Student showcase gallery
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Student showcase gallery
A student showcase for online schools and course creators whose students make something they can photograph: paintings, crafts, photos or designs. It opens with a short introduction and a few numbers, then a large gallery of student work with names and captions, a progress story comparing a first and final piece, student quotes and a closing invitation to enroll. The sample shows watercolor paintings from beginner students. Replace the pictures with real student work, used with permission, and update the captions and quotes.
Every painting on this page was made by a Brushwork Academy student, most of whom had never held a watercolor brush before they enrolled. We share them with permission, and with a lot of pride.
From the Watercolor Foundations class
Recent work
Click any painting to see it larger.
A student story
Eight weeks of progress
Robert T. shared his paintings from the first and last weeks of the course.
Week 1: First washes
"My first sky looked like a bruise. I nearly quit. Maya's video on water control was the turning point, because I finally understood I was using far too little water."
Week 8: Into the pines
"Layering the trees from light to dark made it click. This one is framed in my office now, and two friends have asked me to paint one for them."
What students say
Seeing other beginners' paintings in the community was what kept me going. Everyone starts somewhere.
At 71 I did not expect to learn something new so quickly. Now I paint every morning before breakfast.
The feedback on my module paintings was kind and specific. I improved more in two months than in two years alone.
Share your own work
Students can submit a finished painting for the showcase from the community. Post it in the Showcase thread with the title you would like, and we will ask your permission before it appears here. We change the gallery every season.
Your painting could be next
Join Watercolor Foundations and paint your first finished piece within a week.
Use this page
Make it yours in a few minutes
- Find it in your Control Panel. Go to Content > Page Library and search for "Student showcase gallery".
- Add it to your site. Choose a title and a department. The page arrives as a draft, with its pictures copied to your site and your site's name already in place.
- Change the words and pictures. Open it in the page builder, replace the sample text and images with your own, and make it live when you are ready.