Loose-Style Watercolor Landscapes - 9 Days Painting Practice

1. Introduction to the Class: The beautiful thing about art and painting is that there is always room for growth and exploration. And the best way to do this and build upon existing talent and technique is to work on it every day. The reward of the consistent practise will be reflected in each and every brush stroke you take. So tell me, do you like to paint on daily basis? Hello, I'm Shannon to pan and engineer and an artist based out of Bangalore, India. Welcome to my Skillshare class on painting loose style watercolor landscapes. This class is designed in such a way that it enables you to capture the beauty of the nature with simple and loose painting approach. I will demonstrate various ways to handle the brush and share some insights on different brushstrokes, which would help you to loosen up and build a muscle memory to paint easily with loose painting style. I'll be referring to various examples to help you understand the application of techniques that we learned in the class. Loose painting style, we learn to let go of control and expectations. It teaches us to worry less about achieving picture perfect paintings. So there are a total of nine class projects. All of them are based on painting the landscapes in loose manner. So painting nine projects altogether could be a bit overwhelming, right? So in order to make that easier for you, I'll be uploading the classes one at a time. Like each project will be uploaded on a daily basis so that you can come back each day and paint along with me. If this is something that interests, you, don't miss out on what's coming next. Without any further ado, let's get started. I'm excited to see you inside. 2. What is Loose-Style Painting?: What is loose style painting? In Louis style painting, we tried to paint with suggestions or impressions, rather than painting everything in detail. So we don't have to paint whatever we see with our naked eyes. We just have to make some suggestions so that it captures the essence of the scene that we want to paint. In realistic type of paintings. We try to capture each and every detail, which makes the process very daunting. I personally love to paint with blue style of painting because it gives me the liberty to paint loosely with very less expectation. I have learned to let go of control and enjoy the flow as I paint. As kids, we were all taught to paint within boundaries and HU, picture perfect drawings. So I understand that it can feel really difficult. So step out of that and paint freely. Getting rid of all the controlled brushstrokes. With this nine days of painting challenge, you will allow yourself to experience loose painting approach and see how wonderfully it works for you. Your class projects need not be same as mine. I would never encourage you to create exact same replica. Right? How fun with the exercises and the projects that's coming ahead. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me in the discussion section. I would always be happy to help you. 3. Art supplies used: Let us talk about the art supplies that we're going to need for the class. So first off, we have paper. I'm using 300 GSM, 100% cotton paper. It is compressed texture and I'm using the software side of the cold press paper. You couldn't go with any semi-log paper that you already have. And the size of this paper is rectangular, size 7.5 by 5.5 ". Next, let us talk about the colors I have used are displayed colors in this palette. So let me walk you through the color names. Crimson, scarlet, red, orange, yellow ocher, cadmium yellow, lemon yellow and greenish yellow. Sap Green, burnt umber, cobalt blue, ultramarine blue. This is very didn't hue. Indigo. And the civilian blue, black, violet and purple. Then an empty space. Umbo and bond, Dumbo. Then the last one is Payne's gray. And in the bottom row I have white as well. So that's about the colors. Next, we would need two jars of water for painting. One is for cleaning the brushes, and other one is to take Clearwater for wet-on-wet techniques. For sketching, we would need pencil and an eraser. We would need a water spray bottle for wetting the surface of the paper while painting. Now the brushes that I will be using, a size eight or a size six round brushes. One flat brush off size for the washes, you can go with any larger brush. For details. I'll be using science to velvet brush. You can go with any detailer brush that you have. I have got this new hockey brush, which I might use for writing the base layer. I'm just excited to use this. We would need some issues and some napkins for wiping the pains and the extra water off the brushes that we'll be using watercolor palettes. I may or may not use these exact ones, But yeah, you would need something to mix your colors. And you would need masking tape and a clipboard to tape the paper on while we're painting. A blow dryer to speed up the drying process. So this is an optional thing. Alright, so these were the supplies that I'm going to use for the class. However, you can go ahead with any similar supplies that's already available with you. 4. Techniques + Brushstrokes practice: In this chapter, we will practice some simple brush strokes to help loosen up our muscles and get acquainted with the loose style of painting. So grab your brush and a rough piece of paper and let us together practice some simple brushstrokes. I'm starting off with size two round brush and holding the brush in a very loose manner and paint some angular lines. As you're doing this, you might feel a sense of discomfort in the motion because that's not your usual style. And this is something new that you're trying, right? Continue doing this for as long as you want. These little exercises will help you boost your muscle memory when you paint loose style of painting. So you can see in this painting we have the branches and the fence, the background. It is done with the loose approach. Let me show you how we would usually draw lines. Otherwise, this is very controlled lines. This does not convey a loose style, so you have to get rid of that. Let go of the control and just allow the brushstrokes to flow while painting. Alright, Next, let us go ahead with another exercise where we will be painting lines emerging out from a single center point. I'm so sorry that my hand is covering the view. We are trying to make like an asterisk or star ship, one single point. And from there, we will draw lines in clockwise direction. Do this as many times you want. This will make you feel very confident with the strokes and also the direction. Next, I would want you to practice some brushstrokes with a larger brush and practice some bold brushstrokes. These bold brushstrokes help us to let go of the control and embrace the uncertainty of watercolors. It is a really good exercise to try some horizontal and vertical brushstrokes. Just like that. You can press the belly of the brush in order to get a larger coverage while painting. Just play around with colors. It's not any punishment for you all to practice these many times. The more you practice with the loser approach, the more you get to see the beauty of watercolors. So just to explore. Moving on, let us practice some tree foliage. So we're going to paint it with loose approach. You can use any old brush as well. You just have to dab your brush and create some random impressions of leaves. E.g. you can see this painting, I have dab the brush to create the impression of the foliage. Similarly in this painting as well. Other paintings too. Then for the darker shadows, you can use the darker color. Alright, moving on, I want you all to practice some brushstrokes wherein we will apply a varied amount of pressure. So here you can see I've started off with a thin line and then gradually increase the thickness. Then again, I'll go back to the thinner line. So this is the weighted amount of pressure in the brush that you have to control. Keep practicing this in various directions. Now we will use the same technique to paint the tree trunks. We will start the tree from the bottom part with more pressure to create thicker line. And as we move upwards, we will be reading the pressure that is very less pressure to draw the thinner lines. You would need to remember this technique when you're painting the trees. Next is a technique that will be widely used as filler elements. And it is flattering technique by getting a sense of busy wipe the painting without much effort. This can be done on a wet or dry surface. Sought to add some shadows and a sense of depth, we will be adding darker lines on the ground areas are the grassy surface. Now, let's say we want to paint some trees or some other background elements that appear blurry, then we would go for wet on wet technique, e.g. in this painting, you can see the background trees are blurry. Even in this painting as well. So here we are trying to suggest the appearance of trees rather than painting the whole detail tree. Okay, So let's paint the background. I've applied Clearwater. I known that I be applying some different shades. Now, to add any further detail, we will need to dry this area first. So I'm using the blow dryer to speed up the drying process. Alright, now let's add the trunk of the trees. Oops, looks like the water media is still wet. Never mind. I hope you have understood what I'm trying to say. If you add details on a wet surface, the paint's going to smudge. If you want to have some hard and detail lines, wait for the paint to dry completely. Alright. Next let us practice some tree branches. I'm painting them very loosely with very loose strokes. For these trees, I'm going to add some leaves. That is the foliage part. So I've used very diluted colors. This is ambles and soft transparent leaves in the tree. And for the darker part in the tree, you can add some darker colors. E.g. in this painting, I have used this similar technique to paint the tree foliage. Also in this painting. However, there are more darker areas in this, but I haven't used a similar technique. I would want you to practice some tree branches and loose style. You can find some nature or three references on Internet and tried to replicate them in a loose style. That way you will understand the subject and the style by TO mixed, I'm demonstrating some simple and loose way of painting the grassy or the ground area. You just have applied some bold and thicker brushstrokes. You don't have to worry if you go wrong in your initial attempts. That's how everyone learns, right. 5. Day 1 - Autumn Afternoon: Hello, this is day one of the daily practice challenge, and we are going to create this artwork today. So come, let's get started. Before we start our class project. Let me walk you through the thumbnail part of the painting so that it is easier for you all to form the composition. In the lower part of the paper, we have the horizon line and there are some background trees. Here. We're not drawing the trees in very detailed manner. This is just a suggestion because we are painting or sort of loose painting right? Around this area. There are some trees. The foliage part of the tree is very light, which means it will be very diluted in color. I just shade this area. And in the foreground part, there will be some shadows of the other trees on the ground part. And we have some flying birds in the sky. Alright, that is it with the thumbnail. Now let's see the colors that we would need for the project. So the shades, black, burnt sienna and sap green, Bond, Dumbo. While I let all purple or indigo, Payne's gray. If you do not have Payne's gray, then you can mix blue and brown. Okay, so let's get started. I'm going to keep down the paper using masking tape. And I'm using half-inch masking tape. A bird down on all the sites. Alright, the paper is still tightly. Alright, so let's get started with the painting. I'm applying clear water throughout the paper. I'm using my size two round brush. Apply even amount of water throughout the paper. Okay, So the entire paper is wet. Now, let us move on to paint the sky. I'm going to use Payne's gray with a bit of indigo color. Apply some random strokes. The picking the clouds in the sky. Now, build the paper and let the watercolor do its trick. You can see the colors are flowing in a downward direction. Now, on the left side, I'm going to apply diluted violet color. Whichever direction you take, the colors are going to flow in that direction. So you can see we have achieved this mild cloudy appearance in the sky. Now, I'm going to take a napkin and wipe off all the extra water that is there. So the paper should be almost 60, 70% dry. Moving on, let us paint the distant treeline. You are. The trees will be bloody and APRNs because it is far from the viewpoint, right? I'll be painting trees with different colors. You could use any darker colors that you have in your palate. There's no rule that you have to go with the same colors that I use. Now to soften those sharp edges. In the bottom part, I'm going to use a clean, damp brush. Towards the right side. I'll be using shades of green and yellow ocher with some oil it yeah. Like I said, you can use any color that you like. Around the bottom area of these trees. I'll be using raw umber. This is like a warm brown color. Do not apply a lot of brush strokes. Let the colors blend naturally. Next, we would need or tissue, paper, dry tissue. We will be lifting the paint from the painted area. So you can see I have lifted the paints here. This will be the area reserved for the trees. So this is an easier way to create lighter colored trees. You could even use masking fluid. Leave the negative space for the trees. Nothing wrong with that as well. There are various ways to achieve certain dissolves in water colors. Now, let's paint the foreground area. Sorry, I'm mixing a mutated green color. It is a mix of sap, green, yellow ocher, and white watercolor. Diluted tone of this color mix and apply it in the foreground area. Now, apply a low or go over this painted area. In case your paper is still damp or wet. You can use a damp brush to lift the paint and create the tree trunks. Next, I'll be taking hello green color with a bit of violet. This will create a darker green color. Like a brownish green. Apply this on the left bottom area. And below the tree trunks. This is going to depict the shadows in the ground area. Alright, so let us allow the paper to dry. I'm using a blow dryer to speed up the drying process. Alright, the paints have dried. So now let us paint the base layer for the tree trunks. I'm using diluted brown color. Brown color could be burnt sienna, burnt umber, raw umber. Any brown color that you have. Use a watered down version and apply it as the base layer for the tree trunks. Use different tonal values so that it suggests are essential for mediation. Okay, so we will leave it on for now and come back later. Now let us move on to paint the trees on the left side of the painting. So these are going to be tiny trees. I use a mix of purple and Payne's gray to paint these trees. You could use any darker color or even black is also fine. Now with the same darker color, I'll be painting these tiny fence in the background area. So just draw some lines and connect them together using a horizontal line. Next, I'm going to create a sense of texture in the background area. So let's mix a darker green color in thicker consistency. With this color. We will be just sliding the brush on the offense area. So you can see it has created this sure DO effect, creating a sense of dimension. And that in the background. In the foreground area, I'm going to paint the cast shadows of the trees and the elements around this area. So I'll be using slightly darker green and apply some random brushstrokes. So the lighter areas that you see here is reflected. Area in the foreground. The darker areas are the shadow areas. Moving on, let us paint the tree foliage. So here I'm using a diluted version of this greenish brown color. I'll dab the brush. And with the belly of this brush, I'll create the impression of the leaves. This creates an impression of the leaves being very transparent and light in color. Now, let us move on to the trunk of the trees. So here I'll use concentrated or a thicker consistency of darker brown and apply it on the sides of the trees. This makes the tree trunk look very dimensional. Now I'll extend the tree branches. So I'm using my size two round brush for these finer lines. I'll add some twigs and branches on the upper area as well. This defines the overall look of the tree. Are adding in some horizontal lines on the tree trunk. Use a darker color to add those shadows around the root area of the trees. Also adding some trees in the background. Thanks. I'm adding in some darker shadows in the foliage area using medium consistency of Payne's gray. So if you use very darker color, it will spoil the harmony in the foliage part of the painting. So make sure you're keeping it in same tonal value. I'll extend these tiny twigs and branches on the outside of the tree area. Now, let's add some tiny loose on the branches that we have been dead. So he are in the background. We have a bear tree. Let's add some foliage there. I'm going to splatter some darker paint in the foreground area. This is going to make the foreground area look slightly busier. Lastly, let us add some free flying birds in the sky. And I'll add some tiny details on the tree. It is optional step. You can skip it. Alright, so we are done with this painting. Let us remove the masking tape. There you go. This is how our painting looks like. Very loose and organic, yet beautiful, right? I hope you enjoyed painting this with me. 6. Day 2 - Dry grassland: Welcome back to day two of the class. Today we will learn to create this artwork. So let's start by drawing the thumbnail of the painting. So here I will draw lines creating various section for the dried or lying in the painting. These lines are just for reference. You could skip them as well. In the mid ground, we have a tree in the background that there's the faraway line. We have some houses. So we'll just mark the suggestion of the houses. No need of drawing the perfect shapes. It'll also have some other elements like tau, electric pole and some trees. I long to be drawing some animals. So I'll make them look like they're grazing the dried glasses. Okay. So please don't judge me here. I'm not so good at drawing animals, but I'm still going to give it a try. If you want to go ahead with drawing animals in your painting, then I would recommend you to practice them on a piece of graph paper so that you feel confident when you go ahead with the painting. So here I'm drawing some different postures of the animals. Just giving it a try. Next, let me show you the colors that I'm going to use. So does bond, Dumbo, Payne's gray. If you don't have Romberg and makes a yellow ocher and burnt umber or any brown than Sap green, black, violet or purple and yellow ocher, indigo. So let me show you how we are going to paint dried grasses will first apply raw umber. Then towards the foreground area, we're going to darken the hue by applying bond Dumbo. Then to partition though grassy area will apply Payne's gray. To get these dry brush strokes that you see in the painting, your brush should not have lots of paint in it. In the background will be roughly painting the trees. Now let's practice the tree shape. Just roughly the paint. It's always good to use an old brush for dabbing process because you might spoil your good brushes. I always forget to switch brushes while painting. Alright, so let's move on to the painting process. I'm going to tape down the paper using masking tape. So neatly apply the masking tape on all the sides. Once you're done, just on your finger, on the edges to make sure it is tightly sealed. Alright, so the paper is really tightly. Now let us start with the sketching part. First-class mark the horizon line. This is somewhere in the lower half of the vapor. Towards the horizon area. I'll be marking some tiny elements like houses or some tower like shapes. You can add any elements of your choice. There is no restriction as such to follow the exact same step. I'm adding some electric poles and wires. Now let's add a tree. So I'm forking the main trunk of the tree into multiple parts, making it look more natural in chip. Then in the background, I'll be adding some bushy, tree-like shapes. We'll define them as we paint. But for time being, we will just among the basic composition and the shapes. Next I'll roughly draw some diagonal lines dividing the background, mid ground, and the foreground area. So these are sloping diagonal lines. Next, I want to draw some animals in the fields here. So let me tell you I'm not so great at drawing animals, but I'm still giving it a try. If you want, you can go ahead and make some animals in your painting. If you're not so confident, then you could skip it. It's totally up to you. I'm not sure if this looks like a sheep or a cow. I think we will figure it out as we paint. I have always hesitated to draw animals in my paintings because I feel like I might ruin my painting itself. I think another animal over here. So this one will be sitting on the ground, on the grassy area. Next, I'll draw another one. So this will be the front view of the cow. So you'll only be able to see the body of the cow partially. Alright, so I'm done drawing the animals. If you're not comfortable, you can totally skip it. It's fine. Okay, Let's go back to the trees and the background elements. Adding some branches and some wires. You can add more houses as well. Alright, now let's start the painting process. So reinforced with the upper area, that is the sky part of the painting. So I want my sky to have a slight golden touch in it. I'm going to mix a golden color. Let's take a yellow ocher and a very tiny with all four purple. Mix them together and we will get a golden color. I apply this color on the sky, leaving some tiny whitespaces. Whitespaces for the white clouds. Now take some yellow ocher alone and apply it in between. We have a mix of golden brown and this yellowish color. So very subtle golden color sky. Alright, so we have painted the golden highlights in the sky. We will add the darker clouds in the next layer. Moving on, I'm going to apply clear water in the mid ground and the foreground area. We will be painting though, dry grassy area here. Next I'll take raw umber. You could even mix, want, Dumbo and yellow ocher. Start applying the paint from the bottom area and apply the paint till the midground area. Next we will take Payne's gray and apply the paint on the lines that we have drawn earlier. This darker areas are going to create a sense of separation. And it will automatically highlight the lighter parts in the painting. Okay, so we will leave it here for now and get back to the sky part. My paper is almost 60, 70% dry, so I'm still able to add the colors I want. In case your paper has dried, you can reweight it again. So here I'm adding some darker clouds using Payne's gray. Make sure to leave the low clouds as it is, because that is the golden touch in the sky. And as we reach towards the horizon, leave the empty spaces for the houses and the elements that we have. Big concentrated Payne's gray and apply it as darker clouds in the sky. So here I'm adding some tiny wispy clouds. There is no fixed door placement for these clouds here. You can add them wherever you want. It's up to you. Next, I'm taking indigo and mixing it with the Payne's gray. I have a darker blue color. With this, I'll add the distant mountain, which appeals hazy. Leave white spaces for the houses that we have drawn. Painting another mountain on the right side. So these mountains are very far from the viewpoint. They appear blurry because of the Hayes and the mist in that atmospheric air. Next, take a mix of burnt umber and a bit of Payne's gray. This will form a darker brown mix. Apply this color mix in the horizon area depicting the trees. You don't have to paint the perfect tree shapes. I'm just wiggling my brush to form the tree shapes. Also, don't forget to leave these whitespaces. Now I'm switching to my fine liner brush. This is a size two round brush. With this, I'll add the tiny details. When we add these tiny lines and random bags, it kind of creates a suggestion that there are some elements in the background. Making a mix of paint gray plus bond Dumbo in a diluted form. So here I want to create some textures in the grassy area. So I'm loading my brush, creating this textured effect. Moving on, I'll be painting the roof of the houses in the background area. So here I'm adding some red depicting the roof. It is okay if the houses don't look perfect, we can leave it up to the viewer's interpretation. I'll add some tiny dots depicting the window and the doors of the houses. All right, Next, let us paint the tree foliage. I'm going to make so brownish green color. Let's mix burnt umber plus Sap green. That both the extra paint so that you get nice short affecting the foliage. First we will paint the lighter highlights of the tree, and then we'll go on adding the darker shadows. Paint some smaller lines and dots around the outer area of the tree so that it resembles the tiny leaves and makes it look more organic. Next, I'm going to switch to my size six round brush. And I'll take thicker consistency of green and brown. So this will be a darker, brownish green color. With thick paint, we will just dab the paint and create the leafy effect. So earlier I had painted the base layer for the tower. Now I'm adding some details there. And I'm also adding some electric poles and wires using darker brown. I'm being being though tree trunk and the branches. We'll paint the shadow of the tree on the grassy part. Now with the help of darker color and my fine liner brush, I'm adding some strokes in the background area, creating more visual interest and a sense of contrast. Be mindful of the pressure you apply by painting these strokes. If you're in applying more pressure, We're gonna get thicker lines. Darker green color, and the darker foliage in the tree. Use any brown color to add the branches in the tree. So these branches, I really find out tree trunk. I'll be adding some grass blades. So these are very loosely painted. You could even slide your brush creating the textured effect. Dislike how I'm doing. You're using a mix of burnt umber and Payne's gray. I'm adding some elements in the background. So when I have added these trees, you can clearly notice or distinguish the difference between the background and the mid ground trees. The ones that are in the background are blurrier. And the ones that I'm painting now have defined edges like this pin, the animals. I'm using darker brown color. With the fine liner brush, you can get nice precision and control brushstrokes. First we will add one layer of base color. Then after some time, we will add the darker shadows. So let's apply a base color for all the animals here. I'm sorry, these don't turn out well, what I'm challenging myself to paint them. And I would want you to do that as well. Again, I'll be gliding my brush to create a textured effect. This time. It is with the yellow ocher. As you might already know, this is called dry brush technique, where we use a damp brush and almost more water in the paint to create this texture effect. Adding in some grass blades in the foreground area. Let's go back to being, being animals. I'm adding of Payne's gray as darker shadows. I'm adding the shadows and on the stomach and the bottom part where there is lack of light. So let's add some final tweaks here and there, making it rich in contrast and highlights. The more you paint, the more you get idea about adding contrast and highlights in the painting. That's why practice is very important in any medium. You could look at your painting and see if there's anything missing or you feel want to add any element. You do not have to compare your painting with mine. It's okay. We are painting loose style, so each painting is going to turn out unique and amazing. Just the way it is explained. Some free flying birds in the sky. I'm going to add some white wash paint on the animals. I'm still not sure if I should call them cows or shapes. Whatever it is, I'm happy with the bending. Let me know how you're painting has turned out. All right, let's build the masking tape and reveal the final look of the painting. There you go. This is how the bing, bing looks like. I hope you enjoyed painting this class project with me. Please do share your class project and the project's gallery. I'm really excited to see how we are painting looks like, especially those little animals. I'll see you in the next class project. 7. Day 3 - Beach : Hello and welcome to day three of the class. Today we are going to paint this artwork. So before we start, let me walk you through the thumbnail of the painting. In the distant area, we have these mountain ranges. Since it isn't a distant area and blurry and not in-focus. Main focus here is the sea touching the shore. And there are some water puddles on the sign here. Now let's talk about the colors. For the sky. I'll be using permanent L0 and Payne's gray. For the foreground part. I'm going to use burnt umber, raw umber, ultramarine blue for the water, then black for the distant mountain. Before we proceed, let us practice the short area. I'm going to use it all on board. With that, we will create assigned part ways it all on board as the base. We will add Payne's gray as the shadow to add some depth to really be using various, don't know the values of raw umber and bond, Dumbo splattering some pains to create a sense of noise. Now let's say this is the water part. So I'll be using diluted ultramarine for the Watteau and around this area, we're going to paint some brown color. This will suggest the paddles in short area. I'm adding darker colors around that to create a sense of depth. Next, for the mountains, we will be creating multiple layers with similar colors. So we'll go from light to dark, as you can see in the painting. Alright, so let us start with the painting. I'm going to tape down the paper using masking tape, at least in the paper so that it doesn't buckle up while painting. Once you're done taping it down, just run your fingers through out the edges of the paper. Alright, so let us start directly with no sketching. Okay, So take a low, it should be a warm yellow and apply it and I want the mid area. Then with a clean brush, we are going to blend it with the background. Next, apply another diluted stroke in the upper area. Then we'll take Payne's gray and apply it and I'll do a low areas. The low streak in the sky depicts the sunlight present behind these clouds. Feel free to create your own version of this guy. There's no restriction that you have to follow the same steps as mine. So I'm applying water below the horizon or the main area. Apply ultramarine blue in diluted form in the bottom area. So this will be the base color for the water that we're going to paint. Since we are painting a beach or the shoulder area. So I'm going to use raw umber to suggest the sand at the beach side. This will be the base color of the sand. If you do not have raw umber, then you can make it yellow ocher and burnt umber. Notice how I'm leaving some empty spaces in between. This will be suggested as the reflected area under signed know the distance area. I'm going to paint some mountains using Payne's gray for another layer of mountain. Use thicker consistency of Payne's gray on the top of the mountain to create that Misty illusion. The bluish and lighter color mountain. Just that they are very far from the view point. Using burnt umber for the distant signed area. Alright, so I'm using my blow dryer to dry this area. And then we'll come back and paint the other layers. Okay, So the paper has dried. Know, I'll take the same color. Slightly darker consistency, and apply or signed area. So we have the base and color over that. We will run the brush and create this extra defect. I lose some Payne's gray for the darker color. There is no fixed pattern that I'm trying to achieve. Your just loosely apply some brushstrokes depicting the seashore like wipe. Now let's perform splattering technique. So I've loaded my brush with the brown color and Albee's flattening, covering the upper area. Applying different tonal values of this brown color so that we have a nice tonal balance. The brush strokes might look a bit complicated, but it's nothing but some simple horizontal lines. Moving on, I'll be painting another layer of darker mountain. So this is somewhere in the mid ground. Notice how roughly I'm applying the paint, leaving a suggestion of texture, mountain or rocky surface. So that is the beauty of loose style painting. Since we are not painting, eating everything in detail. So we're leaving the assumption up to the viewer. So most flattering, you're in the bottom area. Now, let's add some tiny details here and there. As our final touch-up. In loose painting, the initial steps are very loose and painted vaguely. The final details are something that gives a chip and captures the essence. So let's add some grasses as well. So I'm dabbing it with my fingertip to give it 0 smashed up your ends. Now, I'm adding some boards freely flying in the sky. These are optional. If you want. You can add words or you can totally skip it. So these are very simple shape. Nothing complicated at all. For some reason, I feel that the bottom part or the foreground area of the painting looks very crowded. So I'm going to spray some water, disperse the darker paint. So it is totally fine to add or remove some elements from your painting. Since watercolors are unpredictable and you won't really be sure of what outcome you are going to achieve. So it's okay to add and remove the elements. So here I'm using the blow dryer to dry everything. Then let's see if we can add or just leave it as it is. Alright, the paper is dry. Now let's see what we can do. I'm going to take this brown, darker brown color and splatter some paints here in the bottom area. Earlier it was very crowded, but now I'm just adding some splatters and some lines. Don't want to make it very busy. Alright, let's call it done. Otherwise, I'll keep on adding more and more details. So yeah, let's remove the masking tape. There you go. This is how our painting looks like once it is done. I hope you enjoyed painting this with me. Do post your class projects under the projects category, I would really love to see your outcomes. 8. Day 4 - Mountain and Terrain: Hello and welcome back to day three of the class. Today we are going to paint this artwork. So before we start, let us have a look at the thumbnail of the painting. That is a slopey area. In the background we have this distant bloody mountain. The full tale of this mountain. There are some houses and trees in the foreground. We have this separation between the dead in the ground. Then add some houses. You can bend them at the end. And then there are some random trees. Now let us talk about the colors. So first, we will need cobalt blue, burnt umber, or permanent L0 or cadmium yellow, sap green, Payne's gray, black. Warranty or not. You'd also need white, watercolor or wide gosh. Now, let's practice. In part. I've taken a yellowish green color by mixing sap green and permanent. It can have a warm, lighter green color. The colors don't really matter. Then with darker and concentrated green, we will add some lines creating a sense of depth and shadows. Now with very dark green color, we will add some trees. You can add these trees wherever you want. There is no fixed placement as such. For the foreground area, it is simple. Just apply some bunch here. Now, once it dries, we will later add the details there. Around the boundary of the terrain. We will be adding some shadow of the trees and add some elements they're painting the mountain is really easy. Here we're painting it in blue to suggest though haze in the atmosphere. In the actual painting, we will be creating the mountain first and then go ahead with the rain and the foreground part. Alright, so let's get started with the painting. I have already taped down the paper on all the sides. Make sure there'll be a seal tightly so that the paper doesn't buckle up while painting. Okay, so let's start here. In this painting, I'm not catching anything. A cobalt blue in medium consistency. Apply thicker stroke of this color and then mix cobalt blue and burnt umber. You can see we have created this variation in the bluish color. In the bottom part, I'm applying clean water to soften this sharp line. Where do the same on the upper part as well? Since this mountain is far from us or the viewer, it appears very blurry and hazy. Next, we want to have a slow PAPR ends, right? So I'm adding this extra paint so that we have this slopey look to their terrain. Next, let us make a warm yellow and sap green. So it should look like a very lighter green color. Let's paint that in. Now. Remember to create those loopy shape. Otherwise, it will just look like a flat land. So this is the base color of the terrain. So here I have left this whitespace intentionally to create that sloppiness. I fill in that area later. Next I'm going to mix a bit of bond, Dumbo and burnt sienna. With this mix, we will paint the base of the foreground area. I'm leaving a tiny white space. So that these two colors don't get mixed up. Now with a tissue paper, I'm lifting some paint, just trying to preserve some whiteness for the houses. Let's see if I can preserve it till the end. If I can't, then it's okay. I can go ahead with white gouache paint. Moving on, let's make a darker green paint. You can mix sap green with the darker brown or black color to get a darker green color. I'm mixing some green with burnt umber. And I might also add some more Payne's gray. This will make it very darker. So here I'll add this color at the tail of the mountain around this area. So it creates a nice contrast between the mountain and the terrain. So you have this blue and lighter green and black or darker green. Very nice contrasting value. The North apply thicker brushstrokes. Go with smaller brushstrokes one at a time. The window they call it loose, may still need to be mindful of how we been. No, blend this upper bar into the mountain. We're doing this to have a smoother transition from the terrain to the mountain. It shouldn't look like there is a harsh or change from these two elements. Now take one Dumbo, and we will apply this along the boundary of the painting, applying some bold brushstrokes across the foreground area. Now, let's work on the terrain part. So I'll be gradually building the depth and dimension in the bearing. Alloys green color. By mixing yellow, green, and a bit of brown. Apply this mix in a slant or sloppy lines and then smudge it with your fingertip. I'm gliding my brush creating textured effect. So you will get this textured effect or leaving your brush is damp, dab off extra water that's there on the brush. Then you'll easily achieved that effect. Towards the foreground area. I apply this textured effect in larger amount. No, on the left side, I want to add some houses. The boundaries of that in the foreground area. For the roof of the house, you can use brown or red color. And for the wall, we can use black or any darker brown color. I'm leaving a tiny whitespace on the window. These houses, I'll be adding some bushes, some tree-like shapes. You just have to wiggle your brush, creating some random shapes. It doesn't have to be perfectly like trees. We will paint some bushes all along this boundary. Next we will paint some trees on those sloppy area. The placement of these trees are very random. Trees in the distant area will appear smaller. You can simply add some dark shapes that will do the job. So you can either trees as much as you want. There's no restriction or some fixed number that I have followed here. Now for the same trees, I'm adding some darker shadows. Now. Diluted brown, and paint some horizontal lines suggesting the shadow of the trees on the ground. So this is the cast shadow. Now, a darker brown color. And we will create some depth in the foreground area. So you just have to wobble the brush creating these random lines. I lied or green color as well on the road. Adding some more grasses along the boundary of the ethane. I've taken a flat brush now, which is size eight, with black color. I'll be adding some horizontal lines under the trees. Now, moving on to the left side, I'll be adding set of trees. So these are clustered pine trees. So just being some vertical lines depicting the pine tree shapes. And I'll be adding this black color on the left side, ground area. So this will suggest the darker shadows. I've been repeating the same step on the right side as well. And I'm adding some sloppy lines on the slopey terrain area. This will create a nice contrast between the darker and the lighter color. So these darker lines here, these are just some unevenness in the slopey area. Next, take some white gouache paint and we will add this paint on some of the houses, creating the white walls. We build up this color on the boundary, suggesting the reflected light. Then we'll go back to the background area, just dab the paint. Tiny swatch. This will suggest like some white colored houses in the background. If you have notice, we did not paint the sky yet. So if you like the whiteness of the sky, you can keep it as it is. Or you can go ahead and paint the sky. I'll be painting it with diluted colors of gray and maybe lighter blue. Let's see how the sky turns out. Now, I'm adding some diluted tone of blue, also leaving some white spaces depicting lighter clouds in the sky. Now, let us add some extra defect on the foreground area. So I'm going to splatter some pains and smudge it with my finger tip. Lacked adding some more paint, smudging it a little bit, and I think I'll leave it as it is in the background. We have these houses. So I'm trying to create Osmo coming out of the chimney effect with a clean brush. I'll run my brush to and fro motion. Wetting the paper. Then with tissue, I lift off the paints. This will create a smoky effect in the background. Now on this boundary, I'm going to apply some water dopings. This will create some highlighted appearance in the bushes. Right? We are done with the painting. Let us remove the masking tape. There you go. This is the final look of the painting. I hope you enjoyed painting this with me. Please do share your projects and the projects gallery. 9. Day - 5 : Hello and welcome to first project of the class. I hope you had fun painting rest of the projects. Today we are going to learn this artwork. So before we start, let me just show you the thumbnail part of the painting. So we have water stream well from ground to the foreground area. The either side of the water stream is covered with the grasses. In the distant area, we have mountain range. Then in the mid ground area we have some trees that are awesome background trees as well. Now let's talk about the colors. We would need self-rule in blue, ultramarine blue. Or you could also go with cobalt blue, violet, burnt sienna, raw, umber, sap, green. Well, my Payne's gray. I'm born Dumbo. I'll also be using CPO, but then you can mix burnt umber and Payne's gray. Now, let us practice the elements of the painting. So for the distant mountain, I'll be first painting with the ultramarine blue. And then we'll drop in some oil it creating that nice mitigation in blue and violet. So let us practice the grasses. First we will paint with the lighter color. It could be either yellow or green. Then we will add some darker color depicting the depth in the grasses. This darker color could be darker brown or darker green. Anything of your choice. Now, let us paint the tree foliage. For the base color. We will be using a diluted version of brownish, yellow. Then for the tree foliage is the cast shadow of the leaves. We will be adding some darker color so that we will have nice balance of lighter and darker shadows. You can either add the trunk first or paint the foliage, whichever comfortable for you. Using a damp brush, you can just rub the brush, creating this textured effect. This will work well for the foliage and tiny leaves like effect in the painting. Okay, so I have already taped down my paper. Now. Let us sketch the basic composition. It is just going to be enough sketch. So somewhere in the lower half, I'm going to mark these two points. From there. I'll draw this water stream towards the foreground. Then we'll mark the lines depicting the area on either side of this water stream. I add some lines. There's ambling the partition in the area. In the background. We have mountain and we'll mark the tree shapes. I think that that's pretty much it. The rest of the details we will add as we paint. Let's start by wetting the paper. So take a clean brush, apply water throughout the paper. Here all we are going for wet on wet technique. This will help us achieve soft and blurry background. Let us begin with the sky. I'm going to use blue in medium consistency. Randomly apply this color. Make sure you're not applying very thicker paint. Just creating some simple sky here. No, towards the middle part, I'll be using ultramarine blue again in diluted consistency. So take very little amount of paint and just dab it in the main area. Take a tissue paper towel and dab off paint from the right side of the sky. So this is an optional step. If you want the sky to have that bright blue effect, you can leave it as it is. I'm lifting the paint, creating white clouds in the sky. Makes more elite and ultramarine blue. And apply this color mix on the mountain in the light. Now take ultramarine blue and cobalt blue applied on the left side. I'll also apply this at the peak of the mountain as well. Next we'll take Payne's gray and apply along the horizon line. The consistency of the paint should be medium. If the pain is too watery, it will spread a lot. Now take burnt umber and apply it next to paint gray, which is along the horizon line. Moving on, let us begin the stream water. I'm using diluted violet color and blue, both in diluted consistency. It is the reflection of the sky in the water. You'll have to create a similar reflection of your sky in the water. Now take NO occur in medium consistency and apply around the midground area. Since the paper is wet. So the brown color from the horizon area will flow down into this color. Next I'm taking burnt sienna and I'll apply some tiny brush strokes. Next, we will take a yellowish green color by mixing sap green and yellow or orange. We'll apply this color on the remaining area. Next, I'm going to add some more depth around the water stream. I'm adding this brown color, suggesting a sense of depth. This creates a sense of elevation on the lines on either side. Next, I'll take green in thicker consistency and create some grass shapes. You just have to dab your brush that will create the impression of the bushes and the grass blades. Next, I'll use a mix of sap green plus one Dumbo in diluted consistency and apply some brushstrokes around when ground area. Moving on in the foreground. I'm going to add some grass blades using a yellow ocher. I'm going to leave it here for now and go back to the mountains. Mixed Payne's gray and one downward. Applied this darker mix on the peak of the mountain. Next, let us add some depth in the foreground grasses so they can draw on board. And I'll simply add some lines creating this grass blade effect. We will also apply some brushstrokes in the midground area, not completely covered this L0 part. We need to have both brown and yellow as well. Next, let us paint the tree foliage. I'm going to use yellow ocher and a bit of burnt sienna in diluted consistency. Though brush and create the foliage like effect. Leave some empty spaces in between. We're going to paint it very irregularly. Do not try to paint uniforms. I used. Brushstrokes. Now for the right side tree, I'm going to use burnt umber in diluted form. Again, I'm just randomly dabbing my brush, creating the foliage. Which same color. I'll add some darker restaurants on the left three. Alright, Now let us dry this layer completely using a blow dryer. The paper has dried completely. Now let us paint the four steps. Darker brown color. And we will paint the branches of the tree. So here I'm using my fine liner brush and we will take thicker consistency paint so that we get nice precision while adding these branches. Outer end of the foliage. We are going to add these tiny tweaks. Add as many branches as you want. It's up to you. In the distant area. I'll be adding some more trees. These trees, they appear smaller because they are further away from the viewpoint. I'll add some darker colored foliage just to keep them out of focus. Or adding some more tiny or three shapes. Learn some grass blades you're in there. Next, let us add some depth in the water. I have used to make software Julian blue and about 10% of burnt umber. To make the color muted. You're taking this color in diluted form and applying around the boundaries of the water stream leaves some whitespaces depicting a bright sense of reflection. And it will also appear like there's a movement in the water. Next, we'll mix both Dumbo and Payne's gray to form a darker color. And I'll add some tiny rock light shapes in the water. Now with the same darker color, I'll be applying some horizontal lines, creating some depth in the ground area. Seem darker brown mix. I'm going to splatter the paint on the tree foliage. So cover the sky part with my fingertip. I'm going to smudge the paint. You can take the paint directly from the pilot as well. This will create those shadow effect in the tree foliage. If you don't want to do it with your finger tip, then use the brush. That's also fine. Now, with my fine liner brush, I'm going to add some more branches. No, let us paint some grass blades around door, tree trunk, and the foreground area. So I'm very lovely applying these grass blades, apply darker paint along the boundary of the water stream. Earnings are more paints and on the tree trunk adding some more trees in the background. Okay, now let's add some boards. Use any darker color. Okay, So we are done with this artwork. Let us remove the masking tape. There you go. This is the final look of the painting. I hope you enjoyed painting this with me. I'm really looking forward to seeing your art work in the projects gallery. Please do share it with me. 10. Day - 6: Hello and welcome back to day six of the class. Today we are going to create this artwork. So let us learn about the compensation. So we'll draw a thumbnail. This is a rectangular painting. In the upper half we have this horizon line, will draw this parallel line depicting the snowy area in the landscape. Then we have nice colorful trees. The reflection on the water in the foreground area with some grasses. And we have a board. Next, let us talk about the colors. So we would need black, burnt sienna, orange, burnt umber, and Payne's gray, ultramarine blue. So you could also go with any alternative color that you already have. So let us practice the elements. I'm going to draw this parallel line for the snowy area. Now, above and below that we are going to paint the trees which will appear blurry. This blurry effect can be achieved by using wet on wet technique. Use any color of your choice. The colors don't really matter. Next, I'm going to lift some paints from the painted surface to suggest though highlighted trunk of the trees. You have to use a damp brush and no tissue paper to lift the paint of the red surveys. Next for the water, we will be using diluted blue color. Then for the ground area in the foreground, we will be using burnt sienna and burnt umber and some darker brown color. For the board. You can just paint some simple shape. And I had some human finger. Alright, that is it with the practice. Let us move on to the main project. So we'll start by masking the paper neatly, taping it down on all the sides. Once you have tamed down though, people just run your finger on the edges to make sure that it is tightly sealed on right? Now we'll begin with sketching. Drawing the horizon line somewhere in the mid area. They ran. The lower half is greater than the upper house. I'll draw another line parallel to this, the rainbow, this is the sky and below this is the lake water. And towards the foreground, we have this section for the ground. Now we will paint the sky. So I'm first writing the upper part of the paper to go with wet on wet technique, make sure you have a blade, even coat of water. Here, I'll take ultramarine blue and paint the sky. The brushstrokes are horizontal and angular. Also, I'm leaving some tiny spaces in-between a picking the white color clouds in the sky. Now makes any blue and brown color, making a darker grayish color. So here I have mixed want Dumbo, ultramarine blue and a bit of black. So as you can see, I have achieved a darker color. So I'll take this color in a medium too, diluted consistency so that we get diluted appearance in their distinct mountain. Do not apply paint inside this parallel line. We're going to leave it as it is. Now. Let us paint the lake water. I'll take ultramarine blue and start applying from the bottom part. Apply clear water all the way till the horizon. So we have blue colored sky, right? So we'll paint the reflection of that in the water. Next, let us paint the trees. So we will be building their trees in multiple colors. I start off by using a mix of Montana and draw ombre. Next to this. I'm going to, I don't want Dumbo. You will have to paint the reflection as well in same color. Next, I'm going to use Payne's gray. You could use any color of your choice. What I'm trying to suggest an autumn kind of Hawaii in the painting. So let's see how it turns out. Using rhomboid again. Next, orange color. Robert, over though painted trees. This will create a nice sort of vibrancy in the trees. So you will have to do it while the trees are still wet. If, even if it is dry, it about 50%, you're gonna get some patchy blooms. So be mindful of that. Next. I'll take burnt sienna and paint the foreground area. So this is the ground area in the foreground which is closer to the viewer. I'll paint this in zigzaggy motion. Next I'm going to mix darker brown color. So I'll take burnt umber, Payne's gray and a bit of oil it. With this, I'll add a sense of depth in this ground area. Alright, so we will leave it here for now and then come back to this to add some details. Next, let us move on to the arteries part. I'm going to add the tree trunk using lifting techniques. So I've taken a **** brush and a tissue paper. So with this damp brush, I'm gonna live paint creating the shape of tree trunks. Once you lifted, wipe it off on tissue paper. Clean the brush frequently so that you can lift the paint easily. Faint as mini tree trunks you want. There is no fixed number as such. I think this is good enough. I have added a lot of tree trunks. Let us move on to item depth and movement in the lake water. Go any diluted grayish color. So here I have used Payne's gray and ultramarine blue in diluted form. Apply this in the form of ripples. Like you can add some horizontal lines are some zigzaggy lines. It has to depict a sense of movement in the water. So as we move further away from foreground, we will add some tiny lines. Next, big black color and paint some grasses in the foreground. I'm adding some line, creating a sense of damped. To make this area a little more busier. I'll base fluttering some paint. Let's go back to the horizon area. Then we will add some darker brown paint, adding a sense of dimension and depth to the snowy area that we have painted. In the center. This white area has been washed off. So I'm adding some lines there. You need to learn to embrace your mistakes. So whenever you make any mistake while painting, think about how you can fix it, rather than feeling guilty about spoiling the painting. This approach will always help you feel positive and it will come up with something creative. Next, I'm going to add some character to the tree trunk. You gradually add these tiny lines, leaving some spaces in between. It will be suggested as the place that has black spots. So let us paint these darts on all of the traits. In case you don't want to paint these parts in the tree trunk, you can leave it as it is. And that will also work fine. Now, using the pointed tip of your brush, add some branches and also the outlines as the shadow for these trees. I think this looks pretty good. Let us move on to add some details on the foliage. I'm going to use corresponding colors for the background, e.g. for this grayish color, I'm gonna use similar gray tone, slightly darker than the background, so that it stands out. Dab the paint with my fingertips so that it can get smashed. Well, for the trees in the right, I'm going to use the umbo in medium consistency. Maximum damage, then merge it with the fingertip. You could also use some orange shades as well. So with the same color, you can vary the tonal value. Some places you can apply darker tone and some areas apply some lighter tone so that you have a nice tonal balance. Now moving on to the left side. Here, I'm adding some raw umber and some bond down, but as well. Sorry, I had some darker brown color. I don't want this area in the center here, and I want to do this to break the symmetry. I know failed that all the trees APR very identical. So just to break that symmetry, I've added this. Also adding some darker trees you're using concentrated Payne's gray. You could paint any three of your choice. There's no compulsion that you have to create those same shape. It's up to you, whichever you want. You can paint. Here in the left. I'll add a darker tree trunk. Moving on, Goodall foreground part, I'm adding some grass blades very loosely. Gently meglio brush with varied pressure that will help you create this grass blades. Next, let us paint a simple book. First, we'll draw a decent shape. I'm using a black color. You can use any darker color as an alternative. Then for the reflection, we will draw a zigzaggy shape. Another quote of darker color to suggest a sense of shadow. Let us add some boards. It's really flying in the sky. The horizon. I'll be adding some bushes using black color. Adding some final details. Some bushes and then some grasses in the foreground. Alright, we are done with this painting. Let us peel off the masking tape. There you go. This is how the final painting looks like. I hope you enjoyed painting this with me. Class projects and the projects gallery. 11. Day - 7: Welcome back to the class. Today is day seven, and we are going to create this artwork. So let me walk you through the thumbnail of this painting. In the upper half we have this horizon line where we have their distinct trees and the background blurry. Trees. In the ground. We have another tree. From this distant horizon till the foreground. We have this playing field. In the foreground area. We have some dried grasses. So this area is being bound by 0. Lose friends. So yeah, that's about it. Alright, now let's talk about the colors required. So I'll be using indigo, ultramarine, blue, green, black, burnt umber, raw, permanent yellow and orange. You can go with any similar color that you already have. Okay, so let us practice some of the elements of the painting. For the field here, I'll be using yellow ocher as the base. And then towards the foreground area, there are some dried grasses, right? I'll be using some shades of brown over there. I've applied it a little darker here. But in actual painting it will be much lighter than this. Okay? We will be drawing this area and once it dries, we will shade of green, which will be mixed using yellow ocher and indigo. So we'll apply this on the upper area and towards the dry grassy area. We'll apply some grass blades in something like this in diagonal strokes. Actually the green color is much lighter when compared to this practice or peace. We will be using very light green color. Anyway, you don't have to mimic the exact same shade. Now for the dried grassy area in the foreground around the fence. I'll be using yellow, ocher, orange, and some shades of brown. Now to add a sense of contrast, I'll also be adding violet color. Now if we have to talk about the background, it will be same as the previous paintings where I'll be applying wet on wet technique to achieve blurry background. Let us get started with the painting. So here I'm taping down the people using masking tape. Once you have written down or just run your finger over the edges to make sure it is tightly sealed down. Alright, so my paper is ready. Now for the sketch, I'll be marking or simple horizon line. That is it. Okay, So let us move on to the painting part. So I'll start by wetting the paper above the horizon line. Now, I'll take indigo and apply some random strokes, creating the cloud-like effect in the sky. Next I'll apply some strokes of ultramarine blue. Now on the same wet surface, I'll apply some medium consistency of indigo as the distant treeline. So you have to make sure it is darker than this guy will take me them consistency. So you can even make some black with this. Now, I'm going to paint the base color for the field. I'll use a low alcohol in medium consistency. Gliders. Starting from the bottom area and towards the horizon, I just apply water so that it appears very lighter in color. Now towards the foreground for their dried grasses, I think I'm going to apply some brown as the base color. So I'll sprinkle some water on this dam surface. The water droplets will create nice knows when stayed, right? Alright. Now I'm going to allow this area to dry completely. So I'm using the blow dryer. Next with the help of black color, I'll be painting some tiny elements. Neanderthal horizon. This could be some random lines. We don't have to define the element here. We will be leaving this up to the viewer's interpretation. Just add some tiny lines. Also, you could paint as many trees you want. There's no fixed number. As such. Next, I'll be dabbing some paint, smudging it with my fingertip. This will create the foliage effect in the distant area. Alright, next letter, Spain, the playing field. So I'm going to use indigo and some yellow ocher to mix all brownish green color. So we have a dark green color here. Okay, so instead of painting directly on a dry surface, I'm going to wet the area first with clear water. Leave the foreground area as it is. That is the brown part as it is. Now on this wet area. I'm going to apply this brownish green color that we mixed earlier. When we approach this brown area, I'm going to create the shape of the glass plates. Apply some diagonal brush strokes from top to bottom direction. With the help of your dam and clean brush, try to lift off paint near the horizon area. This will prevent you from creating hard edges in the background. Paint the rest of the video with this green color. Here we have an undertone which will create a nice effect in the field that we are being done. Now, I'm going to pick a darker green color and splatter the paint in the main area, that is the field area. All right, Now let us make the colors required for the next step. You take burnt umber, and then I'll be using, Well, hello and orange. Mix these two colors separately. And we'll apply this on the foreground area. Apply a mix of orange and brown. Create an illusion of dried and brown. Grasses. Will paint some bold brushstrokes creating the grass blades. Next, I'll take some sap green and apply it. I don't want this area to suggest some darker green are gases. Now we will repeat the same step in the left side as well. From being things on grass blades using burnt umber. And then I'll add some orange brush strokes as well. And the center area, I'll be applying some green strokes. Now to add a sense of contrast, I'll be applying some oil it adding some oil it on the right side as well. Now, let us go back to the field area and I add some depth in there. So I am using slightly darker green color. So add some horizontal lines. This will create a sense of depth in the field. Now let us paint or three in the midground area. This will be much closer to the foreground. I've taken darker brown and I've painted the trunk and the branches. Now for the foliage, I'll be using a very like a grayish tone. You could you use diluted payne's gray or bond Dumbo. Take this diluted mix and apply it as a tree foliage. This will be very lighter in color. Creating an illusion of transparent leaves on the tree is done. Now, let us try this area using a blow dryer. Or you could wait for up to ten, 15 min. Alright, the paper looks dry. Now take black. You could also make brown and Payne's gray or indigo. And we will paint the fence around the foreground area. So here I'm not painting it straight. So these are slightly slant in shape. I'll smudge the end with my fingertip so that it does not have any hard edges. So first I'll paint, although wouldn't log, and then we will add the wires. Right. Now, I'm switching to my fine liner brush to paint the barbed wires. You just have to paint some lines. And then I add some dots to create an illusion of the barb wire. Adding some more grasses in the foreground. Now let us add some birds in the sky. Alright, so we are done with this painting. Letters peel off the masking tape. There you go. This is how the painting looks like. I hope you have enjoyed painting this with me. Know, share your class projects and the projects gallery. 12. Day - 8: Welcome back. This is the aid of the class. We are going to create this artwork today. Before we start, let me walk you through the thumbnail of the painting. This slopey, yellow colored grassy area. But some trees in the mid ground and in the background is a blue colored mountain. The foreground area is covered with trees and some dark grasses. The light is falling on the midground area. That's why we see the grasses in yellow color. Brown is dense and there is lack of light, so the trees appear darker. Okay, so the color that we're going to need, civilian blue, black, cobalt blue, and violet for the distant mountain. Yellow ocher, permanent yellow, burnt sienna for the yellow colored glasses. Sap green. For some shades of green in the trees. For black, you can either go with the Payne's gray and burnt umber or you could use direct black. Okay, so that was about the colors. Next, let us get started. I'll begin by taping down the paper down all the sides neatly. And one to help finish taping it down. Now your finger over the edges to make sure it is idly sitting. Right. Next, we'll mark the basic composition of the painting. So really divide this page into two separate sections. Then I'll draw some trees. On the left side. I will have a tree will add all the details while we paint. For now, I'm just marking the basic shapes. Let us read the paper using a larger brush. Apply even coat of water throughout the paper. Make sure there are no extra cooler puddle of water on the surface of the paper. I'm running my brush all over the surface to make sure the water is evenly distributed. So first, let us paint the sky. I'm using. So Julian blue for the sky. If you don't have this color, you can go with any blue that you have. Started applying this color mix from the top. And take the clipboard so that the color flows down. Due to the gravity. The Palo on the wet surface flows very easily in downward direction, which helps us create a nice background. Next letter, Spain, the distant mountain. So here I'm taking cobalt blue and I'll mix it with violet plus a bit of black color. Apply this color mix in the shape of mountains, suggesting the distant mountain x. We will take all mics off once Yana and violet and apply it. In the foreground area. Also adding a tiny bit of a look. Alright, so let me try this area using a blow dryer. Okay, So the paper has completely dried. Now, I'll be taking this salt water spray bottle and sprinkle water throughout the paper. You can use a larger brush to wet the paper as an alternative. So the paper is wet. So next, I'll be mixing burnt sienna. So we will apply this mix in the foreground area. Towards the bottom of the paper, I'll be adding some darker brown. It could be any brown color. Black and dark blue color here. To create a sense of depth in the foreground. Adding some darker paint towards the mid county area. Make sure that you don't completely cover up this yellow part. Now, I'll keep my cardboard in a tilted position. This is to ensure that the colors flow in the opposite direction. If I keep it straight, then the yellow color might flow into the sky area. So to avoid that, I've kept this in this angle. Now, I'm going to splatter some darker brown paint in the foreground area. You can cover the upper part while flattering this else you will end up with some tiny dots in the sky. Alright, so let's dry this area again. Okay, So the paper has completely dried. Next door. Let us move on to add some further details. So let's take any darker brown color. You can mix brown and blues or any color that you already have. I'll be taking or diluted mix up this color and I'll paint the trees that are in the midground area. Dab of extra paint from the brush. So here our intention is to create a foliage which looks transparent. Now I'm dropping in the darker consistency of the same color to add those shadows in the foliage. Soften the edges at the bottom so that it doesn't look very harsh. Okay, So let's paint another tree. On the left side. We'll paint the base layer with diluted color, then drop in the darker tones to create weighted tonal values. And it will create a dramatic effect in the trees that we paint. Let's add some more trees. Next. Let us make a darker brown color. So I'm taking burnt umber plus Payne's gray. You could also use direct black. Now with this darker color, I'm going to paint the tree trunks, create multiple branches in the tree trunk. Next, on the left side, I'm going to roughly add some lines. I'm not focusing on the shape because it will be covered with the foliage later on. Going back to these three foliage in the background and adding some darker color because I feel that it is very light for the midground area. So just add some darker color. It could be black or darker blue, any color of your choice. Now, I'm taking off of size eight and applying the paint ready roughly to create the foliage. I'm using a diluted version of black color. Now, take a bit of sap green and mix it with black. So I'll take the diluted version of this color and dab it on the foliage that we have been to. Next, we will take a very dark color. This dark color could be black or you could also make sap green with black and other darker so that you have a green undertone. When you paint them black color. Apply this color mix. We'll apply most of them around the corners so that it appears it is darker and Aldo foreground area. Now I leaped like some tiny brush strokes on the other trees as well. This will act as though shadow in the foliage. Bending another tree on the right side. You could add as many to use you want in the painting. There's no restriction as such. Now, with my fine liner brush, I'm adding some trunk and branches in the background. Again with the same fine liner brush, I'm adding some branches and some tiny twigs inside this foliage area so that it looks very natural. I'm adding some leaves, the exterior part of the tree so that it appears like tiny leaves. No, for the tree on the right side, I'm going to splatter some paints and then smudge it using my fingertip so that we get a nice coverage. Again, splatter some darker and thicker paint so that it doesn't smudge very fast on a wet surface. I didn't sell extra branches if needed. Next, I'm going to add some gas-like shapes around the roots of the trees. Now with my size eight round brush, I'm going to splatter some darker paint on their trees on the left side. Okay. So I'll use my blow dryer to speed up the drying process. You can add some balls if you want. Okay, so we will stop it here and we lost the masking tape. Alright, this is how the painting looks once it is completely done. I hope you enjoyed painting this with me. Do share your class projects under the projects gallery. I would really love to see your box. 13. Day - 9 : Welcome back for the class. This is D9, and today we are going to create this artwork. So let's start. Before we begin, let me walk you through the thumbnail of the painting and also the color required. So we will first be drawing the horizon line. I don't that area, we have some bushy grasses. And then you can see partway in brown color. This area, this a water stream flowing towards the foreground part. Then either sides of the stream there is a gap, grassy area where we have some trees. On the left side, there are three partially visible in the frame. So that was about the thumbnail. Now, let me walk you through the colors. The colors required, or saloon blue, ultramarine blue. So these two are for the sky. Then we have burnt sienna for the road. For the grassy area will be using sap green, permanent green, black. And some YA lit For the tree. And the darker area will be using Payne's Gray and bond Dumbo. You could also go with any alternative shades that you already have. I'm for the grasses here. You can see I have neatly painted these classes. I've used a specific brush for this, which is a fan brush. This brush is really helpful to create a grassy texture very easily. However, if you do not have that brush, then you can take a normal round brush, hold it, something like this, then dab it onto the paper to create that grassy texture. So this is an alternative that I'm sharing with you all. You can see it is creating a similar effect as that of the fine brush. I hope you'll find this helpful for your upcoming paintings. If at all you don't want to do that step, then you can take a fine liner and add though grassy texture one by one. That is also completely okay. Okay, so let's get started with the painting. I'm going to tape down the paper using a masking tape. Gently tapered down on all the sides. And once you're done, just run your finger over the edges to make sure it is tightly sealed. Okay? Okay, So let's start the painting process. So first let's start by painting the sky. I've take considerably in blue, in diluted consistency. And I'm applying the paint something like this where I want to create white clouds. So here I'm applying the paint outside of that white cloud. I hope you are getting my point. So this is like a negative painting technique where we paint outside though focused element. Let's say we want to paint the white clouds. I'm painting outside that are intended area. If you're not so sure about the shapes, you could first draw it with a very lighter pencil mark and then apply the paint. It's up to you. Now. I'm going to apply water and blend it with the, with the background. That is towards the horizon area. I don't want a very sharp paint around this part. Next, I have taken ultramarine blue and I'm applying in-between the blue clouds area. So this creates a variation in the sky with lighter and darker blue color. The paper around the horizon area is already wet because they are applied water there. So on the same wet area. Next, I'll be applying burnt sienna. This volunteer now will be painted for the pathway and it is going to be wet on wet. So since the paper is wet, we are getting a softer appearance for the pathway. Okay. I'm applying another stroke of this color. Next, I'm mixing green with brown. That is sap green with the bond Dumbo. So I have achieved or darker green color. So I'll apply this mixture along the pathway line. So next my intention is to paint the mid pathway area. Mixed. I'm going to apply a lighter green color on either sides of the intended pathway area. So as you can see, just by applying the color on either side and leaving a negative space in between. I'm naturally creating the shape for the water stream. Next, I'm taking a darker green color. I, this, we'll paint the distant treeline around the horizon area. Note that my paper is slightly damp here, so I'm able to create a softer kind of decision trees. So here I'm assuming that this distinct area is not very far from the viewpoint. So we can still see it as green and warm, shallow. If you're wanting to create the illusion of aerial perspective, you could use blue color for this treeline. Now with green, darker green color, I'm adding a sense of depth to the grassy segment in the foreground. Here, what I'm doing is just loosely applying some darker strokes, leaving some lighter colors as well. Now on this light green area, I'm just dabbing my brush, creating some grassy brushstrokes. Makes them going back to the pathway. Here, I'll be adding some darker, concentrated, burnt sienna. This will help me build a sense of tonal contrast, like light and dark coat color. Whenever we add darker and lighter color, it automatically brings a sense of depth in whatever we paint. Now, I'm painting the water stream. So here I'm using diluted or Cerulean blue. Here, the sky in the painting has white and blue colors, right? So same thing will be reflected in the water as well. Adding some darker shadows around the boundaries of this stream. Now, I want to paint a lot of grasses you are in the foreground. I've taken my fan brush and I'm just dabbing it, creating this impression of the grasses. So initially in the starting part of this video, I have shown you all the alternative for this. You can use that as well. Just dab your brush and the impression will be created. Here. I'm also dabbing the paint with the violet color as well, because that will create a nice contrast between the lighter green and the darker purple or violet. Now, with my fine liner brush, I'm adding some darker elements around the boundaries of the reward and the grassy area. So this creates a sense of contrast between the lighter and the darker color. Otherwise, it's all going to be in the mid tone, right? So in order to Oh, bring in that contrast. We are adding some darker colors in-between. Now, let me add or tree here. I'm using Payne's gray when thicker consistency. Paint the trunk a multi-color shape. And then I though, branches, as many branches you want. Now for the tree foliage, I'm going to take or yellow ocher and green plus violet. So this will create a brownish color. I'm taking this color in a diluted form, wipe off all the paint from the brush. We are going to perform dry brush technique and gently glide the brush. This will create a textured effect. Now, on the outer end, I'm going to use a diluted version so that it appears stands for End. On the outer and inner side, it is going to appear darker due to the density right? On the outer side. We're going to keep it very transparent, like adding some branches to make it look organic. Now adding some more darker brush strokes and on the foreground area. This will help us highlight the lighter green colors around this area. Now let me add another tree that is outside the painting frame. We can only see the foliage part. First painting though, the branches. And then adding the foliage with the dry brush effect. I'm using the similar color. You could go in any muted color. Also an adding some lighter green hues, applying some darker color and on the corners so that it appears dens. Go with your instincts and paint any kind of tree you want to paint. Now, I'm dabbing some tiny drops around the outer ends to suggest tiny leaves. In the distant area. I'm going to add fence like shape. Also adding some darker lines and the pathway suggesting some shadows. Now I'm going back to the tree. I'm adding some textured effect by splattering technique. So splatter some darker color. And maybe you could do was Majid using your fingertip. So this acts as the shadow area in the tree. Okay, So let's add some birds as well. You might already know this is an optional thing. If you want, you can add words or else you can skip it. Okay? Okay. So let's remove the masking tape and reveal the final look of the painting. There you go. This is how our painting looks like. I hope you enjoyed painting this with me. Don't share your class project and other projects gallery. I would really be happy to see your outcome. I would be really grateful to you if you could also leave a review for the class. That would mean a lot to me. Thank you. I'll see you in my next class until then. Bye-bye.