Hi everyone, I’m so excited to share this class with you today. I’ll be showing you how to paint simple winter landscapes with only 2 colours, with the addition of white if you’d like and for one of the paintings. We’ll be using the full potential of watercolours, and the beauty of the free and diverse nature of this medium!

This class is suited for all levels including beginners, as the landscapes are fairly simple to paint, and we’re going to paint from the simplest to the more complex composition respectively, but you can always adjust or add things along the way if you fee inclined to do so.

Before we begin I’m going to go through the supplies, but because I feel like these loose types of landscapes, requires different brushes, I will have a special lesson where I go through some of my brushes, and why I’ve chosen these specific brushes for certain usage. Then I’m going to show you swatches of the colours you can create just from mixing the two colours I’ve chosen today.

I’m also going to go over some basic techniques that will be applicable for this class, just a short introduction on wet on dry and wet on wet techniques. But if you’re an absolute true beginner who would like to learn more about this in depth, I would recommend for you to take my class “WATERCOLOR BASICS: Predict the Flow of Watercolors” before-hand so you can be fully equipped with more in-depth knowledge.

After the quick technique demonstrations, I’m then going to show you how I make small thumbnail paintings, for some simple compositions in case any of you would like to do small trials or practices beforehand, if you feel uncomfortable going straight into your final paintings, because I know a blank space can be quite intimidating sometimes (especially when you’re painting freehand), but if you’re comfortable you can of course skip ahead.

In this class, I’m going to include 4 simple compositions, feel free to follow these and paint along, or even create your own winter landscapes all together, with the simple techniques that I’ve shared in this class.

For the final painting, because it’s more complex, I will be sketching with pencil beforehand, but you can choose to paint freehand or use the downloadable outline to trace onto your watercolor paper. You can find the download in the projects and resources section of this class along with other downloadable assets.

As a disclaimer, I will be cutting parts of the footage, if my hand is inactive or off the camera, and speed things up along the way, so I’ll be moving faster than normal, in certain parts. On top of this, I know everyone has their own painting speeds, so I would recommend for you to pause in between each step, and play the lessons again once you’re ready to move on to the next step, this way you won’t feel rushed and everyone can paint at their own speed.

Hope you enjoy this class!

Amy Gowans

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