Welcome to the Academy!
Welcome to the Academy!

The Academy is a vibrant community of artists working to improve their skills to draw, paint, and even sell their art.
Here's What You Get When You Subscribe:
Unlimited access to ALL my courses, including my three signature courses on how to draw, paint with watercolors, and sell your art!
One new course added every month to inspire and challenge you.
LIVE weekly Zoom video meetings where you can get answers for your drawing, painting, and selling questions.
A community of like minded artists who you can share your struggles and successes with.
Your own profile in the community forum for you to share your work and track your progress.
A new monthly drawing challenge, that can be broken down into 12-16 mini drawings.
Extra help video tutorials, video critiques, and demonstrations.
Watch this video for a sneak peek inside the membership:
Painting with watercolors can be learned in 3 easy to follow phases! Get them ALL in the Academy:
Phase I
The Fundamentals of Drawing
There are 5 pillars to drawing realistically. Understanding what they are and how to use them is the key to creating your own original compositions in your art. In this foundational course you will learn:
- The Elements of Art
- Perspective Drawing
- Comparative Measuring
- Portrait Drawing + the Human Figure
- How to Design a Good Composition
Learning these fundamentals will prepare you for drawing anything you want no matter how complicated, and will give you the foundation needed for painting realistically with watercolors!
Click to learn more about this course, view the curriculum, and watch the 1st module:
Phase II
Watercolor Painting for Beginners
In this course you will learn everything there is to know to creating rich vibrant, and realistic watercolor paintings. By the end of this course you will be able to choose your materials with confidence, create with 15 different watercolor techniques, and know how to plan a strategy for properly layering them in your paintings.
You also get to create 4 fun, and very different paintings to expand your skills and abilities. These paintings include:
- A Landscape
- An Animal
- Water Lilies
- Still Life
Click to learn more about this course, view the curriculum, and watch the 1st module:
Phase III
Advanced Courses
After going through the foundational courses for drawing and painting with watercolors, you’ll be ready to tackle the advanced section of the Academy! One new course will be added each month to a growing library of advanced paintings for you to make. Each of these courses have specific objectives that will challenge you, and teach you new skills!
Click any course below to view the curriculum, and watch the 1st module:
Take my methods and techniques and adapt them to suit your own style. It's that simple!
Watch this video to see what you'll learn in the drawing and painting sections of the Academy:
Once you develop your style, and feel confident about your art, it’s time to show your artwork to others.
This leads to the next phase, which is selling! Yay!
Phase IV
Learn How to Market and Sell Your Art
The best part about this section of the Academy is that it’s not just for watercolorists! It’s for ALL fine artists that want to learn how to sell their own artwork. All artists are welcome to join the Academy to learn the proper framework for successfully selling art both online and off! In this course you will learn:
- How to Build a Cohesive Body of Work
- Sell Your Art Seven Different Ways
- How to Market and Growing Your Customer List
- Business Basics
This course goes hand in hand with the two live Zoom meetings I host every month in the Academy that are dedicated to helping members grow their own successful art business.
Click to learn more about this course, view the curriculum, and watch the first module:
Join the Academy today and get ongoing help with marketing and selling your art in my live Q&A meetings for a fraction of the price of other art coaches!
Who This Academy is For:
🧑🎨 Anyone who wants to learn how to paint traditional & realistic watercolors.
💰 Fine artists who want to learn how to market and sell their art online, at shows, wholesale, and license their artwork to companies.
🖌️ Beginner artists looking for an easy to follow system for drawing and layering watercolors successfully.
🎨 Experienced artists who want to strengthen their skills with watercolors.
🖼️ Artists who have tried painting with watercolors, but aren’t achieving the desired results in their paintings.
🖥️ Artists looking for support when they need it, but the flexibility to work on the course when it fits into their schedule.
✏️ Anyone who desires to create their own original artwork, and not copy or trace someone else’s art.
👥 Creatives looking for a community of like minded artists to connect with!
The Academy is SOOO Much More than just Courses!
The Academy wouldn’t be complete unless there was a place for artists to meet each other, share their work, ask questions, get feedback, and more! Here’s what else you’ll find in the Academy:

In the Artist Forum you will meet a friendly and active group of amazing artists from all around the world who you can chat with, share your art, ask for feedback, and cheer each other on!

We have live weekly video meetings via Zoom. The meeting topics alternate from sharing our art to asking questions on how to sell art. If you can’t make a meeting you can alway submit a question, and watch the replay.

Sometimes you will have a question that just isn’t answered in a course. That’s where the Extra Help Tutorials come in handy! In this section you can look up solutions to problems, and if you can’t find what you are looking for I will personally make a demo for you!

Sharpen your skills with my monthly drawing challenges! To get better at drawing you need to practice. Each challenge is broken up into 12 mini sections allowing you to spread the challenge out over the span of the month to compete.
What Students Say:

"Tracy does not believe in cookie-cutter artists and she treats everyone with respect. But what really sets her apart is her commitment to you!"

"I have immensely enjoyed the Watercolor Painting for Beginners course."

"Tracy is an inspirational teacher."

"Anyone can paint with watercolor and Tracy Lizotte's courses show you how!"
Frequently Asked Questions
You get unlimited access to all courses, live video meetings, artist forum, extra help tutorials, challenges, and all new add-ons in the Academy for as long as you are a subscriber.
All courses are evergreen (meaning they are always available) except for seasonal courses. Seasonal courses are available for limited time to buy or go through in the Academy.
No, you can go through the courses in any order you like! Some artists like to jump back and forth from The Fundamentals of Drawing to Watercolor Painting for Beginners course. Other artists like to start with the Fundamentals of Drawing and take breaks from this course to do a quick mini watercolor course. There are also artists in the Academy that only focus on the marketing and selling courses.
Every course is self pace and you can go through each lesson as many times as you like as long as you are a member!
Yes it’s easy! You can cancel your subscription any time, and do not have to wait to the end of the billing cycle. If you know you only want access for one year, then you can cancel immediately, and still have access to all the content to the end of your paid year of membership. You can also ask me to help:-)
After you cancel your subscription and your month or year is up you will no longer have access to the Academy. You also loose the subscription price you original subscribed to, which means if you want to re-enroll it would be at the current price (which may have gone up since you first enrolled).
You can purchase my three signature courses, the Fundamentals of Drawing, and Watercolor Painting for Beginners, and How to Market and Sell Your Art separately from the Academy. Buying these courses gives you lifetime access to them without having to pay a subscription fee. You cannot purchase any of the advance courses in the Academy at this time. To get access to those courses you must be a member of the Academy.
I also have a select few mini courses that are available throughout the year to purchase.
All available course to buy can be found here.
Yes the courses that are available for sale are the exact same in the Academy.
The courses that are for sale can be found on a separate site hosted on Teachable.
The Academy gives you access to all my content and ongoing help from me and the other artists in the Academy. If you like support and feedback when you learn, or looking for a community of artists to connect with, than the Academy is a good fit for you.
If you like to own courses, which gives you forever access to them without paying an ongoing subscription fee, and also like knowing you can refer back to the lessons anytime you want with no support, than buying the courses may be a good fit for you.
In the Academy you will have full access to the entire site! This means you will NOT have to pay more to get at information on another membership level. This allows you to carve out your own unique path to learning and can go through it at your own pace. If you get stuck you have instant access to real help from me and the other members.
The flexibility you have with learning in combination with help from a really live person makes this Academy the best combination of both world.
The affordable price of the Academy make it a rare find in the online world!
No, you cannot download any videos in the Academy. You must be connected to the internet to watch the course videos.
Yes, all the content in the Academy has been designed to look fantastic on any device. You can go through the Academy on your smart phone, iPad, laptop, and desktop computer as long as it’s connected to high speed internet.
If your child is 12 or older and is serious about learning fine art, than the Academy is a great place for them to learn! The skills I teach here are not often taught in the regular school system, or even college. They will learn the foundation needed to set them up for success in any area of art they decide to focus on as they grow older. They will also get to see how other artists solve problems when creating and sell art!
Yes! The Academy is for all artists who want to learn how to market and sell their art. You will find jewelry makers, ceramic artists, photographers, oil painters, and acrylic decorative painters all in the Academy working on building a business selling their art.
Unfortunately no. At this time the best way to talk to me is in my live Q&A meetings I host every other week for marketing and selling art in the Academy. These meetings are the best way, and the quickest way to get your questions answered directly from me. The value you get in these meetings is sooo much better then any course because they’re ongoing, and I can give you answers that apply directly to your situation! So as you build your business, and hit obstacles you can always bring your questions to the next meeting and get immediate help instead of feeling stuck.
If you can’t make a meeting, then you can send in your questions to me before hand, and I will answer them live for you to watch in the replay. If you have further questions afterwards, you can ask follow up questions in the comment section for continued help! I will always to my best to be there for you, and help no matter what stage of your art you are in. 😃
Yes, you can! Once you’re in the Academy you can choose to upgrade from a monthly membership to a yearly membership any time you want in your profile settings. You also can always ask me for help and I will be right there to assist you:-)
It’s very important to me to have happy art members in the Academy, and happy customers. If for any reason you feel the Academy is not a good fit for you within 14 days of subscribing to the Academy, you can get a refund. To request a refund email: artist@tracylizottestudios.com
Yes! I’m happy to help you any way I can. Please don’t hesitate to contact me at: artist@tracylizottestudios.com.
Art is a life long journey. Go further, faster on your journey in the Academy!

Hi, I’m Tracy!
I have a passion for painting with watercolors, and teaching others the traditional fine art techniques that have been passed down to me. Most importantly I want to have fun when I paint and to share that fun with those who enjoy creating art.
I’m here to help you develop your skills to draw, paint, market, and sell!
Have a question? I’m here for yah!
Contact me at: artist@tracylizottestudios.com
Wanna learn more about me, and how I came to be a professional artist? Check out my About Page.
Are you ready to develop your skills and evolve into the artist you’re meant to be?
If so, I look forward to seeing you in the Academy. 😃
The Academy is currently closed to the general public for enrollment.
The next time it opens will be May 1st. Join the waiting list now and get early bird access!
Monthly Subscription
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Access to all courses
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Live weekly Zoom meetings
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Replays of all meetings
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Video critiques
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Extra help tutorials
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Artist forum to share your art
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Friendly group of artists
Yearly Subscription
Save over $100.00 on this plan!-
Access to all courses
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Live weekly Zoom meetings
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Replays of all meetings
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Video critiques
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Extra help tutorials
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Artist forum to share your art
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Friendly group of artists
Pssst, don’t want to wait until May to join? Enroll in my FREE Chickadee Course, and keep your eye out for a special one-time limited invite in your emails to enroll!
Member's Artwork from the Academy:

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Maria Brady -

Melissa Morgan-Oakes

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