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1. Welcome to 100 Days of Oceans: No Hi. Welcome to 100 days of
Oceans in watercolor. Yes, you heard it
right. Hundred days. Before we begin, you might
be wondering why oceans, why water for an entire
100 days challenge. The answer is simple.
Water is one of the most fascinating and unpredictable subject
an artist can paint. No two waves are ever the same. The ocean can be calm
and peaceful one moment and wild and
dramatic the next. It reflects the
sky, the weather, light, even our emotions. Every time you paint it, it
tells a different story. Within this single subject, there are endless possibilities. We can paint gentle waves, calming waves, crashing waves, glowing sunsets over the
horizon and colorful boats, moody seas, quiet
beach mornings. Really, the ocean is
so unpredictable, we will never run out
of ideas to paint. I chose this subject
because it gives us the perfect opportunity
to practice one of the most important
watercolor skills. It is to learning to control water while also
learning to let it go. More you understand water, the more confident
you will become, not just in painting oceans, but also painting in
watercolor as a whole. Throughout these hundred days, we will begin with
the fundamentals, simple ocean waves
and water movement. Then little by little, we will build on those
skills, introducing horizons, skies, reflections, boats,
different lighting conditions, and a variety of ocean modes. Every lesson is designed to build naturally on
the previous one. So by the end of the challenge, you will be amazed at
how much you have grown. Hi, I'm Sukrutha, watercolor
artist and teacher. Over the years, I have created so many challenge based
classes here on Skillshare, but this is by far
the biggest and most exciting project
I have ever shared. My goal isn't just for you to
complete hundred paintings. It's for you to
develop confidence, consistency, and deeper
understanding of watercolor. Some days your painting
might surprise you. Some days it won't
go as planned, and that's perfectly normal
because learning watercolor, just like Ocean itself
isn't always predictable. So grab your brushes, your paints, and your paper. Let's dive into this
journey together. One ocean, one wave, one painting at a time. I will see you in Devon.
2. Your Journey Starts Here (Class Overview): Now that you know what this
challenge is all about, let's take a quick look at how this class is going to work. This challenge begins on July 1 and will continue over
the course of 100 days. To make this journey
enjoyable and sustainable, we will be taking
every Sunday off. Think of these Sundays
as your catch up day as a chance to complete any
projects you have missed, practice your favorite
techniques again, or simply take a
well deserved break before starting a new week. Let me give you a quick
overview of the curriculum. I have designed this challenge
very thoughtfully so that every lesson builds
on the previous one. Instead of jumping into
complex paintings right away, we will gradually develop our
skills one step at a time. The first five days dedicated
to fundamentals of oceans. The next five days
will introduce you to beautiful sunset
ocean scenes. After that, we will spend another five days painting
a variety of ocean sunsets, beach I'm in waves
with horizons. The next five days are all about energy movement as we
paint crashing waves. Once we are comfortable
with the ocean itself, we will begin adding
our first subjects during the following five days. The tiny boats on the horizon
with their reflections. The next five days, we'll
take those ideas a step further by combining boats
with colorful sunset skies. After building all these
fundamental skills, we will move on to one of the biggest sections
of this challenge, 30 days dedicated to entirely boats and
their reflections. Finally, we'll bring
everything together in our advanced seascapes where we will paint
dramatic lighthouses, moody beaches, crashing
waves, and so on. By the end of this hundred days, my goal is not just for you to have 100 beautiful paintings. I want you to understand
why each painting works. I want you to be able to look at an ocean reference
or even imagine one yourself and confidently paint it from scratch to finish. Whether it's a peaceful
beach, a colorful sunset, a dramatic wave or a boat
with beautiful reflections, you will have the knowledge and confidence to create your
own ocean paintings. I'm really excited to take this journey with you
if you are ready. We will move on to the next
lesson where we will go over all the art supplies we'll need for this challenge. I
will see you there.
3. Gather Your Supplies: Let's quickly go
over all the art supplies I'll be using throughout this
hundred days class. First, let's talk
about the paper. I will be using
Fabriano artist co, 300 GSM, 100% cotton,
cold pressed paper. I usually buy my paper in large rolls because
it's more economical, and then I cut it
into smaller sheets. The size I'll be using
for this class is roughly six point sorry, six into 9 " or about
16 into 23 centimeters. Normally, I cut the sheets myself using a ruler
or a craft knife, but this time, I had
them professionally cut at a nearby
stationery store. Of course, if
you're buying rows, you can easily cut them
yourself at home as well. Moving on to the brushes, I kept things really simple. I used silver black velvet
round brushes in sizes ten, six, and two for
almost every painting. For larger washers, I used
Princeton wash Brush, and also I used a
Princeton Heritage series round brush size eight. For a palette, I simply
used a ceramic palette, which is my personal
favorite because it makes color mixing
so much easier. As for the paints, I used a mix of professional
watercolor brands, including Sennelar
white knights, a brand called QR, Winsor and Newton and Aquaton. I will always mention
the exact colors we will be using right before
each project begins, so you don't have to worry
about remembering them now. Finally, there are just a few extra supplies you will need some masking tape to create clean white borders
around your paintings, a water container,
paper towels to remove excess water or pigment from your brushes
whenever needed. And that is everything. These are all the supplies I'll be using throughout the class. Don't worry if you don't
have the exact same brands. I always believe it's the
techniques that matter most, and you can absolutely
follow along with whatever quality materials
you already have. Next lesson, we will begin our very first class
project where we will paint a beautiful
gentle wave scene together. I will see you there.
4. Day 1 - Gentle Ocean Waves : Hey, guys. Welcome to
Class Project one. So we are keeping it very simple today because the
first few days, if you have seen the curriculum, the first few days
would be all about painting the basics
like ocean waves. So it may be simple,
but you need this, you know, to move ahead and paint the next modules
of the curriculum. So if you haven't seen it, I have already sent out a mail
regarding the curriculum. So please check it. And yeah, I will begin by
taking the colors. So this is Naples yellow. From Seneliar and hookers
green again Senear. If you don't have hookers green, you can use sap green as well. Or viridian green, emerald green. All these
colors would work. And this is indigo from the
band Windsor and Newton. So I will start. Sorry. I have to first watch out the colors. I'll take the tissue. I forgot to take it, Mom. And ready. This
is naples yellow. We will be using very
light shade of it, and also we'll be mixing it
with hooker's queen first. So this is Hooker's queen. It's very nice to paint the water greenish water.
This is a perfect color. I'll mix a little
bit of naples to it, and I get this very light color. Yeah. So this is indigo. Again, I'll be using
very light shade of it. So we are painting
ocean waves today. It starts with this color and followed by hookers cream,
followed by indigo. Now, I'm ready, so let's go. I'll first wet the paper using clean water
and my wash brush. Wet the paper thoroughly. Do not leave any puddles
lying around on the paper. As you can see, I'm taking
lots and lots of water. This is why 100% cotton and 300 GSM paper
is very important. It holds lots of water. And you can absorb if
you use 100% cotton, 300 GSM, that the paper stays wet for a long time so that you have lots
of time to work. Now I will remove all
the excess water. By tilting the paper like this. On the water is now removed. And also, I will clean up the edges to remove
extra water as well. So now I tate my silver
black velvet brown brush, and I will first
take this hooker's green mixed with tiny
bit of maples yellow. I will start from here. We
will do a quick gradient wash. But this is not gradient. You know, I will start adding hookers green
in the middle. Yep, and start with hooker
screen mixed with Indigo. Now this is just
the initial wash. We will now begin the
second wash, second layer. When the paper is still wet, I'm taking my silver black
velvet number six brush, and I will take Hooker screen. I have to stand up
from my chair because I can't see properly from here. And I will start with
adding the waves. So if you add straight line, it doesn't look like a wave. Add it like this, this
looks like a wave, right? So we are following
that steps now. Now, as we come down, I will mix hooker's green
gradually with indigo. Do not add directly
the darker color. The transition
should be gradual. Oh Now I will add more indigo because
we are coming we are painting almost at
the bottom of the paper. Now again, more
indigo, and that's it. Since we painted wet on wet, you can see that
paint has spread, so I will quickly adjust
it using a damp brush. And Yep. I like how this has turned out. I want this part to look
darker a little bit. So I'll quickly add in the devo. Yeah. This is okay. I'm okay with how
this is looking now. So I'll keep this for drying. Once it dried, we'll see
what changes we can make. And if I like how it
looks after it dries, I will add the reflections
and wrap up today's project. So I will see you guys
in a couple of minutes. Hi. I'm back. My paper has dried up. I have, I don't want to paint anything on this right now because it
is looking so perfect. If I add anything, I'm scared that I'll ruin it, but I have to go ahead and
paint some reflections. So I will take indigo
mixed with hookerscreen. And we will start painting
the reflections now. So reflections I will be adding at only at specific places. Okay. Here. And this is the perfect place because
there is a lot of glare. The white is the
glare from the sun. It's the light, actually. So you can add
reflections over there. Yeah. Go on here. Yeah. I know here. And with a bit darker color that is more indigo
and less cars green, I will add reflection
over here as well. Yep. That is it. And now, as a final step, I will take white wash
and splatter some paint. Tiny bit to indicate
the glare from the sun. Yep. And that is it for today's class project. And that is it. That is today's class project. This may seem very
simple and that is very intentional because I want you guys to get used
to painting oceans and views before we proceed
with boats and reflections. So this is you can
think of this as the foundation for our
hundred days class. The next couple of days, I think not more than five
would be the foundation class. I hope you enjoyed painting this very simple ocean
waves scene today. I will see you guys tomorrow
with another project. So thank you so much
for joining me. And, yeah. See you tomorrow.
5. Day 2 - Whispers Of The Sea: Um, today we are using
only one color indigo, but several values of it. I'll show you how. So I'm taking indigo from
Windsor and Newton. And we will do Swatch Na. So basically, this is
how indigo looks, right? So basically, this is the color, but we will be using several
values of the same color. That is, you take water and
a very little bit of paint. You get one value. And then you increase
the paint a little more. You get another value. And finally, we will
use indigo asides. That is less water
and more indigo. Here we have taken more
water and less paint. Here, somewhere 50 50, 50% water, and 50% paint. Here, almost 80% of
paint and 20% of water. So this is how you get different values of the same color. So we will be using this to
paint today's ocean waves. So without delay,
let's get started. I will take my wash brush and I will start wetting the paper. Take your time with this step because this is the
main, you know, main step in painting
the rest of the work because you need to somehow you need to keep the paper wet for a
long time, right? So we have made short we have made sure to
use the right paper, 100% cotton, coal pressed
paper, 300 Son paper. So it holds lots of water. And second step is to paint
sorry, add water thoroughly. And I will remove the
extra water like this. You can either remove the
water using, you know, this technique that
is wiping around the edges or this one,
you know, like this. By tilting your board. Whatever is comfortable for you. Now, I will take my silver
black velvet round brush, and I will start with the
first value of the color. That is this one. More
water and less paint. As we come down, we
will start adding the We'll start
adding more pigment. Now we have to adjust this now. I'll just take a damp brush and startbnding it into the paper. I will add darker
shade at the bottom. Now, I will take my
silver black velvet, number six round brush. This is a bit smaller than
the one I had before. So with this, I will start
adding detail waves. I'm working faster
because it's very hot here and my paper
is getting dried up. As we have already discussed
in previous past projects, your brush strokes
are very important. Now, if you paint
a straight line, it doesn't look like a way. But if you paint it like this, it does look like a wave. So that's what I'm
following here. So yeah, this is looking good. And I'm going to keep
this for drawing. Once this dries,
we will see what to add the reflections part. So I will see you guys
in a couple of minutes. Hi, my paper has dried up now, so I will take my
silver black velvet, number two, small brush, and I will start adding
the reflections. So wherever you see
the white part, you add reflections over there. It's important to not overdo
this part because easily, you will ruin your painting if you add reflections everywhere. Oh Yeah, I think I'm okay with
how this is looking. So now I will take whitewash. Remember, this is a
very simple painting. We're just warming up for
100 days with this simple, ocean waves exercise.
This is the glare. And that's it. We are now
done with our class project. I will remove the tape
since my paper is dried. And that's it.
There you have it. Today's class project. I hope you enjoyed painting
this with me today and tomorrow we'll be painting a different scene, a
different project. So I'm very excited about that. I'll see you guys
in my next video. Thank you so much for
joining me today.
6. Day 3 - The Roaring Sea: No. Hey, guys. Welcome to today's
class project. So we are painting a very
simple ocean wave scene today. We have painted them so far, but a few so far. I mean, but today's
is a bit different. I mean, I think we have covered only the calm ocean
waves scene so far, I think. So today, we will be covering
how the ocean would look, especially the waves if
there was a storm storm. So basically, the waves would
be very, you know, wavy. And then, yeah, I think, basically, that's the idea. I don't know how
it'll pan out because I'm not following any
reference for this. I have two colors here. Turquoise blue from the brand white Knights and
Indigo from WinsorgNwton. Let us quickly
swatch these colors. We'll take my brush. I have to take a paper towel. Let me go ahead and get it. Done. So I'll be taking
very light version of it. And we will be mixing
a tiny bit of indigo to this turquoise blue because I don't want the
water to look like this. I want it to look
somewhere in the middle of this turquoise blue
and indigo color. So let's go. Diluted version. This is great, but I need
a little bit of indigo. Yeah. And then eventually, I will dacken it using indigo
without mixing tocosbl. So this is indigo
color, by the way. So on the top, the water would
look very light in color. So as we come down,
it gets darker, and we have to paint the water in the shape of waves.
I will show you how. So basically, this is horizontal lines using
your brush, right? But if you are
painting the wave, it should look like this. I should look like
this from Yeah. This is basically
the shape of a wave. So this is the idea. Now, I will begin by wetting the paper using my wash
brush and clean water. Yep. Now, I will remove all the extra water
from around the edges. If you are a complete beginner, you need to practice
these breast strokes a lot because we will be
painting oceans and beaches, sorry, oceans and
waves after all. So that is the key
for the hundred days. If you master these wave shapes, you will get you can even paint your own ocean scapes without
relying on any tutorial. Now, let's begin. I will
take my turquoise blue, I will mix it with indivo
I will start from the top. On the top, we'll be
using very light color. As we come down, the
color gets darker. That means more indigo
and less torquoise. Now, while the
paper is still wet, I will paint some waves
over here as well. This is a stormy ocean
wave scene, right? So there will be a lot of
bends here in our strokes. Now I will adjust the
shapes once again. I'm not taking any paint on
my brush I'm simply using a wet hungry brush
so that it absorbs all the paint and
give me that I mean, it gives me that white
space in between the waves, which is essential to
differentiate between two waves, we need that white color. Now, I will take Indigo. These wests. I have to work while
the paper is still wet. And also, I would suggest
you guys to work a bit faster because this
is wet on wet after all, and the paper won't stay
wet for a long time. Yep. Now, it looks like the
sea is kind of disturbed, and that is because
there is storm going on. If the waves look, you know, flat with less carw here, that means the ocean is calm. Now I will keep
this ford drying. Once it dries, we will see what reflections
we can add here. So I will see you guys
in a couple of minutes. So my paper is now dried. So I will take Indigo. I will add a few reflections
here and there because uh Um, I don't know
if I should add. This is looking great
now. I don't know. Okay, let's go ahead and add the reflections and
see what happens. The reflections
should be added in the white spaces only, guys. That is the one thing that
you need to remember. Lighten the color a little bit. No, dark color I'm going to add one more
near this way, I think so. Yeah, that's it. Now I
will take whitewash. So with whitewash, I'm
going to add a few details. I will also change my brush. This is Silver Black
Velvet number two, smaller brush smaller than
these two that I was using. I will take whitewash. Just lightly splatter it. Do not spatter too
much of this colour. Whitewash. Just a
little is enough. This is the glare. You can even use a masking fluid to
cover up the white area. That will look even better. But we are keeping it
very simple for today. And yeah, this is
our class project. I will remove the tape. Yep. Here. You have to remove
the tape here as well. Remove the tape only if
your paper is dried. If it is wet, we can wait for a couple of minutes. Here you go. I hope you guys enjoyed painting this Tawny beach ocean
wave scene today. And thank you so
much for joining me. I'll see you guys tomorrow with a brand new class project.
7. Day 4 - Stormy Emerald Waters: Hi, everyone. Welcome to
today's class project. So yesterday, we have painted
a stormy ocean wave scene. Today we are painting the
similar similar scene but with different colors. So I thought that to be a
great practice as well. So I'm taking Yesterday, we only took about
blue shades, right? So today, I'm taking
so many colors. I think I'm going to
skip one of these. I don't know which.
So I'll just take naples yellow on
the brand elliar. And actually, with
naples yellow, viridian would look great. But I want to see what color I would get if I add
sap green instead. So, naples yellow, sap green, viridian is out
and hookers green. These make perfect colors, but I want a darker
green as well. So I think I'm going to
take indigo, as well. No to darken this green color. So this is Indigo, a tiny bit. The focus should be
on the green shades, not on the indigo,
the blue shade. So we are going to
use indigo only to darken the hooker's green shade. So now I will take
naples yellow, I'll watch these colors. So this is naples yellow. This is my favorite of all
the yellows and sap gray. Sap glue. Of course, we'll be mixing
maples and sap to get the greenish shade that
I'm actually looking for. This is hooker's green, and this is indigo. We're gonna mix these
two together, of course. You can see the
dark green shade. So that's exactly what
we want. See. Yeah. Now, I will also mix
these two colors together and see
what color I'll get. Oh. Great. So we're going to
be using three shades here. This, which is a mix of these two and hookers creen and hooker screen
mixed with indigo. So this is our color
palette for today. Now, I will tape my wash brush
and quickly wet the paper. Yes, now, as you guys know, the next step would be to remove all the extra
water from here. They'll just take my
board and dump out all the water onto my board and then clean it
with my paper towel. H Now, I'll take my
Princeton brush. First color is this. We're gonna mix naples
yellow with sap grain. And we get this color. Lightly, I will start
painting with it. I think there's there's right color on my brush and I'm going to
quickly clean it. It's from a previous,
you know, project. Yep. It's good. I think it was born Sienna. I was using it to paint
a cityscape yesterday. This is the base layer, so it can be very light. Now, I will take my
Princeton brush. Round brush and then mix maples yellow and sap green to get that
light colored with. And let's begin painting. And I have mixed a
little bit of hookers green with my sap green. I just wanted to see
what color I get. Yep. Now, let's start
with Hookers green. Now, let's mix hookers
green with indigo. And we can paint the
bottom part of the waves. Made it to be a bit darker
here. And over here. And over here. Thought it was
unintentionally darker. So I'll just add darker shades
at the bottom, as well. I need to lift
something over here. And I will keep
this about drying. Once it dries, we will see what, I mean, where the
reflections are going to go. And I don't if I don't see
any reflections to be added, then I'll wrap up this
painting session. So yeah, I'll see you guys
in a couple of minutes. Hey, guys. Welcome back. My paper has dried, and I'm gonna be going
with the reflections here. For that, I will be taking Hoka screen with a tiny bit
of indigo, just a little bit. You know, your reflections
should not look. They are painted with indigo. So probably dark
green, not dark blue. So this is the color.
I hope you are seeing the shade in the
camera. So this is it. So I'll take that. And I will add reflections
here and there. Oh I'm gonna be adding more
reflections for this, for this scene
today because, no, I kept adding very minimal
reflection so far, and I want to see what
happens if I add a lot more. I'm liking the scene so far. I'm actually now scared
what What if I overdo it. So I'm scared to paint the reflections here in
this area and here as well. But, uh, yeah. My curiosity always
kills my doubts, so curiosity always
wins. Let's go. I don't want to I don't want to find out what
happens if I add there. I have a feeling that
I'm gonna ruin it, so I'll just take my white wash. I'll splatter something. That'll be our glare. Take the smallest brush I have. This is silver black
lot number two, and lots of white wash. Done. So this is
our project today. I hope you enjoyed painting
another stormy beach scene, but with a different
color today. I'm gonna remove the tape. My paper is dried, so I'm gonna just remove
it very quickly. And here you go.
Today's class project. I hope you guys enjoyed
painting this with me, and I will see you guys tomorrow with a brand
new class project. Thank you so much for joining me for this hundred
days project. It's kind of overwhelming, but even if you paint ten, 50 or 100, I would still be very happy that you joined. Thank you so much.
Sukrutha Jagirdhar, Watercolor Artist I Creative Entrepreneur
