Effortless Watercolor Blends: Painting a Mesmerizing Purple Sunset

1. Welcome to Class!: Welcome to the watercolor painting class you've been waiting for. I already did dive into the magical world of watercolors and create stunning artwork effortlessly while you're in the right place. Hi there. I'm Elina, a passionate watercolor artist based in Bulgaria. Feel painting with watercolors for five wonderful years. I absolutely adore creating beautiful and easy projects with gorgeous colors and Mesmerizing Blends. Today, I'm thrilled to introduce it to a class that will unlock your creativity and show you just have FUN, enjoyable watercolor painting can be. In this class, I'll guide you step-by-step sharing my simple techniques for mixing colors to achieve those effortless blends and captivating color transitions. I will also draw in some of my best tips and tricks to make your painting journey smooth and enjoyable. Feast your eyes on our final project and dreamy purple sunset with gorgeous clouds achieved effortlessly. Yes, you heard this right? With just three colors. You'll be able to create such harmonious and balanced artwork. And guess what's in the final project is not only stunning, whether it's also designed to be a brief paint. I promise you'll be amazed at what You can achieve with the little guidance, anything creative inspiration. So if you ever wanted to embrace Watercolors or you're simply looking to expand your artistic skills. This class is tailor-made for you. Now let's dive in. In the next video, we'll have more detailed look at the class structure and final project. See you there. 2. Class + Project Overview: Welcome back. Let's take a more detailed look at what we have in store for these watercolor painting class. First things first, we'll go through the essential materials you'll need for this creative journey. Don't worry, it's nothing complicated. I'll recommend some excellent watercolor paints, brushes, and paper to get you started on the right foot. Next step, we'll talk about colors, the heartbeat of every watercolor painting. I'll show you how to choose colors that makes harmoniously together and provide a bit full range of shades and values and they're standing color mixing is crucial. A new songs see how it can make your artwork shine. Then we'll dive into the heart of our project. I'll guide you through each step of the painting process. Together we'll explore various watercolor techniques, ensuring you have a solid foundation for your artistic journey. By the end of this class, you'll have not already created a breathtaking purple sunset with beautiful clouds, but you'll also have gain the confidence to create your own watercolor wonders. Once you complete your masterpiece, take a photo of it and upload it to the projects section of the class. This way you can share your beautiful artwork with the entire community and inspire others. So let's get those creative juices flowing and embark on this watercolor adventure together, I promise you'll have a blast and create something truly extraordinary. In the next video, we'll go through the material that you'll need for this class. You there 3. Materials: In this video, are going to go over the materials you'll need for this class. Don't worry if you don't have everything I show you here. I will also provide suggestions for substitutional along the way. In this class, I will be using three colors from Art, Philosophy or para, ultramarine, deep and permanent brown. These colors are rich and intense and I have already tested there mixing capabilities. However, if you don't have these specific colors, don't worry, you can use whatever colors you have available. In the next video, I'll provide you with some alternative color options and show you how to test the Mixing possibilities. For the paper. I will be using Fabriano artistic watercolor paper. It is 300 GSM and made of 100% cotton. If you don't have cotton paper, you can try using cellulose paper as a substitute. Just keep in mind that there's a significant difference between the two and the results may vary accordingly. To secure my paper, I will be using a plastic board and paper tape. However, any 3D surface and tape you have on hand will work just fine. For the brushes. I will be using two brushes from Germany Art. They are both made of synthetic hair and are very soft. You'll need at least one larger brush for washes and a smaller one for detail work like painting the clouds and Mountains. To mix my paints, I will be using ceramic palette. However, any palette to have will work additionally to remove excess moisture from my brushes, I will be using cotton and paper towels. Plotly, I have two jars of water here for rinsing my brushes. You can use any containers you have at home for this purpose. And that's it. These are all the materials you'll need for this class. In the next video, we'll dive deeper into color details 4. Colors: In this video, let's take a closer look at the colors we'll be using for this class. You'll need three colors, maybe even to. Once again, I'll be using D3 colors from Art, Philosophy, opera, ultramarine, and permanent brown. Let's examine each of them so you can get a better idea of how they look. Asquith some of each DuPont my palette. First is opera. It's a very bright and luminous pink, almost neon white in color. I like it because it creates brilliant mixes. If you don't have operon, you can use any pink or cold rates that you have, such as magenta, quinacridone, red, permanent rose, or even try carmine or alizarin crimson. Next is ultramarine. This color is very popular in fountain, almost all basic palettes. In case you don't have it, you can use coupled pool person blue, indenter and blue or tail blue I substitute. Lastly, we have permanent brown. This is one of my favorite colors, it to return warm brown while it may be harder to substitute. Don't worry too much because it's not that important. Then I'll show you why in a moment. Now, let me show you the mixing these colors can create. For this painting. It was important for me to use pink and blue as their beautiful on their own, but also create a vibrant purple when mixed. These two colors always give me gorgeous shades of purple and are my favorite combination. The key here is to find the rate that leans more towards the pinky side. The colder the rate, the more vibrant purple you'll achieve. If you use a warmer rate, you'll get more of an aubergine tone. You can test the mixes between your two colors like this. If you need more guidance, you can check out this video from my lavender genes class. There we explored the mixes different blues and pink can create, which is a wonderful exercise to get you know, your colors better. But let's return to our three colors for today. Why did I say that permanent brown is not that important. It's because I will use it not only to darken and mute ultramarine. I love how they mix to create a dark, slightly purplish color. You can try the same effect with any dark color you have. Suggest Payne's gray, sepia, indigo, or neutral tint. So basically you can even skip this color and you'll just have a lighter version. Here's the similar painting I painted a few years ago. I think here I use just two colors, purple arrows from White Nights. So this is an option to, so these are the colors that will using today, make sure to find the best matches from your collection. In join me in the next video where we'll start painting 5. First Wash: Welcome back. It's time to start painting. Let's begin by taping my paper to the board. The first step is to wet the entire paper. We won't be making any sketches. This is one of my favorite aspects of this painting. We'll paint the clouds and Mountains spontaneously. However, if you don't feel comfortable with that, you can always marketplace to where the Mountains will be or even make more detailed sketch. I wet my paper thoroughly, allow me to work within wait for as long as possible. I am wiping away any excess water and that has gathered on the sides. Now I'll start by mixing opera with a little bit of ultramarine. Notice that I didn't fully mix them on my palette. Nice create colorful, an interesting paint strokes. I'm painting some shapeless spots with that mix N. Now I'll add more blue to the mix by just wiping my brush across the blue puddle on my palette. I continue this process until I covered the entire sheet of paper alternating between more pinkish or bluish mixtures. I'm leaving some white gaps to preserve the light in the sky below will have the mountain range. So I'm just covering it with somewhat even color. I want to add more blue to the upper part, just here and there, along with some last touches of very diluted purple. I'm not sure why these tiny bubbles appeared on my paper. This is definitely not normal. Probably the sizing in my paper has started to deteriorate. Hopefully this won't affect my plan for this painting, but for now, apart from these bubbles, it doesn't seem that bad. At this point. If your paper is listening, you can tilt your board in different directions. This will encourage the colors to flow and create beautiful and natural blends. Now let's paint some more substantial clouds. I'll switch to my smaller brush. For that, I take the excess moisture of my brush before picking up the paint. I want to have a very thick mixtures so I don't need to introduce more water to my little puddle here. Taking a thicker pigment on my brush will ensure that the colors won't flow too much, even though my paper is still glistening. I mixed blue and pink again on my brush without working the mix on my palette, I repeat the same process as before, but this time I'm leaving larger gaps and focusing on achieving shapes that resemble clouds. They should be more blue, darker, and bigger in the upper part of the painting and gradually becomes smaller, pinkish, and lighter as we progress downward. And also add some pure ultramarine OR operator here. And therefore an interesting effect. I paint some smaller spots around the clouds to make them look more realistic. Throughout this process, I'm not mixing the paints on my palette. I just think the pigment with my brush and let the results surprise me. We'll all we can paint more pink clouds and even that some stripes with opera. You can stop here. I'm definitely pleased with how my sky looks. Another thing you can do is tilt your board again. This will only have an effect if your paper is still glistening. Tilting it will make the Clouds even softer and more natural. Adding a feeling of movement or Skype makes sure to keep the paper taped clean of any liquid as it may go back to your painting and create the mice. If your colors are not flowing anymore, but they're still moisture on the paper surface. You can try the following. Your biggest ends of this brush. Wash it in clean water and wipe it very well on a clean towel. You can make some the hairs, the bits, so that's the deepest spread. Instead of forming a nice point, then very lightly with the very tip of the brush, you can move the paint a little. Creating software blends between the colors and gain a sense of movement and dynamism in the clouds. Either this, almost every time I'm painting clouds, would that our first layer is done now we need to let it dry. And in the next video we'll paint the Mountains 6. Painting the Mountains: Welcome back. Now it's time to paint the Mountains and then our artwork will be complete. Now take my big brush again and some of that pink color here. It's very diluted because I want the first mountain to be very pale. So I painted while holding my brush vertically to achieve a nice and natural jagged edge. Then I washed my brush and use some water to drag that color down. The goal is to get rid of the hard edge. That's the first mountain will paint three more. Drive this one because I don't want to wait for it to dry on its own. Now I'll add some more blue to my mix. You can take your colors and a separate sheet of paper before applying them to your painting. The main goal is for each mountain to be painted with a colder and thicker mixture. Need more pink. Here I have some what are marked, so I'll try to cover it. Again. I'll wash my brush and Wash on discarded. The fact that it's not happening confirms that there is indeed something wrong with my paper. I've had it for more than three years now and I live in a humid area. So it's not a big surprise. Never overstock with paper as it can deteriorate over time if not stored properly. Now let's mix a darker mixture. I'll use the brown to make to blow more muted and dark, something like that. This one turned out to be darker than I expected. So if you can maybe try to make it just a bit lighter and more transparent. Finally, for the last mountain, I'm mixing a color that looks at what's lacking to go and I paint the last mountain with it. The last one you can sprinkle some clean water while it's still wet to create a nice effect. Held right now. Once again, if you can make that second to last Mountains bit paler, it will look better because now they're too similar to the one in the foreground. But I like it nevertheless. I like the overall vibe, the painting. We can make this scenario moral life and dynamic by adding some small birds. I'm mixing a very dark color, almost black, way too thick mixture. I paint the bird just by making two strokes like that. You can practice now separate sheet of paper first. Then if you want, you can use a smaller brush for that. Let me paint a couple of birds. This one we'll have her wings flapping down like that. And I'll paint one more over here. And that's it. Our quick and easy purple sunset is now complete. I'm very pleased with how it's turned out. I'll remove the masking tape and here's a close-up. Let's wrap up the class in the next video. 7. Wrapping Up the Class: Congratulations on completing the class. I hope you've enjoyed painting this beautiful purple sunset with me and that you've learned something new today. I'm truly excited to see the incredible creation. You've come up with, the colors you use, the spontaneous brushstrokes, Nick mixes you've achieved. Don't forget to share your amazing projects in the projects section on the class. I am eagerly looking forward to admiring your artwork. If it said to showcase your painting on Instagram, remember to tag me so that I won't miss it. You're Art deserves to be seen and celebrate it. If you have any questions or need further guidance, please feel free to post them in the discussion section of the class. I'll be more than happy to assist you and provide feedback. If you enjoyed this class and had a great time painting together, I kindly ask you to live, review your feedback is incredibly valuable and will help others firing artist Fine and enjoy these creative journey to thank you so much for joining me in this artistic adventure until we meet again. Keep painting, exploring and expressing your creativity. Painting