5 Days of Therapeutic Sunset Paintings - Explore the Art of Gouache Colors

1. Welcome to the Class: After having a very hectic and busy day. If you take out some time and observe a natural sunset, you will find a different piece and calmness together. You will also observe that it's an amalgamation of warm colors together. In this class, we are going to paint five beautiful sunset paintings, which are going to be absolutely therapeutic and bring a lot of calmness while painting. We are going to have five beautiful class projects based on sunsets, in which we are going to combine minimal elements together and form some beautiful paintings. Hey Buddy, myself, Rick Patel. I'm a self taught independent artist and an interior designer by profession. I'm someone who loves to explore different art mediums, and teaching is something that I love to do the most. My major focus is always to create classes for intermediate and beginners who are trying to develop their skills on a regular basis. You can find most of my artworks on Instagram. I go by the name Shiraz Artisans. In this class, we are going to start by learning about all the art supplies in detail. You're going to talk about the color palette that we're going to use. We're going to talk about the brushes that you will need for this entire class. All over it is going to be a warm color palette in which we are going to combine all the colors together. I'll be teaching you how you can place your coaster in a fixed position on the desk so that it doesn't move. Before starting with all the class projects, we are going to have a beautiful practice session in which we are going to learn about all the elements and how to paint them in detail. We're going to start by painting a beautiful gradient background, creating some amazing water body, having some nice depth and details. Altogether, they're going to paint some beautiful clouds. There are going to be sellouts, which we are going to paint using solid black color. We're going to combine all the elements together and form some beautiful sunset paintings. The class is absolutely suited for all level artists. There is no prior knowledge required. All the class projects are elegant, easy, and very simple to create. I'm really very happy and excited to share this class with all of you. It's going to be a very therapeutic and peaceful journey of creating some beautiful art pieces together without any delay. Grab your art supplies, join me in this creative journey and let's get started. 2. Art Supplies: Hey buddy, Before we start, let us talk about all the art supplies in detail. No need to worry at all in case you are missing out on any particular art supply. You can find them very easily in any nearby local art store. Here, I have placed all my art supplies in a systematic manner so you can observe one of our class projects very carefully. It's basically a MDF coaster, which is medium density fiber board on which we are going to paint using wash colors. But in case you do not want to paint on coasters, you can definitely use a watercolor paper as well. I'll show you a plain coaster here. The size of this particular coaster is 15 by 15 centimeters. Approximately six by 6. ". No need to worry about the size. You can also experiment with the shapes and sizes as well. Now, in case you do not want to paint on a coaster, you can use a watercolor paper of size five. You can convert it into a square sheet, or you can use it as a rectangle as well. So these are basically 300 GSM watercolor papers. Gsm basically means thickness of the paper so that we can apply heavy washes. And we are also going to use a watercolor paper to prepare our practice sheet as well. You will find watercolor papers very easily in any nearby local art store. Now let us talk about the gouache colors that we are going to use for this particular class. For the entire class, we are going to have a beautiful, warm color palette. Let me give you the details. The first one is yellow, co, the second one is burnt sienna, scarlet, and then we have yellow. These are the four ga color tubes that we are going to use. No need to we at all. In case you do not have the exact shade of the color, you can definitely go for any other good alternative as well. The next art supply is a simple color palette. Make sure that your color palette is having enough space so that you can take out multiple colors in it, and there should be a good mixing space as well. Now comes the most important art supply, which is the brushes that we are going to use for the entire class. No need to worry at all. We are going to need only four brushes for the entire class. The first one is a round brush of size three. The second one is again a round brush of size seven. The third one is a flat brush of size 11. The last one is a flat brush of size 1 ". These are the four brushes that you will need for this particular class. Then next up, we have a simple pencil, which we can use wherever any reference line or any rough sketch is required. Then next up, we have a simple masking tape, which we are going to use to place it on the back side of the coaster so that we can place it on the surface. The next art supply is a simple cup of water. Right now it's a complete orange water. We are going to take some clean water. Of course, we can use this water to clean the brushes and use water wherever required. Now, apart from the color tubes, we are also going to need black and white wash colors. I was missing out on color tubes, that's why I'm going to use the tubs. The last art supply is a simple tissue paper that you can observe below the brushes, which we are going to use to remove axis amount of water and color. These are all the art supplies that you will need for this particular class. No need to worry at all in case you're missing out on any particular art supply. You can find it very easily in any nearby local art store. Also, you can use any other good alternative as well. Now let us move towards the next part. 3. Understanding the Color Palette: Everybody. Before we start with the class projects, let us understand the color palette that we are going to use for the entire class. If you see all the class projects, you will observe that the entire color palette is having warm colors in it. Warm colors generally are very near to red, orange, and yellow. They create a nice sense of peace and calmness altogether. If you observe all the class projects carefully, you will see that we have a lot of shades which are in red, yellow, and orange. Apart from that, we have used black and white to paint some beautiful elements that are creating contrast with the background. Let us prepare the color palette. The first color is burnt sienna. I'll just take out some color in the color palette and I'll also show you by applying it on the watercolor paper, which is placed just on the right hand side. You can use a simple art journal or a rough scrap of paper to observe the application of the color. Then the second color I have taken is scarlet, which is very near to red. Now let us take some yellow occur as well. No need to take a lot of color. You can observe, I'm just taking a little bit of color. We do not want to waste the resources. Always take color in required amount. Then the last one is yellow, which is a little bit more vibrant than the yellow co. Now you can observe we have four colors in the color palette. Now I'll be taking my round rush of size seven. We're going to apply all the four colors to the watercolor paper one by one. So let us start with medellow. Take a little bit of water from the cup of water to loosen the color a little bit, and then we can apply it on the watercolor paper. You can observe the movement of my brush. It's a simple vertical movement where I'm trying to apply the color in a small portion. You can observe the exact saturation of the color on the water color paper. Now, in case you might have axis amount of water in the color, it would definitely look a little bit more lighter in tone. Now simply clean your brush in some water and this time we're going to take some yellow occur. Similarly, I'll be just applying a small patch and you can observe the exact tone of this particular color as well. Now we are going to clean the brush again. And now we are going to take some scarlet, which is very much near to red color. As you can observe, I'm just trying to lose the color up by adding a little bit of water. I have applied a small patch, you can observe the vibrance of the entire color on the watercolor paper. Now comes the last one which is burnt sienna. We're going to apply that as well. Now we are ready with all the four colors being applied on the watercolor paper. You can observe its appearance on how it looks on the surface. Now you have an exact idea of how the combination of warm colors looks together. These are going to be the colors that we are going to use the class projects. Apart from these four colors, we are also going to use black and white, which are going to be colors that are going to create a nice contrast in the entire painting. Black color, we are going to use it to create a beautiful sellout for the elements that we are going to paint. I was out on gas color tubes. I'm using the tubs, you can observe we have both black and white together. Now in the class project, you can observe carefully we have painted a beautiful landscape sellout. Using the white color, we are going to paint the entire sun and its reflection effect. I'll be taking a little bit of black color in the color palette. You can add a little bit of water to loosen it up. Now, once we have taken some color in the brush, you can also apply it onto the watercolor paper. One thing you have to make sure is you should have a good combination of color and water together. There shouldn't be axis amount of water in your black color. It will definitely decrease the saturation of the color. The color will look a little bit lighter on the entire surface once it dries. So we are not going to apply white color since the paper is already white. So there is no point of applying it apart from all the four colors that we have applied. We are going to use black and white as well, combining all the four colors together. Let me also show you how we are going to make a nice blend of all the four colors together. Let us move in a sequence from burned sienna to light yellow. There's a nice application from the first color to the last color. Here let me show you again. I'll be taking some burned sienna. We just have applied it on the bottom portion. Then simply just clean your brush. Take another color. I have cleaned my round brush and I'll be taking some scarlet which is red, near to red. I'll be applying it just beside burn sienna. Similarly, we are going to repeat the same process. Just clean your brush and we are going to take some yellow occur. No need to hurry at all. Try to do it in a very slow and steady manner. And it's like a color therapy, only you'll get a nice idea of all the warm colors together. Now we went from scarlet to occur. Yellow, now comes the last color, which is mid yellow. It's a very light shade of yellow color. Now you can observe a beautiful variation from the darkest tone coming towards the lighter color. And it's a beautiful shade of warm colors together. This is the entire color palette that we are going to use for all the class projects. In case you're not having the exact shade. No need to worry at all. You can go for any other good alternative as well. You can prepare your entire color palette in this particular manner. You can learn its application on watercolor paper. Now let us move towards the next part. 4. Lets Practice the Elements: Everybody, before we start with the class projects, let us practice all the elements that you will need in this entire class and how to paint them in detail. This is going to be a very fun and easy part where you are going to develop your painting skills. It will help you a lot while creating all the class projects. Here you can observe a simple masking tape and we're going to apply it on the top portion of the watercolor paper, creating two different sections in which I'll be teaching you how to paint a beautiful gradient background for the sky. The second part would be for water body where we are going to have some nice depth and details. Let me give you a basic detail about the watercolor paper. It's a 300 GSM five size sheet. You can also use your regular practicing journal as well or a rough scrape of paper. Here you can observe a class project in which we have a beautiful gradient background in the sky. Similarly, there is another class project where we also have this beautiful combination of warm colors together. Also we have a beautiful sun and clouds in the sky, which we are going to learn. It's a very simple and easy technique. You just have to take your 1 " flat brush. Apply a thin coat of water on the entire surface. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply an even coat of water on the entire surface and make sure that there is no space left on the water color paper. I have taken the first color, which is burned, Siena in the color palette. Then I have taken the second color, which is yellow, Co, and the last one, which is going to be scarlet. You can observe, I have taken all the three colors in the color palette in a required amount only no need to waste resources. So now I have taken my flat brush of size 11, and we have taken some good amount of burnt sienna in it. You can add a little bit of water to just lose the color up, and I have applied it on the top portion. It's a simple horizontal movement. We are not going to cover the entire surface since we want to create a beautiful gradient background. Now, clean your flat brush. Take some yellow occur in it. Add a little bit of water to loosen the color up. Apply just below the burn sienna color Again, you can observe it's a simple horizontal movement. Now you can observe a line of separation between both the colors occur, yellow and burn sienna. Just simply clean your flat brush. Make it completely dry by dabbing it onto the tissue paper. Apply it in between both the colors. You'll observe a nice blend between them. Now we'll be taking the last color, which is scarlet, very near to red. Simply apply it below yellow. Occur again, you can observe a line of separation between both the colors. Simply clean your flabrushaterdab on tissue paper to make it completely dry and apply it in between both the colors. So it's a simple horizontal movement and you can observe how beautifully all the three colors blend together. This is how we are going to create a combination of warm colors together and create some beautiful gradient background. Now let us paint a water body. In the second section, we are going to apply a thin coat of water. Again, I'm using my same flat brush of size 1. " no need to hurry at all. Try to apply an even coat of water. I'll be taking some yellow ocher and just add a little bit of water in the color palette in case you find that the color is a little bit stiff and we're going to apply it on the entire surface This time, We are not going to create a gradient effect. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply it in a very slow and steady manner. Make sure that there is no space left between the watercolor paper and the masking tape. It will not look nice when we remove the masking tape. So you can observe, I have applied a nice even coat of the entire color. Now we're going to create a nice depth and detail to the entire color so that we can make it look as if it's a beautiful water body. So I've taken my round brush of size three. Take some solid white color in it. Apply these horizontal strokes in a very random and natural way. Water waves generally have a randomness. No need to worry at all. You do not have to paint it in the exact same way I'm painting right now. You can create a combination of horizontal strokes according to your convenience as well. You can observe that we have applied the white horizontal strokes now. Similarly, I have taken some burn sienna. And I'm applying these little horizontal strokes in between the white strokes to create some nice depth. Right now, there is a contrast between the strokes and the background color. Simply use your flat brush of size 11. Apply it again on the entire surface. You will observe that there is a nice blend between the background color and the strokes that we applied. Now you can observe in the class project, it will create a nice depth and detail in the entire water body that we are going to create. Now let us paint some beautiful clouds in the gradient background that we painted initially. I'll be taking some scarlet in my round rush of size three. You will wonder that painting the clouds, is going to be a very easy and simple step. You can observe that I'm just applying these little horizontal strokes, combining together, having variation in sizes. As you all know that clouds generally have a very natural and random shape in the sky. There isn't any specific or particular form that you will find. It's not at all necessary or compulsory that you paint it in the exact same way I'm painting right now. You can create your own combination and cluster of clouds together. You can play with the shape and sizes as well. Just make sure that you use the tip of your round brush to create these little horizontal strokes. Right now, you can observe a beautiful contrast between the background color and the clouds that we have painted. This is basically a basic technique of painting the clouds. For the class projects, we are going to have variation in colors as well. We're going to use white. We are going to use some scarlet. As you can observe, we have painted all the clouds and we have created a beautiful cluster. Now just simply clean your round brush of size three. Take some solid white color in it and let us paint a beautiful sun. So it's a very simple and easy technique. Just make a circular shape using the tip of your round brush. No need to hurry at all. Make sure that you apply a nice solid coat of white color and you can observe a beautiful contrast with the background. Now let us remove the masking tape. No need to hurry at all. Try to remove the masking tape in an angle so that you do not end up tearing your beautiful practice sheet. Once you remove the masking tape, it's the most satisfying part. You will observe that there is a nice, crisp edge that we get. Once we remove the entire masking tape, you can observe both the elements, the sky and the water body. Now let us practice all the silos that we're going to use in all the class projects. I'll be using my round brush of size seven. In the class project that is placed on the left hand side, you can observe some mountain bodies and some rock bodies. So it's a very simple and easy technique. You just have to use the tip of your round brush, create a beautiful outline of the entire mountain. Once the outline is done, we're going to fill in solid black color in the inner portion. So no need to hurry at all. Make sure that you apply a nice coat of black color. There shouldn't be axis amount of water in it. It will definitely decrease the saturation of the entire color. As you all know that mountains also generally have a very natural and random shape. You can create an outline which is very random and natural. No need to worry at all. You do not have to paint it in the exact same way I'm painting right now. You can observe I'm painting a little rock body on the bottom portion as well. I'm simply using the tip of my round brush to create this beautiful outline and filling in solid black color in the inner portion. Now comes the second fill out for the class project. You can observe we have a beautiful tree and some landscape area, having some plantation on the bottom portion, near the horizon line. It's a very simple and easy technique. Just take some good amount of solid black color in your round rush. Add a little bit of water in case you find that your color is a little bit stiff. On the top portion, you can apply these little strokes combining together, forming an outline for the plants. Then we are going to fill in solid black color in the inner portion, you can observe I have taken some good amount of solid black color. I'm just filling it inside the entire portion so that it becomes a nice fill out. Make sure that you do not have axis amount of water in your brush. That will definitely decrease the saturation of the entire color. Now let us paint a beautiful tree. So as you all know, again that trees are also having a very natural and random shape. No need to worry about painting it in the exact same way I'm painting right now. You can create your own natural shape of the entire tree as well. Let us create the entire bush first. I'm just using the tip of my round brush, creating these little strokes, which is representing the leaves on the outline. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner, creating a beautiful bushy tree. You can use the tip of your round brush to create these little thin leaves. In the inner portion, it's a complete solid black color. We are almost done with the entire tree. Now let us paint its trunk. You just have to use the tip of your round brush. Carefully connect it with the entire landscape that we have painted on the bottom portion. Now let us paint the mountains and a lake body that we have. In this particular class project, I'll be using my round brush of size seven. Again, use the tip of your round brush to create a beautiful outline for the entire mountain body. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. You can create your own natural outline for the mountain as well. Now using the same tip of your round brush. Just make these little strokes, leaving some space for the entire lake. Again, your lake can also have a very natural and random shape. You just have to leave some white space in between. Now leaving the white space, we are going to cover the entire surface with solid black color. You can add a little bit of water in the color palette in case you find that your color is a little bit stiff. But make sure that you do not apply axis amount of water in solid black color. That will decrease the saturation of the entire color. Your brush tip will be always very thin and it will very helpful for you to paint in difficult areas. This is how you can paint a beautiful mountain body and a lake. In between, practicing all these elements will help you a lot to develop your painting skills and it will also increase your level of confidence while painting. This can also help you to keep a record of your artwork as well. Now comes another class project where we have the beautiful tree trunk with a lot of branches and it's a very interesting part to paint. I'll be taking my round brush of size seven again, take a little bit of water in the color palette to lose the solid black color. Now you just have to use the tip of your round brush. Create these beautiful vertical strokes. You can have a nice angle in them as well. You can observe that I'm just connecting all the strokes together. In the class project, you can observe that all the branches are combining with one single tree trunk which is a little bit thicker. So you can apply multiple vertical strokes to make it a little bit thicker, which is the main tree trunk. Wherever you want to paint thinner branches, just apply least pressure on the entire brush so that you can get thinner strokes. It's a very easy and simple step to paint these beautiful tree trunk and branches together. You just need a lot of patience and try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. You can create your own combination of the branches together. Also, no need to worry about painting it in the exact same way I have painted. Right now. It's a natural element, so it can have randomness. Now let us add a little bit of plantation. In the bottom portion, I'll be just using my round brush of size seven. Again, take some solid black color in it. Apply these little thin strokes combining together, forming a beautiful outline for the entire plantation. You can observe all the sell outs are ready. This is how we are going to paint them in the class projects. Now at the end, I'll be adding some labels to the entire practice sheet so that you can get an exact idea of what we have painted. The entire practice sheet will help you a lot to develop your painting skills and it will also enhance your confidence while painting. Before starting with all the class projects, this practice sheet will give you a prior knowledge of all the elements. Now let us move towards the next part. 5. Lets Place the Coaster: Everybody, now let us learn how to place your coaster in a fixed position so that we can paint in a comfortable manner. Here I have my MDF coaster, which is basically a medium density fiberboard. You can also observe the class project right now. The entire MDF is a plain MDF, which is not having any painting. This is a simple masking tape. They are going to use this masking tape and make it into a double sided tape. Just take a simple piece of masking tape, overlap it, then we get the stickiness on both sides. Now simply apply the entire piece on the surface. In case you're using a coaster, you will require this particular technique. In case you're using a watercolor paper, you can simply just site tape it using the masking tape, I've taken another piece, I'll place it on another corner. Similarly, we'll be taking a few more pieces and applying it on the entire coaster. It's a simple technique, you just have to overlap the tape and make it sticky on both sides. I'll just take the last piece of the masking tape. We have applied four pieces of the masking tape on four corners. Simply flip the entire coaster and place it according to your convenience on the surface. Apply some pressure using your fingers, you will observe that the coaster will stick to the entire surface and it will not move while you're painting, it will also get easily detached from the surface. Once we are done painting, this is how you have to place the coaster. Now let us move towards the next part. 6. Painting 1 - Tree Sunset: Hey buddy, you're most welcome to the first painting which is a tree sunset. As you can observe, I'm ready with my coaster and all the art supplies nearby. I'm going to take my 1 " flat brush and we're going to apply a thin coat of water on the entire surface of the coaster. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply an even coat of water. You can observe the movement of my flat brush. This is basically known as a wet on wet technique in which we apply a thin coat of water initially, so that the color can spread and merge in a very nice way and your brush can move smoothly. We are going to apply the first color, which is going to be burnt sienna on the topmost portion. Then we are going to use some yellow occur. Then the last color would be scarlet. You can always take out colors according to the requirement. No need to take axis amount of color. Now let us paint a beautiful gradient background. I'll be taking my flat brush of size 11, and I have taken some good amount of burnt sienna in it. So we're going to start by applying it. From the topmost portion, you can observe a simple horizontal movement of my flat brush, and I'm slowly coming towards the bottom area. We're not going to cover the entire surface with burned sienna. Just the above portion. In case you find that there is axis amount of water in your brush, you can simply dab it on tissue paper so that axis amount of water will be removed. Also, make sure that you take a good consistency of the color so that it looks a bit more saturated on the entire surface. You can apply as many as horizontal strokes until you find that the color is applied in a very smooth and perfect manner. Now let us take the second color, which is going to be yellow. Occur clean your flat brush in water and dab it on tissue paper. Take some good amount of yellow occur, color in it and apply it just below the burn. N now slowly where you find the line of separation between both the colors. You can apply these horizontal strokes and slowly move towards the above part, blending both the colors together. The more horizontal strokes you apply between both the colors, the better blend you'll get between them. Now, I'll take some good amount of scarlet in the flat brush, and we are going to apply it on the bottom portion. In case you find that your color is a little bit stiff, you can add a little bit of water in the color palette. Now you can also observe a line of separation between yellow occur and scarlet. We are going to clean the flat brush and dab it onto the tissue paper, make it a little bit dry. Now simply, we are going to apply it in between both the colors. Apply as many as horizontal strokes as you can to blend both the colors together in a better way. Now, you can slowly observe a nice blend between all the three colors. Let the background dry for a while and let's paint some beautiful clouds in the background. I've taken my round brush of size three. Take some good amount of scarlet in it. Now using the tip of the round brush, we are going to paint some beautiful clouds. We're going to paint the clouds in between the entire coaster. We are not going to paint it on the bottom portion or the topmost portion, let the clouds flow in the middle portion where we have the yellow occur portion. As you can observe, the clouds create a beautiful contrast with the background. As you all know that clouds generally have a very natural and random shape in the sky. There isn't any specific way of painting them. You can create your own shapes and composition as well. It's a very simple and easy technique. You just have to use the tip of your round brush. Create these little horizontal strokes combining together, forming some natural shapes. You can create a cluster of two to three horizontal strokes together as well. Right now you can observe I'm just simply adding these little horizontal strokes coming towards the bottom portion. And we have created a nice cluster of clouds on the left hand side. I'll be slowly adding few more strokes on the topmost portion as well. You can also observe that I'm combining all the horizontal strokes together in case you're not that much confident enough to paint the clouds directly to your final coaster and you do not want to spoil your beautiful background. What you can do is you can practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. It will help you a lot to develop confidence while painting, and your chances of making mistakes will be less. Now using the same technique, I'll be using the tip of my round brush. Adding few more clouds on the topmost portion, coming towards the right hand area. They are slowly vanishing. I'm just simply decreasing the size of the horizontal strokes. In case you want to make thinner strokes, apply least pressure on the brush so that you can get thinner strokes. Now to create a beautiful contrast a little bit more, you can take a little bit of saturated scarlet color from the color palette. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Try to blend the clouds with the background as well. Slowly. You can observe that the clouds are forming a very natural and random shape. You don't have to worry about painting it in the exact same way I have painted right now. You can create your own composition of the clouds. You can decide the position of the clouds in the entire scenery as well. I've taken some more saturated color from the color palette and I'll be applying it in between the clouds so that it can create a beautiful contrast. You must have observed that while doing the entire step of painting all the clouds, I have used the tip of my round brush carefully. Now let us paint a beautiful sill out of the entire scenery. I have taken my round brush of size seven, this time take some good amount of solid black color on the bottom portion where we have scarlet in the background, Just add a simple horizontal line. You can add a little bit of water in the color palette in case you want to loosen the color. Now, below the horizon line that we have created right now, we are going to have a small lake. I'll be using my round brush of size three. Again, you can just add these little horizontal strokes. We are creating a outline basically for the entire lake. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Use the tip of your round brush to create these variation in the lines that I'm creating right now. As you can observe, we have created a nice section for the entire lake. Now the remaining portion is going to be completely solid black. Take some good amount of solid black color in the round brush of size seven and apply it on the entire surface apart from the outline that we created right now. Make sure that you do not enter inside the shape that we have created right now. Use the tip of your round brush. Wherever you have to paint in smaller portion apart from the lake area, the entire surface is going to be black. You can observe, I'm simply applying it on the entire surface. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Make sure that there is no space left on the entire coaster. In case you find that your color is a little bit stiff, you can add a little bit of water. But make sure that you do not add axis amount of water. In case your brush is having axis amount of water, it will definitely decrease the saturation of the black color. We do not want that to happen. It will not look nice once it dries up. You can observe I'm using the tip of my round brush to paint in difficult areas. We have slowly covered the entire surface. There's a little bit of portion left on the left hand portion. I'll cover that up as well using solid black color. Again, you can observe I'm just simply using the tip of my round brush to paint in smaller areas. We are almost done. The black portion basically replicates the landscape area and the red portion which is basically represents the lake area. Now to enhance it a little bit, I'll be using my round brush of size three and you can simply add these little horizontal lines near the surface of the lake. This basically makes it a little bit more in detail and depth. Now let us add some plantation just above the horizon line. Using the round brush of size seven, I've taken some good amount of solid black color in it and we're going to create a nice plantation outline. You just have to use the tip of your round brush. Create these little strokes combining together. Again, it's a very natural and random shape forming. Only since plantations are also having a very natural and random shape. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. You can observe carefully the way I'm using my round brush and the movement of my hand in case you are not that much confident enough to paint the plantations directly to your final painting and you do not want to spoil your beautiful background. What you can do is you can practice it on a rough scrap of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. It will help you a lot to develop some confidence while painting, your chances of making mistakes will be very less. Now, once we are done with the outline for the entire plantation, we are just filling in solid black color. And you can observe it's a similar movement of the brush that I'm making. And we have to just match it with the landscape area that we painted in the below portion. Now you can observe that we are done with the element which is a lake, beautiful lake which is in scarlet color. Then we have the landscape area which is completely black. And then we have a beautiful sell out of the plantations, just above the horizon line. Using your round brush of size three, you can just add these little leaves on the topmost portion of the entire plantation. Now let us paint a beautiful tree, which is going to be a very amazing element for the entire painting. I'll be using my round brush of size seven, take some good amount of solid black color in it. We are going to start by creating the entire bush of the entire tree. It's a very simple and easy technique. You just have to create the outline using the tip of your round brush. Creating these little strokes combining together. I'll be telling you the same thing again, as you all know that trees are also very natural and they do not have a specific shape. It is absolutely fine if you create your own shape and composition for the entire tree as well. So right now you can observe we have created a beautiful outline for the entire bush, having this random little strokes on the outer area. Now we are going to fill in solid black color inside. Once you are done and satisfied with the outline area, you can take a good amount of solid black color. And you can observe the movement of my round brush. It's a simple vertical movement and we are just filling in solid black color. Now once you are done applying solid black color in the entire portion, you will observe a nice formation of the entire tree. Now using our round brush of size three, we can just enhance the outer area a little bit more. You just have to take some good amount of solid black color in your round brush of size three. You can simply use the tip of your brush and tap it on the outer surface, creating these beautiful leaves, which are spreading in a very natural and random way. It is not at all necessary or compulsory that you paint it in the exact same way I'm painting right now. No need to worry about that. You can create your own natural shapes and composition of the tree as well. You can decide the position of the tree as well. You can just simply follow the steps for painting the entire sell out for the tree. You can observe that I'm using the tip of this particular round brush to create the outline which looks a little bit more aesthetic. We are almost done painting the entire bush of the tree in case you do not want to paint directly onto your final coaster. What you can do is you can practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. It will help you to develop some confidence and your chances of making mistakes will be very less. Now let us paint a beautiful trunk, which is going to be connected with the tree bush and the plantation that we painted on the bottom area, I'll be taking my round brush of size three. Take some good amount of solid black color in it and just attach these little strokes, which are going to be connected to one simple tree trunk. You can apply more pressure where you want to have thick branches and less pressure where you want to have thinner branches. Just connect the entire bush with the lower plantations which we painted. Initially, we will observe this beautiful tree trunk formation. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Also, in case you want to practice the brush strokes of creating these little branches on a rough scrap of paper initially, and then come towards your final painting. That is also absolutely fine. Now you can observe how beautiful the entire tree looks with the background which we have painted, which looks really amazing with the clouds. And it's a gradient effect which is formed using some beautiful, warm colors together. Now we are left with some minimal elements which are going to be really amazing to paint. There are going to be these little lights which are surrounded near the entire lake. I'll be taking my round brush of size three. I've taken some mid yellow in it. From the color palette, you just have to create these little dots around the entire lake. I'm creating these little dots around the outline of the entire lake. You just have to tap your brush. Use the tip of your round brush so that you can get these little dots. These little dots basically replicate some lights around the entire leg. And it also enhances the entire beauty of the lake. It also makes the entire painting look a little bit more aesthetic and attractive. Now let us paint a beautiful sun, which is the last element of the entire painting. I'll be taking my round brush of size three. Take some good amount of solid white color in it. You can decide the position of the sun according to your convenience as well. It is absolutely fine. I have placed it just beside the tree, near the horizon line. We are done with the entire painting. Let me take you a little bit closer so that you can observe all the details carefully. I hope that you enjoyed this particular painting and got to learn something new. Now let us move towards the next painting. 7. Painting 2 - Lake Sunset: Everybody, you're most welcome to the second painting, which is a Lake, Sunset. As you can observe, I'm ready with my coaster and all the art supplies nearby. We are going to start by applying a thin coat of water on the entire coaster. I'll be simply using my flat brush of size 1. " no need to hurry at all. Try to apply an even coat of water on the entire surface of the coaster. Make sure that there is no space left on the entire coaster. This is basically known as a wet on wet technique, in which we apply a thin coat of water initially. So that the colors can blend in a nice way and your brush can move smoothly on it. Let us start with the first color, which is burnt sienna. I'll be taking my flat brush of size 11 from the color palette. Take some good amount of color in it. Make sure that you do not have axis amount of water. We are going to apply it from the top portion. You can simply observe the movement of my flat brush. It's a simple horizontal movement. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. We're not going to cover the entire coaster using burnt sienna. We're going to create a beautiful gradient effect. That's why we have applied it on the topmost portion. Only you can observe we have applied a nice coat of burn sienna. Now we're going to take some yellow occur in the color palette. Now simply clean your flat brush of size 11. Again, take some good amount of yellow occur color in it and apply just below the burn sienna. You will observe a thin line of suppression between both the colors right now. Now slowly you can move towards the above portion, blending both the colors together. And the more horizontal strokes you will apply, the better blend you'll get between both the colors. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner, and you can observe a beautiful gradient effect between both the colors. Now we are going to use some scarlet. I'll be taking it in the color palette again, using the same flat brush of size 11. Clean it in water, dab it on tissue paper, take some good amount of scarlet in it, and apply it from the bottom portion. Again, it's a simple horizontal movement. You can observe the movement of my flat brush. In case you find that your color is a little bit stiff, you can add a little bit of water in it. Now, slowly, I'm moving towards the yellow ocher color that we have applied Right now, you can observe a line of separation. Simply clean your flat brush in water it on tissue paper, make it a little bit dry and blend both the colors together by applying these horizontal strokes in between them. The more horizontal strokes you will apply, the better blend you'll get between both the colors. You can observe a nice gradient effect between all the three colors which are warm. Now we'll be painting some beautiful clouds in the background. I'll be taking some scarlet and white together. You can add a little bit of solid white color in scarlet to get it a little bit lighter in tone. And it is absolutely fine if you want to use the scarlet color directly so it's very near to red. I'll be using my round brush of size three to paint some beautiful clouds in the background. It's a very simple and easy step. You just have to make these little horizontal strokes which are going to combine together and they can have variation in sizes as well. As you all know that clouds generally have a very natural and random shape. There isn't any specific way of painting them. You can create your own natural shapes and composition as well. You can decide the position. You can create a cluster of two to three horizontal strokes as well. Or in case you want to paint it in the exact same way I'm painting right now. That is also absolutely fine. You can observe the way I'm using my round brush size three. Wherever you want to create thick horizontal strokes, you can just apply a little bit pressure on the brush as you move towards the outer area or wherever you want to have thinner horizontal strokes, you can apply least pressure on the brush. In case you find that your color is a little bit stiff in the color palette, you can just add a little bit of water to loosen it up. You can see that I have created a nice cluster of clouds on the right hand side. Now slowly I'm moving towards the left hand portion. And the size of the horizontal strokes that I'm making right now, I'm just simply trying to decrease them. As I told you that it's a very natural and random way of painting the clouds in the entire sky. You can also observe that I'm trying to have variation in colors by adding a little bit of solid white color in it as well. You can experiment according to your convenience as well, in case you want to use only the same saturated color. That is also absolutely fine in case you are not that much confident enough to paint the clouds directly to your background and you do not want to spoil the beautiful gradient effect. What you can do is you can practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially. And then you can come towards your final painting. So that you can develop some good confidence of painting all the clouds together, the chances of making mistakes will be very less. You can see that I've added some cluster of clouds on the topmost portion as well, creating some little horizontal strokes combining together. You can see that I have painted the clouds in the middle portion of the entire coaster where we have applied ocher yellow color. The clouds that we have painted are in scarlet, very near to red. It creates a beautiful contrast with the background as well. This is how you can play with the colors and experiment as well. We are almost done painting the clouds. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Now we are going to paint the landscape area, which is going to be on the bottom portion. I'll be taking my round brush of size 11. Take some good amount of solid black color in it, and add a little bit of water in case you find that the color is a little bit stiff. But make sure that you do not have axis amount of water in it. In case you have axis amount of water in your brush, just dab it on tissue paper to remove axis amount of water because that will decrease the saturation of solid black color. You can observe that using the tip of my round brush, I just created a beautiful outline which is having some amazing mountains and rock bodies. It's basically a hilly area. Now, just on the bottom portion, we are going to have a beautiful lake. I'll be taking my round brush of size three again. Take some good amount of solid black color in it and we're going to create a beautiful outline for the entire lake. You can observe that I'm using the tip of my round brush to paint these little thin strokes. Wherever you want to paint a thin outline using black color or any other color, you just have to use the tip of the brush, which is very pointed, so that you can strokes as you can observe that we have created a beautiful outline for the entire lake. Now similarly, we are going to have a little bit of water body just beside that, you can create another outline forming some space for the lake. Now we are done with the entire outline. We are going to fill in solid black color in the remaining portion. It's a very simple and easy step. You just have to take some good amount of solid black color, add a little bit of water to it to loosen the color. In case you find that you have taken axis amount of water, you can simply dab your brush to the tissue paper so that axis amount of water will be removed. Now you can observe the movement of my round brush of size seven. I'm just trying to fill in solid black color in the entire portion. Now make sure that you do not apply solid black color inside the lake area that we have left with the outline that is going to be scarlet only. You just have to apply the color in the surrounding area. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner and make sure that there is no space left on the entire coaster where we are applying this solid black color in case you find it a little bit difficult to create this particular sell out on the final coaster directly, and you do not want to spoil your beautiful background. You can practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. You can also do a lot of creativity with the sell out of the entire mountain area having rock bodies. You can play with the shape of the lake as well. Now, in order to make the lake look a little bit more attractive and aesthetic, we're going to add some little lights in the surrounding area. I'll be taking some yellow, mid yellow, basically in the color palette, we are going to take a round brush of size three. And simply, you just have to use the tip of your round brush to add these little dots around the outline of the entire lake. These dots can have a combination of three to four dots together. You just have to apply it in a very random way, only there isn't any specific way of doing this. You can just create a beautiful combination of three to four dots or one to two dots together and you just have to apply it around the outline of the entire lake. I'm just simply tapping the brush. You will find that these little dots create a beautiful contrast with the solid black background. While you're applying these beautiful dots, no need to hurry at all. Try to create a beautiful composition of the dots together. Similarly, I'll be adding these little dots on the smaller portion of the entire lake as well. You can spread them on the entire bottom portion. If you want to have even smaller dots, just apply pressure on the brush. The tip of the brush is generally very pointed, so you can get these little dots. I hope that you've got an exact idea of creating these beautiful yellow dots, which is basically replicating some beautiful lights on the entire landscape area in the bottom portion. Now using our round brush of size seven, we're going to add some beautiful leaves on the topmost portion, which is a part of a bushy tree which is coming in the entire scenery. We are not going to paint an entire tree, we are just going to paint its bushes that are coming in the entire scenery. The bushes are going to be a little bit more on the top left corner. We are just going to decrease it as we move towards the right hand portion. You can observe that I'm using the tip of my round brush to create these little strokes. Combining together, forming a beautiful bush. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Create some little strokes on the outer area, forming some beautiful leaves as well. In case you find that your color is a little bit stiff, you can add a little bit of water in it to loosen the solid black color. But make sure that you do not have axis amount of water in it that will definitely decrease the saturation of the color. You can observe that we have created a beautiful outline for the plantation in the topmost portion, which are basically the bushes of an entire tree. Once we are done creating the entire outline, we are going to fill in solid black color in the entire portion. Take some good amount of solid black color, get a good composition of water and color together. In case you find that your brush is having axis amount of water in the brush, just dab it onto the tissue paper so that axis amount of water will be removed. Right now, you can observe that I'm moving my brush in a similar direction, which is basically a vertical movement to apply the color. And I'm trying to fill in solid black color in the entire portion. No need to hurry at all. Paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Make sure that you do not leave any space on the entire coaster. It will not look nice once a dry ser. Now using the tip of the round brush, I'm just creating some beautiful leaves that are coming out of the bushes. And it creates a nice contrast with the background as well. And makes the entire bush look a little bit more attractive and aesthetic. So you can observe a beautiful combination of the landscape area and the bushes that we painted on the top portion, the lake that we have created and the clouds together. These are minimal elements combining together to form a beautiful scenery. And the warm colors in the background, which is forming a beautiful gradient effect of the entire sky, enhances the entire painting altogether. Now comes the last element of the entire painting, which is a beautiful sun. You just have to use your round brush of size three. Take some good amount of solid white color in it and paint a circular shape just above the entire landscape area that we have painted on the bottom portion, using the same round brush, you can just enhance the outline of the mountains that we have painted. You can just apply these little strokes near the sun, which is enhancing the entire landscape area. We are done with the entire painting. Let me take you a little bit closer so that you can observe all the details carefully. I hope that you enjoyed creating this particular painting. Now let us move towards the next painting. 8. Painting 3 - The Branches: Everybody, you're most welcome to the third painting, which is the branches. As you can observe, I'm ready with my coaster and all the art supplies nearby. We are going to start by applying a simple horizontal line on the entire coaster, which is basically going to spread the sky area and the water body that we are going to paint. Let us take some good amount of scarlet in the color palette initially, and some good amount of yellow occur. In case you find that your color is finished from the color palette, take it in an optimum amount only, no need to waste the resources. I'll be taking my flat brush of size 1 " and we're going to paint the sky area first. Just simply apply a thin coat of water on the entire surface. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply an even coat on the entire surface and make sure that there is no space left on the entire coaster. This is basically known as a wet on wet technique, in which we apply a thin coat of water initially, so that the colors can blend together in a nice way and your brush can move smoothly on the entire surface. I'll be taking my flat brush of size 11, and we are going to take some scarlet in it, which is very near to red. We are going to apply a simple horizontal stroke, just above the horizon line and slowly move towards the above portion. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply a good saturated amount of color on the entire surface. In case you have excess amount of water in the brush, just simply dab it onto the tissue paper. The more horizontal strokes you apply, the better blend of colors and the better application of the color on the surface you get. You can observe that I have not covered it completely with scarlet. I have just applied it on the three fourth portion. Now just clean your flat brush of size 11. Take some good amount of yellow occur in it. And slowly apply it from the top portion and move towards the bottom part. Take some good amount of color. In case you find that there is axis amount of color in your brush, just dab it on tissue paper. Now, simply clean the entire flat brush. Make it dry by dabbing it onto the tissue paper. Now we are going to blend both the colors together. The more horizontal strokes you apply between the colors, the better blend you get in between them. This is a very simple and basic technique of creating a noise gradient effect. Now we can observe a beautiful transition from scarlet to yellow occur. Now let us paint the water body as well, which is the part of the background as well. Similarly, I'll be applying a thin coat of water using my flat brush of size 1 " just below the horizon line this time. And make sure that there is no space left in the entire coaster. Now we'll be taking our flat brush of size 11 and take some good amount of yellow ocher color in it. Use the tip of your flat brush to apply the color just below the horizon line and slowly cover the entire surface. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Make sure that there is no space left. In case you find that there is axis amount of water in your brush, simply dab it on tissue paper so that axis amount of water will be removed. We are done with the background, but we have to create some beautiful depth and details in the entire water body. I'll be taking my round brush of size three and we have taken some good amount of scarlet in it, which is very near to red. And we're going to apply these little horizontal strokes in between the yellow co, color that we applied in the background for the water body. You just have to apply these horizontal strokes in a random and natural way. There isn't any specific way of painting them. No need to worry about painting it in exact same way I'm painting right now. You can create your own natural composition of the horizontal strokes as well. Now similarly we are going to add some solid white color strokes as well. Just clean your round brush of size three. Take some good amount of solid white color in it and apply it in between the scarlet color as well. This time we are going to have a little bit less horizontal strokes now, using the same flat brush of size 11, which is completely dry. Make it completely dry by dabbing it onto the tissue paper, make it a little bit clean also, then you have to apply it again on the entire water body that we painted. We will observe a nice blend of all the horizontal strokes that we applied and the background color together. This is how we can paint a beautiful water body. Now let us paint some beautiful clouds in the sky area. I'll be taking my round brush of size three. Take some good amount of solid white color in it. So let us start from the left hand portion. You just have to make these little horizontal strokes having difference in sizes and shapes. And you just have to combine them together to form a beautiful cluster of clouds together. As you all know that clouds generally have a very natural and random shape in the sky, there isn't any specific way of painting them. Create your own natural shapes. You can play with the composition. You can play with the shape and size. You can also decide the position of the clouds as well in case you want to paint it in the exact same way I'm painting right now. That is also absolutely fine. You can observe that these horizontal strokes are having variation in thickness as well. It's a very simple and easy technique of using the brush. Where you want to have thinner strokes, you just have to apply least pressure on the brush. And where you want to have thicker strokes, just apply a little bit of pressure on your brush. Make sure that you use the tip of your arm brush so that you can paint the clouds in a better way, in case you are not that much confident enough to paint the clouds directly to your final coaster and you do not want to spoil your beautiful gradient background. You can simply practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. This will help you a lot to develop some more confidence while painting, and your chances of making mistakes will be very less. You can observe a beautiful cluster of clouds on the left hand portion. Similarly, I have created a nice cluster of clouds on the right hand side as well. It's a very satisfying process of painting the clouds. Also, you can just simply clean your round brush of size three in water, Make it a little bit dry. Try to have a little bit of water in it and you can blend it with the background as well. The clouds will become a little bit more smoother and you won't be able to see any rough patch in it in case you want to play with the shapes and the size of the clouds. That is also absolutely fine. You can create a beautiful composition of the clouds in the sky area. You can play with a cluster of two to three clouds also. That is also absolutely fine. Just make sure that while you're painting the clouds, you should not have axis amount of water in your round brush. That will definitely spoil the entire background. Don't forget to dab it onto the tissue paper. You can observe that we are done painting all the clouds in the sky area and it creates a beautiful contrast with the background. Now let us paint some beautiful plantation in the landscape area, which is going to be on the bottom portion. I'll be using my round brush of size seven and we are going to take some good amount of solid black color in it. Now using the tip of the round brush, you are just going to combine these little strokes together and form a beautiful outline for the entire plantation, which is on the bottom portion. There is a nice variation happening here. It is not at all necessary or compulsory that you paint it in the exact same way I'm painting right now or you get the exact outline I'm having right now. It is absolutely fine. You can play with the composition of the plantations. You just have to simply follow the steps of creating them. Just observe the movement of my round brush. Now, similarly, I'll be moving towards the right hand portion slowly. I'm just using the tip of my round brush to create these little outlines which are basically replicating the leaves, or we can say bushy plantations on the bottom portion. Also, you can observe a nice variation while we are creating the entire outline area. Take some good amount of solid black color. In case you find that your color is a little bit stiff, you can add some amount of water to loosen it up. In case you find that you have axis amount of water, just dab your brush to the tissue paper so that axis amount of water will be removed. Now once we are done with the entire outline of the plantation, in the bottom portion, you're going to fill in solid black color, which is going to provide us a nice fill out of the entire landscape area. No need to hurry at all. Just observe the movement of the round brush. It's a simple vertical movement. You can observe the direction in which I'm moving my brush. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Also, make sure that you do not have excess amount of water in your brush. That will definitely decrease the saturation of the solid black color and it will not look nice once it dries up. You can observe that we are almost done applying solid black color in the entire plantation area. This is how we create a beautiful sill out. Now to add a little bit more aesthetic, we can just add a little bit of bush on the right hand portion. The technique is absolutely same. Use the tip of your round brush to add these little strokes together and fill in solid black color inside. You can observe a nice contrast between the plants and the background that we have created. Now let us paint some beautiful branches and a tree trunk, which is going to be the main element. You just have to take some good amount of solid black color. A good composition of water and color together. Now we are starting from the topmost portion and we are going to connect the entire branch with the plants that we have painted on the bottom area. While we are painting the branches, no need to hurry at all. You just have to take your time, have a lot of patience while creating them so that we can get some good composition of the branches together. Once we combine all the branches together, you can observe that we have a main tree trunk which is very much vertical. You can make it a little bit thicker. I'll be connecting one more branch from the topmost portion. We have to use the tip of the round brush to create some nice variation. Now, in case you have observed the branches of a tree, you will observe that there is a main trunk which is very thick and it is from the ground level. As we move towards the top part of the tree, they scatter into smaller branches. It's a very simple and easy technique to paint them. Wherever you want to have thinner branches, just use the tip of your round brush and apply least pressure on it. Wherever you want to paint a thicker branch or a thick tree trunk, just apply a little bit more pressure on the round brush so that you can get a thicker surface. In case you want to paint it a little bit more thicker, you can apply a second player or a second stroke, which will increase the size of the entire tree trunk. Now, once we paint the branches, you can just inter, link them. You can connect smaller branches to the bigger branches, creating some beautiful composition. And it is not at all necessary or compulsory that you paint it in the exact same way I'm painting right now. You can create your own composition of the branches. You can play with the shape, you can play with the sizes as well. We have a combination of branches on the left hand portion. Similarly, I'll be adding few branches and a tree trunk on the right hand side as well to create some more aesthetics to the entire painting. These steps and method of painting, it is exactly the same. Now you can observe we have a beautiful sill out of the entire tree trunk. Now let us paint a beautiful sun in the background. Take your round brush of size three and take some good amount of solid white color in it. Just make a circular shape just above the water body, and you will observe a nice sun in contrast with the entire background. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Use the tip of your brush to paint in smaller area. Now to paint its reflection onto the water body, Just make these little horizontal strokes and slowly move towards the bottom part. As you move towards the bottom part, decrease the size of the horizontal strokes that you're making. We are done with the entire painting. Let me take you a little bit closer so that you can observe all the details carefully. I hope that you enjoyed creating this particular painting and got to learn something new. Now let us move towards the next painting. 9. Painting 4 - Beach Sunset: Hey buddy, you're most welcome to the fourth painting, which is a beach sunset. You can observe I'm ready with my entire coaster and the art supplies nearby. We are going to use a simple pencil and draw a simple horizontal line which is going to separate the sky area and the water body. This is basically a horizon line. Now I'll be using my flat brush of size 1 " and we're going to paint the sky area. First, we are just going to apply a thin coat of water on the entire surface. Try to apply an even coat of water and make sure that there is no space left on the entire coaster. This is basically known as a wet on wet technique, in which we apply a thin coat of water initially. So that the colors can blend in together in a nice way and your brush can move smoothly on the entire surface. The first color that we are going to take is burn sienna. You can observe, I have taken some color in the color palette. Always try to take color in an optimum amount, no need to waste the resources. The second color is colt. The last color is going to be mid yellow. I've taken all the three colors in the color palette. Now we are going to apply a nice gradient effect on the entire sky area. I'll be using my flat brush of size 11. The first color that I'm taking is going to be burnt sienna. Take a good amount of solid color in it and apply it just above the horizon line. In case you find that your color is a little bit stiff, you can just add a little bit of water to loosen it up. You can simply observe the movement of my flat brush. It's a simple horizontal movement. And slowly we'll be moving towards the above portion. But we are not going to cover the entire surface with burn sienna. There is going to be a nice gradient effect between three colors. The more horizontal strokes you apply, the better blend you will get and the color can apply on the entire surface in a nice manner. Now, simply clean the entire flat brush, and we are going to take the scarlet, which is very near to red color. Now take the color in a good amount in the brush and apply just above the burn sienna that we applied initially. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply the color in a slow and steady manner. You can observe the simple horizontal movement of the flat brush. Right now, you can observe a line of separation between both the colors burn, sienna and scarlet. So we are going to blend them together so that there is a nice gradient effect. But before that, let us apply the Med yellow on the topmost portion. Simply clean your flat brush and take some good amount of Med Yellow and apply it on the topmost portion of the entire coaster. Now you can observe that I'm trying to apply a lot of horizontal strokes in between all the three colors. It's a very simple technique. The more horizontal strokes you'll apply, the better blend you'll get between all the three colors. In case you find that your brush is having a excess amount of water in it, just simply dab it onto the tissue paper. Now let the background dry for a while and let's paint a beautiful water body. Now we are going to take the flat brush of size 1 " again and we're going to apply a thin coat of water below the horizon line. This time again, I would say no need to hurry at all. Try to apply an even coat of water and make sure that there is no space left on the entire coaster. I'll be taking my flat brush of size 11 again, and we are going to take some good amount of scarlet. In case you find that your color is a little bit stiff in the color palette, you can add a little bit of water in it. Now to paint just below the horizon line, you can use the tip of your flat brush so that you can apply the color in a perfect manner. Now, once you have applied the color just below the horizon line, you can use the entire surface of the brush to apply the color. You can again, observe it's a simple horizontal movement. In case you find that your color is getting finished from the color palette, you can take a little bit of more color in the color palette. Always try to maintain a good consistency of color and water together. In case you might have axis amount of water in the brush, it will decrease the saturation of the color that we are applying. Right now, you can observe that we have almost covered the entire surface below the horizon line. And the more horizontal strokes you will apply, the better application of the color you will find. Now once we have applied the entire color on the surface below the horizon line, we are going to take our round brush of size three. I'll be taking some mid yellow in the brush and we're going to apply these little horizontal strokes. There isn't any specific way of applying these little horizontal strokes. You can apply them in any random and natural way. So these horizontal strokes are basically replicating the waves in the entire water body, which we are going to blend with the background so that it can create some nice depth and details. In case you find that your color is a little bit stiff in the color palette, you can definitely add a little bit of water to loosen the color up. You can observe that I'm just randomly applying these little horizontal strokes on the entire surface where we have applied the scarlet color. Now simply clean your round brush of size three. Now we are going to take some solid white color in the color palette. Take some good amount of solid white color, and take it into your round brush of size three. Now, similarly, we are going to apply the horizontal strokes that we applied initially. Again, I'm just applying the horizontal strokes in a very random and natural way only. There isn't any specific way of applying them. Also, it is not at all necessary or compulsory that you paint it in the exact same way I'm painting right now. You can apply the strokes in your own composition as well. There can be a cluster of two to three horizontal strokes together. Now take the flat brush of size 1 " again and reapply it on the entire surface. We will observe that all the horizontal strokes will get a nice blend with the entire background. It creates some nice depth and details in the entire water body. Now I'll be taking my round brush of size three. And I've taken some good amount of solid white color in it, and we are going to paint some beautiful clouds in the sky area. It's a very simple and easy technique. You just have to combine these little horizontal strokes together, having variation in sizes. So you can observe that it's a very natural and random way of painting the clouds. And also in case you might have observed, clouds generally have a very natural and random shapes in the entire sky. There isn't any specific way of painting them. You can create your own composition of the clouds. You can decide the position. You can have a nice combination of colors together as well. Let me tell you a basic technique about using your round brush of size three. Wherever you want to have a thicker stroke or a thick horizontal stroke, basically you just have to apply a little bit more pressure on the entire brush so that you can get some thick horizontal lines. Wherever you want to make thinner horizontal lines, just try to apply least pressure on it and always use the tip of the round brush. You can observe that we have created a nice cluster of clouds on the right hand side. And slowly I'm moving towards the left portion, decreasing the size of the clouds. You can also observe a beautiful contrast of all the clouds with the background color. No need to hurry at all in case you're not that much confident enough to paint the clouds directly to your final painting. What you can do is you can practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final coaster. This will help you a lot to develop confidence while painting, and the chances of making mistakes will be very less. Now, you can simply clean your round brush and water, dab it on tissue paper, try to have a little bit of water in it, and you can blend the clouds with the background. This particular step will help you to make the clouds look a little bit smoother and the rough texture will be worn. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. In case you find that there is axis amount of water in your brush, just simply dab it on tissue paper so that axis amount of water will be removed. We are almost done painting all the clouds in the sky area. Let us paint the mountains and rock bodies. I'll be taking my round brush of size seven. This time I've taken some good amount of solid black color in the color palette. Try to have a good consistency of water and color together. Now simply, I'll be taking some color from the color palette and try to use the tip of your round brush to paint the outline of the entire mountain body. The first mountain body that we are painting on, the left hand portion is a little bit huge and we are just creating the outline initially. And then we are going to fill in solid black color in the inner portion. No need to hurry at all. You can create the outline initially to get the exact shape of the mountain. You can also experiment with the shape and size of the mountain according to your convenience. Since mountains also generally have a very natural shape, you can also decide the position according to your convenience. You can create your own scenery as well in case you want to paint it in the exact same way I'm painting right now. That is also absolutely fine. Once we are done with the entire outline, I'm just filling in solid black color. In case you find that your color is a little bit stiff, you can just add a little bit of water in the color palette. You can observe that I'm using the tip of my brush to paint in smaller areas. Now, similarly, I'll be painting the huge mountain in the front as well. You can observe that I'm just moving my brush in one direction. You have to paint it slowly. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Make sure that there is no space left in the entire portion that we are painting right now. It will not look nice once it dries up. Also, why I'm telling you to maintain a good consistency of water and solid black color together is because it will decrease the saturation of the color if you have excess amount of water in it. You can observe we have painted a beautiful mountain body on the left hand portion. Now, similarly we are going to add some mountain bodies on the right hand side as well. I'm going to continue from the horizon line only. I'll be starting with the outline. I've created a nice outline, but this time the mountain body is a little bit smaller than the one which we have painted on the left hand portion. You can observe that I've created the entire outline and I have filled in solid black color in the inner portion. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner in case you're not that much confident enough to paint the mountains and the rock bodies directly to your coaster. You do not want to spoil your beautiful gradient background. You can practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. Now similarly using the same technique, I'll be painting a beautiful rock body in between the water area. You just have to create a beautiful outline. Rocks are also generally going to have a very natural shape. No need to worry about painting it in the exact same way I'm painting right now. You can create your own shapes and you can decide the size of the rock bodies as well. You can make your own composition of the entire scenery as well. We are done painting the rock bodies and the mountains. Now let us add a beautiful reflection effect of these elements onto the water body. It's a very simple and easy technique. You just have to take your round brush of size seven, take some solid black color in it, dab your brush to the tissue paper. And just simply apply these horizontal strokes just below the entire mountain and the rock body. Now, once you apply these horizontal strokes, slowly move towards the bottom part. As you move towards the bottom part, just decrease the size of the strokes that you're making. You can also observe that these strokes are not at all perfect. It has to be very much blur supply, least pressure on the brush. Just keep your hand very much loose and apply the horizontal strokes, we are done creating a beautiful reflection effect as well. Now comes the last element, which is the sun. I'll be taking my round brush of size three. Take some good amount of solid white color in it, and simply draw a circular shape in between the mountains. You can decide the position of the sun according to your convenience as well. It is absolutely fine. Now using the same round brush, we can add the reflection of the sun onto the water body as well. You just have to create the horizontal strokes on the water body. It is going to be a little bit bigger near to the sun. And as you move towards the bottom portion, just decrease the size of the horizontal strokes that you're making. Now let us enhance the rock bodies and the mountains a little bit using the same round brush of size three, having some solid white color in it. We can just apply some little bit of white color on the outline of the mountains and the rock bodies. It will basically act as the reflection of the sun. And it makes the entire painting look a little bit more aesthetic and attractive. We are done with the entire painting. Let me take you a little bit closer so that you can observe all the details carefully. I hope that you enjoyed creating this particular coaster, having minimal elements together forming a beautiful scenery. Now let us move towards the next painting. 10. Painting 5 - Bushy Sunset: Everybody, you're most welcome to the fifth painting, which is a bushy sunset, and the last class project as well, so you can observe that I'm ready with my coaster and all the art supplies nearby. I'll be using a simple pencil to draw a horizontal line on the entire coaster. It's basically a horizon line which is separating the sky area and the water body. Now I'll be taking my 1 " flat brush and we are going to apply a thin coat of water on the sky area. First, you just have to apply a thin coat of water above the horizon line. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply an even coat of water. This is basically known as a wet on wet technique, in which we apply a thin coat of water initially. So that the colors can blend together in a nice way and your brush can move in a smooth manner. Now, once we are done applying a thin coat of water on the entire coaster, I'll be taking some color in the color palette. I've taken some med yellow in the color palette. As you can observe, always take color in a required amount only. I'll be using the same 1 " flat brush to apply the color onto the surface. You can observe that I have made a simple horizontal stroke just above the horizon line, applying some good amount of med yellow. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply the color in a slow and steady manner. The more horizontal strokes you'll apply, the better application of the color will happen on the entire surface. In case you find that you have axis amount of water in your brush, you can simply dab it onto the tissue paper so that axis amount of water will be removed. We are not going to cover the entire coaster since we want to create a beautiful gradient effect between two colors. I have left some portion on the top area as well. Now, once we are done applying mid yellow color, I'll be taking some burned sienna in the color palette. You can observe I have applied a little bit of color in the color palette. Now simply clean your flat brush and dab it onto the tissue paper to make it a little bit dry. Now we are going to take some burned sienna in the brush. Take some good amount of color, make sure that you do not have axis amount of water that will decrease the saturation of the color. Now we are going to apply it on the top portion and slowly will move towards the bottom area. Right now, you can observe a line of separation between both the colors. But we are going to blend them together. No need to hurry at all. You can observe a beautiful horizontal movement of my brush and the way I'm moving my hand as well. This is a very simple and easy technique of blending both the colors together. You can clean your entire flat brush, dab it onto the tissue paper to make it completely dry. And then you can apply the dry brush on the entire surface. Again, it's a simple horizontal movement. Again, blending both the colors together. You can observe a nice transition from burn sienna to medial. Now let us paint the water body as well. I'll be taking my flat brush of 1 ". Again, take some good amount of water and apply it on the entire surface. Make sure that there is no space left on the entire coaster. Now to paint the water body, we are going to apply the background color. First, I'll be taking some burn sienna again. Since the color is a little bit less in the color palette, I'll be using my 1 " flatbush. Take some good amount of burn sienna in it and simply use the tip of your flat brush to apply the color just below the horizon line. So that you can apply the color carefully and it doesn't go in the sky area. Now slowly you can use the entire brush to paint the entire surface of the coaster below the horizon line, you can observe that we have covered the entire area. In case you find that there is axis amount of water in your flat brush, you can just dab it onto the tissue paper to make it a little bit dry and your color can apply in a saturated amount. Now to create some beautiful depth and details in the water body, we are going to paint some waves. So I'll be taking my round brush of size seven. And I have taken some mid yellow color in it. As you can observe, in case you find that your color is a little bit stiff, you can just simply add a little bit of water in it. Now simply, we are going to apply some horizontal strokes. I'm just applying these horizontal strokes in a very random and natural way. There isn't any specific way of applying them in case you find painting the gradient effect of the entire background and the water body a little bit difficult to paint. What you can do is you can practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, then you can come towards your final painting. This will help you to develop some more confidence while painting, and the chances of making mistakes will be very less the way we applied the horizontal strokes with dello color, we're going to take some solid white color in the round brush. And similarly, we'll be adding these horizontal strokes in the water body area. Again, I'm just adding these horizontal strokes in a very random and natural way. Now, using the same flat brush of size 1, ", we are going to reapply it on the entire water body area. And you will observe a nice blend between the horizontal strokes and the background color together. Now let the background dry for a while and you'll observe a nice beautiful depth and detail in the entire water body area. As you can observe, we are done with the sky area and the water body. Now let us paint some beautiful clouds in the sky area. I'll be taking my round brush of size three, or you can also use a round brush of size seven. And we are going to take some good amount of solid white color in it. Now simply using the tip of my round brush, I'll be simply making these horizontal strokes which are going to combine together having difference in sizes. So as you all know that clouds generally have a very natural and random shapes in the entire sky area, There isn't any specific way of painting them. You can create your own composition of the clouds in the sky area. You can play with the shape and sizes as well. You can also decide the position of the clouds according to your convenience. You can observe that I have created a beautiful cluster of clouds on the right hand portion. Similarly, I'll be using the tip of my brush and creating these little clouds on the bottom area. There is a basic and simple technique. Wherever you want to have thick strokes, just apply a little bit more pressure on the brush. Wherever you want to paint thinner strokes, you have to apply, lease pressure on your brush. In case that you find you have axis amount of water in your brush, just simply dab your brush to the tissue paper so that axis amount of water will be removed. You can observe carefully that I have also created a small cluster of clouds on the left hand portion as well. I'll simply clean my entire round brush. And we are going to blend the clouds with the background area. Just try to have a little bit of water in your round brush. And apply the tip of the round brush on the edges of the clouds. And you will observe a beautiful blend of the clouds with the background area in case you find painting the clouds directly towards your final coaster a little bit difficult to paint and you do not want to spoil your beautiful gradient background. You can simply practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. This will help you to develop some more confidence while painting, and the chances of making mistakes will be very less. Now let us paint. This allows we are going to have a beautiful plantation, or I can say a landscape area. In the bottom portion, I'll be using my round brush of size seven. And we're going to take some solid black color in the color palette, try to have a good consistency of color and water together. We are going to paint the plantation in the bottom portion, I'll be starting from the left hand portion. It's a very simple and easy technique to paint some plantations on the bottom portion, you can simply observe that I'm using the tip of my round brush to create these little strokes combining together. There is a nice variation as well. No need to worry about painting it in the exact same way I'm painting right now. You can create your own composition and you can have some nice variation in the plantation as well. Initially, we are trying to create the entire outline and you have to paint this particular thing in a very slow and steady manner, try to have a little bit of patience. Once we are done creating the entire outline of the plantation, you're going to fill in solid black color in the inner portion in case you find to paint the outline of creating these little strokes together and forming a beautiful plantation a little bit difficult and you do not want to spoil your beautiful background. What you can do is you can practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final coaster. This will help you a lot to develop confidence while painting, and the chances of making mistakes will be very less. Starting from the left hand side of the coaster, I have slowly came towards the right hand side. And you can use the tip of your brush to create some thinner strokes on the outer area as well. It can replicate as the leaves that are coming, and it can create a beautiful contrast with the background as well. Now, once we are done with the outline of the plantation, just take some good amount of solid black color. Add a little bit of water in case you find that your color is a little bit stiff. And then we're going to apply it the entire surface, just below the outline. You can observe the direction in which I'm trying to move my round brush. It's a specific vertical direction. While you're applying a solid black color, no need to hurry at all. Make sure that you apply it on the entire surface and there is no space left. As you can observe, we are done painting the entire sell out for the plantation, which we have painted on the bottom portion. Now let us add some little strokes on the outline which can create a nice contrast with the water body, which is in the background. It's a simple step, you can observe that I'm using the tip of my round brush. In case you find that there is axis amount of water in your brush, just simply dab your brush to the tissue paper and remove axis amount of water from it. Now let us paint some bushes which are going to have some branches as well connecting to the plantations that we have painted on the bottom area. To paint the bush, it's again, a very simple and easy step. I'll be using my same brush of size seven. Take some good amount of solid black color in it. I'm just using the tip of my round brush to create these little strokes which are acting as leaves in the entire bush. And you just have to combine all these little strokes forming a beautiful bush. Initially, we are going to form the entire outline for the bush and then we are going to fill in solid black color inside. As you all know that bushes also generally have a very natural and random shape. It is not at all necessary or compulsory for you to paint it in the exact same way I'm painting right now. You can create your own natural shapes and you can also play with the composition of the bushes that we are creating. Right now, you can observe that the outline for the first bush is a little bit bigger. And I have added one more outline on the right hand portion, which is a little bit smaller. This is how you can create a beautiful variation. Now once you're done with the entire outline, you can fill in solid black color in a portion. So make sure that you have a good consistency of color and water together. In case you have axis amount of water in your brush, just simply dab it on tissue paper to remove axis amount of water. We are done painting a beautiful bush and you can observe its detail in the outline. It creates a nice contrast with the background in case you want to increase or just make it look a little bit more aesthetic. You can add some more leaves by using the tip of your round brush. This is basically a simple and easy technique of creating and painting a beautiful bush. Now similarly, we're going to add one more bush which is going to be below the first one. The technique is absolutely same, you just have to create a beautiful outline. Adding these little strokes and combining them together and then filling in solid black color in inside portion. Now once we are done painting the bushes, we're going to connect them with the plantation that we have painted. On the bottom portion for that, we are going to paint some beautiful branches. And it's going to be a very simple and easy step. You just have to use the tip of your round brush and take some good amount of solid black color in it. Wherever we want to paint thin strokes, apply least pressure on the brush. Wherever you want to have a thick stroke, you can apply a little bit of pressure on the brush. You can observe I have simply painted a branch connecting to the bottom plantation. The first branch is a little bit thicker. I've applied some pressure on the brush and I have connected two more branches from the bush. For that, I have applied least pressure on the brush, creating a thinner stroke. Similarly, you can add the branches for the second bush as well. I wanted to add few more bushes on the branches. I'm just using my round brush of size seven again, and I'm using it to add few more bushes on the branches. Again, the technique is absolutely same. You can simply add these little strokes combining together to form a small bush on the branch. As I told you, you can always experiment with the composition. You can add few more branches as well if you want to. Now, just above the horizon line, we are going to paint some rock bodies. Or we can say mountains. You just have to create an outline initially. And then you can fill in solid black color in the inner portion. To paint in difficult areas, just use the tip of your round brush. It will help you a lot. As you can observe, I have added a beautiful mountain body on the left hand side of the coaster. Similarly, we're going to add few more mountain bodies on the right hand side of the coaster. You can observe I have simply added a nice outline using the tip of my round brush. I'll be moving towards the right hand side slowly. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Take your time. You can also play with the composition of the mountain bodies as well. You can have a nice variation in the shape and size. Also, make sure that your brush do not have axis amount of water in it. In case you have axis amount of water in the brush, just simply dab it onto the tissue paper to remove axis amount of water. Now to add a little bit of reflection effect of the mountain body in the water area, Just apply these little horizontal strokes just below the mountain body. As you move towards the bottom area, decrease the size of the strokes that you're making. We are almost done with all the elements in the entire coaster. Now let us add the sun. I'll be taking my round brush of size three. Take some good amount of solid white color in it. You just have to draw a circular shape. Use the tip of your round brush to paint in a smaller surface area. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. And you can always decide the position of the sun according to your convenience as well. I have placed it just above the horizon line in the center area. Now to paint its reflection onto the water body, use the same round brush of size three. Start applying the horizontal strokes on the horizon line. As you move towards the bottom area, just simply decrease the size of the horizontal strokes that you're making. You can observe that it creates a nice reflection effect of the sun onto the water body. To make the reflection look a little bit more realistic, we can add some mid yellow and solid white color. You can observe that I'm mixing it well in the color palette. You can add a little bit of water to lose in the color. We can just apply it onto the white strokes that we applied initially. It creates a beautiful combination of both the colors together. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply the color in a very slow and steady manner. Also, the more horizontal strokes you'll apply, the better results you'll get in case you find adding the reflection effect a little bit difficult to the final water body and you do not want to spoil the background. You can practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. This will help you a lot to develop some confidence while painting, and the chances of making mistakes will be very less. You can observe carefully as I'm moving towards the bottom portion, I'm simply decreasing the size of the horizontal strokes that I'm making right now. I'm also applying less pressure on the brush. You just got to have a very loose hand, no need to make it a little bit stiff, and we are done with the entire painting. Let me take you a little bit closer so that you can observe all the details carefully. You can observe how beautifully we have, combined minimal elements together and formed a beautiful scenery. I hope that you enjoyed creating this particular coaster. Now, let us move towards the next part. 11. Class Conclusion: Whenever I try to explore different art mediums, I always make sure that I learn them in detail, in depth. One thing that I loved about gouache colors is the mad finish it gives when it dries. While I was creating this particular class, I made any number of mistakes. There were a lot of times when I have to paint the entire scenery again and practice all the elements in detail. Finally, I came up with five beautiful class projects for all of you. One thing that I always tell my students is never to be afraid of making mistakes. That is where you learn the most. It is always great to maintain an art journal on which you can practice on a regular basis and keep a record of your artwork. The practice sheet will help you a lot to develop your painting skills. I would be very excited to see all of your projects into the project gallery. Feel free to ask any questions or doubts you have related to the class and enjoy the process while painting. It would be really great if you leave a review for the class, as it encourages me a lot and my class can reach many more students like you. At the end, I would like to say keep learning, keep practicing. Thank you so much for joining and happy painting.