Elegant Beach Sunset With Gouache - A Collection of Three Coasters

1. Welcome to the Class: When I talk about elegant painting, it always includes a minimal color palette and some easy, simple painting techniques. In this class, we are going to create three beautiful beat sunset paintings using the medium of gouache colors. You're going to paint it on square coasters in case you want to paint on a watercolor paper, it is completely fine. There are going to be three beautiful class projects which is going to be very easy and simple to create everybody myself with Rick Patel. I'm a self taught independent artist and an interior designer by profession. As someone who's very much passionate about teaching, my major focus is always to create classes for beginners, for trying to develop their skills on a regular basis. I personally love to explore different art mediums and not stick to one particular thing. If you're joining me, you'll find a variety of classes that I create. We're going to start by understanding all the details of the class projects that we're going to create. I'll be giving you details about the art supplies that you will need for the entire class in case you're missing out on any particular art supply. You can go for any other good alternative as well. We're going to use the medium of gouache colors, which is going to give us a nice matt finish. We're going to understand the color palette that we're going to use in all the three class projects. Before starting with the projects, we're going to have a beautiful practice session in which we're going to learn about all the elements and how to paint them in detail. The practice sheet will help you a lot to develop confidence while painting, and the chances of making mistakes will be very less. I'll be teaching you how you can place your coaster on your desk surface so that it will not move while you're painting. You're going to start by painting a beautiful gradient background with some amazing abstract clouds. There are going to be elements like islands, rock bodies, a beautiful tree, some nice city lights that we're going to have. You're going to paint a beautiful glowing sun in the sky area. We're going to enhance the class project by adding a beautiful reflection all over using simple and minimal painting techniques. We're going to create these three class projects that you're definitely going to enjoy. Yeah, without any delay, grab your art supplies. Join me on this creative journey and let's get started with the class. 2. Details About the Class Project: Everybody, now let us talk about all the details about the class projects that we're going to create. There are going to be three beautiful class projects that we're going to create. I have placed them on my desk surface. Here is a beautiful practice sheet in which you can observe on the bottom portion. We're going to learn about all the elements and how to paint them in detail. On the above portion, I have all the colors that we're going to use to create the class projects. The shades of purple color and the tins of purple color that we're going to create. The color palette will help you a lot to understand the application of the color onto the surface, whether it's a watercolor paper or a coaster. Now you can observe that the practice sheet will be having different elements in the bottom portion. Let me take you towards the first class project. It's a simple scenery in which we have some beautiful waves, a nice reflection effect, and a beautiful glowing sun. Basically, there is going to be a nice gradient sky that we're going to create above the horizon line. There is going to be some abstract clouds, a beautiful glowing sun, some nice waves, having some nice depth and details, a nice reflection effect that enhances the entire painting. It's having minimal elements but a beautiful scenery. Then the next class project, we have these beautiful contrast islands in the water body, a beautiful gradient sky. There are going to be some nice abstract clouds, a glowing sun with its reflection effect, and a beautiful tree that we are going to paint in detail. There are some more elements than the first class project, but the scenery is absolutely beautiful. Then the last class project is having some beautiful city lights just above the horizon line. A nice landscape area in the bottom portion with a water body, there is going to be some nice abstract clouds with a beautiful gradient sky. In all the three class projects, there is going to be a common element, which is a beautiful glowing sun with its reflection effect, which basically makes it a nice elegant beat sunset. We are basically going to paint on a coaster, which is a medium density fiber board. In case you want to take up the class projects on watercolor paper, it is completely fine. You can use an six size watercolor paper or whatever size you're comfortable with. Just make sure that it is 300 GSM because it will have nice thickness and you can apply heavy coat of colors and water on it. Yeah, these are the details about the class projects. Now let us move towards the next part. 3. Art Supplies: Hey everybody. Now let us talk about all the art supplies that you will need for the entire class. No need to worry at all in case you're missing out on any particular art supply. You'll 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 a simple eraser and a sharpener that you all must be having to sharpen your pencils and erase the mistakes in case you have while using a pencil. Then the next art supply is a simple tissue paper which you will definitely need to remove, access amount of water and color from your brush. Then comes the most important art supply, which is the brushes you'll need only three brushes. The first one is a flat brush of size seven. Then two simple round brushes, which is going to be of size zero and size three. Isn't it amazing that you'll need only three brushes to complete all the three class projects? The next up, I have a simple pencil that we're going to use to create a rough sketch before starting with the class project. Now we are basically going to create the class projects onto the coasters. But in case you want to paint on a watercolor paper, it is completely fine. You can use an six size watercolor paper or whichever size you're comfortable with, just make sure that it is 300 GSM so that you can apply heavy coat of color and water on it. You can cut it into a square piece of paper, or you can also paint it on a rectangular sheet. It is completely fine. Here I have all the three class projects that I have created on Square coasters, which is made out of MDF, medium density fiberboard. Let me show you how it looks. On the back side, I have a simple coaster here which is completely plain. It is 4 " by 4 ". You can definitely play with the shape and size of the coaster as well. It is completely fine. Now let us talk about the colors that we're going to use here. I have three basic colors, which is black, white, and yellow. I was out on the tubes, so I'm using the bottles, these are basically poster colors, but it will definitely give you a beautiful output, like a gash. In case you're having Guh colors, it is completely fine. No need to worry about the brand. You can use any basic, good quality wash colors. Now comes the major colors, which is basically the Gh tubes that I'm using. The first one is rose, move and violet. These are very near to purple color in case you're having a single shade of purple that will also work completely fine. These are the basic colors that you will need. I have taken out all the three major colors in these small containers so that we can access them in a nice way in case you want to take it directly from your Gah tube. It is also absolutely fine. Then the next art supply is a simple color palette in which you can already observe all my gouache colors. Just make sure that your color palette is having enough space in which you can mix all the colors in a nice way. Then the next art supply is a simple glass container in which I'm having some nice colored water. No need to worry at all. We're going to take some clear water, but you'll need the water to loosen the color up in the entire painting. It helps to clean the brushes as well. 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. You'll find it very easily in any nearby local art store or you can go for any other good alternative as well. Now let us move towards the next part. 4. Color Palette: Hey everybody. Now let us talk about the color palette that we're going to use in the entire class. We only need six basic colors that are placed on the above portion. I have a simple practice book here, which is basically a rough sketch book in which I practice on a regular basis. I have given all the labelings of the colors. On the topmost portion below that, we have shades of purple color and tints of purple color. All the three colors which are very near to purple. That's why I've taken the labeling as purple. I'll be using my flat brush of size seven. Let us apply the first color, which is very near to pink, but it is rose. Basically, I'll be applying this little strokes just above the labeling. Now, you must be wondering why we are doing this particular step. It is because so that you can understand the application of the color onto the paper. Now the second color is move, which is exactly similar to purple. And the last color would be violet. All these three colors are very near to purple. That's why I'm going to create the shades and tints of purple on the bottom portion. Now let us apply the next color, which is yellow. I'll be taking some yellow from the bottle and just apply these little strokes just above its labeling. Always clean your brush whenever you're using a different color. And then we have the last color which is going to be solid black. We are not going to apply white color because it is not going to be visible onto a white watercolor paper. Now let us create the shades of purple color. Take some good amount of purple color in your color palette using your same flat brush. Apply the exact shade of the color onto the paper. Now to create its shades is basically adding little amount of black slowly onto the exact saturated color. The moment you'll apply more solid black color to the exact shade of the color, it will get a little bit darker, creating its multiple shades. No need to hurry at all. Take your time, Mix the colors. Well, increase the amount of solid black color slowly, and you'll observe that it gets a nice darker shade. Now, similarly, we'll be adding the purple color with solid white color. Again, we are going to take some good amount of purple in the color palette and take some solid white color in the color palette separately using a different rush. Now, slowly, as we increase the size of solid white color in the exact saturated color, you'll observe that the saturation of the color will decrease and the shade will get a little bit lighter, creating different tints of purple. Start by applying the exact same color. Now slowly add solid white color into the mixture. Make a good composition of color and water together so that you get a nice matte finish. You have to increase the amount of solid white color slowly so that you can get a lighter tint of the exact saturated color. This is how we create the tints of the purple color. No need to worry about getting the exact shade and tint that I have created. Your shade. And tints might vary from mine and it is absolutely fine. You can also observe that it's a very minimal and simple color palette. We are done with the entire color palette. I hope that you got an exact idea of all the colors that we're going to use in the class projects that we're going to create. Now let us move towards the next part. 5. Lets Practice the Elements: Hey everybody. Now let us practice all the elements that we are going to paint in all the class projects. Just below the color palette, I'm having this beautiful rough scrape of paper, which is part of my practicing journal. Here is the beautiful class projects that we're going to create. Now there are different elements like the sellouts, which is part of the entire scenery. A beautiful abstract sky area with the water body which is having some noise gradient effect. A beautiful glowing sun and its reflection effect that we are going to practice onto the rough scrape of paper. If you observe in this particular class project, we have these beautiful islands and a beautiful tree, which is the part of the entire class project. In the last class project, we have these beautiful waves that we are going to create in the practice sheet as well. Now since we are going to use the paper, I'm going to use a simple masking tape of size 1 " in case you're creating the class projects onto the watercolor paper, you'll need a simple masking tape to place it onto the borders so that when you remove the masking tape, after you're done painting, it will give you a nice white border. You can observe that I have placed a simple piece of masking tape onto the topmost portion. Similarly, I'll be placing one piece on the bottom portion. Just make sure that your masking tape is parallel with the paper edge. Apply a little bit of pressure using your finger so that the masking tape will be completely stuck with the watercolor paper. Now I'll be placing one on the right side and similarly one on the left hand side as well. Once you're done with the painting and you remove the masking tape, it is one of the most satisfying part. You can observe that I have placed the masking tape on all the four sides. Now let us start by creating a simple horizon line. So I'll be using a simple pencil. Just create a horizontal line in between the paper. This basically separates the sky area and the water body. Now I'll be using my flat brush of size seven and I'll be taking some nice violet color. Just apply it above the horizon line. Make a good composition of color and water together. You can observe that it's a simple horizontal movement. We are not going to cover the entire area using the exact shade of volet. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply the color in a very slow and steady manner. The more horizontal strokes you'll apply, the better blend you'll get. Now I will simply decrease the saturation of the volet color by adding some solid white color, which I was already having in my color palette. Now you can observe that it is a little bit lighter than the first shade that we applied. You can increase the amount of solid white color and you'll observe that it is even more lighter on the topmost portion. Now there is a nice variation in all the three colors. Slowly blend them together by applying these horizontal strokes. Now I'll be using my same flat brush. Just clean it in water, dab it onto the tissue paper to make it a little bit dry. And I'll be using some rose. Take it from the container and add it onto your color palette. Mix it well, creating a nice composition of water and color together. Just apply it below the horizon line. Be a little bit careful between the line of separation between the sky area and the water body. Apply a simple horizontal stroke. Now I'll be taking some nice amount of purple in the color palette. Apply it just below the rose color. Try to blend both the colors together by applying more horizontal strokes together. Now we are going to have a nice darker shade in the bottom portion. I have taken some violet in the same flat brush. Apply it on the bottom portion. Slowly move towards the above area. Now you can already observe a nice gradient effect from the horizon line to the bottom portion, which is the entire part of the water body. Now I'll be cleaning my flat brush in water, make it dry onto the tissue paper, take some solid white color, and again, try to have less amount of water and more color. Now we are going to randomly apply these beautiful horizontal strokes in the sky area, which is going to create some abstract clouds in the sky area. You can observe the way I'm holding my flat brush in an angle so that I can get these thin, horizontal strokes. In case you want to use your round brush of size three, that is completely fine. It will work. No need to worry about creating the clouds in the exact same way I'm creating right now. You can decide the position of the horizontal strokes wherever you want to apply them. While doing this particular step, just make sure that you keep your hand very much loose and free. No need to make it stiff in case you want to increase the contrast between the clouds and the sky area, you can take some more solid white color. I'll be adding the same horizontal strokes onto the water body as well. To create some noise waves, you can add a little bit of solid black color in your beautiful purple color in the color palette. You can apply these little horizontal strokes just below the horizon line. Again, it's the same step, you just have to be very much careful near the horizon line. You can already observe a beautiful contrast of the horizontal lines that we have created and the background color in the water body. I'll be using my round brush of size three. Take some good amount of solid black color and create a nice random line on the bottom portion, leaving some space between the masking tape and cover the entire portion with solid black color. This is basically acting as the landscape area. Similarly, we're going to add one more organic line, just leaving some space in between. You can use the tip of your round brush to create a nice thin line. Then you can add multiple strokes to make it a little bit thicker. The second line that we have painted is basically the shadow of the wave that we're going to create. You can add these little horizontal strokes on the edges to make some nice depth and details in the entire painting. No need to hurry at all. Try to take your time and try to apply these little horizontal strokes. The more horizontal strokes you'll apply, the more detailed your entire painting will look. Also, in case you want to create another variation in the entire wave, it is completely fine. You can play with the entire painting by creating a different composition as well. The entire purpose of creating this beautiful practice session is so that you can get a nice idea of all the elements before starting with the final class projects. Now I'll be using my same round brush of size three. Take some good amount of yellow and white together in your color palette, mix it well with water. You can also use your round brush of size zero, that is completely fine. And just apply these little horizontal strokes in the wave, you can leave the solid black line of the shadow in between. Similarly, just below the horizon line, you can add these little horizontal strokes. You can observe the way I'm moving my hand. It's a simple horizontal movement. Try to apply very less pressure on your hand as you move towards the bottom portion. You can simply decrease the size of the strokes that you're making. Now using the same round brush of size zero, I'll be taking some solid white color to make the reflection effect look a little bit more vibrant. Now, just decrease the size of the horizontal strokes that you're making. You can observe this particular step that I'm doing in the class project, which is placed on the left hand side of the practice sheet. There is a noise glowing effect which is basically the reflection of the sun. I'll be adding the solid white color near the waves as well. By adding these little horizontal strokes, it's a very satisfying process. Just take your time and try to paint in a very slow and steady manner. Now let us add the Sun. By adding a circular shape, you just have to paint a circular shape in the sky area. You can decide the position of the reflection effect and the sun according to your convenience as well. It is completely fine. Now let us paint the landscape area. I'll be using my round brush of size three. Take some good amount of solid black color from your color palette. Mix it well with water. Create a nice composition of color and water together. In case you have axis amount of water in your brush, just simply dab it onto the tissue paper so that axis amount of water will be removed. Now you just have to create these random lines, which is basically the landscape area, and create the outline first. And then you can fill in solid black color in the inner portion. It's a very simple and easy technique. Also, no need to worry about painting it in the exact same way I'm painting right now. You can create your own composition of the landscape area. You can play with the shape and size of the landscape area as well. You can already observe in the class project, we have these beautiful islands, which is in a very random and natural way. Similarly, I'm trying to create it in this particular practice sheet as well. Wherever you want to paint some smaller landscape areas and a nice little rock bodies, you can use the tip of your round brush and apply very less pressure on it to get a nice solid black patch in a very smaller portion. You can also create a nice organic rough outline initially, and then you can fill in solid black color in the inner portion wherever you're painting the landscape area. And near the masking tape, just make sure that you have applied the color in the entire surface and there is no space left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper, because it will not look nice when you remove the masking tape. If you're painting on a coaster, it is completely fine. It can be painted again. So you can observe that I have created some nice landscape area in the water body. Now let us paint a beautiful tree. It's a very simple and easy technique. Use your round brush of size zero. Take some solid black color in it, Apply these little strokes. Using the tip of your round brush, just create a nice organic outline of the tree. No need to worry about getting it in the exact same way I have painted. Then fill in solid black color in the entire inner portion. You can use the tip of your round brush to create the natural organic outline for the entire tree as well. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it. With a lot of patience. I'll be connecting the entire bush of the tree with the landscape area. Just use the tip of your round brush. Create these little thin lines combining together to form a beautiful branch and connect it with the landscape area in the bottom portion. This is how you have to paint a beautiful tree just above the landscape area. You can play with the shape and size of the tree as well. Now let us remove the masking tape. It is a very satisfying process. Try to remove the masking tape in an angle so that you do not end up tearing your beautiful practice sheet. You can observe the beautiful edge we get once we remove the masking tape. And it gives a nice solid white border in case you are creating the class projects onto the water color paper. This will definitely help you a lot. Now you can observe that we are done with the color palette and the practice sheet. We have practiced all the basic elements that are required for all the three class projects that we are going to create. I hope that you got an exact idea. The color palette will help you a lot to understand the application of the colors onto the surface. And the practice sheet will help you a lot to develop confidence file painting and the chances of making mistakes will be very less. I hope that you enjoyed the entire practice session. Got an exact idea of all the elements and how to paint them in detail. Now let us move towards the next part. 6. Lets Place the Coaster: Everybody, before we start with the first class project, let me teach you how you can place your coaster onto your desk surface so that it will not move while you're painting. If you observe the class project carefully, it's a simple MDF coaster, which is a medium density fiber board. If you apply these beautiful strokes on it, it will definitely move. While you're painting, there is a very simple and easy technique to place the coaster onto the desk surface. You can observe that I'm having a simple plain coaster over here of size 4 " by 4 ". We're going to use a simple masking tape to place the coaster in case you're painting on a watercolor paper. You can use a watercolor paper of size six. You can cut it into a perfect square, or you can go for any other good alternative in size as well. If you're using a watercolor paper, you can place the masking tape on the borders. As you remove the masking tape, you'll get this beautiful white borders. You can use the watercolor paper of 300 GSM, which will work completely fine. Now since we are going to create the class projects onto the coaster, I'll be taking a simple piece of the masking tape. Flip it over each other so that the sticky part comes on both sides. Apply it onto the coaster. Apply it using your fingers and add a little bit of pressure. Similarly, I'll be taking another piece and apply it on the second corner. Since the coaster is a smaller one, you can apply two tapes and just flip it over. Place it onto the desk surface wherever you're comfortable to paint. Apply a little bit of pressure using your fingers, and you'll observe that it will not move while you're applying heavy coats of colors and water on it. In case you're using a bigger coaster, you can apply some more masking tape on the back side. It's a simple and easy technique to place the coaster, and it will easily get removed from the desk surface as well. Now let us move towards the first class project. 7. Painting 1 - The Waves: Everybody, you're most welcome to the first painting, which is the Waves. It's a very simple and minimal class project. You can observe that I'm ready with all my art supplies placed nearby so that I can access them in a very comfortable manner. I have placed my coaster onto the desk surface. Let us start with the first step. I'll be using a simple pencil. And I'm starting from the left hand side and I'll move towards the right hand side, creating this simple horizontal line. This is basically the horizon line which separates the sky area and the water body. Now let us start with the sky area. The three guash colors are more violet and rows that I have taken in these small containers so that we can access them in a very careful manner. I'll be starting by using my flat brush of size seven. You can observe that we are ready with the color palette as well. Let us start by taking some good amount of violet in the color palette. Make a good composition of water and color together. Make sure that you do not have axis amount of water in your brush. That will decrease the saturation of the color and you won't get a nice matte finish. You can be a little bit careful near the horizon line. And then you can slowly observe that it's a simple horizontal movement. And I'm applying the violet color on the bottom portion. Slowly, we are going to convert it into a beautiful gradient effect. Now, once we have applied a beautiful violet color on the bottom portion, just make sure that there is no space left on the entire coaster. Now I'll be taking some purple, which is a mauve color, basically, very near to purple. No need to worry about that. Take some nice mauve color in your brush. Simply apply it above violet color. You can apply more horizontal strokes to blend both the colors together. Now you can carefully observe there is some space left on the topmost portion to make a nice gradient effect. You can add a little bit of solid white color. In this mauve color, you can add a little bit of water to loose on the color A make a good composition of color and water together. Now start applying it on the topmost portion. Be a little bit careful and apply the horizontal strokes in a nice way in case you find that your color is getting finished from the brush, You can definitely take some more color from the color palette. Now you can observe, again, it's a simple horizontal movement. Now there is a difference between both the colors in the bottom portion and the topmost portion. To make a nice blend, just simply clean your brush in water, dab it onto the tissue paper. Now reapply the horizontal strokes in between, both the colors, you will slowly observe that you'll get a nice blend. You can take some more color in between in case you want to blend it in a very nice way. Take some more move color, apply it in the center portion of both the colors. Now, the more horizontal strokes you'll apply, the better blend you'll get. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Take your time. Now, once the entire background is done, we can add these little horizontal strokes using some violet. You can simply observe the way I'm holding my flat brush in an angle so that I can get these thin, horizontal strokes. As you all know that clouds generally have a very natural and organic shape. There is no specific way of painting them. You can create your own organic shape. You can play with the shape and size of the clouds as well. By creating variation in these horizontal strokes, in case you want to use your round brush of size three and create these horizontal strokes randomly, that is also absolutely fine. Right now, you can observe that we have created these beautiful horizontal strokes, creating some abstract clouds in the sky area. Now just above the horizon line, we have a darker shade of background. I'll be taking some lighter tones of move color by adding some nice white color in it and apply these little horizontal strokes on either sides of the coaster. There is no specific way of applying the horizontal strokes, so you can naturally apply it in your own convenience as well. You can observe that we have created some nice abstract clouds in the entire sky area. Now let us paint the water body. I'll be using my flat brush of size seven. Again, take some rose color in your color palette and add a little bit of water in case you find your color is a little bit stiff. Now just below the horizon line, we are going to apply these little horizontal strokes. You can just keep your flat brush in an angle so that you can paint in a careful manner below the horizon line in case you find that your color is getting finished. From the brush, you can take some more color from the color palette. Now the way we created a nice gradient effect in the sky area. Similarly, we are going to create some variation in the water body as well. You can observe the way I'm applying the horizontal strokes of this rose color. Now we will be mixing some violet and move together, make a nice combination of water and all the colors together, reapply the horizontal strokes and between the rose color. Don't worry about the rough strokes right now. We are definitely going to make it smoother by reapplying some horizontal strokes. I'll be adding a little bit of water in mauve color to make a nice composition of the entire color. Since we have a good surface area to paint, so you can take some more color. Now simply observe the way I'm applying the horizontal strokes on the entire surface of the coaster. Now you can apply the horizontal strokes near the rose color as well. We can make the contrast below the horizon line by reapplying these horizontal strokes. I just added a little bit of solid white color. Now you can observe that there is a nice sharp difference between all the colors. Simply clean your brush in water, dab it onto the tissue paper, and reapply the horizontal strokes just below the horizon line. The more horizontal strokes you'll apply, the better variation in the colors and blend you'll get between all the colors. I'll be taking some solid violet on the bottom portion and I'll be applying the horizontal strokes again. Slowly move towards the above area, blending all the colors together in case you're not that much confident enough to create this beautiful variation of color in the water body directly towards your final coaster. 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 your lot to develop confidence while painting, and the chances of making mistakes will be very less. Now I'm using my round brush of size three. I have taken some violet in the color palette. Now I'll just make a good consistency of water and color together. And we're going to apply some horizontal strokes to create some nice depth and details to the entire water body. These horizontal strokes basically creates some nice wave effect in the entire water body. No need to worry about applying the horizontal strokes in the exact same way I'm applying right now. Your strokes might be a little bit different than mine and it is absolutely fine. There is no specific way of applying them. Just make sure that you use the tip of your round brush, apply very less pressure on it. Whenever you're applying these thin strokes, always try to keep your hand very much loose and free. Similarly, I'll be adding these horizontal lines near the horizon line as well. In case you find that your color is getting finished from the brush, you can definitely take some more color from the color palette. In fact, you can create some nice variation by adding different colors together of this violet and move shades whenever you're trying to apply these little thin horizontal strokes, always make sure that you try to keep your hand very much loose and free and not make it stiff, apply very less pressure on it. And simply just create these horizontal strokes. Now once we are done adding these beautiful depth to the entire water body, I'll be taking some solid black color in my round brush of size three and just create a natural organic line. You can make it a little bit thicker by reapplying some nice horizontal strokes together. The black line is basically the shadow of the wave that we are going to create now. Similarly, we are going to add another line as well, but by leaving some space in between. But before that, you can add these little horizontal lines in the bottom portion as well. Just simply use the tip of your round brush to create these little horizontal lines. Now I'm adding another line just below the first one, but leaving some space in between. You can definitely make it a little bit thicker. By adding some more horizontal strokes, you can observe that we have created two shadows of the waves that we are going to paint. Now we're going to add one more line, but this time it is going to be the line for the landscape area in the bottom portion. Once you have added the line, we are going to fill in solid black color in the entire portion. Take some more solid black color in your color palette. Make a good composition of water and color together. Now you can observe the movement of my round brush. It's a simple vertical movement and we're going to cover the entire area. 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 on the coaster. Where we are applying the solid black color, We are almost done painting the landscape area using this beautiful solid black color. You can just make sure that there is no space left to cover the solid black color. Now in order to create some depth near the waves, we are going to add these little horizontal strokes in the right hand side and the left hand side as well. Just make sure that your hand is very much loose and free. And try to create these little horizontal strokes, you can increase the density of the strokes near the edges of the entire coaster. It basically creates some nice depth to the entire painting and it will look a little bit more realistic in terms of the waves using the same solid black color. I'll be adding some more horizontal strokes near the water body on the topmost portion as well. The more horizontal strokes you'll apply, the more detail you'll get near the shadow of the waves as well. In case you find that there is axis amount of water in your round brush, you can dab it onto the tissue paper to make it a little bit dry and to get this beautiful texture. Now you can observe some nice variation in the water body where we have created these beautiful waves with its shadow effect. Some nice landscape area in the bottom portion, now I'll be taking some yellow and I'll be mixing it with some rose color together. And it will convert it into a nice orange shade. And we're going to apply it in the water body. By adding these horizontal strokes, it's basically a part of the reflection effect of the sun that we are going to paint. You can directly use solid yellow color, or you can mix it with rose to get it a little bit orangish. You can observe the way I'm moving my round brush in this horizontal movement. It's a very simple and easy technique. You just have to keep your hand very much loose and free. Try to apply these little horizontal strokes combined together to form this beautiful reflection effect. While I'm adding this reflection effect, I'll make sure that I don't move my brush inside the solid black color of the wave, which is the shadow, because there the light is not falling, leaving the solid black space. Again, I'll be adding these horizontal strokes. You can play with the size of the horizontal strokes by increasing and decreasing the size of the strokes. Make sure that you mix the colors well in your color palette. You can add a little bit of water to loosen the color up. I'll be slowly adding these horizontal strokes in the bottom portion as well. Now, once we are done painting this beautiful reflection effect, I'll be painting a beautiful, vibrant sun. So take your round brush of size zero, take some good amount of solid white color in your color palette, and just simply paint a circular shape in the sky area. You can paint the sun a little bit above from the horizon line, and you can observe that very carefully. I have created this circular shape. No need to hurry at all. Just try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Right now, we have painted the entire sun. Now we are going to create a nice contrast of the reflection effect as well. This time we are going to take some solid yellow color directly in our round brush. And I'm starting with the bottom portion, adding these little horizontal strokes. Now this time the horizontal strokes are going to be a little bit smaller than the first one, because this time it is going to be a sharp reflection. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply the horizontal strokes in a very slow and steady manner. Again, we'll be leaving the solid black color, which is the shadow of the waves. You can observe how beautiful the contrast of solid yellow color is coming with the orangish shade that we have applied in the background. We are going to repeat the same steps and I'm going to add these little horizontal strokes using this beautiful solid yellow color now, just below the horizon line, to make the entire reflection look a little bit more vibrant, we can add some solid white color and then reapply these little horizontal strokes around it. I'll be using the tip of my round brush carefully and slowly. I'm adding these little horizontal strokes near the horizon line as well. Connecting it with the horizontal strokes that we have already created. In the bottom portion, you can observe a beautiful contrast of the reflection effect with the entire painting. It makes the entire painting look a little bit more vibrant and elegant. Also, it's a very satisfying process of creating this beautiful reflection effect onto the water body. You can carefully observe, the more horizontal strokes we apply, the better detailed output we get. I'm almost done adding the nice reflection effect onto the entire water body. I'm just adding a few more horizontal strokes near the wave. You can take some solid white color in the color palette. You can loosen the color up by adding a little bit of water to enhance the entire wave. You can add a nice thin horizontal line just above the solid black color. It makes the entire wave look a little bit more attractive and aesthetic. We are almost done with the entire painting. I'll be adding a little bit of solid black color on the horizon line using my round brush of size zero. Take some nice solid black color and apply these horizontal strokes on the horizon line. On the right hand side, I wanted to make the horizon line look a little bit more in contrast, that's why I'm adding this beautiful solid black color. We are done with the entire painting. Now let me take you a little bit closer so that you can observe all the details carefully from painting this beautiful gradient sky, creating some nice variation in the water body painting. A beautiful, vibrant sun and its reflection effect. I hope that you enjoyed creating this particular class project. Now let us move towards the next project. 8. Painting 2 - The Tree: Everybody, you're most welcome to the second painting, which is the tree. In this particular painting, the major element is a tree and the beautiful islands. That's why I've named it as the tree. I'll be using a simple pencil to draw a horizontal line, which is basically the horizon line separating the sky area and the water body. Now in my color palette, I'm already having some volet color, but I'll be adding some more volet color. I'll be using my round brush of size seven. I'm also adding some move to it, which is very near to purple. Try to mix the colors well in the color palette. Make a good composition of water and color together. Now start applying the color just above the horizon line. No need to hurry at all. You can observe the movement of my hand. It's a simple horizontal movement. We are not going to cover the entire sky area using boilet. We are going to leave some space on the topmost portion to create a nice gradient effect while you're applying the color, just make sure that there is no space left on the entire coaster. I'll be adding a little bit of white in the color palette to lighter the saturation of the entire color. Again, try to mix the colors well in the color palette. Now we are going to apply this particular color On the topmost portion, you can observe, again, it's a simple horizontal movement. The best part about gage colors is that it gives a nice matte finish when it dries. Right now, you must be able to observe a line of separation between both the colors. But we are going to blend them together to create a nice gradient effect. Now, in order to blend both the colors, just simply clean your flat brush in water and dab it onto the tissue paper to make it a little bit dry. Now apply it in between both the colors, and you'll slowly observe a nice blend between both the colors. You can add a little bit of oilet in case you find that your color is less in saturation. The more horizontal strokes you'll apply, the better blend of both the colors you'll get. You can observe that getting a nice darker shade of volet in the bottom portion, above the horizon line to the topmost portion of the sky. We have created a nice gradient effect. Now let the background dry for a while and we're going to create some beautiful abstract clouds in the sky area. I'll be using my round brush of size three. I have taken some nice tint of mauve color. I have simply mixed it with some solid white color and decreased its saturation. Now slowly apply these little horizontal strokes combining together, forming a beautiful cluster of clouds. You can use the tip of your round brush carefully, apply very less pressure on it, and try to keep your hand very much loose and free. As you all know that clouds generally have a very natural and organic shape in the sky. There is no specific way of painting them. You can create your own composition of the clouds as well. You can play with the shape and size of the clouds. You can decide the position of the clouds as well. You're free to experiment with the entire scenery. You can carefully observe that after creating a beautiful cluster of clouds in the left hand portion, I've created a small cluster of clouds in between. Slowly, I'm going to create a cluster of cloud in the right hand side as well. The steps and method is absolutely same. Just use the tip of your round brush. Apply very less pressure on it. Simply create these beautiful little horizontal strokes in case you want to practice these beautiful cluster of clouds on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you want to come towards your final painting. It is absolutely fine. Now let us paint a beautiful water body just below the horizon line. I'll be taking my flat brush of size seven. Again, I'll be taking some rose color from the color palette. You can use the tip of your flat brush to paint just below the horizon line by just flipping your flatbrush in an angle. Now you can use the entire surface of the brush. Apply a nice horizontal coat of rose color just below the horizon line. Now slowly we are going to create some nice depth. So I'll be cleaning my flat brush and we're going to take some move color in the color palette. So I'll be taking some more color because we have some good surface to paint and apply it just below the rose color. Try to apply the horizontal strokes and slowly move towards the above portion, blending both the colors together. We still have some portion on the bottom portion, which is going to be a little bit darker, where we are going to apply some nice volet. Now we are going to apply some volet color in the bottom portion. I'll be taking some nice solid volet color from the container directly, choosing my flatbrush of size seven and slowly move towards the topmost portion, blending all the colors together in case you want a better blend, you can just clean your flat brush in water, dab it onto the tissue paper, make the brush dry and reapply. The horizontal strokes, you'll get a beautiful gradient effect. Right now we are done painting the entire background for the beautiful water body. We'll add some nice horizontal lines in this particular portion as well to create some beautiful waves. So I'll be using my round brush of size zero. I have added a little bit of solid black color in the mixture of mauve and violet, which was already there in my color palette. Now just below the horizon line, in a very random way, you have to apply these little horizontal lines. It's a very simple and easy technique. Try to keep your hand very much loose and free. Use the tip of your round brush to add these little horizontal strokes in between the water body. There is no specific way of applying these horizontal strokes, so you can apply them in a very random and natural manner. Now let us start painting some beautiful islands in the entire painting. I'm starting with a beautiful island just above the horizon line. Take some good amount of solid black color from the color palette. Make a good composition of color and water together. Make sure that there is no axis amount of water in your beautiful mixture of color because it will decrease the saturation of solid black color. You can observe that I am just creating a small landscape area which is on the right hand side. It would be really great if you create the outline first and then you fill in solid black color in the inner portion. This is how we have created a beautiful patch of solid black color which is creating a nice island. Similarly, we are going to create some more islands in the entire bottom portion, creating some beautiful outline initially, and then filling in solid black color in the inner portion. You can carefully observe that we have created some beautiful islands in the right hand side. Similarly, we are going to add some islands in the left hand portion as well. By creating a beautiful organic outline initially and then filling in solid black color in the inner portion. Between you can add some solid rock bodies which are having variation in sizes that is completely fine. Also, one thing I would like to tell you is that no need to worry about painting the islands in the exact same way I have painted right now. You can create your own composition of the islands as well. You can play with the shape and sizes. You can decide the position of the entire rock body as well. You're free to experiment and explore. Now in the bottom portion, I'm having a huge island, which is having some spaces in between as well. You can just create the outline, leaving some spaces in between. Then you can slowly start filling solid black color in the entire portion. In case you find that your color is getting finished from the brush, you can definitely take some more color from the color palette. Just make sure that you do not have axis amount of water that will decrease the saturation of solid black color. You can carefully observe that I have added another huge piece of island in the bottom portion, which is on the right hand side. Again, it's a very organic shape. No need to worry about painting it in the exact same way I have painted right now in case you are not that much confident enough to add these beautiful solid black patches directly towards your beautiful water body and you do not want to spoil your 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. I have added a little portion of Island on the left hand side. Now let us add some nice reflection effect of the beautiful island on the bottom portion by simply adding thin horizontal strokes. It's a very simple and easy step. Just use the tip of your round brush. Apply least pressure on it, and just simply add these little horizontal lines. This basically creates some nice depth to the entire island. You can also add these little strokes below the small rock bodies that we have painted around. Right now, you can observe a beautiful cluster of islands in the entire water body. You can also observe a beautiful contrast between the islands rock bodies and the water body that is in the background. Together, it forms a beautiful scenery. Now let us paint the main element of the entire painting, which is going to be a beautiful tree. I'll be using my round brush of size zero and I'll be taking some solid black color from the color palette. We're going to start by painting the entire bush of the tree. I'll be using the tip of my round brush, creating these little strokes, forming a beautiful outline for the entire bush. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Also, no need to worry about getting the exact shape that I have created right now. Your shape might vary. You can also play with the shape and size of the entire tree. You can decide the position of the tree as well. Now, once you're done painting a rough organic outline, you can simply take some more solid black color and apply it in the entire portion. You can observe that we have created a beautiful sill out for a tree which is huge enough. I'll be adding some little dots around to make it look a little bit more aesthetic, which is basically the leaves. While you're filling solid black color in the entire inner portion, just make sure that there is no space left in between because it will not look nice when the entire tree dries. We are almost done painting the entire bush of the tree. Now let us paint the trunk of the tree as well. We are going to connect the entire trunk of the tree with the landscape area in the bottom portion. It's a very simple and easy technique. I'll be taking some good amount of solid black color from the color palette. Start from the bush and apply very less pressure. Use the tip of your round brush and just connect this little strokes together. Connect the entire branch with the landscape area in the bottom portion. This is the entire trunk of the tree and you can observe how beautiful the entire tree is looking. We are almost done painting all the elements in the entire painting. I'll be taking some solid lemon yellow color from the color palette and we're going to create a beautiful reflection effect. You just have to create these little horizontal strokes just below the horizon line. No need to hurry at all. Take some time, paint it with patients. Try to apply these little horizontal strokes, and as you move towards the bottom portion, you can simply decrease the size of the strokes that you're making. The more horizontal strokes you'll apply, the better reflection effect you'll get just above the reflection effect. We're going to paint a beautiful sun. I'll be cleaning my round brush in water, dab it onto the tissue paper, take some solid white color, add a little bit of yellow in it, mix them well in the color palette. Now I'm going to paint a beautiful sun in the sky area. Take a little bit of space from the horizon line and just paint a circular shape. No need to hurry at all. Use the tip of your round brush and carefully paint a circular shape. Similarly, add these little horizontal white strokes on the reflection effect, a little bit smaller than the first one. We are done with the entire painting. Now let me take you a little bit closer so that you can observe all the details carefully. You can observe how beautifully we have combined all the elements together to form this beautiful scenery, which is basically a beach sunset. I hope that you enjoyed creating this particular class project. Now let us move towards the next project. 9. Painting 3 - The City Lights: Hey everybody. You're most welcome to the third painting, which is the city lights. It's going to be a beat sunset, but it is going to have some nice city light on the horizon line. I'll be using a simple pencil to draw a horizon line, which is basically separating the sky area and the water body. Simply draw a horizontal line. I'll be taking some oilet color in the color palette using my flat brush of size seven. And we're going to apply it on the topmost portion. Now slowly move towards the bottom area, but we are not going to cover the entire area with violet. We're going to create a gradient effect while you're applying the color on the topmost portion. Be a little bit careful that you have applied the color in the entire surface. Now, take some mauve color from the container directly, or you can take it from your color palette as well. Take some rose color in the bottom portion. Now right now, you can observe that all the colors are in a very random way. We're going to blend them together. Simply dab your brush onto the tissue paper. Slowly, start applying these horizontal strokes to get a better blend. Make sure that your flat brush is dry. Now I'll be taking some solid white color in the color palette. Mix it well with violet to make it a little bit dull and decrease the saturation of violet color. Just simply keep your flatbrush in an angle, make it a little bit inclined, and try to add these little horizontal strokes, which are combining together to form some beautiful abstract clouds in the sky area. You can observe the way I'm holding my flat brush. As you all know that clouds generally have a very natural and organic shape. There is no specific way of painting them. You can create your own composition. You can play with the shape and size. You can decide the position of the clouds as well. You can simply observe the way I'm moving my flat brush in an angle. So that I can get these beautiful horizontal strokes combining together to form a beautiful cluster of clouds. Starting from the right hand side, slowly moving towards the left hand portion. Wherever you want to have thinner strokes, just apply very less pressure. Use the tip of your flat brush also in case you want to paint the clouds using your round brush of size three. That is completely fine. It will work. You can observe a beautiful contrast between the clouds and the background color that we have created. No need to hurry at all. Take your time. Try to paint the clouds in a very slow and steady manner. I have added two little strokes on the left hand side as well. The more horizontal strokes you'll apply, the better blend you'll get between the cluster of clouds as well. I'm adding maximum horizontal strokes just above the horizon line in case you want to practice the cluster of clouds on a rough scrap of paper initially and then you want to come towards your final painting, it is completely fine. This will help you a lot to develop confidence while painting, and the chances of making mistakes will be very less. Now let us paint the water body. I have taken some more. Add a little bit of solid white color in it and apply it just below the horizon line. You can observe that I have used the tip of my flat brush to paint below the horizon line slowly. I'll be adding a little bit of solid black color in this particular mixture to make the tone a little bit darker and apply it on the remaining portion of the entire coaster. In the bottom portion, we are going to have some landscape area as well and the water body, before we paint the landscape area, let us create some nice depth and details to the entire water body. I'll be taking some solid black color to increase the darker tone of the entire color that we are using right now, which is basically a mixture of move and solid black color. The water body is going to be on the left hand side. I'm creating the horizontal strokes from the left hand side and I'm just leaving the strokes as I move towards the right hand portion, you can observe the movement of my hand. Whenever you're applying the horizontal strokes in a very thin manner, always make sure that you try to keep your hand in a very loose and free way. No need to make it stiff and apply very less pressure on it. You can carefully observe that we have created some nice variation using this beautiful darker tone by adding some solid black color in the mixture of the colors. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply these strokes in a very slow and steady manner the way we added the darker tones, applying these beautiful horizontal strokes. Similarly, just add a little bit of solid white color in the mixture and add these beautiful horizontal strokes. In between using your round brush of size three, you can also use your round brush of size zero. That is completely fine. You can observe a beautiful combination of darker tones and lighter tones together in the water body. It basically creates some nice depth and details to the entire water body. I'll be using my round brush of size zero. Take some solid black color in it and we're going to create a beautiful city line just above the horizon line. Start applying these little thin strokes using your solid black color. Starting from the left hand portion, slowly moving towards the right hand side area. Now there is going to be a beautiful curved shape that we're going to create in the bottom part. But before that let us paint the elements just above the horizon line. We are just going to add some beautiful rock bodies in a very smaller portion. There is going to be some sellouts of buildings and a bridge element above the horizon line. Now using the tip of my round brush, I'm just creating a thin line which is basically separating the landscape area and the water body. The remaining portion is going to be completely black on the right hand side in case you want to create some variation in between the water body and the landscape area, it is completely fine, you can play with the entire composition. Now I'm going to use my flat brush of size seven and I'll be taking some solid black color in the color palette. You're going to paint the entire remaining portion using the flat brush of size seven, so that we can cover the area quickly. You can observe it's a simple vertical movement. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply the color in a slow and steady manner. Apply it carefully near the line of separation. Slowly add these vertical strokes below the line of separation. While you're applying solid black color in the landscape area. Just make sure that there is no space left on the entire coaster because it will not look nice when the entire color dries up. You can always take some more color from the color palette in case you find that your color is getting finished. You can observe that I'm done painting the landscape area using solid black color. Now let us paint some beautiful elements just above the horizon line, which is going to be some rock bodies, some beautiful building elements, and a bridge element, which is going to be very beautiful. I'm just trying to create it randomly, only there is no specific way of painting it. You can create these little rectangular shapes on the topmost portion. You can create the outline initially, and then you can 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. You can create some nice variation as well. You can observe that I have created some noise building elements on the right hand side, just above the horizon line between the rock bodies and the building elements that we have created, there is some space left. So we are going to add a sell out of a bridge in between. I'll be using my same round brush of size zero. Take some good amount of solid black color from the color palette and add a thin horizontal line connecting it with the rock body on the left hand side. No need to hurry at all. Just apply very less pressure on your round brush and just create a beautiful horizontal line. Now slowly we're going to add vertical lines which are going to be connected with the horizon line in the bottom portion. This basically enhances the entire bridge and make it look a little bit more aesthetic. No need to hurry at all. Try to do this particular step in a very slow and steady manner. Try to apply the vertical lines in a very careful way in case you want to make the vertical lines a little bit thicker, you can reapply another vertical stroke on it. I'll be using my round brush of size zero and we are going to create a beautiful reflection effect of the sun that we are going to paint in the sky area. It's a very simple and easy technique. Just try to create these little horizontal strokes. Start from the bottom portion of the horizon line and slowly move towards the bottom area. As you move towards the bottom area, simply decrease the size of the strokes that you're making. No need to hurry at all. The more horizontal strokes you'll apply, the better depth you'll get. I'll be taking some more solid white color in my color palette. I'll be using my round brush of size zero. Add a little bit of water to loosen the color a. And we are going to paint a beautiful sun in the sky area. Leave some space from the horizon line, and paint a circular shape in the sky area. Be a little bit careful while painting the sun. Apply very less pressure and try to create a circular shape using the tip of your round brush. Now once we are done painting the sun, you can add the solid white color in the reflection effect as well. In case you want to use yellow for the reflection effect, that is also completely fine. You can create a combination of yellow and white together. I'll be using some solid white color to add some nice details in the entire bridge. You can apply these little vertical strokes in between the black vertical strokes. Basically, it basically acts as lights in the entire bridge. No need to hurry at all. Try to do this particular step in a very slow and steady manner. Now near the building portion, we are going to add some beautiful lights. So I'll be using my round brush of size zero again. And you just have to create these little dots just below the building element that we have painted again. It's a very simple and easy step. You just have to randomly add these dots near the horizon line. There is no specific way of applying these dots. You can randomly apply them wherever you want to. I'll be taking some yellow color also to have some nice variation in the lights. Take some solid yellow in the color palette. Loosen the color up by adding a little bit of water. And similarly, you can compose the dots together in the combination of two to three dots together. Now I wanted to make the black lines below the bridge, which are vertical a little bit thicker. I'll be taking some more solid black color. I reapply these vertical strokes Now in the bottom portion, where we have applied this beautiful solid black color to the entire landscape area. What I'm going to do is that I'm going to create a rough texture on the entire surface. To do that particular step, just take your round brush of size three. Add a little bit of solid black color in the mixture of boil it and move together so you'll get a less saturated, dull color. Now simply use the tip of your round brush and apply it in this random manner. You just have to dab it using the tip of your round brush. We're not applying a solid color. This basically creates a nice texture in the entire landscape area. It's a very simple and easy technique. You just have to randomly move your brush on the topmost surface of the entire landscape area. You're not going to cover it completely. There is no specific way of applying the texture. Also, no need to worry about getting it in the exact same way I am painting right now. Now, to make it a little bit lighter on the topmost portion, you can add a little bit of solid white color in this particular mixture. Simply dab it onto the topmost surface. While you're doing this particular step, make sure that your brush is dry enough, you should not have excess amount of water in it. Then you won't be able to get this beautiful texture onto the landscape area. No need to hurry at all. Try to do this particular step in a very slow and steady manner in case you want to practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you want to come towards your final painting, it is completely fine. This will help you a lot to develop confidence while painting, and the chances of making mistakes will be very less. You can carefully observe that I'm adding the texture near the line of separation between the water body and the landscape area. We are done with the entire painting. Let me take you a little bit closer so that you can observe all the details carefully. You can observe how beautifully we have combined these minimal elements together to form a beautiful scenery, which is basically a beach sunset. I hope that you enjoyed creating this particular class project. Now let us move towards the next part. 10. Class Conclusion: Gash is a really amazing medium as it gives a beautiful matt finish when it dries. Whenever I want to create an elegant painting, I always try to keep my color palette minimal. You can also go for a monochromatic color scheme. While I was creating this particular class, I made any number of mistakes. And that is something I tell my students never to be afraid of making mistakes. It's always a part of the learning process. You can experiment with the class projects and create your own sceneries as well. No need to worry about painting it in the exact same way I have painted. I would be really excited to see all of your class projects. Do not forget to add your projects to the project gallery. 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. At the end, I would like to say keep learning, keep practicing, enjoy the process of creating. Thank you so much for joining the class and happy painting.