Easy Watercolor Landscape Painting - A 10 Days Art Challenge for Beginners

1. Welcome to the Class: When we talk about watercolors, it's an artistic medium that you can explore in a lot of ways. I personally love the vibrant colors and the unexpected output that we get. In the end, it's a medium that anyone can explore. Everybody, myself, Ruthwick Patel, I'm a self taught independent artist and an interior designer by profession. You can find most of my artworks being displayed on Instagram. I go by the name Shatraj Artisan as someone who's very much passionate about teaching, my major focus is always to create classes for beginners who are trying to develop their skills on a regular basis. In this class, we are going to paint ten beautiful watercolor landscapes using the medium of watercolors. It's going to be a ten days art challenge, which includes ten beautiful mini paintings using simple and easy techniques to paint. The class is absolutely suited for beginners. Before we start with the class projects, we're going to learn about all the art supplies in detail. I'll be giving you all the details about the colors that we are going to use. We're going to talk about the brushes that we are going to use. All the ten paintings includes different color combinations. We're going to learn about the color palette and the color combinations in detail, which we are going to use in each and every painting. The color palette will help you a lot to understand the color combination in detail. Before we start with all the class projects, we are also going to have a simple practice session in which we are going to learn about all the elements and how to paint them in detail. There are going to be different slots that we are going to paint using solid black color. The practice sheet will help you a lot to develop confidence and enhance your painting skills. Also, it becomes a part of your art journal. We are going to start by cutting an six size paper into a perfect square. We're going to learn about how to apply the masking tape on all the four sides of the watercolor paper so that we can get a beautiful white border when we remove them. The first step basically includes creating a vibrant background using different techniques like gradient effect and an abstract background using watercolors. We're going to paint some beautiful sellouts. Creating some amazing landscapes. In case you are somebody who is trying to explore watercolors for the first time, the class is absolutely suited for you. I'm very happy and excited to share this class with all of you without any delay. Grab your art supplies and join me in this creative journey. 2. Art Supplies: Everybody. Now let us learn about all the art supplies that you will need for this particular class. No need to worry at all in case you're missing out on any particular art supply. You will find it very easily in any nearby local art store or you can go for any other good alternative as well. The first art supply is basically a simple masking tape. It's basically a paper tape only which we are going to use to apply on the borders of the entire watercolor painting, that when we remove it, we get a nice white border. Then next up, we have the most important art supply, which is basically the brushes that we are going to use. As you can observe for the entire class, you will only need three brushes. The first one is a quill brush of size zero. The second one is another quill brush of size two. The last one is basically a round brush of size three. In case you do not have a quill brush, you can definitely go for round brush as well. Then next up, we have a simple pencil to draw a basic sketch if required in the class project. Then the next art supply is a simple ruler, you can observe. It's a simple plastic ruler which is having readings in centimeters and inches. We are going to use this ruler to cut an six size paper into a perfect square. Then I have a simple tissue paper which we can use to dab the brushes to remove axis amount of water and color. You can already observe I have a lot of color on it. Now comes one of my favorite art supply, which is basically a color palette which have these beautiful sections and which I have taken out my watercolors. So you can observe, we have a separate space for mixing the colors as well. No need to worry at all in case you do not have this particular color palette, you can use a simple color palette as well. Then I have a simple wooden board on which we are going to place the watercolor paper. In case you do not have a wooden board, you can use a simple writing pad as well, or your desk surface on which you work. The reason behind using a different board for placing the watercolor paper is so that you can move it in different directions to get a proper hand movement while painting. Now let us learn about all the water colors that we are going to use. The first one is a simple black and white color. As you can observe, I'm missing out on watercolor tubes. That's why I'm going to use watercolor tubs. Now, I have placed all the watercolor tubes in a systematic manner. Let me give you the details of all the colors. The first color is Prussian Blue. Then we have deep green, light green, gambage and crimson. No need to worry about having the exact shade of the color. You can go for any other good alternative as well. Then I have another batch of watercolors. Let me give you the details about these watercolor tubes as well. Here I have the first color, which is orange, Celine blue, bal blue, ultramarine purple, and Vermilion. Again, I would like to tell you that no need to worry about the exact shade you can go for any other good alternative as well. These are all the water colors that you will need for this particular class. Now let's talk about the watercolor paper that we are going to use. The size of the watercolor paper is six and it is 300 GSM. Right now, you can observe that the watercolor paper is in a rectangular shape, but we are going to cut it into a perfect square. It's a very easy and simple step. We are going to use a simple pencil and a ruler simply, we are just going to remove the extra part to make it into a perfect square. You can observe all the ten watercolor paintings, which are in a simple square shape. Now if you observe carefully, this is a simple practice sheet that we are going to create before starting all the class projects. Now to create this particular practice sheet, we are going to use watercolor papers of size five. It is, again 300 GSM. In case you do not have the watercolor paper of size five, it is absolutely fine. You can use your art journal or a practice sheet, or even a rough scrape of paper. Then we have the last art supply, which is a simple container, which is having some clear water so that we can clean up the brushes and add a little bit of water wherever required. These are all the art supplies that you will need for the entire class in case you're missing out on any particular art supply. No need to worry at all, you can go for any other good alternative. Now let us move towards the next part. 3. Color Palette: Everybody, before we start with all the class projects, let us learn about the color palette in detail. If you observe carefully. I have a simple sketchbook in which I have marked the colors that we are going to use and the color combination that we are going to create. I've mentioned the name of the colors that we are going to use. No need to worry at all in case you're missing out on any particular color. You can go for any other good alternative. It is absolutely fine. On the right hand side, you can observe that I'm ready with my color palette. And it is basically a simple color palette, having separate sections in which you can take out colors very easily. And there is a mixing space as well. You can use a simple color palette as well. It is absolutely fine. Now, the reason behind why I'm showing you the color palette in detail is so that you can know the exact application of the particular color on the watercolor paper. The first color that we are applying is cadmium orange. You can just simply take your quill brush of size zero, add a little bit of water into the color, and simply apply a small patch just above the name of the color. Now I'll be cleaning my quill brush in clear water as you can observe. And we'll be taking the second color which is vermilion. You can observe in my color palette. I'm trying to add a little bit of water so that we can loosen the color up, but make sure that you do not have axis amount of water. It will decrease the saturation of the color, mix it well with your water color. Try to have a good consistency of water and color together so that you can get a nice saturation of the color onto the watercolor paper you can observe. Again, I'll be applying a small patch of vermilion just above its name. Now this is how you can know the exact application of the color onto the watercolor paper and you can get a nice difference between all the colors together. Now let us move towards the next color, which is purple. I'll be just cleaning my quill brush again, and I'll be taking a little bit of purple from the color palette and applying its patch. Now let us move towards the next color, which is ceuline blue. You can observe a beautiful, vibrant patch of eruline blue as well. Again, we'll be cleaning the quill brush and I'll be taking some bal blue this time. Whenever you find that your water color is a little bit stiff, you can definitely add a little bit of water to make it a little bit loose. It is very important to get a nice saturation of the color so that the painting can look a little bit more vibrant and aesthetically appealing. You can observe that I have applied ultramarine, which is the last color on the first section. Now let us move towards the bottom part, which is Prussian blue. Again, I have applied a nice patch of Prussian blue. This particular step is very satisfying and you'll definitely enjoy creating a beautiful color palette. Now I'll be taking some light green, as you can observe, and I have applied its patch. Similarly, we are going to apply dark green patch as well. Once you apply all the colors together, you can create some nice combination of colors together. As you can observe, I have applied dark green color patch as well. Now we are left with gambage, crimson and black color. I have applied the patch of gambage as well. Now I'll be applying some crimson. You can just observe in the color palette. I'm adding a little bit of water to loose in the color up. And then we have the last color which is black. You can take a little bit of black color from the watercolor tab, add a little bit of water, and apply its patch just above its name. Now you can observe that I have applied all the color patches. And these are all the colors that we are going to use in all the ten watercolor paintings. Now let us paint the color combinations. The first color combination is crimson and orange. You just have to apply crimson in one side and then clean your quill brush. Take some orange in it and you have to apply the orange in the second half. You can observe in this particular class project, we have two colors, and it is in a good combination of orange and crimson. This is how we are going to create a good color combination. It is not at all compulsory that you create a color combination in the exact same way I'm creating right now. You can create your own color combination as well. Now we are going to create a color combination of crimson and purple. In the first half, I have applied an nice patch of crimson, and in the second half I have applied some purple. In this particular class project, you can observe a beautiful combination of these two colors. Then next up we have a beautiful combination of orange and gambage. I'll be taking my quill brush and add a little bit of water into orange. So in the first half, I have applied some nice saturated orange. In the second half, you're going to apply some gambage. You can observe a beautiful gradient effect from orange to gambage. In this particular class project, you can observe this beautiful color combination. Now next up we have a beautiful combination of dark green and light green. Together, I'll be taking my quill brush. Add a little bit of water into the dark green color. Apply dark green patch in the first half, and then simply clean your quill brush. Now we'll be adding a little bit of water into light green in the second half, you can just simply apply light green. Now again, this is a simple dark combination of colors together and you can observe it in this particular class project. Then next up we have a beautiful color combination of purple and bal blue. I'll be taking my quill brush. I'm adding a little bit of water in purple. In the first half we'll be applying a good patch of purple. Now simply clean your quill brush and add a little bit of water into the bal blue color and apply it in the second half portion. Now in this particular class project, you can observe this beautiful combination of both the colors together. Then we have the last color combination, which is Prucian blue and Cobalblue. I'll be taking my quill brush, add a little bit of water into the color, and apply the Prucian blue color in the first section. Then in the second half, we are going to apply some nice cobalblue. We're done with all the color combinations. As you can observe, it is not at all compulsory that you make the color combinations according to the color combinations that I have created right now. You can create your own color combinations as well. That is the purpose of a beautiful color palette. Now using these color combinations, we are going to create ten beautiful paintings. Let me take you a little bit closer so that you can observe all the details carefully. The color palette will help you a lot to understand all the colors in detail and to create some beautiful color combinations together. For reference, you will find the color palette. In the resources section, I hope that you've got an exact idea of all the water colors that we are going to use in this particular class and its color combinations. Now let us move towards the next part. 4. Lets Practice the Elements: Hey everybody. Before we start with all the class projects, let us practice all the elements and how to paint them in detail. If you observe the practice sheet carefully, you can observe two types of backgrounds which we are going to paint using watercolors. One is an abstract background. Another one is a gradient effect. The practice sheet will help you a lot to develop confidence while painting, and the chances of making mistakes will be very less. As you can observe on my desk, I'm having an, A five size watercolor paper, which is a rectangular form of a paper. In case you do not have an, A five size of watercolor paper, you can go for any rough scrape of paper or a practicing art journal in which you practice on a regular basis. We are basically going to start by learning about two types of backgrounds. One is going to be an abstract background using watercolors. Another one is going to be a gradient background. Now in order to get a nice difference between both, I'm going to use a masking tape. You can observe I'm placing one masking tape on the topmost portion. No need to hurry at all. Just take a simple piece of masking tape. Apply it on the topmost portion. Make sure that your tape is parallel to the paper edge. Then I'll be taking another piece of masking tape and I'll be placing it just in the middle portion of the entire watercolor paper. Now you might be wondering why we are applying a masking tape on the watercolor paper. It is because so that we can get a beautiful outline when we remove the masking tape, and the backgrounds will look very much proper. Similarly, we are going to place two masking tapes on either side of the watercolor paper. I have placed one on the right hand side. Similarly, I'm going to place another one on the left hand side. Once you put your masking tape onto the paper, just apply a little bit of pressure using your thumb or a finger so that the tape can get stuck to the paper in a proper manner. We have applied the masking tape all the four sides, but I'm going to place one masking tape in the center portion, since the masking tape is a little bit thick. So you can just simply use a pair of scissor and make it a little bit thin in case you want to place the exact masking tape, which is around 1 ". That is also absolutely fine. I have just decreased the size of the masking tape and I'm placing it in the center portion. Once you have placed it in the center portion, apply a little bit of pressure. Now you can observe we have separated two sections. In both the sections, we are going to learn about two different types of background. This will also help you to understand both the backgrounds in detail. Right now in front of you, you can observe two different class projects. One is having a beautiful abstract background, another one is having a beautiful gradient background. This is how we're going to create a difference between both the backgrounds. Let's start with the first abstract background. I'm going to use my Quill brush of size two. And we're going to apply a thin coat of water on the first surface. As you can observe, no need to hurry at all. Try to apply a thin coat of water in a very slow and steady manner. Make sure that there is no space left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper. Now this is basically known as a wet on wet technique, in which we apply a thin coat of water initially, and then we apply the water color so that the watercolors can blend in a very natural manner. Now I'll be using my Quill brush of size two. And in the color palette as you can observe, I've taken some darker values of purple. Make sure that you have a good consistency of water and color together. Now you can observe carefully. I have just applied some random strokes leaving some white space in between. That is how the background becomes a little bit abstract. Now just simply clean your brush in clear water. Now we are going to take some good amount of cerreline blue in the brush and you can observe that I'm applying it in the remaining spaces. And still there are a little bit of white spaces in between and it is absolutely fine. Now slowly apply it from the bottom portion and move towards the above part. Now you will observe that the colors will blend in a very natural manner. No need to hurry at all. Try to do this particular step in a very slow and steady manner. You can use the tip of your quill brush to apply these little strokes in between as well. Now, if you observe these two class projects, we have used the abstract background technique in both of them. Now let us learn how to paint a beautiful gradient background. But this time we're going to divide it into two parts. I'm going to take a simple pencil and I have drawn a horizon line. This is going to differentiate between a water body and the sky area. Again, I'll be taking my Quill brush of size two. Simply apply a thin coat of water above the horizon line. First, we're going to paint the sky area first. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply an even coat of water. Now observe in the color palette, I'm going to take some darker values of crimson, red. Make a good consistency of water and color together so that you can get a nice saturation. And simply apply a horizontal stroke just above the horizon line. No need to hurry at all. You can simply observe the movement of Micuilbrush. It's a simple horizontal movement and we are not covering the entire area. We are leaving some space on the topmost portion. Now I'll be taking another color which is going to be Vermilion. I'll be just taking some good amount of Vermilion. And this time start from the topmost portion and slowly move towards the bottom area. And you'll observe a beautiful blend between both the colors. To get a even better blend between both the colors, you can simply clean your brush in water, dab it onto the tissue paper, and apply some horizontal strokes in between. So you will observe a beautiful blend between crimson, red, and vermilion. This is how you have to create a beautiful gradient effect and this is how we have painted a beautiful sky area. Now similarly, we are going to paint the water body. And you can observe that I have taken some good amount of vermilion in the quill brush directly, only we have not applied a thin coat of water. This time you can just make a good consistency of water and color together. And apply a nice coat of color in the bottom portion, just below the horizon line. Now I'll be taking my Quill brush of size zero and we're going to take some darker tone of crimson red you can observe in the color palette. So try to have less amount of water and more color in order to make the water body look a little bit more attractive. And to create a bit of details, we are going to create these little horizontal strokes starting from the portion just below the horizon line. It is a very random and natural way of applying these little strokes. No need to worry about painting it in the exact same way I'm painting right now. This is basically creating some waves in the water body. You can apply the horizontal strokes in a very random way. You can observe it in the class projects. This is how we are going to paint an abstract and a beautiful gradient background. Now let us paint some beautiful sillouts, which is going to complete the entire landscape area. I'm going to use my quill brush size zero and I have taken some solid black color in it. You can observe that I have just created some random outline using the tip of my quill brush, which is basically representing some beautiful leaves. You just have to use the tip of your quill brush and apply it in this random manner. What you can do is initially you can just create a natural outline and then you can fill in solid black color inside. Make sure that there is no space left between the masking tape and the water color that we are applying right now look nice when they remove the masking tape. Similarly, I'm creating another bush and it is a little bit smaller than the first one, just below the first one. I have just applied some solid black color, having a natural outline. Now let us paint some landscape area. In the bottom portion, you can just simply observe the way I'm using the tip of my quill brush to make a nice plantation in the left hand side. Then slowly, you can just paint the entire landscape area. Now using the tip of your quill brush, you can apply these little strokes which is basically replicating some grass or some bushes in the bottom portion. It's a very natural way of creating some beautiful plantation in the entire scenery. No need to worry about the output. You can create your own landscape area as well. It is absolutely fine. You're free to experiment. Now, I'm going to paint a beautiful tree. You can observe that I'm using the tip of my quill brush to create an outline of a huge tree. Then I'm using the entire surface of my brush to fill in solid black color in the inner portion. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Make sure that there is no space left. Then using the tip of your quill brush, you can apply these random strokes in the outline. This is how you can form a beautiful tree in case you find that your color is getting finished. From the brush, you can take some more color from the color palette. You can observe that I'm using the tip of my Quill brush to paint the branches which are connecting together and forming one big branch. And just simply connect it with the landscape area that we have painted in the bottom part. We are done painting the landscape area in the first background. Now let us move towards the second background. I'm going to start by painting some mountains just above the horizon line. No need to hurry at all. Just simply use the tip of your quill brush to create a beautiful outline. And then you can fill in solid black color in the inner portion. Now to create some beautiful reflection effect, you can just use the tip of your quill brush and apply these little horizontal strokes. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply least pressure on the brush. And simply use the tip of the brush slowly. As you move towards the bottom area, decrease the size of the strokes that you're making. This is how we create a beautiful reflection effect in the entire scenery. Now. Similarly, we are going to add some rock bodies in the water area as well. It's a very simple and easy technique. You just have to create the outline first and then fill in solid black color in the inner portion. As you can observe, I'm using the tip of my quill brush. You can decide the position of the rock bodies according to your convenience as well. It is absolutely fine. No need to worry about painting it in the exact same way I have painted. Now we are going to paint a beautiful lighthouse just above the mountain that we have painted on the right hand side, You can observe that using the tip of my quill brush, I have created two lines. You can fill in solid black color once you're done creating the outline. Now using the tip of the quill brush, you can apply these vertical lines and a top dome to complete the entire lighthouse. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner in case you do not want to apply the brush directly. You can draw the lighthouse using a pencil first and then fill in solid black color. Now we're going to add some beautiful coconut trees. You can observe that using the tip of my quill brush. I'm just adding these little bushes. You just have to leave the strokes creating these beautiful outline which basically replicates the leaves of the coconut tree. Now once you are done adding the leaves, you can just simply make the beautiful stem which is connecting to the mountain body. You just have to simply use the tip of your quill brush to get a nice thin line. Now we are going to have some rock bodies in the bottom portion. You can observe that using the tip of my quill brush, I have created a beautiful natural outline. And then fill in solid black color in the inner portion. If we're painting near the masking tape, no need to hurry at all. Just make sure that you apply the color in the entire surface and no spaces left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper. Now, slowly we are going to remove the masking tape. No need to hurry at all. Try to remove the masking tape in an angle so that you do not end up tearing your beautiful practice sheet. While I'm removing the masking tape, you can observe the beautiful edge that we get. This is the reason behind applying a masking tape. Now you can already observe a separation between both the beautiful backgrounds that we have created and you can connect it with the class projects right now. I hope that you got an exact idea of how you have to paint two beautiful backgrounds using watercolors. Now to enhance the entire scenery, I have taken my round brush of size three. Take some solid white color and just paint a small circle replicating a beautiful moon or a sun in the background. Now in all the ten class projects, we are going to have different sellouts creating some amazing landscapes. In the class project, placed in the right hand side, you can observe some beautiful hills and some pine trees. I've taken some solid black color in my quill brush of size zero. I'm going to take some good amount of solid black color, try to have a good combination of water and color together. Now you can observe that I have created an outline of hills and then fill in solid black color in the inner portion. Mountains generally have a very natural and random shape. There isn't any specific form you can create your own composition of the mountains as well. It is absolutely fine. Once you're done painting the mountains, you can simply draw two vertical lines. Then we are going to start from the topmost portion, creating these little strokes. As you move towards the bottom area, simply increase the size of the strokes that you're making. It is a very simple and easy technique to paint pine trees. Now you can relate it with the class project. Now we have another class project where we have these pointy Hills. It's a very easy and simple technique. Again, you just have to create the outline using the tip of your quill brush. No need to hurry at all. You can create a beautiful composition according to your convenience. Once you're done with the outline, you can fill in solid black color in the inner portion. Make sure that there is no wide space left because it will not look nice. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. This is how you have to paint a pointy hill sill out for this particular class project. Now if you observe another class project, we have some beautiful landscape area in the bottom portion and a giant tree. It is a very simple and easy technique. You just have to draw a horizontal line in the bottom part. Then we are going to add these little strokes, creating some amazing landscape area using the tip of your quill brush, of course. And then you have to fill in solid black color. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Once you're done painting the landscape area in the bottom portion, you just have to simply use the tip of your quill brush, create a beautiful outline of a tree. Comparative to the class project, I'm trying to add some little trees, so no need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a slow and steady manner. Now just connect these little strokes with the bushes that we have painted. In the bottom part, you can definitely play with the shape and the sizes of the plantations that you're going to paint. You can create your own beautiful composition. It is absolutely fine. No need to worry about painting it in the exact same way I have painted. Now if you observe carefully, I'm just adding these little pine trees using some minimal strokes, then I have created a nice landscape area. You have to create the outline first, and then you have to fill in solid black color in the inner portion. Once you're done with the topmost portion, you can add these little strokes, creating some nice grassy effect on the topmost area. I have basically started from the left portion and slowly I'll be moving towards the right area. Now, once we are done adding the grassy effect in the bottom portion, we can just paint a huge tree. You can start by creating the outline of the entire tree using the tip of the quill brush in case you find that your color is getting finished. From the brush, you can take some more color from the color palette. Make sure that you have more color and less water in the brush because it will decrease the saturation of the color. Now once you're done with the entire tree, you can enhance it by adding some more little strokes in the outline. Now I'll be just taking some smaller strokes, connecting it with the main tree trunk. You can experiment with the shape and the size of the entire tree as well. If you observe carefully, it's a very fun part. Creating some beautiful sellouts. I would personally suggest you to create your own sell outs as well. You can experiment all the time in your practicing journal. Now, if you observe the class project in the right hand side, there is some nice houses in the bottom portion and we have some bushes as well with a night lamb. Let us practice that as well. You just have to create the outline first. And using the tip of the quill brush, it will be really easy to create the outline. No need to worry about painting it in the exact same way I have painted. You can create your own composition of the houses and the roof as well, so you can observe a beautiful outline. Once you're done with the outline, you just have to fill in solid black color in the inner portion. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Make sure that there is no wide space left in the entire sill out. It will not look nice. Once we are done with the entire sill out, we're going to add some minor details like adding some chimneys in the topmost portion. So it's a very simple and easy technique. Simply use the tip of your quill brush of size zero and add these rectangular shapes which are very small, creating some minor details. We're also going to add some nice fence effects. You can add these little horizontal and vertical lines. This particularly makes the entire sellout look a little bit more aesthetically appealing. Now if you observe another class project carefully, we have a nice small boat that you can practice. You just have to create a triangular shape using the tip of your quill brush and fill in solid black color in the inner portion. It's a very simple and easy technique to create a sell out for a boat. Once you're done adding the triangular shape and a vertical line, you can add the body of the boat using the tip of your quill brush, you can connect the triangular shape and the line that we have created. This is a very simple and easy technique to create a sellout of a boat. I'll be taking my round brush of size three and we're going to add some windows in the hill out of the house that we painted. It's a very simple and easy technique. You just have to apply these rectangular shapes. We are done with the entire practice sheet. Let me take you a little bit closer so that you can observe all the details carefully with the labelings. The practice sheet will help you a lot to develop confidence while painting, and the chances of making mistakes will be very less. It would be really great if you practice all the elements before starting with the class projects. Now let us move towards the next part. 5. Lets Cut the Paper: Everybody. Now let us learn how to cut an six size paper into a perfect square. If you observe all the class projects carefully, it's a perfect square that I have created using an six size watercolor paper. It's a very simple and easy technique. No need to worry about that if you observe carefully the six size paper in front of you. It's a simple, rectangular shape paper. These are basically watercolor papers, and it is 300 GSM. The GSM basically means the thickness of the paper so that we can apply heavy watercolor washes on it. You can observe this particular class project. It's a simple square shape. We are going to convert the rectangular shape of the watercolor paper into a perfect square. It's a very easy and simple technique. I'm going to use a simple ruler to do this particular step. You can observe that we have a smaller side of the paper, which is basically of 11 centimeters if you observe carefully. Similarly, we are going to mark 11 centimeters on the longer side as well. Simply place your ruler in this horizontal manner and mark it at 11 centimeters. Using your pencil, you can use a simple dot to do that. Now place your ruler in this vertical format. Make sure that your ruler is parallel to the paper edge and draw a vertical line. You can observe a square shape. Now carefully, we are going to remove the extra part. You can use a pair of scissor simply and just cut it in a very careful manner. Follow the pencil line. No need to hurry at all. Try to cut it in a very slow and steady manner. Now you can observe that we have separated a beautiful square shape. You can remove the extra part of the paper. We are ready with the entire watercolor paper and you can connect it with the class project right here. This is how you have to cut an six size paper into a perfect square. We are ready to do all the class projects now. Let us move towards the next part. 6. Lets Tape the Paper: Everybody. Before starting with the class project, let us tape the watercolor paper. If you observe all the class projects carefully, you will observe a nice white border which becomes really aesthetically appealing when we remove the masking tape. But before that, we have to apply the masking tape on all the four sides. Now this is a simple wooden surface that I'm using. In case you do not have a wooden surface, you can use a simple writing pad or your entire desk surface as well. Just decide the position where you want to place your watercolor paper. And in this particular class project, you can observe this beautiful white border. We are going to use this particular masking tape. It is simple paper tape that we are going to place on all the four sides. It's a very simple and easy technique of placing the masking tape. But the more precise way you place the masking tape, the better border you'll get. Let us start with the right hand side. Take a piece of the masking tape. Apply some portion of the masking tape onto the watercolor paper and some portion onto the wooden surface. Make sure that the masking tape is parallel with the paper edge. Once you have applied the masking tape, apply a little bit of pressure using your finger or thumb so that the masking tape will get stuck to the watercolor paper, the wooden surface, in a nice manner. Similarly, I'll be applying the masking tape in the bottom portion and the topmost portion. Just make sure that the masking tape is parallel with the paper edge. You apply some good pressure using your fingers, we are done applying the masking tape on all the three sides. Now let us put the masking tape in the last edge as well. You can observe we are done applying the masking tape on all the four sides. This is how you have to do it in all the four class projects. Once we complete the painting, we are going to remove the masking tape and then we get this beautiful white border. Now let us move towards the next part. 7. Painting 1 - Light House: Hey Body, You're most welcome to the first painting which is a lighthouse. As you can observe, I'm ready with my watercolor paper with the masking tape on all the four sides. I'll be using a simple pencil to create a horizon line. The horizon line basically separates the sky area and the water body. I'll be using my Quill brush of size two and we're going to apply a thin coat of water just above the horizon line. Because we are going to paint the sky area first. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply an even coat of water. Make sure that there is no space left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper. The reason behind applying a thin coat of water initially, is because we want a good blend of all the water colors together. This is basically known as a wet on wet technique. You can observe we have applied a nice coat of water. Now I'll be taking some vermilion from the color palette. And we can add a little bit of orange in it as well. No need to hurry at all. Try to make a good consistency of water and color together. And simply apply a simple horizontal stroke just above the horizon line. You can observe we have created a nice patch of vermilion on the bottom portion, just above the horizon line. It's a simple horizontal movement of the brush. I'll be taking some crimson red from the color palette. As you can observe. Again, you have to make a good combination of color and water together. Start from the topmost portion and slowly move towards the bottom area. You will observe a line of separation between both the colors. You can simply clean your quill brush and dab it onto the tissue paper. Then you can just blend both the colors together. By applying another horizontal stroke, you can observe a beautiful gradient effect from crimson, red to vermilion. Now let us apply another thin coat of water on the water body area, just below the horizon line. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply an even coat of water. The water is having a little bit of color, but that is absolutely fine. I'll be taking some crimson red. We're going to start applying the color just below the horizon line. Slowly move towards the bottom area. Now similarly, we'll be taking some darker tone of vermillion applied from the bottom portion and slowly move towards the above area. You can carefully observe this time we do not have a beautiful gratin defect, but we wanted to keep the water body a little bit darker. It's creating a nice depth. I'll be taking some darker tone of crimson red in the color palette using Michel brush of size zero to make it a little bit more darker. You can add a little bit of brown also. It is absolutely fine. Now you can observe I'm just adding these little horizontal strokes in a random manner. These horizontal strokes basically are replicating the waves in the water body. There isn't any specific way of adding them. You can just create your own composition of adding them. You can just observe a nice contrast between the background color and the strokes that we are applying right now. This basically creates a nice aesthetic to the entire water body. We are done painting the sky area and the water body. Now let us move towards the elements that we are going to paint in the entire landscape area. Now in the color palette, observe carefully. I'll be using my Quill brush of size zero. I'll be taking some solid black color. No need to hurry at all. Try to make a good composition of color and water together that we get a nice consistency. At the same time we want the color to be very much saturated. I'll be starting from the middle portion, just above the horizon line, creating an outline. Basically, there's going to be a huge mountain body, you can observe, I have created an outline in the topmost portion. Similarly, I'll be adding the outline on the horizon line. Once you're done with the outline, you just have to simply fill in solid black color in the inner portion. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Make sure that there is no wide space left in between. Also, you can use the tip of your quill brush to paint. In smaller portions, we have painted the entire mountain body on the right hand side area. Slowly, you can add these little horizontal strokes just below the horizon line to get a nice reflection effect. As you move towards the bottom portion, you can simply decrease the size of the horizontal strokes that you're making. This particular step basically creates the shadow for the entire mountain body. Now similarly, we are going to add another mountain body on the left hand portion. It's going to be the same step. You have to create the outline first, and then you have to fill in solid black color in the inner portion. In case you find that your color is getting finished from the brush, you can take some more color from the color palette. Just make sure that you have a good saturated color and less water in it. Now, Similarly, I'll be adding reflection effect for the mountain body on the left hand side as well. Just adding these little horizontal strokes using the tip of the Quill brush. As I'm moving towards the bottom part, I'll simply decrease the size of the strokes. We are done painting the mountain bodies on the left and right hand side portion. I'll be adding a little bit of mountain on the horizon line. Similarly, we're going to add some rock bodies in the water body as well. It's a very simple and easy step. You just have to create a small outline. Rock bodies are also generally having a very natural and organic shape. You can create your own shapes and composition of the rock bodies as well. You just have to create a random outline and then fill in solid black color in the inner portion in case you find it a little bit difficult to paint it directly towards your final painting. What you can do is you can practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. This will help you a lot to develop confidence while painting, and the chances of making mistakes will be very less. I'm going to add a beautiful lighthouse on the right hand side mountain body. You just have to create these vertical lines diverging both the sides, and you have to fill in solid black color in the inner portion. Once we are done painting the lighthouse structure, we're going to add a little bit of details on the topmost portion. Just add a little bit of horizontal and vertical lines together to create some nice details. And you're going to paint a little bit of dome shape, which is basically semicircular. You can use the tip of your quill brush to paint in smaller portion and a small vertical line in the topmost portion. This basically creates some nice details in the entire lighthouse. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. It is absolutely fine. Take your time. In fact, you can decide the position of the lighthouse. Also, you can experiment and you can decide the position of the rock bodies, create your own composition. Now I'll be adding some more details to the entire scenery. We're going to paint some beautiful coconut trees, and it's a very simple and easy technique. You just have to use the tip of your quill brush of size zero. Add these little strokes and convert them into these smaller bushes. This basically replicates the leaves of the coconut trees. We are basically adding two bushes on the mountain body on the left hand side, I'll be adding few more coconut trees on the mountain body on the right hand side as well, you can play with the shape and the size of the coconut trees as well. It is absolutely fine. Simply use the tip of your quill brush. You have to just create these little strokes, converting them into these small bushes in case you're not that much confident enough to paint it directly towards your final painting. You do not want to spoil your beautiful gradient background. What you can do is you can practice this particular sill out on a rough scrape of paper or on a practice sheet, and then you can come towards your final painting. This will help your lot to develop confidence while painting, and the chances of making mistakes will be very less. Also, in case you find that your color is getting a little bit finished from the brush and you're not getting that much saturated color. You can take some more color from the color palette, Make a good composition of color and water together. Now, once we are done painting the bushes and the topmost portion of the coconut tree, we are going to use the tip of the quill brush and paint these stems connecting it with the mountain body. Apply least pressure on the brush. We are done with the entire landscape area. Now let's add a nice sun in the entire sky area as well. I'll be using my round brush of size three. Take some good amount of solid white color in it and just paint a small circular shape. We are done with the entire painting and it's a very easy minimal painting. Now let us remove the masking tape. Try to remove the masking tape in an angle so that you do not end up tearing your beautiful painting. You can already observe a beautiful white border. Let me take you a little bit closer so that you can observe all the details carefully. I hope that you enjoyed creating this particular painting. Now let us move towards the next painting. 8. Painting 2 - Minimal Hills: Everybody, you're most welcome to the second painting, which is Minimal Hills. As you can observe, I'm ready with my watercolor paper and the masking tape on all the four sides. I'll be using a simple pencil to draw a horizon line which basically separates the sky area and the water body. I'll be taking my Quill brush of size two and we're going to apply a thin coat of water just above the horizon line. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply an even coat of water. Make sure that there is no space left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper. You can observe the movement of my quill brush. It's a simple horizontal movement. This is basically known as a wet on wet technique, in which we apply a thin coat of water initially and then the color so that we can get a nice blend of the colors and the colors can spread naturally. I've taken some good amount of crimson, red color in the quill brush of size two. And you can observe from the topmost portion, I've started to apply it in this random manner, leaving some white space in between. So it's a very simple and easy technique to create an abstract background. Now just simply clean your quill brush and we are going to take some Vermilion. Take some good amount of vermilion and start applying it just above the horizon line. This time we are just applying the color in between the white spaces. Still you can leave some white space in between. It is absolutely fine. It's an abstract background. No need to take it that seriously. Wherever you want to apply more color, apply more pressure on the brush. And wherever you want to have thinner strokes, just use the tip of your quill brush. This is how we have to paint a beautiful abstract background using two water colors. Now let us paint the water body as well. Just simply clean your quill brush. Take some good amount of crimson, red color and apply it just below the horizon line. It's a simple horizontal movement. Slowly move towards the bottom area. We want a good saturated color. Try to have less water and more color in your quill brush. Make sure that there is no space left between the watercolor paper and the masking tape. Now I'll be taking my quill brush of size zero. And I have taken some good amount of solid black color in it. And we are going to paint some beautiful hills. So it's a very simple and easy technique. We're going to create the outline initially and then we are going to fill in solid black color in the inner portion. Mountains and hills generally have a very natural and organic shape. There isn't any specific way of painting them. You can create your own natural and organic shape of the hills. And it is absolutely fine if you do not paint it in the exact same way I'm painting right now. You can create your own composition as well. You can even decide the position of the hills according to your convenience. Right now I'm painting the hills just above the horizon line. I'm creating the natural outline of the hills using the tip of my quill brush, and then I'm filling in solid black color inside. Now I'll be just painting another hill, which is going to be a little bit bigger. So you can observe that I'm using the tip of my quill brush and creating these pointy tips. Make sure that you have more color and less water in your quill brush. Try to create a good composition of color and water together in case you do not want to decrease the saturation of your solid black color, try to have more color and less water. Also, in case you're not that much confident enough to paint the hills directly towards your final painting and you do not want to spoil your abstract background. What you can do is you can just practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. This will definitely help you a lot to develop confidence while painting, and the chances of making mistakes will be very less. As you can observe, we have painted a big hill as well. Now we are going to add few more hills in the foreground. These hills are going to be in the water body. I'm starting from the right hand side and I'm slowly moving towards the left area. You can observe, again, I have drawn the outline first and then I'm filling in solid black color in the inner portion. You can also observe a beautiful contrast between the hills and the background color that we have created. While you're painting the hills, make sure that there is no white space left in between. That will not look nice once the entire sellout dries. Now I'm adding few more hills in between the water body. It is absolutely fine if you want to create your own composition of the hills, but I hope that you got an exact idea of how to paint them in case you find that the color is getting finished from your brush, you can definitely take some more color from the color palette. Now to make the hills look a little bit more in depth and detail, what you can do is you can take some solid black color from the color palette. Start applying these little horizontal strokes, starting from the main hill, move towards the bottom area, and decrease the size of the strokes that you're making. This basically creates a nice reflection effect. We are basically painting some reflection effect of the hills towards the water body. No need to hurry at all. Try to do this particular step in a very slow and steady manner. Apply least pressure on the brush and just simply make these little horizontal strokes enhancing the entire hill. You can observe carefully that the horizontal strokes are slowly getting vanished as I move towards the bottom area, in case you're not that much confident enough to apply the reflection effect directly towards your hills, You do not want to spoil your beautiful background that you have created. What you can do is just simply practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. This will help you a lot to develop confidence and improvise your hand movement and the chances of making mistakes will also be very less you can observe. Now the hills look very much in depth and the scenery becomes a little bit more aesthetic. Using the same quill brush, I'm going to add a little bit of waves, which are going to be very much in contrast with the background. Take some solid black color and apply these little horizontal strokes. Now I'll be using my round brush of size three. Take some solid white color in it and just paint a circular shape. You can decide the position of the sun according to your convenience. It is absolutely fine. I have placed it in the left hand portion. Now using the same brush, we can add some reflection effect. You just have to use the same brush and apply these little horizontal strokes just below the horizon line slowly. As you move towards the bottom area, you can simply decrease the size of the strokes that you're making. A while you're moving towards the bottom area, you can simply decrease the pressure on the brush as well. No need to hurry at all. Try to do this particular step in a very slow and steady manner. We are done with the entire painting. Now let us remove the masking tape. Try to remove the masking tape in an angle so that you do not end up tearing your beautiful painting. This is also one of the most satisfying step while removing the masking tape, and you can already observe a beautiful white border. Now let me take you a little bit closer so that you can observe all the details carefully. It's a very simple and minimal painting. No need to hurry at all. Try to complete the entire project with a lot of patience. I hope that you enjoyed creating this particular class project. Feel free to explore and experiment with the entire scenery. Now let us move towards the next painting. 9. Painting 3 - Orange Sunset: Everybody, you're most welcome to the third painting, which is an orange sunset As you can observe. I'm ready with my watercolor paper with the masking tape on all the four sides. I'll be using a simple pencil to draw a horizon line. It's a simple horizontal line which separates the sky area and the water area. Now I'll be using my Quill brush of size two and we're going to apply a thin coat of water on the upper portion, just above the horizon line. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply an even coat of water on the entire watercolor surface. Make sure that there is no space left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper. This is basically known as a wet on wet technique, in which we apply a thin coat of water initially. So that the colors can blend in a nice way in the color palette. As you can observe, we are going to take some good amount of vermilion, which is basically very near to red. Try to make a good composition of water and color together. Simply apply these horizontal strokes just above the horizon line and slowly move towards the above portion. Now we are going to clean the Quill brush, and I'm going to take some good amount of gambage, which is very near to yellow color. Start applying it from the topmost portion. Slowly move towards the bottom area, and you will observe a beautiful gradient effect between both the colors. So you can get a nice blend by applying these horizontal strokes in between. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Let the background dry for a while. I'll be taking my quill brush of size zero. Take some saturated amount of vermilion. In case you find there is axis amount of water in your brush, just simply dab it onto the tissue paper. You can add a little bit of crimson red as well. We have to create these little strokes which are basically the clouds. You can observe the movement of the quill brush now slowly start applying it onto the background. There isn't any specific way of applying these horizontal strokes in the sky area. You can randomly apply it using the tip of your quill brush. Apply very less pressure on the brush and try to keep your hand very much loose and do not make it stiff. You can increase the amount of strokes that you're making near the horizon line. As you move towards the above portion, you can decrease the amount of strokes that you're making. You can observe, I'm just randomly moving my Quill brush. There isn't any specific way of painting them in case you're not that much confident enough to paint the clouds directly towards your beautiful gradient background. What you can do is you can practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. This will help you a lot to develop confidence and the chances of making mistakes will be less. Now let us paint the water body. I'll be taking my quill brush of size two and we're going to take some water. There is a little bit of gambage in it, but it is absolutely fine. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. We are going to take some vermilion and orange together and we're going to add some nice horizontal strokes to create some depth and detail into the water body. You can observe I have applied a simple horizontal stroke near the horizon line and then slowly moving towards the bottom area. Now you can observe a beautiful depth in the entire water body. You can take some good amount of gambage from the color palette, try to have less water and more color. You can slowly apply it in the bottom portion. Now we're going to add few horizontal strokes in the water body as well, using some vermilion from the color palette. Again, I'll be taking my quill brush of size zero. And you can observe, we're going to add these little horizontal strokes near the horizon line. We're not going to apply a lot of horizontal strokes, you can just simply apply a few of them in a very random and natural way. There isn't any specific way of painting them. It is absolutely fine. No need to worry about painting it in the exact same way I'm painting right now. You can add the horizontal strokes according to your convenience. As well, you can observe a beautiful depth in the entire water body as well. This basically creates a nice contrast. Now let us take some solid black color in the color palette. Make a good combination of color and water together. Make sure that you do not add a lot of water in the color. It will decrease the saturation of the color. We're going to paint some beautiful mountains just above the horizon line. I'll be taking my quill brush of size zero. I have created the outline. And then you have to fill in solid black color in the inner portion. If you have observed carefully, mountains generally have a very natural and organic shape. There isn't any specific way of painting them in case you want to create your own natural organic shape of the mountains, that is absolutely fine. No need to worry about painting it in the exact same way I have painted. You can observe that I have painted two smaller mountains in between and one bigger mountain on the right hand side as well. Try to paint the mountains in a very slow and steady manner. Make sure that there is no space left between the entire solid black color. It will not look nice when it dries up. Similarly, we are going to add few more rock bodies in the water area as well. The step is absolutely same, you just have to create the outline first, and then you have to fill in solid black color in the inner portion. I'm randomly going to scatter some rock bodies in the entire water body area. There isn't any specific composition that I'm creating right now. In fact, you can create your own composition of the rock bodies as well. In case you find that there is axis amount of water in your brush and less color, you can simply dab your brush to the tissue paper, it will remove axis amount of water. I'll be adding few horizontal strokes just below the mountains that we have painted to create some nice depth and reflection effect. Try to apply least pressure on your quill brush and just make these little horizontal strokes. As you move towards the bottom area, simply decrease the size of the strokes that you're making. This basically creates a nice depth in the entire rock bodies and the mountains that we have painted. It creates a nice reflection effect onto the water body as well. This particular step requires a lot of patience, and you have to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. No need to hurry at all in case you're not that much confident enough to paint the reflection effect directly towards your final painting. What you can do is you can practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. It will help you a lot to develop confidence and hand movement, and the chances of making mistakes will be very less. Now, you can observe carefully that we have painted the mountains and the rock bodies in the entire scenery. Now let us paint a beautiful tree. So it's going to be a very simple and easy step. I'll be using my quill brush of size zero. You just have to create the outline first by adding these little strokes, So be very much careful. Just use the tip of your quill brush and add these little strokes, forming a beautiful bush for the entire tree. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply these little strokes in a slow and steady manner. In fact, you can play with the shape of the entire tree as well. Now, once you're done with the outline, you just have to fill in solid black color in the inner portion. Make sure that there is no space left in between. You can in fact, apply few more strokes to create some nice composition of the entire bush. Now once we are done painting the entire bush, we are going to paint the trunk of the entire tree as well. Just simply add these little minor strokes using the tip of your quill brush, which are basically the branches and connect it to one single trunk. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Carefully use the tip of your quill brush so that you can paint some little strokes. Apply least pressure on it now. Similarly, we are going to add some bushes on the topmost portion and the bottom area. Let us start with the topmost portion. We're going to add a very rough and random outline. First, we're going to add the entire bush on the top right corner. I'm just adding these little strokes using the tip of my quill brush and creating a bush. Once we are done creating the outline in this natural manner, we are going to fill in solid black color in the entire portion. You can observe that I have painted it with solid black color in the inner portion. Make sure that there is no space left between the watercolor paper and the masking tape. It will not look nice when we remove the masking tape after applying a solid black color. You can also use the tip of your quill brush and add these little strokes again, you can observe how beautiful the entire bush looks. Now, if you have observed plants carefully, they generally have a very natural and organic shape. There isn't any specific way of painting them. You can create your own natural composition and shape of the entire plants as well. In fact, you can decide the position of the bush in the entire scenery according to your convenience. It is absolutely fine you can explore and experiment in the entire scenery. Now, similarly, we are going to add few more plantations in the bottom portion as well. Again, these are going to be some beautiful bushes. The step is absolutely same. We're going to use the same quill brush of size zero. Take some solid black color in it. In case you find there is axis amount of water in your brush, just simply dab your brush to the tissue paper so that axis amount of water will be removed. Try to get a nice saturation of solid black color. You can observe I have created a very natural and random line combining these little strokes together. Once we are done with the entire outline, you just have to apply solid black color in the inner portion. Just make sure that there is no space left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper. Now, once you are done adding a solid black color in the entire portion, you can again use the tip of your quill brush to enhance the beautiful bushes that we have painted in the bottom area. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Now I'll be taking my round brush of size three and we are going to paint a beautiful sun in the sky area. Just take some solid white color in the color palette. Add a little bit of water to loosen the color up. Now we are just going to paint a beautiful sun. You can decide the position of the sun according to your convenience. You just have to paint a small circular shape using the same round brush. We're going to add a noise reflection effect in the water body. Just simply add these little horizontal strokes and we're done with the entire painting. Now slowly remove the masking tape in an angle so that you do not end up tearing your beautiful painting. Let me take you a little bit closer so that you can observe all the details carefully. I hope that you enjoyed creating this particular painting and got to learn something new. Feel free to explore and experiment with the water colors. You can create your own composition of the entire scenery as well. Now let us move towards the next painting. 10. Painting 4 - Blue Sky: Everybody, you're most welcome to the fourth painting, which is a blue sky. As you can observe. I'm ready with my watercolor paper and the masking tape on all the four sides. This time, we are not going to draw a horizon line. I'm going to simply take my Quill brush of size two and I'm going to apply a thin coat of water. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply an even coat of water. Make sure that there is no space left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper. This is basically known as a wet on wet technique, in which we apply a thin coat of water initially and then the watercolors that the colors can blend in an ice way. Now we are going to paint a beautiful sky. Now if you observe in the color palette, I'm going to take some good saturated color of Cerline Blue, try to make a good composition of color and water together in the color palette. We're going to use the same quill brush of size two. We're going to start applying the color from the topmost portion. You can observe it's a simple horizontal movement. Slowly, I'll be moving towards the bottom area. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. In case you find that there is axis amount of water in your brush, just simply dab it onto the tissue paper. Now we're going to take another darker tone of a blue shade, which is crucian blue. I'll be just cleaning my quill brush in water. Take some good amount of Prussian blue from the color palette. As you can observe, make a good composition of color and water together and slowly start applying it from the bottom part and will move towards the upper portion. Now using the tip of your quill brush, you can make these little horizontal strokes in a curved manner. This particular blue color is a little bit darker than the first one. That's why the clouds will appear in a nice contrast with the background color. One thing you can keep in mind while working with watercolors is that the saturation of the color, which you can observe right now, will be one shade lighter when it dries up, you can take the saturation of the color according to your convenience. Try to have less amount of water and more color. If you want to get a nice vibrant background, you can observe I'm adding a few more horizontal strokes on the above portion to get a nice cloud effect. Now, let the background dry for a while. In the color palette, I'll be taking some solid black color. I'll be using my Quill brush of size zero and we're going to paint some beautiful mountains. It's a very simple and easy step. They're going to create the outline first and then we'll be filling in solid black color in the inner portion. As you all know that mountains generally have a very natural and organic shape, there isn't any specific way of painting them. You can create your own composition of two to three mountains according to your convenience as well, in case you want to paint it in the exact same way I'm painting right now, that is also absolutely fine. Just make sure that there is no space left between the masking tape and the water color that we are applying right now. Also, try to make a good consistency of solid black color. Try to have less amount of water and more color that will give you a nice saturation of all the mountains that we have painted right now. Now, apart from the mountains, let us add few more elements to enhance the entire painting. I'll be taking my Quill brush of size zero and we're going to add some bushes on the top right corner. So it's a very simple and easy step. We're going to take some solid black color in the brush, and you just have to use the tip of your brush and create these little strokes combining together, forming a very natural and organic outline. No need to hurry at all. Try to do this particular step in a very slow and steady manner. Again, I'll be telling you the same thing, that even plantations are having a very natural and organic shape. There isn't any specific way of painting them. You can see there is a very natural and organic outline that I've created. Once you're done with the outline, you just have to fill in solid black color in the inner portion, so you can observe how beautiful the entire bush will look after even applying a solid black color in the inner portion. You can also enhance the outline, again, by using the tip of your quill brush. Try to apply very less pressure and create these little strokes forming some beautiful leaves in the outer portion. Also, in case you want to create your own composition of the bushes coming inside the entire scenery, that is also absolutely fine. You can decide the position, you can play with the shape and the sizes of the bushes as well. Now, similarly, I'll be creating some more bushes in the right area. Now we are going to have another bush that is coming inside the entire scenery, but it is going to be a little bit smaller the bush that we have created on the right hand side top corner. Now this time we are applying it on the left hand side, so you can observe that it is a little bit smaller in size, but the steps and method is absolutely same. You just have to use the tip of your quill brush, apply a nice outline, and then you can fill in solid black color in the inner portion. Just make sure that you do not leave any space between the masking tape and the solid black color. It will not look nice when we remove the entire masking tape. Also, in case you're not that much confident enough to paint the bushes directly towards your final painting and you do not want to spoil your beautiful abstract background. What you can do is you can practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. It will help you a lot to develop confidence and improvise your hand movement, and the chances of making mistakes will be very less. Now we can even improvise on the aesthetics of the entire painting. What we are going to do is that we are going to create a nice plantation near the mountain area on the right hand side, you can observe I'm just repeating the same step, creating some beautiful outline, using little strokes, using the tip of my quill brush. And then I have just fill in solid black color in the inner portion. And I'm just making sure that I'm not leaving any space between the masking tape and the watercolor paper. If you observe carefully, I'm using the tip of my Quill brush to create these little dots on the outline which basically replicates the leaves. And it's fill out basically, no need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Take your time. Keep your hand very much loose and calm. So now I'm going to add few more bushes near the plantations that we have painted on the above portion. So it's a very simple and easy step. You just have to use the tip of your quill brush again, Apply very less pressure on it, and just create this beautiful bush. You just have to apply these minimal strokes, forming a natural and organic shape. It is absolutely fine. No need to worry about painting it in the exact same way I'm painting right now. Similarly, you can create one more bush which is a little bit smaller than the first one. And then using the tip of the quill brush, you can just connect it using these little strokes, which basically replicates the branches you can observe. It creates a nice contrast with the background and it also enhances the entire plantation that we have painted. On the topmost portion, we are almost done with the entire sell out. I'll be taking some solid white color using my Quill brush of size zero and we are going to paint a beautiful sun. You can decide the position of the sun according to your convenience. You just have to paint a small circular shape. You can observe the white sun creates a very beautiful contrast with the dark blue background. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner, and we are done with the entire painting. Now let us remove the masking tape. No need to hurry at all. Try to remove the masking tape in a very slow and steady manner. Try to remove it in an angle so that you do not end up tearing your beautiful painting. Now let me take you a little bit closer so that you can observe all the details carefully. I hope that you enjoyed creating this particular class project. It's a very minimal and simple painting that you will definitely enjoy creating. Now let us move towards the next painting. 11. Painting 5 - Purple Sky: Hey buddy, you're most welcome to the fifth painting, which is a purple sky. As you can observe, I'm ready with my watercolor paper and the masking tape on all the four sides. I'll be using a simple pencil to draw a horizon line, which is basically a simple horizontal line. This horizontal line basically separates the sky area and the water body. Now I'll be using my Quill brush of size two and we're going to apply some clear water on the topmost portion, just above the horizon line. We're going to paint the sky area. First, try to take some good amount of water and apply a thin coat of water on the entire surface. No need to worry at all. Try to apply an even coat of water and make sure that there is no space left between the watercolor paper and the masking tape. Now in the same quill brush of size two, you just have to take some nice crimson color. Just apply it above the horizon line and slowly move towards the above area. Now simply clean your quill brush again and we're going to take some nice darker tone of purple. Just simply clean your quill brush carefully, and in the color palette you can observe, we are trying to make a good composition of purple color with water. Now you just have to start applying the color from the topmost portion and slowly move towards the bottom area. No need to hurry at all. It's a simple horizontal movement. In order to get a nice gradient background and to get a better blend, you can just apply some more horizontal strokes. The more horizontal strokes you apply, the better blend you'll get. You can observe that I'm using the tip of my quill brush as well. You can observe a beautiful blend between purple and crimson together. Now let us paint the water body as well. Taking some good amount of water in the brush, there is a little bit of color, but it is absolutely fine. You just have to apply a thin coat of water again and take some good amount of purple from the color palette. You can observe that this time we have some nice darker tone of purple. I have just applied it below the horizon line and slowly be moving towards the bottom area. Now to get a lighter tone of purple, I'll be taking some solid white color in the quill brush, and you can just apply it on the bottom portion and slowly move towards the above area. You can observe a nice lighter tone in the bottom area and a darker tone of purple in the topmost portion. Now let the background dry for a while. Now in the color palette, if you observe carefully, I'll be taking some good amount of solid black color. Make a good composition of color and water together. Try to have more color and less water so that you can get a nice saturation of the color. Now on the horizon line, you can observe using the tip of my quill brush of size zero, I have just applied a horizontal line. Then slowly you have to create this beautiful outline, creating a nice mountain body. The first mountain body on the left side is a little bit smaller and the right hand side mountain body is a little bit bigger so you can create a very natural and organic outline. It is absolutely fine. You can create your own composition of the mountain as well. Now once you're done with the outline, you just have to fill in solid black color in the inner portion. Make sure that there is no space left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper. Also, try to avoid wide spaces in between. Now using the same quill brush of size zero, I have created another horizontal line. First leaving some space in between, which is basically the water body only. We have created this nice landscape area. Once you create the outline of the entire landscape area, you can simply fill in the solid black color in the inner portion. No need to hurry at all. Try to do this particular step in a very slow and steady manner. Just apply very less pressure because we are using the tip of the quill brush. In case you find that there is axis amount of water in your brush, just simply dab your brush onto the tissue paper so that axis amount of water will be removed. Now we are painting some nice rock bodies in the water body area. You can observe I'm just creating these little shapes and having some solid black color in the inner portion. Similarly, we have left some water body space between the mountains and the landscape area there. Also, you can create these little rock bodies whenever you want to paint. In a very smaller portion, you can just use the tip of your quill brush and apply very less pressure on it so that you can paint in very small portion. Now, in order to enhance the landscape area, you can just add these little horizontal strokes near the outline of the entire landscape portion and the mountain body that we have painted. In case you find your brush moving a little bit rough on the watercolor paper, you can definitely take some more color from the color palette. Now, in order to create some nice depth, you can add these little horizontal strokes below the rock bodies that we have painted. Now I'll be taking some more solid black color from the color palette and we are going to paint a beautiful tree just above the mountain body that we have painted on the left hand side. It's a very simple and easy technique. You just have to use the tip of your quill brush of size zero. Apply these little strokes combining together and it forms a natural outline for an entire tree. As you all know that trees generally have a very natural and organic shape. There isn't any specific way of painting them. You can create your own composition of the entire tree as well. You can decide a very natural shape according to your convenience also. Now once you're done with the entire outline, you just have to fill in solid black color in the inner portion. No need to hurry at all. Try to do this particular step in a very slow and steady manner, and make sure that there is no space left in between. You can use the tip of your quill brush to create a very natural outline. You can just dab your brush and create these nice dotted structure. This basically replicates some beautiful leaves. Now using the same tip, I'm just adding these little branches coming out of the entire bush and combining together to form a beautiful trunk, which is connected to the entire mountain body. Try to apply very less pressure on the brush and use the tip of your quill brush carefully in case you want to practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then come towards your final painting. That is also absolutely fine. Now you can observe that we are done with the entire tree. Now we're going to add a little bush that is coming inside the entire scenery. From the top right corner, I'll be just using my quill brush size zero. Again, using the tip of your quill brush, you just have to create these little strokes combining together, forming a nice bush, and then fill in solid black color in the inner portion. No need to worry about painting it in the exact same way I have painted. You can create your own composition of the entire bush as well. You can play with the shape and size of the entire bush. You can combine two to three bushes on the topmost portion. That is also absolutely fine. You're free to explore and experiment. Now you can observe a beautiful combination of all the elements together, which includes a nice landscape area, some rock bodies, few bushes and elements all together. We can add some nice bush on the left hand side as well, which is a little bit smaller than the first one, But the steps are absolutely same. You just have to create a very organic outline using the tip of your quill brush. Just apply these random strokes and then fill in solid black color in the inner portion. Just make sure that there is no space left between the masking tape and the solid black color. It will not look nice when you remove the masking tape. After the color dries and you find that there is a little bit of space left between the masking tape and the solid black color. Before removing the masking tape, you can reapply the solid black color. It is absolutely fine, but try to do that step before removing the masking tape. Now we're going to add some nice landscape area on the bottom right corner as well. You can create the outline first using the tip of your quill brush. And then you can fill in solid black color as usual. Just make sure that there is no space left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper. Now, using the same method, we're going to paint few more rock bodies, but this time a little bit smaller. You just have to apply very less pressure on the quill brush and apply these little strokes and form some nice rock bodies in the water body area. Again, I'll be telling you the same thing. You can create your own composition as well. You can decide the position of the rock bodies. You can create your own composition as well. You're free to explore in order to enhance the rock bodies, you can add these little horizontal strokes as well. We are done painting all the sill outs, now let us add a beautiful sun. I'll be taking my quill brush of size zero. Take some good amount of solid white color in it, and just try to paint a beautiful circular shape. You can decide the position of the sun according to your convenience. It is absolutely fine. Just try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner and try to create a nice circular shape. You can observe a beautiful contrast with the background and the sun that we have painted now. To create its beautiful reflection effect, you can just add these little horizontal strokes near the horizon line in the water body. As you move towards the bottom area, you can simply decrease the size of the strokes. You can also add these little strokes onto the rock body to enhance the entire rock body area, which is basically the reflection effect. Only now we can observe how beautiful the entire rock body also looks and the landscape area that we have painted on the bottom portion, we are done with the entire scenery. Now let us remove the masking tape. No need to add at all. Try to remove the masking tape in an angle so that you do not end up tearing your beautiful painting. You can observe a beautiful white border once we remove the masking tape. This is one of the most satisfying part as well. Now let me take you a little bit closer so that you can observe all the details carefully. I hope that you enjoyed creating this particular painting and got to learn something new. It's a very simple and minimal scenery that you can create. Now let us move towards the next painting. 12. Painting 6 - The House: Everybody, you're most welcome to the sixth painting, which is the house. As you can observe, I'm ready with my watercolor paper and the masking tape on all the four sides. Now I'm going to use my Quill brush of size two and we are going to apply a thin coat of water on the entire surface of the watercolor paper. No need to hurry at all, try to apply an even coat of water. This is basically known as a wet on wet technique, in which we apply an even coat of water initially. And then watercolors, so that the colors can blend in a nice way. Make sure that there is no space left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper. This time we are having the entire sky area in the background. There is no water body. That's why we have applied a thin coat of water on the entire surface of the watercolor paper. I'll be taking some darker tone of dark green you can observe in the color palette. I'll be using my Quill brush of size two only, and simply start applying it from the topmost portion. No need to hurry at all. And while applying the color, just leave few white spaces in between. You will observe that the color will spread automatically. And you will also observe that we are leaving some white space in between, which somehow gives us a nice cloud effect. You can take some more darker tone of dark green and apply bottom portion and slowly move towards the above area. No need to hurry at all. You can also create a nice combination of dark green and light green together in case you want a darker tone of dark green color, try to have less amount of water and more color. This will basically increase the saturation of the color. Now you can observe that using the tip of my Quill brush, I'm just adding these random strokes which basically creates some nice cloud effect in the entire background. It's a very simple and easy technique. Now let the background dry for a while and let us paint this fill out. I'll be taking some solid black color in the color palette and I'll be using my Quill brush of size zero. We're going to start by applying a nice horizontal and a slopey structure. It's basically a wall structure in the bottom area. And we're going to connect a nice house element in between. As you can observe very carefully, I'm using the tip of my quill brush and I'm just creating the outline first. Now let me create two slopey lines, which is basically the roof of the entire house. No need to hurry at all. Try to do this particular step in a very slow and steady manner. You can just apply some more strokes in the roof of the house to make it a little bit thicker. You can apply a little bit of pressure also. Then we'll continue the line again towards the right inside. This is how we have done a basic building structure in the bottom area. Now take some good amount of solid black color and apply it in the entire portion just below the outline. No need to hurry at all. Make sure that there is no space left in between. And also between the masking tape and the watercolor paper. That will not look nice when we remove the masking tape. Right now you can observe a nice building structure with a beautiful house in between. We're also going to enhance the details. What I'm going to do is that I'm going to use the tip of my quill brush and we are going to create a nice fence. On the topmost portion, you just have to apply very less pressure and create this nice horizontal line, creating these two structures. And then vertical lines which is basically replicating the fence. Similarly, I have repeated the same steps in the right inside as well. Now let us paint some beautiful chimneys. You just have to create these rectangular shape. Whenever you want to paint in a very smaller area, always try to use the tip of your quill brush. Similarly, I'll be adding the chimney in the house as well. You can observe how beautiful the entire scenery looks with a beautiful gradient, green background. Now I'm going to add a nice bush on the roof of the house that we have on the left side. You just have to create these little strokes, create the outline of the entire roof first, and then fill in solid black color in the inner portion. Similarly, we'll be adding one more bush on the left hand side building structure as well. It's a very simple and easy step. You just have to use the tip of your quill brush. Create these little strokes and convert it into an outline. And then fill in solid black color in the inner portion. Now we're going to have a nice lamp post which is going to be on the right hand side. You just have to take some good amount of solid black color paint, a beautiful vertical line, and be very much careful while doing this. Apply very less pressure because we want a very thin line. Now I'll add one slopey line on the top portion and make a semicircular shape. If you want to add minor details into the lamppost, you can just add these little horizontal lines as well. I'll be painting some nice tree element which is coming inside the scenery. In the right hand side, you just have to use the tip of your quill brush and create these random strokes. No need to hurry at all. Try to do it in a very slow and steady manner. As you all know that trees and bushes generally have a very natural and organic shape. There isn't no specific way of painting them. You can create your own composition. You can play with the shape and size of the entire bush as well. You can also decide the position of the tree and the bushes according to your convenience as well. Whenever you're painting any bush or tree element near the masking tape and the watercolor paper, make sure that there is no space left while you're applying a solid black color. Because it will not look nice when we remove the entire masking tape. Now we're going to add few more bushes that are coming into the entire scenery and the step is absolutely same. Just simply take some good amount of solid black color from the color palette and apply these little strokes, forming a beautiful natural outline. No need to hurry at all. Do it in a very slow and steady manner. Try to keep your hand very much loose and calm. Once you're done with the entire natural outline, you can fill in solid black color in the inner portion. Also, after applying a solid black patch, you can again take the tip of your quill brush and add these little strokes to enhance the beauty of the entire bush. If you observe carefully, these little strokes basically replicates the leaves of the entire bush. It's basically part of a huge tree that is coming in the entire scenery. I'm adding some minor details by adding these little strokes in the outline. Similarly, we are going to add few more bushes on the right side top corner as well. The step is going to be absolutely same in case you find that your color is getting finished from the brush, you can definitely take some more color from the color palette. Also, in case you are not that much confident enough to paint the bush directly towards your final painting, you do not want to spoil a beautiful abstract background. What you can do is you can practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. This will help you a lot to develop confidence while painting, and the chances of making mistakes will be very less. That will also help you a lot to develop a nice hand movement and how to keep your hand loose and free while painting. We are done with the entire sell out element. Now I'll be taking some solid white color and we're going to add few elements in the entire scenery. I'll be using my Quill brush of size zero. Add a little bit of water into solid white color and apply it in the topmost portion of the lamp post. You can similarly apply it on the sides of the chimney to enhance them. Similarly, we are going to take some more solid white color. I'm going to paint a beautiful sun. You just have to simply draw a circular shape. You can decide the position of the sun according to your convenience. It is absolutely fine. Just be a little bit careful and try to draw it in a very slow and steady manner. Now similarly, I'll be taking some more solid white color and we're going to paint some nice small windows in the building structure that we have painted in the bottom area. It's a very simple, rectangular shape, in a combination of two. Then we want to paint a nice window for the entire house. You just have to draw a simple square shape. You can use the tip of your quill brush to create the outline first, and then fill in solid white color in the inner portion. It is absolutely fine. No need to hurry at all and try to get a nice shape while painting. In case you want to have a nice saturation of solid white color, try to have less amount of water and more color. In case you find that you are having excess amount of water in your brush, you can simply dab your brush to the tissue paper. It will help you to remove excess amount of water. Now, take the same quill brush of size zero. Take some good amount of solid black color, and we can just enhance the details in the windows. It's a very simple and easy technique. You just have to apply these strokes on the borders so that the white colored square becomes very much perfect. Then you can simply add a vertical and horizontal line, which basically replicates the frame of the entire window. Now you can observe carefully how beautiful the entire window looks. Similarly, we'll be adding these horizontal and vertical strokes in the two windows that we painted on the left hand side as well. No need to hurry at all. Try to do it carefully. We are done with the entire scenery. Let us remove the masking tape. Try to remove the masking tape in an angle so that you do not end up tearing your beautiful painting. If you observe carefully after removing the masking tape, we get this beautiful white border. This is one of the most satisfying part. Let me take you a little bit closer so that you can observe all the details carefully. I hope that you enjoyed creating this particular painting and got to learn something new. Now let us move towards the next painting. 13. Painting 7 - The Boat: Everybody, you're most welcome to the seventh painting, which is the boat. As you can observe, I'm ready with my watercolor paper and the masking tape on all the four sides. I'll be using a simple pencil to draw a horizon line, which is basically a simple horizontal line which separates the sky area and the water body. Let us paint the sky area First I'll be using my Quill brush of size two and we're going to apply a thin coat of water. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply an even coat of water on the entire surface of the watercolor paper above the horizon line. Make sure that there is no space left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper. This is basically known as a wet on wet technique in which we apply a thin coat of water initially, and then color so that the colors can spread in a nice way in the color palette. If you observe carefully, we are going to take some darker tone of crimson, red color. Try to make a good composition of color and water together. No need to hurry at all, Mix the color and water in a nice way. Now we're going to apply the color just above the horizon line. And it's a simple horizontal movement as you can observe. Now slowly move towards the above area, but leave some white portion on the above side. Now I'll be cleaning my quill brush and we're going to take another color. Now this time we're going to take some nice darker tone of vermilion. You can observe in my color palette. Try to make a good composition of water and color together. Try to have less amount of water so that you can get a nice saturated color. Start applying it from the topmost portion, slowly move towards the bottom area. You will observe a small line of suppression between both the colors. Just simply use the tip of your oil brush and apply these horizontal strokes. Now let the background dry for a while. And now let us paint the water body. Take some good amount of color from the water. You can observe it is already colored in some orangish shade, but it is absolutely fine. So you can apply the color just below the horizon line. Take some darker tone of vermilion from the color palette. Try to have less amount of water, and just simply apply it below the horizon line. You can observe the horizontal movement of my quill brush. No need to hurry at all. Make sure that there is no space left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper. Now, I'll be taking my quill brush of size zero. And we're going to take some darker tone of crimson red color from the color palette. And we are going to enhance the water body. You just have to take some darker tone of crimson red and apply these little horizontal strokes just below the horizon line. No need to hurry at all. These are basically waves that we are painting right now. There is no specific way of adding these horizontal strokes. You can add it in a very natural and organic manner. You can create your own composition of these horizontal strokes. Just make sure that you create an nice cluster of horizontal strokes near the horizon line. You will also observe nice contrast with the background color. These horizontal strokes basically creates a nice depth and detail in the entire water body area. We are done with the background, let it dry for a while, and I'll be taking some solid black color in the color palette, as you can observe, make a good composition of color and water together. Now, once your background is completely dry, we are going to create a nice bush On the topmost portion, I'll be just using the tip of my quill brush of size zero. Add these little strokes, forming a nice bush, and just apply solid black color in the inner portion. No need to hurry at all. Make sure that you paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Try to keep your hand very much loose and calm while you're painting in detail. Also, whenever you want to paint in smaller areas, try to use the tip of your quill brush and apply least pressure on it. Now to enhance the entire bush area, you can observe I'm adding these little strokes which are basically replicating some beautiful leaves. One thing that you can keep in mind is that whenever you're applying solid black color near to the masking tape, make sure that there is no space left between the masking tape and the color that you're applying. Because it will not look nice when they remove the masking tape at the end. It might happen that when the color is a little bit wet, you're not able to see where the color is not being applied. Wait for the color to dry for a while, and then you can observe the empty spaces. In case there are any empty spaces, you can reapply solid black color on it. It is absolutely fine. You can observe that we have created a nice composition of this beautiful bush that is coming into the, from the top right corner. As you all know that trees generally have a very natural and organic shape, you can create your own composition as well. I'll be painting some nice rock bodies on the water area. We are starting from the rock bodies just above the horizon line. You can create the outline of the rock bodies initially, and then you can fill in solid black color in the inner portion. Mountains and rock bodies are also very much natural and they do have a organic shape. No need to worry about painting it in the exact same way I'm painting right now. You can experiment and create your own shapes and sizes of the mountains as well. Once we have painted few rock bodies just above the horizon line, we can add few more rock bodies in the water body area as well. It's a very simple and easy technique. Just simply use the tip of your quill brush. Apply a little bit of pressure and try to create these beautiful shapes. Also, in case you're not that much confident enough to paint the rock bodies or even the bushes directly towards your final painting and you do not want to spoil your beautiful gradient background. What you can do is you can practice it on a rough scrape of paper. Initially, you can get a better hand movement and then you can come towards your final painting. This will help you a lot to develop confidence while painting, and the chances of making mistakes will be very less. Now you can observe that I have added few more rock bodies in the bottom area in a cluster of three. You can design it in the cluster of four or five rock bodies as well. Now, in order to get some nice depth and detail, just take some good amount of solid black color in your brush. In case you find that there is axis amount of water in your brush, you can dab it onto the tissue paper so that the axis amount of water will be removed. Now we can just add a nice reflection effect of the rock body onto the water area. You just have to create these little horizontal strokes just below the rock bodies. As you move towards the bottom area, you can decrease the size of the horizontal strokes that you're making also apply very less pressure on the brush. Similarly, we'll be adding the reflection effect onto the rock bodies on the right hand side as well. No need to hurry at all. Try to do this particular step in a very slow and steady manner. Try to keep your hand very much free and loose. Now we are going to paint the main element of the entire scenery, which is going to be a beautiful boat that we are placing in the center of the entire scenery. So I'll be starting from the top portion of the entire boat, which is basically creating a triangular shape in case you want to grade the outline of the entire triangle first and then fill in solid black color inside. That is also absolutely fine. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Use the tip of your quill brush to paint in smaller area, apply very less pressure. Now similarly, I have added one more string, which is basically a rope in the entire boat. Now we are going to paint the entire body of the boat as well. You can just create a nice horizontal stroke, no need to hurry at all. Just paint it in a very slow and steady manner. You can carefully observe the movement of my brush. It's a very simple and easy technique to paint a boat. Now to create its reflection effect, we are going to follow the same steps. You just have to create these horizontal strokes just on the bottom part of the entire boat. As you move towards the bottom area, just decrease the size of the strokes that you're making. This basically creates a nice depth to the entire boat as well, and its reflection effect onto the water area. In case you find any empty spaces in between, you can fill in solid black color inside. We are done with the entire scenery. Now let us remove the masking tape. Try to remove the masking tape in an angle so that you do not end up tearing. Your beautiful painting can observe a beautiful wide border as we remove the masking tape. This is one of the most satisfying part as well. Let me take you a little bit closer so that you can observe all the details carefully. I hope that you enjoyed creating this particular painting and got to learn something new. It's a simple scenery with minimal elements. You will definitely enjoy painting it. Now let us move towards the next painting. 14. Painting 8 - Green Sunset: Hey everybody. You're most welcome to the eighth painting, which is green sunset. As you can observe, I'm ready with my watercolor paper and the masking tape on all the four sides. I'll be using my pencil to draw a horizon line, which is basically a simple horizontal line separating the sky area and the water body. We are going to paint the sky area first, I'll be taking my Quill brush of size two and we're going to apply a thin coat of water initially, no need to hurry at all. Try to apply an even coat of water just above the horizon line. Make sure that there is no space left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper. The first color that I'm taking is dark green, and it's a combination of dark green and light green together. Try to take a darker tone of dark green and just apply it above the horizon line. No need to hurry at all. Just apply a simple horizontal movement of the brush and slowly move towards the above area. In case you want to have a darker tone near the horizon line. You can take some more darker values of dark green and apply another horizontal stroke. Now slowly cover the entire area on the topmost portion. Now to create a beautiful gradient effect in the sky area, we're going to take some solid white color. Just simply clean your quill brush in water. Take some good amount of solid white color in your brush. No need to hurry at all. Make a good composition of color and water together. Start applying it from the topmost portion and slowly move towards the bottom area. You will observe a nice gradient effect of light green and dark green together. The more horizontal strokes you'll apply, the better blend you'll get. You can carefully observe the movement of my quill brush as well. Now let us paint the water body as well. I'll be taking some nice light green from the color palette. As you can observe, make a good composition of color and water together. Try to have more color and less water. Now this time we're applying it just below the horizon line. No need to hurry at all. Just try to paint it in a slow and steady manner. Make sure that there is no space left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper. Now, once we have applied the light green color on the entire surface, we are going to also create a nice gradient effect here. The more horizontal strokes you apply, the better color application you'll get. Now simply clean your quill brush in water. And again, we are going to take some nice solid white color, try to mix it well with water, Try to have less amount of water and start applying it from the bottom portion. And slowly move towards the above area. In case you find that there is axis amount of water in your brush, you can definitely dab your brush to the tissue paper, it will remove axis amount of water. Now let the background dry for a while and you'll observe a nice gradient effect. Now in the color palette, I'm going to take some solid black color. No need to hurry at all. Make a good combination of solid black color and water together. Try to have more color and less water, so that you get a nice saturation of solid black color. And we are going to paint some nice mountain bodies just above the horizon line. You can observe that I have created a nice outline of the entire mountain body. And then you have to fill in solid black color. In the inner portion, we have painted a nice huge mountain body on the left side. Similarly, you're going to paint some beautiful mountain bodies on the right hand side as well. You can leave a little bit of space in between and then start painting the mountain bodies you can observe. Again, we have created a nice outline for the entire mountain body. You can use the tip of your quill brush to paint the outline first. Once you're done with the outline, then you can fill in solid black color in the inner portion. Be a little bit careful while you are applying solid black color in the inner portion so that you do not go outside the outline that you have created. Mountains generally have a very natural and organic shape. It is not at all compulsory for you to paint it in the exact same way I have painted right now. You can create your own composition of the mountains as well. You can play with the shape and sizes as well. Now I have added few more rock bodies in the water area. It's a very simple and easy step. These are basically very much smaller than the first mountains that we painted. You just have to create these little black patches. Just simply use the tip of your quill brush to paint in smaller areas. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner in case you're not that much confident enough to paint the mountains and the rock bodies directly towards your final painting, and you do not want to spoil your beautiful gradient background. You can simply practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. Now let us add some nice reflection effect of the mountain bodies. You have to just create these little horizontal strokes, no need to hurry at all. Just apply least pressure on your quill brush. Use the tip of your quill brush and add these little horizontal strokes just below the mountain body. This basically creates a nice depth and detail to the entire mountain body. And it looks a little bit more realistic and in depth you can observe carefully as we move towards the bottom area, you can decrease the size of the horizontal strokes. Now take some more solid black color from the water color tub and add some good amount of water. Make a good composition of color and water together. Try to have less amount of water so that you can get a nice saturation of solid black color. Now we are going to paint some plantations in the bottom area. It's going to be a very natural and random process. You just have to use the tip of your quill brush of size zero. Add these little strokes and combine them together, a beautiful, natural organic outline. You can observe a variation in the shape of the entire outline. Once you're done with the outline, you just have to fill in solid black color in the inner portion in case you find that your color is getting finished from the brush, you can take some more color from the color palette. Now you can observe a beautiful fill out of a plantation in the bottom area. Now similarly, we're going to add few more bushes on the topmost portion, You just have to create these little strokes, paint some nice smaller bushes. Once you're done with the bush, you can simply connect it with the plantation in the bottom area Using the tip of your quill brush. Just add these little two strokes connecting it with the bush on the bottom area. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. You can also play with the shape and size of the entire bush that we're painting right now. Let's be very much careful because it's a very smaller portion where we are painting. Try to apply very less pressure and use the tip of your quill brush. Now you can observe that we're done with the plantation in the bottom area. Now I'll be taking some solid white color in my quill brush size zero. And we're going to paint a beautiful sun in the sky area. Add a little bit of water so that you get a nice composition of color and water together. Simply paint a circular shape in between the mountains that we have created. It's a small, circular shape. Try to paint it very slowly. Now to enhance the mountain body, we are just using the tip of the quill brush. And adding these little strokes, it enhances the entire water body. Now let us paint a beautiful reflection effect of the sun into the water area. It's a very simple and easy technique. You just have to apply these horizontal strokes as you move towards the bottom area, Simply decrease the size of the horizontal strokes that you're making. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply less pressure. We're done with the entire scenery. Now let us remove the masking tape. Try to remove the masking tape in an angle so that you do not end up tearing your beautiful painting. This is one of the most satisfying part. Let me take you a little bit closer so that you can observe all the details carefully. I hope that you enjoyed creating this particular painting and got to learn something new. You can definitely experiment and explore with the entire scenery. You can create your own composition as well. Now let us move towards the next painting. 15. Painting 9 - The Tree: Everybody, you're most welcome to the ninth painting, which is the tree. As you can observe, I'm ready with my watercolor paper with the masking tape on all the four sides. Now I'll be taking my Quill Bra Shove size two. And we're going to apply a thin coat of water on the entire surface of the watercolor paper. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply an even coat of water. Make sure that there is no space left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper. Now we are going to take some nice darker values of purple from the color palette. No need to hurry at all. Try to make a good combination of color and water together. Try to have less amount of water and more color. Now you can observe I'm starting from the topmost portion and we just have to apply these random strokes. No need to hurry at all. Just leave some white space in between. Now, simply clean your quill brush and we're going to take some nice amount of ceruline blue. Make sure that you take a nice saturated color. Try to have less amount of water and more color. Now, this time, apply it from the bottom portion and slowly move towards the above area. You can observe as we move towards the above area, I'm using the tip of my quill brush. You can also fill in the white portion that you left. No need to worry about the smaller white portions that are being left that basically replicates the clouds in the entire painting. It's an abstract background, no need to worry about the output as well. You can simply use the tip of the brush to create these random strokes in between. On the topmost portion also, you can apply these darker tones of Celine Blue. You can also carefully observe the movement of my Quill brush, the way I'm trying to apply these strokes in a very random way. Now, let the background dry for a while and take some good amount of solid black color in the color palette. Mix it well with water, try to make a good composition of color and water together. We're going to paint some nice plantation in the bottom area. I'm starting from the left hand side. You can just add these little strokes, forming some nice plantation in the bottom portion. It's a very simple and easy technique. You just have to use the tip of your quill brush. You can apply a nice random surface on the entire portion, on the bottom area. Just make sure that there is no space left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper. Now using the tip of my quill brush, I'll be just adding these little strokes which basically replicate some nice grass on the entire surface. No need to hurry at all. Just apply very less pressure on your quill brush of size zero and make these little strokes forming some beautiful grass on the entire surface. Also, make sure that you do not leave any space between the masking tape and the watercolor paper. It will not look nice when they remove the entire masking tape. Now once we are done painting the entire plantation area, in the bottom portion, they're going to paint a beautiful tree, which is going to be really huge. Also, in case you find it a little bit difficult to add the plantations directly towards your final painting, what you can do is you can practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. Now let us paint a beautiful tree. So I'll be using my same brush, which is basically a quill brush of size zero and we're going to create the outline first, you just have to combine these little strokes together, forming a beautiful sellout of an entire tree. And then you have to fill in solid black color in the inside portion. Make sure that you do not have axis amount of water in your brush. In case you have axis amount of water in your brush, just simply dab it onto the tissue paper. Try to make a good combination of color and water together. Now using the tip of your quill brush, again, you can just enhance the entire outline by creating these little dotted structure which basically replicates the leaves of an entire tree. Also, as you all know that trees generally have a very natural and organic shape in case you want to create your own composition of the entire bush, you can definitely do that. You can also play with the shape and size of the entire tree. You can also decide the position of the tree as well. Now let us connect it with the plantations that we have painted on the bottom area. Be very much careful and try to do this particular step very slowly and in a steady manner. You just have to connect these little branches coming in a very natural way from the bush, connecting it with the plantation in the bottom area, we are done with the entire tree. Now let us take some solid white color, add a little bit of water, and make a good composition of color and water together. And simply draw this circular shape. You can decide the position of the sun according to your convenience as well. It is absolutely fine. You can observe a beautiful contrast of the sun with the background. We are done with the entire scenery. Now let us remove the masking tape. No need to hurry at all. Try to remove the masking tape in a very slow and steady manner. Remove the masking tape in an angle so that you do not end up tearing your beautiful painting. This is one of the most satisfying. Now let me take you a little bit closer so that you can observe all the details carefully. I hope that you enjoyed creating this particular painting and got to learn something new. You're free to explore and experiment with the entire scenery and create your own composition. Now let us move towards the next painting. 16. Painting 10 - Blue Lake: Hey everybody. You're most welcome to the tenth painting, which is the last painting of the entire class, which is a blue lake. So as you can observe that, I'm ready with my watercolor paper and the masking tape on the borders. Let us start by applying a thin coat of water on the entire paper. I'll be taking my Quill brush of size two. Take some good amount of clear water and apply a thin coat of water on the entire watercolor paper. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply an even coat of water and make sure that there is no space left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper. This is basically known as a wet on wet technique, in which we apply a thin coat of water initially and then the water color so that the colors can blend in a nice way. I'll be taking some darker values of ceruline blue from the color palette and just apply it from the topmost portion. That's a very simple and random movement. No need to worry about that. You can observe that I'm leaving some white space in between as well. These white spaces basically replicate some beautiful clouds and it will come out in a very natural and abstract manner. I'll be taking some darker values of bald blue. You can just observe the way I'm adding it in between the white spaces. You just have to apply the strokes in a very random and natural way. There isn't any specific way of applying them, since it's an abstract background. Slowly, I'll be applying it in the bottom portion as well, and you can move towards the above area. Now simply use the tip of your quill brush to add these little horizontal strokes, you will observe a beautiful combination of cobalt blue and ceruline blue together. In order to get darker tone in your brush, you can definitely have less amount of water and more color. You'll observe a better contrast between both the colors together. Try to have a good composition of water and color together. In case you find that there is axis amount of water in your brush, you can definitely dab your brush to the tissue paper. It will remove axis amount of water from your brush. Now let the background dry for a while and let us take some solid black color in the color palette. Try to make a good composition of solid black color and water together. Because we want to have a good saturated black color. Try to have more amount of color and less water. You can observe in the color palette, the way I'm mixing it. I'll be using my Quill brush of size zero before we start painting the entire scenery. In this particular scenery, we are going to have a good combination of mountains, pine trees, and a beautiful lake that is going to be in the entire scenery. As you can observe, I have drawn a simple horizontal line and we are trying to create the outline first using the tip of my quill brush. I have painted two beautiful hills on the left hand portion. Once you're done with the entire outline, you can fill in solid black color in the inner portion. Just make sure that you do it in a very slow and steady manner. No need to hurry at all. Also, in case you want to play with the composition of the mountains and the trees, that is absolutely fine. You can do it according to your convenience. Now let us create a beautiful outline which will replicate the entire lake. You can observe I have created a curved line on the left hand portion. Similarly, we'll be adding it on the right hand side as well, so it creates a nice outline for the entire lake. Then you can fill in solid black color in the remaining portion, leaving the entire space in between wherever you want to paint in a smaller area. Definitely, you have to use the tip of your quill brush, and you can observe the movement of my quill brush as well. Whenever you are applying solid black color, make sure that you do not leave any space in between because it will not look nice when the entire color dries up. Right now, when the color is wet, you might not observe little spaces, but once it dries, you can definitely observe the spaces and fill in the solid black color again. Now you can observe the lake is very much clearer and we have applied the solid black color in a nice way. Now you can enhance the entire landscape area by adding these little horizontal strokes in the outline of the entire lake. You will observe that the entire blue body looks really amazing. Now we can add few more rock bodies by applying the solid black color. I'm just adding these little black patches now Let us paint some beautiful pine trees in the right inside. You can just start by applying these little vertical lines. One is a little bit bigger and another one is a little bit smaller. You can use the tip of your quill brush and start applying these little strokes from the topmost portion and slowly move towards the bottom area. By increasing the size of the strokes that you're making. It's a very random and natural way of painting the pine trees. It's a very easy step. No need to worry about that in case you find that your color is getting finished from the brush, you can take some more color from the color palette. In case you find that there is axis amount of water in your brush, then you can definitely dab your brush to the tissue paper. That axis amount of water will be removed in case you're not that much confident enough to paint the pine trees directly towards your final painting. You do not want to spoil your beautiful abstract background. What you can do is you can practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. This will help you to develop confidence and the chances of making mistakes will be very less. Now I'll be using my Quill brush of size zero and we'll be taking some solid white color to make a good composition of color and water together. And just draw a circular shape in between the hills, you can decide the position of the sun according to your convenience as well. I have added two little icebergs in the water body as well, by creating these little white patches to create some nice aesthetic to the entire painting. Similarly, you can add few more icebergs on the left hand side as well. You can observe by adding minimal elements together, we created a beautiful scenery. In case you find that the saturation of white color is a little bit less, then try to have less amount of water and more color. We are done with the entire scenery. Let me remove the masking tape. No need to hurry at all. Try to remove the masking tape in an angle so that you do not end up tearing your beautiful painting. This is one of the most satisfying part, and you can observe a beautiful white border as you remove the entire masking tape. Now let me take you a little bit closer so that you can observe all the details carefully. I hope that you enjoyed creating this particular class project and got to learn something new. You're free to explore and experiment with the entire scenery. You can create your own composition as well. Now let us move towards the next part. 17. Class Conclusion: I personally believe that anyone can paint. Art is something that brings me a lot of peace and happiness. There are no boundaries, rules and regulations in art. You're always free to experiment and explore while you're painting or creating any piece of artwork. Watercolor is a very versatile artistic medium that anyone can explore. Start with basic techniques, and slowly you'll see an improvement. One thing that I always suggest my students is to maintain an art journal in which you can practice on a regular basis and keep a record of your artwork. While I was creating this particular class, I made a lot of mistakes. That is something I always tell my students, never to be afraid of making mistakes. I will be very excited to see all of your class projects into the project gallery. It would be great if you try to complete all the ten paintings. Feel free to ask any questions or doubts you have related to the class. I would be really happy to answer them all. It would be really great if you leave a review for the class as it encourages me a lot and my class can reach many more students like you. I'm very happy to share this class with all of you. At the end, I would like to say keep practicing, keep learning. Thank you so much for joining and happy painting.