Loose Watercolor Landscape Painting - A Simple Approach

In this class, I will be teaching you how to paint a Loose Watercolor Landscape Painting using a reference photo but adding your own touch to it. I will show you basic watercolor techniques and will demonstrate how you can make a simple painting interesting by just adding a few small details and marks. This class is perfect for beginners to intermediate.

A former art teacher and now an independent full-time artist, I am so excited to be teaching on Skillshare and I truly hope you find this corner of your space comforting, inspiring, and encouraging! Can't wait to connect with you all!

• BONUS - Follow this class up with this loose Watercolor Landscape painting right here! (reference photo provided) - https://skl.sh/2Nn894j

 

TOPICS I COVER:

• Prepping your paper and materials – I will show you how to prep your paper before painting and all the brushes and paints you will need for this project.

• Warm up exercises – I will go through 4 exercises and cover basic techniques, layering, washes, and a brushwork.

• Sketching – I will show you how to roughly sketch your landscape to prep your composition before painting.

• Painting process and details – We will go through a couple of layers, keeping our exercises in mind.

• Final Touches – This step will teach you how you can be more expressive by mark making.

 

MATERIALS I USED (but use whatever you have available.)

1) Paints:

• Arteza Watercolor half pans- https://bit.ly/3fFJ5xS

- Prussian blue, burnt sienna, indigo, golden yellow, fern green, cobalt green,

2) Brushes: #2 round, #10 round , any old round brush (dry brush) - https://amzn.to/3azl0pM

3) Strathmore Watercolor Paper 140 lbs

4) Masking tape - https://amzn.to/2XAtPuI

5) Bowl for water

6) Paper towel / rag

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• Introduction
• Materials
• Exercise 1 - Techniques
• Exercise 2 - Layering
• Exercise 3 - Wash
• Exercise 4 - Brushwork
• Prep Paper
• Sketching
• First Layer
• Second Layer
• Mark Making
• Final Details
• Class Project