10-Day Watercolor Challenge: Learn to Paint Quick and Easy Mini Landscapes

1. Introduction: Hello, everyone. I'm Dania, a watercolor artist based in the UA, and I'm so excited to invite you all to this ten day watercolor challenge. In this class, we'll paint a quick, approachable, easy to follow mini landscapes for the next ten days. We'll explore different landscape elements like painting, clouds, sky pathways, mountains, trees, hills, water reflections, sunsets. So basically, you'll need 15 to 20 minutes to complete each of these projects. Even if you're short of time, you can still establish a daily painting practice that will definitely help you to improve your painting skills as well as your mental well being. Start the class by talking about all the materials we need, and then for the first few projects, we will follow very easy loose landscapes, and then slowly we'll move to paint a little more advanced and detailed paintings. Also, if you're looking for more advanced, detailed painting challenge, you can also check out my 12 day wind landscape, watercolor challenge, which is perfect for intermediate and advanced artists. So yeah, grab your paints and brushes. Let's get started. I'll see you in the next video. 2. Class Overview: The aim of this class is to be consistent, not to be perfect. So if your painting didn't turn the way you want, you still have to be consistent with the next project. So for the same reason, we're going to paint on small size papers that is almost 13 to 13 centimeters square papers. You can also paint on same size papers or you can go smaller. I don't suggest to go bigger size papers because we have to finish the painting almost in 15 to 20 minutes. So, yeah, I don't want you to feel overwhelmed. If you're choosing bigger papers, that will take too much time. We just have to be consistent with painting for the next ten days. By end of the challenge, we can establish a daily painting habit. That is the aim of this class. I mean, this watercolor challenge. And for the projects, we will start with very simple, beginner friendly watercolor landscapes like we'll start with mountain landscape, and then we'll go for spring hills with some rolling hills and some trees, and day four, we'll paint a stormy sky and a countryside landscape, which is going to be simple. We're not going for too much details. And then slowly, we will paint a little more advanced paintings. So for the fourth clutch project, we'll paint a foggy landscape with some pine trees. Yeah. And for the next day, that is the fifth class project, we will again paint a seaside view with some hills and trees. Yeah. And for the sixth day, again, we're going to paint a foggy landscape, and for the seventh day we'll go for a little more advanced landscape painting that is a pathway and some trees and some details in the foreground and shadows. So it's going to be a little more advanced compared to previous class projects. And then we will paint again a sunset or nocturnal landscape. Yeah, we're going to paint with a little more colorful palette. Yeah. And for the next day, again, we'll paint a beautiful mountain with some pine trees in the foreground. And we'll finish the challenge with a beautiful landscape, which is one of my favorite from all this challenge. We'll start with a beautiful cloudy sky and a river going through the landscape and a tree near the river that is going to be the focus. That is the final class project. Yeah. I hope you will enjoy this challenge and yeah I'll see you in the next video. 3. Materials you'll need: Before moving to the challenge, let's see the materials we need for this class. So I'll use fabriano artistico watercolor paper, which is 100% cotton and 300 GSM. Here I'm going to use lose sheets. This is 11 into 15 ", and I have already cut it down into A five sizes. It's almost 19 into 14 centimeters. Yeah. You can use any brand of watercolor paper with 300 JSM thickness and 100% cotton and cold press. Fabino artistico watercolor paper is one of my favorite. I love this texture of this called press paper. This is how I'm going to paint on it. I'll use it like a square 13 into 13 centimeters square for painting. And the other part, I'm going to swash the colors. It's almost like poloids. You can also tap down your paper like this before each painting, or you can use square sheets. Yeah. Okay, now, let's see the brushes. So for wetting the paper, I'll use this wash brush by Princeton, which is perfect for when you're painting on small size papers. Yeah, you can also use a little bigger flat brush that you have, or you can also use a hake brush like this. This is 30 MM si. And the main bridge I'm going to use for the paintings, this medium size round brush. This is by artif. It's size 12 and also very pointy tip. You can use a round brush or a more bridge. And I will also use this medium size flat brush, this size ten, and some other brushes I'm going to use are a small size angle brush and a filled but brush, which is not necessary. And for the details, I'll use this rigor brush. This by Paulina bright and a small size, flat brush, mainly for lifting and one detailer. Yeah. So these are the brushes I'm going to use. And we'll also need a scale and a pencil and eraser. Yeah. Always remember that, you can use whatever you have. You don't have to choose all the same brands or materials I'm using. I'm just showing all this for an idea for you to refer. So yeah. I'll also use my head dryer to dry up layers in between the painting, which is necessary because we will work on multiple layers for some projects. So to speed up the process and to save time, you can use a head dryer. Yeah. And this is the mixing palette I'm using. This is a metal palette. You can use whatever you have. Maybe a ceramic plate or a dinner plate will work. So I think metal or ceramic surface will be easier to mix colors. Yeah, instead of using plastic palettes. Now, for the colors, you will see the colors before we start each painting. I'll show you all the colors and details before each project. So yeah. And we'll also need one jar of water, maybe two jars to rinse your brush and to use clean water for painting. And also, we'll need one cotton cloth or some tissues to wipe your brush in between painting. And I'll also use a masking tape to stretch the paper. So these are the basic materials we need for the class. So let's start. I'll see you in the next video. 4. Day 1 - Blue Mountains: Hello, everyone. Welcome to our day one class project. This is the picture we're going to paint. We will start with a very simple project. We will paint a very simple sky and then some mountain layers and some pine trees. So yeah, I hope you're ready for this ten day challenge. So yeah, let's start. Okay, so first let's see the colors I have used for this painting. So for the sky, I used Naples yellow. Here, when I was watching, it's already mixed with some indigo. That's why it looks a little more darker. And I also mix naples yellow with vermilion and also lemon yellow. And for the mountain, I used a mix of indigo and ultramarine. And for the very foreground details, I also used oxide black. For some fine details around here, I used opaque white. So these are the colors I used for this painting, and let's start. Okay, so for this, we're going to paint without sketching. We're going to paint directly. So yeah, I'm going to, uh, wet the whole paper. As you can see here, I'm leaving a little space here, four color swatches. So yeah, I just mastered it with tape. Yeah. So I'm just using a lot of water to start the first layer. Yeah. I'm using a little bigger flat brush. This is a wash brush by Princeton. This is the brush I'm going to use for all these projects. Yeah. First, for the sky, I'm going to use naples yellow. Yeah. And to make it a little more warmer, I'm going to mix it with vermilion. Yeah, a nice beach shade. Maybe I'll mix it with some lemon yellow. Yeah, that's enough. And with that color, I'm going to just fill the upper part of the paper. Yeah. Just add your color very loosely. We don't have any plan to make clouds or any special effects. Yeah, we're just filling the color on the paper. Yeah, maybe I will make it a little more darker around here. So I'll mix more naples silo and some vermilion, more vermilion and some nipples yellow and lemon yellow. And with that color, I'm going to add a little more darker effects here. Yeah. That's it. It's okay if your colors are spreading downward. We will cover all these parts with lots of layers. Yeah. That's enough for the sky. So now I'm going to dry this layer with head dryer. Yeah, that's it. Now my paper is completely dry, and let's start painting the mountains. So for the mountain, I'm going to use a mix of intigo and ultramarine. Yeah. I need a little darker but still cool blue shade. So again, I'm going to use a lot of water because we're going to start with very lighter layers and then we'll come to the foreground with more dark layers. Yeah. So for the first layer, I'm going to use a lot of water to this indigo and ultramarine mix. And you can paint the mountain lines in any shape you want. Yeah. So I'm going to start it like this. You just have to elevate your mountain lines. Yeah. That's it. And now I'm going to fill the entire down part. Yeah. Yeah. I think let's make it a little more higher. Yeah. You can just shake your brush like this to make it more natural. Yeah. That's it. Now I'm going to again dry this layer. You can also wait for some time to get it dried if you're not using hair dryer. Okay. Now I'm going to mix a little more darker color. Yeah, indigo and ultramarine and not very dark. You just have to make it a little darker compared to this one. Yeah. And I'm going to make another layer of mountain just going around the previous layer. Yeah. Again, you can make different shapes for the mountain without completely covering this previous layer. Yeah. And again, covering it tenderly. Yeah, that's it. And let's try this layer again, or you can wait for some time. You have to confirm this layer is completely dry before adding more layers of mountain. Yeah. So otherwise, you will not get this sharp line. So I'm going to mix a little more darker, mix of indigo and ultramarine. And let's paint another layer of mountain. Yeah, I'm going to start from here. And I'm just elevating this line. Yeah. And again, I'm just filling this spot. I said, maybe let's add a little more darker effects for the mountain here and there. Yeah. That's enough. And again, let's dry this layer. Okay, now I'm going to start with another layer, which is a little more darker. Yeah. So I'm going to mix it with very little water and more paint. That is ultramarine and indigo. I'm using more ultramarine and little indigo. Yeah. And just another little darker layer of mountain. Yeah, which is going to be a little more near to us. So yeah, let's make it a little more darker because watercolor will dry lighter, you know. So yeah. Yeah, that's it. By using a lot of layers and lighter and darker shades, we can create a kind of nice depth to the painting. Again, I'm going to try this layer. Okay. Now let's go for the final two layers. So I'm going to mix very dark um, mix of intigo and ultramarine. And yeah, I'm going to start from here. Yeah. And I'm just shaking my brush to make it a little wee wee. Yeah. That's it. And, uh, yeah. That's it. It's a very simple process. Anyone can paint it. If you have a head drier, yeah. The only thing you have to notice that you should not cover the previous layer of mountains when you paint more layers, you just have to leave it like that to get that view or effect depth for the painting. Yeah. That's it. Now again, I'm going to dry this layer. Now let's go for the final layer of mountains. I'm just using indigo and I'm going to make it very dark. And yeah. I'm not using that much water. Yeah. Yeah, that's it. And I'm trying to make it more curvy. Yeah. I think that's enough. That's perfect. Let's dry this layer also. That's enough for the mountains. Now, let's add some pine trees in the foreground. So I'm using this detailer. You can use a small size brush, and I'm just using indigo again. Very thick paint. I'm not using any water. And, uh, I'm going to add one from here. Yeah, starting with a very thin line vertically. Yeah. And let's add some leaves and branches and make it into a nice tree. You can also check out my previous class all about painting watercolor trees. There are pine trees, oak tree and many other types of trees. How to use different types of brtrops or different brushes. You'll learn many things. I'm going to make some branches sidewise. Yeah. We can just leave some gap here and there, don't cover it endily with lots of branches or leaves. Yeah. You can start a line like this. Yeah, and then add some leaves. So downward strokes. Yeah. The other side also Yeah, I'm going for more, little thicker and bigger strokes for the down part of the tree. You had to make it a little more crispier for the top part and more looser and thicker for the down part. So you'll get nice effect for the tree. Yeah. That's it. I'll make it a little more detailed for this spot. It's very important to not overwork, especially when we paint pine trees. Now, let's paint some more trees. Yeah. Let me to paint one from here. Yeah. I'll start from here. And let's go for the sidewise strokes. You just have to paint it loosely so you'll get some nice natural effect. When you're painting one by one very carefully, it will not be natural or asymmetrical kind of effect. Yeah. I think we can also use black. So you'll get more darker. In this making it a little more sharper for the purport. I think I'm going to use this brush. Let's make it a little more sharp for the upper part. You have to control how much paint or water is there on your brush. It's very important when we paint crisp details. I mean, thin details with a bigger brush. Now let's paint one tree around here. Yeah. So I'm using a mix of oxide black and indigo. Yeah. I'm going to paint a very tall tree here. I'm going to start from here. Yeah, you can see the line I'm adding. It's very thin. Also, even you can use a fine liner and then you can add these sidewise details with your brush. Yeah, I'm just adding more thicker branches and leaves as it coming downward. Sometimes it's very therapeutic to paint this kind of details, but sometimes a little anxious. Yeah. But yeah, still, the final look will be beautiful. Yeah, that's what we keep going with the painting. Yeah. That's it. Maybe let's add some tiny, tiny dots here and there. Yeah. Maybe here. Actually, pinning sil hots is very easy, but for me, it's a little challenging. I mostly enjoy painting bright scenes, bright sunny scenes. That's it. I think I want to make that tree a little more visible. So maybe I'll make some apa white. And let's see, I'm just going to add some effects here. Like some highlights or yeah, very tiny lines. Without overworking. Yeah. Maybe some light reflections. Yeah. This side also. Yeah, that's enough. I will add one more tree. Okay, around here, which is very small. And also very loosely I'm adding it because we don't want to make it that detail since it's in the background. I think you'll add one more. And I'm going to blend that down pot with the mountain layer. That's it. Let's add some more lines here. Yeah, like that. Some very distant trees. I'm just adding some small lines vertically. That's it. I'm stopping it here. You can see that layer of mountains is giving a lot of depth to the painting. So yeah, let's see the final look. Now I'm going to swatch all these colors here. So first, we have used naples yellow. Yeah. We have also used vermilion. It can make it like a round swatch, like in a circle and just making it loosely. Now I'm going to swatch lemon yellow. For the mountains, we have used indigo and also ultramarine. And also, I used oxide black and the very foreground for the trees, especially. That's it. So I hope you enjoyed our day one class project. So yeah, see you tomorrow with a new project. Bye. 5. Day 2 - Spring Hills: Hello, welcome to day two Glass Project. And today, we'll paint this simple landscape with some rolling hills and trees under a soft sky. So yeah, let's see the colors. For this sky, I'll use indigo, a pack white. I'll use a mix of both to get a soft and moody sky. And for the land part, I'll use lemon yellow and sap green. And for the trees, I'll use sap green, indigo, and some van **** brown. I forgot to add that color here. So please remember to keep any dark brown shade that you have before we start painting. I'm going to paint directly without any sketching. So yeah, I'm just wetting the whole paper with a flat brush. Yeah, I'm just rubbing my brush on the paper multiple times to get an even layer of water. And we'll start with some wet on wet layers for the sky and the land part. So yeah, I'm mixing indigo and opaq white with some water, and I'm going to paint the sky from one corner. Yeah. Loosely, adding the colors for the sky. I'm not going to make any clouds or any special effects. And also making it a little lighter as it's coming downward and more darker in the upper corners. Yeah. That's enough for the sky, very simple sky effects. Now I'm wiping all the water and paint from the down part of the paper to paint the land. So for the land part, I'm mixing lemon yellow, and sap green, adding some water to make it a thin mix, and I'm going to paint the land. Like, we're going to paint some rolling hills. So here I'm making some curvy shapes. Yeah. We have already wiped all water from that part, so it's almost like wet on dry. Yeah. And by leaving a little gap there, I'm just going for another curvy shape or that thicker strok. Again, I'm going for another one by leaving a small white line in between that. That's where we will paint the trees. And also, I'm just filling it here and there to make it like a very thin line. Yeah. Now I'm mixing sap green, indigo and some van **** brown to get a very dark green color. And I'm just painting some shadows to these rolling hills. So we will get that correct shape for the hills or that dimensional effect. Yeah, just adding some little darker green, wet on wet. Now I'm going to paint the trees. So I need a very thick mix of Vandyck brown and indigo with sap green. Yeah. I'm not mixing it with too much water. So now I'm painting some wet on wet trees just on that white lines. Yeah, some blobs of colors. You can paint it very loosely. Yeah, and you have to keep it a little bigger and thicker once in the foreground. As it going away, you can make it more smaller in size. Also, I'm just wiping that paint spreading downward from that white lines. So the down part of the trees should be a little sharper. Yeah. Okay, now I'm drying this layer with my head dryer, and then we'll paint more details if I don't dry. I wanted to work on the trees to make it a little more sharper, so I'm going to paint another layer for the trees. Yeah, I'm just shaping it here and there, like, with some thicker round kind of strokes. Yeah. Also, I'm going for the distant trees, focusing on the top part of the trees and making it a little sharper with some small curvy shapes. Yeah. I wanted to wipe some colors from their foreground trees. It looks very dark. So I'm just trying to make some light effects because it's still wet. It will not work if it's completely dry. Yeah, now my favorite part is painting some very distant trees that is going to create that depth to the landscape. So I'm just making some tiny, small semicircle marks for the distant trees. Yeah, just using the tip of my brush and just bending it gently so we can create that small semicircle shapes for the distant trees. By adding more and more of them, the landscape is looking more detailed and interesting. You have to think like you're painting some shapes, not trees or anything that is realistic. You're just making some marks or some kind of shapes loosely. Yeah. And painting it in different sizes like some very tiny marks or trees and little bigger ones here and there. Yeah. So we'll get that depth. Reworking or reshaping the trees again and again. And now I'm going to splatter some paint in the very foreground for some kind of illusion for some tiny details. Yeah. Now I'm going to scratch some paint from the trees for tree trunks. So I'm using a paper knife and just scratching some paint that is still dry, sorry, wet because scratching will work only wet paint or wet surface. Yeah. Now you can see that white lines in the trees. That is like tree trunks and trees are looking more realistic. So yeah, now I'm going to paint some birds. That is a final step in this painting. Again, that is not with any darker color. I'm just using the same mix of colors we used for the sky that is indigo and or pack white. So yeah, I don't want to make the birds that much visible. Yeah. That's it. We are almost done with the painting and just fixing some more trees. I'm just making some trees a little more bigger that is in the distance. Yeah. And also, I'm lifting some colors from there to make that line a little more visible and sharper. So we're done with the painting. Now, let's say the final look. I'm going to peel off the tape. I'm just swatching all the colors I used for this painting that is indigo and opaque white, and we have used lemon yellow. All colors I'm swatching from the palette. That's why it looks a little different. So yeah, that is the final look of a painting. I hope it was a simple and easy to follow project. So yeah, I'll see you in the next clutch project tomorrow. Bye. 6. Day 3 - Storm Sky: Hello. Welcome back to Day three. And today, we're going to paint this beautiful countryside landscape with a house and some trees in the distance and under a beautiful, dark, cloudy sky. So it's also one of my favorite from all these paintings in this challenge. So let's see the colors. I'll use indigo and permanent green, Vandyk brown, burn temper, and Opaq white. I'll use a mix of indigo and Opaq white. Same like our previous painting for the sky. And for the house also, I'll use Opaq white. For the land part and trees, I'll use permanent green and indigo. Yeah. And here, again, I'm going to start painting without sketching. So I'm directly wetting the paper, and first I'm going to paint the sky or that dark clouds. So I'm using a small size flat brush, and I'm mixing indigo, a pack white, and some van **** brown to make it a little darker moody kind of effect. So I'm just painting from one corner and, I want to leave some white space to the right corner. So I'm just making some cloudy kind of effect, wet on wet. And as it's going down, I'm just making some narrow lines horizontally also for some very distinct clouds, and I'm also controlling that wetness or moist from my brist. Yeah. So I can spread the colors very gently. Yeah. So you have to keep a tissue paper or a cotton cloth on your left hand if you're painting with your right hand. So you can wipe in between the painting. And again, I'm going with another layer to make it very darker in the upper corner. So I'm just painting with indigo. I'm directly painting with indigo without mixing water, so we'll get that darker vibrant effect. And also, I don't want to spread this dark color to the right side of the paper because I want to keep that space white to get that sunlight effect. But still, I want to make some small and light cloud affix there. So I'm just spreading colors there very gently by wiping my brush on the tissue paper, as you can see here. Yeah, now you can see that small little clouds there. Yeah. So we will get that depth so it's very important to use a dam brush to paint these clouds because too much water on your brush will not work. Again, I have painted a little darker layer for those clouds to get that shadow effect, for the left side. In watercolor, working on layers by lifting and adding more colors is the only way to get depth and dimension to the painting. So you can always start with bigger shapes, and then you can shape it with some smaller tiny details here and there. So yeah, Okay, that's enough for the sky. Now let's start painting the land part. For that, I'm mixing permanent green and maple silo. Also, you can use maybe yellowcre which is almost similar. And with that color, I'm just filling that land part. Yeah, lose filling. And to make it a little darker for the foreground, I'm going to add some indigo. Yeah, you can see here. Actually, it is indigo and Vandyck brown mix. Yeah. With that, I'm just making some shadows or some darker effix in the very foreground. And that's enough for the land part, and I'm drying this layer completely to paint more details. Okay, now I'm switching my brush to this round one to paint the details. We have used a medium size flat brush for painting the clouds and land part. Yeah. Now, with that, I'm going to paint some trees just around the horizon line. So I'm using a mix of vandyke brown and permanent green with indigo, which is almost like black color. So with that color, I'm just making some very tiny marks around the horizon line for some trees. Yeah, I'm going for some very tiny trees and little bigger ones. Yeah, making some marks. Think like you're painting some shapes or some tiny strucks, not trace or anything realistic. Yeah. So you can follow that kind of shape for this trace. Also, you can see we are painting wet on dry paper. So we'll get that correct sharp shape for these trees. I'm just going for little thicker trees for the right side. Yeah. Now I want to add a blurry mountain line in the background, just about the horizontal line. So with light indigo mix, I'm going to add a small line just about that land part. And I'm keeping it very thin since it's in the background, and I'm trying not to overwork. Still, for both sides, I'm making it a little higher as you can see here. Yeah. You can also skip this part. If you don't want to paint this mountains, you can just add the land part in some trees. Yeah. I'm just adding a small mountain in the background with very lighter colors, just going around that trees carefully yeah. You can also paint the mountain line before adding the trees. I felt like adding a mountain line after I painted the trees here, just going with the flow. And as you can see here, I'm making it a little higher for both sides and for the center part, I'm keeping it very thin. Yeah. If you are finding it difficult, you can skip this part. Yeah. Or if you're watching the video before starting to paint, you can also paint the mountain line first. Then you can add the trees. Now I'm adding more tiny, tiny trees, just some very tiny dots using only the tip of my brush and making it little bigger ones here and there. Yeah. Okay, now I'm going to add a house in front of that bigger tree we painted on the right side. So I'm using a pack white, or even you can also use masking tape or masking floyd before we start painting, and then you can remove it. And you will get a white space there and you can paint the house. That's also fine. But I think for big nurse, this would be better. So you can use white paint or you can use white gauche, and you have to paint a small house there, starting with a square, and then you can make a triangle shape for the top part. Let it dry, then we'll add a door to that house. And also remember to use very thick white paint to paint this house, and the paper should be completely dry so we can paint easily. Now, I'm also adding some birds on that beautiful dark clouds using the same white paint, which will definitely enhance the overall look of landscape painting. Now, I'm adding the details for that house, which is a symbol door. And also, I'm just making it a little more darker around that house. To make it contrasting. Yeah. Just working on that trees. I just want to make it a little more higher the trees around the house. Yeah. So I'm using dry on almost dry technique, and I'm using the same mix of green, permanent green, indigo and Vandyke brown. You have to use a mix of almost similar colors. Don't use black from the tube directly. So yeah. Then only we'll get that harmonies look for the painting. Even if you have to paint with very darker colors, you just have to mix almost same colors we used for the painting. Yeah. Now, again, I'm just working on that house. Yeah, using a little more white paint, and I'm again shaping it. Adding a small, sharp line, step out of the house for that roof. Yeah, I'm using a detailer brush. Yeah. When we paint with opaque color, especially with gauche, it will dry in a dull look. So here I'm going for another layer of white paint for that house. Yeah. Now I'm adding some tiny vertical lines in the background, maybe some electric post or something like that. Like, you know, we're creating a kind of illusion that something is there in the background, some kind of elements are there. Yeah. I feel like working on the trees behind that house. I want to make it a little more higher. So I'm using the same detailer, and as you can see here, I'm just scratching my brush over there to get that dry on dry effect, using the same mix of colors and scratching my brush over the paper to get that dry effect for the bushes or the trees in the background. Yeah. Finally, adding more birds with white paint. Yeah, I'm adding one tiny bird just about that trees. Yeah, that is the final result of our painting. Yeah. I'm just swatching all the colors we used. That is indico permanent green, and we have used Vandyke brown and also burn temper. I have used burned timber for that house, and especially for the door. I forgot to mention that. And also, we used a pack white. So, yeah, that was a very beautiful project today. I hope you enjoyed it. And I really like this one, the clouds and the trees and house. I love it. So, yeah, I'll see you tomorrow with the new project. Bye. 7. Day 4 - Misty Morning Slopes: Hello. Welcome to today's painting, and I'm so happy that we are here on day four. I'm a little feverish today. That's why my sound is different. So yeah, let's see the colors for this painting. So I'm going to use Indigo and Opaq white for the sky. And for the land part, I'm going to use Davis gray mainly. That is the color I'm going to use today. And also, I'll mix Vandyke brown to make it a little darker, especially for the trees and some details. So Davy's gray is the main color for today's painting. If you don't have that color, you can also use olive green and to mute it down, you can mix it with a gray shade, maybe neutral tint or pink gray. So you'll get almost same like this color. Now, here I'm going to paint the sky directly without sketching, and I have already wet my paper. And yeah, I'm just loosely adding the mix of a pack white and indigo for the sky. Just loosely moving my brush horizontally. We're going to make a little foggy kind of effect for the sky, so we're not going to paint any clouds or any special effects, loosely adding this color to the sky, wet on wet. Now let's squeeze out some Davis gray to the palette, and let's start painting the land part. Before that, I want to make that sky a little more smoother and even layer. So I'm just rubbing my brush, wash brush by Princeton. And reworking on the sky to make it like an even layer. Yeah. I'm making it a little more darker for the upper corners, lighter as it coming downward. And directly, I'm going to start painting the land part. For that, I'm just mixing Davis gray with some water. Again, not very loose mix. And I'm painting a small curvy shape or a hill part in the foreground. Yeah. And for the other side, also, I'm going to make a small hill just using the same color. Get that foggy effect, I'm trying to make the foreground details a little more darker. And as it's going away, the background details a little more lighter and blurry. Yeah. Reworking on the hill again to make it like some shadows and lights for that dimension effect. Yeah. Just adding some more thick paint here and there to get a little darker effect. And now I'm mixing van **** brown to David's gray and making it more darker to the very foreground, maybe for some shadows or some kind of texture on the hills. Yeah. And also, I'm leaving a little gap between both hills to get that light effect. Yeah. Now you can see that rolling hill effect. Yeah. As you can see here, I'm lifting and adding more colours to these hills to get it into a nice shape, and my paper is still wet, so I can lift colors and add more layers. Yeah. And also, I'm using a tissue paper to wipe my brush in between the painting. Yeah. Okay, that's enough. Now let's paint some background trees. So for that, I'm mixing indigo and opaque white, and my paper is still wet. So we're going to paint wet on wet trees. Yeah, I'm just painting some pine trees, just loosely making some pine trees. Yeah. Just going for the bigger shapes and then making some details. Yeah. You can start with a vertical line, and then you can add some sidewise lines or strokes to make it into a little detailed look. Anyways, it will be in the way background and it will be blurry, so you don't have to worry about details. You're just adding some darker colors or effect there. And I'm also making it more sharper and tiny towards the center, but in more taller trees on both sides. And also, you can see that I'm controlling the moist from my brush using a tissue paper on my other hand. So you can also keep a tissue paper or a cotton cloth on your other hand to do the same. So we'll get that nice wet on wet effect with good water control. I'm trying to make it a little more sharper here and there. Yeah. And always remember that you can pose the video and paint it in your own speed. Yeah. Now, people started drying and that's enough for the background trees. Let's start painting some foreground trees with Davis Gray. So with the same bridge with the same technique, I'm painting another layer of trees, that is going to be in the foreground with a little more darker colors. Um, if you want detailed class on painting trees, you can check out my previous class, which is all about painting pine trees, oak trees, and many other trees. And you will learn to use your brush, in different style. Yeah, so you will get different effects for painting trees. Yeah. Here, I'm just using the tip only for pinning those sharp details, especially for the top part of the tree. And for the base, I'm using a little more thicker strokes with complete bristles of my brush. I'm using a medium sized round brush. Yeah, and you can see that the paint mix I'm using here is also a little thicker, not very loose. I didn't mix it with too much water. Yeah. It's almost like a milk consistency or honey consistency. Yeah. Now I want to paint some more darker trees. So I'm mixing Van **** brown, Davis gray, and some indigo, and I'm going to paint more taller trees on both sides. And as you can see here, for that center part, I'm not painting taller trees. I'm making it shorter because I don't want to block the view from there. Yeah. So we'll get that and you can always start with bigger shapes and then go for the details, especially when we paint trees. Yeah. Now I'm painting one more shorter, darker tree that is almost in the center. Yeah. Also with the same color, I'm painting some details on the hill or that land part, like some rocks, stones or some kind of details like that. Just some semicircle marks here and there. Yeah. Also, I'm painting it in different sizes, some mini tiny dots and some little bigger ones here and there. When we're painting loose landscapes, it's always like we're creating a kind of illusion. We are not painting it realistically. We will make a kind of effect, and we're suggesting to the viewer and they can loosely interpret how they want. So we are leaving a kind of space or freedom to the viewer. So yeah, that is the beauty of painting loosely. Now here you can see I'm working on more details like more tiny, tiny strokes or marks here and there. Yeah, I'm using the same brush and same mix of colors, and I'm working on an almost dry paper. Yeah. Now I want to add some dry branches or trunks in between that trees. So I'm just making some very thin lines using the same brush. You can even use a liner or a rigger brush for the same purpose. Or also you can use a fine liner to paint these fine sharp lines. Yeah, here, I have switched my brush to a detailer, and I'm just making a straight vertical line and then going for some line side wise also. And you can see here I'm just starting with some pressure. And as it going upward, I'm just slowly lifting my brush back. So we can make it a little thicker downward and more thinner as it going upward. Yeah. I'm adding some more tiny, tiny branches and stones that marks here and there to make it even more detailed. Yeah. And I think I want to make the trees on the right side a little more darker. So I'm going for another layer with the mix of indigo, **** brown and Davis gray, and I'm just making some details and some sharper effects here and there. Now we're almost done with the painting. And for the final step, I'm going to scratch some paint with this pepper knife. And yeah, I'm working on the pine trees to make some tree trunks. So I'm just scratching some paint from the trees. And also, I'm breaking it here and there. I'm not going for a straight line, as you can see here. Yeah. Now you can see that white lines on the trees. Yeah. And also, I'm just working on some more shadows for the hills. Yeah. I think in watercolor, it's all about working on layers. We can create beautiful effects by working on wet on wet, wet on dry, dry on dry layers. So yeah, it's like we need some patience and good water control, and we can create beautiful effics. So final touches on the pine trees. You can always look at your painting from a little distance so you will know where you have to add more details or if you want to lift some colors or some paint, you can also do that. Now, that is the final result of our painting here and peeling of the tape. Yeah. Now I'm just swatching all the colors we used. We used Indigo and Davis gray, which is a beautiful green shade, a muted green, earthy shade. I love it for this landscape painting. And we also used Vandyke brown and Opaqu white. So, yeah, that's it. That is today's clash project. I hope you enjoyed this session and see you tomorrow with a new painting by. 8. Day 5 - Summer Fields: Welcome back, everyone. And today, we're going to paint this calm, breezy countryside landscape with the sea view on the horizon line. So yeah, we are on our fifth day of painting many watercolor landscapes. Yeah, so let's see the colors. For the sky, I'll use cobalt blue, and for the sea view, I'll use indigo. And for the land part, I'll use yellow ochre and sap green. And also, I'll mix indigo with sap green to paint the trees. So these are the colors. Here I have already taped down my paper, and I'm going to wet the hall paper. We're going to paint without sketching. As always, I'm just rubbing my brush multiple times on my paper to get it into an ice even layer of water. So now I'm going to paint the sky directly with cobalt blue, just starting from the top part of the paper and just going down by blending the colors, making it more darker for the upper part of the paper. Yeah, I'm just loosely moving my brush horizontally. Again, we're painting a very low sky, so you can just add some colors that is cobalt blue. Loosely, yeah, just a plain bright sky. Now I'm mixing locre and sap green for painting the land part, starting with the curvy line for the foreground hill part and just loosely filling colors there that is yellocre and sap green mix. And for the very foreground, I'm just adding some indigo to make it a little darker. Yeah. Now I'm going for another hill section that is going to be in the midground. Yeah, I'm just painting loosely a small curvy line there and filling it without overlapping the foreground hill part. Again, I'm just making it a little more darker for the shadows. Yeah. We have already painted something similar. I think that is the second clash project. Now, you can see that little white line between the foreground hill section and the other one. I'm lifting some colors from there for some highlights for the hills to get the dimensional effect. Yeah. I'm doing it very gently and also I'm wiping the lifted paint on a cotton cloth. Yeah. I'm using my flat brush for lifting. Now, I'm drying this layer with head dryer. Yeah. Now I'm going to mix indigo and sap green to start painting the trees. So we're going to paint the trees as we painted in the second class project, just making some marks, like, very loosely using a medium sized round brush, as you can see here, trying to create some round circular kind of brush stroks. And as you can see here, I started with bigger shapes, then I'm going for some details like some very tiny dots and strokes. And I felt like it's too dark, so I'm wiping some colors from that tree with a tissue paper. And then, again, I'm shaping it like maybe some lights and shadows. Yeah, I don't want to leave it, like, very flat. And I'm again working on the top part of the tree to make it a little more detailed here and there. Yeah. Now I'm mixing some more yellocre s naples yellow with indigo, and I'm going for more trees. Yeah. Loosely, adding the trees. Don't stress out. You can just paint it loosely. And always remember that you can paint in your own speed by posting the video. You don't have to rush out if I'm painting fastly compared to your speed. Yeah. And one more thing I want to remind you that you can always take a step back and look at your painting from a little distance. That always helps me understand how everything comes together. And if I want to rework on something or if I want to add something more, I'll get many ideas. When I take a step back. Yeah. Coming to the work, here I'm painting a lot of trees on the hills in different sizes, as you can see here, some very tiny dots and some little bigger ones, and in the foreground, very bigger trees. Now I'm going for some lines on the hills in different directions, as you can see here, I'm painting it from different directions. Yeah, I'm just trying to make some kind of square shapes, and I'll paint more tiny, tiny trees on those lines. So you'll get some depth to the landscape. Yeah. Here for painting the trees, I'm using only the tip of my round brush and bending it gently to make that tiny semicircle marks. And again, remember that you're painting some marks or some shaves, not trees or anything realistic. Yeah. With that mindset, we can paint tiny, tiny details easily. Here I'm painting small tiny dots and marks on those lines. Yeah, and you can see the painting is coming together slowly. And also I'm painting some trees on that outline of the hill. Yeah. So bigger ones and some smaller ones. By adding more and more of this tiny marks and dots, you can create beautiful depth painting slowly. Yeah. We're almost done with hills and trees. And now let's paint a sea view in the background. So for that, here, I'm using a roller, and that was a flop. So please don't use roller. You can use masking tape. You can dry your paper completely, and then you can use masking tape and you can paint a straight line there just about the hill. Here you can see I didn't get a straight line. Yeah. And I'm trying to work on it to make it straight. Yeah, here you can see, I just added a straight line. Then I'm blending it downward with clear water. Yeah, because we don't want to make it that darker towards the hill part. So we'll get that contrast between the trees and the sea view. Yeah. And for painting, the sea, I used cobalt blue and indigo mix. Yeah. Now I'm reworking on that side of trees. Yeah, I'm just making it a little more darker with another layer. Reworking on the trees again and adding some more dots here and there. Now I'm going to add some tree trunks, especially for the foreground trees. So for that here, I'm going to use opaque white. Usually, I do scratching, but the paper is completely dry now, so I'm using white paint and just adding some very thin lines there. Yeah. You have to take very thick paint. Otherwise, opaque paint will dry in a dull look. So when you're taking little thicker paint, you can still keep it brighter. Yeah. I'm adding some white lines for the distant trees also. Yeah, we're almost done with the painting. That's it now. Let's see the final look. I'm going to peel off the tape. Yeah. I hope this project was relaxing and a simple painting. I hope you enjoyed painting along with me. If you have any doubts or anything you want to know, you can always ask in the discussion box. I will replay as soon as possible. Or you can also contact me on my Instagram. I'll always message you as soon as possible. Here, for the colors, I used cobalt blue, indigo, and yelloca and sap green. With this four colors, we painted a beautiful landscape. So that's it for today. I'll see you with a new painting tomorrow. Bye. 9. Day 6 - Misty Dawn: Hello, everyone. Welcome to today's class project, and, yeah, we are already halfway through the challenge. And for day six, we're going to paint a foggy landscape with a tree and a blurry sunset in the background. So let's see the colors. I'll use indigo, gamboge and John Brilliant, lemon yellow, sap green, and cobalt blue. Yeah, so these are the colors we need. We just need a few yellows and oranges and a green and a blue shade. Yeah, here, I've already deped down my paper, and I'm going to wet the paper completely, and we're going to paint directly without sketching again. I always we need a very thin layer of water on the paper, so I'm rubbing my brush multiple times, to avoid any water bottles. Yeah. Now I'm going to mix colors for painting the sunset in the background. So for that, I'm using new gamboge by Daniel Smith, and I'm going to paint the sunlight directly with this color. Yeah, I'm going to make a circle, as you can see here. Yeah. That's it. Now I'll fill colors around that. You can see how I'm moving my brush in a circular motion. And I'm going to fill the upper part of the sky with the same color. And also, I'm mixing gamboge with yeah, so we'll get a little peachy shade for the sunset. And remember my paper is wet. We are working wet on wet. Yeah, I'm slowly spreading the colors upward. Okay, now I'm going to take some cabalt blue for painting the top part of the sky. Yeah, you don't have to worry that the blue and yellows will make muddy green or grayish colors. It's okay. You can go like this. Since we are working wet on wet, it will create beautiful gray shades. That's also fine because, you know, sunsets are very unpredictable. There are multiple colors if you are observing carefully. Yeah. I'm trying to lift colors from the sunset continuously to keep it bright since we are working wet on wet. Okay, now I'm mixing indigo and opaque white with some Gabalt blue to paint some blurry effics just under the sunset, maybe some very distant mountains or some effects there. So yeah. And I'm slowly spreading that colors downward to create that foggy effect. Also, remember to keep your brush very damp because we don't want any unmounded particular effects. Yeah, here I'm gently spreading that colors downward. To get that foggy effect, we usually see from the mountaintop. So for that, I'm using a lot of water and very little paint that is cobalt blue, and very gently spreading that color downward. And again, I'm making some shadows or some little darker spots by using some more paint to get that little fluffy dimensional look for the fog. In between that, I'm also lifting colors from the sunset to keep it bright. Yeah, I'm again, just adding some colors here and there to make it a little contrasting for that blurry mountain line around the horizon line. Yeah. And also, I'm just adding some more little darker colors around the light to keep it bright because for this foggy landscape effect, we are painting completely on wet paper. So it's very important to lift and add more colors again and again to keep it in that shape. Yeah. Now I'm going to paint the foreground details that is a mountain top. So for that, I'm mixing indigo and sap green. Yeah. And I'm loosely painting a slope in the foreground. And remember my paper is still wet, not completely dry. Um, and I want to make it a little more darker for the very foreground, so I will add more colors there. At the same time, I'm keeping the edge lighter to get that dimensional effect. Yeah. And to create some kind of texture or detail, some stones or something like that. I'm trying to make some darker spots with more thicker paint. That is the same mix, sub green and intigo and as you can see here, I have tissue paper on my left hand to wipe all extra water from the brush because yeah, we're painting with damp brush. And now with the same mix of colors, that is indigo and sap green. Also I mixed some Vandyk brown to make it a little more darker compared to the mountain slope. So with that color, I'm painting a tree just in front of the sunlight. Yeah. The sunlight is almost blurry now because of the wet paper. We will work on it later. We'll lift colors from there again. Here I'm painting a tree. As always, I started with a bigger shape or a bigger stroke. Then around that, I'm painting some smaller dots, some sharp little effixs here and there to shape it into a tree. If you want to paint more detailed trees, you can also check out my previous class, which is completely about painting trees. Here I'm using a small flat brush, and I'm trying to lift colors from the sunlight to keep it brighter. And again, I'm just adding more colors there. That is gamboge and John Brilliant. And with that, I'm just adding another layer for the sunset. Yeah. When we're painting wet on wet, it's very important to work on layers. We need more patients. With this project, I hope you will learn about water control and how to work wet on wet. We can slowly create the shape by adding more layers. While working on the sunlight, I'm also trying to create that sunrays heating effect on the tree. So for that, I'm lifting from the sunlight and going towards the tree like in a straight line. Yeah. And in between that, I'm also wiping the lifted colors on the tissue paper, as you can see here. And with a detailer, I'm just making some lighter dots here and there around that sunlight and the tree to make it a little more detailed and interesting. Yeah, I'm using a mix of sap green and anti coo mix, and I already mixed it with the sunset colors we used. Yeah, with the same color, I'm just making some bushes or some trees on the edge of that mountain slope. Paper started drying. But yeah, we can still work wet on wet. I'm trying to shave the trees with more and more tiny dots here and there. And we'll dry this layer completely, and then we will add more details wet on dry. On that edge, we're painting some bigger trees and also some very tiny dots. So by doing that, we'll get kind of depth and detailed look for the painting. And now I'm going to add some details to that slop, also. Yeah. So for that, I'm using a little more thicker paint, and I'm adding some round and loose strokes or marks. I'm just blending it here and there to keep it not that sharp but a little blurry, since we are painting a foggy effect. Okay, now I'm going to work again on the background details. So I'm just using that same intigo and cobalt blow mix, and I'm working on that mountain line. And also, I'm just wiping all that yellow colours spreading downward because the paper started drying, but still it is not completely dry, so we can fix mistakes fastly. Okay, now I'm going to rework on the fog because we have to create some little darker spots. We don't want to leave it very flat. Yeah. So I'm trying to make some very tiny, loose horizontal lines. And that is also wet on wet. We have to make it very soft without any sharp edges. When we're painting transient subjects like fog, smoke effect or clouds, it's very important to use very little colors and to work wet on wet and also to keep it soft. Um, it's like we are creating some kind of color or some kind of shadows there. I'm again lifting some colors from that horizonal line or that blurry mountain we added to make it a little more sharper and visible, and I'm using my flat brush. Yeah. And I'm going for another layer for shaping the fork. Now I'm going to dry this layer completely, and then we will work on some more tiny details. Yeah, here I'm going to work on the tree to make it a little more sharper here and there. So with the same mix of colors, I'm just making some very sharp dots and lines and strokes here and there. Yeah, I'm just trying to make it a little more darker and defined. Adding some light dots also towards the sunlight. Yeah, using that yellow mixture. I'm trying to make it a little more detailed with more lines and dots here and there. Yeah, I'm going to paint some dry tree trunks or stems. That is going to be like very fine lines. Yeah, using my detailer because this mountain slope and the trees are going to be in the foreground. So we had to make it a little more detailed, but still in a little foggy blurry look. That's what I'm trying to create here. Yeah. So, yeah, we're done with our painting, and let's see the final look. That was a beautiful foggy, simple landscape painting today. Yeah, I hope you learned how to paint foggy effect and wet on wet technique and water control. Yeah. So let's see colors. We used gamboge yellow. And also, I think I mixed lemon yellow for good to add that color. And maples yellow, red, and cobalt blue. And we used sap green and indigo. Yeah. So these are the basic colors we used. I think I used lemon yellow when we are painting the sunlight. So that's it. And be ready for Tomorrow's project, which is going to be a little more advanced one and one of my favorite. So see you tomorrow. 10. Day 7 - Through The Meadows: Welcome back, everyone to day seven. So today's class project is a little exciting for me because, you know, I love painting countryside landscape, especially with sunny warm atmosphere. This was very fun to paint. So let's take a look at the colors I used for this one. I used Kobalt blue and indigo, Kobalt blue, especially for painting the sky. And for the meadow and the trees, I used sap green, and I used Vandyke brown to make it a little darker for the meadow. So yeah, let's start with a pencil sketch. I'm starting with the horizon line, um, almost in the middle. Yeah, just a straight line. And from there, I'm going to paint, sorry, outline the pathway. I'm keeping it narrow towards the horizon line and wider towards the forkgwd. Now I'm adding a mid line to the pathway. Yeah. Remember to keep it very narrow as it's going away to get that vanishing effect. Yeah. Now let's add some details in the foreground. I'm adding a tree branch that is leaning to the scene. Yeah. And in the distance around the horizon line, I'm just making some more distant trees. That's enough for the sketching. Now, let's start the painting. So for that, I'm going to start with wetting the sky part. We're going to paint a very clear sunny sky. So for that, I'm mixing cobalt blue, and I will add some very loose blobs here and there. And, you know, by adding the sky colors, we can also shape the clouds. Yeah. So here I'm using my round brush, and with that, I'm just loosely adding some kind of round shapes or some blobs. Going for another layer with a little more dark colors that is cobalt blue. And remember, we are working wet on wet. If you're feeling like your brush is too wet, you can also wipe it on a cloth or tissue in between the painting. Yeah. And now I just want to add some colors for the clouds, some very light shadows. So for that, I'm mixing naples yellow with indigo and with a very light gray shade. I'm adding some shadows there. I don't want to leave it bright or white color. Yeah. To paint clouds in sky like this, it's very important to control the wetness of your paper and brush. Here, I'm using only the water or that wetness on my paper, and I'm using a very damp brush and wiping it on a cloth in between painting. By doing like that, you can paint very soft looking clouds. Yeah. As you can see here, I have added one more layer for the sky. Now I'm going to paint the land part. So I'll start with painting the pathway. So for that, I'm using naples yellow with some burnt temper. Yeah. Before that, I'm going to wet the land part. Yeah. And straightly, I'm painting the pathway, adding the colors very loosely. I'm keeping it a little darker towards the foreground and more lighter as it's going heavy. Yeah. And before the pathway dries, let's add in the meadow. So we'll get that soft looking edge just between both. So for that, I'm mixing sap green, and lemon yellow, and some van **** brown to mute it down a bit. And with that mix, I'm just painting the meadow. As you can see here, I'm starting from the foreground with some small vertical lines for that grassy texture and going towards the foreground, sorry, horizontal line very carefully. Now we're loosely adding colors there, and then we will go for another layer to make it a little more darker here and there, especially for the foreground, and we'll create some more texture to the meadow. And you can see that I'm not adding colors towards the horizontal line. I'm just spreading the already painted colors there, just blending it with some water, to keep it lighter compared to the foreground. So we'll get that nice perspective. Yeah. Now, to paint another layer, especially for the foreground, I'm just mixing some sap green and indigo and also Vandyke brown. We need a little darker, warm green shade. Yeah. And now I'm going for another layer for the foreground part of the meadow. You can see that I'm just painting some wet on wet vertical lines. Yeah, and loosely adding some blobs here and there and just trying to make the edges a little more sharper and visible. And as it going away, I'm painting it smaller. Yeah. Again, I'm trying to make it a little more darker to the very foreground. So I'm mixing indigo and Van **** brown and adding some more colors there. By adding more and more layers, we will get beautiful effects. Yeah. Now, I hope you can see that volume and dimensional look for the meadow. So we'll use the same technique for the right side of the meadow. Here. And also I'm trying to keep the edge just a little more sharper. So for that, I'm just adding some very tiny vertical lines with more darker colors. That is Vandyke brown and indicomix and going towards the distant part of the pathway very carefully. Yeah. Now you can see that the pathway is coming to the shape by adding more and more darker colors on both sides for the meadow. Yeah. Okay, that's enough for the meadow. And now let's add some distant trees on the horizon line. So for that, I'm using the same mix of green that is indigo and van **** brown with sap green, almost like a very dark green or black shade. And with that, I'm just making some semi circles or some marks there. And the meadow part is still wet and you can see that the colors are bleeding downward. That's okay. We'll get some nice effect. Since we're painting loose landscapes, yeah, we will get beautiful watercolor wet on wet effects. And I'm also adding some this darker dots tree effex in the meadow making it more sharper and smaller towards the pathway. Yeah. Just loosely adding some dots on the meadow, I'm trying to shape the distant trees and trying to blend it here and there. Yeah. That's enough for the trees. Now let's add that mid line for the pathway. So using the same colors and just filling that space. Yeah. You can see that I'm moving my brush vertically for that grassy texture and making it a little sharper for both sides and going narrow towards the distant, part of the pathway. Yeah. And we'll add some little darker spots on that midline later. Yeah, I'm going very carefully to make it sharper. As it going away? And the paper is almost dry now, so we are working on dry. And now you can see that I'm just making some darker spots with a little more thicker and darker paint that is Vandyke brown and intigo. I felt like adding a little more darker colors to the foreground, so I'm using the same mix of colors, sap green, Vandyck brown and indigo and adding some more texture and some darker epic in the foreground that is wet on dry. My paper is almost dry now. And you can see that I'm just blending it here and there. Yeah, and adding some more tiny, tiny details here and there. And yeah, just fixing some details. Okay, now I'm going to paint that leaning tree branch in the foreground. So for that, I'm mixing sap grain, Van **** brown, and intigo. Again, we're using same mix of colors. Also, I mix it some lemon yellow to make it a little lighter because we'll start with a lighter layer, and then we'll go for more daca layers. So as you can see here, I started with a little bigger stroke. Then I'm going for some tiny, tiny dots and lines. Yeah. You can see how I'm using my brush. I'm using only the tip of my brush to paint in sharp details, and I'm using the side of the bristles to make it a little bigger. Yeah, just giving a little more pressure to make it a little wider and bigger stroke. And around that, I'm adding some tiny, tiny leaves, I mean, dots. Now I'm going for a little darker paint for another layer. As you can see here, I'm just going for some tiny branches, yeah. Remember, you can always look at your painting from a little distance, so you will know how you're going with the branches and foliage and all details. And if it's coming together nicely, ah, here I'm painting more and more tiny, tiny details around that. You can start with especially to paint foliage. You can start with bigger strokes or bigger shapes, and then you can paint some tiny details around that. So you'll get some nice effects. So now on that lighter layer, I'm going with some darker paint, you know, to kind of shadow or some little darker effects. That's it. Now, let's go for the final step that is painting the shadows on that pathway. So for that, I'm mixing cobalt blue and some naples yellow, and I'm trying to get a little cooler, light, grayish shade. Yeah. And with that, I'm just painting some shadows. I'm going very carefully. Yeah. I'm using a tissue paper to control the moist from my brush. Yeah, I'm just adding some loose light strokes. Yeah. I'm making it a little darker here and there and a little lighter and smaller dots here and there. Yeah. And also, I will paint the shadows on that meadow, not only on the pathway, yeah. So when you're painting shadows, one thing you have to be careful is that you need to mix very lighter colors, and then slowly, you can make it a little darker. But first, we have to start with very lighter colors. You know, we're painting shadows. We can see through. So to get that transparent effect, we have to keep it very lighter. And then you can make it a little darker here and there. Yeah. So for the first layer, keep it very lighter. Here I'm trying to blend it here and there, especially for the foreground. Now I'm mixing a little more darker colors. That is, again, cobalt blue and naples yellow, and I'm going to paint that shadow continuation to the meadow, just going with some light strokes. Yeah. That's the foreshadows. Now I want to make the foreground a little more darker because you know what color will dry lighter in color, so we can go for more layers. Yeah. So here I'm working on that foreground to make it a little more darker. And. And with a flat brush, I'm trying to lift some colors from that darker layer we added. And also, I'm trying to shape it here and there and fixing some details. Now we're done with the painting, and let's peel off the tape, and let's see the final look, and we also have to swatch the colors we used. I used cobalt blue, indigo, sap green and yellow or Aprils yellow and van **** brown. So yeah, that was a very beautiful class project today. I hope you enjoyed it. If anything was difficult for you to paint along with me, this class project, you can always ask in the discussion box. I'm always here to help. So yeah, see you tomorrow with the new project. Bye. 11. Day 8 - Moonlit Pathway: Hey, everyone. Welcome to Day eight. Today we'll paint this beautiful nocturnal landscape. We'll learn to paint the glowing moonlight and beautiful tree and a simple landscape. So let's see the colors. I'll use naples yellow, red by vanco. You can also use John Brilliant number two by Shinhan, which is also similar to that shade. And the next color I'm going to use is lilac, which is also similar to lavender. So you can use that color. And the next color we're going to use is ultramarine, and we'll also need indigo and Van **** brown for the landscape. So these are the colors. Okay, I hope you're ready for the painting. Let's start with a simple sketch. So here I'm fixing a horizon line very low. And I'm going to add a very distant mountain line just above the horizon line. Yeah. Now I'm adding a small pathway. So as always, I'm keeping it narrow as it going away and making it more wider towards the foreground. Yeah. That's it. Now, I'll add a mid line for that pathway. Now, let's start some distant trees around the horizon line. So I'm just adding some marks like some semicircles. That's enough for sketching. Now, let's start the painting. Here I'm going to wet the sky part only. I mean the upper part of the paper. Yeah, as always, you can rub your brush multiple times to make it into a nice even layer of water. I'm going to wipe water like in a circle to paint the moon light. So I'm using a tissue paper and just wiping it in a circle. So the colors will not spread there. We can keep that space white for the moonlight. You can even use a masking tape. You can cut it into a circle and you can stick it there. Or you can also use masking fluid or you can use white paint and you can fix the moon light once the painting completely done. Here I'm starting with naples yellow red and painting it around the moonlight to get that glow. And for the next color, I'm using lilac. And as you can see here, I'm moving my brush very gently and going in a circular motion very softly and slowly. And you can see that I'm using the paint directly from the palette. I'm not using water to mix it. I'm only using the wetness of my paper to blend all these colors. Now I'm using ultramarine and just painting around the moonlight, and I'm going to cover the entire sky part. Yeah. My brush is damp. I'm using a cotton cloth to wipe it in between painting to keep it damp, and I'm only using the wetness of my paper to blend all these colors. So you'll get that control over the pigment spreading on the paper. Trying to make that outline for the moon to a perfect circle. Yeah. You can blend it continuously until you feel satisfied to get that beautiful glow around the moonlight. Now, I want to make it a little more darker for the corners. So I'm mixing indigo and ultramarine, and I'm just painting that color for the corners to make it a little more darker, so we'll get that focus towards the moonlight. Yeah. And remember, my paper is still wet, so we are working wet on wet. And you can see that I'm using a tissue paper to wipe my brish Yeah. Blend, blend, blend, blend it continuously to make it into a glowing, soft sky. That's enough for the sky. Now let's start painting the landscape. So for the landscape, also, we'll use the same colors because it's like in a silhot. We're seeing the landscape because of the moon light reflection. So we're using the same colors. Here, I'm starting with the pathway. So I'm using the same mix of naple yellowed and lilac. And I'm just painting it on the pathway. Now I'm going to paint the land part. So for that, I'm using indigo. Yeah. I'm just filling that colors for both sides of the pathway. Yeah. And remember, as I painted the pathway, I lightly wet the land on both sides. So we're working wet on wet with indigo for the land part now. And as always, I'm keeping it a little darker for the foreground and more lighter as it going away towards the horizon line. I'm just adding some darker dots or, um, effects for the outline of the pathway to make it a little more visible and distinctive. Yeah. I'm using a little thicker paint. Yeah. Now, with the same mix of paint, I'm going to add that mid line of the pathway. Yeah. So for that also, I'm keeping it a little thicker and darker for the foreground and more thinner and lighter as it going away. So we'll get that vanishing effect. That's it. Now, let's add some background detail. So I'm going to add that mountain just above the horizon line. So for that, also, I'm using indigo and ultramarine with naples red and just loosely adding a mountain line there, and just under the moonlight I'm keeping it a little warmer with naples yellow red. Yeah. Okay. Now I'm going to add some distant details like some trees. So for that, I'm mixing a little thicker paint that is indigo without mixing water. Yeah. And just above the horizon line, I'm adding some very tiny marks or dots, like some semicircles. We have already practiced how to paint distant trees. To make marks for distant trees and details. So you can use that same technique. You can add some semicircles like in a very tiny size. Yeah. And also for that, you can paint it a little bigger ones here and there and some very, very tiny dots. Also, you can paint it in various sizes to get that depth for the landscape. Okay, that's enough for the landscape. Now we have to paint the bigger tree in the foreground. So before that, I'm going to dry this layer completely. So yeah, then we'll paint the tree. So I'm using my head dryer to dry the paper. Okay, now I'm going to draw a rough outline for the tree. So yeah, we're going to make it a little bigger and thicker tree. Okay, I'll start with naples low red. Yeah, then we'll go for more darker colors. Yeah, you can see that my brush is damp. So yeah, I'm starting with naples yellow red, and just near to the moonlight, I'm adding that color. And for the other side, we'll make it a little darker. Yeah. Remember, naples yellow red is a very opaque color. So you can paint it easily for that light affix for the tree on that ultramarine background sky, you don't have to keep it transparent. Now, you can see that I'm using very thicker paint for painting the other side of the tree. So, yeah. I'm just loosely adding indigo. As you can see here, I'm using a little thicker mix of paint. As it going towards the edges of right side, I'm making it a little more darker for the shadows. So I'm using more thicker mixture of indigo. Yeah. Actually, I'm painting directly from the palette. I'm not mixing it with water. Yeah, it's almost like black. And you can see that I'm just scratching my brush over the paper to get that dry texture. You can make the edges or the outline of the tree a little more detailed with some tiny, tiny dots or lines here and there, and you can keep it more thicker and looser as it's coming to the cender part. Yeah. I'm adding more and more tiny details to make it into a nice shape, especially on the edges. Now I'm going to add a little more naples yellow, red, which is an opaque color, to make it like some shadows and light reflections. So I'm painting on the indigo layer we already painted. We'll get some nice reflections. Now I'm going to add some more darker paints here and there on that light reflections, so we can make the shadows a little more defined, and we can create that depth for the tree. Now you can see that it's forming to a beautiful shape. On the shadows, also, I'm adding some Naples lo red. I also mixed it with some white guh. And on the shadows, also, I'm adding some details like some white spots for that reflections. There is no specific step by step process for painting loose trees. You can start with some thicker, bigger strokes. Then you can add some tiny, tiny details and you can form it into a nice shape. If you want more detailed class on painting trees, you can check out my previous class, which is completely about painting beautiful trees in watercolor. Now I'm using my paper knife and I'm just scratching some paint from the shadow part we painted, and we're trying to create some tree trunk and details like some branches. Yeah. That's it. Now. Let's peel off the tape and let's swatch all the colors we used. And let's see the final look. Okay, we used Nipris yellow red and lilac and ultramarine and indigo and Vandyke brown. I mix it Vandyke brown with indigo to get that darker effects for the tree, especially. So that's it for today. I hope you enjoyed today's clash project. I'm very satisfied with today's project B I love painting nocturnal landscapes, and, yeah, see you tomorrow with a new project tell them by. 12. Day 9 - Golden Peaks: Hello, everyone. I can't believe we have reached day nine of our mini Wat landscape series. I hope you're enjoying the journey so far. So today, we'll paint this beautiful mountain landscape. We'll see how to paint glowing light on the mountain and some pine trees in the foreground. So let's see the colors. I'll use Naples Siluette and gamboge for that glow on the mountain. And the next colors I'm going to use are lilac and cobalt blue for the shadows on the mountain, and I'll also use sap green and indigo for the landscape and the trees. So these are the colors. Okay, I'm going to start with sketching a symbol outline. So here I'm drawing the mountain, starting from the center, and then going down for both sides. Yeah. Now I'm drawing some details for the landscape that is going to be in the foreground. So I'm adding some distant trees and also a thin river line reflecting in the background. So I'll add some white lines to suggest that. And in the very foreground, I'm adding more trees. Yeah, that is going to be the focus. Yeah. Now I'm wetting the whole paper, and we'll start with painting the mountain. I'm just wiping some colors from that peak of the mountain so we can keep that space white when we paint the sky. Yeah. With cobalt blue and lilac, I'm going to paint a very plain sky. Yeah, I'm just feeling that colors. They are wet on wet. Yeah. You can make it a little darker for both corners, and towards the mountain, you can make it a little lighter. Yeah. Okay, that's it. Now I'm going to dry this layer with my head dryer so we can paint the mountain easily. To paint the mountain, I'm going to start with that glow effect. So for that, I'm using naples yellow, red, and the paper is almost dry there. We have already wiped water from there. So yeah, I'm just filling that color there. And then I'll add some gamboge to make it a little more warmer. Yeah. I'm just spreading that color with lots of water downward. Before it gets dry, I'm adding gamboclo. As you can see here, it's like wet on wet. Yeah, loosely, adding gamboclo on napleclo red layer. Going to add more details to the mountain. So here I'm mixing lilac and cobalt blue and indigo, and I'm adding some. Previous layer is still wet, so we're working on wet. So you'll get some nice soft glow. I'm just adding the shadow colors here and there. I don't have an idea. I'm just going with the flow, and let's see how it will turn out. Yeah. And also, I'm just spreading that color here and there. I don't want to keep it that contrasting between the glow and the shadow part. So let's create some kind of texture there. So I'm just spreading that shadow colors with my damp brush here and there. Let's add and lift more and more colors and let's work on more layers. So we can make the mountain into a nice shape. Now you can see that shadows are looking more darker now. And also, I want to create that focus towards the peak of the mountain. So I'm just adding some more shadow colors. That is intcocabalt blue and lilac mix on the other side, the downside of the mountain. So we'll get that focus towards the glowy peak part of the mountain. In between that, I'm also using a small size flat brush to lift some colors here and there, and I'm trying to shape it. Yeah. Okay, now I think I want to add more colors to the shadow pot. So I'm mixing a little more thicker paint that is covald blue indigo and lilac. And I'm just adding that color to one side of the mountain and making it a little more darker acid coming downward. Adding some tiny, tiny thin lines here and there with a small brush, create that texture. Yeah. I think I want to add more gambo hello for that glow. So here I'm mixing again, naples hello red and gamboge and I'm just going for another layer. It's already dry there, so I'm working like wet on dry and just adding that colour there and I'm just softening the edges with water. You can see that I'm using a small size bridge. I think that is filled board bridge in small size, and I'm trying to create that glow again. So what color will dry lighter so we can work on more layers to make it a little more vibrant. Now I'm going for more darker mix of paint to make the shadows a little more darker. So in watercolor that is how things will work. Like we can create shape slowly by adding more and more layers and lifting some colors. Yeah, we can start from a lighter layer, and then we can go for darker, darker. So slowly, we'll get that shape. I'm adding some more tiny, tiny dots and lines here and there. Now, I'm trying to lift some colours for that light effix again. So paper is still wet. So I'm just trying to make some more effix here and there. And also, you can see that I'm using a tissue paper, so we can wipe the lifted colours on that. I think I'm going to stop it there. Otherwise, I'll over on the mountain. So here I'm wetting the down part to paint the landscape. Yeah. And also, you can see that I have softened that edges of the mountain colors. Now I'm mixing sap green and indigo to start painting the landscape. I'm just filling that color there, and I'll create some distant pine tree effic by adding some wet on wet vertical lines. Yeah, you can see that I'm using the tip of my brush, and also I mix it some cobalt blue because to get that foggy effect for the distant trees. Yeah. So now I'm using a mix of sap green indigo and cobalt blue. It's like a pastel shade, and I'm also wiping my brush in between painting to keep it damp. Yeah. Again, we're working with the wetness of the paper. My brush is very damp, so we'll get that control. You can see that I'm trying to create some tiny, tiny vertical lines in the very distance for that pine effect. And as it coming towards the foreground, I'm creating more darkness with more intigo and sub grain mix. And also, I'm trying to make it a little detail for some trees. Yeah. By adding some sidewise branches and details. As you can see here, for some trees, I'm just making some more details. Okay, now with the same mix of colors, I'm going to fill the down part entirely, by leaving a little gap there for that river reflections. You can also use a white pen or a pack white for that line if you can't leave space for that. Now, for the very foreground part, I'm going to make it a little more warmer with locre and sap green. Yeah. So I'm just fill in that color in the foreground part, and we'll paint some bigger trees there. In between that, I want to add some more trees in the background, foggy trees. So with lilac and cobalt blue, I'm adding some more trees there. Like, some very tiny vertical lines, yeah, for the left side part of the background tree section. Okay, that's it. Now we're going to paint the foreground details. So before that, I'm just softening the edges. With a flat brush, I'm just using some water to soften the edges. Now I'm going to loosely fill the sap green mix there. Then we will paint some trees. In between that, I'm also trying to rework on some details in the background. Like I'm lifting some more colors from that white line. Be wet paint will spread again there and it will get out of shape again. So we can rework on that and we'll get it into a perfect shape. And also, I'm trying to add some more trees here and there in the background again. Yeah. Okay, now I'm going to add some little darker paint foreground part. Yeah. I don't want to leave it that lighter. So I'm just adding some sap green and indigo mix there, wet on wet. Since it's in the foreground, I'm trying to create some kind of details or texture there by adding and lifting more and more colors. That's enough. Now, let's paint the bigot trees, which is my favorite part. And yeah, I'm going to paint some pine trees. So I'm starting with a very sharp, thin vertical line. And then from that line, I'll paint some tree leaves and branches sidewise. If you want to know how I'm using my brush for these thicker strokes, you can also check out my previous class. I'm explaining that in detail there. Yeah. So you can use the tip of your brush for that sharp details, and then you can bend complete bristles to make it thicker. And as it coming downward, you have to paint it a little more looser and thicker. Now I'm going for another tree. Yeah. Now you can see that correct perspective. Yeah, we are near the bigot tree, and we can see that mountain and the distant trees in the background. Some elements can change the whole look of the landscape. So these trees are the focal point of this painting, actually. Also, the glow on the mountain is the focal point. But I think painting this tree giving more life to the painting. Now I'm painting some more trees. Yeah. I'm starting with a vertical line, a thin, sharp line. And then for both sides, I'm using some thicker strokes to paint it like pine trees. Going for another tree also. And remember to mix your colors in very thick consistency so you can keep it darker compared to the background. I'm only using sap green and intigo. Now again, I'm trying to make it a little textured for the very foreground part. Now I want to add one more tree on the left side of the paper. I'm using a medium size round brush for this trees, and its tip is very pointed, so I can paint sharp details. At the same time, I can also use it for thicker strokes. Now, I want to add some light reflections on the pine trees because it looks very flat and dark. So I'm using a mix of apa white and yellow. I think that is naples yellow. So with that mix, I'm just adding some strokes and details on the left side only of the pine trees. Yeah, you can see that beautiful reflections on the trees. And also, I'm trying to add some effects on that forkgowd part. We're almost done with the painting. Again, I'm trying to rework on the background details. Yeah. I'm feeling like that white line for the river reflections is looking too bright, so I'm trying to blend it here and there. Yeah. I think that's it. We are done with our painting. Now, let's see the final look. I used Naples silhouette and gamboge for that glow on the mountain and also Lilac and cobalt blue for the shadows of the mountain. And also, I used sap green and indigo for the land part, and also I mixed indigo for the shadows of the mountain. So that is a final result of today's painting. I hope you enjoyed today's class project, and we are almost at the end of this challenge. So see it tomorrow with the final project. Bye. 13. Day 10 - A Lone Tree: Welcome back, everyone today ten, and today is going to be the final project in this challenge, and it is my favorite from all ten clash projects. So yeah, let's see the color palette. I'll use Serlin blue and Kobalt blue for the sky. And for the clouds, I'll use indigo. And for the land part, I'm going to use sap green and lemon yellow. So yeah, these are the colors you'll need. I'll start by sketching an outline, so I'm going to start with a lower horizon line. And from there, I'm going to add that line for the river going through the land pot, and I'll also add one tree near the river. Yeah, and a mountain line in the background, just about the horizontal line. Yeah, that's it for the sketching. Now let's start the painting. So for that, I'm going to wet the whole paper with clear water. Yeah, I'm just adding an even layer of water to the paper, and we'll start by painting the clouds and the sky. To paint the clouds, I'm going to use mix of indigo, back white, and cobalt blue. So we'll get a cool grayish shade. And also, I'm using some water to make it a little thin mix. Yeah. And with that, I'm going to paint the clouds straightly you can always start with a bigger shape or bigger stroke, and then you can add some details or small strokes or dots and lines to make it detailed. So you can see that I'm keeping it more thicker and looser for the upper part of the clouds. And as it coming downward, I'm keeping it more narrow, thin, horizontal lines. So we'll get that perspective for the clouds. Yeah. Now, for the sky, I'm using a mix of cobalt blue and Serlin blue. And as you can see here, I'm leaving a little gap between the sky and clouds to keep that highlight for the clouds. So almost like we're painting negatively. And also, you can see that I'm using some dots and lines with the blue mix for the sky. So we'll get some nice edges for the clouds. Yeah. And we can also add more layers for the clouds to make it more darker. And also, I'm going between the clouds with the sky color. So yeah, we can keep that perspective nicely. Now I'm going for another layer for the clouds with the same mix of colors. Yeah, you can see that little darker effect. I'm going through the highlight part of the clouds carefully. I don't want to cover it entirely. So yeah, I want to keep that space a little brighter. A, I'm adding more and more tiny, tiny effix or lines with the darker gray mix. And also I'm mixing or blending it with some water. Yeah, I don't want any hard or sharp edges. Yeah. I'm working on more and more layers to make it a little more contrasting. Yeah. And I will blend the edges with water. Yeah. So you can work on multiple layers to make the sky and clouds contrasting and in a dimensional look or effect. I'm trying to make some more effects on the clouds with more intego mix. And I'm using water to keep the edges softer. I'm going through the down part of the clouds again with some Kobalt blow mix. Yeah, I want to add some sky effects through the clouds. Yeah. I'm using a small size angle brush. You can use any detailer for tiny details like this. I think that's enough for the sky and clouds. And let's start painting the land part. So I'm going to start with the river. I'm using the same colors we used for the sky for the reflections. So first, I'm wetting the paper and adding the same colors that is indigo and cobalt blue. I'm not overworking, just adding same colors for the river. Yeah. Now I'm going to paint the land part. For that, I'm using a mix of sap green and lemon yellow. It with that, I'm just filling the foreground part of the paper. Yeah. I'm trying to make it a little darker for the very foreground by adding some indigo. You have to paint it around the river line carefully. Yeah. I'm trying to make it a little more darker for the foreground. Around the river line, I'm adding some loose lines or dots to make it a little detailed. Like maybe some stones or some bushes or some kind of effects like that. Yeah. Okay, now I'm going to dry this layer, and then we'll add more details. Okay, now let's paint the background mountain. So for that, I'm using indigo and sap grane and some cobalt blue. A little dark and cool gray shade. And with that, I'm just filling the background mountain. I'm trying to keep the horizon line sharper and straight. Yeah. Now, you can see that the land part and the river is more visible now. And with a little more thicker paint that is indigo and sap gran mix, I'm just adding some distant trees around the mountain, just above the horizon line. Loosely adding some dots and small small effix there. Okay, now with the same mix of colors, I'm going to add some reflections for the river. So I'm using the same mix of colors we used for the mountain and adding some straight lines horizontally just under the horizontal line. I'm not overworking carefully adding some lines. Okay, now let's add the tree, which is going to be the focus of the painting. So for that, I'm using a mix of sap green and some indigo to make it a little darker, not too dark, yeah. And I'm going to paint the tree there. We have already added an outline there, so I'm just filling that space carefully. Yeah, I want to make it a little dry effect, so I'm not using that much water. You can see that I'm just going in loosely, yeah. With the tip of my brush, I'm adding some lines for the tree trunk and some details here and there. Yeah. When you paint trees or clouds or any kind of effects, you can start with some bigger shapes or bigger strokes. Yeah, and then you can shape it with more tiny tiny details. Yeah. First, you can make it exist, and then you can make it better. Okay, now I'm adding some shadows the same mix of colors. Now I want to add some details around the tree and the river line. So I'm just adding some darker dots or some semicircles for the distant Tree details. Yeah, some bushes or some kind of effects in the distance. So I'm just adding some dots and lines here and there. And also, I want to add some birds in the sky. Yeah. So I'm just adding some very tiny birds. And I'm trying to lift some colors from the tree. I felt like it's too flat and dark. Using a dam brush, I'm trying to lift some colors from there and making it a little more darker for the other side. That is the left side of the tree. So yeah, we are done with our painting now. Let's peel off the tape and let's see the final look. Oh we used, Serlinblue and cobalt blue for the sky and for the clouds, indigo, and for the land pot, sap green and lemon yellow. So these are the colors we used. And that is a final result of our painting. I hope you enjoyed today's clutch project. And yeah, I really like the result of today's painting. It looks like a beautiful, sunny bright day landscape. So that is a final clutch project in this challenge. Celia. 14. Thanks For Joining: Thank you so much, everyone for joining this class, and I'm so happy that you're here by completing this ten day challenge, and I hope you enjoyed painting along with me and you learned some techniques about painting relaxing landscapes in watercolor. I'm so excited to see your class projects. Please applaud them in the project section, so I can give you feedback, and other students can also engage. And if you have any questions or doubts, as we paint along, you can always ask in the discussion box. I'll replay as soon as possible. I can't wait to know your feedback about the class, please leave a review on the Skillshare. That will be very helpful for me. Thank you so much again, and I'll see you with a new class very soon. Till then bye.