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UNDERSTANDING WATERCOLOUR PAINTING
for Spirit Portraiture 2026

The Discovery of Watercolour Portrait Course – July 2026

 

Dates: Fridays, 3rd to 31st July 2026
Time: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm (UK Time)
Duration: 5 weeks | Live on Zoom

Course Overview

Join me for this inspiring 5-week creative journey designed to help you fall in love with watercolour while discovering its potential for spiritual expression.


Whether you’re new to painting or refining your technique, this course will help you build confidence through guided step-by-step sessions and self-practice time between lessons.

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Course Structure

This course is structured to balance demonstration, participation, and reflection.


Each week, you’ll have Knowledge Work (your version of “homework”), gentle creative prompts designed to expand your understanding and confidence rather than feel like a chore. Growth comes through knowledge, not pressure.

Materials

A full materials list will be provided upon confirmed booking. Students will explore the use of pans, pencils, felt-tip watercolour pens, and other tools to achieve expressive results.

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Trusting the Journey of Art

​Some Benefits

Course Outline

Week 1 – The Discovery of Watercolour Learn the fundamentals of watercolour painting through a guided exploration of how to apply, blend, and layer paint. The first hour is a watch-and-learn session with live demonstrations of multiple techniques and creative tools, followed by a relaxing landscape practice and open Q&A. Your practical session will be to learn how to use watercolour in varied ways to build confidence. Week 2 – Watercolour & Ink: Faces and Flow Discover how line and wash can bring character to your work. We’ll paint 10 expressive mini portraits using light ink outlines and soft washes, perfect for building confidence and exploring personality through colour. Week 3 – Spirit Portraits & Auragraphs Combine intuitive colour use with spiritual expression. You’ll learn how to paint simple spirit portraits and auragraphs with guidance on symbolism, blending, and reading the energy of your work. Includes practice readings within class. Week 4 – Spirit Portrait Review Session A hands-on review session focused on refining your watercolour portrait skills. You’ll receive constructive feedback, tips on proportion and flow, and guidance for improving tonal harmony and facial structure. Week 5 – The Mediumship Portrait Session The final week brings everything together as you merge your artistic practice with your mediumistic awareness. You’ll create a live Spirit Portrait with Mediumship, combining both your technical and intuitive development. Please note depending on the spiritual energy of what's best for the group the sessions maybe slightly adapted to cover all needs and therefore the weekly format could change slightly.

Learn to Use Watercolour

The Unique Blend of Art & Spirit

 

Each week, we’ll explore a new way to work with this beautiful medium, learning how to blend art and spirit together in your creative flow.

 

You’ll learn to use watercolour pans, pencils, and felt-tip pens, and experiment with brushes, textures, and techniques that bring emotion and life into your artwork.

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"Your art is the mirror through which Spirit smiles back at you." AMB

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Expand Your Spirit Art Journey

Your artistic journey will blossom as you discover the beauty and versatility of watercolour. You’ll refine your accuracy, flow, and expression while exploring new techniques and exercises not taught before. Each course is designed to meet you where you are and gently elevate your skills, helping you progress to your next level of artistic and spiritual mastery, guided by The Portrait of Spirit, your online home for creative spiritual learning.

The Online Art Mentorship

COURSE FEE OPTIONS

  • Standalone Course: £335.00

  • VIP Pathway: Combine this course with The Portrait of Spirit Art Mentorship 2026 (7 March – 20 June) to gain your Certificate of Merit + VIP Bundle at a discounted rate.

 

(Available to both new students and 2025 Spirit Art Year Mentorship members.)

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When Spirit moves through your art, every line becomes a language of the soul.” AMB

Art Gallery
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Drawing Spirit Portraits

  • Lecture: The Many Pathways to Spiritual Art

  • Correcting Facial Features Practice

  • Combining Spirit Portraits and Mediumship

  • Sketching Portraits Boldly with Charcoal

  • Tutorial: The Art of Realism and Shading

  • Drawing Angles of Head Positions

  • Watercolour Painting Ink and Wash

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Automatic Drawing

  • Speed Drawing

  • Steps to Automatic Drawing for Light Altered State for Inspired art

  • Meditation Facial Drawing

  • Spirit Guided Soul Artwork

  • Meditation Automatic Writing 

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Psychic Art

  • Psychic Art and Soul Art

  • Inspirational Abstract Art

  • Lecture: The history of a Psychic Artist Pioneer Frank Leah

  • Group Practice: Psychic Art Portraits

Dates / Times


Fridays
03 - 10 - 17 - 24 - 31 July 2026
7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

with a 10 mins comfort break

DATES / TIMES

The Portrait of Spirit Mentorship Dates

2026 DATES / TIMES

 

Friday's 

03 - 10 - 17 - 24 - 31 July

(7.30 pm - 9.30 pm)

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“The moment you stop drawing from sight and start drawing from silence, Spirit begins to speak.” – AMB

The Mentorship Bonuses

VIP BUNDLE INCLUDES:

For students who join both the Watercolour Course and Spirit Art Mentorship:

  • Exclusive downloadable Drawing e-Handout

  • Spiritual Connection Meditation digital recording

  • Private Q&A Drop-In Session (held the day before the first class)

 

This bonus bundle is designed to support your spiritual and creative pathway with deeper guidance and connection.

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When Spirit moves through your art, every line becomes a language of the soul.” AMB

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“Art is the breath of Spirit taking form through the hand that dares to listen.” – AMB

ABOUT ANNE-MARIE Anne-Marie Bond is a Spirit Artist, Spiritualist Medium, Small Business Coach, Content Creator, Author, Spiritual Teacher and Mentor and President of Croydon National Spiritualist Church in London. She has taught Spirit Art and Mediumship for a decade and has been a teacher in adult education for 25 years, holding a TAP.dip (Training Accreditation Programme Diploma for subjects such as Training Delivery, Effective Presentation, Coaching, Facilitation, Design and Delivery). Anne-Marie holds a Teacher's qualification in DTLLS equivalent to a level 5 Diploma in Education and Training (now DET Level 5). She has a spiritual certification in Speaking, Demonstrating Mediumship and Teaching has worked as an appointed Tutor at a world renowned college in Essex. She is also one of the winners of the Gordon Higginson Memorial Scholarship.  Anne-Marie is also the founder of the online Spiritualist Speakers service, the Assembly of Spirit Inspirations where world renowned mediums and teachers are guest speakers sharing their wisdom on Spiritualist LIFE.  This is all outside her 9-5 day job as a Digital Learning Designer & Developer, where she works as an eLearning Instructional Specialist, creating online eLearning training animation videos for businesses.  Anne-Marie also holds a Specialist Certificate in AI for Learning for Professionals.

Anne-Marie Bond TAP.Dip

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“Each brushstroke is a prayer whispered in colour, revealing what the soul remembers.” – AMB

VIP Bundle
Butterfly Leopard magical painting
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“Your artwork is not made of lines and tones, but of light and love shaped by unseen guidance.” – AMB

Interested?

IT'S TIME TO RESERVE YOUR PLACE
PAY IN FULL BELOW or... if you want to join both the above Watercolour Course 2026 and the Portrait of Spirit Online Art Mentorship 2026.  Express your interest for prices and discounts available.

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“Through Spirit art, we do not capture a face — we unveil a truth.” – AMB

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