ICourse I
Foundation for Extreme Beginners
Your first, softest steps. The language of paper, water and pigment.
Where Creativity Finds Its Voice
Discover
Watercolour Mastery
A place where adults rediscover their creativity without fear.
Whether you've never painted before or you're returning after many years, Discover Watercolour Mastery gently guides you from uncertainty to confidence.
Through thoughtful teaching, watercolour becomes more than a painting technique; it becomes a quiet practice of observation, expression and creative wellbeing. If you are drawn to Spirit Art, Psychic Art, Healing Art or Visionary Art, no matter your level, this journey opens the door to painting with intuition, sensitivity and personal meaning.
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Foundations of Watercolour for Extreme Beginners
Fully booked for 2026
Private 1:1 Development
Discovery of Ink & Wash Spirit Art
Available, Next intake
Friday 06 November 2026
Expressive Watercolour Portraiture for Spirit Artists
Available, Next intake
Friday 06 March 2027
Chapter One
Why watercolour, and why now
Watercolour is the most honest of mediums (no pun intended). It rewards patience, presence and surrender. Water itself is a conduit: the same element that makes up nearly seventy percent of the human body carries memory, feeling and subtle energy.
Mediumship, spiritual speaking, healing and other spiritual modalities are all deepened when you open to the inner peace and calm that watercolour painting provides. Just as mediumship development teaches you to sit in the power, hold the power and use the power, connecting to spirit through watercolour teaches you to be at one with the power of patience.
When you paint with water, you are working with the very medium that already flows through you, and the pigment becomes a quiet mirror of what moves within. For new and developing psychic artists, spirit artists and spiritual mediums, this makes watercolour a language of the unseen, and the natural sensitivity of water helps deepen your connection to spirit.
01
Observation
Awaken your eye. Watercolour teaches you to see light, shadow and spirit with quiet precision.
Ideal for novices, you learn to truly see before you paint.
02
Confidence
Learn to trust your hand as pigment meets paper, every mark a step into your own voice.
No prior experience needed, confidence is built brushstroke by brushstroke.
03
Creativity
Loosen the grip of perfection. Discover a fluid, intuitive practice that mirrors the soul.
Perfect for beginners who wish to grow beyond copying, into their own style.
04
Expression
For developing psychic artists, spirit artists and mediums seeking to paint what they sense.
A gentle, supported path for those taking their very first steps into art.
COURSE 2 or COURSE 3
Your Place Includes
- Six live mentoring sessions
- Small groups for fast-track development
- Class replay recordings
- Printable handouts
- Additional knowledge work practice (outside of class)
- Practice class challenges
- Personal support throughout
- Certificate of Completion (Successfully completing Courses 1, 2 & 3)
, Your mentor & guide
Anne-Marie at the easel
Professionally Qualified Educator
Anne-Marie is a Level 5 qualified adult educator (DTLLS) and holds the Training Accreditation Programme Diploma (TAP.Dip). With over 28 years of teaching experience, she has designed and delivered learning programmes that have helped thousands of adults develop new skills with confidence.
Her Watercolour Mastery Mentorship combines proven teaching methods with a calm, encouraging approach that enables beginners to learn at their own pace while building lasting artistic confidence.
The Artist
Meet Anne-Marie Bond
For nearly three decades, Anne-Marie has guided adults, whether via technology software or spiritual development, mediumship, public speaking, spirit portraiture, art and healing, including the quiet mastery of watercolour. Her teaching is intimate, unhurried and profoundly personal. She opens her creative sanctuary so you may find the doorway to yours.
A mentorship rooted in structure, intuition and personal growth.
This mentorship combines structured watercolour tuition with creativity, intuition and personal artistic growth. Rather than simply teaching you to copy paintings, Anne-Marie guides you to understand the techniques behind watercolour, so you build confidence and, in time, create artwork in your own unique style.
Every lesson is taught live in small, supportive groups, with step-by-step demonstrations, personal feedback and encouragement. Students progress through a carefully designed pathway that develops both technical ability and creative expression.
For those drawn to Spirit Art, the mentorship also explores how watercolour can become a gentle, expressive medium for intuitive painting, symbolism and spirit portraiture, always built on strong artistic foundations.
- Professional working medium & spiritual artist
- International spiritualist medium tutor
- Over 28 years of adult teaching experience
- Founder of The Online Spiritual School: The Portrait of Spirit
- Small Spiritual Business Startup Coach
- Small, supportive groups
- Live Zoom teaching
The Pathway
A Watercolour Mentorship in three chapters
Welcome to Anne-Marie's creative sanctuary, where you begin a journey into watercolour painting to strengthen your artistic connection to spirit.
Three courses, one continuous artistic journey, from your very first brushstroke to the luminous portrait of spirit.
I
IICourse II
Discovery of Ink & Wash Spirit Art
Enter the realm of expressive mark-making and evocative spirit forms.
IIICourse III
Expressive Watercolour Portraiture for Spirit Artists
Paint the felt presence. Master atmosphere, form and luminous spirit.
The Chapters in Depth
A closer look at each course
Join any one course, or all three for a Watercolour Mastery Mentorship completion certificate.
ICourse I
Discovery of Watercolour for Spirit Artists
An extreme beginner-friendly foundation course designed to help you confidently explore watercolour for the later inclusion of spiritual and intuitive art. Learn essential techniques including washes, water control, colour blending, brush pressure, and a simple painting each week to build confidence while expressing your creativity in your weekly knowledge work. Lessons are taught step by step at a pace suitable for the first-timer, newbie or novice.
Begins 03 Jul 2026IICourse II
Discovery of Ink & Wash Spirit Art
Build on your foundational skills from Course I as Anne-Marie guides you through ink-and-wash techniques, developing your use of colour and understanding of 7 tips for colour readings. Each week you will paint two pieces, one with the tutor and one on your own, using the skills learnt. By the end you will have painted a spirit guide, elements of nature, colourful backgrounds and a spirit portrait, developing edge control, tonal contrast, loose line work, atmosphere and the marriage of pen with flowing watercolour. Students will also participate in a spiritual reading with their art.
Begins 06 Nov 2026IIICourse III
Expressive Portraiture Watercolour for Spirit Artists
An intermediate-level course focused on expressive portraiture, spirit animals and intuitive painting techniques. Here the student follows the instruction and gains additional refresher videos drawn from Courses I and II, continuing to build water control that supports the exploration of layering, glazing, mood, abstraction, colour harmony and emotional storytelling, whilst developing your own artistic voice and style. Students will also learn how to conduct private sittings for their art.
Begins 06 Mar 2027
Course I
Foundations of Watercolour for Extreme Beginners
Entry Level · Complete Beginners
No previous drawing or watercolour experience required.
If you missed Course 1 group training, private development is available until October 10th, 2026 (limited availability).
Course 1 — Dates
3 July, 31 July 2026
Duration
Five Fridays
Time
7pm, 9.30pm UK
Developmental Process
(up to 4 hrs) Additional Practice Between Classes
Investment
Course fully booked.
Why this investment is worth it
Five small-group Zoom sessions with Anne-Marie for intimate teaching, step-by-step demonstrations, guidance throughout the paintings, spiritual associations, how watercolour, mediumship, and other spiritual work connect well, and a carefully designed pathway you carry for life. This is not a passive video library; it is a live, warm and friendly mentorship.
Course 1 — Fully Booked for 2026
Missed Course 1?
Your journey doesn't have to wait.
The Discovery of Watercolour (Course 1) has now reached capacity for the 2026 intake, and all places have been reserved. Rather than waiting until the next intake, you can still begin your artistic journey through private one-to-one tuition with Anne-Marie.
These personalised sessions have been designed to help complete beginners develop the same essential foundations taught in Course 1, allowing you to build confidence and prepare for Course 2 without losing momentum.
Why many students choose private tuition
Private tuition offers something even a small group cannot...
Every lesson is designed entirely around you. Instead of following the pace of others, every brushstroke, technique and question receives individual attention, allowing you to progress with greater confidence and understanding.
Many students are surprised by how much quicker they develop when learning in a personalised environment.
- Learn at your own pace
- Personal feedback throughout every lesson
- Immediate guidance and correction
- Build confidence much faster
- Ask as many questions as you wish
- Develop excellent water and brush control
- Lessons tailored entirely around your learning
- Flexible appointment scheduling
- Join Course 2 feeling prepared and confident
A Personal Message
Learning watercolour isn't about rushing to complete a painting.
It's about understanding why techniques work, developing confidence with every brushstroke, and creating strong foundations that will support your artistic journey for years to come.
Private tuition gives us the opportunity to work together at a pace that suits you, ensuring you gain the confidence needed before progressing into Course 2.
Ready to begin?
Book Private Foundation ProgrammeA personalised alternative for students who missed the Course 1 intake.
Course II
Discovery of Ink & Wash Spirit Art
Entry Level · Beginners
Suitable for students who have successfully completed either:
- • Watercolour Mastery, Course 1 (Group Mentorship), or
- • Private Foundation Programme (One-to-One Tuition)
Students should have a basic understanding of water control, washes and foundational techniques before joining this course.
Course 2 — Dates
6 November, 11 December 2026
Duration
Six Fridays
Time
7pm, 9pm UK
Developmental Process
(up to 4 hrs) Additional Practice Between Classes
Investment
£290 (with discount) / £325
Why this investment is worth it
Six live small-group Zoom sessions with a professional spiritual artist of 28+ years, intimate teaching, step-by-step demonstrations, personal feedback and a carefully designed pathway you carry for life. This is not a passive video library; it is mentorship.
Discounts are available, save £70 when you book Courses II and III together, and unlock VIP status with early booking (see offers below).
More Than Painting
A journey woven with spirit
Starting your watercolour art journey is not only about watercolour paintings.
If you sense that aspects of your mediumship or other spiritual practices have grown quiet or stagnant, perhaps it is time to consider a path of art that may gently recalibrate the alignment you have been seeking.
Woven through every session are the deeper teachings of spiritual mediumship, spirit connection, public speaking and intuitive expression, gifts you will carry into every other area of your spiritual development long after the final brushstroke.
Through her painting demonstrations, Anne-Marie explains when, how and where your spirit connection grows, and how the very essence of painting mirrors and heightens aspects of your mediumistic development.
Confidence isn't built by collecting more courses. It's built by staying the course.
"A seed never grows if it's planted somewhere new every week."
, ANNE-MARIE BOND
Course III
Expressive Watercolour Portraiture for Spirit Artists
Entry Level · Higher Beginners to Developing Artists
Suitable for students who have successfully completed either:
- • Watercolour Mastery, Course 2 (Group Mentorship), or
- • Private Course 2 Development (One-to-One Tuition)
Students should already feel confident with the fundamentals of watercolour and be ready to develop more expressive techniques and portraiture.
Course 3 — Dates
6 March, 10 April 2027
Duration
Six Fridays
Time
7pm, 9pm UK
Developmental Process
(up to 4 hrs) Additional Practice Between Classes
Investment
£290 (with discount) / £325
Why this investment is worth it
Six live small-group Zoom sessions with a professional spiritual artist of 28+ years, intimate teaching, step-by-step demonstrations, personal feedback and a carefully designed pathway you carry for life. This is not a passive video library; it is mentorship.
Discounts are available, save £70 when you book Courses II and III together, and unlock VIP status with early booking (see offers below).
Early Bird
Save £70
Book Courses II and III together before 30 August 2026 and receive a £70 saving on your journey.
Available
You are booking Course 2 or Course 3 as standalone, or together.
Next Mentorship begins: Friday 06 November 2026
VIP Status
Become a VIP student
Book Courses II and III together before 31 July 2026 to receive:
- Exclusive bonus tuition
- An original Anne-Marie Bond painting
- A curated welcome gift
- A hard-copy, hand-signed Watercolour Mastery Certificate of Completion, posted to you
Everything You Need to Know
Course Details
More Than Six Sessions
A deluxe mentorship, not a six-week class.
When you join Watercolour Mastery Mentorship for Spiritual development, you're not simply booking six online lessons.
You're joining a carefully structured mentorship where every week builds upon the last. Each live session is supported with printable resources, replay recordings, practice exercises, additional learning, reference material, and personal encouragement to help you develop your confidence both during and between classes.
Anne-Marie has spent almost thirty years teaching adults, has a recognised teaching qualification and has designed this mentorship to remove the fear that so many beginners carry. Rather than rushing through techniques, she will support you building stronger foundations, helping you understand not just what to do, but why it works.
One of the biggest reasons beginners struggle isn't a lack of talent. It's trying to learn from ten different teachers, each showing a different way. Watercolour becomes confusing when every voice tells you something different. Mediumship development becomes confusing when one teacher is teaching psychic mediumship, verses others that teach evidential mediumship and so on.
Either Course 2, or 3 and for six weeks, Anne-Marie simply ask you to trust the process.
Follow one path. Build one strong foundation. Then, once those foundations are in place, you'll have the confidence to explore your own artistic voice.
"My greatest joy isn't creating another painting. It's watching someone who once whispered, 'I can't paint,' quietly smile because they've just proved themselves wrong."
Because what you're investing in isn't simply six evenings together. It's the beginning of a skill that can bring peace, creativity and confidence for years to come.
Course II
Discovery of Ink & Wash Spirit Art
Format
- · 6 Live Zoom Sessions
- · 120 minutes each (7pm — 9pm UK)
- · All sessions recorded, limited replay time
- · Intimate group of 9 students
- · (up to 4 hrs) additional practice between classes
Schedule
- 01Friday, 6 Nov 2026
- 02Friday, 13 Nov 2026
- 03Friday, 20 Nov 2026
- 04Friday, 27 Nov 2026
- 05Friday, 4 December 2026
- 06Friday, 11 December 2026
Course III
Expressive Watercolour Portraiture for Spirit Artists
Format
- · 6 Live Zoom Sessions
- · 120 minutes each (7pm — 9pm UK)
- · All sessions recorded, limited replay time
- · Intimate group of 9 students
- · (up to 4 hrs) additional practice between classes
Schedule
- 01Friday, 6 March 2027
- 02Friday, 13 March 2027
- 03Friday, 20 March 2027
- 04Friday, 27 March 2027
- 05Friday, 3 April 2027
- 06Friday, 10 April 2027
The Recognition
A hand-signed certificate of mastery
Students who complete the full Watercolour Mastery pathway receive an Anne-Marie Bond Watercolour Mastery Certificate of Completion, a lasting mark of your artistic and spiritual growth.
Each certificate is hand-signed, wrapped and posted directly to your door, and every graduate is warmly invited to a private online award ceremony where achievements are celebrated together as a community.
Wrapped by hand, sealed and sent with love.
The Studio
Glimpses from the sanctuary
By the end of Course 3, students will have gained the knowledge, technique and quiet confidence to paint any of the works you see here, from delicate spirit portraiture to expressive landscapes, still life and animal studies. Each glimpse is a possibility, an invitation to discover what your own hand may one day create.
Your Spiritual Art with Watercolour Journey Begins Here
Every painting you see has been taught using the same step-by-step approach you'll experience throughout the Watercolour Mastery Mentorship. Whether your goal is peaceful landscapes, expressive florals, colourful animals or beautiful portraiture, your journey begins with simple brushstrokes and grows one lesson at a time.
If you've missed Course 1, the foundations, book a private session with Anne-Marie to build the confidence and skill-development fundamentals before Course 2 begins.
Voices
Words from the studio
"I highly recommend Anne-Marie's Spirit Art and Watercolour classes. She is an exceptional teacher who explains watercolour techniques with great precision and attention to detail, making them easy to understand regardless of your experience level.
"Just completed the first watercolour class in Anne-Marie's Mentorship programme. I am so excited to continue learning. Because I know her teaching style totally matches my learning style, I have full confidence that I will grow as an artist week by week.
"I would like to thank Anne-Marie for so generously sharing her knowledge, wisdom and guidance. Her encouragement and belief in me helped strengthen my confidence every step of the way. Not only did I develop new skills, but I also gained the confidence to create Spirit Art portraits and establish meaningful connections with the spirit world.
"First lesson watercolour, learned that water and paint can create magic. Looking forward to the next lessons.
"The watercolour lesson was a very intense and helpful first dive into different colour washes and it was very well taught and easy to follow with really nice first results. I loved reconnecting with watercolour on a new level.
"First attempt at watercolours, feeling brave attempting this, for me, unknown territory! It's amazing how much we learned in just one session. Anne-Marie has got the skills to keep you interested and inspired. Looking forward to the next session.
"I'm really happy to start this new course with Anne-Marie, where I will finally learn all the basics and hopefully improve my techniques. I also look forward to continuing working with the lovely students met during previous courses.
"I have just finished the Spirit Portrait mentorship. Anne-Marie has an amazing way to teach spirit art, very encouraging and supportive. Before I started to work with her, I always thought I can't draw and now I dare to fill a blank paper, feel very much connected with myself and spirit and enjoy whatever comes up. It was an absolutely joyful journey and has enriched my mediumship in ways I never expected. Anne-Marie has easy and very helpful techniques for drawing faces with an eye for details and at the same time being open to let spirit take its part. Thank you, Anne-Marie, from the bottom of my heart, I never thought I would come so far and will definitely come back to other courses.
"Anne-Marie's Spirit Portrait Mentorship has helped me to move from a diffuse feeling of how to draw a spirit portrait to a very structured and logical approach of how to draw a face that looks human with proper proportions. This was my main goal in participating in this class and Anne-Marie really helped me get there. But I did not expect to become so much faster in drawing portraits and so much more confident in my abilities. Now I know how I can proceed and keep practicing with a great foundation of knowledge on which I can build upon. The student group was very supportive of each other and it also helped to gain confidence and to receive inspiration from all the other ways of drawing portraits. It also helped me to keep going. It sure was a lot of work, but SO worth it. Thank you from my heart, Anne-Marie. You are a great teacher.
"Overall, this course has given me much more self-confidence in my drawing abilities. Looking back at where I started and seeing how much I have progressed has been incredibly rewarding. If someone wants to make significant progress in a short period of time, I highly recommend this course. It is definitely worth investing the time, completing all the homework, and attending every single session. The commitment truly pays off. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience, and I know I will be back for another course to continue developing my skills. You are a fantastic teacher.
"I have just completed the Portrait of Spirit Mentorship and I have enjoyed the complete experience from the very first lesson to the last. It has been said what an experienced, thoughtful tutor Anne-Marie is and I will endorse that, as she has taught me and I found this reflected throughout the entire mentorship. Each lesson was well structured and layer on layer you came away having added to the previous week by building. I knew from week one we were in safe hands and I was mesmerised when Anne-Marie displayed her skills by demonstrating live with us within the lesson. It is fascinating to watch an artist at work and you learn so much just watching before you go and try.
"I have learned so much by taking this course and I am more confident in taking time to draw faces on a regular basis. My personal experience has been one that has given me confidence to connect and draw portraits of spirit and the tools and knowledge to continue developing this skill. I am extremely grateful for all the tuition from Anne-Marie, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and encouraging me to develop more.
"I've always liked art drawings since I was in high school, thanks to my art teacher, who got me interested. It's been some time since I did art, but after today's first session, I could feel my happy heart rising again. Thank you to all and to Anne-Marie. Very lovely class!
An Invitation to Begin
You don't have to start with creativity
So many arrive here whispering the same quiet worry, "I've never painted, I'm not creative, I wouldn't know where to begin." Please hear this gently: you do not need to arrive creative. You only need someone to help you discover the creativity that is already, quietly, inside you.
Anne-Marie is a professional medium, spiritual artist, international demonstrator, public speaker, mentor and coach of more than twenty-eight years. She has spent her life showing adults, many of whom had never held a brush, that watercolour is not a test of talent. It is a doorway. A doorway into stillness, into intuition, and for those on a mediumistic path, into a far deeper connection with spirit.
Watercolour teaches the very qualities mediumship asks of us: presence, surrender, trust, and the courage to let something move through you. Each wash of colour is a small act of listening. Each brushstroke, a rehearsal for the sensitivity your mediumship depends upon. Students consistently share that their readings deepen, their symbols sharpen and their confidence blossoms after only a few weeks at the paper.
If you have ever felt drawn to spirit art, to psychic portraiture, to healing or visionary work, and told yourself "one day, when I'm more creative", this is your one day. Come exactly as you are. Anne-Marie will meet you there, and together you will uncover an artist and a medium you did not know you were.
01
You are not 'not creative'
You have simply never been shown the door. Creativity is not a talent reserved for a chosen few, it is a birthright waiting to be uncovered.
02
Watercolour softens the mind
The rhythm of water and pigment quiets the analytical mind, the very state in which mediumistic sensitivity naturally awakens.
03
Guided, not left to guess
With a mentor who is medium, artist, demonstrator, speaker and coach, every step is held. You are never alone with a blank page.
"You do not need to be an artist to begin. You need only be willing to be met."
, Anne-Marie Bond
Questions
Frequently asked
Yes. The Foundation course is designed for extreme beginners, you need only bring curiosity and a willingness to begin.
This is an adult mentorship for those aged 25 and above. It is not a children's art class.
All teaching is delivered live via Zoom, in small, supportive groups so every student is seen and held.
A curated materials list is included in your prospectus. Anne-Marie recommends professional-grade watercolour paper, brushes and paints for the truest experience.
Each course stands beautifully on its own, though students who complete all three receive the Watercolour Mastery Certificate of Completion.
Every live class is recorded and made available for a limited replay period, giving you time to revisit each lesson, practise between sessions and absorb the teaching at your own pace.
Yes. If you already have some watercolour experience, or have completed a Private Foundation Programme with Anne-Marie, you are warmly welcome to begin at Course 2.
Course 1 is fully booked for 2026. You can either join the waiting list for the 2027 intake, or book a Private Foundation Programme with Anne-Marie to fast-track your foundations before Course 2 begins.
Yes. Private one-to-one tuition is available for students who prefer a bespoke pace, deeper personal guidance, or who have missed the current Course 1 intake.
Students who successfully complete Courses 1, 2 and 3 receive the Watercolour Mastery Certificate of Completion. VIP students receive a hard-copy, hand-signed certificate posted to them.
Watercolour, like any quiet practice, rewards consistency. A little painting between classes, even an hour or two, allows the techniques to settle and your confidence to grow naturally.
Your Invitation
Step into the
sanctuary
Places are limited to preserve the intimacy of each group. Reserve your seat, or request the prospectus to receive the full mentorship guide.
Why only nine seats
Courses II and III are deliberately capped at just 9 students. This intimate circle allows Anne-Marie to give each student focused, one-to-one guidance during every live session, review individual work in depth, and hold a truly personal space for your spiritual and artistic development, something impossible in a larger group.
Save on your journey
Sign up before 30 August 2026 and receive a £70 discount when booking Courses II and III together. Sign up before 31 July 2026 and secure full VIP status including a hard-copy signed completion certificate.
Beginners Welcome
Download Prospectus"The paper waits. So does your voice."
, Anne-Marie Bond