Watercolour courses
Watercolour painting courses with lots of fun
Our watercolour painting courses are like taking a leap into a flowing colour magic: easy, relaxed and full of creative energy. Whether you want to learn watercolour painting as a complete beginner, are looking for an inspiring watercolour painting course or want to refine your style as a professional - you are guaranteed to find the right watercolour painting course with us.
Swimming Jewels · Watercolor Painting
Guided Watercolour Painting Workshop
- Workshop
- Beginner
- ZÜRICH · PIE Painting Studio
- 2.5 Hours
Up to 20% discount for Members
Two fish, one pond, and a world of flowing colour.
In this playful watercolour session, we dive into a serene pond scene featuring two beautifully loose, colourful white fish gliding between water lilies, floating pads, and delicate blossoms. It’s all about movement, softness, and letting the water do part of the work for you.
This piece is perfect for exploring the wet-on-wet technique — watching pigments bloom, blend, and surprise you as they spread across the paper. You’ll learn how to control (and sometimes release control of) your washes, creating different levels of pigment intensity to suggest depth, light, and transparency in the water.
Alongside the fluidity, we’ll also gently introduce selective detail — knowing when to let edges dissolve and when a few thoughtful marks can bring a fish, a petal, or a lily pad into focus.
It’s a balance of spontaneity and intention: soft washes, flowing colour, and just enough detail to guide the eye through a calm, living pond scene.
Her Silent Reservoir · Watercolor Painting
Guided Watercolour Painting Workshop
- Workshop
- Beginner
- ZÜRICH · PIE Painting Studio
- 2.5 Hours
Up to 20% discount for Members
Still water. Quiet thoughts. One very poetic brush.
In this atmospheric watercolor session, we’re painting more than just a lakeside view. Her Silent Reservoir is a calm, layered landscape that blurs the line between nature and emotion — a quiet lake nestled inside a woman’s silhouette, like a peaceful thought waiting to surface.
The mood is soft, slow, and a little mysterious — perfect for experimenting with loose washes, gentle gradients, and letting your brush do the feeling. Whether you see it as symbolic, surreal, or just really pretty, this piece is about holding space — for water, for silence, for yourself.
KAFI & GIPFELI: Staircase to Summer · Watercolor Painting
Guided Watercolour Painting Workshop
- Workshop
- Beginner
- BASEL · PIE Creative Café
- 2.5 Hours
Up to 20% discount for Members
Flow. Fade. Glow. A path into light.
In this watercolour painting session on paper, we’re following the Stairway to Heaven. Picture a glowing staircase descending towards a shimmering lake, painted in sunlit ochre and layered blues. Through various techniques like wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry, you’ll capture that dreamy moment where landscape turns almost lyrical.
No experience needed — just curiosity for colour, water, and the way light plays on paper. You’ll leave with a painting that feels airy, radiant, and full of summer vibes.
✨ How PIE Kafi & Gipfeli Watercolor Painting Workshops Run
What could be better than starting your Sunday morning with a coffee and a gipfeli while getting creative? You arrive, take a breath, grab your kafi & gipfeli, and settle into your spot at the table where the magic happens. We start on time, so make sure you’re there and ready to dive in.
Next, your instructor takes the stage, giving you a quick, easy intro to the materials — nothing overwhelming, just getting you comfortable and ready to play.
Then the fun really begins. You’ll be guided step by step through the painting process, with plenty of room to play, experiment, and make it your own. Sip your drink, enjoy the moment, and let the creativity flow.
Introduction to Watercolor Painting
Beginner Course · 4 Weekly Classes
- Multi-day Course
- Beginner
- ZÜRICH · PIE Painting Studio
- 4 × 2.5 hours
Up to 20% discount for Members
Light. Flowing. Wonderfully unpredictable.
Watercolour has a magic unlike any other painting medium. Transparent colours, delicate layers and the gentle movement of water create paintings full of light, atmosphere and spontaneity. Rather than fighting the medium, you’ll learn how to work with it—and discover that some of the most beautiful effects happen when you allow the water to do part of the painting for you.
In this four-week course, you’ll build a solid foundation in watercolour painting while learning to balance control with creative freedom. Whether you’re completely new to the medium or looking to deepen your painting skills, we’ll guide you through the essential techniques step by step.
Throughout the course, you’ll explore washes, layering, glazing, blending and lifting techniques while learning how pigment, water and paper interact. With every exercise, you’ll gain more confidence in controlling the flow of colour while embracing the happy accidents that make watercolour so unique.
Every class combines demonstrations, practical exercises and plenty of individual painting time, allowing you to immediately apply what you’ve learned while receiving personal guidance from your instructor.
Watercolour rewards patience, observation and experimentation. Some artists create delicate botanical studies, others loose landscapes or expressive abstract compositions. This course gives you the technical foundation to confidently explore whichever direction inspires you most.
✏️ What to Expect
- A structured four-week introduction to watercolour painting
- Weekly guidance from a professional artist
- Live demonstrations introducing each new technique
- Plenty of individual painting time with personal feedback
- A relaxed and encouraging atmosphere to experiment and grow
- Step-by-step exploration of water, pigment and transparent colour
🧠 What You’ll Learn
- Wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry techniques
- Building depth through transparent layers and glazing
- Controlling water and pigment flow
- Lifting, blending and correcting techniques
- Creating light, atmosphere and texture
- Developing confidence with one of the world’s most expressive painting mediums
🤔 Is This Course Right for Me?
Absolutely.
Whether you’re discovering watercolour for the first time or looking to build on your painting experience, this course offers the perfect introduction to one of the most elegant and rewarding painting techniques.
No previous watercolour experience is required. All you need is curiosity, patience and a willingness to let the paint surprise you.
KAFI & GIPFELI: Lavender Fields In Provance · Watercolor Painting
Guided Watercolour Painting Workshop
- Workshop
- Beginner
- BASEL · PIE Creative Café
- 2.5 Hours
Up to 20% discount for Members
Breathe in. Brush out. Let it lavender.
Ready to paint your way into a lavender-scented daydream? This watercolor session takes you to the heart of Provence, where endless rows of violet blooms roll across the hills and the air smells like calm.
We’ll guide you step-by-step through the flowing strokes, gentle gradients, and mixing the delicate and charming colors of French countryside fields — all with the laid-back ease of a breezy afternoon en plein air. Let your brush wander, let the water flow, and soak up those peaceful Provençal vibes.
No passport required. Just bring your inner artist (and maybe a deep inhale of imaginary lavender).
✨ How PIE Kafi & Gipfeli Watercolor Painting Workshops Run
What could be better than starting your Sunday morning with a coffee and a gipfeli while getting creative? You arrive, take a breath, grab your kafi & gipfeli, and settle into your spot at the table where the magic happens. We start on time, so make sure you’re there and ready to dive in.
Next, your instructor takes the stage, giving you a quick, easy intro to the materials — nothing overwhelming, just getting you comfortable and ready to play.
Then the fun really begins. You’ll be guided step by step through the painting process, with plenty of room to play, experiment, and make it your own. Sip your drink, enjoy the moment, and let the creativity flow.
Stay Wild · Watercolor Painting
Guided Watercolour Painting Workshop
- Workshop
- Beginner
- ZÜRICH · PIE Painting Studio
- 2.5 Hours
Up to 20% discount for Members
Moody, fluid, and a little bit wild.
In this watercolour session, we dive into a powerful scene: an orca — majestic, intelligent, and rare — leaping out of still water, surrounded by distant mountains and wrapped in the soft glow of a moody sunset. It’s dramatic, emotional, and surprisingly calming to paint.
This piece is a perfect introduction to watercolour techniques. You’ll explore wet-on-wet to create those dreamy skies and soft atmospheric backgrounds, letting colours bleed and blend naturally into each other. We’ll also work with reflections on the water — capturing that mirrored glow and gentle movement without overworking the details.
Along the way, you’ll learn how to mix subtle tones and create depth using different pigment intensities — from light, transparent washes to richer, moodier shades. It’s all about finding the balance between control and letting the water do its thing.
No experience needed — just curiosity, a bit of patience, and a love for expressive, flowing colour.
A moment of nature, movement, and magic — painted in water. 🐋✨
Introduction to Watercolor Painting
Beginner Course · 4 Weekly Classes
- Multi-day Course
- Beginner
- BASEL · PIE Painting Studio & Action Painting Park
- 4 × 2.5 hours
Up to 20% discount for Members
Light. Flowing. Wonderfully unpredictable.
Watercolour has a magic unlike any other painting medium. Transparent colours, delicate layers and the gentle movement of water create paintings full of light, atmosphere and spontaneity. Rather than fighting the medium, you’ll learn how to work with it—and discover that some of the most beautiful effects happen when you allow the water to do part of the painting for you.
In this four-week course, you’ll build a solid foundation in watercolour painting while learning to balance control with creative freedom. Whether you’re completely new to the medium or looking to deepen your painting skills, we’ll guide you through the essential techniques step by step.
Throughout the course, you’ll explore washes, layering, glazing, blending and lifting techniques while learning how pigment, water and paper interact. With every exercise, you’ll gain more confidence in controlling the flow of colour while embracing the happy accidents that make watercolour so unique.
Every class combines demonstrations, practical exercises and plenty of individual painting time, allowing you to immediately apply what you’ve learned while receiving personal guidance from your instructor.
Watercolour rewards patience, observation and experimentation. Some artists create delicate botanical studies, others loose landscapes or expressive abstract compositions. This course gives you the technical foundation to confidently explore whichever direction inspires you most.
✏️ What to Expect
- A structured four-week introduction to watercolour painting
- Weekly guidance from a professional artist
- Live demonstrations introducing each new technique
- Plenty of individual painting time with personal feedback
- A relaxed and encouraging atmosphere to experiment and grow
- Step-by-step exploration of water, pigment and transparent colour
🧠 What You’ll Learn
- Wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry techniques
- Building depth through transparent layers and glazing
- Controlling water and pigment flow
- Lifting, blending and correcting techniques
- Creating light, atmosphere and texture
- Developing confidence with one of the world’s most expressive painting mediums
🤔 Is This Course Right for Me?
Absolutely.
Whether you’re discovering watercolour for the first time or looking to build on your painting experience, this course offers the perfect introduction to one of the most elegant and rewarding painting techniques.
No previous watercolour experience is required. All you need is curiosity, patience and a willingness to let the paint surprise you.
KAFI & GIPFELI: Swimming Jewels · Watercolor Painting
Guided Watercolour Painting Workshop
- Workshop
- Beginner
- BASEL · PIE Creative Café
- 2.5 Hours
Up to 20% discount for Members
Two fish, one pond, and a world of flowing colour.
In this playful watercolour session, we dive into a serene pond scene featuring two beautifully loose, colourful white fish gliding between water lilies, floating pads, and delicate blossoms. It’s all about movement, softness, and letting the water do part of the work for you.
This piece is perfect for exploring the wet-on-wet technique — watching pigments bloom, blend, and surprise you as they spread across the paper. You’ll learn how to control (and sometimes release control of) your washes, creating different levels of pigment intensity to suggest depth, light, and transparency in the water.
Alongside the fluidity, we’ll also gently introduce selective detail — knowing when to let edges dissolve and when a few thoughtful marks can bring a fish, a petal, or a lily pad into focus.
It’s a balance of spontaneity and intention: soft washes, flowing colour, and just enough detail to guide the eye through a calm, living pond scene.
✨ How PIE Kafi & Gipfeli Watercolor Painting Workshops Run
What could be better than starting your Sunday morning with a coffee and a gipfeli while getting creative? You arrive, take a breath, grab your kafi & gipfeli, and settle into your spot at the table where the magic happens. We start on time, so make sure you’re there and ready to dive in.
Next, your instructor takes the stage, giving you a quick, easy intro to the materials — nothing overwhelming, just getting you comfortable and ready to play.
Then the fun really begins. You’ll be guided step by step through the painting process, with plenty of room to play, experiment, and make it your own. Sip your drink, enjoy the moment, and let the creativity flow.
KAFI & GIPFELI: Her Silent Reservoir · Watercolor Painting
Guided Watercolour Painting Workshop
- Workshop
- Beginner
- BASEL · PIE Creative Café
- 2.5 Hours
Up to 20% discount for Members
Still water. Quiet thoughts. One very poetic brush.
In this atmospheric watercolor session, we’re painting more than just a lakeside view. Her Silent Reservoir is a calm, layered landscape that blurs the line between nature and emotion — a quiet lake nestled inside a woman’s silhouette, like a peaceful thought waiting to surface.
The mood is soft, slow, and a little mysterious — perfect for experimenting with loose washes, gentle gradients, and letting your brush do the feeling. Whether you see it as symbolic, surreal, or just really pretty, this piece is about holding space — for water, for silence, for yourself.
Deep? Maybe. Beautiful? Definitely.
✨ How PIE Kafi & Gipfeli Watercolor Painting Workshops Run
What could be better than starting your Sunday morning with a coffee and a gipfeli while getting creative? You arrive, take a breath, grab your kafi & gipfeli, and settle into your spot at the table where the magic happens. We start on time, so make sure you’re there and ready to dive in.
Next, your instructor takes the stage, giving you a quick, easy intro to the materials — nothing overwhelming, just getting you comfortable and ready to play.
Then the fun really begins. You’ll be guided step by step through the painting process, with plenty of room to play, experiment, and make it your own. Sip your drink, enjoy the moment, and let the creativity flow.
Staircase to Summer · Watercolor Painting
Guided Watercolour Painting Workshop
- Workshop
- Beginner
- ZÜRICH · PIE Painting Studio
- 2.5 Hours
Up to 20% discount for Members
Flow. Fade. Glow. A path into light.
In this watercolour painting session on paper, we’re following the Stairway to Heaven. Picture a glowing staircase descending towards a shimmering lake, painted in sunlit ochre and layered blues. Through various techniques like wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry, you’ll capture that dreamy moment where landscape turns almost lyrical.
No experience needed — just curiosity for colour, water, and the way light plays on paper. You’ll leave with a painting that feels airy, radiant, and full of summer vibes.
Our Oldest Brother on Earth · Watercolor Painting
Guided Watercolour Painting Workshop
- Workshop
- Beginner
- BASEL · PIE Creative Café
- 2.5 Hours
Up to 20% discount for Members
Drift, glow, and dive deep.
A majestic whale gliding through quiet waters, as golden rays of sunlight reach down from above — connecting two worlds in one soft, luminous moment.
In this watercolour session, we’ll explore the magic of transparency and light, using gentle washes and flowing layers to bring this underwater scene to life. Think soft gradients, diffused light, and that weightless feeling where everything moves slowly and effortlessly.
Watercolour is the perfect medium for this piece — fluid, atmospheric, and just a little bit dreamy.
Swimming Jewels · Watercolor Painting
Guided Watercolour Painting Workshop
- Workshop
- Beginner
- ZÜRICH · PIE Painting Studio
- 2.5 Hours
Up to 20% discount for Members
Two fish, one pond, and a world of flowing colour.
In this playful watercolour session, we dive into a serene pond scene featuring two beautifully loose, colourful white fish gliding between water lilies, floating pads, and delicate blossoms. It’s all about movement, softness, and letting the water do part of the work for you.
This piece is perfect for exploring the wet-on-wet technique — watching pigments bloom, blend, and surprise you as they spread across the paper. You’ll learn how to control (and sometimes release control of) your washes, creating different levels of pigment intensity to suggest depth, light, and transparency in the water.
Alongside the fluidity, we’ll also gently introduce selective detail — knowing when to let edges dissolve and when a few thoughtful marks can bring a fish, a petal, or a lily pad into focus.
It’s a balance of spontaneity and intention: soft washes, flowing colour, and just enough detail to guide the eye through a calm, living pond scene.
Why take a watercolour painting course at Paint It Easy?
Let your creative soul shine. Our watercolour painting courses offer you a great introduction to the world of flowing colours - without any rigid rules, but with lots of freedom, colour and fun. All materials are included, all you need to bring is your enthusiasm. Whether you want to learn watercolour painting as a beginner or try out new techniques as an advanced painter - Paint It Easy is the right place for you.
Of course. Our watercolour courses are structured in such a way that you can learn to paint watercolours step by step - without any pressure and with lots of fun.
You don't need to bring anything to our watercolour painting courses - brushes, paints and paper are already at the start. All you need to bring is your desire to be creative.
Absolutely. Painting watercolours together is twice as much fun. Invite everyone and have an unforgettably cool time together.
Our offers
No rigid studio rules - we paint, experiment, blot and laugh in a relaxed atmosphere. Our watercolour painting courses offer you the ideal setting to improve your technique and develop your very own style. Whether you are a beginner on our watercolour painting course or an advanced student wanting to try out special effects. You will find exactly the programme that suits you.
Creative watercolour professionals with a heart for art
We are not a traditional painting school with strict rules or dry theory lessons. Our team consists of artists and creative minds who love to inspire people and get them excited about the magic of watercolour painting. Whether in Zurich or Basel - we invite you to start your creative journey with us.
Peter 
Pati 
Eszti 
Coco - +31Zum Team
Watercolour courses in Zurich and Basel
Our studios in Switzerland, in Zurich and Basel, offer you the ideal place to immerse yourself in the world of colour. You can experiment in a relaxed atmosphere, learn new techniques and meet lots of nice people. Whether you prefer to paint alone or get creative in a group is entirely up to you. Just drop by and have a look.
FAQs - Everything you need to know about our watercolour courses
The duration varies depending on the course offered. We offer two- to three-hour courses, four-hour workshops, weekend courses, workshops lasting several days or even free painting in our watercolour painting courses - there is something for every schedule.
Not at all. Our watercolour painting courses are designed to suit either beginners, advanced students or professionals.
You will learn various watercolour painting techniques - from the basics to special effects. This will help you discover your own style and create your very own works of art.
Everyone is welcome. Whether you are an adult beginner, advanced or already a professional - our watercolour courses are made for everyone. We also offer weekend courses.
Naturally. All the artworks created in our courses belong to you - show what you're made of and take your pictures home with you.
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