Fantasy Landscapes with Watercolor & Gouache

Learn to paint dream-like scenes filled with detail by exploring a combination of illustration techniques with watercolor and gouache

• Introduction
• Materials and Techniques
• Composing a Scene
• Painting the Scene
• Mixing Media and Fixing Mistakes
• Final project

Sparkling waterfalls, misty forests, golden rays of sunlight—these are the kinds of scenes that sweep you away to a world of enchantment. And this is exactly the kind of magic that Ruth Wilshaw captures in her fantastical landscape paintings, using a mix of watercolor and gouache techniques to create evocative illustrations you can lose yourself in. With her intuitive approach to painting, she allows each piece to unfold like a story, letting the colors and patterns lead her down paths that transcend reality.

In this online course, escape to your own imaginary oasis as you learn to use watercolor and gouache to create dream-like landscape paintings. Tap into the best of these two mediums and discover how to combine them flawlessly to paint scenes with a fairy tale essence.

If you can’t get enough of Ruth’s ethereal illustrations and want to learn to paint your own, make sure you check out her first Domestika course, Painting Atmospheric Landscapes with Gouache.

• About Me
• Influences
• Mixing Watercolor and Gouache
• Paints and Tools
• Watercolors: Palette and Basic Techniques
• Painting Techniques: Reading the Background
• Gouache: Basic Techniques
• Gouache: Painting Four Elements 1
• Gouache: painting four elements 2
• Single Element, Close-up, and Full Scene
• The Composition
• The References
• The Loose Watercolor Background
• Reading the Background
• The Main Elements 1
• The Main Elements 2
• The Details and Finishing Touches 1
• The Details and Finishing Touches 2
• Adding Embellishments
• Fixing Mistakes
• Fantasy Landscapes with Watercolor & Gouache