15 Days of 15-Minute Watercolor Practice

1. Class Intro + Class Overview: Life gets busy, but your creativity deserves a spot in it. Even small moments spent creating can make your whole day feel brighter. And that's why I have created this 15 day Watercolor challenge, where all you need is 15 minutes a day to show up, paint, and reconnect with your art. Hello, everyone. My name is AninaNabu. I'm an artist, an architect, an author, and a top teacher on Skillshare. My first encounter with watercolor happened when I was at the age of five. Ever since that first discovery, what colors have become my escape? I love creating small pieces that doesn't require hours of work. And there is something deeply satisfying about watching a painting come to life from start to finish all in one go. It's calm, it's joyful, and every finished piece feels like a little win. We'll start the class by having a look at the materials. Then before each painting, we will chat about the colors you will need. Each painting is designed to be completed in 15 minutes or less. Whether you're a busy parent, a student or someone just trying to squeeze in a little U time, this challenge was created with that in mind. Even though each painting is tiny, we'll be going on a mini adventure every day. We'll paint soft meadows, rolling waves, lighthouses, cozy little mushrooms, foggy forest, a misty lake, and many more. So, yes, I'm officially inviting you all to this 15 day 15 minute aticula practice. A gentle, joyful way to show up for your creativity every single day. So grab your brushes, set a timer, and let's make these 15 minutes the best part of your day. 2. Before We Begin :): First, let me tell you a little about how this class was created. If you have been following me on Skillshare for a while, you probably know how much I love doing art challenges. But this time, I'll be honest, I was completely out of ideas. So I sat down with my 5-year-old daughter, and we just started seeing random words that came to our minds. It was such a fun and spontaneous moment, and from that list, I picked 15 prompts to build this challenge around. And that's how this class came to life. Simple, playful and from the heart. Now before we dive in, I want to quickly go over a few important points. First step is the paper size. For this entire challenge, we'll be working on small piece of watercolor paper. That's a format I have used to design and compose all the paintings. So to give you an idea, here's an example. This painting is more of a rectangle with longer side measuring around 11 centimeter and the shorter side, ten centimeter. I recommend using something of a similar size. It helps keep things quick and manageable. If you prefer working on a square format, that's totally fine, too. Just keep it on the smaller side, so the painting stays doable within the 15 minute time frame. Before we start each painting, I'll briefly walk you through the colours we'll be using. This way, you know exactly what to have on your palette for that particular artwork. To help you get a feel of the palette, I'll also be doing a quick swatching exercise at the start. It's a simple way to preview how the colors will work together. Next, I want to talk about the importance of clean brushes and a clean palette. I have learned this the hard way. There were times I rushed into painting and forgot to properly rinse my brush. Then I used to accidentally mess up my sky or my background. So make sure to thoroughly clean your brushes, especially when switching between colors. A clean brush gives you fresh, vibrant results every single time. There is one more thing I want to mention about brushes, particularly the wash brush. We used to apply a layer of clean water onto the paper. This is the brush I typically use for that step. I don't use it for painting or mixing color, so it stays mostly clean and ready whenever I need it for wetting the background. There is nothing wrong in using the same brush for painting as well as wetting the background, but just be sure it is clean before you do that step. Just like clean brushes, a clean palette is equally important. My palette has two larger sections for mixing and several smaller ones for individual colors. After each painting session, I always give it a quick clean using a wet cloth or a wipe, so it's fresh and ready for the next session. Working with a dirty palette often leads to muddy dull colors, and you lose that beautiful vibrancy we all love in watercolor. And finally, let's talk about the water jars. I highly recommend using two jars, one for rinsing off pigment and one for clean water. If you're able to change your water frequently, then one jar might be fine. But for paintings like this, where we need clean water midway through, having two jars helps you act quickly without drying out your background. So those are a few key points to keep in mind. I know most of you are familiar with them already, but a quick reminder never hurts. Alright, so it's time to officially get started with our watercolor challenge. 3. Materials you'll need: Alright, so let's start by having a look at the materials we will need for this particular challenge, and I will start with the paper. So this is the particular paper I'll be using for this challenge. It is from St. Cuthbertsmll, and this is the paper series. It's saunters Waterford. You can go with any paper you normally use. Just be sure it is artist grade quality. And here's the size I'm going with. It is ten centimeter by 11 centimeter. I just divided that sheet of paper into small pieces, and that's the size I have come up with. You can go with a different size or a different orientation, even that is totally fine. Okay, so that's all about the paper. Just be sure to go with any good quality is grate watercolor paper so that you can enjoy the process to the fulest. Now, coming to the colors, I will be using watercolor tubes from various brands. I just mix and use various brands. That's what I prefer. And at the beginning of every painting, I will be explaining particular colors required for that painting. Now the next thing you will need is a mixing palette. This particular palette has a lot of divisions and I have squeezed out some paint in advance. So whichever is empty, I will squeeze out as I'm painting. So mixing palette is just for mixing. You can go with any palette It can be plastic or ceramic. Even a dinner plate will work. Okay. Now let's talk about the brushes. So here I have five different brushes. The first one is a 1 " wash brush to apply water onto the paper. Then I have a half inch flat brush. This is to apply paint onto the backgrounds mostly. Then I have three different round brushes, size number eight, size number six, and size number two. The paintings that we're doing in this challenge are very small. So just go with any brushes that works for a smaller scale painting. Okay? The next thing you will need is two jars of water. One has to stay clean, and the other one is to run off the paint from your brush. Now, coming to the last set of materials, you will need a masking tape. I will be fixing my paper directly onto my table. But if you prefer fixing that onto a board, that is totally fine. You could do that. Okay. Now the next thing you will need is a pencil and an eraser. There isn't a lot of sketching involved, but for some of the paintings, we have to do some minor sketches. Now the last thing you will need is a paper towel. You can also use a cotton cloth instead of a paper towel. Alright, so that summarize, all the materials you will need for this 15 days of 15 minute verticular practice. So keep them ready, and let's start with Day one. 4. Day 1 - Foggy Forest: Hello, dear friends. Welcome to another brand new watercolor challenge. And here's the first painting we are doing in this challenge. It's a really quick, mysterious, foggy forest. Now we'll start by having a look at the colors. I think you can already guess the colors. It is indigo and pinks grey. For the background, I have used indigo, and along the bottom, have used a mix of pains grey and intigo. Then for the trees as well, it's a mix of both. But instead of using indigo acets, I have added a bit of pressio blue into it. I tried the same painting with indigo. It was looking very dull, and I tried the same with Prussian blue. It was very bright. So I want a mix of both, and that's a color I'm going to go with. So it's a mix of Prussian blue and indigo. You can use indigo acetus. You don't need to mix and create this color. Okay. Now the second color you will need is paints gray. Add the trees and all the deeper tones. So those are the only two colors you will need for this painting. It's a really quick one. We can finish this in less than 15 minutes. So keep your colors ready. Either you can go with indigo or a mix of Persian blue and indigo, then some paint's gray. So keep the colors ready on your palette, and let's give it a try. All right, friends. So I have my paper ready here. Now, I'm starting by applying a clean coat of water onto the entire paper. First, make sure your brush is clean. Now apply a gentle coat. Don't add a lot of water and run your brush multiple times, just to be sure the water has reached everywhere and it's an even coat. Now to apply the paint, I'm going to go with the size number Etron brush. You can go with any medium sized brush. Now, I want a color which is not too dull and not too bright. So I'm thinking of going with a mix of Prussian blue and intiko. If you want to go with a different blue of your choice, you could do that. It doesn't need to be the same color I'm using here. Okay. So this one is prussian blue. I'll just apply this to the top. See? The color is a bit bright. I want a blue that is a bit moody. So what I'm going to do is I will add some intigo over the same to give it a moody look. If I use indigo acets, it will be super moody. I would a color in between. So that's why I'm choosing to mix Prussian blue and indigo. Okay. Now I'm applying that onto the anterior paper. Next, I'm picking some more indigo, and I'm going to add that at the bottom. So at the bottom, I want the color to be really dark. This one is the grassy area or the landscape part. The top is the sky. So at the bottom, we want that dark and intense colors. Okay, you can keep on adding more and more as your background is still wet, you can keep doing this and it will nicely spread into the background, leaving a beautiful effect. Okay. So that's how it has turned out. We have a lighter tone on the top, then a darker tone towards the bottom. Now, I'm going to add some more darker tones onto the background using a smaller brush. But before that, I will quickly fix this. There is some paint missing on the top. And also, there's a lot of water, so I'm just spreading that out to make it even. Now with the smaller brush, I'm picking some paints gray, and I'm going to add that at the bottom. This is just to bring in more darker tones. So randomly add that in between. It can be just a random shape like this. As it is wet, it will spread. So no matter what shape you're adding, it will spread into the background. So you can go with some indigo and some paints gray and add in all those darker tones at the bottom. I love doing tiny paintings. For some reason, it gives you a different kind of satisfaction. I will add some more paint over here. So be sure the paint is not too watery. Otherwise, it'll spread too much, and the sky will be very little. Now, I think I can add some more darker tones before this dries. I'm picking some paints gray, and I'm adding that at the bottom, just to make it more intense. Okay. So that is it. The bottom part is done. Now, I'm going to go back with my other brush. Then I'm thinking of adding some foliage on the top, just a little. I won't be adding too much. I want it to have a clean and a soft look. So with my bigger brush, I'm adding some paint on the top. So this one is indigo. I'm using a medium tone, and I'm dropping that on either side. You can see the color. It is not too dark. It's more like somewhere between medium and lighter tone. It is not too light, and it is not really a medium tone as well. So I'm just adding some random marks and spots on the background. If you want to make it more dramatic, you can add more marks using a slightly darker tone. I'm just adding a few more. The background is still wet. So when your paper is smaller, it is a bit more easier to control. If it's a bigger piece, it will have to work quite quickly. Now, before it dries, I'm going to add some more darker tones at the bottom. So just dropping in a little more paints gray, and that is it. So that's our background. Now we can leave this for drying. Okay, so that's how it has turned out. Everything has dried completely. Now we can start adding the trees. And for that, I'm going to go with the size number six arm Brush, and I'm going back with a mix of paints gray and intco. Now for the background trees, we are going to play with different tonal values of the color we have created here. We will start with the lighter tone, then we will go with the medium tone. And for the foreground trees, we will use a darker tone. And that's how we are going to create a depth in our painting. So let's begin with the first tree. So these trees are just some lines. You can add them wherever you like. That's my first one. You can see the color I have used. It's a medium tone. So rather than going with the straight line, make your line a bit irregular like this. See that? Now in a similar way, you can add in your trees wherever you like. I won't be adding a lot of branches. Right now, I'm just looking at the tree trunk. So some of them can be thicker, some of them can be thinner. Some of them can be straight, some of them can be leaning. Add them however you like, and wherever you like. I'm adding the next one over here. So don't make them too dark, go with a similar tonal value or even lighter. Now the next one can be here. As we have used a darker tone at the bottom, we don't really need to show any other details. That is a trick. You can see the color I have used right now. It's a lighter tone. Then I'm again back with a medium tone. So just keep on adding your trees in a similar way. At some places, use a lighter tone. Then at some places you can go with a medium tone. I think I will add one more. And that is it. So I have added enough of trees. Now, I'm going to turn one or two into a foreground tree by introducing some taco tone. Okay, I just added a branch here. The other one is still wet, but I think it won't do a lot of damage, so it's fine. Okay. Now with the same brush, I'm going to pick a Darko tone. I'm using pinks grey. Now, I'm going to add that onto the tree in a very random way. So just add some lines and some spots. We have a branch here. Be careful about that. Okay, you can see the difference it made. Now in a similar way, I'm going to turn one more tree into fucrow tree. I'm picking this one. Now just add some taco tons here and there. It is just some lines and some dots, nothing much, but it makes a lot of difference. I think I will add some bumps in between to give it a realistic touch. Now, maybe one or two branch we can add onto these two trees. Now, when you're adding the branches, you have to be sure the background trees have dried up. Otherwise, they will spread into each other. So be careful about that. So I'm going to add the first branch over here. It's a safe spot. There is no tree there. Now I'm going to add another one here, again, no tree. Likewise, wherever you want to add branches, you can add them in a similar way. If you want to add one or two extra trees, you could do that as well. Okay. Now to add the rest of the branches, I'm going to go with a smaller brush. This one is size number zero. Now, I'm going to add the rest of the branches. This will give you more thin and crisp branches. So right now I'm adding branches only for the foreground trees. In a similar way, you can add a few for the background trees as well, but you have to go with a lighter tone or a medium tone, depending on the color you have used for the tree. Okay? So with the same tonal value, I mean, pins gray, I will add a few more branches. Then I will add few branches for the background trees as well, using a different tonal value. Now, there's one more thing that you can do which's not really necessary as we have some paint on our brush before you go with a medium tone. Or you can do is you can just add some texture at the bottom. See that? I already have some pinks gray on my brush. If it's too wet, you can dab it on a paper towel and then introduce these dry texture. Okay. This one is not necessary, only if you want to add them to bring in some more texture and character, you could do that. Otherwise, you can totally skip this step. So in between, you can add some texture using a taco tone, few at the bottom, then maybe a few closer to the tree. It is just some random texture using a taco tone. Okay, I think that's enough. Now I'm going to add the remaining branches using a medium tone. And with that, we'll be done with our painting. Oh. Alright, so that is it. Now we can peel off the masking tape. I'm really happy with the way it has turned out. It's a small yet a beautiful painting. The colors are really nice. It has got a moody, mysterious feel. I hope you all enjoyed it, too. The only thing I'm not happy about is the border. I was wishing for a clean border, but clearly it isn't, but it's okay. I will use some white gouache and I will fix it. It's actually a very beautiful painting. You can try this with a different color combination as well. I think purple will look really nice. Anyway, here is a closer look. Beautiful ride. So give it a try if I get to try it, and let me know if you liked it. 5. Day 2 - Dreamy Sunset: Hello, my creative friends. Welcome back. So today, our 15 minute painting session is going to be this one here. It's a gorgeous sunset. First, we will have a look at the colors you will need. The color you see on the top, that pinkish purple, it's a mix of violet and rose. You can go the different color combination of your choice. So what I'm going to do is I will take some permanent violet and permanent rose, and I will mix them together. And that's how I'm going to create this color here. But you can go with just violet or just rose, or maybe even blue. So I will start with the purple on the top. Then right after that, I will go with some rose. If you don't have permanent rose, you can go with crimson or carmine. So that's the color you see here. It's a very bright rose. Now, the third one you need is an orange. This one is cellar orange. It can also be ermelin. Then the last color you will need for the sky is any yellowish orange. This one is cadmium yellow orange. Okay. So those are the four colors you will need for the sky. Now, along with these, you will also need some brown, as well as paints gray. Add the rest of the details. I don't have enough space for paints gray, but along with these, we'll also need that to add the deeper tones and the final details. Okay. So that summarize all the colors you will need for this gorgeous sunset. For this painting, we'll create a base layer, and then the final details. So for the base layer, you will need all these colors. Okay, so your task is to keep all the colors ready, and let's give it a try. So I have fixed my paper and have the colors ready on my palette. Make sure you have all the colors ready. Once you have them ready, start by applying a clean coat of water onto your entire paper and make it evenly wet. Remember not to add a lot of water. We only need a shiny coat. Okay. So my paper is evenly wet. Now we can start applying the colors. And for that, I'm using a round brush. Go with any of your medium sized round rush. This one is size number A. Make sure it is clean before you start. Now, the first color I'm going to go with is a mix of violet and rose. I want a color which is more like a purple. Here is the color. So it has more rose and less violet. But you can go with violet as it is, if that is what you prefer. Now apply that color on the top. It's a very bright and beautiful color. Okay. Next, I'm going to clean my brush, and I'm going with rose as it is. So clean your brush, dab it on a paper towel. Now pick some rose. If you don't have rose, you can go with crimson or carmine. Now apply that right next to purple and gently push and pull that into each other to give it a natural blend. Now clean your brush again and then go with orange. Apply that next to rose, and again, push and pull the paint into each other. Okay. I will add a little on either side. Then I will go with yellowish orange. Also use yellow, leave some gap at the bottom. Okay. Now towards that gap, I'm going to introduce some brown. If you don't have brown, you can go with burn ina. Now apply that paint at the bottom on this leftover area. Don't go with the paint that is too watery. It will spread into the sky, and you won't have any yellow in your sky. So go the paint that is not too watery and apply that at the bottom. Also try to go with an intense color. Don't use a lighter tone. Now, at the center, I'm not going to add a lot of brown, but on either side, I will add some more paint. Okay, so on either side, I'm just taking that towards the top. Now we can add some paints gray at the bottom, just to bring in some more taco tone. But try not to add much at the center. Okay. So that's how it has turned out. Now, I'm going to keep this pressure aside, and I'm going to go with a smaller brush. I'm planning to add some clouds using a darker purper, but this one is completely optional. The sky is looking quite beautiful the way it is. So decide on whether you want to add the clouds or not. I'm using the same color I used earlier for the sky, but this time in a slightly darker tone, and I'm adding a few random clouds onto the wet layer. See that? But let me tell you, if your background is starting to dry, you don't need to add these clouds. It will be a better idea to leave it as it is. But if your background is still wet and if you want to give it a try, go ahead and try adding your clouds, however you like. Okay. So whenever I'm adding the clouds, I always try to go with a smaller brush. This way, you have a better control with the shape of the clouds as well as the way they are spreading. If you're using a bigger brush, obviously, you will end up taking a lot of paint, and the clouds will become bigger and bigger. So I always prefer using a smaller brush over a bigger brush, especially when I'm adding clouds. Okay, so I have cleaned my brush. Now, I'm going to go back with brown and I will add some more shapes at the bottom, spreading that out a little more. Now the water and the paint has settled. So the shapes I'm adding will stay a little prominent. Earlier, it was spreading a lot. Okay, so let's add some more dark o tones at the bottom so that it stays. I won't go dull. Okay. Now, there is one more thing we have to do before the background dries out. Now for that, you have to clean your brush, that bite on a paper towel. Make sure it is dry. Now, just keep pushing the paint from here towards the top and create some lines. This would be blurry lines. Okay. If the paint is not really coming off, you can pick some paint on your brush, but don't pick a lot of paint. This one has to stay blurring. These are the plants in the background. So when these dry, it will have a really nice blurry look, and they will look like they are in the background. We'll be adding another set of plants in the foreground, which will be more prominent and more clear. Okay, so just add a few lines like this. You just need to pull that paint into the sky, and that is it. Okay, I will add a few more on the other side. Then we can leave this for drying. The paint is not really coming off, so I'm picking some paint on my brush, and I'm going to add a few more plants in the background. Don't go with the paint which is not too watery. They will spread a lot. That is something you have to be careful about. Okay. And that is it. So the background layer is done. Now, we can lay this for drying. Alright, so the background layer has dried completely. Now, we can add the fu ground details. And for that, I'm using a smaller brush. This one is size number zero. And the color I'm going to go with is a darker brown. I'm mixing some pink gray and brown together to make it into a darker tone. Now start adding some thin branches onto the background. See that? You can see the lines. They are very thin and crisp. So only if you use a smaller brush or a brush with a pointed tip, you will get lines like this. Don't use a bigger brush. You can use a liner brush or a rigger brush or any other detailing brush and add in some thin lines. So on either side, I'm using a taco tone while I'm adding these branches, but towards the center, I will use a color that is more brownish. Okay. That's the only thing you have to be careful about. The rest is quite straightforward. Okay. Towards the bottom, I'm making it more darker by adding more paint screen to it. Okay, so towards the center, whenever we are adding the branches, the color has to be more brownish on either side, when it is away from the center, you can use pain acets. Okay. Along with that, I'm adding some grassy lines as well. I will add a few more lines. Then we can add the plants at the center using a brownish tone. Okay, so this one is done for now. Now I'm cleaning my brush and I'm picking a brownish tone. You can see the difference here. The color is more brownish. The one I used earlier was more blackish. Now, you can add in as many plants as you want. The only thing you have to be careful is to use a brownish tone at the center, then darker tones on either side. The rest is all the same. Okay, so I'm going to quickly add a few more branches. Then onto these, we have to add a tiny detail. Okay, so all the plants and the branches are in. Now, what I'm going to do next is I'm going to add some teeny tiny dots onto the tip of these branches. So just add some dots and create a grain like texture. See that? In between, you can add some tiny leaves. So just keep on adding some dots, then some tiny leaves. Just like we did earlier, for the ones which are away from the center, you can use pain screen or a darker brown. And for the ones at the center, you have to use a brownish tone. It's the same way how we did earlier. I really like those blurry plants in the background. It is creating a nice depth in our painting. Otherwise, it will look quite flat. So it is good to introduce some depth, even though it's a tiny painting. Now in a similar way, I'm going to add those grains and leaves on the left side. Then we can go the ones at the center. For those, we have to use a brownish tone. Okay, so let's finish the left side first. Okay, so that's done. Now it's time to go with brown and it would be the same thing at the center. We only have a few plants at the center. So go back with brown. It has to be a lighter to. Then add in those tiny details. You can see the difference it made. At the center, we used brown. Then on either side, we used a darker tone. Okay, so that's how it has turned out. I hope you all enjoy the process. Now it's time to peel off the masking tape. For this painting, luckily, I got a clean border, and I'm really happy about it. And here is the finished painting. It's a simple yet a gorgeous sunset. I hope you all enjoy the process and love the painting you have created. If you haven't tried it yet, do give it a try and let me know your thoughts about it. Oh 6. Day 3 - Wild Mushrooms: Hello, dear friends. Welcome to day three of painting 15 minutes a day. So today in our 50 minutes, we're going to try painting some cute mushrooms. It's a cute little painting. So let's start by having a look at the colors we will need. I will start with the background. So for the background, I have used a lighter green on the top, then some sap cream, and also some paints gray to add the deeper tones. The light green you see on the top is cadmium green light. If you don't have any sort of light green, you can just add some lemon yellow with your sap cream and create a similar colour. So that's a fist colour. Now the second one is sap cream, which I'm guessing you all might have. If you don't have sap cream, you can go with viridian green as well. It will look a bit different, but that's totally fine. And also olive green will also be a good choice. Okay. Now the third one is pains gray. We'll be using pains grey to add all the deeper tones at the bottom. So these are the three colors you will need for the background. Now, coming to the mushroom and the wood, the first color you will need is red. This one is permanent red. Okay. Now, along with that, you will also need some brown, as well as orange. This one is cellar orange. You can go with ermelin if you don't have any orange. Next, you will need some brown. We'll use brown to add some deeper tones on the mushrooms, as well as for the wood. Okay, so those are the colours you will need. You will need some greens, then some red, orange and brown. Alright, so keep all the colors ready on your palette and let's give it a try. Hello, dear friends. Welcome to another day of painting little landscapes. And here's our painting for the day. We're going to paint two cute mushrooms. It's a very easy yet a pretty painting. So let's start by having a look at the colours you will need. Alright, so let's start by adding the sketch. Unlike the other paintings we did so far. For this one, we need a cute little sketch. So first time starting by adding a line over here, that's gonna be the tree, the part of the tree. Now, on top of it, I'm going to add two tiny mushrooms. I'm going to go with two. If you just want one, that's totally fine, and you can go with any size. I'm going to add two mushrooms towards the right side. That's the first one. Now another tiny one next to that. No, on top of it, I'm adding something like an umbrella. It's a very simple one. I'm not going to a lot of details, so just add a shape like this. That's the first one. Now in a similar way, I'm adding a smaller one next to that. Okay, so that's a sketch. This is all we need. Now we can start painting. The rest of the details we can add as we are painting. For now, this is all we need. Now, make sure you have the colors ready before you start. For the background, we will need green and a bit of paints gray. You can go with any green of your choice. I'm starting by picking some cadmium green, and I'm not adding any water onto the background. I'm directly applying the paint. So start with any light green of your choice. If you don't have any light green, just add some lemon yellow with sap cream. Next I'm adding some sap cream. So I'm simply applying the paint onto the background. We need to create a blurry background. So just keep on applying the paint however you feel like. I'm using a size number A tranush here. Now, as I'm coming towards the bottom, I'm going to make the color more darker. So I'm picking more green without adding much water, and I'm adding that around the mushrooms. Now I'm going to add a bit of pinks gray with sap cream to make the color more darker. And that's a color I will be using at the bottom. See that? So make the bottom part a bit more darker than the top. Now carefully apply that around the mushrooms. Maybe you can go the smaller brush. I made a mistake here, so I have to fix the shape of the mushroom. I will just change the shape. Okay, now let's apply this darker tone onto the leftover area. Now, it doesn't need to be perfect. You can keep on applying the paint. The only thing here is apply the paint while the layers are still wet. Okay. And when you're applying the paint around the mushroom, you have to be a bit careful. Now, I'm going to fill up this part quickly. Then we can add some leafy patterns onto the top. Just like this, some random shapes to make it look like there are some trees and plants in the background. Okay. This part is starting to dry. So I will fix this part first. Then I will add paint onto ecto area, and then we can leave it for drying. Okay. I'm really loving the way it has turned out. Now I will add those taco tones to the bottom using a smaller brush. I'm mixing sap cream and pink gray together. Now I will add that dakotne along the bottom part around the mushrooms. And also, I will add a few leafy pattern in the background. Okay, so let's quickly do this before the background dries out. I have added paint everywhere. Now with the same color, I'm going to add some patterns in the background, only onto the areas where it is still wet. I won't be touching the top part, the top corner. That part has completely dried up. So only at the bottom around the mushrooms, I will add some random patterns like this using a taco tone. If your background has started to dry, it won't be a good idea to add these. You can leave it for trying. Already we have added some taco tones. I think that would be good enough. Okay, so that's a background. Now we can leave this for trying. Alright, the background has dried completely. Now we can paint the tree part. And for that, I'm going to go with a mix of brown and a bit of pink grey. I want more, like, a grayish brown. So just mix a little of brown or burn ina with pink gray. And apply that color onto the interior area first. You can see the color I'm using. It's a medium tone. It's not too dark, not too light. Apply that onto the interior area. Try to go with a dull brown like this. Don't make it too bright and pleasant. Okay. So this one is a mix of brown and pink grey. And I have applied that onto the interior area. Now I'm going to go with a smaller brush, and I'm going to add some deeper tones in between to bring in some textures and character. So go with your smaller brush. This one is size number six. And I'm using the same color in a darker tone, and I'm adding some lines and some shapes onto the background. See that? So go with a mix of pinks gray and black without adding much water and add some lines and shapes onto the tree. Don't fill up the entire area. We want that lighter tone in between and then some taco tone taso. This is just to bring in some textures and some realistic character. All right. So that's how it has turned out. Now let that dry. In the meantime, we can start with the mushrooms. First, I will paint the stem. So I'm picking a bit of brown and adding a little of orange into that. So the color we need is more like a light tone. Now apply that onto the stem, as well as onto the inner part. Go the similar tonal value. Don't make it too dark or too light. Okay, now apply that carefully onto the inner part, also onto the stem. Paint both the mushrooms. Be careful when you're almost reaching the tree. It hasn't dried completely, but it's okay. You can still manage to paint it. Or if you want to be extra careful, you can wait for that to dry and then paint this afterwards. Now, I'm picking some more brown, and I'm adding some highlights on the left side. Just a little bit. Same goes to the other one. Now also on the top over here along this line. Okay. Now I'm going to clean my brush and I will dab it on a paper towel. And I'm just spreading this a little. Right now, it is looking like a line, so we need to smudge that a little to give it a softer look. Okay, now let that dry. In the meantime, we can go back with a tray, and the next step is to add some textures, some more darker textures. So with the same brush, I'm going to pick some paint gray in a darker tone without adding much water. And I'm adding some textures. It's more like some dry texture. So if you feel like your paint is watery, dab it on a paper towel before you add these textures. Now, simply add them in wherever you feel like. There is no rule or anything that to be followed. You can simply add some textures. But try on to cover up that background layer, that lighter and medium tones, they have to be visible. Otherwise, it will look quite flat. It wouldn't have that textures and character. See that? So simply add some darker tones in between. We'll be adding another round of details, some lines and some textures while it has dried completely. I think in the meantime, we can go back to the mushroom. So I'm cleaning my brush properly, and I'm picking some read. This one is a very bright red. It is permanent red from Shin han. Now I'm going to apply that onto the left side. You can see the brightness. It's super bright. Now I'm going to pick some orange. Maybe I will do the same onto the other one so that I don't need to pick the paint again. Okay, so I've added red onto either side of the mushrooms. Now, I'm going to clean my brush, and I will pick some orange. This one is vermilin and I'm adding that next to red. Same onto the other one. There is some more area left. Now pick some water and then make it a bit lighter towards the right side. See that? So that's how the base layer is going to be. Now, we need to add some more taco tones onto the left side. So I'm picking some brown, and I'm adding that onto the left side. We don't need a lot, just a little only on the left. So one side has to be darker and the other side has to be lighter. Now, along that line also, we can add some taco tones. Now, there are some caps at the bottom. Using brown, I will fix that as well. Okay. So we have the base layer of the mushrooms ready. Now, that has to dry before we add the details. Let that dry. I think by the time we can finish of the tree. So I'm going to go back with pains gray, and I'm using my smaller brush. This one is size number two. I'm picking some pains gray acts. And I'm going to add some lines onto the tree, some irregular, very natural looking lines. See that? So just keep on adding some lines like that. It can be thicker and thinner. Try to use a dry paint so that it will automatically leave a texture. Okay, so just keep on adding some lines onto the tree. They can be very rough and messy. That's totally fine. If it's rough and messy, it will look more natural rather than those crisp and clear lines. So go with a dry paint and just simply add these lines onto the surface. Okay. So that's how it has turned out. You can see how natural it is looking right now with all those textures and different tonal values. If you're happy with the result, you can leave it there. Or if you feel like you need to add a few more lines, you could do that. I'm adding a circular shape here to make it look like there is a dent. Okay, so that's a tree. I'm really loving those textures and the look and feel of it. Now I'm going to clean my brush, and I will pick some brown first. We can add the textures on the stem, as well as that inner part of the mushroom. Then we can go onto the top, the umbrella part. So I'm picking some brown. For this step, you have to use a smaller brush because we're going to add some thin lines. Now onto the surface. I'm simply adding some lines. They are super thin. So try to go with a smaller brush or a detailing brush for this step. Do the same on both the mushrooms. So that's a stem. Now, I'm going to add some lines over here as well. So from the outer sheep, atom lines towards the stem, and you have to finish off that circle. It is just some simple lines, you don't need to think a lot. Okay. Now let's do the same onto the other one. It's a super tiny mushroom. The shape is not very clear, so I'm going to add a line over here. This will make the shape better, and we'll also add some shadows. Okay. So that part is done. Now we have only one task left for which you will need some white aticul or white quash. Don't add much water. We need an opaque paint. So with my smaller brush, I'm picking some paint. And I'm going to add some random shapes onto the mushroom. This will make it look complete. See that? So add some random shapes like this. It doesn't need to be circle or oval or any particular shape. It can be super random and add them wherever you like. But don't overdo it. You can just add a few here and there, and that's it. Don't add too many. It should not look too busy. Okay. Now, similarly, I will add a few spots on the other one, and with that, we'll be done with our cute mushrooms. It's a simple yet a beautiful, cute painting. I have never tried mushrooms with watercolor. I have done them using gouache, but this is the first time I'm trying them with watercolour, and I really loved it. So here is the finished painting. I hope you all enjoyed it. If you haven't tried it yet, do give it a try. I'm very sure you're going to love it. Alright, so that's all for the day. I will see you back here with the next painting. 7. Day 4 - Misty Lake: Hello, dear friends. Welcome to Day four. Today we are painting a gorgeous misty like, which is well under 15 minutes. Now, let's start by having a look at the colors. It's a very moody color combination, and you would only need three colors for this entire painting. You would need intigo, sap cream, and a bit of paints gray to add all those textures and darker tones. Okay, so the very first color you will need is indigo. I'll be using a really light tone of indigo for the sky, as well as for the lake. Okay. You can also use pains grey, a light tone of paints gray for the sky. Even that will work. Now the next color you will need a sap cream. You can also use variant green if you prefer that. And the last color you will need is pains gray to add all the deeper tones and textures at the bottom. Okay. So these are the three major colors you will need for this painting. Along with this, you will also need some white watercolor or white quash to add all the flowers at the bottom. That is not necessary. I mean, these little dots here. Those are the flowers. So to add them, you will need white quash or white watercolor. Otherwise, you are good to go with these three colors. Now, the first thing we have to do is to add some lines in the background. So first, I will add the horizon line, which is at the center of the paper. Now we need to add some thin strips, which is going to be the lake or the water body far away. It doesn't need to be like a straight line. I'm adding a picture here of the finished painting so that you know how to add it. I'm not really sure the sketch is properly visible. Okay, so add in some lines like this. Onto these shapes I have added here, I'll be using a light tone of intigo. Then around that, we will add greens and more taco tones. Okay, so for now, simply add some lines like this. That's how we need. The rest we can fix as we are painting. So once you have the sketch ready, make sure you have all the colors on your palette. The very first thing I'm going to paint is the lake. So first, make sure your brush is clean, and I'm starting off with a very light tone of intigo Okay, so we want a moody color. Don't use any other blue, go with anticho. The tonal value is very important here. So go with a lighter tone or a medium tone. Don't make it too dark. So that's the color I'm going with. I'm applying that onto the entire leg. This one is a very simple step. Even if the shape is not proper, we can fix it as you're applying the greens around it. Just be careful about the tonal value. Okay. Go with a similar tonal value and apply that onto those strips, and then we can eve it for drying. The rest all happens after this has dried completely. I know, at this point, it might look a bit weird, but trust me, we are going to make it a very beautiful misty lake painting. So for now, just add these strips and leave it for trying. Okay, so that is right completely. Next, we can start painting the sky. And for that, I'm using a medium sized downfrsh. This one is size number eight. Again, make sure it is clean before you start applying the paint. Now, I'm starting off with a medium tone of intiko then towards the horizon line, I will make it a bit more darker. That's the color I'm going with. It is one tone darker than the color I have used for the lake. Don't make it too dark. Go with a similar tonal value or even lighter. Okay. Now towards the horizon line, I'm going to make the color a bit more darker. So for most of the sky, I have used a medium tone or maybe a lighter tone. Now towards the horizon line, I'm making it a bit more darker. You can see the color I'm using. It is slightly darker. The tonal values are really important for this painting to get that misty effect. Don't make it too dark. Go with a similar tonal value. Now I'm making it a straight line along the horizon. Be very careful. Maybe you can go with a smaller brush. Okay, so that's a base layer. That's a sky. Now onto this layer, while the background is still wet, we need to add the landscape far away. So that's our next task. Okay, so with the same brush, I'm going to go with a mix of indigo and sap cream. That's a color I'll be using to add the landscape details. So I'm picking some sap cream, mixing that with a bit of indigo. Okay. Now I'm going to add some shapes over here. You can see the color. It's a medium tone. Mix up some sap cream and indigo together and create a similar color and add some shapes like this. On the left side, I'm not adding much. I'm focusing more on the right side. Maybe we can just add a very low lying landscape there, just a line, and onto the right, I'm making it a bit more higher by adding some lines to make it look like there are some pine trays. Now I'm picking a darker tone, adding that only at the bottom. Okay. So that's how it has turned out. Now, let that dry. In the meantime, I'm going to start with the bottom part. For which I'm still going to go back with the same color, mix of indigo and sap cream. Use a bigger brush for this exercise. Now I'm going to apply that onto the bottom. See that? So it's a mix of indigo and sap cream. Go with a medium tone. Towards the bottom, we will make it more darker. Okay, so carefully apply that along that lake we have added earlier. We have to retain those strip like shapes. So carefully apply the paint along that outline. When you're applying the paint, you can alter the shape. If you want it to be thin or if you want it to be more irregular, you could do that. Now I'm adding paint in between these lines. Maybe I will do that with a smaller brush. First, I will apply paint at the bottom. I'm again mixing indigo and sap cream. This time, the color is a bit more darker, I'm adding that at the bottom. See that? It's a beautiful color, especially when you paint moody and misty landscapes. So to create that moody effect, this color is perfect. Now I'm going to go with the smaller brush and I will fill in these spaces. It's the same color, but it's a lighter tone. And you can see the way how I'm applying it. As I'm applying the paint, I'm shaping out those lake. At some places, I'm making it thinner. Now I'm adding another line over here closer to the horizon. So that's a basic thing. Now, if you want to add more textures and more taco tones, you could do that. With the same brush, I'm going to add some more paint. I think I can make a bit more taker. Otherwise, when it dries, it will look very dull and very light, and I'm adding some lines in between to make it look more realistic. That's how I turned out. Now, I'm going to go back with my bigger brush and I will add some more taco tones at the bottom. I'm using the same mix. I'm mixing intiko and sap cream together to make it darker, and I'm dropping in some taco tones at the bottom, and also some in between. Okay. I won't be adding any darker tones closer to the horizon, only at the bottom, I'm adding more taco tones. It is not dark enough, so I'm going to pick some pink gray and I'm going to add that at the bottom most area only over here. The rest is going to stay as it is. The color I used earlier was a mix of indigo and green, and it was more like a dark green. Now I'm using pink grey and I'm adding that at the bottom in a very random way. I have added enough of darker tones. Now, I'm going to smudge this and I'm going to make it look better. So first, I will drop in some green and I will smudge the bottom part. And then I will clean my brush. And with the damp brush, I will smudge this part again. Okay. So that's how it has turned out. I'm really happy with the colors. At the bottomost area, I want the colors to be darker and along the horizon, I want them to be more like a medium tone. I'm really happy with the tunal values. It really looks moody. But I want to fix this part. So with my smaller brush, I'm just fixing this area by smudging the paint. Okay. So that is it. That's our base layer. Honestly, at this point, if you're happy with your painting, you can call it done. But I'm thinking of adding some flowers to the background, mostly at the bottom. Let this dry and we'll think about it. Anyway, I'm picking a bit more paint, and I'm adding that on either side, a little over here, and also on the other side. Okay, so that is it. Now I'm going to leave this for drying. Okay, so the top part has dried. Now, I'm thinking of adding another layer onto the leak because the indigo we added earlier, it's not visible. It looks like white right now. So I'm going to add another layer on top of it. I will still go with a lighter tone. I don't want to make it too dark. So it's something like the color I use for the sky, and I'm adding that again. But trust me, this one is completely optional. If you're happy with that lighter tone, you can leave it as it is. See that? I only added few on either side and some in between. I did not completely cover it up. And it's still a lighter tone. It is not a medium tone. Alright, now the background has mostly dried up, so we can add the flowers. Again, this one is completely optional. Maybe you can give it a wash and see whether you want to add it or not. So I've taken some white gouache, and I'm using my smallest brush here. This one is sized number two roundtrh. It has got a really nice pointed tip. Okay. Now, towards the bottom, I'm simply going to add some dots close to each other. Those are the flowers. See that? So at the bottom, I will add them in a thicker manner, and towards the background, I will just add a few dots. I won't be adding a lot. I'm just focusing on this side where I have the taco tomes and also some over here. When you add some dots in the background, it will look like there are some flowers in the background as well, and it will add a more natural touch to your painting. So just add a few dots over here. Okay. Now I'm going to add some more towards the foreground. It is just a matter of adding some dots close to each other. So go with any of your smaller brush or a brush with a pointed tip, and then you can use white gouache or white watercolor. Now, keep on adding these white dots close to each other, especially at the bottom. Over here, we want them to be more dense and thick. Add these dots in a scattered way. Don't add them all at the same place. That will make it more natural. Now I'm going to add a few towards the left side. See that? You can add as many as you like. I'm just focusing on this area. I won't be adding much towards the left. Okay, so I'll just add a few more over here where I have that Daco tone in the background. Then some more over here, and that's it. With that, I will call it done. So just like I said earlier, this step is not completely necessary. Only if you want to add some flowers into your background, you could do that. Otherwise, it is in a good shape already. You don't need to add these flowers. Maybe you can add some teeny tiny birds far away. That also will be a nice addition. In a way, I'm almost done adding the flowers. I think I have added enough. In case, if you're adding flowers, white would be the best color choice. Okay, so that is it. That's our painting for the day. I hope you all liked it. It's a really quick, had a beautiful painting. Give it a try if I have to try it. And let me know if you liked it. 8. Day 5 - Blue Ocean: Hello, dear friends. Welcome to Day five. Our painting for today is a quick and easy blue seascape. It's a painting that you can do in 10 minutes, and you will only need one single color for this painting. It can be any blue of your choice. This is the one I'm going with. It is hilo blue from Cenlar. You can go Thilo blue, Prussian blue or ultramarine blue, any other blue you have cut. We'll be playing with different tonal values. So the first one you see is a medium tone. Then we'll play with a darker tone to add all the details and the waves. Okay, so just grab any blue you have card, and let's give it a try. So before you start, make sure you have the color ready on your palette. Now, once you have the color ready, you can apply a clean coat of water onto the entire paper. We don't need a lot of water. Just a shiny coat is all we need. So don't pour in a lot of water onto your paper and make it so much wet. Okay, so run your brush back and forth, just to be sure the water has reached everywhere and it's an even coat. Okay, so the paper is wet. Now, I hope you guys have the colors ready. First, we need to create a background. And for that, I'm using a flat brush. So on the top, it's going to be a medium tone, and towards the bottom, I'm going to make it darker. For this step, you can use a flat brush or a arm brush. It doesn't matter. I feel there's a lot of water on my background. You can see them floating around. Never mind. I will just keep running my brush and I will just spread it out. Now, towards the bottom, I'm using the same color, but in a darker tone. See that? It's a beautiful color. You can add this in your palette if you love painting seascapes. It's called Thilo blue. Alright. I will add a bit more and make it more darker because when it dries, it will go one tone lighter. So it's better to go with a darker tone in the first layer itself, so that we get vibrant result. Now, I'm going to keep this brush aside, and I'm going to go with a roundtrh. This one is sized number six roundish. Go with any of your smaller brush or a medium sized brush. Now go with the same paint, but in a darker tone. And if your paint is too watery, dab it on a paper towel before you start. The color is kind of dark. You can see that here. Now, at the bottom, I'm adding some thicker lines. That's the first one. Now I'm adding another one over here. Leaving a tiny gap in between. That is really, really important. Loom cover the entire space. Whenever you're adding this line, leave some gap in between, so you can see that background color. And also, whenever you feel your paint is too watery, dab it on a paper towel. Otherwise, the paint will spread everywhere, and you won't be able to retain that gap in between. Now I'm adding another one on the top. See that? So in a similar way, we have to add thicker lines at the bottom using a taco toe. But as we go towards the top, we have to make them thinner and lighter. So right here, the paper is quite small, and you can do this quite easily. But if your paper is bigger, you'll have to act in a little quicker manner. Otherwise, by the time you reach the top, your background would dry out. Okay. So depending on the size of your paper, act accordingly. Now I'm adding some more lines onto the top. My background is too watery, but never mind. I will just add them in, then I will come back again with another round when the paint and the water has settled. See that? So this is what I said earlier. If your paint is too watery or your background is too watery, the lines you're adding will just spread into the background. It won't stay as a line. So the water control is really important. You have to know the right time when you have to add in your paint or add in those waves. Okay. The bottom part is still okay. I mean, the top part is quite watery. So that's how it has turned out. Now, I'm going to go with one more round of adding the same kind of lines. So I'm picking the same color again. I will start with the taco tone, and I'm adding that onto the same places I have added earlier. See that? So it's a much more taco tone, and I'm making those waves more prominent. It's the same technique. At the bottom, they can be more thicker and darker. And then towards the top, we have to make it thinner and lighter. So these waves are much more closer, so they will appear in a very dramatic way. The other ones are quite far. So they have to be soft and subtle. I'm adding more lines towards the top because the ones I added earlier, it's not there. So this time the water has settled a bit and they are appearing to be lines. I need to add them until I reach the top. Okay, so go to any of your smaller brush or a medium sized brush and add these lines onto your background, thicker at the bottom and thinner on the top, and be sure to leave some cap in between. Okay, so that's how it has turned out. Now, what I'm going to do is I will just dap my brush on a paper towel and make sure it is kind of dry. And then I'm spreading out these lines to give it a softer and a blurry look. So wherever you feel the lines are hard, the lines are rough. You can go clean brush, a dry brush, and then spread it out a little to give it a much more softer look. So that's how it is looking right now. But I think we can go for one more layer and being a much more darker tone, and I'm going to repeat the same exercise, making them more darker and more prominent at the bottom first. So just add that thin onto your wet background, make it more prominent. You can see how the waves are turning out right now. Earlier, they were not really prominent, and you can still see that gap in between. Which is really, really important. Okay. So only at the bottom, I will go with a taco tone. As I'm going towards the top, I will make it more softer. I don't want them to be too dark and bold towards the top. So dab your brush on a paper towel and then add some thin lines along the top. See that? Now you can really see the difference earlier because the background was super wet. The color and the lines were not really visible, but now there's a lot of difference. I'm doing the same thing as we did earlier. Just because the background is not super wet, they are staying as lines. I tried the same painting with Tu green, even that was looking really beautiful. So if you want to try the same thing with any other color, Thalo green is a beautiful choice. Okay, I will add some more lines onto the top. Then I will go with a dry brush and I will smudge them all. So once you're done adding the lines, dab your brush on a paper towel and make it dry. Okay. And then go along these lines. I mean, those gaps in between, in a very gentle way, go very light handed. Don't put a lot of pressure, and then make those lines look soft and blurry. You just need to drag your brush back and forth and spread those lines. See that? This makes a lot of difference. Those hard and rough lines will appear soft and smooth. Now, just in case if you want to add more paint, I mean, darker toons, you could do that as well, especially at the bottom, to make those waves appear more dramatic and more bold. Okay. The paint has almost settled. It is not super wet right now. So the color you're adding onto the background will stay as it is. Keep that in mind. I'm really loving the way it is turning out. So the major thing here is playing with that dark and lighter tones. That's the only way you can create that depth and dimension in your painting. So at the bottom, they have to be thicker and bolder using a taco tone, and towards the top, you have to use a lighter tone, and the lines have to be thinner. Okay. Now, if your backgon is still super wet, you can wait for a minute or two. Not a lot. We are going to go back with a smaller brush, and we are going to add a few more lines. So my painting is kind of in the right moment. So I'm going to go with a smaller brush and I'm picking a dakone of the same blue. Now, along the top line, I'm adding a few lines. See that? So only for the bigger waves, I'm doing this using a taco tone, and I'm adding them only along the top. Now, for the top ones, we have to use a medium tone and then spread it out. So you have to do this only along the top. Along the bottom part, it has to have that blurry look, and it should have that lighter tone. Okay. And you don't need to do this everywhere, just a few lines in between to give it more emphasis. Okay, so that's it. That's how it has turned out. I really love the depth and dimension we have created here using just a single color. Now it's time to peel off the masking tape. So the ultimate key here is making your background stay wet for a longer time. And that would be only possible if you use a good quality watercolor paper. Then go over again and again when you add those waves until you feel you have got that dimension and depth. Play with that contrast, use dako tones at the bottom, and medium tones on the top. Okay, so that's our little piece of ocean for the day. I hope you all enjoyed creating this mini piece. Give it a try and let me know if you like it. 9. Day 6 - Blue Mounatins: Hello, dear friends. Welcome to the six hour 50 minute Vertical practice. And here's our painting for the day. It's a gorgeous sky and a stunning mountain, and guess what? You can finish this painting in less than 10 minutes. So first, I'll talk about the colors you will need, and then we can start right away. Alright, so for the sky, you will leave three colours. It's a combination of Prussian blue, pastel pink, and a bit of orange. In case, if you want to try a different colour combination, purple works really well instead of Prussian blue. I'm just giving you ideas. Okay, so that's a first color. The prussian blue I'm using here is from art philosophy. You can go with any blue you have got if you don't have prussian blue, or you want to try using a different blue. Now, the second color you will need is a pastel pink, but it is not a common color. Maybe some of you may not have it, but that's okay. It is easy to make. Just add some white verticoor with red paint. It can be red or crimson. Trito it's really easy. Now, the third color you will need is orange. What I'm going to do is I will just add a bit of orange with pink. And that's a color I'm going to use along the mountain. The mix of these two colors look really beautiful. But if you want to use orange acetas, you can do that. The orange I'm using here is from Cenllar. It's called CenlliarOange. If you don't have any sort of orange, you can go with vermilion. Okay. So these are the three colors I'll be using for the sky. Now, coming to the mountain, you will need two colors for the mountain. The first one is indigo. We'll be using indigo as a base color. And then to add the deeper tunes and the textures, we will use Pains gray. Now, just in case if you don't have indigo, that is, again, okay. I'm hoping you have pains gray. What you can do is you can add a bit of pains gray with prussian blue, and you can create a gorgeous indigo quite easily. Alright, so those are the colors you will need for this quick mountainscape. Here is a closer look at the swatches. You will need prussian blue, basal pink, any orange, then indigo and pinks gray. Okay, now let's give it a try. Okay, so let's start by adding the sketch. We just need to add a simple sketch of a mountain. That's all. You can add that however you like. You can go with one huge mountain or a set of two like this. Okay, so that's a sketch. The rest we can add as we're painting. I mean, the rest of the details. For now, this is all we need. Now, I hope you guys have the colors ready on your palette. We'll be going with three colors for the sky. We'll be using Prussian blue, then some pastel pink and also some orange. So keep them ready on your palette. And when you have them ready, start by applying a coat of water onto the entire sky. Don't add any water onto the mountain. Try to leave it clean. Now apply a clean even a of water onto the entire sky. If you accidentally add some water onto the mountain, that's totally fine. Don't worry about it. Okay, so my sky is evenly wet. To apply the paint, I'm going to go with the medium sized Ram Trish. You can go the flat brush or a Ram Trish. First, make sure it's clean. Now, let's pick some prussian blue. I'm missing a darker tone. It's not a light tone or a medium tone. It's quite dark. See that? So that's the tonal value I'm going with, and I'm applying that on the top of the sky. Okay. As I come towards the center, I will wash my brush. Then I will cope with pink. Maybe I can apply a little more. Okay, so that is prescient blue. Now I'm going to clean my brush, and I'm going with pastel pink. If you don't have pastel pink, just add some white with crimson or even red, and you'll get a similar color. It's easy to make. So don't worry if you don't have pastel pink with you. Okay, now I'm cleaning my brush again. Then I'm picking some clean and fresh pink. So that is prescien blue and pink. Now, closer to the mountain, I'm going to add some orange into the same color, which means I'm mixing some orange along with pink. Okay. I love mixing orange pink together. It gives a nice peach kind of a color. Okay, so that's what I'm applying closer to the mountain. You can apply orange assets without mixing that with pink. To me, personally, I just love the mix of orange and pink. It looks like a nice peach color. I use that in my sunsets quite a lot. Anyway, that is blue on the top, Bussian blue, then pink and orange. Now, I'm going to give a quick blend from the bottom towards the top, and that's how it has turned out. Now we can add some clouds before the background dries up. And for that, I'm going back with Bussian blue. And I'm just adding a few lines onto the sky. See that? Make sure your paint is not too watery. If it's too watery, dab it on a paper towel before you add these lines. I'm adding them only where I have that pink canned blue junction right where those two colors are mating. I won't be adding them anywhere else, especially towards the bottom. I'm not going to add any towards the orange part. There was a lot of paint on my brush. I'm dabbing it on a paper towel, and I'm spreading those lines a little bit to give it a softer and smoother look. Okay. So that's how it has turned out. If you want to add more clouds, you could do that. But I would say, keep it over here only. Don't bring it towards the bottom. Maybe you can go the Darko tone and add a few lines towards the top. That could be done, but don't add any towards the bottom. This one is really gorgeous color combination. Have tried the same with purple instead of blue when that looks amazing. Anyway, I'm going to add a few soft lines over here. I haven't taken any new paint. I'm just making use of the paint I have on my brush. This way, they will look very soft. They won't be too prominent. Okay, so just add a few more lines like that, and that's it. So that's how the sky has turned out. I think there is some paint missing at the center. I can see a big white spot there, so I'm just spreading that a bit to make it even. And I'm also thinking of adding few lines onto the top, using a darker tone of blue. I'm not really sure if I should be doing that or not. Anyway, let's give it a try. If you're happy with your painting, you can leave it as it is. This one is not at all necessary. I just felt like adding a few more clouds over here, using a darker tone, as my background is still a bit wet. Okay, so I'm just adding some lines here. I actually love adding these kind of clouds rather than those round fluffy ones. Theise ones are much more easier. It's an easier shape to handle. That's what I meant. Anyway, I will add a few more lines, and with that, we'll be done with our sky. And then we can paint the mountain. As I said earlier, the same sky looks very beautiful with purple on the top. Instead of blue. Maybe you could try that as well. Alright. So that's how the sky has turned out. Now I'm going to leave it for drying. I hope you guys are happy with your sky as well. So let it dry, and after that, we can paint our mountain. Alright, so that has dried completely. Now we can paint the mountain. And for that, I'm starting off with a light tone of indigo. Maybe you can call it a medium tone, not too light. Okay, so pick some indigo, add some water, and turn that into a medium tone. Now apply that onto the anterior mountain. So the brush I'm using here is size number eight. Go with any of your medium sized brush and apply it nicely onto the entire shape, following that outline. So right now it is just a plain wash. Don't worry about anything else. Just apply that onto the entire mountain. Now, in case if you don't have intigo, you can add a bit of pinks grey with your brush in blue and use for your mountain. Next, I'm going to go with a darker tone, and I'm simply adding that onto random places. Also on the right side of the mountain. See that? So from the center, go with an imaginary line and add some taco tone onto the right side and also at the bottom. Now, either clean your same brush and make it dry or go with another brush which is clean and totally dry. And with that, gently smudge those paint you have applied earlier. To give it a softer look. Right now, they are very prominent. So just push and pull the paint. Very lightly without putting a lot of pressure. You can see the texture. Now again, go back with the taco tone. But this time, I'm going with pink gray. I'm using a smaller brush this time. Okay. Now, I'm going to repeat the same exercise. So go with that taco tone. If it's too watery, dap it on a paper towel and add some shapes and some lines onto the right side of the mountain. See that? This can be super random. It can be some lines and some spots, but add them only onto the right side and also at the bottom, the same way how we did earlier. We are trying to create some texture, some natural looking textures. Honestly, this is one of the easiest and the prettiest mountain you can ever paint. So I have added the dark curtains. Now clean your brush, dab it on a paper towel, make it dry, and then spread that out a little bit very gently. See that? So the same thing how we did earlier. Earlier, we did the same thing using indico, and now it is pints gray. So just push and pull the paint and make those textures soft in case if they are prominent. See that? Go in a very light handed manner. Otherwise, you will end up disturbing the anterior layers. The paint might come off. Okay? Now, if it's still wet, you can add some more texture if you feel like. Otherwise, this is it. I'm just going to alter the shape a little. I'm giving it an irregular shape onto the right side, where I have the taco too. The rest, I'm quite happy. Maybe I will add some textures at the bottom. The top part has kind of dried, so I'm not gonna touch it. Okay, so that's it. We are done with our gorgeous mountains. I cannot tell you how much I love this colour combination. We finished this painting in less than 10 minutes. Can you imagine? And it turned out really beautiful. I hope you enjoyed it. Thank you so much for joining. If you'll get to try this. Do give it a try and be sure to share it with me, as well. 10. Day 7 - Misty Pines: Hello, dear friends. Welcome to Day seven. Today, we're going to paint a very simple, very beautiful, misty pines. And the only two colors you will need is paint screen and sap green. The painting is simple, but it can be a bit tricky if you are a complete beginner. So I would recommend you watching the video before you give it a try so that you're well prepared. The major color is going to be pink's gray. We only need a little of green. So instead of sap cream, if you want to use viridian green, that is totally fine or hookers green or any other green you prefer. Okay. Now let's give it a try. Alright, so I hope you guys have the colors ready on your palette. I have fixed my paper. Now for this painting, we don't need any sketch. We're going to start applying a quarter of water onto the entire background, and we're going to start right away. So I'm going to go with three layers of pine trees. One goes over here, then next one here, then another one at the bottom. So we have two layers in the background and one in the foreground. All right. So when you have your paper ready, start by applying coated water onto the entire paper. Make sure it is an even coat. Don't add a lot of water. Run your brush back and forth, multiple times just to be sure the water has reached everywhere and it's an even coat. Okay. And also make sure your brush is clean before you do this. My background is evenly wet. Now we can start applying the paint. So the first color I'm going to go with is pains gray, and to apply the paint, I'm using a smaller brush. Make sure it is clean. Now, we need a light tone of pains grey first, and we're going to apply that onto the sky. Then we'll go with a combination of pinks gray and green. I mistakenly took some green. For the first step, we don't need a mi soft paints gray and green. It is only for the second step we need this color. So I think I will just go with another brush and I will pick some paints gray. It's a lion and then apply that on the sky. So I'm just adding that onto the top corner over here, and then a bit towards the bottom. It's just a little. Don't add a lot. Okay, so that's the sky. You can just randomly add the paint onto the sky. Okay. Now with the next brush, I have already taken a mix of paints gray and green. With that, I'm going to add the pine trees. It's, again, a light tone. Now simply add a shape onto the right side. Your paint is not too watery. If it's too watery, dab it on a paper towel. Now add that shape in onto the wet background. Okay, I'm adding a little more paint screen to the mix, and I'm adding that onto the same shape to bring in some texture centural values. Again, if your paint is wet, I mean, if it's too wet, dab it on a paper towel. Now, simply add some lines onto the top to make it look like they are pine trees. It's a very rough shape. It is not detailed, but so you can add some lines onto the top to make it look more like a pine tree. Otherwise, it will just look like a shape. Now I'm making it lighter towards the bottom. Okay, so that's our restaurant out. Now I'm going to add the next section. I'm picking some more pink gray and green, mixing them together. This time, the color is a little more darker than earlier. First, I'm adding that random shape first. Then onto the top, I will add some lines to make it look like pine trees, clean your brush, grab some water, and then smudge it. I think I will more water. See that? So start by adding that shape, then go with a clean brush, pick some water, and smudge it a little. I think I will go with a bigger brush. It is much easier to smudge the paint with a bigger brush. Okay. Now I'm spreading that water towards the bottom. So we have two layers right now. They are very light. They are the background layers. Next, I'm going to go the same mix, but this time the color is going to be a bit more darker. So I'm picking some paint screen and some sap cream. Mixing them together. Now I'm applying a shape at the bottom. So randomly add a shape first. And then we can add some lines onto the top. Try to go smaller brush, and also don't add a lot of water to your paint. If it's too watery, it will start spreading. Okay, so dab it on a paper towel and keep adding some lines onto the top. See that? You just have to push and pull your paint. It doesn't need to be a straight line or it doesn't need to have any particular shape. For now, it can be just a rough shape like this. See that? So just spread the paint towards the top and add some rough lines. I wanted to add some more darker tones over here, but before that, I'm going to add some pine trees onto the top. So I'm going to go back with a mix of green and black. And I'm going to add few textures over here. I feel it has become too light. Then I'm just spreading that into the background. This one is completely optional. If your background has started to dry, I wouldn't recommend touching that again. And also, if you're happy with your results, you don't need to add these textures again. So I'm just adding a few shapes here. Similarly, I will add the same on the other side. I will add some medium tones. Then I will just much it, and I will also add some tree shapes, just some rough shapes. They are not very well detailed. So first, I'm adding some shapes, then I'm spreading that into the background to create some textures. I think that's enough. I'm not going to add any trays. Now, I'm going to go back with black and green mix, and I'm adding that at the bottom to make this part more darker. Now, I'm not going to touch the top part again. That's going to stay as it is. Next I'm pushing that onto the top to create some tree like shapes. Next I'm going to add some darker tones, so I'm picking some more pains gray and adding some green aspham. And I'm going to add that at the bottom to create some more textures. So do this only at the bottom. The rest has to stay acetus. Maybe you can add in some rough shapes as well. Okay, I think I can drop in some more taker tones. So I'm picking some more pink screen. And I'm going to add that before it dries up. So on the top, we have a lighter tone, and towards the bottom, we have made it more darker. So add the paint and then smudge it very lightly. It is still wet, so I think I can drop in some more. I'm adding more taker tone only at the bottom part. Okay, so that is it. Now, let's leave it for drying. Alright, so that is right completely. Now we're going to add some trees in a little more proper shape than earlier. So first, I will start with the top two sections. And for that, we'll have to use a lighter tone. So for this exercise, try to go with the smaller brush, as we're going to add some teeny tiny trees. Okay, so we're going to add them on the top first. I'm going to go back with a mix of green and pink gray, but the color I'm using is quite light, so add a few drops of water. Now start by adding a line. Be very sure about the tonal value. Go with a similar tonal value. So first add a line, then add some shapes onto either side. Just a messy rough shapes, and it will look like a tree. You don't need to put a lot of effort. Simply run your brush onto either side in a messy, rough manner. That's all. The most important thing here is the tonal value. Try to use a similar tonal value. See that? So simply run your brush onto either side and create a rough shape. Now in a similar way, I will add a few trees onto the top as well. There is one more trick that I want to show you. I will just add some more paint over here. Okay, so I have added a tree. Now, in case if you feel like that tree is very loud or prominent, you can grab a paper towel and just quickly dab over it, and then it will look very soft. Now in a similar way, I'm going to add a few trees onto the top section. You can still see the tonal value, and I'm only adding a few. It's a very rough shape. Don't put a lot of effort. All right, so that's enough. I'm done with the top section. Now I'm going to go with the darker tone, mixing some paint screen and green again. And I'm going to add my first tree. I'm adding a line first. I think that's a bit dark. I'm adding some more water. Now, the same way how I did earlier, I'm going to add some messy shapes onto either side. So just run your brush onto either side quickly without thinking much. So on the top, they have to be shorter. And as you come towards the bottom, you can make them more wider. That's the only thing. See that? So just run your brush back and forth and add some patterns like this. And then eventually it will look like a pine tree. Towards the bottom, you can just dab off that paint to create some texture. If you want to add more foliage, you can add them as well. Okay. So that's a very quick pine tree. I haven't put a lot of effort here, and that's all we need. Now in a similar way, I'm going to add a few more pine trees. So right now, the color I'm using here, it's more like a medium tone. It's not too dark. We'll go the darker tone and we'll add another tree. Now, I'm going to dab off the amount of paint, and I'm creating some texture here. Okay. So those are two trees. For the next one, I'm going to go the darker tone. So I'm picking some more paints gray, and I'm adding that into the mix. This one can be a bit more taller. Now, you can place your tree wherever you want. It doesn't need to be like mine. But as we have added more taker tones towards the right side, I think that would be the area where you have to be focusing on. Okay. So I'm starting by adding a line. Decide on the height you want to go with, and then add in your line according to that. Okay. Now onto this, I'm going to add some messy shapes onto either side. See that? So keep running from top towards the bottom, and as you come towards the bottom, make it more wider. It is just some messy shapes, give it a try. Maybe you can try it on a scrap piece of paper first, and then add it onto your painting. It's very easy. These are very small, and they don't need to be well detailed. So give it a try. Maybe it won't come right in the first try, but in one or two tries, you will get it right. Okay. So that's my next tree. Now I'm creating some texture here. I'm just spreading that out and I'm creating some dry textures. Alright. Now, if you want to add more trees or if you want to make it more denser, you could do that. I think I will make it more denser. So I'm adding some more foliage in between to give it more thick and dense look. And after this, I will add a few more trees in the background using a lighter tone. I don't want to add a lot, so I will just go with a lighter tone and I will add some in the background. But if you want to add more bigger trees with a darker tone, you could do that. So that's the color I'm going with, and I'm adding some in between, some smaller trees which are not well detailed. So at any point, if you feel a tree is very loud or very dark, you can dab it off with a paper towel very gently. Don't put a lot of pressure. Okay. Now I'm adding another one right next to that, using the same tonal value. So it is just a line and then some irregular lines onto either side. See that? So just keep running your brush back and forth and create those messy patterns. Now I will add one more tree over here. So tonal values are very important in these kind of paintings. Otherwise, your painting will look quite flat. It won't have a sense of distance and depth. Okay? So playing with different tonal values are very important. And that is it. That's our painting for the day. If you want to add some words, you could do that. I think I'm going to leave it as it is. You can see those textures and those pine trees. It's a quick and simple painting, but we managed to create a beautiful misty effect here. Give it a try if I get to try it and let me know if you liked it. 11. Day 8 - Pastel Sky: Hello, my dear friends. Welcome to Day eight of painting 15 minute watercolor paintings. And here is our gorgeous landscape for the day. It's a very easy yet, a very pretty painting. My most favorite part about this painting is the sky. I love the colour combination. Anyway, let's start by having a look at the colours you will need. Now for the sky, you will need two colours. You can see a violet on the top, then some pink towards the bottom. Then I'm going to go with a mix of these two colours to add the clouds. Okay. So the very first color you will need is violet. This one is permanent violet from Shin han. We'll use a lighter tone on the top, so that's the first color. Now the second one is a pasil pink. If you don't have a pasil pink, you can just add some white with red or crimson, and you can easily create a similar color. It's easy to just make some white or watercolor with red or crimson. Okay. For the meadow, I'm going to go with a mix of yellow ochre and sap green. I want the green to be a little dull and more earthy, as it's an evening scene. By mixing yellow ochre and sap cream together, you will get a green which is more like olive green. So that was yellow ochre. Now the next color you will need is sap cream. Now, in case if you have olive green, you can use it astus. You don't need to mix these two colors together. Now finally, you will need some pink gray to add the deeper tones and the textures. That's the last color you will need. Alright, so you will need violet, patel pink, yellow ochre, sav green, and pink grey. Now keep all the colors ready, and let's give it a try. Okay, so I have my paper ready here. Now, I'm starting by adding a horizon line. Which I'm adding a little below the center of the paper. So the top part is going to be the sky, and the bottom is a soft meadow. Okay? All the details we can add as we're painting. For now, we just need a horizon line. Now, once you have this sketch ready, you can start by applying coated water onto the sky, using any of your clean white brush. Okay, a shiny coat. That's all we need. Don't add a lot of water. Now, I'm hoping you guys have the colors ready on your palette. The first color we're going to use is violet. We're going to use violet on the top of the sky. Then towards the bottom, we will use pink. Now, I'm going to use a flat brush to apply the paint, first, make sure it is clean, then go with a medium tone of violet. You can also use un Brush. It doesn't matter. So just apply the paint on the top of the sky. Go with a medium tone. Don't make it too light or too dark. Okay, so that is violet. Now, I'm going to kill my brush. Then I'm going with pink. So this one is a pastel pink. If you don't have any pastel pink, you can also use a light one of crimson or carmine or any color you prefer. Or you can just add some white watercolor with crimson or red and create a beautiful pastel pink. Okay. Now I'm going to give it a good blend. You just need to run your brush back and forth in a horizontal direction until you have got a good blend and go very light handed. Don't put a lot of pressure. Okay. I think I will give it one more go. So starting from pink, I'm running my brush from left to right, only in one single direction. Okay, so that's a blend. We have got a nice blend of violet and pink. Now, to add the cloud, I'm going to go with a smaller round brush. This one is size number six. And to add the clouds, I'm going to go with a mix of violet and rose. So I'm picking some rose, and I'm mixing that with violet. Okay, so that's the color I'm using. Now I'm going to play some clouds on this wet background. First, I'm adding right at the center where violet and pink is mating. For some reason, whenever I'm adding clouds, I always add that where the colors are meeting. So if it's not a good blend, the clouds will just cover it up. That's what I always do. I will add some more clouds. But at any point, if you feel your pin is too watery, dab it on a paper towel before you add the clouds. Otherwise, they will spread a lot and it will cover the entire sky. It won't stay as a proper shape, so always dab it on a paper towel if you feel like it is too watery. Okay. I'm really loving this color combination. I think I will add some more clouds. It's a very small painting, so let's not overdo it. We still have to see that background colors. Don't cover the entire background with so many clouds. I'm really happy with the sky, but I think I will drop in a bit of darker tone. So I'm picking a little violet, and I'm adding that only over here. It's just that I won't be adding much. The rest can stay as it is. So in between, I added some taco tone. Okay, so that is it. I don't want to overdo and ruin it. The sky is looking very pretty, so let it dry. And then after that, we can paint the meadow. Okay, my dear friend, so the sky has dried. Next, we can start with the midow. For the mio, I'm not going to use sap green acetys. I will mix some yellow ochre with sap green to create more like an earthy green or you can call it olive green. If you have olive green, you can use it acetys because during evening, the colours won't be that bright and pretty. It will be a little dull. So to create that dull green, I'm going to pick up some sap green, and then I will add some yellow ochre along with that to create a color which is more like olive green. Okay, so pick some yellow ochre, mix that with sap cream. See that? So that's the color I'm going to go with. According to the color you like, you can add more sap cream or more yellow ochre. Or if you have olive green, you can use it tastus. So first, I'm adding this color onto the entire area. Then I will add some darker tones at the bottom, and also a few lines. Otherwise, it will look quite flat and plain. So the color I'm using here is a mix of yellow ochre and sap cream. And I have added that onto the anterior area. Almost. Okay, so right now, I have added that onto the anterior area. Now, to add the darker tones, I'm going to pick some pinks grey and I'm mixing that with sap cream again. First, I will add that at the bottom. Then in between, I will add some lines as well. It is still not dark enough. So first, maybe I will add with this color. Now adding more paint green to the same mix. Maybe I will use the smaller brush for that. Okay, so I'm picking some more pains green, mixing that with sap cream. Now adding that at the bottom, and also some in between. Go the smaller brush and just add a few lines like this, some irregular lines to create some texture. As the background is still wet, it will leave a beautiful texture. I'm adding some lines onto the top. Okay. You can see there is some background color seen in between, which is really, really important. Don't cover the entire area. Here's a closer look. If you want to add some more darker tunes, you could do that. Maybe some at the bottom or in between. I think I will add a little more only at the bottom. So I'm just dropping in some paint over here onto this corner and also over here. It looks very lush. I'm really loving the effect we have created here. We can see that medium tones in between, and then some darker tones. Okay, so that's how it has turned out. Now, for the next step, I'm going to keep this brush aside, and I'm going to go with a smaller brush. This one is size number two. Now with this brush, what I'm going to do is I will just create some grassy pattern with the same paint I have in the background. Only if necessary, you can pick more paint. Otherwise, just use that paint in the background and create some grassy texture. The background is still wet, so they might not be really prominent. I mean, the shape won't be too visible, which is okay. That's all we need. We just need a soft texture in between. They don't need to be too prominent or loud. So the first round is using the paint in the background and adding these textures. Now for the second round, you can pick a little of paint, not a lot, just a little. And then again, add some more patterns. Again, you don't need to add a lot. We just need a few in between. Add some at the bottom, and also over here where you have added those darker tones, so add them along that line. Don't make it too busy. You can see the way how it has turned out, go in a similar way. Okay, so that is it. I think I have added enough. I don't want to overdo. Now, the only thing missing is defining the horizon line. Right now, we don't have any elements along the horizon line, so we have to define it. And for that, we need to add some landscape. We're not going to add a lot of details. So first I'm going to go with a mix of sap cream and a bit of pains gray. Maybe you can add a bit of yellow ochre, as well. So if you have some leftover paint, you can use a same. Don't add too much of pains grey right now. The color we're using for the background has to be more like a medium tone without too much of pain screen. I think the color is quite dark. I'm adding some water. And I'm again continuing that shape. Still, it's dark. Okay, so go with a similar tonal value, which is more like a medium tone and add a simple shape on either side. I'm going to leave some gap in between, then I'm adding this detail on either side. If you want to go for a continuous line, you could do that. That's not a problem. Now in a similar way, I'm adding a shape on the other side. Then we can add some details on it with the darker tone. Okay, so go the similar tonal value. It's a mix of yellow ochre and sap cream. Then I have added a bit of pink cream to it. Otherwise, it will be too light. So simply add a shape like this, a rough shape. Now go with any of your smaller brush and pick some pinks gray. Then what I'm going to do is I will just add some teeny tiny dots onto it to create some texture. These texture of what makes it look more realistic. Otherwise, it will look flat. It doesn't have that three dimensional feel to it. So simply add some dots on it. You can add some at the top and some at the bottom in a very random way. Now in a similar way, let's add some texture on the other side. It is nothing but just some dots and some small shapes, but it makes a lot of difference. Alright, so that is it. That's our little anscape for the day. I had tried this color combination earlier, and I just love it. I think the color of the sky and those greens go very well together. And here is a finished painting. I think we did this in less than 12 minutes. I think it's a wonderful painting to be done in less than 12 minutes. I hope you all enjoy the process. Now, let's beat up the masking tape. Alright, so here is the finished painting. It's a beautiful, cute little painting, and the colors are lovely. I hope you all enjoyed it. Give it a try if you get to try it and let me know if you liked it. Thank you so much for joining, and I'll be back soon with our next painting. I 12. Day 9 - Dandelions: Hello lovelies. Welcome to another day of painting 50 mint watercolor paintings. And here's a gorgeous gorgeous painting for the day. It is so easy to paint, and the process is even more interesting. In ways, as usual, let's start by having a look at the colours. So for this painting, you can see it's a combination of greens. There's a light green, a medium green, and a darker green. So the light green I'm going to use is cadmium green light. You can use any light green you have cught. If you don't have any light green, you can just make some sap cream and lemon yellow together. And create your own light green. Now the second color you will need is sap cream, which is the medium green I'm going to use. Now to create a darker green, I will mix some sap green and pink grey together. So the third color is pink gray. So these are the three colors you will need for this painting, and along with that, the most important thing is have some white watercolor or white quash. Okay? So that summarize all the colors you will need for this painting. Now, here's the light green I'm going to use. It's called cadmium green light from Shinhan. So just like I said earlier, you can go with any green you have got. Now, before we start with the process, keep the colours ready, and also a facial tissue or a cotton cloth. We need that to lift off some paint, so keep it ready. Alright, so I have my paper ready and the colors as well. Now for this painting, we don't need any sketch. We can start right away. I'm planning to go two Dantlons on the right side. You can place them wherever you want. Okay. Now I'm going to start by applying a quad of water onto the anterior paper. We always spoke about the colors. I hope you have them ready on your palette. We need a light green, sap cream, and some paints gray. Those are the first three colors you will need for the background. Okay, so my background is evenly wet. Now to apply the paint, I'm going to go with a medium sized Dontrese. This one is size number eight, and I'm starting now with the light green. If you don't have any light green, you can just mix some sap cream and lemon yellow together and create a light green of your own and use that for your background. So randomly apply some light green onto the top. You don't need to follow any specific pattern or anything. Next, I'm going to go with sap green. And again, in a very random way, I will add that onto the background. Okay, so simply apply that in between. So we need some light green on the top and also some sap green in between. So we only need light green on the top. We don't need to take it towards the bottom. Okay. Now I'm going to pick more sap green. This one is super dry. I should have sprayed some water earlier. Anyway, I'm just going to apply that onto the anterior area at the bottom. Okay, now gradually, we're going to apply more taco tones. So just like I said earlier, only on the top, we need some lighter green. Towards the bottom, we have to make it more darker. Now with the same brush, I'm going to pick some paints gray, and I'm going to apply that at the bottom onto the wet background. Again, in a very random way, we can just drop in that paint and create some rough textures. Okay, go the darker tone. If the background is not dark enough, the dantlons won't be that pretty. So apply some darker tones at the bottom. Okay. You can drop in more. I'm picking more pinks gray, and I'm adding that at the bottomst corners. And I'm just spreading that into the background. Okay. So that's how it has turned out. Now I'm gonna dab my brush on a paper towel. And I'm picking a bit of sap cream with the same brush, and I'm trying to spread this out a little more and creating some patterns. I'm not going to test the light green. Let it stay hazardous. Only on the right side, I'm adding more deeper tones and textures. Okay, so that's how it has turned out. Now I'm going to keep this brush aside, and I'm going to grab a facial tissue, try to go the soft tissue paper or even a cotton cloth. Now I'm going to dab off some paint from the paper, crumble the paper, and then dab it off. Okay. It doesn't need to be any perfect shape. You can just roughly dab off the paint. You can see the shape of how it got here. I need two dantlons. So in a similar way, I'm going to pick one more shape. You can see how messy that shape is. That is totally fine. It doesn't need to be perfect. You have to do this while the background is still wet. Otherwise, you won't be able to lift up the paint. Okay, that's the only thing. It doesn't need to be a perfect shape at all. Okay, so that's how it has turned out. Now, before the background dries out, I feel like adding some more taker tones. So I'm going to grab my smaller brush and I'm picking some sap cream, mixing a little of paint screen along with that. And I'm dropping in some textures and some shapes onto the background. Mine is still wet. That's the only reason why I'm doing this. If a background is starting to dry, don't add any more patterns. Let it stay the way it is. So I'm just adding some small shapes and some dots. See that? I think that's good enough. Now I'm dabbing that on a paper towel. And then I'm spreading the paint to give it a blurry look, I don't want the patterns to be too prominent. So I'm just smudging them. And maybe on the top, I will drop in some sap cream over here, but it has dried out. So I'm just dropping some water, and I'm spreading that with a wet brush. Maybe some more dacatons over here. Alright, so that is it. I'm not going to drop in any more paint. I might end up ruining it. So this is it now let's leave it for drying. Alright, so the background has dried up, and this is how it is looking right now. I know it looks a bit weird, but that's okay. To fix it, we need some white quash. So squeeze out some white gouache or white verticour onto your palette. Now go with any of your small brush or medium sized brush, pick some white paint. It can be white watercolor or quash, but don't add any water. We need a dry paint. If your paint is watery, dab it on a paper towel. Now, create some rough texture around that shape. Pick some paint without any water. Then only you will get that rough texture. Otherwise, the paint will be a little watery. See that? So around that shape, simply add some rough paint. Now, we need to do the same thing for the other shape as well. So the very first step is to go with some dry paint without adding any water, create some texture like this. Try to make it a rough scar shape. It doesn't need to be perfect. You can see it is not perfect here, and that's totally fine, but try to make it roughly a scular shape. That's all. So it's just a matter of scrubbing that dry paint against the paper and creating these patterns. So over here, I have only went in with two danlons. When you are doing this in a bigger scale, maybe you can go with three or four. Okay. Now with the same brush, I'm going to pick more paint. This time, it's not a dry paint. I'm adding few drops of water. And with that, I'm adding some dots around that circular shape. So simply keep on adding some dots. See that? We have to do this for both the shapes. It is only when you add the dot, the shape will have a finished look. Otherwise, it will look quite messy. So go ahead and add these dots around that shape to give it a more complete look. Okay, so that's the first one. Now in a similar way, I'm going to add dots onto the other one as well. You can see how beautiful it is turning out. Now I'll let's do the same for the second dandelion. I think I will add some more dot. So I'm picking more paint, and I'm adding a few more dots around that circular shape. You can do this until you're happy with the result. Okay, so that's done. Next, we're going to add the rest of the details. So I'm cleaning my brush and I'm picking some sacrem. With that, I'm adding some dots at the center. See that? So leave a circular shape at the center. Then around that, you can add some dots in a very rough and messy way. It doesn't need to look like a perfect circle. It can be more like a very rough shape. Okay. So that is green at the center. Next, I'm going to pick some brown with the same brush. You don't need to clean your brush, pick up some brown. It has to be a medium tone. Don't make it too dark. And with that, simply add some lines like this. It has to be super thin. So go with any of your deating brush or a smaller brush, or any brush with a pointed tip. Okay. Similarly, let's add some lines onto the other one. So from the center, keep on adding some lines. Towards the outer shape. You can add as many as you want. You can see how beautiful it turned out. Earlier, it was looking very messy and weird. Now I think it looks like a dantlon. Anyway, now for the next step, I'm going to pick some green. We have to add the stem. So I've taken some light green, and I'm adding a line. So, this one is more like a mix of green and sap cream and a bit of pins grey I guess. There was some leftover paint there. I mixed them all up, and I'm adding a line. So the paint I'm using here, my green, the light green. It's a bit opaque. If yours is not opaque, maybe you can add a bit of white into it. Otherwise, this line won't be visible because we are adding that on a darker background. So just cob with any green that will be visible on the background. You can add some lemon yellow or white. Now, I'm going to pick some pains green, and I'm going to add some highlights onto the left side, a little on the top, and also some on the left side. Similarly, I will add for the other one as well. Now I think I will go with some light green. And I will add some highlights on the right. So yeah, just go with any green. That will be visible on that darker background and add this stem. Then you can add some darker tones on the left and lighter tones on the light, and that is it. So here is our guard just painting for the day. I really cannot believe we did this in less than 10 minutes, and I think it's a wonderful painting. Give it a try if you were to try it, and be sure to upload them onto the Pritt gallery. Thank you so much for joining and happy painting. 13. Day 10 - Lighthouse: Hello, dear friends. Welcome to Day ten off painting cars just little anscapes and here is our painting for the day. It's a really beautiful painting. It is one of my favorite from the antique collection. So let's start by having a look at the colours you will need. The very first color you will need for this painting is naples yellow. It's a pastel yellow. If you don't have naples yellow, you can just add some white watercolor with any of the yellow, and then you can create a similar color quite easily. So don't worry if you don't have naples yellow. Now, the second color you will need is any yellowish orange or just orange. You can mix some yellow and make it a yellowish orange. The third one is brown or burn sina. And then you will need some red for the lighthouse. This one is permanent red. Then finally, you will need some paint screen to add all the tetons and the details. Okay, so that summarize all the colors you will need for this. G just little painting. Now let's give it a try. Alright, so I have this sketch ready here. It's a very simple lighthouse. There isn't a lot of details. Go a similar sketch, or if you want to modify it, you could do that as well. Okay, so keep the sketch ready. And once you have it ready, take out a piece of masking tape and paste it over it. Now trace out the outline. Okay. Now I'm going to take that out. Then I will cut it and paste it again. Okay. So we're going to preserve this part so that we can paint the sky without worrying a lot. If you want to use masking fluid, that's also totally okay. Now, I'm going to stick it back to preserve this much area of the lighthouse. Okay. When we're painting, we'll be adding lots of grassy lines and details. For now, we just need the shape of the lighthouse, and we have to preserve that area using a masking tape or a masking fluid. Okay. Now, using my Y brush, I'm going to apply a quarter of water onto the entire paper. As I have applied masking tube, the water won't go inside the lighthouse. So that area is masked. Now using another brush. This one is a round brush. I'm applying naples yellow onto the terire area. Naples yellow is a pastel yellow. If you don't have naples yellow, you can just add some white watercolor with any of the yellow you're using and use that as a background color. Now with the same brush, I'm picking a bit of orange. This one is cadmium yellow orange, and I'm adding some clouds onto the wet background. You can add them wherever you want to. You don't need to follow the same pattern. I'm adding some at the bottom as well. Okay, so start by adding a yellow background and add some clouds while the background is still wet. Okay. The color can be a bit more brighter. You can use any kind of orange according to your choice. Alright, so that is yellow and orange. Now I'm picking a bit of brown and I'm adding some clouds as well. It's not a very darker tone. It's more like a medium tone. If you're painting this too watery, dab it on a paper towel and then add your clouds again. So there is no particular pattern or rule you have to follow here. You can add your clouds wherever you want to. We need some orange and some brownish clouds. Okay, if you want to make it more intense, you could do that, or you can go in a similar soft and subtle way. I'm going to add a few more clouds using brown. Then maybe I will make it slightly brighter. I'm really loving the colors here. Maybe a bit more orange. So add the clouds only if your background is still wet. Otherwise, it won't be a good idea to add them again. Okay. And I'm hoping the masking tape is really set there. I guess there won't be any surprises. Now, I'm adding some more brown clouds. I feel the brown is not very prominent enough, so I'm just adding a few more clouds. Now I will just gently smudge it to give it a softer look. And I think with that, I will call it done. I don't want to overdo and ruin it. Right now, it's in a good stage. Sometimes what I do is I overdo and I used to ruin a decent looking painting. Okay, so here is how it has turned out. So wherever I feel the colors are a bit prominent, I'm gently smudging it to give it a softer look. And that's the only thing I'm doing here. Okay. Next, with the same brush, I'm going to pick more brown, and I'm adding that at the bottom. If you don't have brown, you can go with burn ina Asper. Brown is more reddish. That's the only difference, but both the colors will work. No, I'm adding that at the bottom. Okay. Now I will pick some paints gray, and I'm adding that along the bottomost area to bring in all those arco tones. Okay, so we have used brown and paints gray here. Maybe we can add some more. It has to be very intense. Okay, now it's time to keep this brush aside, and let's go with a smaller brush. Now I'm just pushing this paint at the top and I'm creating some grassy lines. For now, I'm just using that paint in the background itself. I'm not picking any new paint. But once this has dried, we'll go with a much more darker tone, and we'll add more grassy lines. For now, I'm just spreading out the same paint in the background. So just do a quick round, and that is it. Now, let that dry. Alright, so the background has dried completely. Now I'm going to peel off that tape. Okay, it clearly worked, and I'm so happy. Now, let's start with the lighthouse. The first color I'm going to go over is paints gray. We need a lighter tone of paints gray. Use any of your smaller brush. Now start by adding some paint on the left side. So it's a medium tone. Don't make it too dark. Add that on the left side. Once you have added that pains grey, pick some water and then make it lighter towards the right side. Okay, so that's pains grey. Now I'm picking some water, and I'm making it lighter. So on the left, we need a medium tone, and towards the right, we need a lighter tone. Maybe we can drop in some more paints gray on the left. Some picking some more paint. Adding that only on the left. I think I picked a lot of paint. Never mind. I will just smudge it. So picking some water, and I'm smudging that. Okay, so that's how it has turned out. It's a base layer. Now, let that dry. Okay, so that is dry. Now, our next task is to add in some more textures. And for that, I'm picking some more paints gray. We need a paint that is kind of dry, so don't add a lot of water. And if you feel your paint is watery, dab it on a paper towel and pick only a very little amount of paint. We don't need a lot. Now, just add some textures onto the lighthouse. We want to create that old rustic look, so these textures are really important. Okay, so go with a dry paint, then add some textures like this. Just like I mentioned earlier, don't pick a lot of paint, go with very minimal amount. Otherwise, you will end up having big patches and shapes of paint. That is not what we want. Now the next step is to introduce those red divisions. So I have taken some red paint on my brush, and I'm going to add two sections in between. You can use red or vermilion or even brown, go with any color of your choice. Maybe you can first give an outline, then fill those sections. I'm going to add one here, then there will be a white section in between. Then I will add another red towards the bottom. Okay, so first add an outline that's easier. Then you can fill it up. The color I'm using here is permanent red. You can go the reddish or brownish or an orangish color. Okay, so that's a first section. Now I'm going to leave some gap. Then I'm adding the second section. Okay, so I have painted the red sections. Now I'm going to pick a bit of paints gray. So just like we did earlier, we have to introduce some textures on the red sections as well. So pick very little amount of paint and add some textures and darker tones, mostly on the left side. Okay. So go with the dry paint and add some lines and textures. Next, I'm going to add the rest of the details. We need to add the details over here. So first, I will add some textures on the top. Then I'm going to add these sections on either side, the trangular pieces. Okay. Now adding a line at the center. I think that's enough. I don't want to add a lot of details. It's super tiny. So this much is fine, I guess. Here is a closer look. We have some more details to add that we can add in some time. But before that, I'm going to add the light on the top. So the first color I'm going to go with is that yellowish orange. Now, this one is going to make a lot of difference to your lighthouse. So pick some yellowish orange or any orange. Now, add some paint, leaving a circular shape at the center. See that. Now with the same brush, I'm going to pick some pinks gray, and I will add that on either side. Then some brown. Okay, so pick some pinks gray or a darker brown. Now add that on either side. See that? It's super dark. We need to introduce a brownish color in between as well. So wash your brush, clean it off, then pick some brown and smudge it. So at the center, we need that orangish color. Don't cover that up. So be very careful when you're doing this. Go with the damp brush which is not overly wet and very gently smudge it. See that? Now, let it dry. In the meantime, we can add the grassy lines at the bottom. So I'm going back with pinks gray or maybe a darker brown. Let's mix pinks gray and brown together. Okay. Now go with any of your smaller brush or a brush with a pointed tip, and keep on adding these kind of long Cove lines at the bottom. We have to add plenty of lines here. We have to cover that emptio bottom. So this might take a bit of a time, especially that white band at the bottom. They have to cover that up. So at the center, you have to add plenty. Otherwise, it will look like a line. We need to get rid of that. So keep on adding some lines here first. Let's focus on this part. Then we can add some on either side. Adding them on either side is quite easy compared to the center. So keep on adding them at the center, so that the white line won't be visible. Okay, let's focus on this part first. You can see it's almost gone. This part is not visible now, so that is how it should be. Now you can focus on the rest of the area and you can keep on adding more and more grassy lines. They can be long and curvy. It will add a natural touch to your painting. Don't add them in a straight way. Okay, so go with any of your smaller brush or a brush with a pointed tip and add these kind of nice long curvy lines. You can see the difference these lines made. Now it looks really beautiful. So keep on adding them until you're happy with the result. Okay, so that is it. I think I covered them all nicely. Next, I'm going to go back to the lighthouse to add the rest of the details. And for that, I'm using paints gray. First, I will add this line here. Okay, now, I'm going to add some vertical lines. Make it as thin as possible. We are trying to make it look like the metal railings. So make it as thin as possible. Maybe you can use the gelpin a black elpin Okay. Now I'm going to add the roof with the same paint. I'm using a dark tone of paints gray on the left side. Then I will use some water and I will make it lighter towards the other side. Okay? You can see how beautiful everything's turning out. I'm really loving that light effect. Okay, so that's a roof. Now, I'm going to go back with pains gray. We need to add that openings. It is just some small vertical opening. Add them on all the sections. Alright, so that's a lighthouse. Now, there is one task left for which I'm going to grab some white gouache. It can be white gouache or white verticular. We are just going to add a tiny dot here to show that light, and that is it. Here is our painting for the day. It's a really beautiful painting. It is super tiny. It is not that easy as compared to the other paintings we have done so far, but give it a try and let me know if you liked it. 14. Day 11 - Yellow Meadow: Hello, dear friends. Welcome to Day Levin of painting 15 minute watercolor landscapes. And here is a gorgeous landscape for the day. Before we start, I will quickly talk about the colors you will need. For the sky, you will need any color of blue and some paints gray. The blue I'm going to use is cerulean blue. You can use Kobal blue, Persian blue, or any other blue of your choice. Okay. Now the next color you will need is lemon yellow and sap green, which are the two major colours I'll be using for the meadow. So, yeah, that's it. The rest is all a mix of these colors. So you will need a blue of your choice, pins grey, lemon yellow, and sap cream. Now, let's give it a try. Okay, so my paper is ready here. Now, let's start by adding this sketch. This sketch is pretty simple. You need to add the horizon line. I'm adding that over here a little lower. Now we need to add a mountain. Okay, so the mountain is far away, so go with a similar size. Next, we can start painting. So first, you have to choose the color for your sky. You can go with any blue you have got. I will be using Cerradan blue. Now, I'm going to apply a clean coat of water onto the entire sky. Along with blue, we will also need some paint screen. So before you start applying water onto your sky, make sure you have it ready on your palette. Okay, don't add a lot of water. Just run your brush multiple times back and forth and make sure it's an even coat. Alright, so I have applied a shiny coat of water onto my paper. Now, I'm going to go with a round brush to apply the paint. This one is size number eight. And as I said earlier, the color I'm going to go with is cerulean blue. Go with a medium tone. Now apply that onto your sky, starting from the top. Now, as you're applying the paint, you have to leave some shapes in between, which will eventually turn into the clouds. Okay. So as I'm painting, I'm leaving some shapes. So over there, you should not be adding any paint. You have to leave the paper white. Now I'm adding some paint at the bottom. Again, in a weird shape, okay? Maybe we can leave some sheaps at the bottom as well. So I'm adding some paint around the mountain, leaving some cap in between. Okay, so we have some blue and some white spaces. Now, what I'm going to do is I'm gonna clean my brush, and I will go with some pinks gray to add the shadows. So these are the shapes I'm gonna go with. You can see we have some white spaces and some blue in between. Now it's time to go with pinks gray, or maybe I'll just drop in some paint on the top to make the blue a bit more brighter. Okay, looks better now. Now I will go with Pinks gray. Now, to add the shadows, I'm going to go with the smaller brush. This one is size number six. Okay. Make sure your brush is clean. Now pick a light tone of Pinks gray. You can either go with pains gray acets or you can mix a little blue with it. Either way, it has to be a light tone. Okay? Now, towards the bottom part of the cloud, I'm going to drop in that paint. See that? That's the kind of tonal value you have to go with. Just drop in along the bottom side and create a shape. Same goes to the other one. The side has almost dried up. I have to be really quick. Now, I'm gonna quickly smudge that shadows to give it a softer look. You can see the color I have used. It's a very light tune. It is not too prominent. When you're smudging the paint, be very gentle, go light handed. Okay. So that's how it has turned out. I think I can drop in some more paint over here. It is still wet. But I'm not gonna touch the bottom part. That has dried completely. Now I will smudge it again. Before you start smudging, make sure you dab your brush on a paper towel, so there won't be a lot of paint or water content on your brush. This will make it a little more easier. Now, if you want to alter the shape of your cloud, there is one thing you can do. Grab a piece of paper towel. And then you can start lifting off some paint. I'm just showing you the things you can do. You don't need to do this. If your background has dried completely, maybe next time when you're trying another sky, you can try this exercise. So just go with a clean paper towel or a cotton cloth, and you can lift off some paint. See that? Be very gentle. Don't put a lot of pressure and don't smudge the paint, gently lift it off. Alright, so that's the sky. Now we can leave it for drying. I think this has already dried up, so maybe I can start with the meadow part. If yours is still wet, maybe give it some time, let it dry completely. Okay. Now to paint the meadow, I'm going to go with lemon yellow and sap cream. Those are the two major colors I'll be using. So I'll start with some lemon yellow. I will apply that almost onto half of the section. Then towards the bottom, I will introduce some green. I pick the wrong yellow. Let me switch to lemon yellow. Now go with that rich creamy paint, which is very bright and prominent. Don't add a lot of water. If you add a lot of water, it will end up looking dull. You can see the color I'm using here. It's quite bright. Go in a similar way and add that along the top. Just add that in a very rough manner like this. Okay. Now, I'm going to go with a smaller brush, and I'm switching to green sap cream. This one is size number six entrus. I'm picking some green, and I'm adding that at the bottom. Okay. Then gently smudge that with yellow. Just keep pushing and pulling the paint into each other. I think I have added a lot of yellow here. The paint is spreading everywhere. Never mind. I will just smudge it. Okay, so you can see some yellow along the top. Nice, clean yellow. Don't mess it up. Let it be that way. I will pick some more green. I will add that at the bottom. Then gradually I will go with some paints gray. We want the bottom part to be really dark. Okay, so I'm picking some paints gray, adding that at the bottom most area. Still, there is a lot of yellow. You can see the way it is spreading. Anyway, now I'm going to pick a little of green, and I'm going to add some shapes and some texture in the background. Don't pick a lot of paint. We only need a little. And then add some lines and some shapes like this in the background. See that? Otherwise, our background will look quite plain and boring. So to give it some realistic character, it is very important to bring in these textures. And don't cover up the entire yellow. We need that yellow to be visible. So just in between, add some shapes and some lines. Okay. If it's too much, you can just smudge it and make it look softer. Alright, so that's how it has turned out. There's one more thing we have to do for that, I'm going to go with a smaller brush, and I'm picking some paints gray and mixing that with green. Now, I'm adding some lines at the bottom, only at the bottom most area where we have this dakotne. So I'm just adding some grassy lines while the background is still wet. See that. So from the bottom, just add some lines towards the top. Only where you have the green, you don't need to take it to the yellow part. So only at the bottom, introduce these lines using any of your smaller brush. This will introduce a nice, realistic touch to your painting. You can see that floral meadow in the background, the yellow floral meadow, then some grassy lines at the bottom. And you can see how well they are going together. See that? You can try the same with any other color of your choice. Maybe some orange flowers will also be nice and maybe red or even pink. Okay, so that's how to **** out. If you want to add some more grassy lines, you could do that. I think it's in a good stage. We can leave it for trying. Alright, so we have the sky and the meadow ready. Now the last part is to paint the mountain. And for that, I'm going to go with a mix of blue and a bit of sap cream. You can use that leftover paint you have used for the sky, add a bit of sap cream. Okay. Now, we're going to go with a medium tone, and we're applying that onto the entire mountain first. Then we can gradually start introducing some textures using a darker tone. Okay. So mix up some green and blue together. You can add more blue into the mix and less green. Now let's add that onto the mountain. This is the base layer. Go with a similar tonal value and apply carefully onto the mountain. It's a small shape. So maybe you can go the smaller brush to be more precise. Now, once you have the base layer ready, we are going to go with the same paint in a dako tone, and we're going to add some textures along the top part. So starting from the top, we're going to drop in some darker tones in between like this. Then if it's too much, just much it. So along the top, just in between, you can drop in some taco tone. It doesn't need to be in a particular way or anything. I'm adding a bit more paint scree into the mix to make it more darker. And along the top onto the right side, I'm adding some taco tone. There's a lot of paint dab it on a paper towel, and then gently smudge it and create those textures. See that? These darker tones make a lot of difference. You can see how easily we made it look more realistic. So drop in those taco tunes in between. We don't need a lot. Don't cover the entire area. You can add some dots or some small shapes in between, and also along the top line. Okay. So that's how it has turned out. I'm quite happy with the result. If you want to drop in more taco tone, you could do that. Now, let's peel out the masking tape. I can't believe we did this painting in 10 minutes. Maybe before I call it down, I will add a little more Takatun just over here. All right. So that's it. That's how our painting has turned out. I hope you all enjoyed it. Give it a try if I get to try it, and let me know if you liked it. Thank you so much for joining and happy painting. 15. Day 12 - Mountain Sunset: Oh Hello, dear friends. Welcome to another day of painting 15 minute Vaticular landscapes, and here is our little landscape for the day. So as usual, we'll start by having a look at the colours. The very first color you will need for the sky is naples yellow. Naples yellow is a pastel yellow. If you don't have naples yellow, don't worry. Add some white watercolor with any yellow you have got, and you can easily create a similar colour. So that's a colour we'll be using for the base. Then onto that, we'll introduce some clouds using orange. This one is a yellowish orange. It's called cadmium yellow orange. Then you will also need a brown, which we'll be using for the cloud, as well as for the mountain. We will also need a brighter orange. You can see the color I have used over here closer to the sun. So to create that effect, you will need a brighter orange. This one is ennelar orange. If you don't have any sort of orange like this, you can just go with the vermilion. Now, the last two colors you will need is brown or bunsena. Then also some paints gray to add all the deeper tones. Alright, so that's some rice, all the colors you will need for this painting. You will need naples yellow, then a yellowish orange and a brighter orange, then some burnina or brown and paints gray. Okay, so keep all the colors ready on your palette, and let's give it a try. Now, I'm going to start by adding a sketch. We need to add some mountains. I'm going to go with three layer. I'm adding the first layer over here. Then another one right behind that. And then one more in the background. You can go with any shapes that you prefer. You don't need to follow the exact same curves and shape. Okay, so that's a sketch. Now we can start painting. So the first step is to apply a coat of water onto the anterior paper. Then we will apply naples yellow. Then onto that layer, we will start introducing some clouds. Okay. So apply a clean even coat of water onto the anterior paper. Don't add a lot. We only need a shiny coat of water. Alright, so my paper is evenly wet. Now, to apply the paint, I'm going to go with a medium sized ran fresh. This one is size number eight, and I'm picking some naples yellow first. I'm applying that onto the wet background. Okay. You can apply this until you reach the mountains. Only towards the right side, I will leave a little of white gap over here. The rest is gonna be all yellow. Okay, so only towards the right, make your paint a bit lighter. Next with the same brush, I'm going to pick some pastel orange. If you don't have pastel orange, just pick a little of orange with the same brush without washing the paint off. Okay. So pick a little of paint. Now introduce some clouds in between. This is just to bring in more textures and more character to the sky. So just add some paint in between. You can use normal orange as well. It doesn't need to be a pastel orange. Okay. I'm still retaining that light space over the right side. That's where we're going to introduce the sun. Now with the same brush, I'm going to pick some brown. There is some pastel yellow on my brush. So the color I'm picking will turn into a pastel brown. Now let's introduce some clouds again. I'm focusing on the top right corner, adding more clouds over here. But you can add them however you like. You don't need to follow the same pattern. Just add them by your background still wet. That's the only thing. I'm picking more brown, adding some more clouds. So the only thing I have to keep in mind is not to cover the entire yellow background, leave some gaps in between, so that all the different colors and tonal values will be visible. Now I will add a few over here closer to the mountain. Still, I'm retaining that whiter space. I'm not going to cover that up. Now I'm cleaning my brush and dabbing it on a paper towel. And I'm switching to some orange, adding that over here around the sun. Just a little. I want a soft and subtle sky. That's why the colors I'm using here is quite light. If you want to make it more dramatic, you can go with much more intense colors. Okay. Now, what I'm going to do is I will add a little more orange over here. It's not really visible. So let's add a bit more. Then there is one more thing that I want to do, which is making the clouds a bit more darker on the top. We'll have to lift up some more paint from here. But before that, let's add other clouds. So I'm pat a little of paints gray, and I'm mixing that with brown. And I'm going to add some more clouds over here. It is still a medium tone. It's not too dark. Go in a similar way. And I'm adding that only on the top. Now, I'm gonna clean my brush and I'm dabbing it on a paper towel. Then I'm gently smudging these colors to give it a softer and smoother look. See that? You can see all those different tonal values and textures we have got here. I'm really loving the colors. Now, before I call it done, I'm going to grab a piece of paper towel, and I'm gonna lift off some paint from here to create the sun, crumple your paper, and just take off some paint like this. And, yeah, that's the sun. So the sky's dare. Now, let's wait for this to dry. After that has dried up, we have to paint the mountains. Alright, so the sky has dried completely. Now, let's start with the first set of mountain in the background. And for that, the color I'm using is a mix of brown and pains gray. I will pick some brown, then a bit of pains gray. So it's more like a muddy color, like a dull muddy colour. Closer to the sun, we will have to introduce some orange. The rest is all going to be this color. Okay. That's the color I'm using. It's more like a burnt umper. I'm adding that everywhere, but not closer to the sun. So I'm cleaning my brush and I'm picking some orange. Go with any brighter orange or vermilion and add that over here and just blend that with a brown. Okay. Now I'm going to pick more brown and I will finish up the shape. Okay, so just closer to the sun, introduce some orange. The rest is all brown. Now I will just pick some water, and I will just add that over here. If you want to add some more paint, you can add that towards the edges over here and maybe on the other side as well. Okay, retain the orange. The rest you can add however you like. Alright, so that's the first mountain. Now, let this dry, then we can add the second one. Initially, I had plans of adding three set of mountains, but I think I will just go with two. Anyway, let's wait until this one has dried completely. All right, so that one has dried completely. Now we can go the second set of mountain. O, which is in the fuegroundT one here. And for that, I'm using the same color, mix of brown and pinks grey, but in a little more darker tone. So I'm picking more pins grey and more brown without adding much water. And I will use this color for the shape. Then closer to the sun, just like I did earlier, I will introduce some orange. I'm not really going to follow the outline I did earlier. I mean, the sketch. I'm going in a different way. So right now, the color I'm using is a mix of brown and pinks gray. I will add some paint on the other side as well. Then I will gradually introduce some orange at the center. Okay, so be very careful. Right at the center, we have to introduce some orange. Now, clean your brush, pick some orange, add that right over here, the same way how we did earlier, and then just rg it into the brown. Okay, we can add some more paint onto both the sides and retain the orange. This one is a very easy technique to create that sunset glow in your painting. At the place where it is closer to the sun, introduce some yellowish color or orange. The rest you can use some dark and bright colours and create that contrast. You can see how easily we created this effect. Maybe we can introduce some more paint and picking some paints gray, adding that onto the edges. Okay. This will create more contrast and will make that glow more beautiful. Okay. So just add some more darker tones onto the edges. At this point, if you're happy with your painting, you can call it done, or you can introduce some more taco tones onto the edges. First, I think I will smudge the paint over here. Then I will add some more taco tones onto either side. Don't add any paint at the center where we have orange. The rest, if you want to add more taco tones, you could do that. I'm going to grab some paints gray, and I'm dropping that again on either side. My background is still wet, so I'm just dropping in some paint here and there to create some texture. Same goes on the other side. Okay, so that is it. I think it's in a good condition. I don't want to add more andro in it. Now, let's wait for this to dry. Alright, so here's a finished painting. I hope you all enjoyed it. We finished this painting in less than 10 minutes. Give it a try if you get to try it, and let me know if you liked it. 16. Day 13 - Colorful Sunset: Hello, dear friends. Welcome to Day 13 of painting 15 minute vertical landscapes. Our painting for the day would only take 10 minutes, and here is the gorgeous sunset we are painting today. So as usual, let's start by having a look at the colors. It's a multiclored sky, and you can see the colours I have used here already. On the top, I have some violet, then some rose orange and yellow. So these are the four colors you will need for the sky. The violet I'm using, it's from Shinhan. It's permanent violet. You can also go with blue if you don't want to use violet. Next is permanent rose. If you don't have permanent rose, you can use carmine or crimson. So we sweat it out violet and rose. Next we need is orange. This one is cenllar orange. You can also go with vermilion or any bright orange. And finally, we will need some yellow. This one is cadmium yellow light. Okay, so these are the full colors you'll need for the sky. The next color you will need a sap green and some paint screen to add the deeper tones. It's a really gorgeous painting, and you can finish this in less than 10 minutes. So, yeah, that's green. Now finally, you will need some paint screen to add all the deeper tones. If you would like to, you can experiment with a different color combination, as I said earlier. Instead of violet, you can go with a deep brown or maybe blue. Anyways, these are the colors I will be using. Here is a closer look at the swatches. I'll be using violet, permanent rose, orange, yellow, sap green, and pink green. So keep all the colors ready on your palette, and let's give it a try. Alright, so I hope you guys have the colors ready on your palette. When you have it ready, start by applying coated water onto the anterior paper. Apply a nice gentle wash of water. Don't add a lot. Okay, so my paper is evenly wet. Now we can start applying the paint. To apply the paint, you can go with a flat brush or a round rush. I'm choosing to go with the roundtrs. This one is size number eight. Now, the first color I'm going to go with is violet. I'm going to apply this on the top part of the sky. If you want to go with blue, that is also okay. That also make a beautiful color combination. So just go with violet or blue, apply that on the top of your paper. You can decide on the intensity you want to go with if you want a very bold and bright sky, add in more paint. Now I'm going to clean my brush, and I'm switching to permanent rose. If you don't have rose, you can go with crimson or carmine. Now apply that next to violet and blend them. I will wash my brush again. Then I will pick some clean rose. Then I will add that towards the bottom. Okay, so I'm going to pick some more paint, adding that over here. Next, I'm going to go with orange, so cleaning my brush again and I'm switching to orange. This one is cellar orange. Go with any orange of your choice. Let's add in some more orange. I'm cleaning my brush, picking some more paint, adding that over here. Next, it's time to go with yellow. So clean your brush, pick any of the yellow of your choice. Then add that next to orange. At the center, you have to lay some white cap. See that? Don't add any paint over here. Now clean your brush, dab it on a paper towel and try to gently smudge it. But don't get rid of that white space we have at the center. That is really important to create the glue. So dab your brush on a paper towel, then you can lift off some paint as well. Okay. So that's a glowy part. Now, if you want to add some clouds, you could do that, as well. Just in case if you don't want to add any clouds or if your background is starting to dry, you can leave it this way. Okay. Now I'm going to add some clouds on the top part. And I'm going with a mix of violet and rose. I want a purple sort of a color. So picking some violet and rose, mixing them together. Now let's add some clouds over here where these two colors are mating. I think it can be a bit more pinkish. The mix can be a bit different. It can be more violet ish or pinkish. That's totally fine. Now, add some clouds wherever you like. I wouldn't be adding much towards the bottom. I'm focusing on this part. Then also a few onto the top. Okay. So that's how I want my sky to be. Maybe we can add a small cloud over here. But I'm not adding any towards the bottom. I want the orange and yellow to stay acetus. Alright, so that's how my sky has turned out. Now, in case if you feel like those white space is not enough, you can grab a paper towel and then gently lift off some paint again. Just to introduce those white streaks, be sure not to overdo it. We only need a little of white space over there. Okay, so that's it. Now let's leave it for drying. Alright, so this sky has dried completely, and that's how it has turned out. The colors are looking a bit dull, but that's okay. Next, we're going to add in the landscape. Only over here, the area which is closer to that white space, we will use orange. The rest is all going to be paints gray and dark green. Okay. So I'm going to start with a bit of orange. You can go with any of your smaller brush. I'm going to go with a yellowish orange. You can just mix some yellow and orange together and create a similar color. Or if you have it with you, you can use it directly. Okay, so we need a light yellowish orange. Now I'm going to add some shapes over here closer to that white space. See that? So this is the top part. Towards the bottom, we'll be filling that up. Along the top, we need some leafy patterns like this. Okay. So there is the area closer to the sun. Now I'm going to pick some green. So the rest is going to be dark green. So I'm mixing some paints green and green together. And I'm going to add that over here. But I think I will need to introduce some brown in between. These two colors are not really blending well. So I'm going to clean my brush and I'm picking a bit of brown. And I'm just adding that over here, and I'm gently smudging it to give it a softer look. Okay. So only over here, we have to introduce this detail. The rest is all going to be dark green and paints gray. To make it look better, I'm cleaning my brush, dabbing it on a paper towel. And then with a clean dry brush, I'm just smudging this part again. I'm going in a way like I'm adding some top, I'm smudging it. This will leave some leafy patterns as well. Okay. So this is the only area we have to focus where it is closer to that white space. The rest, we can just fill in the paint. Okay, so I'm picking some paint screen, adding that at the bottom, also onto the other side. Then gradually I will introduce some green. Now, I'm going to pick some grain with the same brush, and I'm going to add that onto the top. Okay, so along the top line, you have to add those teeny tiny patterns to make it look like there are some leaves. The rest towards the bottom, you can just fill it up. Okay. Similarly, I have to add some paint onto the other side as well. So the only area you have to focus is at the center, where you have to add that orange. The rest is pretty easy. You can just add in the paint and smudge it. Then towards the top, introduce that leafy pattern. Okay, so I'm adding some green over here. It is just sap cream. Then I will add some pinks gray as well to add those darker tones. Okay, so that is just green. Now with the same brush, I'm going to pick some pink grey, and I will mix that with green. Now I'm adding some at the bottom. Now I will add some leafy pattern onto the top as well. And with that, we'll be done with our painting. So go with any of your smaller brush when you're adding these patterns. That will make it look more beautiful. And also don't add them in the same height. At some places, you can make it higher, and at some places you can make it lower. This will add a realistic character to your painting. Okay? I have added those teeny tiny patterns on the top. I think I will go back with green and I will add some more patterns on the top. Alright, so that's how it has turned out. That's our glowing sunset for the day. You can see how easily we created that glowing effect. It is just a matter of playing with the right colors. Okay, so here is our painting for the day. I hope you all enjoyed creating this quick landscape. You can try the same painting with different color combinations. The only area you have to focus is right here. Over here, you have to introduce some orangish color and make it lighter in the background. The rest you can go with any color, maybe towards the top, you can go with a dark brown or a blue. Alright, so that's all for the day. Give it a try if I get to try it, and let me know if you liked it. 17. Day 14 - Foggy Day: Hello, dear friends. Welcome to another day of painting quick vertcular landscapes. And here is our most gorgeous landscape from the series. It's a simple yet a stunning one. Anyway, I'll start by having a look at the colors. So the very first color you will need for this painting is indigo. I'll be using indigo for the mountains as well as for the sky. Then along with that, I will also be using some naples yellow. We'll be using really light tones. You can see that from the picture itself. We'll be using indigo for the mountains as well as for the pine trees far away. Okay, so that's our first color. Now the second color, as I mentioned earlier, is naples yellow. If you don't have naples yellow, there is nothing to worry. It is just a pastel yellow. You can add some white watercolor with any yellow and create a similar color. The next one is orange. You can go with any orange. We only need a very little amount of paint. I'll be mixing that with naples yellow to create a lighter tone. Okay, it has to be even more lighter. So that's our third color. The next one is yellow ochre. For the meadow, I won't be using green acets. I'll mix some yellow ochre with sap cream. To create a color that is more like an olive green. Okay? If you want your green to be more fresh, you can just use sap cream acets. You don't need to mix yellow ochre with it. Now, the last color we will need is pains gray to add all the deeper tones and textures, we will need some pains grey. Okay, so that is pains grey and that's our last color. Here is a closer look at the swatches. We will need indigo, naples yellow, any orange, yellow ochre, sap cream, and pink grey. Okay, so these are the colors we will need. Keep them ready, and let's give it a try. Alright, my paper is ready here. Now, I'm going to start by applying coda water onto the entire paper. So the first two colors we are going to use is indigo and naples yellow. I hope you have them ready on your palette Okay. So I'm applying some water onto the entire paper. We're going to do the sky first. Anyway, I'm just applying water on the entire paper. Now, the first color I'm gonna pick is indigo, and I'm using a size number eight ramrsh. Okay. So let's go with a light tone of indigo, and I'm going to apply that onto the top. Then towards the right side, I will introduce a bit of naples yellow. Okay. So that's the kind of tonal value I'm going with. It's really light. I'm adding that on the top, and also a little on the left. Okay. Now, I'm gonna clean my brush, and I'm picking a little of naples yellow, and I'm adding that on the side. Go the really light tone. So naples yellow doesn't make a green when you mix with blue. That's the main reason why I'm using naples yellow here. If you don't have naples yellow, you can just add some white watercolor with in yellow and create a similar color. So use that for your sky. I will pick a little more indigo and I will add that on the top. But oh, I think I'll need to make it lighter. The color was quite bright. Okay, so that's a sky. We have used intico and naples yellow. I will just make it even on the top. Okay, so that is it. Now let's leave it for drying. All right, so the sky has dried completely. Next, we can paint a mountain. That's the most interesting part about this painting. Now, here closer to the yellow, we have to introduce some orange. The rest, I will be using a mix of indigo and paints gray. Okay, I don't want the orange to be too bright, so I'm going to pick a little of naples yellow and mix that with orange. I'm taking a little of orange, now some naples yellow, mixing them together. Okay, so that's the colour I'll be using. Now using this color, I'm going to add the shape over here first. So this is the area closer to that yellow part of the sky. So to create the glue, I'm adding some orange here. Okay. So this is how I have added orange. Now I'm cleaning my brush, and I'm going with a mix of indigo and a bit of paints gray. I don't want the colour to be too grayish or bluish. That's why I'm mixing them together. It's a lighter tone or maybe slightly medium tone. Now I'm adding the rest of the mountain using this color. See that? Don't use a pain that's too watery because it will spread into orange and you won't be able to retain that. Okay, so retain the orange and add some paint like this around that orange. Now I'm going to pick a little water, and I'm making this part lighter. Now to make the color softer, let's much it, especially this part. So dab your brush on a paper towel and make it dry and gently much the paint. See that? Don't put a lot of pressure. Be very gentle. Now, let's add pink towards the bottom. I think the mountain is looking quite nice. So I'm picking the same color, and I'm adding that towards the bottom. Now picking some water. And I'm continuing that until the bottom. Okay, so that's a mountain. Now, if you want to add some deeper tones, you can drop in a little bit, not a lot. Now to add the deeper tones, I will pick a little of indigo and Pinskra again. And I'm adding that only over here. Now let's much it again. So dab your brush on a paper towel and ent lease much it with a dry brush or a dam brush. Just be sure your brush is not too watery. Okay, so that's how it has turned out. Now, before this background dries up, we have to paint the meadow. And for that, I'm going to go with a mix of yellow ochre and sap cream. I don't want the green to be too bright. I want a dull green. That's why I'm mixing yellow ochre along with sap cream. If you want a brighter green, you can use sap cream acetsO even viridian green. It's your choice. Okay. So let's pick some yellow ochre and sap cream. Let's mix them together. Now, this color is more like olive green. If you have olive green, you can use it directly. So that's the kind of color I have created by mixing yellow ochre and sap green. Now, towards the bottom, we have to make the color more darker. But I think I will just add the background color. Then we can gradually make it darker. More yellow ochre, mixing that at the bottom. Okay, so that's a background layer. Now, let's add in more deeper tones to make it more attractive. Now to add the deeper tones, I'm picking some pains grey, mixing that with green. And I'm going to drop in that onto the background, mostly towards the bottom. I'm adding some lines and some shapes. I won't be adding any towards the top. We want to create that blurry line over there. So let's not disturb that part. Pick more pains grey and add that at the bottom. I don't have much paint left on my palette. I think I will just use indigo instead. Now, before I add more deeper tones, there is one thing that I want to do. For that, I'm going to go with a clean brush. It is totally dry. Now I'm gently running my brush back and forth in a horizontal direction along that horizon to make it more softer. I don't want the paint to be spreading too much, so this will prevent it from further spreading. Now, I'm going to pick more paints gray. And I'm adding some more darker tones at the bottom. In order to create that depth in of a painting, the background details have to be very soft and light, and the full grown has to be more darker, and that is what I'm trying to do right now by adding more deeper tones. There isn't enough paints gray left on my palette, so I'm just picking some indico, and I'm adding that at the bottom. Okay, now the color is really intense, especially at the bottom. That is exactly what I needed. Now I will just much it. As you can see here, I haven't added any deeper tones closer to the horizon. I'm adding those deeper values only at the bottom. Okay, now let's gently smudge it, and then we can go with the final details. So I'm dabbing my brush on a paper towel, and I'm gently smudging those lines. I cannot tell you how much I w those mountains. It was simple and it looks really beautiful. Anyway, that's how it has turned out. Now we can leave this for trying. Our painting has dried completely. Now we can add some horizon details. That's our last task. It is nothing major. I'm just going to add some pine trees along the horizon line, some soft blurry ones. For this, you can use the same mix, mix of paints gray and intigo. Go with a medium tone, and also use a smaller brush. The pine trees we are going to add are super tiny. They're not going to be very well detailed. I have added some water, and I think that's the perfect color. Okay. Now, I'm starting by adding a line. No, that's too dark. I need to add some more water. Okay, this seems fine. Now, onto this line, I'm going to add some messy lines onto either side. See that? On the top, they have to be shorter, and towards the bottom, they have to be wider. Don't add the entire shape. I mean, don't finish it off. Now pick some water, and then towards the bottom, make it lighter. Okay, so that's how the tree is going to be. Now I'm going to add another one, starting by adding a line. Then onto either side, I'm creating some messy shapes like this. Now picking some water. And making it lighter. Okay, so that's how the tree is going to be. You can add as many as you want. It doesn't need to be well detailed. Now in a similar way, I'm going to add few more trees, maybe two or three. I won't be adding a lot. Okay, I think I will add a shorter one next, then maybe a taller one towards the left side. But if you want to add more, you could do that. You don't need to follow the same number and the same location. You can add them wherever you like. So that's the next one. Now I'm picking some water. And I'm making it lighter towards the bottom to give it that soft, blurry look. Okay? We already have a blurry line here, that horizon line is not sharp, and by making the pine trees lighter over here, you can easily create a foggy mystery effect in your painting. So this is the last tree. I think there's a lot of water on my brush, and it is too light, so I'm picking some more paint, and I'm adding some more lines on either side. Then towards the bottom, I'm making it lighter. Easy, right? Now, if you want to add more trees, you could do that. You don't need to follow the same number. I will just add some more paint onto the top. Okay, so that's my last pine tree. Okay, so here is the finished painting. I really enjoyed painting this. It was quick and it is beautiful. I hope you all enjoyed it, too. Give it a try if I get to try it and let me know if you liked it. 18. Day 15 - Autumn Morning: Hello, dear friends. Welcome to the final day of 15 minute Verticula series. And here is our car just painting for the day. We're trying an autumn morning. It's a quick and stunning painting where you will learn to create that glowing effect. So as usual, let's start by having a look at the colours. As you can see from here, you will need some yellow, orange and brown for this entire painting. The first color is cadmium yellow. You can go any yellow of your choice. The next one is a yellowish orange. So basically, we just need some yellow, orange and brown. You can go with the colors you have with you. It doesn't need to be exactly the same. The next one I have here is cellular orange, which is a brighter orange. You can go with armilin aspo. So that's our third color. Next, you will need some brown or burn sina. Okay, we'll be using this color for the tree and also some at the bottom. And finally, to add all the deeper tones and the final details, we need some pin screy. Okay, so that summarize all the colors you will need for this gorgeous autumn morning. Keep them ready, and let's give it a try. You don't need any sketch for this painting. I'm hoping you have all the colors ready. So once you have it ready, start by applying a coat of water onto the anterior paper. So the only element here is a tree, which we don't need to sketch. We can add that as we're painting. Now, I'm starting with the yellow, and the brush I'm using is a medium sized down brush. This one is size number eight. Now I'm picking some yellow. This one has cadmium yellow light, and I'm applying that over here at the center. And I'm creating some shapes. So I started off with a bright yellow, then I'm making it lighter towards the center. See that? So just keep on adding some shapes and some dots onto the paper. Now, with the same brush, I'm going to pick some orange, and I will continue doing the same. So at the center, you're trying to create a sun. So the colors have to be lighter at the center. That is really important. Maybe we can add some more yellow, then switch to orange. I'm adding some more at the bottom. So you can see the color I'm using right now. It's bright, but onto the top, I'm making it lighter. It is right at the center where I'm going to introduce the sun. We won't be showing the sun. We're just trying to create an illusion that there is a sun, and for that reason, the colors will be lighter. Okay. So that is yellow. Now, this is where we are going to create that sun glow effect. Next, let's pick some orange, and I'm going to do the same thing. But I won't be adding much towards the center. See that? So let's keep the center part lighter and we can introduce more brighter tones on either side. Let's pick some more and add that towards the bottom. Then towards the bottom most area, once we are done with orange, we will introduce more brown. Maybe we can add that now. Then in between, maybe we can introduce some brighter orange Jaquel. Okay. So as you can see here on the top, we have some yellow. Then towards the bottom, we are making the color more darker. Now while you're adding the paint, you can add some dot assu to create that texture. Okay, so just keep on adding some dots and some tiny patterns to create that leafy texture. We have to make it more darker towards the bottom. So once I'm done with this, I will introduce some paint screy towards the bottom. Onto the top, I'm pretty happy with the colors. Only towards the bottom, you have to make it more darker. Maybe I will add some paint onto this corner. I still have that lighter tone at the center, which I'm not going to touch. We're going to add a tree over here. So I thought it's nice to add some leaves on the top. So right now, the color I used is a light tone of brown. Now, I'm going to make it a bit more darker. Let's not cover the entire area, drop in some darker tones in between. It is still not too dark. I haven't added any pinks grey or anything. It is just brown. I used that in a bit more darker tone. Okay. And I'm adding some teeny tiny patterns as well to make it look like the foliage. If you want to make it a bit more darker, maybe onto the top corner, you can add that darker tones. Otherwise, I think it's in a good stage. Now I'm going to pick some pinks grey. And I'm adding that at the bottom. Have some brown as well, and that's the color you see right now. I'm adding that along the bottom most area. So mix some pink gray and brown together, then make it darker. Don't add any towards the top. We want to retain that yellow and oranges. Only at the bottom, drop in some taco tone. Once you have added that paint, you can dyeh on a paper towel. Then gently add some teeny tiny patterns. Maybe we can drop in those patterns using orange. We haven't added much of orange here. So just drop in some small shapes and patterns using orange or maybe a medium tone of brown. So it's just a matter of adding those teeny tiny dots to make it look like the leaves. We are creating that kind of a texture here. Okay. Now, towards the bottom, I think we can drop in some more darker tones. These colors will dry up and it will look dull. So I'm going to grab some more paints gray, and I will add that over here onto the bottom most areas. And along with that, I'm adding some tiny dots and patterns. You can see the difference it made. Now, everything is looking really beautiful. Alright, so that is the base layer. Now, let's wait for this to dry. Everything has dried properly, and that's how it has turned out. Next, we're going to add the tree. I'm going to add the tree almost towards the left side over here, and I have taken some yellow on my brush. It's a light tone of yellow. That's a color I'm starting with. Okay. So first, I'm going to add some yellow over here, and I'm adding a line. Now towards the left side, we're going to make the color more darker. On the right, we have to retain the yellow. Next I'm picking some orange, some yellowish orange, adding that next to yellow, and I'm gently blending them. Okay. Next, we can go with a brighter orange and then brown. Adding that next to yellowish orange and I'm blending them. My paint is kind of dry, so I'm picking a bit of water and I'm blending the colors. So on the right side, we have yellow. Then we have used a yellowish orange, then a brighter orange. Now I'm picking some brown and I'm adding that towards the bottom and also onto the top. Once we are done adding the brown, you will see the difference. Then you will see a real glow here. Introduce some brown onto the top and also at the bottom. Then we have to blend that into the background. Right now it is not really blended. So I'm going to introduce some more orange over here, and I'm smudging that with brown. Okay, now to blend it, I'm going to pick a little water. I'm cleaning my brush. Then with the damp brush, I'm smudging this area. I'm trying my best not to cup over the yellow part. We have to retain that. Okay. So that's how it has turned out. I think the top part of the tree became a bit wider. So I will have to just extend that towards the bottom. So I'm picking some yellow, and I'm extending that. Okay. Now, after we're done with this, we will have to introduce some pinks gray as well onto the top and bottom. Once we have the darker tones, this area will start to glow. Okay? So I fix the shape. Now I'm going to pick some pink gray and I will add that onto the top and bottom before the base layer dries up. Okay. I'm adding that over here and also at the bottom. Then I need to smudge it into the background. See that? You can see the difference. The yellow is more glowy right now. Now, I'm going to dip my brush on a paper towel. I have cleaned it. Now, maybe a little of orange will help in smudging. Okay. So I'm just pushing and pulling that paint into the background, and I'm smudging the colors. We still have to retain the yellow part. So be careful when you're adding paint over here. Try not to disturb that part. Okay. Now at the bottom, I'm just merging this and I'm creating some dry textures so that the tree will just merge into the background. We can drop in some taco tuna as well. So this is some dry paint. Once you've taken the paint, you can dab your Bahn a paper towel and create some dry texture here. This way, you don't need to show the roots or any other parts of the tree. Okay. Now, if you want to add some more darker tone or textures, you could do that. I'm adding a bit more dakotne at the bottom. Then with that, I'm done with the base layer of the tree. Then we have to introduce the branches and then some more textures. I think this is looking quite nice. I'm really happy with the textures and everything. Maybe I will drop in some more dots and a few more things here. Okay, so this is how it has turned out. Next, I'm going to add a branch onto the left. Then I will add another one onto the right. So for this one, I'm going to go with a mix of pinks grey and brown. I need a darker brown for this branch here. This one is away from the sun, so we can just use a brown, a darker brown or a medium tone. Okay. So that is the first branch. Now, I'm going to add another one onto the right side. For that, we have to play with different colors. We have to go with yellow, then orange, and then brown to create the glowy effect. But before that, I think we can introduce some texture onto the tree. So I'm using a smaller brush here and I'm going back with the mix of pink gray and brown. Okay. And I'm going to add some lines onto the tree to create some texture, just some irregular thin lines. Add them however you like. And if you don't want to add them, even that is totally fine. So this will bring in a light texture, and it will make your tree look more beautiful. You can go with the dry paint and simply add some lines onto the tree and also some dry textures. Okay, I will add a few more lines, then I will go with the other branch. When you're adding the texture, try not to add much over the yellow part. You can leave that area acetus. Okay, so those are the textures. Now, I'm going to add few more branches. I will add some more onto the left side. Then I will go with the right. I'm adding another one here. Then one more on the other side. You can place your branches wherever you like. You don't need to follow the same shape or the same spot. Okay. Go with an irregular shape to make it look more beautiful and realistic. I think I will add one more tiny branch onto the top. Initially, I thought of adding one in between, but I think this one is better. Now we can go with the one on the right, so clean your brush properly and go with yellow. So I'm going to start from here this point, I'm using yellow here. The same color I used earlier for the tree. Okay. I'm going to extend that a bit more. Then I will go with orange. Okay, so this one is yellow. Start your branch using yellow. Now pick a bit of yellowish orange. Add that over here next to yellow. Next I'm going to go with a brighter orange using that next. And then towards the end, I will use brown. Okay, so that is yellow and orange. Now I have taken some brown, and I'm using that over here to finish off the shape. Now dab your brush on a paper towel and gently smudge this part so that the colors won't look like separate sections. It should look like a one whole branch with that glowing effect. So smudge it very lightly with a damp brush. Okay. You can clearly see the glow here. It is a magic of the colors. So when you use the colors in the right way, you can create beautiful effects. And this painting is a clear example. I'm adding one more branch here. If you want to add more, you could do that. Maybe you can add some more teeny tiny branches. Now I'm going back with some pinks gray, and I'm introducing some dry textures over here. I felt like this area looks a bit more dakotn. So I'm just adding some dry patterns using paints gray. If you feel like yours doesn't require this, you don't need to do that. You can leave it as it is. Okay, so with that, we are done with our gorgeous autumn morning. Here is our painting. And with this, we are finishing off this challenge. I hope you all enjoyed it. Thank you so much for joining and happy painting.