Anyone Can Paint - Learn to Paint 10 Easy Poster Color Paintings

1. Introduction: If I go back to my childhood days, I remember how scared I was to paint. I used to think that painting requires a lot of knowledge and practice, which is true. On keeping that in mind. I thought that let me come up with minimal paintings that anyone can try. I always believed that anyone can paint. You just need some basic art supplies and some basic methods to paint. Hey, everybody, myself protect buddy. I'm a self-taught independent artist and an interior designer. In this class, we are going to paint ten minimal paintings with postdoc allows. We're going to talk about all the art supplies that you will need in this particular class. We are also willing to talk about the brushes that you will need. Watercolor paper that we're going to use for this particular class. I'll be teaching you how you can cut and A6 sized paper into a small perfect square will be saved taping the entire painting so that we can get a nice wide edge will be using only two colors which are going to be post-doc allows. Those aren't black and white. The entire class is a combination of beautiful landscapes, cityscapes, elements that you can paint easily using basic and minimal techniques. No need to worry at all. That glass is absolutely beginner friendly and you're going to definitely fall in love with it. Each and every painting won't take you more than 10 min to paint. So you can paint according to your time convenience. Every painting is going to be easy, simple, and elegant. So you are going to definitely love all the class projects that we are going to create. The class is going to be a ten days painting challenge and I'll be really excited to see all of your class projects. So without any delay, grab your art supplies and let's get started. 2. Art Supplies: Hey everybody. So before we start, it is very important for all of you to know the correct art supplies that you will need for this particular class. No need to worry. That isn't anything extraordinary or only some basic art supplies. So the first one is a simple still-life, or you can also use a plastic scale. So this steel edge is having dimensions in centimeters and inches. So we're going to use this to cut D A6 sized paper into perfect square. The next one is a simple pencil that I know everyone wants to be having. Then comes the most important part, which are the brushes that we're going to use for the entire class. So the first one is a simple flat brush of size 1 ". As you can see. Then the remaining three brushes are basically detailing brushes. So the sizes of every brush, let me tell you that in detail. So the first one is size three, phase one, and phase pipe. So these are the 3D dealing rash and that you will mean according to the painting that we are going to paint. No need to worry at all. In case you do not have the same brush, you can use any other good alternative as well. So these are the brushes that you will need. Now, let me go to the next art supply, which is a simple ceramic palette. As you can see. I'm so sorry, the palette is very dirty. So this ceramic palette is having basically three sections to have your colors accordingly. No need to worry in case you do not have a ceramic palette. You can go for any other good alternative or any other plastic palette as well. Isn't it amazing for the entire class, you will only need two colors, black and white, which I'll post the colors. You can also use gouache colors if you wanted to. Now the next time supply is a simple Caesar. So we will need the scissors to cut the A6 size paper into a perfect square. Then we have a simple tissue paper to dab the brushes so that you can wipe off the extra amount of water from the brush. So we always keep the tissue paper nearby only by we're painting. The next one is a masking tape. The masking tape is basically often one-inch, two-sided tape, the watercolor paper. So that when we remove, we get a nice white border. Then some basic art supplies like sharpener and eraser, which won't be that much in use, but you can have it. Then the most important part is the watercolor paper that we are willing to use. These watercolor paper are 300 GSM. And GSM is something that you have to take care off so that you can apply heavy washes on it. The size is A6. No need to worry in case you do not find the exact size. You can go for any other good alternative. We're just going to create the rectangular paper into a square. So you just have to take care of the GSM, which is 300. Now the last art supply is a simple cup or a simple glass in which you can have your clear water so that you can clean up your brushes. These are all the art supplies that you will need for this particular class. Now let's move towards the next part. 3. Class Projects: Hey everybody. So before we start, let me take you through all the class projects, which is our attendees class project. And let me talk about every individual painting in detail so that you know what we are going to paint in every particular painting. Here I have all my ten paintings. Let me talk about the first painting which is coconut leaves. I have given it does mean particularly because this painting is having an absolutely amazing gray shade in the background. We have a beautiful moon and coconut leave that we are going to learn in this particular painting. The second one is a beautiful plants at night. And it is a very simple and easy painting, having a nice gradient background, a moon and beautiful plants at the bottom. The next painting is a waterfall. And it is a beautiful elegant painting in which we have created a nice whitewater body on black hilly area. And we have a simple elegant moon. The next painting is us know League basically. And it is having a beautiful snowy league with amazing giant mountain and the moon as a common element. The next one is a giant hill, and it is a seascape basically, and the view is absolutely amazing. It is also having a water body that we are going to paint. The next painting is road and the hills. And it is a beautiful painting in which we have a central road having hills on the surroundings and a beautiful elegant moon. Then we have a painting which is one of my favorites, which is classic branches, in which we are going to paint these minute branches, having an elegant moon in-between. Then we have elegant hills. This painting is amazing in which we are going to learn how to texture the mountains and give a nice natural effect. The second last painting is going to be curvy plateau, in which we have a nice adored and some beautiful words. Then we have the last painting, which is the lighthouse, in which we are going to have a lot of elements that we are going to learn how to paint. These are all the ten days projects that we are going to create. And these are going to be simple, elegant, and easy class projects. So without any delay, Let's move towards the next part. 4. Lets Cut the Paper: Hey everybody. So now let us cut the paper before we start painting. No need to worry, it is an absolutely easy process. So here I have my 300 GSM watercolor papers of size A6. So you can see the sheet is basically rectangular in shape and we're going to cut it into a perfect square so that we can get exact sizes for the ten days projects. So as you can see, this is the particular painting for you to get other friends. We are just going to convert the rectangular sheet into an exact square. Now to cut the rectangular paper, we will need a simple steel edge. In case you do not have as D latch, it is absolutely fine. You can use a simple plastic scale as well. Let us take the width of the sheet, which is 10.5 cm. Now similarly will mark the end 0.5 cm on the longitudinal side. I'll take two points. One at 10.5. And let us take another point as well so that we can get colinear line. I've taken two points. Now simply place your steel edge or just scale parallel to the edge. Just try to make it parallel with the people that, so that the r squared becomes perfect. And you can also match the dance, of course. Now we'll just count the remaining part. I'll be using my simple Caesar to cut the remaining part. Just follow the line that you have drawn. Me very much careful while doing this so that you do not get a draft line. Just tried to cut it in a straight manner. No need to worry at all. Do it carefully. And with patients, as you can see, we have got a ninth, both x squared and we are ready to paint. I hope not. You got the entire process. Now, let us move towards the next part. 5. Lets Tape the Paper: Hey everybody. Now let us take the watercolor paper that we have cutted. I have my perfect square watercolor paper, and here is the masking tape of 1 ". And we're going to use this masking tape to tape the watercolor paper so that when we remove it we get a nice perfect white border. So let us start by placing the masking tape on the bottom area. So just try to place the masking tape parallel to the paper ends so that you get a perfect parallel whitewater. Try to keep some part of the masking tape on the watercolor paper and some bad on the surface on which you have gotten the paper. Once you place your masking tape, just dab your finger carefully and make sure that your masking tape is properly stuck with the watercolor paper. As you can see, I'm just applying my finger on the masking tape to make sure that it is completely stuck with the watercolor paper. Now let me apply the last step and we are done. This is how you have to apply the side taped to the watercolor paper for every individual painting. And the reason behind doing this is that after painting, when we remove this ITP, get this particular white beautiful border. Now, let us move towards the next day. 6. Project 1 - Giant Hills: Hey everybody. So now let us start with the first painting, which is giant herds and which is basically a seascape view. So here I have my two colors, black and white. You can also see that I'm ready with my entire setup. I have my watercolor paper ready with this idea. So I'm using my one-inch flat brush to apply a thin coat of water on the watercolor paper initially, you just have to simply observe the movement of my flat brush. You can also see that I'm ready with my ceramic palette and tissue paper to remove the excess amount of water in case needed. I'll be just making these horizontal strokes up to certain level on the watercolor paper, as you can see. Now, I have dabbed my brush on the tissue paper to remove excess amount of water because we just want a thin coat of water. The reason behind applying a thin coat of water initially is so that when we apply color, it can spread easily. This is basically known as a wet on wet technique. So now you can simply observe my color palette. I have taken some darker tone of black, and I have just applied a nice horizontal stroke on the top most part. You just have to make these beautiful horizontal strokes. You can just make sure that there isn't any space left between the masking tape and the paper. Now we'll add a little bit of white to the black color so that we can get a nice gray shade. No need to be that accurate. It is absolutely fine. This is painting and only to take it seriously, just try to make a lighter tone than black, which is greenish. You can see I've mixed some white, so I have got a nice gray tone shade. Now we'll be applying that just below the darker tone of black. So as you can see, there is a little bit of difference. Now we'll take some more white and create a little bit more lighter shade. As you can see, I'm just using my same brush to create a nice shade which is lighter. And this time I'm applying it on the most bottom part. Now we're going to blend all the three together. Once you have applied the horizontal strokes, as you can see, we are going to make the brush a little bit dry by dabbing it on the tissue paper. I'm just trying to apply as much as strokes possible so that it looks more perfect and smooth. As you can see, I have dabbed my flat brush on the tissue paper so that excess amount of water is removed. Now once you apply the dry brush, it gets a nice blend. So all the black, gray and the lighter tone of pride that we have applied will blend together and gives you a nice gradient shade. This is how we have created the background. And as it dries up, you can see how beautiful the background looks. Now let me paint the area which is going to be another shade of gray. You can create your own gray shade as well. This is going to be absolutely fun part, so no need to take that seriously. I've just added some white and tried to make another shade of gray. And I have applied in directly this time. I haven't applied a thin coat of water this time because the area is very less. So now I'll be taking some water in my color palette so that the color becomes a little bit smoother. Make sure that there isn't any space left between the paper and the masking tape. So we have almost painted the CAGR as well. But let us create some gradient effect to this as well, but by some other technique. So what I'm going to do is that I'm going to take another brush, which is going to be my detailing brush. Let me take some black and my flat brush pause and let us add some black to the top layer on the sea area. So what we're going to do is we're going to take a little bit of black color and flat brush. And I'll be applying a simple horizontal stroke on the top most part. As you can see, we got a nice gradient effect this time. So that is the difference in the color from the top to the bottom part. No need to worry at all. Be very wet patient while doing this. We are ready with the seascape as well. So now let me take my detailing brush of size five and I'll be taking some darker tones of the color that we have created. Let me take some darker black tone and detailing brush. You can also use a round brush as well. The detailing brush is basically a round brush only and just have a pointed tip so that you can add my new details. So by using this, I'm just adding these vertical strokes to show some nice waves in the sea area. You can see I'm just moving my brush and this horizontal direction and adding these minute details so that the painting looks a little bit more attractive. That isn't any particular way of doing this. You can add these little horizontal strokes according to your requirement as well. You just have to follow the steps and the methyl. No need to take any water in the brush and just try to have some dry colors so that it can blend with the background. So this is how I have created some nice effect to the City area. Now let us paint the hills. I have taken my detailing brush of size one. So the hills are going to be absolutely black. But in case you are not that much confident enough to paint the hills directly to the final painting. What you can do is you can practice them on a dark strip of paper that we have gathered from the A6 paper only. And then you can come towards your final painting. No need to worry at all in case you do not get the exact shape. It is absolutely fine because mountains are eventually having natural shapes only. So you can follow your own natural shapes as well. You just have to create these beautiful hills. I hope that you got an idea. Now let me come to the final painting. I'll be using my detail brush and I'll be taking solid black color. Let us start with the outline first. We are going to have a giant hill. On the left side. I have somehow created a nice loopy giant hill. And it is absolutely unnatural shaped by having pre decided it. You just have to make sure that you use the tip of your detailing brush. Well, there are difficult areas. Now we'll be filling it with solid black color. No need to worry at all. Just follow the direction of the brush. Don't make any is exact strokes and just try to follow the pattern. And you have to just make it solid black. No need to worry at all. It is not at all difficult. I have somehow painted it completely black. Now, let us just add some details on the bottom area so that it looks that it is a mild or we can say submerged in the sea area. That'll be just making another point. These strokes on the bottom pad. Trust me, this is very satisfactory. Be paying these beautiful hills. And we can also make these little horizontal strokes to make a nice shadow effect. And as you can see, I do not have any excess amount of water in my detailing brush. This is absolutely color. When you find your brush a little bit dry, then you can add that to according to your requirement. Now let me paint a small hill on the right area as well, which is also submerged and C area. So since the hills are in water, we have to create these beautiful shadowy effect so that it looks a little bit more natural and your painting becomes little bit more attractive. You can also add these little stones. I'm just using the point of my detailing brush, which is helping me to create these beautiful little shapes. So no need to hurry a doll and just be very patient while doing this. And again, I'll repeat that in case you're not that much confident enough to paint the hilly area or the hilly part in the painting directly. No need to worry, just dig up, scrape off paper, practice these random natural shapes on that floss. You can create your own as well. And then you can come towards the final painting. As you can see, I've added some more stones on the bottom part, which is looking absolutely amazing. Now I'll be taking some solid white color and my detailing brush size one and the lead painting, the moon. Just simply take some white color in your color palette. Take your detailing brush, dab it on the tissue paper so that your rational becomes a little bit pointy. Now going to be painting the moon and it is not at all difficult. You just have to create a simple circular shape, as you can see, will be very much careful while doing this so that you do not spoil your background by adding white color. You just have to make us them both Oracle and in case you are not that much confident enough and just try to practice it on a scrap of paper. And as you can see that I haven't used any water, we can just use solid white color. Now let us add some nice reflection effect on the water body as well. So it does not at all difficult. You just have to make these little horizontal strokes just below the giant hill. You have to make it randomly only. That isn't any particular way of doing this. As you can see, how beautiful the deflection in fact looks just below the moon. And this is how you can enhance your entire water body. Now in order to get thin strokes, I'm just using the point of my detailing brush so that the strokes are very thin. Let us enhance the wrong body as well. So I will just outline it with white lines so that it gets a little bit more. In contrast with the background. We can also do this to those stones that are in the bottom portion. Let me add some details to the giant hill as well. You can see I'm using the tip of my detail brush to do this. We can add some texture to the giant hill as well. And we are almost done. You can see how beautiful, elegant, and minimal the entire painting is. And I hope that you got to learn something new from it. So now let us remove this item B. They much get fooled by removing this idea. So that is a technique to do this. Just try to remove this item and an angle so that you do not end up tearing your precious being Dean. As you can see, we removed the side tape, how beautiful the whitewater looks. And also this is the most satisfactory part. Once you complete the entire painting and remove the site, it gives you an amazing satisfaction. Let me remove the last step as well. No need to hurry at all. Be very much common patient while doing this. And the entire painting is ready. Let me take you a little bit closer. So this is the giant painting and it is absolutely easy, amazing and elegant. So you can see how beautiful the details are looking. I hope that you enjoyed this particular painting. Now let us move towards the next painting. 7. Project 2 - Classic Branches: Hey everybody, you are most welcome to the second painting which is clapping branches, which is one of my most favorite paintings. So we're going to start by having a nice gray background. So as you can see, I have my flat brush ready. And you can also see that we haven't cleaned the color palette. It is absolutely fine. Since this is an achromatic color scheme. It is absolutely fine if you use the same colors. So I'll be just applying a thin coat of water initially. As you know. The reason behind doing this is so that when we apply the color, it can smoothly spread into the entire watercolor sheet. So we just have to make these horizontal strokes. And you can see the water is dirty, but it is absolutely fine since we're going to create a gray shade. So it doesn't matter if the water is DoD. That'll be taking some white in my color palette to create a nice gray shade. As you can see. Whenever you want to create any kind of shade, mixing any two colors or three colors, just try to mix it well with your brush so that you can get an accurate shade. I'll add some black so that I can make it a little bit darker. You can see how nicely I'm trying to blend the colors. So be very much patient while doing this. Now we'll be applying horizontal strokes into the watercolor sheet directly. Since we apply that then Kotok water initially only my color is spreading evenly on the entire sheet. As you can see. You can see a little bit of black strokes, but that is fine. You can blend it afterwards as well. Just make sure that there isn't any space left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper on that wouldn't look nice when you remove the masking tape. As you can see, I'm just trying to blend the entire color so that I can get a nice even tone background. No need to hurry at all. Just try to make the horizontal strokes as much as you can. And once you are satisfied with the entire background color, then you can start. Also in case you're not that much confident enough with the shade, what you can do is you can take a rough scrape off. People tried to apply certain color of gray shades that you want to create. Apply that on the rough scrap of paper, then you can come towards the final painting. So now let me tell you how we are going to paint the classic branches. So here I have my detailing brush of size one. And as you can see, I have just drawn our random rough line. And I have tried to make it a little bit thicker since it is the main branch. And from that main branch, we are going to create these ten branches which are going to come out of that. So you can see how beautiful the branches will look once you try to practice this on adapt scrap of paper. So now let me make it a little bit easier for you to understand where we have this thick branch. You have to just make it a little bit thicker by applying double strokes using your detailing brush and wet, we want the branches to be ten, which are on the outer portion. We are using the tip of the detailing brush. This is the basic technique that we are going to use and the final painting also. Now no need to hurry at all. You have to do this with a lot of patients. So I have created a nice dark black shade in the color palette, as you can see here, I have my detailing brush. I have simply drawn our main branch initially, and I'll be just detailing it out using the tip of my detailing brush. As you can see, we are just pointing it out so that it looks like our main branch. There isn't any particular way of doing this. As you all know that branches are always natural and shape. So it is absolutely fine. You can create your own shapes as well. Now, I'm going to repeat the same process. I'll be just adding these thin branches coming out of the main branch so that it looks a little bit more natural and elegant. So there isn't any particular way you can add the branches wherever you want to. Again, I'll be adding the branch on the left side as well. So in case you are not that much confident enough to paint the branches on the final painting directly. And you might think that you might end up spoiling your background. What you can do is you can take it up scrap of paper on the remaining paper from the A6 paper that we have content. You can practice the branches on that first and then you can come towards the final painting so that you can be more confident enough to paint these minor strokes. But trust me, this is not at all difficult. Once you practice it, you will be getting a nice hand on it. And also it will improve your reading skills. The entire process is absolutely same. So you can just observe how I'm adding these thin little strokes to make the entire branch a little bit more dense and wider. So while I'm doing this, let me also tell you that painting branches is also something which is very satisfying. So by doing this particular thing, You can just enhance your technique of rush and you can also make certain patterns to enhance your brush scales. So now I'll be repeating the same process and you can just simply observe it. So these are the branches that we have painted on the left portion. Let us paint some more branches on the top right corner as when the process is going to be absolutely seen. That is going to be a main branch which is having a very natural shape as you can see. What also makes sure that there isn't any space left between the masking tape. Andy watercolor paper. I've taken another main branch on the right area crossing towards the first branch, which we have drawn on the top right corner. So this is basically a natural shape, which I'm talking about. So you can create your own natural shapes as well. Now, add some water to the black color in case you find your brush moving a little bit too rough on the watercolor paper. That will help you to make it a little bit more smoother. Side of just repeat the same process. I'll be adding the ten branches to the mainstream. So since there are no leaves to the branches, we're just trying to create an elegant look directly only. So it's basically a dry tree. Now let me add some more strokes. And we are almost done painting the entire branch. Now let us paint a nice, elegant moon in-between the branches so that they can enhance the painting even more. I'll be cleaning my detailing brush and watercolor that I have. Just dab your detailing brush on the tissue paper so that you would remove the excess amount of water. Take some solid white color, and the color palette. Always take the color as much as required only. We have to always save the resources. And only two ways, the color, I've just taken a single drop of solid white color and I have it in my detailing brush tried to make a small fee shape in between the branches. You can also keep the placement of the moon according to your requirement as well. Once we draw, a nice V-shape will be making it a little bit thicker on the center portion so that it looks like our moon image. Patient and careful while doing this because we do not want to spoil the painting. And the background. As you can see, the moon is looking absolutely beautiful. And we are almost done painting the entire moon as well. So as you can see, the moon is in-between the branches. So we can also enhance the branches by adding some little white strokes on the drainage area to enhance them. Just try to add these little minor strokes on the outline of the branches so that it can enhance the entire painting. I'm using the tip of my detailing brush so that I can get thin white strokes on the entire drainage area. And you have to apply it in a random way only no need to worry at all. So this can give you a nice small effect or you can also consider it as enhancing element. Anything is fine. I'm just adding some little white strokes on the bottom branches as well. So we are almost done enhancing the entire branch. You can do it as much as you want to. Just make sure that you do not apply thick strokes of white color. We are done with the entire painting. Be very much careful while removing the site. There is a technique to remove this item, tried to remove the tape in an angle so that you do not end up tearing your precious painting. And trust me, this is a very satisfactory process. So be very much careful and patient while doing this. And it will also give you a nice satisfaction. You can see how beautiful that lean edge looks and the white border looks really amazing. Let me remove the last tape as well. And we're done. Let me take you to the painting a little bit closer. You can see how beautiful the details are looking. So no need to worry at all. You can create your own natural shapes and your mom can be a full moon as well. So I hope that you enjoyed the painting. Now, let us move towards the next painting. 8. Project 3 - Plants at Night: Hey everybody. So now let us start the third painting, which is plants at night. So as you can see, this painting is going to be really fun. So here I have my flat brush off size one-inch. I'll be applying a thin coat of water initially on the watercolor paper. No need to worry in case the water is dirty and in which ways the background is going to be darker in tone. So it is absolutely fine. Now to remove access amount of water, just simply dab your brush on the tissue paper so that you can just remove the excess amount of water from the watercolor paper. So now we're going to create a nice gradient background. So as you can see, I have taken some solid black color in my flat brush and I'll be applying the color on the top portion of the watercolor paper. We just have to make a simple horizontal stroke. As you can see, you can observe the movement of my flat brush. No need to hurry, just do it in a very slow and steady manner. So now we'll be creating a shade of gray. As you can see, we have to create a nice gradient effect. Softer black, we are going to have a nice gray shade. So we have already applied the solid black color. Now just below that, we are going to apply a nice shade of gray in the color palette you can observe, I'll be taking some white to add it in black color so that we can make a shade of gray. Don't raise the color, just take it in amount which is required. You just have to mix the colors in the color palette. As you can already see, that I've just applied a nice horizontal stroke of gray as well. So you can see I'm making it just below the solid black color. No need to worry, we are going to blend it together. Now. I'll be taking some solid white in my flat brush and we'll apply it just below the gray shade. It does not having that major difference, but we just want to create a gradient effect, so it's absolutely fine. So now you just have to simply clean your flat brush in the water cup, as you can see. Now we'll dab the brush on the tissue paper to make it completely dry so that it becomes absolutely dry. Now when you will use the dry brush to blend the gray and black color together, it will give you a nice gradient effect. As you can see. I'm just trying to blend the colors together. No need to hurry at all. You can do it very slow and steady and v as well. Also in case you do not find it that much easy to do. What you can do is just take it up, scrape off paper, mix some gradient effect by using black and solid white color together. Try to make your own gray shades as well. You can do that. Then once you find that you are confident enough to come towards the final painting, then you can start applying the gradient effect on the final watercolor paper. I'll be using two detailing brush. One is of size one, and another one is of size three. So we'll be taking solid black color to paint the plantations. So I'll be using the lab scrap of paper to show you how to paint the leaves. So as you can see, by using the detailing brush, you can make these beautiful Lean strokes. This is not at all difficult. You just have to apply this technique to paint the leaves. And the reason behind using two different detailing brushes is that you can have the difference in sizes. So now I'll be using my size three round rash, or we can also call it as the detailing brush to make the size of the leaves a little bit bigger. So as you can see, this is how you can create bigger leaves as well. This is how we are going to apply it on the final painting. Now, personally, I would also suggest you to practice this on a scrap of paper initially so that you do not end up spilling the final painting. And using the thin stroke of the detailing brush, the tip of the brush. Basically, we are going to be in the minute details and branches for the leaves. Now, let us come towards the final painting. We are going to start by painting the bigger leaves initially. So we'll be using the size three round brush basically, which is the detailing brush according to the language that I'm using. So as you can see, I have made this beautiful leaves on the left portion. And there isn't any particular way of doing this. You can add and make your own lives according to whatever sizes you want to. But initially in the bottom part, we have to make these leaves a little bit bigger in size. Also, what I'm going to do is that on the bottom portion, we are going to show the plants a little bit denser. So we have to make it a little bit more complicated by adding the leaves a little bit closer to each other. And as we move towards the upper portion will maintain some distance between them. You can observe the movement, how I'm using my little English. No need to hurry at all in case you find me painting a little bit faster. What you can do is you can take out a scrap of paper, as I showed you initially. You can practice to paint the leaves on that paper first, and then you can come towards your final painting. Now, I'll be taking my detailing brush off size one, and we want the leaves to be a little bit smaller in size. So as you can see, this is how we're going to paint the smaller leaves around the bigger leaves. The concept is basically painting the smaller leaves on the upper portion and having bigger leaves on the bottom part. The mantle is absolutely same. This particular painting deltas that by doing minimal book also we can create some beautiful amazing paintings. And here I have the composition of the leaves in such a way that it looks like as if the plants I've drawn all on the bottom portion. But you can also create your own compositions by experimenting. And you can create the leaves on the sides or on the top portion wherever you want to. So by adding more leaves, we are adding more details to the painting and it will also enhance the entire look of the final painting. Once we remove this item, I'm just trying to add it randomly. Wherever I feel that the smaller leaves will look better. Whenever you feel that your brush is a little bit rough and you're not able to paint the leaf in a smooth manner. You can add a little bit of water in it so that the color gets a little bit loose and you can use the brush carefully. So now I have simply cleaned my detailing brush of size one and we'll be painting a small moon just above the leaves that have some solid white already in my color palette, we don't want to raise the color. Just take some solid white and you're detailing brush and brush on the tissue paper so that the tip of your detailing brush becomes a little bit sharper. Now simply you just have to make a small circle. I'm not painting the moon on the exact center of the watercolor paper. We're just keeping it a little bit aligned to the right side. But you can paint it wherever you want to according to your preference. As you can see, I have just painted a small circle and be very much careful while painting this because we don't want to spoil the background. Now comes the most beautiful and my favorite part. So we have been to the moon, so we are going to enhance the lives. So just simply take your detailing brush and have some solid white color in it. And we're just going to add these little strokes on the leaves so that the leaves becomes a little bit more enhanced and it can get a nice contrast with the background. So you have to do it in a random way. No need to worry at all. Just be very much careful and patient by doing this. This is not at all difficult. You just have to use the tip of your detailing brush, which is going to be pointed and you have to make these little strokes on the top portion of the leaves. Now you can understand the combination of the entire painting. We have these beautiful plants on the bottom portion. And there is this beautiful moon, just about that. And we are showcasing that the moon is enhancing the entire plantation area. And it is creating an amazing contrast with the background, which is gradient. So no need to worry at all. You can practice each and every element on a rough scrap of paper initially or your art journal. And then you can come towards your final painting. We are almost done with the entire painting. Now, let us remove this. I t be very much careful while removing the site team tried to remove this item in an angle so that you do not end up tearing your entire pressures painting. That'll be removing the top one as well so you can see how beautiful the sharp edge looks. So this is how you have to place your site. If you haven't, please do your masking tape carefully, then it won't give you this perfect edge. Now let me remove the last step as well. We're done. Let me take you a little bit closer to the painting. You can see how beautiful the entire painting is looking. It is absolutely simple, easy, elegant, and minimal. I hope that you enjoyed it. And now let us move towards the next painting. 9. Project 4 - Waterfall: Hey everybody. So you're most welcome to the next painting, which is a waterfall basically. And this is one of my favorite painting. So here I have my flat brush steady and we're going to create a nice gray shade initially for this particular painting. And you can see I haven't cleaned my color palette. We're going to use the same colors. We're going to save some nice resources. And it is always good to save colors. I've just added a little bit of water in the existing color palette, where I had some black and white together and it became a nice gray shade. No need to worry at all in case you do not have that much enough color, then you can add some color. No need to worry about the shade also, you can create your own gray shades as well. So we're going to apply this shade on the top portion initially. Also one more thing that you have to make sure is that tried to apply the shade on adapt scape of paper in case you find it a little bit darker or lighter, you can apply it according to your requirement. And you have to make sure that there isn't access amount of water in your brush, that will definitely spoil your painting. This time we're going to use the entire gray shade directly on the watercolor paper. We want a solid, nice texture, so we haven't applied at them coat of water initially. So I have simply applied a nice horizontal stroke from the dark portion of the watercolor paper. And no need to worry at all and do it in a very careful and calm way. And make sure that there isn't any space left between the watercolor paper and the masking tape. That will not give you a perfect site border. We're not going to cover the entire watercolor paper with this particular ratio. This is just to give a nice guy and sends the painting is achromatic, So we are not going to use multiple colors. We are almost done painting the entire sky area with this particular gray shade. I'm just applying some more strokes to make the color a little bit more smoother. And as you can see, there are certain black lines bombing, so you can cover that up by giving more strokes. Now once the background drives, as you can see, it is giving me a nice matte finish of the gray color. Now I have simply cleaned my flat brush and dab it on the tissue paper to remove excess amount of water. So now we're going to paint the entire mountain area from which the water is going to fall. So I have taken solid black color, as you can see in my color palette. Just make sure that you have a nice solid black color. No need to add some water in it. We just want a solid black color. That's why I'm just directly taking the color and you can apply it on a scrap of paper in the manner I'm doing right now. So we're going to use the tip of the flat brush to create such amazing niche area. You can practice this particular style of applying the stroke on adult strip of paper initially. And then you can come towards your final painting. I have my solid black color and make sure that you have enough color in your flat brush. Add a little bit of water so that the color can move smoothly. And you won't find your brush moving a little bit rough on the watercolor paper. I've taken the black color and let's start applying it from the left portion. And I'm just making this random phase to create it in a manner so that it looks like a hill. And then we'll take it to the elbow portion as we come towards the right area. You can see the upper layer has been formed and it looks really nice. Now the remaining portion, we are going to paint it completely black. So now the remaining white portion, I'll cover it with solid black color. In case you find that your brush is moving a little bit rough on the watercolor paper. You can take some water. You can also observe the movement of my flat brush. I'm just trying to cover the area and make sure that there is no space left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper that will not give you a perfect white border when you remove the masking tape. So as you can see, that is a nice contrast between the sky area and the hurdle that we have painted. The sky area is having a nice integration, which is very lighter. And the mountain area we have the intended completely dark black color. Now from this particular dark black color, which is giving us an essence of mountain, we are going to create some nice water bodies which are going to fall from it. The reason behind painting the sky was that because we want that gray layer to be in the background and we want that to be in the front. That's why we painted the sky first with gray shade and then we applied the solid black color. You can always make sure that there isn't any whitespace left so that you're painting becomes a little bit more perfect. Now let us paint the water bodies, which is going to be the waterfall effect in the entire painting. I have taken some white-collar, take it in a less than minimal amount only because we don't need it that much. We have to save colors. I'll be taking my detailing brush oxides one. And then we're going to take some white color in it. Just dab the brush on the tissue paper so that the Russian becomes a little bit sharper and you can apply the white color in optimum amount. You're not going to add any water to the white color because we are not going to apply a solid badge of pride. They want a rough stroke from the entire hilly area. You can create the water body wherever you want to. But I'm trying to create it in a natural way. So there isn't any perfect way of doing this. You can just start applying a nice thin stroke initially, which will have a solid white color. Now once you move towards the bottom area, you just have to make sure that your brush touches the watercolor paper less. And you make a nice bit of texture, which will give you an effect of Fallingwater. That's my I haven't taken any water in the detailing brush. I'm directly applied the solid color only. Now, I also paint another stream just beside the first one. Again, the process is absolutely seem. Initially you have to stand by applying a solid white color from the edge of the hill. And as you move towards the bottom portion, you just have to make sure that you address does not touch as the watercolor paper that you can always dab the brush on the tissue paper to remove excess amount of color. Awesome. Now let us make a ticket stream in-between. I'm trying to apply this natural shade of white and no need to worry at all. You can also create the water bodies falling in your own way as well. There isn't a specific method or it is not compulsory to paint in the same way I have painted. So as you can see, the stream which we are painting, or the Fallingwater which we are painting on the middle part. I have kept it a little bit thicker so that we can show some more water falling in the tent abortion. And as you can see, the texture becomes automatically rough because we don't have any water in the brush. So on the edge we can have solid white color and as they move towards the bottom area, you can make the texture a little bit too rough and natrium, you can see it gives you a nice effect of Fallingwater. No need to worry at all in case you find it difficult to paint, what you can do is you can just take our simple draft scrape of paper, apply a solid black color patch on it. And then you can practice to paint this Fallingwater effect on it. And then you can come towards your final painting to paint this. So now we're going to repeat the same process and we can add some more water streams pulling on the left side as well. I'll be taking some more solid white color and I'll be adding the streams on the left portion. Let us add some nice thin strokes on the left side. And initially I'll be applying the solid white color at the top portion. And as I move towards the down potion, I'll make my brush a little bit more away from the watercolor paper. Now we're going to repeat the same process. In case you find me painting a little bit faster, you can definitely slow the frame rate. Also, do not hurry. Just make sure that you paint it in a very patient manner. And make sure that you are water streams looks really beautiful as you paint them. We're almost done painting the entire waterfall effect. Now, let us paint the last element, which is the moon. And no need to worry at all. It is very easy. You just have to take some solid white color and make a small circle. Be very much careful while doing this. We do not want to damage or boiled the background. So that's why be very much careful while making this small circular shape for the moon. Just making it a little bit bigger in size. The add some more white color, tried to have a nice perfect circle shape. Now on the mountain edge we're going to create a nice fence effect. So this is not at all going to be difficult. You just have to take your detailing brush off size one, take some solid black color in it. We're going to use the tip of the detailing brush. And you just have to make these little vertical lines at certain distance and make sure that the fence is not in the water. We just are going to make the vertical lines where we have the ****, but on the initial stage where the water is starting to fall, we're not going to paint the vertical lines there. Be very much careful. We are not adding vertical lines in-between the water streams. I'll be adding the vertical lines in between again, as you can see, I'm just simply using the tip of my detailing brush to paint these beautiful vertical lines, which is giving me a nice fence effect. Now simply repeat the same process and it is absolutely easy. You just have to use the tip of your detailing brush. Now in case you find this difficult, you can definitely, again, practice this on a scrap of paper initially. And then you can come towards your final painting. Once we're done painting the vertical lines, we are going to add the horizontal lines to connect the fence together. And it will also give a nice detailed look to the painting. We are going to add two horizontal lines basically and be very much careful while doing this. Use the detailing brush very carefully and the tip. As you can see, we are done with the entire painting and I hope that you enjoyed it. So now let us remove this. I t be very much careful while removing the side t tried to remove the site type in an angle so that you do not end up tearing your precious painting. No need to hurry, get all the way much careful while doing this. So as you can see, as we remove the site, did we get a nice white border? And it makes the painting look a little bit more attractive and perfect. So I hope that you enjoyed the simple, elegant and minimal painting. Let me take you a little bit closer. Now let us move towards the next painting. 10. Project 5 - Elegant Hills: Hey everybody. So now let us start the elegant hills. And this is also one of my favorite painting. And so we're going to start by applying a thin coat of water initially to the watercolor paper. So I have taken my flat brush of size 1 " and we are applying a thin coat of water to create a nice gradient effect in the background. Make sure that you haven't applied access amount of water in the watercolor paper. And also make sure that there isn't any space left between the watercolor paper and the masking tape. In case you have applied access amount of water, you can just dab your flat brush on the tissue paper and you can make the horizontal strokes again that will remove the access amount of water. Now the reason behind applying a thin coat of water is so that your color can spread smoothly on the watercolor paper. So as you can see, I have taken solid black color and my flat brush and I have started to apply the color from the top portion and I'm slowly moving towards the bottom side. And you have to make sure that there isn't any space left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper. That value remove the masking tape. There isn't irregular. The format that you get after removing the masking tape and you get a nice perfect white border. So now we'll be making a nice shade of gray. And you can see I haven't cleaned my color palette. We are using the same colors that are already being used so that we can save some color. I've just added some amount of white and black color. And you have already seen that we are using the colors again and again. So just below the solid black color, I have applied a nice gray shade, as you can see, unknown into worry in case you do not achieve the same ratio, it is absolutely fine. This is painting. No need to take it that seriously. Now once we have applied a nice gray shade just below the dark black shade, we're going to take some white. Now this time we are going to apply the white in the bottom portion. And slowly I'll be moving towards the above part, blending it with the gray shade that we have painted initially. You can already see we have got a nice gradient effect from black to white. And it is not an exact white. It is a lighter shade of gray, but it is absolutely fine. We just want to create a gradient effect. Now no need to worry at all in case you find to paint the gradient effect a little bit difficult once you can do is you can just take rubs, people of paper, try to practice on that. And then you can come towards the final painting. Now, just to show you, I was already having a gray patch, which I showed you in an initial painting. We are going to paint the mountains by using the detailing brush of size five. So this is how we are going to pay in the mountains. So this is just a simple prototype and you can also practice in this way on a rough scrap of paper initially, then you can come towards your final painting because this is not going to be difficult, but you have to create some beautiful textures. So it will be really great if you practice initially. And that won't take much of your time. Also. As you can see, I've taken some solid white color in my color palette. I'll be using my detailing brush of size five. And we're going to start with the outline of the mountain. The reason behind painting the outline initially so that you can know how you have to apply the color inside and only to worry, mountains are always having natural shapes. So you can also create your own natural shapes as well. Now once you are done with the outline, you can just observe the movement of my detailing brush. I'm just making these nice rough strokes moving towards the bottom portion. And as I move towards the bottom part, it is getting a little bit more rough and the texture is forming automatically. So that isn't any water in my brush, I'm just taking the color directly. Also, one more thing that you have to keep in mind is you have to use the brush in a way so that you can create this particular texture. You have to tap your brush on the watercolor paper. Now, I'll be applying solid white color on the left side so that we can show some nice depth and details to the mountains. And we are also going to add a nice shade of gray in the mountains. No need to worry at all in case you find me painting a little bit faster, you can definitely slow down the frame rate. So as you can see, we are almost done painting the mountains with the white color, solid white color. Basically. I have taken some nice black color and my detailing brush. I'll be just adding this depth on the right portion. You can see I'm just trying to add these rough texture so that the mountain looks a little bit more realistic and it can create some more amazing texture on it. It would be my personal suggestion in case you are finding this a little bit difficult. Or if you find making these textures a little bit difficult, you can definitely take your rough scrape off paper or any practice journal or odd book in which you practice on a regular basis. Try to practice on that first and then come towards your final painting that will enhance your confidence of doing this. Now, I'll be just making some darker tones on the bottom portion by using the black and my color palette, which I already have. I haven't taken the color. Additionally, we have to save some resources. Always try to save colors and you have to blend it using your detailing brush. Just dab it on the tissue paper so that it becomes absolutely dry. I haven't taken any water in it. You just have to blend it in the way I'm doing. And no need to worry. It is going to be a very natural looking mountains. So we are going to create these natural Hills. And I would suggest you can also create your own hills by making some random shapes, by creating the combination of three holds together. So now we're going to paint the beautiful moon. And this entire painting, I'll be taking my detailing brush of size one and just take some solid white color in it. And I'm going to place the moon a little bit left align. So draw a simple C-shaped initially and try to make it a little bit thicker on the center portion. And the tips to be very much pointed. As you can see, we are done with the entire painting. This painting was really easy, fun, and simple to do. That is really looking very elegant. And in case you will find it a little bit difficult. You can definitely practice it first and then come towards your final painting. Now let us remove this item. Be very much careful value moving this IT. To remove this, I type in an angle so that you do not end up tearing your watercolor paper and your precious painting as well. You can see how beautiful the white border looks. Now let me remove the last tape as well. And trust me, this process is really satisfying. It gives you a nice satisfaction value. Remove the side chain. That may take you a little bit closer to the painting. I hope that you enjoyed this particular painting. Now let us move towards the next painting. 11. Project 6 - Coconut Leaves: Hey everybody, So you're most welcome to the coconut leaves painting. And this is also going to be a really fun painting. So now, as you can see, I have my flat brush of size 1 " and they are going to apply a thin coat of water initially. So for this particular painting, we are going to have a simple gray background. There isn't going to be a gradient effect. So initially we are going to apply a pen coat cutoff water, make sure that there isn't any space left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper. The reason behind applying a thin coat of water initially is so that your color can apply in a smooth way to the watercolor paper. This time we're not going to have a gradient effect. We are going to have a solid gray color. I've taken my 1 " flat brush and you can just simply observed my color palette. You're going to make a nice shade of gray. So I'm just going to add some white and solid black color. No need to worry in case you do not make the exact gray shade. It is absolutely fine. No need to take it that seriously. So it is very important to mix the color well. So just try to blend mode the colors together in a nice way. Use the flat brush carefully and try to have some good amount of color in your 1 " flat brush. Simply just take us grape of paper and try to check the shade. If you are satisfied with the shade, then you can go to the final painting. I want the gray shade to be a little bit lighter. So I've added some more white and I'll be blending it with the color again. And I'll be making the gray shade a little bit more lighter. So no need to hurry at all. You just have to be very much patient while doing this. Same blending the color again in a very careful and particular way. And you can just now apply the code. As you can see, I'm starting to apply the color from the top portion and make sure that there isn't any space left between the watercolor paper and the masking tape. In case you find your brush moving a little bit rough on the watercolor paper. You can add a little bit of water in your color. Now you can see that we are almost done painting the entire background. I'm just dabbing my flat brush on the tissue paper to make the brush a little bit dry so that we can remove access amount of water. The entire background is ready now I'll be taking my detailing brush of size one. And we're going to paint the coconut leaves coming from the right area. So there are going to be two coconut leaves that we are going to paint on the right side. So let me tell you how you can paint the coconut leave very easily. You have to just make a goal, which is going to be a main stem. And then you have to add these little strokes using your detailing brush. So initially I'm just using the tip of my detail brush to me, these thin strokes to make it look like a coconut live. And you can see this is not at all difficult, you just have to practice it. Now the most important part is the way you have to use your detailing brush. I'm just drawing a main stem and you just have to connect all the small strokes to the main stem using your detailing brush tip. As you can see, this is how you can form beautiful coconut limbs. Now the reason behind showing you this on a scrap of paper is so that you can get a correct idea of how you can make these beautiful leaves. Now it is not at all compulsory that you painted in the same way that I'm painting. You can create your own composition as well. But it would be really great if you practice it on a rough strip of paper initially. And then you can come towards your final painting that you do not end up damaging or spoiling your background that you have created. So now I'm starting with the first leaf. And I have just simply made a thin stroke forming a nice goal. And I'll be connecting these little strokes to the main stem. And not at all difficult. You just have to leave your brush in a very lightweight and no need to make your hand very stiff. Just move with the flow and try to create these beautiful strokes. So once we are moving towards the down area and we are forming these leaves as if they are falling towards the bottom portion, will be forming little strokes on the above area. Now this time what I'm doing is that I'm trying to make these drugs a little bit smaller than the bottom ones so that it looks a little bit more in perspective. And the LEA will be a little bit more attractive. No need to worry at all. Do it in a very slow and steady manner. In case you find new painting a little bit faster, you can definitely slow down the frame date. Now, I'll be painting another leaf just below the bigger one. Now this time we will be painting the leaf a little bit smaller than the other one. So again, the process is absolutely same. I have drawn the main call and will be forming the little strokes connecting to the main stem. And this time we are just trying to make it a little bit smaller. Now it is not necessary that you paint two leaves only you can make a combination of three leaves are four leaves as well. You can experiment and try to create your own style as well. That would be also great. Now I'm adding some more thin strokes that you find in a coconut tree so that it looks a little bit more attractive. Just using the tip of my detailing brush so that I can get nice thin strokes coming out of the leaves. This is not a complete tree. This is just some portion of the tree that is coming in the painting. Now we'll be painting another leaf on the left hand side corner on the bottom portion. Now this is in a different perspective again, but the process is absolutely same. We have drawn a simple curve which is going to be the main stem. And I'll be connecting these thin strokes, replicating the leaves of the entire coconut leave. Now this time I'm moving the strokes in this upward direction as you can see. And you have to follow the same steps if you want to create a leaf on the area where I have created. Or you can also change the position. That is absolutely fine. You can experiment with the painting, but this time I have taken it in this particular way. So now again, on the other side we are painting the strokes and no need to hurry at all. In case you find me painting a little bit faster, you can definitely slow the frame rate and be very much patient and come while doing this, you have to make the stroke a little bit perfect and in a very slow manner. Also one more thing I would like to tell you all is that in case you find it a little bit difficult to paint it on the main painting directly. What you can do is you can just practice this on our graph. Scrape off paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. This would definitely minimize the chances of mistake and your outcome will be really nice. So let us add some more strokes to the painting. These are just a part of a coconut trees that you will find on the top portion or on the bottom part. We are just adding these little thin strokes. Now I have taken some solid white color and the color palette, and we're going to paint a simple moon. I'm just trying to create a nice small moon just above the coconut leaves. And I have just created a C-shape and you have to paint it a little bit thicker on the middle portion and pointed towards the tips. No need to worry at all. You can practice this as well on a rough scrap of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. Now, let us enhance the coconut leaves a little bit. So we're showing as if the moon light is falling on the leaves. So we are going to take some solid white color and the detailing brush. And on the leaves you just have to create these little thin strokes on the middle portion of the entire coconut leave. This will enhance the leaves and it will also make the painting look a little bit more attractive. I'll be repeating the same process on the below, coconut leaf as well. And the leaf that is on the left bottom corner. I'm just simply repeating the same steps. You can just observe the movement of my detailing brush. No need to hurry at all, painted slowly and carefully. Try to make the stroke as perfect as possible. And no need to add any kind of water into the brush. Just directly take color and your detailing brush. Let us also add some white color to the thin strokes that we have added randomly so that it can also get enhanced with the background. The reason behind adding white color to the painting is that the background is darker in tone and it is solid gray, and it enhances the entire painting, creating a beautiful contrast. Now, let us remove the masking tape. Be very much careful while removing the masking tape. Tried to remove the masking tape in an angle so that you do not end up tearing your precious painting. You can see while I remove the masking tape, we get this solid white border, which looks really amazing and beautiful. And this is one of the most satisfying part. Let me take you a little bit closer to the painting. I hope that you enjoyed and got to learn something from this particular painting. Now let us move towards the next painting. 12. Project 7 - Night House: Hey everybody, now let us paint a beautiful night house painting and we have a lot of elements in this particular painting. We are going to start with the background. Here I have my flat brush of size 1 " and we'll be applying a thin coat of water initially to the watercolor paper. No need to worry. The water is a little bit dirty, but it is absolutely fine since the background is going to be darker in tone. We are not going to apply the thin coat of water to the entire watercolor papers since we have solid black color at the bottom. So that's why I have just applied on the threefold portion of the entire watercolor paper. Now we're going to create a nice gray shade in the background so you can just simply absorb my color palette. I have added some white color and the color palette, and I have used the same color, which was already in my color palette. So we have to save resources and color. At the same time. I'll be creating these beautiful horizontal strokes to create a nice gray background. No need to hurry at all. Be very much careful. Make sure that there isn't any space left between the watercolor paper and the masking tape. Now the reason behind applying a thin coat of water initially is so that your color and your brush can move smoothly in the background. And you won't feel any rough surface while painting. Just make as many strokes as you can unless you find a nice collect background. Now once I've applied a nice gray shade in the background, which is a little bit too wet right now, I've taken some solid white color in my color palette. And let me apply it on the bottom portion so that we can create a little bit of gradient effect in the bottom portion, we can also see it as the horizon line. Now once we applied the solid white color, we can blend it with the background color. No need to hurry at all. Try to make the horizontal strokes carefully in case you are not that much confident enough to create the horizontal strokes on the final painting directly. You can practice them on a rough scrape off paper initially, then you can come towards your final painting. So as you can already observe that I have created a lot of strokes so that I can get a nice perfect background. Now we are almost done painting the entire background, which is the sky. Now let us start painting the entire landscape area. So here I have my detailing dash of size five and we'll be taking solid black color in it. I'll be starting to paint the land surface from the left portion coming towards the right area, creating an irregular surface. No need to worry at all. You can create your own irregular surface as well. It is not at all necessary that you have to paint it in the same way I have painted. Now, once we have created the top surface, which is irregular, we'll be filling the entire white surface with solid black color. I'll be taking some nice solid black color in my detailing brush and I'll be simply filling it with black color. So try to cover the surface carefully, make sure that there isn't any space left between the masking tape and your watercolor paper. That will not look nice once you remove the masking tape. And also make sure that there are no color patches in-between. You can just simply place your brush and make the surface a little bit more smoother. You can observe the movement of my detailing brush. I'm just trying to create the surface a little bit smoother. And you can use the tip of your detailing brush always to create the surface a little bit more perfect and beautiful. We are almost done painting the entire land area as well. Now, let me show you how we are going to paint the night house. Just simply take your detailing, brush off size pipe. Tried to create the outline of a house simply by making these little strokes. And simply we are going to add solid black color inside it. You can see this is how a simple house can be painted. No need to worry at all. Just try to practice it on a rough scrape off paper initially and then come towards your final painting. So as you can see, this is not at all difficult. There is a simple triangular shape on the top, and we have a simple rectangular shape at the bottom portion. I'll be painting the house on the right area. A little bit shifted towards the right area. Basically, just use the tip of your detailing brush to create the outline so that we can get nice thin strokes. Now once we get the thin line, which is perfect, if you find it perfect, then you can make it a little bit thicker in size. As you can see, I'm just trying to make it a little bit thicker. Let me add a small chimney by adding a simple vertical line and you can make it a little bit thicker also. Then let us give outline to the walls. You can observe the movement of my detailing brush and simply will be filling it with solid black color. No need to hurry at all. Be very slow and careful while doing this. Try to leave some edge of the roof outside the walls so that it can look a little bit more beautiful and elegant. So as you can see, it is very easy and simple to create a simple house. Now, let us create some sense. You have to simply draw these vertical lines. Just above the land surface. And this is not at all difficult. Use the tip of your detailing brush and create these little vertical lines. Once we have painted the vertical lines, we are going to connect them by adding a thin line in between them. So you can see this is how beautifully you can paint a fence. No need to worry at all, and also no need to hurry and just simply take your time, practice it, and then come towards the final painting. I've taken my detailing brush, took some solid white color in it and just made for patches creating a look of a window. Now let us create a street or rough street that would look as if it is connecting to the house. So I have taken the same detailing brush. I have taken some solid white color in it. And we're going to start creating a nice curved shape. What is happening is that the street is coming towards the outer portion, which is the bottom portion for us in the painting. So as it comes towards the bottom portion, we're going to create the street a little bit broad and a little bit wider in size. So you have to create it in a prospective manner and you have to create this rough patch. Now the reason for creating the rough patches, it makes the street look a little bit more aesthetic. And you can create this by not adding any water in your brush. Just simply take solid color in it that has enhanced the fence as well. So I'm just adding the vertical lines to the black lines so that it looks a little bit more brighter with the darker background. Let us add some white to the chimney as well. We are almost done painting all the elements for this particular painting. Now, let us add some beautiful birds in the sky. Again, I'll be taking my detailing brush of size one and you'll just have to simply create these little thin strokes. And trust me, this is not at all difficult. You just have to make V-shaped. So as you can see, I have just created the board and it is looking really nice with the dark background. I'm trying to create thin strokes. And you can see I'm just trying to make a nice V-shape. You can also make the body look like in a college or form. You can play with that as well. In fact, you can try to create your own composition of boards and the combination of as much as boards you want to paint in the background, just try to make it a little bit aesthetic. So we are almost done with the entire painting. Now, let us remove the marketing team. Be very much careful while removing the masking tape. There is a trick here. Just try to remove the masking tape and an angle so that you do not end up tearing your beautiful precious painting. And you can see how beautiful white border we are getting after we remove the masking tape. And trust me, this process is really very satisfying when you remove the masking tape. Now let me remove the last step and we are done. You can see how by painting minimal elements, you can create beautiful paintings. Let me take you a little bit closer. I hope that you enjoyed this particular painting and got to learn something new. Now, let us move towards the next painting. 13. Project 8 - Snow Lake: Hey everybody, now let us paint a beautiful snowflake painting. And this is one of my favorite painting. Here I have my flat brush of size one-inch will be applying a thin coat of water on the watercolor paper. Now the reason behind applying a thin coat of water on the watercolor paper is that your brush can move smoothly with the color that we're going to apply. In case you find access amount of water being applied on the watercolor paper, you can simply dab your brush on the tissue paper. Now we are going to create a nice gradient background. So here I have taken some solid black color and my flat brush, as you can observe in my color palette. Now, after creating certain paintings, I have cleaned the color palette because now there will be a little bit more messed up colors. So you can clean your color palette after some time once you find that the color is being used completely. So here I have taken some dark black color and I've added a little bit of white in it so that we can create a nice gray shade. You can observe my flat brush. We are going to create a nice horizontal stroke at the top portion. No need to hurry while creating the background. Now, the reason behind applying the water, you can see how beautifully the color is spreading. Also no need to worry at all in case you are not able to create the same gray shade that I have created. You might get another shade of gray, which is absolutely fine. No need to take it that seriously. This is a painting. You might find different shades because we might be differing in taking the quantity of colors that we are mixing right now. I've taken some solid white color, added it in the darker gray, which we already made, and made another shade of gray. And I have applied it on the bottom portion. Now by using the same brush, I'll be moving towards the upper portion. And you can see that there is a nice gradient background forming already. So no need to worry at all in case you are not able to form this particular gradient shade, you can practice it on a scrap of paper, try to create your own gradients, shade as well. And then you can come towards the final painting so you can see how beautiful the background is looking. So now I'll be taking my detailing brush upsides type. And we're going to create a nice mountain. No need to worry at all. Mountains always have their own natural shapes. So you can also create your own shapes for the mountains as well. Here I have tried to create a single ****, but you can also try to create multiple mountains as you want to. Now comes the part where we are going to create the Snow Lake. So we'll be using the tip of the detailing brush to leave some space in between so that the background color will replicate us. Thus, no lake. I'll be using my another detailing brush of size one. And I have taken the solid black color, the same solid black color that we have used to paint the mountain. So by using this detailing brush, we are going to create the outline for this knowledge that we are having. No need to hurry at all. Just observe the natural shape that we are trying to form here. In case you're not able to form the exact shape of the leg that I'm trying to create. No need to worry. You can form your own natural shape as well by leaving some space in between. So as you can see, I left some space on the left portion. And I have created some nice space for the league. In case you find me painting a little bit faster, you can definitely slow down the frame rate, absorb it carefully and then you can start painting. Now once I have left some space for those knowledge, I have painted the remaining portion with solid black color. Make sure that there is no space left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper. That will not look nice when you remove the masking tape. Now we'll be enhancing this knowledge. So I have taken some solid white color in my detailing brush of size one will be just enhancing the outline for the lake so that it looks a little bit more beautiful. And it can create a nice contrast between the gray and black color. You just have to use the tip of your detailing brush which is sharp and pointed. No need to hurry at all. Be very much careful while doing this. Try to take some optimum amount of color in your brush. I'm also adding some little white color around the lake area so that we can replicate some snow. We are almost done painting the entire Snow Lake. Now let us add a small moon in the sky. I'm trying to make a small fee shape, make it a little bit thicker in the center portion and pointed in the edges. You can also decide the position of your moon according to your convenience as well. I'm just adding a little bit more white and the other leg area and we're almost done. So as you can see, it is a very minimal and simple painting, but it is looking really elegant. Now let us remove the masking tape. Be very much careful by removing the masking tape. Tried to remove the masking tape in an angle so that you do not end up tearing your brushes painting. This is the most satisfying part while removing the masking tape. Let me take you a little bit closer. So I hope that you've got to learn something new from this painting. You can observe the details carefully and I hope that you enjoyed creating this particular painting. Now let us move towards the next painting. 14. Project 9 - Road in the Hills: Hey everybody, now let us create road in the hills. And this is going to be a really easy and simple painting. So here I have my flat brush of size 1 " and I'm just applying a thin coat of water initially. Now the reason behind applying a thin coat of water initially is that you can create a nice smooth movement of your flat brush on the watercolor paper. This is also basically known as a wet on wet technique. We're going to create a nice background which is going to be gradient. As you can see in my color palette, I have taken some nice white color. And just going to apply it on the bottom portion. This time, we're going to start from the bottom portion will be moving towards the above. But you can observe the movement of my flat brush and the horizontal strokes that we are making. No need to hurry a doll. Now we'll be adding some black to the white color so that we can create a nice gray shade just applied above the white color. You can already see the difference. Now will be applying solid black color on the top portion. So now you can already observe the nice gradient effect coming from black to the white shade. Now will be blending all the three colors together. No need to hurry at all. Be very much careful while creating a nice gradient effect. And no need to worry about the shades that I have created. It is absolutely fine if you find your shapes a little bit different because the amount and the quality of color that we're using my default. So no need to worry about that. And in case you're not that much confident enough to paint the gradient effect directly. You can try to apply it on a rough strip of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. You can see we have created the nice gradient effect in the sky. Now let us paint the land area. So I'm trying to create a different shade of gray this time, I have added a little bit of more black and the color. And I'll be just applying it on the envelope option just below the horizon line. So you can see this is a little bit darker shade than the shade that we have applied on the sky. Make sure that there is no space left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper. That will not look nice when you remove your masking tape. Now, this particular color is for the road. Now we are going to paint the hills. This color will be completely gone. So now we're going to just create the outline for the road. I'm using my detailing brush of size five. We are going to paint the outline and an angle you can see so that we can give a nice perspective to the road as it is coming from a long way. So we have created a nice perspective. And we're going to create this solid black color, which is showing the hill part, which is surrounding the road basically. So on the left portion I have covered it with complete solid black color and tried to create an irregular surface. Similarly, we'll be painting it on the right side as well, but we'll be painting the hills a little bit bigger in this size. You can use the tip of your detailing brush to create this particular hilly area. And then we'll be filling it with solid black color. No need to hurry at all. Do it very carefully and make sure that there isn't any gray space left because the gray space is only for the role. You can see I have covered this with completely black color and it is looking really amazing and beautiful. Now once we are done painting the hills around the road, we'll be adding some solid white color to the road to enhance the entire road. So I'm using my detailing brush of size one. And I'm just creating a simple vertical line, which we generally find on highways. We are also going to add these ten lines on this side of the road so that it looks a little bit more aesthetic. You can also make it a little bit more smoother and you can double the lines so that it looks a little bit more aesthetic. Time just giving it offset, but not a complete line aligned in a broken farm. We can also make the center line a little bit more thicker. Now let us paint the moon, a simple circle to paint the moon using solid white color. And you can see the entire painting is looking so beautiful by using minimal elements. Now be very much careful while painting the moon tried to create a nice circular form. Now using the same detailing brush, having no water in it. I'm just trying to add some texture to the mountains. No need to worry at all. This is not at all difficult. You just have to dab your brush by using some white color and create this texture on the mountain area. It just enhances the entire element and looks a little bit more beautiful. No need to worry at all in case you find it difficult, you can practice this on a rough scrap of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. I'm trying to add some more vibrant white color on the tips of the mountain so that it looks a little bit more aesthetic and realistic. You can add as many details as you want to. You can try to create the texture a bit more beautifully by making the brush move on the bottom portion as well. Now, let us remove the masking tape. We are almost done with the painting. Be very much careful by removing the masking tape. Tried to remove the masking tape and an angle so that you do not end up tearing your precious painting. And you can see how beautiful the white border looks. Let me take you a little bit closer to the painting so that you can observe the details carefully. I hope that you got to learn something new and creative from this particular painting where we have used minimal elements to create an elegant painting. Now, let us move towards the last painting. 15. Project 10 - Curvy Plateau: Hey everybody, you're most welcome to the last and the final painting, which is the COVID plateau. So here I have my flat brush of size 1 ". And we're going to create a nice gradient effect in the background in the watercolor paper. I'll be simply applying a thin coat of water in the background initially so that we can have a nice smooth movement of the flat brush. No need to worry about the dirty water because the background is going to be darker in shade. So it doesn't matter if the water is clean or not. In case you find access amount of water in the watercolor paper, then you can dab your flat brush on the tissue paper and you can move your plaid brush again. Now, I'll be just taking some white color in my color palette and we're going to create a nice gray shade. You can observe that I have taken some white color and I'm trying to apply this time from the bottom portion. So once I've applied a nice white color, I have plea mainly horizontal stroke. Make sure that there is no space left between the watercolor paper and your masking tape. Now slowly will be moving towards the upper portion by creating aggression. And that is going to be a solid black shade on the top portion. Now once I've applied a nice solid black color on the top portion, I'll be moving towards the bottom area. You can see that there is a nice difference between the white color and the solid black color. We're going to blend it carefully. Just make sure that there is no space left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper that will not look nice when we remove the masking tape. Now you can observe how beautiful the gradient effect looks once it dries up. Now I'll be creating the outline for the road which is coming in between the plateau. No need to worry at all. If you do not form the exact shape of the road, you can create your own shape as well. But we are trying to make a nice curvy road in-between. I'm using the tip of my detailing brush size one. And once you have created the outline, no need to hurry. Just simply tried to create a nice curvy plateau and try to fill a solid black color in-between. Made sure that there is no space left. Just try to apply solid black color by adding less amount of water. In case you find your brush moving a little bit too rough on the watercolor paper surface, then you can add a little bit of water in it. Make sure that there is no space left between the masking tape, annual watercolor paper, that will not look nice when you remove your masking tape. Now similarly, we'll be adding a plateau on the left portion as well. Once you have given the outline, fill it with solid black color. We very much slow and careful while doing this. In case you find me painting a little bit faster, you can definitely slow the frame rate. You can already observe how beautiful the plateau and the gradient background is looking. And a good contrast. I'm adding to the left portion a little bit of curvature so that the plateau looks a little bit more aesthetic. Now let me show how you have to paint some beautiful birds in the background. No need to worry at all. You just have to use the tip of your detailing brush. We are going to create some nice wings and some beautiful birds in the background. I'm trying to paint the birds and rough strip of paper because this is the element that will mean a lot of patients while painting because it is very minute and detail. But this is not at all difficult. You just have to practice it on a basic art journal that you have and practicing book that you must be having. Our adult strip of paper is also fine. You can create these beautiful birds on that first, and then you can come towards your final painting so that you do not end up spoiling your background color. So as you can see, I'm using the tip of my detailing brush and I'm trying to create the same words that we created on the rough shape of paper. Now let me create another beautiful bird having some beautiful wings. And the second board I'm trying to have the wings on the bottom portion. Now let me paint the third board as well. No need to hurry. It all. Tried to paint it in a very slow manner. Take your time and be very much careful while doing this. And also no need to worry in case you spoil the painting as well. This is a learning process, so it is absolutely fine. We are done with the combination of three birds. You can try to create the combination of two or four boards as well. Now let me paint a nice moon, a little bit aligned towards the left side. So I'm just trying to create a small circle by applying solid white color using a detailing brush oxides one. Let us enhance the road in-between the plateau as well to just give a nice outline to the road so than the road can get a nice enhanced effect and it can get a nice contrast. Let us enhance the boards as well. I'm using the tip of my detailing brush on the wings of the birds. Then dark painting is ready using minimal elements. Now, let us remove the masking t. Be very much careful by removing the masking t. Tried to remove the masking tape and an angle so that you do not end up tearing your beautiful painting. So you can see beautiful the white border looks once we remove the masking tape, delay much slow and careful while doing this. I hope that you enjoyed painting this minimal painting, having minimal elements and the elegance of the painting is already in front of you. Let me take you a little bit closer so that you can observe the details. So this is the last painting for the ten days challenge. I'm very, very happy to share all the ten paintings with all of you. And I hope that you got to learn something new and creative from this particular class. 16. Class Conclusion: I always believed that anyone can paint and using minimal elements, you can always create paintings that can create some sense of satisfaction in yourself. Being an artist. I always loved to explore new art mediums. That is something I always suggest my students as well. The most important part in any art or craft work is to maintain an art journal in which you can always practice and keep a record of your artwork. Practicing is something that will always take you one step ahead. I'm very happy to share this class with all of you. And I are old that you got to learn something new and creative from this particular class. I would be really excited to see all of your projects into the project gallery. Feel free to ask any doubts AND gates you have. Let me know your reviews for the class. Keep practicing and happy painting.