Sunset Watercolor Painting | Beginner

Sunset Watercolor Painting for beginners ! 

Sunset painting is some of my favorite subjects and now that I live on the Lake year-round facing the western sky, I get to see amazing ones all year long. This project was inspired by one of them.

I will be sharing a bigger number of demos than normal so that you can practice before we do the project! We will cover some watercolor basics like how much water do I use and how can I remove watercolor paint.

I've broken the class content into easy, manageable steps even for beginners in watercolors, yet there are techniques for the experienced artist too! 

We will learn several important concepts like how to create light and fluffy clouds, how to use wet in wet techniques to blend your colors successfully without creating mud. We will also see how to create layers successfully while creating depth and values in your painting. 

So if you are ready to create some luscious and colorful skies and a gorgeous view to sit and stare at during those daydreams then let's jump in!

Materials I used in Demo:

Watercolor Cotman Kit

140lbs Cold Press paper

Winsor & Newton Black Gouache

Looking forward to having you in a class soon!

XOXO,

Kellie

• Sunset Course Introduction
• Watercolor Sunset - How to paint skies
• How much water do I use with watercolor to create blended backgrounds
• Let's create some fluffy clouds
• Orange Skies # 1
• Let's try a Sun - Orange skies #2
• Trees and island practice
• How to remove paint
• Painting small branches
• Foregrounds and how to create distance
• Project - painting the sky
• Painting the islands
• Painting the foreground
• Painting the islands
• Finishing touches and details
• Outro