is easy to imagine right from the start. Participants will paint from life, so the focus will shift from copying a finished picture to live observation. How to arrange objects on the page, where to leave space, how to convey the roundness of an apple or the juiciness of a hue, how a light transparent layer differs from a more saturated spot - such questions will help to see watercolor not as a capricious material, but as a flexible tool. The poster for St. Petersburg is available on KUDAGO.