Discover Gouache - Learn to Paint Dreamy Sunsets and Meadows

1. Welcome to the Class: Painting meadows and skies is a peaceful way to enjoy nature's beauty, where the lush green fields me the open sky. With gentle brush strokes, you can show the soft grasses and the graceful movement of wildflowers in the breeze. Hello, friends. My name is aninNapil. I'm an artist, an art instructor, and an author. Gouache is one of my favorite medium because it's so versatile and easy to work with. It allows you to create stunning, detailed artwork effortlessly. This class is all about exploring the charm of sunsets over peaceful meadows. We'll create three stunning paintings, each using a distant color palette. With every painting, you will discover how to blend colors to achieve glowing skies and serene landscapes. This class starts with a comprehensive look at the materials. We will move on to mastering the essential techniques, setting a solid foundation for your skills. Once you're ready, we will proceed to the painting process where we will put everything into action. This class is designed for beginner and intermediate artists looking to improve their guar skills. If that sounds like you, join me as we paint some standing landscape together and take your art to the next level. 2. Class project + Essential Techniques: So these are the three paintings that they're going to do in this class. They are bright and beautiful. Here's the first one. It's a multi colored sky. There are five different colours in the sky blue, violet, pink, orange and yellow. His sky is going to be a wonderful exercise in learning how to blend different colours. Then we have some mountain and landscape in the background and a gorgeous meadow. It's a beautiful painting. So here's the first one. Now the second one is a pastel sky. I have used a pastel blue and a pastel orange for this particular sky. It's, again, a beautiful sky. I really love soft and gorgeous skies, and this color combination is my favorite. Okay, then we have some elements in the background, and also again, a gorgeous meadow with some tiny flowers. So that's the second one, and we have one more painting. Which is a different sky. It's, again, a pistil blue and a bright pink and another bright orangish pink at the bottom. Then we have some landscape elements and a meadow to finish out the painting. Now before we start with our paintings, I'm going to quickly introduce you to some techniques that are common to all these paintings. There are some quick techniques which wouldn't take you more than 10 minutes. This will give you a better idea on how to approach these paintings. So let's try them out on a scrap piece of paper. Here's the first painting, and you can see that lush greenery. First, we will paint the base layer, for which we'll have a lighter tone on the top and a darker tone of green at the bottom. Then onto that, we will add some grassy pattern. This is the brush I'll be using. I want those lines to be very thin and clean. So it is very important to go a smaller brush or a brush with a pointed tip. I will take out some black paint, and I will show you how you can add those grassy lines. It's not a complicated technique, but to get a hang of it, you might take some time, especially for a beginner. So the best thing is practice. Whenever you find some time, try adding them on a scrap piece of paper. Take out any paper. It doesn't need to be an artisory paper. You can even use a used paper or a normal notebook and just try adding these lines. Okay, so the paint I'm using here is a bit watery. When I say watery, it is just a few drops of water. It is not too loose like watercolor. If your paint is dry, you will end up getting a cracky and dry line. So to get a clean, crisp and beautiful line like this, you have to add a few drops of water into your paint. Don't go with a dry paint. See that? Now when you're adding them, try to go with a different height, ten different shape. Some of them can be Cove, some of them can be longer. This will add a realistic touch to your painting. And the best part is these lines doesn't need to be perfect. It is just a matter of adding a lot of them to create that density. So if you look at here, you can see I have some lighter lines as well as some taco lines. So the two key factors here is the tonal value. Try to play with different tonal values of green and also add them in different heights. For the second one, along with those grassy pattern, I will also be adding some tiny flowers to make it look more interesting. And for the last one, it's again, the same. I have used different tonal values of green here, but it is just a matter of adding a lot of them. Okay, so that is one of the major and the common element for all the three paintings. The next one is these plants in the distance. It can be a group of plants or trees. So there are two ways I have added them. For this painting, I have used a solid color. I haven't added any other details. So I'm just adding a rough shape along the top. It is just a simple irregular shape. Now you can add a line along the bottom, then you can fill it up. So this is one way how you can add your trees far away along the horizon line. It can be just a straight line at the bottom. Initially, whenever I did a landscape painting, I used to add a straight line along the horizon. There is nothing bad in it, so this is one way of doing it. Now, if you want to add a bit of realistic touch to it, there is a simple trick you can do. Use the same brush and just keep adding some teeny tiny lines. Let me show you. It's a very interesting step, but the kind of impact it has on your painting is a lot. So what we're going to do is instead of going for a straight line, we'd add a similar line along the horizon. Let me show you that here. So just keep on adding some teeny tiny lines. Again, it doesn't need to be perfect. Just add them however you can. Don't go for a straight line. See that? It's a simple messy, spiky line. I don't know how to explain it. So what I mean is instead of going for a straight line, just keep adding these tiny lines along the horizon. Over here, the background is just a white plain paper. So you might not feel anything, but if you look at this painting here, it's the same thing I have done. But as we have that green colour in the background, it looks like there is some grass far away. For this painting as well, I'm using the same technique. But just add some tiny lines. That's all you have to do. When we're doing our actual paintings, you'll get a better idea about it. Right now, I just wanted to introduce a technique. That's all. But for this painting, I have gone in with a straight line. Honestly, I don't know why I went in with a straight line for the horizon. Maybe it would have been more beautiful if I added those tiny lines. Anyway, you can go with any method you like. It can be either a straight line or that spiky line is totally your choice. Now, the last thing I want to show you is these plants in the background. You can see I have added some texture on it using a lighter green. So first, I will add a base shape using a darker tone. Then on to that, I will add some texture. But for this painting, it's a single color. I haven't added that texture. You can see the difference here. This one is a solid color, and the other one has some texture. Again, for this asphel, you can go with one of these methods. So just like that spiky horizon line. These are very simple details, but might add a lot of beauty to your painting. I have a solid shep here. I have just applied black. Now onto that, I'm just adding some tiny dots, using a lighter cream. It is literally some random dots. See that? So just keep adding them on the top. You can use a medium cream. It can be sap clean acetas or can use a lighter cream and just add some tiny dots on the top part. You don't need to add any dots along the bottom. Just on the top, add a few dots using a smaller brush. Okay, so just keep adding some messy tiny dots. That's all. Let me show you that here. See that? So it's just a matter of adding that dots. When I add them on a blank paper, it might not make any sense. But if you do the same thing on that landscape, it is going to make a real difference. So yeah, if you find it interesting, you can add them as you paint, or you can just go for a solid color. For this painting, we have similar elements in the background, as well as a bigger group here. It is the same technique. The only difference is the size and the shape. Okay, so once you have defined the shape, just keep adding some dots onto it, using a medium green as well as a lighter green. Okay, so these are the common techniques I want you to introduce before we start with our paintings. Now you know what to expect, and you will have a lot more confidence while you're approaching your paintings. I'll talk about the rest of the details as we paint. This sky is different for all the paintings. I'll talk about the color combinations and how you can do them as we try each of them. Alright, I think we're good to go. Let's embrace this man with open arms, ready to learn, create, and thrive. 3. Materials you'll need: Let's start by looking at the materials we will need for this gorgeous painting session. I think I will start with the paper. So here's a paper that I'm going to use for all the paintings I'll be doing. It is from Canson. And this particular one is from their Heritage Series. It's a hard pressed watercolor paper. See that, and it's 140 B, and it's 100% cotton watercolor paper. You can go with any paper that you prefer, preferably a thick paper with less texture. That's the only thing you have to keep in mind. And here's the size of the paper. It is a six in size. You don't need to stick to the same size and the same orientation. You can compose a painting however you like. Okay, so that's all about the paper. Next, I'm going to talk about the colors. At the beginning of every painting, I'll be explaining about the colors you will need for that particular painting. So I'm not going to discuss about that. You can use any gouache paint, whether it comes in jar or tube or cheli cup. All of them will work for this painting session. The next thing you will need is a mixing palette to mix these colors. You can go with a plastic palette or a ceramic palette or any palette you have got. Next, let's talk about the brushes you will need. So basically, you will need only three brushes for this painting session. The first one is a medium sized flat brush or a filbert brush. This is the one I'll be using. We'll be using this brush to apply paint onto the background, mostly to blend the colors. Okay, so that's the first brush you will need. We'll be using this brush to paint the skies and the backgrounds. Okay. Now the second brush you will need is a round brush, a medium sized round brush. This one is size number four, go with four or six or three or even two. Okay, so that's the second brush you will need. Now, we will need one more brush along with these, which is a detailing brush. We'll be using this brush to add all the grassy patterns and all the fine details. You can see all these grassy lines here. So I'll be using this brush for all those detailing. If you don't have a detailing brush, you can go with a liner brush or any brush with a pointed tip. Okay, so those are the brushes you will need. The next thing you will need is a jar of water. Unlike watercolor, you don't need two jars of water at the same time. Whenever your water is turning dirty, you can just replace it with clean water. If it's a bigger jar, you can use it for a longer time. The next thing you will need is a paper towel or a cotton cloth. You can dab off the water or excess amount of paint from your brush using a paper towel. So that is what this is for. And the next one is a masking tape. I'll be using a clear tape. You can use a washi tape or a masking tape, any particular tape that you normally use for your paintings, and you can fix it onto your table or onto a drawing board. Now, finally, you will need a pencil and an eraser. There isn't a lot of sketching involved in these paintings. It is mostly some horizon line or some small details. Okay, so that summarize all the materials you will need for this painting session. Keep them ready, and I will see you in the next video. 4. Painting 01: Hello, dear friends. Welcome back. Now it's time to try the first painting. I absolutely love this gorgeous blend of colors. So there are five different colors in the sky. There is some blue on the top, then violet, then some rose orange and yellow. So for the background, we'll go with a blend of these five colors. Then onto that, we will add some clouds to make it more interesting. Now, I'll quickly show you the spatches of the colors needed for this painting. So the blue I'm using is ultramarine blue. Then you will need some violet, crimson, then some yellow. Okay, so I have the colors ready on my palette. These are the colors I'll be using. It's from Indian brand called Bastro. I have ultramarine blue, violet, crimson, and mid yellow. It can be any blue, violet and yellow. Now, in case if you are not really comfortable, blending four colors, you can skip using ultramarine blue, and then you can just go with violet, crimson and yellow or you can skip using violet and go with ultramarine blue, crimson and yellow. Feel free to modify the colors according to what you are more comfortable with. Now, along with these, you'll also need some white quash. We won't be using the colors in its original intensity. We will add some white with all these colors to make it a bit lighter. I'm taking some white, mixing that with ultramarine blue. So that's a color I'll be using on the top of the sky. It doesn't need to be ultramarine blue. You can go with any blue of your choice, or you can even skip using blue. You can start with violet, then go with crimson, orange and yellow. Okay, so that's a first color. Next one is violet. Again, I'm adding some white, and I'm making it lighter. So the colors can be a little different. It doesn't need to be exactly the same. Depending on the amount of white you're adding, the color can be a bit lighter or darker. Those things are totally fine. Don't worry a lot about that. All right, so that is violet. Now coming to the third color, which is crimson. Again, I'm going to add some white, and I will make it lighter, so it will turn into a bright pink. It's a bright and a beautiful pink. I have just added some white with crimson. So that's our third color. Next, I'm going to add some yellow into this pink I have created. So that will turn into a beautiful orange. Which is our fourth color. If you have orange, you can use it as it is, or you can just mix and create your own orange. Now coming to the last one, which is yellow. So according to the brand of color that you're using and also according to the amount of white you're adding, the colors can be a little different. As I said earlier, that is totally fine. Don't worry a lot about that. We have the same colors well and good. If you don't have them, that's totally fine. Just go with the colors that are nearly similar. Okay, so those are the colors I'll be using for the sky. We have blue, violet, pink, orange and yellow. We'll be creating a blend of all these colors. That's going to be the base layer. Then to enhance the sky, we'll also be adding some clouds using red and some yellow. Okay, so that's how the sky is going to be. Next, I'm going to talk about the greens. So with every brand, the colors can be slightly different. For example, I have sap green here. This one is a darker green, whereas I have sap green from another brand, which is a very bright and fresh green. Then there is two more. These ones are more of a darker green. This one's deep green and olive green. So depending on the brand of color you're using, the colors can be a little different. As we're going to paint an evening scene, I want the green to be a little dull and dark. I don't want it to be too fresh. So I'm going to use some olive green. Depending on the color that is available for you, you can use olive green or deep green or sap green. I have taken some olive green on my palette. I will show you how this color is looking like. So you'll have a better idea. See that? It is slightly darker than sap cream, but you don't have it, it's totally fine. Just go with sac cream. Towards the bottom, we will be using black to make it darker. So even if you're using sap cream, it doesn't really matter. Now, I'm adding some yellow with olive green to make it lighter. I'll be using this colour along the horizon line. So along the horizon line, the color will be lighter. Then towards the bottom, we'll have to gradually make it darker. Okay, so we'll use a lighter tone than a medium tone, which can be olive green, deep green, or sap green. Then towards the bottom, we will introduce some black to make it more darker. Into that mix, I'm adding some more yellow to make it lighter. I think the previous color was a bit dark. This one is much more closer to the one I have used in the painting. Okay, so just add some yellow with olive green or sap green or any other green you're using. The next color I want to show you is the one I have used for the mountain. It is actually a mix of green, blue, and a bit of white. Let me show you how to mix it. I have some ultramarine blue on my palette. I also have some green, as well as that lighter blue. I'm just mixing them together. Okay, so that's a color I'm going to use for the mountain. It just need to be a mix of blue, green, and a bit of white. Okay, so that's how it has turned out. I think the color I used here is a bit more lighter. Maybe we can make it a little lighter by adding some more white. Let's try that out. Okay, so this one is much more similar to the one I used for the painting. So just go with a mix of green, blue and white. It can be any green and any blue. Don't add a lot of white and make it lighter. We get a medium tone or a slightly darker tone. Alright, so those are the colors you will need, keep them ready on your palette. We already had a look at the techniques, so now we can give it a try. First, I'm going to take out the colors onto my palette. As we discussed earlier, I'll be using blue, violet, crimson, and also some yellow for the sky. If you don't want to use blue, you can just start with violet, violet crimson and yellow, even that is good. So we'll start with blue violet, crimson, then some orange color over here, and yellow to at the bottom. Okay, so let me squeeze out the colors onto my palette. The blue I'm using here is ultramarine blue. You can go with any blue of your choice. We'll be using a lighter tone, so we'll add some white quash to it. Okay, so that's the first color. Next one is violet. If you don't have violet, you can skip using this. So you can go with blue, crimson, and yellow. Feel free to modify the colors. It is not necessary to go with four colors. Next, we will need some crimson and finally some yellow. Now for the sky, I'll be using all these colors in a medium tone. I don't want to bright and intense tone. So what I'm going to do is I will just add some white onto all these colors I have taken here. For now, I will just add some white next to all these colors. If you want to make it more lighter and if you need more white, we can do that as we paint. Okay, so I have all the colors ready on my palette. Keep them ready before you start. Now, I'm going to add a line just to define the sky and the meadow. I'm adding that a bit below the cent of the paper. So that's where the horizon line is. Now we're going to apply four colors onto the sky, starting with blue, violet, crimson, orange and yellow. We're not using orange as it is for the sky. As to mix crimson and yellow, we'll automatically create an orange in between. Okay. Now I'm starting with blue. This one is ultramarine blue. I'm mixing that with white to create a lighter blue. That's a color I'm going to use. I'm adding that on the top of my sky. I'm using an angled brush here. You can use a flat brush or a filber brush. And apply that on the top of your sky. Go with a similar tonal value. Don't make it too dark or too light. We need a medium tone. Okay, so that's blue, which is the first color. Now I'm going to clean my brush, and we'll co with violet. If you don't have violet and if you don't want to use violet, you can just keep using this and go with crimson directly. For this, as well, I'm adding some white to make it a medium tone. Now, I'm adding that right next to blue, and we'll blend them together. To make the blending easier, I'll pick some blue, and I will add that right where these two colors are mating. Okay, so that is blue and violet. You can see how easily I blended those colors. When you're using a thick and creamy paint, it is much more easier to blend the color. In a way, that is blue and violet. Now I'm cleaning my brush. I feel we can make violet a bit more brighter. So I'm adding some more violet. Then I will quickly blend that with blue again. Then we can go with crimson. So just keep running your brush back and forth, only in a horizontal direction to get a clean blend. If your paint is dry, you can add a drop of water. That will also help in blending. Okay, so that is blue and violet. Now I'm going to clean my brush again so that we can go with a third color. You can add these colors onto your sky in any proportion. If you want more blue and less violet, that's totally fine. Or if you want to add more red and yellow onto the sky and just keep a little of violet and blue, even that is fine. Okay, so that's a mix of crimson and white. I think it looks really, really bright. I want the colour to be a bit more lighter. So I'm going to add a bit more white, and I will make it lighter. This color looks fine. Now I'm going to blend that with violet. So I'm picking a little of violet with a wet brush and I'm blending it. Okay. So that is blue, violet and crimson. I think I can add some more crimson onto the sky. So first, I will clean my brush. There is some violet on it. So I'm mixing crimson and white again, and I'm adding that color over here. Just to introduce some more brighter pink. Okay, that looks fine. Now I'm going to go with an orange color, which is actually a mix up crimson and yellow. So the same brush, I'm picking some yellow, mixing that with crimson. Okay. Now I'm going to add that color right next to that pink, and I will blend it. And towards the bottom most area, I will introduce some fresh yellow. I feel it looks like a unicorn or maybe a rainbow. We have so many colors. And I think it is looking pretty nice. Anyway, I'm going to pick some yellow, and I will add that at the bottom. As I said earlier, if you want to omit, as I said earlier, if you want to omit one color from the sky, that's totally fine. Maybe you can omit blue or violet. I'm hoping by now you guys are confident in blending the colors. In that case, I think you should use all the colors. You can do it. Anyways, that's a base layer. We have blue, violet, pink, orange and yellow. Now I will clean my brush, and I will keep this one aside. Next, I'm going to add some highlights onto a sky using a roundish. This one is size number four roundish. I'm taking some bright crimson and using this fresh, I'm going to add some lines onto the sky. You can add few drops of water into your paint. Maybe that will make it easier. And with that slightly wet paint, add a few lines onto the sky to make it look more interesting. Just to add a few random lines only at the bottom part where you have that orange and yellow. Okay. You don't need to add these mining, maybe you can only go for one or two, even that is fine. Now clean your brush, and with that damp brush, quickly smudge it to give it a softer look. We don't want them to be too rough and prominent. So right away, when you have added those lines, make it wet, and with that wet brush, smudge the paint slightly without putting a lot of pressure. Okay. So gently much the paint. So just by running that wet brush, I made them look softer. Okay. Now, if you want to add more lines, you could do that. Maybe a line on the top or at the bottom. You can add them however you want. I'm kind of happy with the sky, but I think I can add one more line over here. Now I will make my brush wet. Now with that wet brush, I will gently smuch it. You can see how bold and beautiful it is turning out. I'm really loving the sky, but we're not done yet. There is one more thing we have to do. So I'm cleaning my brush, and for that last step, I'm going with some yellow. I'm just mixing a bit of yellow with white to make it a lighter tone. And the same way how we added those lines using red. I'm adding one or two lines at the center using that lighter yellow. This will make our sky look even more interesting. So we're trying to make it look like the sun has just set or maybe the sun is behind the clouds. I think that is a better way to put it. Anyway, what you have to do is go with some yellow, a lighter yellow, and add a line at the center. We can make it a bit more lighter if it's not prominent. Okay, so just add that in. We only need this at the bottom. Okay? So right at the center, add the yellow to give an impression of the sun. Now, just in case if you feel it is very prominent and loud, you can use the same trick we used earlier, dip your brush in some water, make it wet, and smudge it a little to give it a softer look. Again, don't put a lot of pressure. Be very gentle. Don't disturb your base layer. Now, if you want to, you can go with a lighter tone and add a bit of paint at the center to create a glow effect here. This step is completely optional. If you're happy with your sky, you can just leave it as it is. You don't need to add in more paint. Okay. So that's how it has turned out. Next, we are going to paint the meadow. We can paint the base layer first. For which we will need some green. I'm using olive green. This one is not too bright. This one is more of a dull green. The sap green I have from this set is kind of bright and fresh. We are painting an evening scene, so I don't want the green to be too fresh. Okay, so I have taken up some green. I will also need some yellow as well as black. I think this yellow won't be enough. I will need some more. So along the horizon line, I want the color to be lighter. If you have a readily available lighter green with you, you can use it directly. Okay? I'm adding some more green. Alright, that color looks fine. Now I'm going to apply that along the horizon line. Then as I'm coming towards the bottom, I will introduce more darker green. Okay. So let's start with this color. Right now, we're painting the base layer. To get more texture, we'll be adding some grassy lines. Okay, so for now, just apply that lighter green on the top, then go with clean green. It can be sap green or olive green. Apply that right after this. Then towards the bottom, introduce some black to make it even more darker. Okay. Now I'm going to pick some olive green, and I will add that next. Maybe first I will just fill up that entire area. Then gradually I will add some black. Okay, I'm using the same brush I used for the sky and I have created a clean blend here. Next, we will have to introduce darker tones, so I'm going to squeeze out some black. I will just add that right next to green. I don't want too much of darker tones on the background, just a little. So I'm picking some black, adding that at the bottom. Then I'm blending that with green. See that? As we're painting an evening scene, the colors has to be a bit dull. It shouldn't be too bright and fresh. That's the reason why I added some black. Okay, so that's a base layer. Now I'm going to keep this bush aside, and I'm switching to a round fresh. This is the one I'm using. It's size number four. Now I'm going with a darker tone of green, and using that color, I'm just adding some grassy lines at the bottom. Only at the bottom, that is something you have to be careful about. You can add as many as you want, but only at the bottom. We have some lighter green on the top, leave that area as it is. So the color I'm using here is a mix of black and a bit of olive green. If you don't have olive green, just add a bit of sap cream. You can also add a few drops of water. It doesn't need to be 100% opaque. If your paint is really thick and dry, you won't be able to add those nice curvy lines. So just add a few drops of water, and with that paint, keep adding some lines onto the entire background. They don't need to be perfect at this moment. We'll add more later. For now, we are just trying to introduce some texture. So go with the darker tone, which is a bit watery. Remember to leave the top part. But you can add as many as you want at the bottom. Okay, so just keep adding them. As I said earlier, the paint can be a bit watery. They don't need to be too prominent right now. We'll be adding more later. For now, go with the watery paint and just add as many as you want. Because when you go with the watery paint, the lines will be more crisp and clear. If you're using a dried paint, I mean, an opaque paint without any water. The lines will be dry and rough. They also might have some breaks in between. It won't look like a smooth curvy line. Okay, so just add a few drops of water if you feel your paint is dry. Okay, so that is looking fine. We have added some grassy lines using a darker green. It was not 100% opaque paint. It was a watery paint. Next, I'm going to repeat the same process with a much more darker tone. You can either go with black acets or you can just add a bit more black into that darker green. Again, it's a watery paint. Now keep on adding a few more. Only at the bottom, closer to your masking tape. Don't add any onto the top. So just at the bottom, add in a few more. Okay, I won't be adding a lot. Just keep in mind, we need these darker tones only along the bottom line. Okay, so that part is also done. I have added them only along the masking tape. I didn't touch the top part, so the top part is still the same. It is really important to retain the lighter tones far away to create a sense of distance in our painting. Anyways, now we can go the next step, which is adding a mountain far away. And for that, I'm using a bluish green or a greenish blue. I'm using the same brush. We'll add them over here above the horizon line. I only have a bit of ultramarine blue on my palette. Into that, I'm adding a little of green. So it's just a mix of blue and green. You can add a drop of white as well, because the color I had on my palette, which was already a pastel blue, so I didn't have to add any extra white. So that's a color I'm using. I have mixed olive green, ultramarine blue, as well as a bit of white. Your color will be slightly different according to the green or blue that are using and also the ratios. Even for me, if I try to create the same color tomorrow or day after, I might not get the same color. I mean, the exact same color, and that's totally fine. The color can be a bit more greenish or bluish. Anyway, with that color, I have added the mountain. I have added the shape on the top. Now I'm going to fill that up with the same color. You can modify the shape if you want to, but at the center, try to make it lower. That's where we have the setting sun. Now carefully fill up that entire mountain in the same color. Okay, so the mountain is in. Next, we are going to add some more grassy patterns using a smaller brush. We want the lines to be really thin and delicate. So using a smaller brush or a brush with a pointed tip is really important. You can add a few more drops of water. So the color I'm using here is a lighter green. I have added some more yellow. Just like I said earlier, if the paint is a bit loose, you can add those lines quite easily. If the paint is dry, they might not look that great. Now, this time, there are a few differences in the way we are adding the lines. First, we're adding them from top to bottom, and we're using a lighter tone. See that? So just add them from the top towards the bottom, and the lines has to be thin and shorter. So go with any of your brush, that has got a pointed tip, and just add some thin, delicate lines from top towards the bottom. Okay, it doesn't need to be perfect. When you add too many lines close to each other, it will look really nice. But the only thing you have to be careful is the brush size. Go the smaller brush and go for thin and delicate lines. Okay, now we have to do this for the t horizon line. Just keep dragging your brush from top towards the bottom. You can add them in a curve way to make it look more natural and add them only where you have the lighter tone. Don't add any lines towards the bottom. You're focusing only on the top part. Here's a closer look, and you can clearly see the way I'm adding them. I'm just dragging my brush from the top towards the bottom. The major thing here is the size of the brush. I'm using a smaller brush, and the paint is a bit watery. See that. These lines doesn't need to be of the same size. Some of them can be longer and some of them can be shorter. Those things are totally fine. You can see the way how I'm adding it. They are of different length. Actually, those things will add a lot of beauty to your painting. I mean, it will add a realistic touch to your painting. So just add a few on the top using that lighter green. We don't need a lot, only a few along that top to create more texture. I'm nearly done. I only have a small area on the left side. So let me quickly finish that. If you want to, you can add some more towards the bottom. Just a little. We want to retain those darker tunes at the bottom. So just make some of them longer to add a realistic touch. Now I'm switching to a darker green. I already have some black and green hue, I'm mixing them. Now with that paint, I'm going to add the horizon details. We want to add some plants and trees far away. It's going to be very simple rough shapes. They're not going to be well detailed. So first, I will add a random shape on the top using my smaller brush. Then I will fill up the bottom. It is just a rough shape. I'm trying to add those trees and plants far away. This will also define the horizon line. It's a simple step, but there is one thing you have to be careful about. At the bottom, I'm adding some teeny tiny lines, just some irregular lines. See that? So this will create an impression of the grassy pattern far away. So don't add them as a straight line. At the bottom, just keep on adding some tiny lines and some patterns. Then you can add them on the top. I hope I'm making sense. If you add a straight line, it wouldn't give you that impression of a grassy field. That's why we're adding these tiny lines at the bottom. We don't need to be perfect. Just add them close to each other. And then on the top, you can introduce a very rough messy shape and fill it. You can see how beautiful that section is looking. If you go for a straight line, it won't create that depth. With a simple detail, you can create an impression of the grass far away. Okay, so once you're done, you can just add some random shapes on the top. At some places, it can be taller, and at some places, it can be shorter, go for a natural shape. So that's the first half. Now we have the other half left. So these are the trees and plants far away. You can either add them as different groups by leaving some cap in between. So over here, I have left some cap. Now I'm adding another group of plants. At the bottom, I'm adding those tiny pattern. Then I'm just filling it up. Okay, so you can either add them like this by leaving a cap in between. You can add them as different groups, or you can just simply fill that entire line without any caps. I'm planning to add them as a continuous line without any break. So you can either add this way or with the caps in between. It is totally your choice. You can compose your painting however you want. So I have added the plants. Now at the bottom, I'm going to add those tiny lines. Be sure to go the smaller brush. If it's a bigger brush, it will go out of scale. So go with the smallest brush you have cut and add some tiny lines close to each other. So it's just a matter of creating that spiky thing far away. They don't need to be perfect. Just add them however you can. This one is a size number zero brush. I just love this brush. It works well for all kind of detailing. I'll show you that one more time. See that? So just keep adding them. All you had to do was add these kind of tiny lines. Initially, when I paint my landscapes, I always go for a straight horizon line. Then it is recently I realized adding these tiny lines can bring a lot of difference in your painting. It will instantly add a realistic touch. So ever since I always add these tiny lines far away along the horizon line to give it a more realistic impression. Now, before I wrap it off, there is one last thing I want to do OS is completely optional. So I want to add some more grassy lines at the bottom, using a taco tone, using a smaller brush, only at the bottom. But if you feel there is already enough of grassy patterns there, you can totally skip this step. That's totally fine. I'm using a watery version of black. If it's too watery, dab it on a paper towel before you add these lines. Now, just add a few more lines at the bottom, using a taco tone. The color I'm using here is mostly black. There is no green in it. It's a slightly watery version to get that clean curvy lines. You can see the way how I'm adding it. See that? Some of them are long and curvy, and some of them are shorter. So the major thing here is the brush. It's a smaller brush. It has got a really nice pointed tip. I don't want thick lines, and I'm adding them only at the bottom. Make it really long and curvy. See that? So simply add them from bottom towards the top and add wherever you wish to. Just keep in mind, don't add a lot towards the top. Focus at the bottom where you have the darker tones. This is just to introduce another tuner value and make it more dense. But as I said earlier, it is not really necessary. Anyways, that was the last step, and with that, we're done with our painting. So here's my first attempt. You can see those grassy pattern. It looks different. I like the sky, but the grassy pattern, I feel it's very busy, and even for the mountain, I changed the color a little. Anyway, that's how it has turned out. I hope you all liked it. Now it's time to peel up the masking tape. Now, in case if you're not really happy with your first try, please don't get discouraged by that. You guys already saw my first attempt. This was my second. So those things can happen. It's totally normal. Anyway, that's our painting. You can see that beautiful sky. I really like this spot where we introduce that yellow and the mountain, the meadow. I think everything has turned out really well. We used four different colours for the sky, and I think it has come out really nice. I hope you all it too. Thank you so much for joining and happy painting. 5. Painting 02: Oh. Hello, dear friends. Welcome back. Here's the next painting that we're going to try. You can see the beautiful sky and the gorgeous meadow. To paint the sky, we'll be using two colors, pastel blue and a pastel orange. We'll be blending them together. Then onto that, we'll add some clouds using a pastel orange. Okay? It's a very interesting sky and a very pretty sky, too. Then we have a lush green meadow here with some wild flowers on it and some horizon details. Okay, so that's a painting we're going to try. I will swatch out the colors as well so that you have a better idea. As you could see here, I'll be using a pastel blue, as well as a pastel orange for the sky. The pastel blue is ultramarine blue plus white, and the pastel orange just orange plus white. To add the clouds as well, I'll be using pasil orange. Okay. Now let me swatch it out. I have some blue on my palette. I'm mixing some white with that to turn that into a pasil blue. So that's a fist color I'll be using for the sky. So three fourths of the sky is going to be blue. If you don't have ultramarine blue, you can go with any other blue of your choice. Just add some white into it and turn that into a similar tonal value. We will start the sky with this color. Then as we come towards the bottom, we'll make it lighter by adding more white. Okay, so that's a color as west out. The second color is orange. First, I will clean my brush. Then I will make some white with orange. To turn that into pastel orange. If you want to go for a different color combination, that's totally fine. Maybe you can go for gray and orange or maybe gray and pink, or even blue and pink will also work. So if you want to, you can modify the colors as you wish, and you can just follow the same technique to paint your sky. Okay, so that is pastel blue and pastel orange. Now, I'm going to add some more orange into the same mix to make it a bit more brighter. So this one has less white and more orange. I'll be using this color along the horizon line to give it a contrast. So the color I'm going to use for the sky is in a similar order. On the top, we will have a blue. Then towards the center, we'll have a lighter orange and along the horizon line, we will use a slightly brighter orange. Then using that lighter orange, we'll also be adding some clouds onto the sky to enhance it. I think I have added quite a lot of clouds. You don't need to add that many. You can just add a few on the top or at the bottom. I'm just going to add some random shapes like this onto the sky. On the top, I will have similar patterns in a slightly inclined manner. Then towards the bottom, I will add them as a straight line. You can add your clouds however you want. It doesn't matter. Maybe you can just add some lines at the bottom where you have orange and you don't need to add any towards a blue part. Okay? So those things are totally your choice. Compose your painting however you want. Just because I'm adding a lot of clouds doesn't mean you have to do the same. So just add them however you can ignore the way I'm adding it. Make yourself comfortable, and just add them the way you like it. So right here, I added those clouds on a plain white sheet. That's why it is looking weird. But I'm going to use the same technique for our main painting as well. You can see them here. The colors lighter. That's the only difference. It's going to be in the same technique. Next, I'm going to show you the colors I will use for the metal. So I wanted a very moody, dull green as you're painting an evening scene. And these are the colors I chose to use olive green and yellow ochre. If you use lemon yellow or any other lighter yellow, the green will be more brighter and pleasant. If you're painting a bright sunny day, you can go for those kind of colors. But as you're painting an evening scene, I would prefer using very dull and moody greens. So if you have olive green or any similar darker green, go with that, or just go with sap green and yellow ochre. So first, I will mix these two colors together, and I will show you that moody yellowish green. So it's a mix of olive green and yellow ochre. See that? It's more like a muddy green, and that's the kind of color we need. We'll be using this color along the horizon line. Then towards the bottom, we will use olive green, as well as we will add some black to make it darker. So that's olive green. Okay. So those are the two major colors I'll be using for the meadow. Along with that, I will also be using some black. Okay, so these are the colors we'll be using to paint the meadow, the base layer. Then onto that, we'll be adding some grassy pattern, just the same way how we tried in the technique section. Then we'll also be adding some tiny yellow flowers. If you take a closer look, it is just some dots. Let me show you. So I'm just going to add some tiny dots close to each other. They don't have any proper shape or pattern. At some places, I will add a group of dots. Then in between, I will just add some random dot task for. Here's a closer look, and you can see it is clearly some dots. It is nothing complicated. I'm not going for a proper floral shape. I'm just going to add some dots using yellow color. When I add them using black on a white background, it might not make any sense. I know it looks quite weird, but we're going to do the same thing on a green background, using yellow color, then it will all make sense. All right, so that's it. We discussed about everything you need to know. Now let's give it a try. Okay, so I have added a horizon line a bit below the center of the paper. Now I'm going to take out the colors. The first color you will need is ultramarine blue or any blue of your choice. We'll be adding blue almost to three fourth of the sky. Then along the horizon line, we'll add a pasil orange. I'm starting by mixing some ultramarine blue with white to create a lighter blue. So the major part of the sky is going to be blue, and only towards the bottom, we will introduce a pastel orange. So that's a color I'm using. Now, I will apply this on the top of the sky. Then as I come towards the bottom, I will make it a bit lighter by adding more white. You can use any blue of your choice. It doesn't need to be ultramarine blue, add some white and turn that into a medium tone. I feel like the blue can be a little lighter. So I'm adding some white on top of it to make it lighter. Okay, that seems fine. Now, as I'm coming towards the bottom, I'm gonna make it even more lighter by introducing more white. I think it's gonna be a good idea to clean my brush before I make it lighter because there's a lot of blue on my brush. So I'm just cleaning it off. Now I'm going to pick some clean white, and I will add that right where I stopped blue, and I will make it lighter. So the first step is more like a gradient wash. You have to start with a medium tone or a lighter tone, then make it even more lighter as you come towards the center. Okay, so that is blue. I'm totally happy with the plant. It looks very clean. Anyways, now I'm going to clean my brush. Then I'll switch to orange. So both the colors I'm using is from different brand. Altamarine blue is from Bastro and orange is from flash. Both are Indian brands. Okay, so I'm picking some orange. For this guy, I'm using pasil colors, which means to turn orange into a pasil orange, I'm willing to add some white with it. Okay. I already have some orange on my brush. I'm going to mix that with white. You can go any orange you have caught, or you can just mix some yellow with red and create an orange and then add some white with it to turn that into pastel color. Okay, so that's a color I'm using. It's a mix of orange and white. I will add that a bit more. Then I will make it lighter, and I will have to blend that with the blue. No matter which orange and blue you're using, try to go the similar tonal value. Okay, so that is blue and orange. Now I'm cleaning my brush. Now with that clean wet brush, I will pick some white, and I will make this area lighter. I mean, where these two colors are mating, make that area lighter and blend it together. So just keep running your brush back and forth in a horizontal direction until you feel you have got a clean blend. Okay, so that's how it has turned out. Now, I want to add a bit more brighter orange, only at the bottom. For the wrist, I'm going to retain that basal color. So I'm picking some more orange. And just at the bottom, along the horizon line, I'm making the color a little more brighter. This step is not necessary. Only if you want to, you can add some more brighter tone. Okay, so that is done. Now I'm going to keep this brush aside, and I'm switching to a round brush. Here's the brush I'm going to use. It is size number four. Now I'm going to go with the same orange I created earlier. It's a mix of orange and white. Now with that color, I'm going to add some clouds onto the sky. It doesn't need to be 100% dry. A few drops of water. Now to its orange part, I'm just adding one or two lines. You can see, I'm using a pastel orange. Now I'm going to add a few towards the top. Towards the bottom, I'm not adding a lot. I'm adding more clouds at the center where blue and orange is meeting. The color I'm using here is a pastel orange. If your paint is dry, you can add one or two drops of water, but not more than that. Don't make it too watery. If it's too watery, you will end up disturbing the base layer. Okay. So keep adding similar clouds onto the area where you have blue. You can see how beautiful it is looking. If you want a dramatic sky, you can add more clouds. And if you're looking for a soft and subtle sky, you can just add a few clouds here and there. So the freedom is totally yours. You can compose your painting however you want, and you can add in as many clouds as you want. Okay. So the base layer is a blend of pastel blue and pastil orange. Then onto that, using a pastel orange, we're adding some clouds. It's a beautiful color combinon. And if you add those clouds on the blue area, it will look really beautiful. So just try adding one or two clouds on the blue part. My paint is really dry, so I'm adding a drop of water. Now I'm going to add more clouds. So you can add these clouds however you want. You can go with any shape and any location. So right here, I'm adding the clouds in a slightly inclined manner. You don't need to follow the same. You can add them in a straight line. Okay. So just add them however you want to. Just stick to similar tonal values. Other than that, you can add them however you want. Okay? As a beginner, adding the clouds can be a very tricky task. Trust me, I have been there. I used to paint the sky as a solid wash or a gradient or a blend of two or three colors to the maximum. That was the kind of skies I used to paint. I was too afraid to add the clouds. I always feel I will ruin my sky, so I always avoided them. But when you add them and when you get a hang of it, it is impossible to stop. You can see how I'm adding more and more clouds right now. So that is what practice can do. Whenever you find some spare time, just invest ten or 15 minutes. Then just try smaller skies, go for different color combinations, and add the clouds in different ways. And gradually you will see the transformation. Anyways, I'm going to add another cloud on the top. I was actually planning to start with the previous cloud. But you see, I'm adding them again. That is what will happen when you get a hang of it. You will just enjoy adding the clouds and you will keep on adding them. Okay, so I just added a tiny bit on the right side. Now, I'll just add a few more at the bottom using a lighter too. Then I'm planning to go with a brighter tone of orange. I'm not really sure how that is going to turn out, but I'm in the mode to experiment. So I think I will just try adding a few more clouds using a brighter tone. But I would not recommend you guys to try it out. Maybe for now, you can just give it a watch, and if it's turning out nice, you can add few similar clouds. Okay, so that's a brighter orange. I'm adding a few lines. It's a slightly watery version. I have added a few drops of water. Okay. Now I'm just marching it with a wet brush. I don't want them to be too prominent, so you can clearly see the color I'm using. It is not too bright. It is just a medium tone. I'm planning to add some more clouds onto the left, using the same color onto the side, in an inclined way. So this one is completely optional. Only if you want to do it, you can go ahead. Otherwise, you can just give it a watch. I will always recommend experimenting and coming out of your comfort zone. That's where you learn, but I also don't want you guys to ruin your painting. So maybe you can try it out on a scrap piece of paper. And if it's coming out nice, you can do that on your main painting. Okay, so the color I used right now was a slightly watery version of orange, and I think it has come out pretty nice. I don't want to overdo and make it look too busy. But if you're up for some experimentation, you can add more clouds, either using a lighter tone or a brighter tone. See that. So just add a few more if you would like to. Otherwise, you can just coll it do. As I said earlier, once you get the hang of it, you will really love adding the clouds, and you will always be in the mood for experimenting and exploring. Okay, so for now, I think I should start painting the sky and go the remaining details. It has come out really nice. I'm happy with the color combination and the way the sky has turned out. So I'm going to keep this brush aside, and I'm switching back to my flat brush. Now we're going to paint the meadows. Let me show you the colors I'm going to use. So it is olive green and yellow ochre. If you don't have olive green, just go with sap cream. So that is olive green. Now the next color you will need is yellow ochre. Okay, so we have the colors ready. So on the top, along the horizon line, we will be using a lighter tone. Then towards the bottom, we will make it darker. So first I'm starting off with olive green. I will add that at the bottom. Then as I go towards the top, I will add some yellow ochre into the same color to make it lighter. Whenever you feel your paint is dry, don't be afraid to add a drop of water. That's totally fine. Okay, so that is olive green. Now with the same brush, I'm going to add some yellow ochre on the top. So the sap green I have from this brand is a very bright and a fresh green. I don't want to use such a fresh green for an evening scene. That's why I'm using olive green. But the colors can be a bit different according to the brand you're using. I have sap cream from another brand. It is more or less similar to this one here. So depending on the color you have, you can choose to go with olive green or sap green. That's totally fine. It is not going to affect your painting. Okay, so I have added some lighter green on the top and a brighter green at the bottom. Now, I'm going to blend it. And also, along the horizon nine, I need to add some more paint. I'm just adding a straight line here. Okay. So that's a base layer. Now let's make it a clean blend. There is one more thing I want to mention. Instead of yellow ochre, you can actually use any other yellow of your choice to make your green lighter. But if you're using a lemon yellow or any other yellow, the green will be more fresh and bright. Okay, so that's a base layer. Now I'm going to pick some more yellow ochre, and I'm just going to add some random lines onto the background, mostly onto the top part. This is just to introduce some texture and some depth in our painting. Otherwise, it'll be just a flat wash of colors. Now in a similar manner, I'm just adding a few lines using Olive green asp. So it's just a matter of adding a line, and you can see the difference it made. See that? So just add one or two lines, mostly on the top, but you have a lighter green. Okay, so that's has turned out. If you want to add some more lighter tune on the top, or if you want to add some more lines, you can do that right now. Okay. And also, if you want to use a n Brush, instead of a flat brush, that's totally fine. Okay. So it's just a matter of adding those lines on the background. We don't need a lot, one or two. That is all we need. Now I'm going to make the bottom part a bit more darker. We haven't introduced any plaque, so that is our next task. I'm squeezing out some black, and we'll add that along the bottom most area. I'm pretty happy with the top. To create a depth and a sense of distance, we will have to introduce some Taco tone. So that is what I'm going to do next picking some black, adding that at the bottom, and just blend that into the background. So add that darker tone only at the bottom, closer to your masking tape. The rest has to be that olive green and the lighter green. Okay, so that part is done. Now I'm going with a entrech and using a darker tone. I'm just adding a bit of darker tones onto these lines I added earlier, a little onto the outer sides. I won't be adding a lot. This is just to introduce some more texture. So only onto the outer sides, make it a bit more darker. This area is far away, so don't add a lot of darker tones, only add a slight touch. That's it. Next, using the same brush, I'm going to add some grassy lines. You can add few drops of water so that your lines will be more clean and smooth. Now, simply add some grassy lines along the bottom, where we have the darker tones. They can be long and curvy. They can be of any shape. Right now, I'm not really focusing a lot on the shape because the color we are using right now it's a bit watery. They won't be too prominent. Litho we'll be adding more lines using a solid color. For now, we're just trying to add some density here to bring in that texture of the grass. So go the watery version of a darker green. It's a mix of black and olive green. I have added a few drops of water. It's not a thick and dry paint. And I'm simply adding some grassy lines along the bottom part where I have the Daco tones. As you can see here, I'm not adding any on the top, where I have the lighter tone. I want to retain most of it, and that is how we're going to create a depth in our painting. So no details around the horizon line. We are adding them only along the bottomost part. This is actually a thump which you can follow for any painting that you do, the things which are far away, which are along the horizon line. You don't need to add a lot of details because they are quite far. And the things which are closer to you, which are the fground elements, you will need to make them more detail. So no matter what subject or what kind of painting you're doing, the foreground has to be more defined than the background. Okay, so here's a closer look of the grassy pattern I have added. I added them using a medium size brush, and the paint I used was 100% opaque too. It was a watery version. Now, I'm going to keep this brush aside, and I'm repeating the same step using a smaller brush with a much more darker tone. Here's the brush I'm going to use the size number zero brush, and I'm picking that darker tone. This time, I'm not adding a lot of water, and I'm adding a few more lines at the bottom. Only at the bottom, I'm not going to add a lot. We already have got a fine texture here. So just to enhance it, I'm adding a few more grassy lines along the masking tape. The top part has to remain the same. Okay, so just add in a few more using a smaller brush. When you're painting a meadow and when you're adding a grassy pattern, it is really important to play with different tonal values. That's how we create a sense of lush greenery there. So it is really important to go the smaller brush when you're adding your fine patterns, you can see the way it is turning out. Earlier, we used a watery paint. That wasn't too prominent. It has a faded look, and right now, the color is much more opaque, and it is way more prominent than the previous pattern. Okay, so that's a meadow. Next, I'm going to add the horizon details along that line. Remember how we added these ones. So I'm going to add in a similar manner. On the top, we will have a rough shape, and at the bottom, we will have a spiky line to show the impression of the grass far away. So we can start by adding a rough shape on the top. That's the height I'm going with. Go with a similar height. Don't make it too huge. Okay? So I have added a rough shape. Now we can fill that up in black, and as we're coming down, we can add those tiny lines close to each other. Okay? So for now, simply add a rough shape like this and fill that in either a darker tone of cream or black. Okay. As you reach green, you can add those teeny tiny lines. Okay, so I filled it. Now with the same brush, I'm adding some teeny tiny lines along the bottom. It's a very simple task. All you have to do is add some teeny tiny lines close to each other. Okay. Go with any of your smaller brush or a brush with a pointed tip, and just keep on adding some tiny lines. It doesn't need to be perfect. You just have to add them close to each other. Okay, so that's a first step. Right now, I have only used black. Now, to make it look more natural, I'm going to add some texture using green. I'm using the same brush, picking some grain. And what I'm going to do is I will just add some tiny dots and some small patterns onto the top part. It is not visible, so I'm adding some yellow into the same color. And with that lighter tone, I'm repeating the same step. So it's just some tiny dots and random patterns. They're adding them only on the top to create a texture. I think the difference is really prominent here. The right side is looking a lot more realistic than the left. Okay, so just go the lighter tone of green. It shouldn't be too light, maybe a medium tone, and just add some tiny dots and some random patterns only on the top to introduce some natural texture. This is another simple technique that I use to create that texture in the background. It's a very simple step, but has a lot of impact. Okay, so this part is done. Now we have the whole right side left. Over there as well, I'm going to introduce similar patterns, but I think I will make the height much more lower. Okay. So as I'm going towards the right, I'm making them shorter. You can see the height. It is much more shorter than the left. Again, it's another simple thing. The technique is the same. We are only reducing the height, but it is going to bring a beautiful scene of distance in our painting. So always focus on these kind of little elements. When we are adding some landscape or trees far away, go with a natural shep and at some places make it lower and at some places, make it higher and also play with different tonal values. Now I'm leaving some gap in between. See that? Another one and the last one on the right end. I think it really brings out a sense of distance here. It looks like this area is quite far. Now we need to introduce that green texture on it. But before that, I think I will add the grassy line along the bottom. So I'm picking more paint, and I'm going to add those teeny tiny lines close to each other. I think I told you this before. These lines doesn't need to be perfect. Just keep adding them close to each other. That is what matters. Don't leave a lot of spacing in between. Just keep on adding them until you finish that entire line. And also try to go the smaller brush. If you're using a bigger brush, those patterns will look too big. And it won't capture the sense of distance in your painting. Okay, so that's how it has turned out. Now I'm switching to green to add the texture. And with that, we'll be done with the horizon. So let's go back with the light two green. It's a mix of olive green and yellow ochre. We just need a lighter green. It can be a mix of any green and any yellow. Okay, so go with a lighter green, which is not too bright and fresh and using that color, just add some teeny tiny patterns along the top and finish off your trees and plants far away. I'm thinking of closing these caps in between with that green. I don't know, earlier, I liked it, but right now when I look at the painting, I feel like I don't need those caps. So I'm just filling up those caps using that lighter green. Okay, so that's how it has turned out. I really love the horizon details. The painting is looking very well defined, and it has a complete look. So if you're happy with the result, maybe at this point, you can wrap it off, or you can follow along and add a few more details. So the first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to add a few more grassy pattern using a lighter tone. For this, I'm missing a smaller brush, and I'm missing a color that is a mix of yellow ochre and olive green. Okay, so I'm mixing them together. It's not too light. You don't need to add a lot of yellow. Okay? So that's the color I'm using. And here's the brush. Now, randomly, I'm going to add a few lines. They are very thin, go in a similar way. Don't make it too thick. Don't add a lot. We only need few here and there. The major part should be that darker green. So go with any of your smaller brush or a brush with a pointed tip and use a lighter to to add these lines. This is the part that is in the foground and that is much more closer to us compared to the horizon. So we have to add more details and make it look more defined. That's the reason why I'm adding few more lines here. This one is totally optional. If you're already happy with your background, you can just leave it as it is. You don't need to add extra lines. Okay, so that's how it has turned out. Now, there is one more thing that I'm planning to do is adding some tiny flowers using yellow color. This step is also optional. Only if you want to add them, you can go ahead. Otherwise, here is your finished painting. Anyways, here's the color I'm going to use. It's mid yellow. You can use any yellow of your choice, or you can use white or a different color. I'm squeezing out some paint. Now using my smaller brush, I'm going to add some teeny tiny flowers in a very random way. Again, just like I added those grassy pattern. I will be adding very few. I don't want to make it too busy. So go with any of your smaller brush or a brush with a pointed tip. You don't need to add any water, go with that fresh paint. Okay? Have taken some paint on my brush. Now with a tip, I'm going to add some teeny tiny dots. I'll be adding them as a group to make it look like a flower, but I won't be adding them in a proper shape. I hope you can see them. As I said earlier, this step is completely optional. Maybe you can just watch what I'm doing. And if you like it, you can add them in, or you can totally ignore this step. Anyways, what I'm doing is I'm just adding some tiny dots close to each other to create a group of flowers. See that? So in a similar way, I will add some more flowers here and there. Again, I won't be adding a lot. I don't want to make it too busy. So I'll just add few dots in a very random way. You can see they don't have any particular shape or size. I'm just adding some dots using yellow colour. At some places, it is super tiny, it is just one or two dots. And at some places, I'm adding them as a group. Okay, I hope it is clear. I'm quite happy with the right side. Now, let's add a few on the left side as well. So this is how it is looking right now. There are some tiny wildflowers. You don't need to put a lot of effort, add some tiny dots close to each other. Honestly, I don't want to add a lot and make it busy. I want to make it very simple and minimal. But in case if you want to add a lot, if you're liking it, there is no problem. You can go ahead and add more flowers. This one is a very simple approach. We are only adding some dots to create an impression of flowers. But in the coming months, I have plans to paint some sunflower fields and some daisies. I think that's going to be really interesting. Anyways, with that, we are done with our painting. I cannot tell you how much I love the color combination and that meadow. And I think that tiny flowers made it look even more beautiful. When I tried this color combination for the sky, I wasn't really expecting it to be this beautiful. I'll be 100% honest. This was an experiment, but I love the way it has turned out, especially those clouds on the blue background. Even the greenery is really beautiful. I like the horizon details and also those tiny wildflowers. Okay, so that's our painting. I hope you all enjoyed it. Now, I'll spell out the masking tape. I'm paling it up very carefully. And here is some painting. If you haven't tried it yet, please give it a try. I won't say it's going to be really easy. It might be a bit challenging, especially if you're a beginner, but give it a try. Only if you come out of your comfort zone, you will learn a lot. Otherwise, you'll be just stuck at the same place. So without any fear, give it a try and let me know wherever you're facing any problem. I will add some extra videos to help you better. You all know how to blend colors. So here we are using a patel blue and a picil orange. Blend that and just add some clouds on top of it. You don't need to add these many clouds. You can only add few at the bottom, if that is more comfortable for you. We have tried painting meadows in the previous ones, as well, so I think this part will be a little more easy for you compared to the sky. Anyway, give it a try. I'm very eager to see your paintings. Thank you so much for joining and happy painting. 6. Painting 03: So here's the third painting that we're going to try. For me, my most favorite part about this painting is that bright orange color along the horizon line. Now, I'm going to take you through the colors you will need. The first color you will need is a lighter blue, and to create that lighter blue, I'm mixing some white with ultramarine blue. You can go with any blue of your choice. It doesn't need to be ultramarine blue, but remember to add more white than blue. Okay. Now I'm going to swatch out that color. See that? It's a mix of ultramarine blue and white, more white and less blue. Okay, so that's a first color. Depending on the amount of white you're adding, your color might be a bit more brighter or lighter. So that's a first color we will use for the sky. The next color is a pink, which is a mix of crimson and white. If you have a similar pink with you already, you can use it directly. You don't need to mix and create this color. Okay, so just add some white with crimson, and you will get a beautiful pink. Okay, so that's our second color. So we will start by blue. Then we will switch to pink. Now, to make our sky more captivating, I'll also be adding some orange along the horizon line. Here's the orange I'm going to use. So I'm going to take a little of orange, and I'll mix that with a bit of pink, and let's see the color. That's very little orange. I think I will need to take some more paint. Okay, now let's mix it. See that? So that's the kind of color we'll be using along the horizon line. Maybe we can add some more crimson to make it more brighter. Okay, so depending on the amount of colors you're adding, whether it's crimson or orange, the color will be a bit different. That is totally fine. Let me show you the swatch. So it's more like a peach color. It's a beautiful color to use for sunsets. I just love this color. You can add more orange and see how the color is turning out. Okay, so you can go with any color that you prefer. It can be more pinkish or orangish. As we're using a light blue and a light pink for the sky, and this bright orange will enhance our sky and will make it more captivating. Okay, so for the base layer, we'll be using those three colors, and we'll be blending them. Then onto that, we will add some clouds. And to add the clouds, I'm going to use a grayish blue. It's a mix of blue, a bit of black and white. I have taken some black. I'm mixing that with blue. I will need to add some white. I don't have any white on my palette. So I'm picking a bit of white and I'm mixing that with this color. So just to add a bit of black with ultramarine blue and some white asphalt. We need a lighter to medium tone. I think this one is looking quite dark. We will have to add more white. So you can see, it's a very dark bluish gray. I'm adding some more white and maybe a bit more blue. Okay. I think that is looking much better. As I always say, the colors can be a bit different. That is totally fine because when you mix and create the colors, the ratios can be different. So just go with a color that is nearly similar. It doesn't need to be exactly the same. So we'll be using this color to add the clouds. I think the color is pretty dark compared to what I have used for the painting. So I'm adding some white to make it lighter. We're looking for some soft subtle flowers. We don't want them to be too loud. So remember to go the lighter tone. This color is looking much more better than the previous one. The first one I tried is much more darker. So always try your color on a scrap piece of paper before you add these clouds on your main painting. And once you feel the color is perfect, you can add them. Okay. So just add some random shapes onto the sky to create that cloudy effect. You don't need to add these many. You can just add one or two on the top or at the bottom. Now, in case if you don't want to add the clouds, that is totally fine. Just go the beautiful blend of blue, pink and orange. Okay, so that's all about the sky. Now for the meadow, the two colors I'm going to use is olive green and yellow ochre. You can see the colors on the top. If you don't have olive green, just go with sap green or any other darker green you have got. The last thing I want to talk about is this Eltric lines. To add them, I'll be using a roller and a pen. They are simple straight lines, so we just need a roller and a pen. Those landscape details we have tried in the technique section. So I think they're good to go. The rest of the details you can see as I paint. Okay, so it's time to get a try. I'm starting by squeezing out all the colors onto my palette, starting with ultramarine blue, then white. Now some crimson. We discussed this already. We're going to turn these colors into pasty colors, which means into blue as well as crimson. We need to add a bit of white. Okay, so the colors are already here. Now, I'm going to add a line here, which will separate the sky and the meadow. Next time starting by mixing some blue and white together. That's the color I'm going to use on the top. Then gradually I will go with pink. So go with any of your flat brush or a silver brush, preferably a medium to bigger size brush so that you can apply paint in one twipe on a larger area. Okay, so this is the kind of color I'm going with. If you want to make it a little more lighter, that's totally fine. Add some more white into it and go with a lighter tone. Okay, so that's blue. Now, I'm going to clean my brush, and I will go with some more white. I will make the blue lighter. Then gradually I will cover pink. Maybe we don't need to wash the brush. I will just quickly make it lighter by adding some more white paint. Okay, so we have a medium tone on the top, and now we have made it lighter. I will add some more white, and then I will switch to pink. Okay, so that's a first step. Now I'm going to clean my brush. And I'm switching to pink, which is a mix of crimson and white. Turn your color into a pasil tone. If you have pink with you already, you can use it directly. You don't need to mix and create a similar color. Now, add that at the bottom, and slowly blend that with blue. So you have to run your brush back and forth in a horizontal direction to get the best blend. Don't mix up different kind of brush moments. It will leave some brush marks on your sky. It won't look like a clean blend. So run your brush only in one single direction. Now I'm cleaning my brush. Now I will pick some white, and I will blend these colors together. Try to go for a clean blend. Okay, so just keep running your brush back and forth, only in a horizontal direction, and you can see the car just blend we have created there. Okay, so that's a base layer. Now, as I mentioned earlier, I'm going to add a bit of orange at the bottom. So I'm switching to a smaller brush and I'm picking some orange. I think I will add a bit of white. Okay. So picking a bit of white, adding that with orange. Now, I'm going to add that at the bottom right over here, closer to the horizon line. The color is not really bright. I think we can make it a bit more brighter. I want the bottom part to be really bright and prominent compared to the top. Okay. So I'm going to pick a little more of orange. And I'm adding that bright orange along the horizon line. Okay? The rest is going to stay acetusOly along the horizon line, I have added some orange. So that's a base layer. Next, we need to create a bluish gray to add the clouds. So I will squeeze out some black first, just a bit. We want a color which is more like a bluish gray, so mix some black, blue and white together and create a bluish gray. Okay. And to add the clouds, I'm going to use my size number four arm fresh. Okay, so the color is ready here. Now I'm going to add some clouds onto the background. If you want to make the color more lighter, you could do that, or even darker, that's totally up to you. Okay. Now, just in case, if you don't want to add the clouds, that's totally fine. You can just go for a nice blend of colors. Even without the clouds, the sky is pretty decent. So if you want to skip this step, that's totally fine. Now using a lighter tone, I'm adding some more clouds onto the top. You can experiment with different tonal values. If you want to make it more darker, you can do that, or even lighter. Try and experiment different tonal values and make your sky really beautiful. This one is a really beautiful color combination, something that we all have witnessed. The most interesting part about this car is that bright orange at the bottom. Otherwise, it's going to be quite plain. So it is that little brightness at the bottom, which is making the sky look more beautiful. Anyway, I'm going to add a few more clouds onto the top and maybe a few more onto the left side. And with that, I'm going to call it done. Then we can go with the meadow, maybe some small pieces onto the top. Sometimes you don't need to add a lot of clouds, maybe just one or two streaks. That's all we need. You can leave the rest quite simple and minimalist. Okay. I'm adding one more cloud here. Now, another smaller one on the top. You can keep adding more if you want to add more clouds or if you're happy with the result, you can stop it here. Now with the dam bridge, I'm just spreading those clouds a little more to make them bigger. Earlier, the shapes were quite small. So I'm just spreading that. Okay, so with that, our sky is done. Next, we're going to paint the meadow. And for that, you will need some green and yellow. I'll be using olive green and yellow ochre. I will squeeze out these two colors onto my palette first, that's yellow ochre, olive green, and a bit of black. Now, I'm starting with olive green. On the top, I will make it lighter by adding some yellow ochre. And towards the bottom, I will introduce some black to make it darker. Okay. So the color I'm using here is olive green. Now I'm picking some yellow ochre, adding that on the top. Okay, so along the horizon line, I want the color to be more like a medium tone. Then towards the bottom, I want to make it more darker. So go the similar color. If you don't have olive green, you can just use sap cream. That's not a problem. Mix that with some yellow ochre, then blend it like this. It can have some textures and some lines in the background. Don't worry about it. Next, I'm going to apply some black at the bottom, and I'm again blending that into the background. So that's a base layer. Now you can add some lines in between to add more textures to give a realistic feel. See that? You can add one more line in between. Okay, so that's a base layer. Now I'm going to go with a smaller brush and I will add the details along the horizon line. I mean, all those landscape. So first, using black, I'm adding a basic shape. Then gradually we can start adding more textures and more details. For now, just focus on the overall shape and add that in. It can be a bit bigger on the left side, then make it smaller. See that? So that's the shape I'm going with. Now I'm going to fill that in black. I spoke about the detail earlier along the bottom, add some teeny tiny lines close to each other like this. Then you can fill up the rest. This will make a real difference in your painting. Don't go for a straight line. It doesn't need to be perfect. Simply add some teeny tiny lines at the bottom to represent that grassy field. Now I'm going to extend the shape a little more. You can go with any shape that you prefer. It doesn't need to be this tall. Now along the horizon line asphll, I'm adding some detail, some shorter detail, not as big as this one. Y I So far, I have only used black, and you can see the shape I'm going with. It's a very basic irregular shape. I haven't really put much effort here. Now I'm going to go with a smaller brush, and I'm picking some olive green. Okay, now using this, I'm going to add some teeny tiny patterns along the top. Maybe we can add some yellow ochre. Okay, so any green that you prefer. And then on top of that black shape, add some tiny dots and shapes. Towards the bottom, the black color can stay. Only along the top, you can add these dots and patterns. Again, they don't need to be perfect. Just keep on adding them until you're happy with the result and try to use a smaller brush or any brush with a pointed tip. So the first step is to add these patterns using a medium green. Then gradually we will go with a lighter green. We can add more yellow into the mix and add more dots using that lighter tone, only along the top. Okay, so I'm mixing some yellow ochre. I have made the green a bit more lighter. Now using that color. I'm adding similar dots again onto the background. See that? You can see the difference it made. Earlier, it was just a black silo. It was looking quite plain and boring. Now we're adding more details onto the same to give it a more three dimensional feel. And I think it's working. I'm really loving the way it is progressing. Similarly, I'm adding some patterns along the horizon as well. Over here, I won't use a lighter green. I will just go with the medium green, and I will add some random patterns on the top. This one is quite far, so you don't need to put a lot of effort here. You can quickly add them in. Okay, so we're done with the sky, the base layer of the meadow, and also the landscape elements. Next, we have to add some grassy pattern onto the meadow to make it look more interesting. It's a closer look, you can see the way it has turned out. If you want to add more patterns, you could do that. Next, we can go with the grassy pattern. So I'm going to use the same brush, and I'm starting off with a darker green, which is a mix of black and olive green. Now using that, I'm adding some grassy lines at the bottom. So for this step, we have to use different tonal values of green. You can start with a darker green or a lighter green. That doesn't matter, but try to go with a pointy brush, a detailing brush or a liner brush, and keep on adding some free hand lines at the bottom. We try the same in the technique section. It is exactly the same technique here. But try to use different tonal values of green to add more realistic character to it. Okay. So first go the round of lighter green, then a medium green and a darker green. You can go in any order. Okay, I'm adding some yellow ochre, and I'm mixing that into a medium green, adding a few drops of water as well, so that the lines will be more fine and continuous. It won't be a dry, cracky line. Now, let's add these lines. If your paint is dry and thick, the lines won't be this crisp. It will look appear cracky and dry. So just add a few drops of water in case if you feel like your paint is too dry and then add these lines. Okay. Now, I want to tell you you don't need to focus on each and every line. Just keep on adding them close to each other. Some lines can be messy. That's totally fine. When you add a lot of them, it doesn't make a difference. Okay, so be confident, be brave, and just add them in. Next, I'm going to go with a medium tone, and I'm adding some lines on this side, closer to that landscape element. I'm adding the lines on top of them so that overlapping will make it look more realistic. For this painting, I'm not going to add any flowers, but if you prefer that, you can add some tiny yellow flowers or white flowers or pink or any colour you prefer. Okay. And also, if you want to add more grassy lines, that is also totally up to you. I will add some more on the side, and with that, I will call it done. Then we have one more element to add. Over there is the electric lines. I'm going to quickly finish this. I Alright, my dear friends. So that part is done, and you can see how gorgeous it has turned out. I really love the sky and the color combination. Anyway, now let's go the final detail. And for that, I'm picking some black with the same brush. Adding a few drops of water. Now, I'm going to add a straight line. You can place your electric line wherever you feel like. I'm going to add that over here. So add a thick black line first. That is our first step. It is the post. Then we can add the electric lines using a pen. Okay, next, I'm going to pick a bit of gray using the same brush, and I will add some highlights on the right side. So right now it is just a black line. Now onto the right side, I'm introducing a little of gray. Okay. It's just a little bit, not a lot and be very careful. The line should not be too thick. Go with a similar thickness. See that? So go with a gray and add that onto the right side. Okay, now it's time to switch to a pen. This one is a waterproof pen. I'm not sure what are these details called. You can look at the painting and add them in. So on the top, I have added a line and a dot. Now on the right side, I'm adding a wire, adding another tiny line there. Now, from that point, I will add an electric line using a ruler. Okay, so pick up your ruler and add a line from there. If you're confident enough, you can use your brush for these details. Honestly, I'm not confident enough. I don't want to ruin my painting. It is looking quite beautiful, so this is a better option for me. Anyways, I have added one line on the left side. I will add one more here onto the other point. Then maybe I will add one more on the right side. That's all. Okay, so there are two lines on the left side. Now, from this point, I'm adding one more towards the right. Maybe I will extend this part a little bit. Okay. Now let's go with the last line. I'm adding that over here. I think the electric line made a lot of difference. Earlier, it was looking beautiful, but it was quite empty. Now it looks complete. I think this was a missing element. Finally, I'm adding a rectangular piece here, and that's it. That's our last painting from the series. If you want to add some birds onto the sky, you could do that. I'm not planning to add any birds, so for me, it's time to peel off the masking tape. And here is our last painting from the series. I really loved the colour combination. I hope you all enjoyed painting this gorgeous sunset with me.