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1. Hello, Welcome..!: What if you could wake up every day for the
next seven days to a brand new painting adventure without knowing
what's coming next? Just imagine today you might be capturing the golden
hues of a sunset, and tomorrow you
could find yourself lost in a moody,
mysterious forest. But you won't know until the
moment the lesson begins. Welcome to Seven Day Mystery
Watercolor Challenge, a daily painting ritual that
is designed to surprise, delight, and gently push
your creative boundaries. Hi, I'm Sacrta, watercolor
artist and teacher. I have been painting with
watercolors since 2015, and I have been teaching here on the Skillshare since 2019. If you have taken my
previous classes, you know that I love moody and monochrome atmospheric
landscapes a lot. And today's class
is no different, but it comes with a twist. Each day for the seven days, you will paint a
brand new landscape, but the theme for the
day will be a mystery. Until that day's class
project goes live, you might paint the
soft stillness of a winter or the fairy
sky of a sunset, a foggy forest, lake,
and it's reflection, or even a beach, but you won't know until
you press the play button. It's like opening a watercolor
surprise box each day. What can you expect
from this class? Seven daily landscape project, each inspired by a different
theme of the nature. Step by step, real time
guidance for every painting. Gentle techniques for layering, creating the mood, and painting with very limited color palette. And we have a lot to talk about the color
palette for this class because we're going to be
using only a few colors to create different shades and to paint different moods
for the landscape. We'll talk about that as well. Whether you're a beginner, looking to practice
watercolor painting or someone who is creative, looking to rebuild
your creativity. This class is perfect for you. So, are you ready to begin this seven day
journey with me? Grab your brushes, and I'll see you guys
in the next studio.
2. Overview: Welcome to the seven day
mystery Watercolor Challenge, where each day brings
a brand new landscape, and you won't know the theme until you press the Play
button on that day. In this class, we will explore seven magical watercolor
paintings over the seven days. I have designed the class in such a way that
we will get to paint all of the themes
from the nature. I mean, most of the
themes from foggy forest, golden sunsets, quiet
lakes and reflections, winter landscape,
and a few more. But here's a twist. The theme for each day is a surprise revealed only
when the lesson goes live. I have designed this class in this mystery format
because I want to bring a sense of play and anticipation into your
creative practice. And this also helps you build a peaceful painting
habit that you can truly look
forward to each day. I mean, who wouldn't allow
the surprises right? Here's a little sneak
peek into what you'll be learning without giving
away which day is which. So this is a glowing
sunset scene. In this class, we
will learn how to blend warm gradients in the sky, add some drama, using only a few colors, and
that's the specialty. We are going to be using
a very limited palette for all the landscapes. This is a quiet
winter landscape. In this class project,
we will explore cool palettes, soft
snow textures, and very few simple
techniques to create this peaceful wintry scene filled with calmness
and stillness. This is a misty forest painting. In this one, we
will practice depth and layering using wet
on wet techniques, and we will also learn how
to build atmosphere with such cool tones and such foggy foggy trees
in the background. This is my favorite landscape. And coming to the gloomy
day, in this class project, we will embrace the moodiness of a cloudy sky and learn to paint a sense of calm with
soft edges and cool gray. Here comes a vibrant
autumn landscape. In this class project,
we'll play with bold colors, expressive strokes, and warm tones to bring that
fall vibes onto our paper. This is such a dreamy
beach day, right? So in this class project, we will paint with
soft gradients, and you can just see
there is an open space. In this painting, we'll create that with a gentle brush work. So this is a beach scene, right? The last one is a
peaceful lake scene. In this painting,
we will discover how to paint still water, subtle reflection and
distant mountains. I mean, just by looking
at this painting, I feel such calm
washing over me. I hope it does the
same to you as well. Each project is designed to be completed in about
20 to 30 minutes, and you will follow
along with me in real time as we
paint together. Whether you're painting
with your morning coffee or winding down in the evening, this class is meant to be a little gift to
yourself every day, filled with surprises, softness, and art that you will
really be proud of. So I hope you guys are interested in starting
this challenge with me. In the next video,
we will discuss about art supplies that
we're going to need. So I'm going to see
you guys there. H
3. Art Suppies: One of the joys of this
class is that you don't need fancy supplies to create
these magical landscapes. I will be using a simple and
minimal watercolor setup, and you're welcome to follow
along with what you have. First, we will talk
about the paper. I recommend using a cold
pressed 100% cotton, 300 GSM paper for best results. In today's class, I'm
using fabriano paper. It comes in big roll sizes, and as you can see in the video, I would cut them up using
a simple paper cutter. So for today's class project, I cut the roll into around
API or postcard size sheets. You can use any size of
the paper that you prefer. Moving to the brushes, I have used only three brushes for the entire of the class. So the first one
is a flat brush. It's from the brand aquaton and it's about the
size three fourth. So I used this brush only for initial washes,
you know, to wet the paper. And the second brush is the
one that I've used the most. This is silver black velvet, number 14, round brush. So you will be needing a
decent sized round brush for all the details like sky or the trees and a
small one like this. This is silver black
velvet number six brush. I use this to paint
fine details. So only three brushes,
and you're good to go. Coming to watercolor paints, I have used the paints
from three bands. The first one is aquaton. The second is white knight, and the third is senneliar. The colors will be different
for each landscape, but the brands are
only these three. I only have these three brands. So we will discuss what
colors we're going to use before the start
of each project. So this is all about the colors. And a few miscellaneous things. I have used this acrylic
board with masking tape, stick to it, you know, to keep my paper
firmly onto my board. So you can use any of the cardboard or
MDF sheet that you have. You don't have to use this
particular acrylic board. So a masking tape, of course, and paper towels very
important and a water jar. I have used a ceramic palette to paint all my seven
landscapes. So that is it. That is all the art supplies
that you're gonna need. Don't worry if you
have everything. This class is all about
painting with ease. So substitutions are absolutely welcome. Use what you have. And yeah, I'm going
to see you guys in the next video where we will begin with Class Project one.
4. Project 1 - A Glowing Sunset Scene: Eyes. Revealed. We are starting this seven day watercolor
adventure with one of the most peaceful and mesperizing theme
a glowing sunset. We have a lot to talk about
in this class project, and I will begin by sticking my paper to
my acrylic board. I can go around with a more traditional method and
tape down all four sides. But since this is
summer here in India, my paper dries up very fast. So I just found this way to keep my paper
wet for a long time. So now I have taken
a small piece of paper for colours watching. Since this is a bright
colored landscape, we may have to use a few colors than I was intended to use. So the first color is permanent
orange from the aquaton. This is French vermilion
from the brand sanelar. The third color is ultramarine blue from the brand sanelar and the fourth
is laserin crimson, again, from the brand Snelar. And the last two
colors are red violet. And blue violet. If you don't have these colors, you can use dax in purple
instead of these two colors, by the way. So yeah. So these are the colors
that I just picked up to see how bright I
can make this landscape. Traditionally, to
paint a sunset, you only need a
few colors yellow, orange, red, pink, purple. To darken the purple,
you can use indigo. So even for this landscape, you can use only those colors if you don't have all
these that I have. These are really I just
picked up recently, so I just wanted to
give it a try as well. These red violet and
blue violet colors. Last color would be pines gray, but I'm not going to put pines gray on my
palette just yet. To paint that tree at the end, I'm going to be
using that color, so I'm going to use
it at that time, not just now, because my
palette is already so full. Et's begin this watching. First, I'm going to
take permanent orange. I'm going to mix it with French
vermilion and red colour. And I have this bright
orangish red colour. And this is one of the highlights in my
sunset painting today. I'm mixing ultramarine blue with Alison in crimson to get
that bright purple color. Perfect. Now I need something lighter in
shade than this one. So I'm going to mix
blue violet and red violet to get
that pinkish shade. If you don't have
these two colors, you can directly use quinros Perfect bright color. Now I'm going to mix
it with a little bit of purple color and
see what I get. Okay. This is the exact
color that I had in mind. So yeah, this is all about the colors
that we're going to use. I know it's a little
bit confusing because these red
and blue violets are very rare to
have in collection. And also, color mixing is
also a little difficult, especially for a beginner
on the first day. So, all I can say is use simple colors that you already have in your
palette like orange, red, pink and purple. You will be getting
the same type of shades that I have
here on my paper. Yeah, now I'm just going to write the names of these
colors and color mixes. I keep these little
sheets in my cupboard. You know, I use this for
future references also. I just don't throw
them out after this landscape is
completed because these are the color mixes
that you will be needing whenever you want
to paint a bright sunset. So that's one of the tips
that I wanted to give you. Now that we are done
with the color swatch, we will begin the landscape now. Let's go. Like I said, I have showed you guys that flat brush from the brand
aquaton right, so I'm going to be using it to wet the paper
with clean water. My water is not clean,
but that's right. Begin with a very light swatch. I have taken that red
violet and blue violet mix, and I just added
it onto my paper. You can see how light this is. The same with red
and orange mix. Add very light wash. We are
just testing out the waters here before adding very dark layers
and regretting it later. We can start with light layers. So yeah, I'm going to
clean up around the edges. You know, this step is
not actually necessary, but since I'm shooting
a video here, I wanted to keep
the visual clean. So now I will take red and
orange mixture once again. But this time, I'm
taking a darker shade, and I will start adding
it from the bottom. I can shade that mixture
of red and blue violet, and I will add it from
the top of the paper. Instead of this,
you can also use quinros color if you
don't have these two. So I'm going to add one more
layer because, like I said, this color has to
be the highlight, so I want to make it dark
as much dark as possible. Perfect. Now I have taken
my silver black velvet, number six, the
smaller round brush, and I'm taking the mixture
of blue and red violet. And we will start adding the
smaller clouds on the sky. We'll start from the top. Remember, the paper is still wet, so you don't have
to put in a lot of effort to paint the clouds, add the color and the paint will spread and give you the
shape of the cloud. And that's what's happening
here as well, as you can see. Let's darken this
layer, the cloud layer. I have taken a bit of French ultramarine and
Alizarine crimson mixture. As I paint, I have
started to notice that my paper is getting dried
up and I don't want that. So I will let the paper
completely dry and I will come back and I will re wet
and repaint once again. So I'm going to see
you guys in a bit. My paper has dried up, and as you can see, I just put on the fan
to dry the paper. I don't usually use hair dryers. It just lightens the color. That's what I feel. But, yeah, now let's
begin with re wetting. I'm using my flat brush
to rewet the paper. I'm using a mix of red and blue violet combined
with ultramarine blue. So this color gives me a
bit darker purplish shade. If you have a daxen purple, you can directly use that
color as well. Oh, no. The paper. The top
part is a dry patch, so I'm just going to
wet it once again. It happens. Sometimes
you miss spot. You don't wet that area. So yeah, it's very simple
to correct the mistakes in watercolor once you
know the techniques. Now, let's just go ahead and paint the second
layer of the clouds. This second layer is mainly to darken the clouds
a little bit. Paper has started to dry again, so I just have to hurry up
and paint faster because I don't have time and patience to let the paper dry
and rewet once again. This is it. I'm going to
keep the paper for drying. Once the paper
completely dries up, we can paint the foreground. So I'm going to see you
guys in a All right, my paper has dried
up, as you can see. And now I will take
Pine's gray color. This is to paint the
tree in the foreground. I thought to paint pine
trees at the beginning, but I was so bored
of pine trees, especially today because
just this morning I have painted a large landscape
full of pine trees. Especially, it was
a Northern light, so I was in a mood to
paint a coconut tree. Exciting, right? Because I haven't
painted palm trees or coconut trees in any
of my previous classes. Only once, I think I have painted in one of
my Instagram reels. So I was a bit nervous. After painting this tree that I have a few tips to
share with you guys. So start with a round brush. You need a round
brush to paint this. Probably a smaller brush. Here I'm using a silver black
velvet, number six brush. The tree trunk a little bit curved and also
narrow at the top. As you come down, broaden it. To add the leaves and branches, these are called
fronts, I think, begin at the top of
the trunk and paint slightly arched central
lines like the rays of sun. From each central line, paint fine strokes towards the bottom of the
paper on both sides. Ally taper towards the end. These are basically the
leaflets of the coconut tree. Pat the same process for
the rest of the branches. So I was thinking to paint at least five or six
of these, let's see. Oh, I'm gonna paint
one more over here and make it total
of seven leaflets. So yeah, let's add this
last one, last branch, I mean, I hope I got the shape of the
coconut tree right because even I'm nervous because I'm not following any
reference picture for this. I just I'm just following
the image in my head. I want to add one more small
cogntree here at the bottom, but I think I can't because
this one was very difficult, to be honest, and I have decided to add a
few birds instead. H. I'm going to splatter some black
paint near the boards. So this is it for
today's class project. I hope you guys enjoyed
painting this with me. Tomorrow, we're going to be painting another
new class project. I will not tell you which one it is because you may
have to guess it. So if you have time, you can drop in your guesses
in the discussion section. We can discuss about the class projects or you can discuss about anything that you have any doubt regarding the class. So I'll be there to respond
as soon as possible. The new mystery landscape
tomorrow, I'm gonna see you. Thank you so much for
joining me today.
5. Project 2 - A Quiet Winter Landscape: Hi, welcome to Class Projective, and today's surprise theme
is winter landscape. You guys know that winters are my favorite season to paint. So, of course, I had
to include that. Coming to colors, we have
only two colors today, and the first color
is Hookers green from the brand Senelia and the second is Indigo from the
brand white Knights. If you don't have hookers green, you can use sap green as well. As I said, there will
be two shades, right? The first shade is a mix of
hookers green with indigo, and the second shade
is only indigo. Well, this is the color. It's a bit darker
green, you can say. That's why I have
told you you can mix sap green with
indigo as well. You'll get the similar shade, and this is indigo. I'm going to name
these colors as well. Like I've said yesterday, I usually keep these
watch watch cards with me because in the future, if I needed any reference, I can save a lot of time
instead of swatching. I'll just know what colors to be used and
how do they look like. So one of the tips is to
save these watch cards. I will stick my paper to
my acrylic board now, and we will begin
painting the winterscape. There is a small sketch here. Do not worry, this is not
a complicated sketch. Just the border between the water and the
forest, the land. Basically the land area
that we are sketching, it comes somewhere in the
middle near the horizon line. Well, let's begin by wetting
the paper with clean water. I'm using my flat
brush for this. You can see I'm only wetting the forest area that
is behind the sketch. Now, I'm going to mix
hookers green with indigo to get that
darker green shade. And with my silver black
velvet, number 14, the larger round brush, I will paint the sky. So the sky should
be very light color because we have to
paint the forest, so the forest has to be darker. So you have to maintain
the contrast there. I'm gonna clean up the
edges a little bit. Now, with my the same silver
black velvet number 14, the larger round brush,
I'm going to start painting the pine
tree forest here. In one of my previous classes, I don't know if you
guys have seen it. I have clearly mentioned
that in wet on wet, we are not going to
paint detailed trees or any detailed structures because the wet on wet will
not hold the shape. So all you have to do is place the blurry shapes
of the trees here. And that's exactly
what I'm doing here. Also, make sure you do not touch the land
area with green color. The pine forest should
be in the background. Even though this is wet on wet, you can still draw a few
shapes to the subjects. So I have taken my silver
black velvet number six, the smaller round brush, and I'll just slightly add
the shapes to the pine trees. For example, the tip
of the pine tree, the top part should
be a sharp line. So my first goal is
to make all the trees here sharper, as
you can see here. It's very simple process
and it's also wet on wet, so you can paint
very quickly here. While the pine forest is drying, we can go ahead and
paint the lake area. So let's start by
wetting the lake area. Leave out those white spaces. Using the same color, the mix
of focus green with indigo, so that's why I'm not showing the color because the focus
should be on the lake. Now, I will carefully paint
the reflections on the lake. We might need to paint
a few layers for this. Let's see how many
layers it will take. So as you can see,
I'm just drawing my brush in a straight
vertical line. So that's how the reflections
would look like, right? So yeah, this is wet
on wet, by the way. So even this process
would be quicker. This is where you can see the magic of painting the water. I have said that to paint vertical lines to show
the reflections, right. Now slightly, draw
the horizontal lines. That shows that there are
ripples in the water, and it gives perfect
realistic look to your leg. My silver black
velvet number six, the smaller round brush, and I will start to darken the reflections a little bit, just a little bit. I will remove all the paint
and the water from the brush and I will paint the
ripples one more time. The pine forest is drying and
the lake is drying as well. So we can go ahead and paint
a few details to the land. Nothing specific,
nothing detailed. We're going to
show some shadows. Brilliant dried. So keep
the paper for drying. Once the paper is dried up, you can remove it
from your board. Pet. Thank you so much
for joining me today. And you can guess tomorrow's class project
in discussion below. So let's see who gets it right. And I'm going to see you
guys tomorrow. So take care.
6. Project 3 - A Dreamy Beach Scene: Surprise revealed,
today's class project is a beautiful
sunset beat scene. So this is a sunset scene. That means we may need
a few more colors than yesterday's or previous day's class
projects because we are going to paint a lot of
shades to depict the sunset. So the first color
that I'm going to take is permanent orange from
the brand aquaton and the second color is
vermilion red from the brand cenelar third color is dags in purple from
the brand sanela. I wanted to include
Alisa in crimson, but I have decided not
to at the last moment. And the last color is indigo
from the White Knights. I will take all of these
colors onto my palette first. Later, we will do
a color swatch. I'm gonna watch these
colors one by one. First, orange, later
red and purple indigo. Have to mix vermilion red with dixene purple to get that bright purplish color,
reddish purple color. You know, we see in
the sunset, right? So that's the color that
I have watched just now. I'm gonna name these colors and later we will start
with the class project. Let us begin by wetting the
paper with clean water. And I'm using my
flat brush for this, as you guys know by now. D. I'm going to tell you guys
an interesting thing today. We may need the help of a paper towel to
paint the sun today. So keep it ready with you. Let's begin with orange color. So this is a sunset
scene, of course, there'll be sun, but we are not going to worry
about the sun just yet. Let's get all the
colors right first. You can see, even
if I try to mark the sun area clean
without any paint, the paint is spreading into the space of the sun
because this is wet on wet. Of course, the
paint will spread. That's why we may
need the paper towel. So I have added the next
bright color that is red. Now I am adding the mix of vermilion red
and dags in purple. The thing is, we're just going to lay down
all the colors. First, later, we're going to
blend all of them together. So after the purple, we're going to add indigo color. Taking longer for me to paint the entire paper
with this smaller brush. I'm going to switch to my
silver black velvet number 14, the larger round brush so that the process
will be quicker. Let us blend all the
colors together. So I have washed my brush and removed all the extra water from
it using a paper towel, and I'm slowly blending
these colors together. This only works if your
paper is wet on wet. So yeah, make sure
if the paper is dry, leave it at that, come back, re wet, and then try the
blending once again. Now, witness the
magic as it unfolds. So I've just kept my finger in a paper towel and dab a
little paint off the paper. And while I got the sun. Yeah, it's that simple, guys. Trust me, everything is
easy when it's wet on wet. So yeah, now let us continue
painting the ocean. I'm just going to drag whatever the paint that is
near the horizon, and I will wet the paper
if it is necessary. If your paper is already wet, you don't have to
re wet it again. So I have taken very light shade of indigo
with a bit of purple, and I will paint the ocean. As you can see, I'm moving my brush in the shape
of waves, right? So we will add more details to make it look more
realistic in in a while. So for now, you just have to, you know, add those
little waves. With a little darker shade, that is indigo, I'm going to again add those little waves. We will paint the
beach. So my paper is a little dried up already, so I'm going to just,
you know, wet it. I think the shore should be
easy because we just have to add the reflection of whatever is above the horizon.
That is the sunset. I'm going to drag the
paint in vertical lines. Yesterday, we have talked about this while painting
the reflections, we have to move our brush in vertical lines to make
it look more realistic. We're going to add a few
more details to the beach, sorry, the Whan water. So I have taken a darker
shade again, the indigo, and I'm going to add
those little waves. Going to have to add a few
more details to the beach. But for that, the paper
has to be dried up. So I'm going to see
you guys in a bit my paper has dried up and I have taken my
silver black velvet, the smaller round brush, and with only one
color that is indigo, I'm going to add a few
very random details that you find on the beach. Can skip this step,
but trust me, adding these tiny
dots or whatever, these random details will give you more realistic
look for a beach. We are done. I hope you guys enjoyed painting this
beach scene with me today. And tomorrow, I'm gonna be
back with a new surprise. So much for joining me today.
7. Project 4 - A Gloomy Day: You guys, welcome to
Class Project four, and today's surprise
is a gloomy painting. I just love today's class
project because it's so moody. And the first color that
we are going to use is Alizarin crimson from
the brand Sennelier. And the second color is Pines gray from
the brand aquaton. We are using only two colors, and we will mix these two colors to get those gloomy shades
for today's class project. So let's begin the colors watch. So first, I'm going to mix Alizarin crimson
with pines gray, to get that dark shaded
Alizarin crimson. And later, the second
shade is, again, the mix of Alysa and
crimson and pines gray, but I'm going to be adding a lot more pines gray this time. That means I'm going
to make the first shade a bit darker. Third shade is just Pines gray. So I'm going to do
one more swatch so that you guys can
see the colors clearly. The first shade is Alzarin
crimson and Pines gray mix. Second is Alzarin
crimson and Pines gray, but more pines gray
less Alyza and crimson. And the third shade
is just Pines gray. Quickly write the
names of these colors. Now, let's begin painting
the class project. We will begin by wetting
the paper with clean water. For this, I'm using
my flat brush. Begin with painting the sky. The sky should be a bit darker. I mean, the sky should
be a bit lighter, so I'm going to take
the second shade, but I'm going to
add lots of water to make it very light in shade. We will paint the foreground. To paint the foreground, I'm using the first shed. That is the mix of Alizarin
crimson and Pines gray. You don't have to paint
anything very detailed here. We are just laying
down the shapes, and this is wet on wet. So again, in wet on wet, you only need to add
very light details, or you can say the
foundation of the painting. So now I have completed the
sky and the foreground. I want to make the
foreground very dark. So I'm just adding a
few adjustments that is adding lots of pines gray
to make it a bit lighter. But since this is wet on wet, it's going to dry
two sheades lighter, two or three shades lighter, we're going to have
to come back and paint the foreground
one more time. Now I'm going to keep
the paper for drying. Once the paper has dried up, we will paint the
background trees. So I'm going to see
you guys in a while. Paper has dried up, but you can see there is a backflow
of the paint here, and that's perfectly
alright with me because it perfectly suits
the gloomy day painting. So let's begin painting
the trees now. I have taken my Dawn
rigor brush and this middle shede that is a mix of Alyza and crimson
and a lot of pins gray, and I have started
painting the trees. These are not pine trees per se, because the shape is quite different from
usual pine trees that you see me painting. So yeah, just follow along, follow whatever I'm painting. These trees that I'm
painting are very easy. So I don't think you guys
will be having a problem to, you know, paint these. Now, I'm going to paint
one more tree over here. And I have decided to paint at least four
trees in the background. So let's see how it goes. With the second tree. Now let's move on to painting the third. Oh this is the fourth. I think I'm going to stop painting the background
trees after this. Let's see how the placement
of the tree looks, and I'll decide after that. It is done. The fourth three, I
mean, and I'm going to stop painting the
background trees now. This looks perfect. I don't want to ruin
it. Now I'm gonna keep my paper for drawing and I'll come back and paint
the foreground trees. I'm gonna see you guys in a bit. The paper has dried up, so let's start painting
the foreground trees. For this, to paint
the foreground trees, I have taken only one
color that is pines gray. I've also started painting
with different brush. This is silver black velvet, number six, the
smaller round brush. Using this brush is actually making the process faster
instead of the rigor brush. To make the painting look
messy and to avoid that, I've decided to paint only one or two or maximum three,
four ground trees. So let's see how it goes again. I'm going to paint
the second tree over here with pines gray. Again, I have
switched the brush. This is DawnhiRigor brush. With silver black velvet, the problem was the tip is making the trees
look very broad. I want very thin branches on the tree as well
and leaves too. So I have changed the brush now. Tiny third tree over here. And I'm going to
splatter some paint. I think this placement
of the trees, the background and foreground
looks good enough. So I'm very satisfied with
gloomy painting today. I'm going to remove
the paper once the paper once
it's all dried up. Before removing the
paper from the board, I have quickly decided to darken the foreground
just a little bit. For this, I'm adding
only pine gray color. I think the painting
looks great. I'm going to remove
it from my board, and we are done with
today's class project. I will see you
guys tomorrow with a brand new surprise
painting till then, have a great day. And thank you so much
for joining me today.
8. Project 5 - A Misty Forest View: Welcome to today's class
project number five. And the surprise is we're
going to paint a misty forest. The first color that I'm taking is naples allow from
the brand saneliar. The second color is hookers green from the brand sennelier. If you don't have hookers green, you can always go for sap green. And the third color
is Pines gray, and it's from the brand aquaton. We'll swatch these colors now. There are only three colors, and it's a limited palette
for today's class project. All the yellow
shades, I think this is my favorite.
It's very subtle. Yet if you paint
it on the paper, the color just stays there and it gives that
yellowish glow, even if you, you know,
blend it with other colors. So I always prefer naples yellow over any shade of yellow. And this is hooker's green. I love this color
because it looks dark, but it's not, and it doesn't look a light in shade as
well, like sap green. So these two are my
absolute favorites to go for a forest painting. I always name the colors
because I want to save these watch cards with me
for future references. So this is today's colors watch. These are very basic
colors, I suppose. I guess you guys would be
having a basic yellow color. It could be Indian
yellow as well, because, I don't think
hansa yellow would work. So Indian yellow, you can go for if you don't
have naples yellow, and of course, if you
don't have hookers green, you can go for sap green, and of course, Pines
gray is the last color. So yeah, this is
today's colors watch. I will start by wetting
the paper with water, and I'm using my
flatbush for this. With the first
color that is a mix of naples yellow and very
little of hookers green, I'm going to paint
the background. Not the foreground,
just background. It should be very
light in shade. Once that is done, I'm going to paint
the foreground. I'm just going to lay down the shape because
this is wet and wet, we'll go over it
once again later. So I'm mixing very little of naples yellow with
green and pins gray. The foreground should
be a bit darker compared to the background. So I'm just adding a
little bit of yellow on the top to make it
look a bit realistic. If you observe the grassland, you see that the
bottom part would be a bit darker compared to the top part because the sunlight would be
falling over there. Bottom should be a bit darker, so I'm just adding pines gray. At this point, I'm laying down the basic structure of the
foreground the grass, I mean. So I will I think I'll stop
now with the foreground. I'll add a few details to it in a bit those grass and all. So for that, I think I may
have to change the brush. With a rigor brush, by the way, this is from Davinsi. So I'm going to take a mix of forest green and pines gray. I just going to draw these vertical lines to indicate that there
is grass over there. Mind you, this is
still wet on wet. So the shape may hold, but we may have to
go over it once again if this feels
unsatisfactory, because you don't get very detailed structures
in wet on wet once it dries up. So let's see. So I have taken my
silver black velvet, number six, the
smaller round brush, and I have taken
this hooker screen, and I have started adding
the background trees. First, I will start
with these leaves. We don't have to go and paint the detailed tree here.
This is wet on wet. So we just have to
lay down the shape. B Thinking to paint only four trees in
the background. This one is the second, and I'm going to
paint a couple more, but on each edge of the paper. This is the third tree, and since this is in the background, we have to paint
it a bit lighter. Later, when we paint
the foreground te, we're going to paint it
with pines gray color. And the contrast would be
amazing to look at, trust me. So actually, this is the highlight of this
forest painting, the lighter background shade and the darker foreground shade. So if you ever want
to paint a forest, remember these
things, especially if you're painting
a misty forest. You have to bring
all the character to your painting only
through colors. When I say colors,
you have to go deep and paint different
shades of the same color. That's when you'll bring
the depth to the painting. I will rather tree trunk and I have taken hookers
green color for this. You can see the leaves
that we have painted here on the first tree
has already dried up, and I'm not liking it. Its rather dull and washed out, so I'm going to just go over there and darken
it a little bit. And I'm going to also splatter some paint in the middle
because it looks very plain. And once that is done, I'm going to keep the
paper for drying. And once the paper dries up, we will paint the foreground. Paper has dried up. Now, all I have to do is
paint the foreground. Just like we have
painted the background. So far, we're going to
paint the foreground. But this time there is a catch. We are not painting wet on wet. We are painting wet on dry. And for the entire
of the foreground, I'm going to use only one
color that is pines gray. And this is wet on
dry like I have said. But please don't
worry. I'll walk you guys through
all of the process. So first, start with the
tree trunk this time. In wet on wet, we have painted the tree
trunk at the last. This time we are
painting it first. Later, with your brush, just add a stem branch
and a few leaves. Just random It's like random
splashing of the paint, but very controlled splashing. Looks rather messy, but the painting is saved because the background is
very light in shade. So this will be highlighted. But if we had painted
the background and the foreground with the
same color, for example, with Pines gray, the leaves
would not be the highlight, and the painting will
look very messy. So that's why I
have told you guys about the importance of
colors and the shades. Let's paint the second tree. The same process, same brush, and the same paint. With more character,
I'm going to splatter some more
paint in the middle. And this time, I'm going
to use pines gray. With the same pines gray color, I'm going to just add those vertical lines to make the grass look
even realistic. So this is just a
last minute thing. If you skip it, it
doesn't matter as well. If you guys have seen
my previous classes, you know that I
have one problem, and that is I can't
stop painting, even if it's too
much, too messy. So I should have stopped here without adding
the grass details. But yeah, this looks
rather good, as well. I thought it'd look messy
at the end, but it didn't splatter once more,
but this time, I'm going to use naples
yellow because why not? I should just I should have stopped before adding
those grass details. Now I'm just finding what to paint when the painting
is already perfect. At this point, I
think I need help. Someone please stop me
because this is so perfect. While giving the voice over, I'm realizing that I think I made the painting
look a bit messy, but it's up to you guys. You should you can stop when we have painted the
last foreground tree. So my paper has dried up. I'm gonna remove
it from the board. Thank you so much for
joining me today. Tomorrow, I will see you
guys with a new surprise.
Sukrutha Jagirdhar, Watercolor Artist
