Simple Watercolor Ocean : Painting Tutorial for Beginners

In this class, I will be teaching you how to paint a simple Watercolor Ocean Painting. I will show you basic watercolor techniques and will take you along step by step to in painting this seascape. This class is perfect for beginners to intermediate but all levels are welcome to try this!

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!

TOPICS I COVER:

• 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 few exercises and cover basic techniques, layering, washes, along with a sketch of waves.

• 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 few details.

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

1) Paints:

• Arteza Watercolor half pans- https://bit.ly/3fFJ5xS
• - Phthalo Blue, indigo, acrylic white

2) Brushes: #2 round, #10 round , 3/4" Flat Brush - https://amzn.to/3azl0pM

3) Arteza Watercolor Paper 140 lbs - https://bit.ly/3egWHzt

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

5) Bowl for water

6) Paper towel / rag

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• Introduction
• Materials
• Exercise 1 - Techniques, Layering, Wash
• Exercise 2 - Waves
• First Layer
• Second Layer
• Third Layer
• Final Details
• Thoughts & Class Project