Loose watercolor landscapes - A 5 Day Watercolor challenge

1. Introduction: Hello, Eon. Welcome to my class. I'm Raniya, a aticlar artist based in the UA. I absolutely love painting nature. In this class, we'll paint five beautiful landscapes in a loose and impressionistic style. This class is actually a part two of one of my previous classes where we painted four loose landscapes, and I'm so happy to see your beautiful projects from that class, and this is a continuation of that journey. We'll begin by going over all the materials and colors we'll be using, and I'll also show you some simple color mixes. And after that, we'll practice a few basic techniques, especially how to paint. Lose trees, I often get requests for tree tutorials after the Part one class of this series. So this time, I have included a small separate lesson on some of the basic tree techniques. Let me know if you want more detailed class on painting trees. Then we will start our five day painting challenge. For day one, we'll paint a simple landscape with a pathway and a cloudy sunset and some loose trees. And for day two, also we'll paint a similar scene, but with more focus on the glowing sunset effect on the trees. And for Day three, we will paint another landscape with trees and a pathway. This time, we'll explore the effect of light passing through the landscape. And for day four, we'll paint again an evening landscape with some fine details. We'll see how to paint tiny trees and houses to create depth in the landscape. And for day five, we'll finish the challenge with a simple landscape focusing on a cloudy sky and trees. By end of this class, I hope you'll have a relaxing and enjoyable painting experience while creating simple yet powerful landscapes. So grab your brushes and paints. Let's start. I'll see you in the next video. 2. Materials you'll need: Thank you so much for joining this class. And in this video, let's see all the materials we need. So first style, start with the paper. I'll use fabriano artistico 100% cotton, 300 GSM, and rough texture paper. This is one of my favorite to paint loose landscapes. I don't know, it's very comfortable for me to paint on this paper. It is very good for lifting and layering kind of techniques. So yeah, but this time, I'm not using glued pads like this. I will use loose sheets, and also I have already cut it into a five sizes. Yeah. So I use this size paper. And this is also one of my favorite rough texture, Arches paper, again, 300 as hundred percent cotton. And this is size 20 20 centimeters. You can use any brand of watercolor paper with cold press or rough texture, 100% cotton, and you need minimum 300 Jasm thickness. Yeah. And you will also need some extra pieces of paper to just swatch colors in between the painting. So, yeah, that's all about the paper we need. Now let's see the brushes. So for this class, I'll use this set of brushes by Artifi and you can also buy this same set by using my code, if you want. It's very good quality and also very budget friendly. You'll get this much brushes for a very low price. So, yeah. And for the paintings, I'll use this flat brush to wet the paper. And this is the main brush I'll use, size 16 round brush. For some paintings, I'll use this filbert brush for some tree techniques, especially I'll show you. And we'll also use a liner you can use a rigor or liner brush you have, and also we need a flat brush for some lifting kind of techniques. So these are the only brushes we are going to use for these paintings. So you'll need a big size flat brush and a medium size round brush and a liner. This is not necessary, but I'll also use a fill board to paint some trees, and we'll also need a small size flat brush. Yeah. So that's all about the brushes, and we'll need a pencil and eraser to sketch. And I'll also use this paper knife for some scratching. And we'll also need the head dryer to dry layers in between the painting. And we'll also need a jar of water and some tissue papers to wipe the brush in between the paintings. So yeah, these are some of the basic materials we need for this class. And in next video, I'll show you all the colors and color mixes we can use for these paintings. So let's move to the next lesson. 3. Colors and color mixes: Hello. So in this video, let's see the color palette we are going to use, and for all the projects, we will use almost the same color palette, and we'll paint a kind of evening sky or that early morning sunset effect for all the landscapes. So for that, we will use the yellows. Like we'll use naples yellow, red, and opera pink, naples yellow. And Joanne brilliant and we'll also use gamboge to make some warmth around that sunlight. And if you don't have a April yellow red, you can use Joanne Brilliant number two, by Shinhan, which is also similar to this color. And if you don't have both these colors, I'll show you later in this video how you can get almost similar by mixing two other colors. So yeah, and to paint the sky and the clouds, we will mainly use Kobalt blue to paint the sky. You should not use ultramarine or any other blue because to get that evening blow, we have to use Kobalt blue. And to paint the clouds and some other fits, so you'll use cobalt violet. And if you don't have cobalt blue, you can also use maybe lavender, which is also similar to this color. Um, I'll also mix cobalt violet and indigo to make some darker clouds and shadow effects. Yeah. So if you don't have cobalt violet again, I'll show you later in this video how you can get this almost same shade by mixing a few other shades. Yeah. So these are the colors we are going to use for painting the sky and sunsets. And to paint the landscape and the trees and that green effect, we'll mainly use sap green and to get little darker effects for the trees, I'll mix indigo and sap green. You should not use any black shades or any other darker colors, you have use indigo. Indigo is a very beautiful, dark, vibrant shade. We can use to mix any shades to make it more darker. Yeah. And to get a little more warmer greens in some landscapes, I'll also use olive green. And if you have deep sub green, you can also use that to get the darker green effex which also similar to a mix of sap green and indigo. And in some projects to make more lighter greens, I'll mix lemon yellow and sap green. So these are the green shades we have to use. The browns in this class projects, I'll use mainly yellow ochre, which is a must have color for all the projects. And in some projects, I'll also use van **** brown and sepia. And burn dumber. Burn dumber is, again, one of my favorite to get beautiful glory light brown shades. So yeah, these are the main colors you need before we start the class projects. And I'll also show you the search card and the colors before we start all the class projects. In some projects, I will also use opaque white to make little opaque and dusky kind of effect for the painting. Yeah. Now let's see the alternatives you can use for naples yellow or bar twlet. Okay, here, I have already swatched Joanne Brilliant, number two, and naples yellow red. Joanne Brilliant is a little more lighter compared to this color. Now, I'll show you how you can get this almost same color. By mixing these two colors, this is vermilion, and this is naples yellow. So first I'll swatch this color, It's a very vibrant, cool orange shade, which is almost leaning towards red. Yeah. Now I'll swatch naple silo. Napleslo is, again, a little opaque, light yellow shade. Not that very vibrant or strong. Yeah. Now I will mix both these colors. Yeah. Here I have very little vermilion and I'm going to mix it with maple slow. Yeah. Now, let's watch it here. Yeah, now you can see this is very similar to these shades. So if you have armlion and you can use a little opaque yellow shade you have, and with both these colors, you'll get this shade. You need more yellow and little this color to make it that reddish kind of effect. So yeah, and if you want to make it a little opaque like this color, you can see this is a little more transparent than this one. You can see here if you are looking for the pigment details. PW pw six is opaque white. So if you're mixing white gouache with both these colors, you can make it a little opaque like this. Yeah. Now let's see the alternative for Kobal toilet. So again, I'm going to just swatch this color here. Kobal toilet is, again, a very beautiful, oth, muted violet shade. Yeah. Yeah. Now, let's see how we can get that color. We can use any violet shade that you have. Now I'm going to use this violet, carbuzol violet by Daniel Smith. So I'm just swatching that color here. It's a very dark violet shade. Now, I'm going to mix this violet with ochre. I'll swatch cre again. And also, I'll mix, para pink. Yeah. You can use any rose or pink shade that you have. Yeah. So now let's mix all three colors. Yeah. Local. So I'm going to mix. Yeah. That is a very nice shade. But to make it a little warm and muted, I'm going to mix locre to this. Yeah. But that is almost similar to this shade. Now, let's mix just loca and opera. We'll see how it works. Yeah. Now by mixing violet and opera pink and Elocre we got almost the same this shade and also by mixing vermilion and naples yellow, we got exactly same shade like this, naples yellow, red and Joan brilliant. So these are the two alternatives that you can use the color palette we are going to use for the paintings. And it's always interesting to mix our own colors with whatever we have. And that's all about the color palette we are going to use. And I x video, let's see some of the techniques I use to paint loose and impressionistic kind of trees and landscape. So yeah, let's move to the next video. 4. Basic tree painting techniques: Okay, in this video, let's see some of the basic techniques to paint loose watercolor trees. So first I'll show you how we can get that lights and shadow effects for trees by using layers and different tones of colors. So first, sketch a very simple tree here. Yeah. Yeah. And also, I'm just fixing the sun light from here, so we'll make it more lighter to this side and more darker shadows to this side. So, you know. And here in my palette, I have lemon yellow and sap green and indigo. So first, I'll start with a very lighter green shade. Lemon yellow is already mixed with sap green. Yeah. And from here, I'll start the tree. Yeah. Now I'll mix some sap green to this lemon yellow to make it a little more darker. And with that, I'm just adding more color to this. Now, I'll add indigo to make it more darker. Yeah. And I'm just adding that color this side. And you can also add some fine detail acid coming outward. Now, I'll clean my brush and I want to work for the light turn again. So, yeah. Yeah. And now I'll add a little more thicker paint to make it even more darker. Yeah. Like this, you can create that kind of depth and volume to your trees. Yeah, now I'll clean my age and I will add the trunk. Again, for that. Also we have to make the shadows and highlights. Oh Yeah. I'll add some shadows by mixing some indigo again to this bone tumber. Yeah. And I'm just adding some lines here. Yeah. That's it. Now I'll just add that base to the tree by adding some shadows. Yeah, I'm just adding that shadows. Here the sun we have added. Okay, now let's see some of the brush trucks or brush works to paint lose trees. So first, I'll show you how we can create that thick foliage effect. So here my brush is loaded with green paint. Now I'm going to use the side of my brush and I'm going downward, starting from upside and then going down. And with that tooth of your cold brush paper, you can create some kind of white spots like this, starting from upside and using the side of my bridge and going down. And then you can add more tiny dots as it going out to make it into more shape. Yeah, again, I'll show you. I'm using the side of my bridge, you can see how I'm holding my brish and yeah. Going down. Now, I'll add some darker affix to that tree. Yeah. I'm mixing some indigo, adding that color here and there. Yeah. Also you can add some tiny dots with a darker paint. I'm just shaping the tree with more colors. Yeah, now I will add the branches and the trunk, starting with the lighter color and then going for the darker color. Now, let's add that base to the tree. And you can always add more tiny, tiny strokes. Y. I'm just shaping that tree again and again. And again, you can add some more branches from that white spots. And as you're going outdoor, we can also add some branches, maybe. If you want more detailed tutorial on painting loose trees, let me know when the commence because I get a lot of requests for especially trees. So yeah. I just want to add more shadows to the tree trunk. Yeah. Yeah. And also, if you want to make more tris sports, you can also use lifting. I'm just using a flat brush and lifting out some colors. So, yeah, that is another way of painting thicker trees. We started with the basic strokes like starting from upside, using side of the brush, and then we added more darker layers and shadows to that strokes, and then we painted the trunk. And also, we add some fine details, and we shaped it into more bigger tree. So yeah. I'm just adding again more ex here. Now, let's see the dry technique of painting loose trays. Okay, so here I'm dipping my brush in water and I'm just wiping all that extra water. Now I'll take some paint. You can see here the consistency. It's not very loose. We need a little thicker mix. And yeah, just going to scratch it over my paper. Yeah. I hope you can hear that scratching sound. Yeah. Now I'll take a little more darker mix. I'm just adding that for some shadows or the Now, you can see that some tiny dots because of the tooth of this paper and also the dryness of my brush. Now I'm going to add that trunk and branches to this tree. It's also important how we're adding the trunk and branches because it can also give that dimension and depth and perspective to the tree. So here, I'm going to add some very thin line for the trunk. Yeah. And and you can also add some tiny branches. And now I'm just adding that base to this tree. And also just making some tiny dots here. I just adding more little more darker spots to create that volume to the painting. I mean, the tree. Yeah, adding some dots here again, is another way of painting trees, especially when we want to create that seed through effect for painting a landscape. Yeah. It needs a lot of practice and that control over your brush strokes. So yeah. Now, you can see for these details, I'm just using the tip of my brush only. So for thicker strokes and to create that volume for the foliage, we can use the side of bristles or the brush and to create some tiny leaves and thin branches, we can use the tip only you no, we can see how we can use the scratching technique to create more fine and thin branches. So scratching will not work on dry paint on dry paper, and also it will not work on too wet paint. So we have to work when the paint started to dry. So here, it just started to dry, so I am going to scratch. Yeah, you can see that white space. So by this, we can always make more thin branches. Almost like we're using a jelly roll pin or white paint. Yeah. Now you can see that white spaces. This paint is already dry. It will not work like this. I'll show you. You can still see that space, but it's not bright like this. Yeah. You can create any kind of effects like this. You can also create some white spots. Yeah. You just need to use thicker paper for this, you can create some white spots like this. Yeah. I already showed you this technique in my previous class, part one of this painting loose trees. So a loose landscape class. Yeah. So yeah, these are some of the techniques I wanted to show you before we start painting landscapes. So here I'll just swatch the colors. It's always like we're using three tonal values for painting the trees. We'll start with a lighter shade, and then we'll go for the mid tonal value, and then we will go for the more darker one. And with more thicker paint, we can make it even more darker. Yeah. And for painting the branches also or the trunk, also, we start with a lighter brown, and then we mix it some darker paint to that to make the shadows, and we added more indigo and bon dumber, make it even more darker. Okay, okay, I'll show you here with this darker brown, I can create more wet on dry shadows. Yeah, here also. And you can also blend it. If you don't want to keep it that sharper, you can brand it. Yeah. That's it. That's it all about painting the trees. And I just want to show you the technique of painting loose trees. We have used wet technique here and more dry technique here. And also, we learn to paint that downward strok to get this kind of shape to the trees. And also here, we learn to use tunnel values and to add that lights and shadow effects for the trees. So these are some of the basic techniques to paint loose trees. So yeah, that's it for this lesson, and let's move to our first class project. 5. Day 1 - Part one - Sunset road: Hello, everyone. I hope you're ready for the painting. So yeah, let's start with the sketching. This is going to be a very loose and simple landscape with soft and beautiful sunset sky and a pathway and some trees here and there. Yeah. So first, I'm going to add the horizon line very low. Yeah, that's it. And from there, I'm going to add this line for the land part. Yeah. I'm going to start from here and going down. And then from here, I'm just making it a little higher. Yeah. That's it. And now I'm going to erase that horizon line. Yeah. I'm adding the horizontal line first for understanding the ratio of land and the sky part. Yeah. So from here, I'm going to start the pathway, like, yeah, and making it very wider towards the foreground. Yeah, that's it. And from here, let's make it invisible around here. Yeah. And I'm going like this. And from there, again, I'm going whiter. So it's very important how you are drawing this pathway because that gives a lot of perspective and depth to your painting. Yeah. Maybe I think I want to fix it around here. I want to make it more narrow as it going away. Yeah. So I'll make it like this. Yeah. And from there, I'm going to make it. Yeah. Yeah, that's it. And maybe I will add some very small trees here and there and maybe some bigger trees around here. Yeah. It's a very rough and simple outlining. Not any detailed sketching. Yeah. Okay, I think I want to fix this side also. Let's make it more wider. Yeah. And maybe we'll also add that mid line for the pathway. Yeah. And let's make it a little whiter around here. Yeah. That's enough. You can also refer to the resources, for this outline if you couldn't follow um with me for sketching. Yeah. Okay, so first let's start with painting the sky. So as you can see here, I didn't use any masking tape or anything to fix the paper to the board. So I'm going to wet the whole paper. I mean, the both sides. So let's start by wetting the backside. Yeah. We have to wet it evenly without too much water. We need a very little moist on the paper. Yeah, you can use a flat brush like this. Yeah. Now I'm going to flip it and yeah. And let's wet the fringe side also. You can rub your brush multiple times like this, Oil paper to make it very nice thin layer of water. On paper. Yeah. That's enough. Now, let's start painting the sky. Okay, I'll start from here to make it a little warmer colors, like around the sun, and then we'll go more cooler and darker colors to the upside. Yeah. So I'm going to use my um, artifi round brush, and first I'll use this is naples yellow, red by wanko and it's a very nice, soft color. Maybe I'll mix it with some opera pink. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that's enough. And I'll also mix some gamboog and preclot again. Yeah, that's enough. And before starting the painting, I want to just wipe, water from here. Yeah. And let's start around here. You can wipe your brush on a cotton cloth or a tissue. If you have too much water on it, we need a very damp and little dry brush. Yeah. You can start like this and allow stroke here and then leave a little gap here and then go upward for that sunlight effect. Yeah, maybe I will add this color around that to make it a little cloudy, maybe, uh yeah. That's enough. Now I'm going to mix indigo, and this is cobalt violet by Rembrandt. This both color can make a very dusk kind of color, grayish kind of color for the clouds. Yeah, I'm mixing it with some white gouache. I think I want to make it a little more darker. I'll show you the color. Yeah. So with that color, I'm going to make some clouds. Yeah. You can also make some tiny dots or like this, yeah. To make it more interesting. And maybe I will add some here also. Yeah. Now, let's paint the clouds. Sorry, the sky. So I'm going to take bad blue. I'll mix it with lots of water. We need a very thin mix of color. Yeah. And then just painting the sky very loosely. Going around here carefully. Yeah. Almost like negative painting. Yeah. I'm just feeling the color around the clouds. Yeah. That's enough. Maybe let's make it a little more darker here. I'm mixing it with some Kobal toilet again. Yeah. Okay. I think I want to work on these clouds again. So let's mix some more indigo and bal toilet and maybe with white quash. Yeah. Remember to wipe your brush on a cloth to make it a little dry. Yeah. And from here, I think paper started drying. We had to work a little faster. I'm just making some tiny clouds. Yeah. Maybe let's add some clouds around here also. Yeah. It's more lighter. Yeah. I think let's switch to a smaller bridge. I want to fix the clouds again. I'm wiping away this cloud. It looks too big. Yeah. So paper is still wet, so I'm just wiping that. And I want to add more koba blue there. Yeah. You can just leave a little gap here like this for that highlight on the clouds. By using negative painting technique, we can paint very beautiful clouds in watercolor. Yeah. Maybe I think I want to make it a little darker around here. Yeah. Let's leave it like that. And let's move to paint the land pot. Yeah. So first, I'm going to again wet the land pot with very little water. A. With the whole land part in one co, don't worry about the pathway. Yeah. And first, I'm going to add yellow ochre to the pathway. Maybe I think I want to make it a little um, muted. So I'll mix it with very little indigo, since the sky is cloudy and dark. Yeah. So I mix it yellow ochre with very little indigo. And with that color, I'm going to fill the pathway. And around here, I'm going to make it again warmer with a locer. Yeah. Yeah, that's enough. I'm cleaning my brush and I'm going to take some sap green to this already mixed kobaltilet and then they go. Yeah. And maybe I'll mix it with some more and they go. I think I want to make it a little more opaque, so maybe I'll use. This is joined brilliant by Shinhan. It's like, opaque olive green kind of shade, a pastal kind of shade. Yeah. So with that color, I'm going to fill the land part. You can notice how I'm moving my brush. Yeah. You should not um, fill it entirely. You have to go with your brush like this, maybe for some scratching or some kind of effects like that. Yeah. Now, around here, I want to make it a little lighter, so I'm just blending that color with a clean brush. And around here, let's make it a little more darker. Yeah. Now let's, again, blend it with clean brush. Yeah. Maybe let's make it again a little darker for this part, so we can make the pathway more visible. Yeah. It's enough. I think I want to make it like some darker effects here and there. So again, I'm going to take some indigo to this already mixed green. And with that, I'm going to add some darker effix. Pepper is still wet so we can make softer effet to create some depth or some texture for the land. Yeah. And around here also, let's do it like that. You can definitely use your creativity. You can just, take a look at your painting from a little distance so you'll understand where you can add these um, darker effects. Or if you want to improve anything, you can do that. You'll get a lot of idea. Like when you're looking at your painting from a little distance. When I'm stuck, I always do that. Yeah. I just want to make it a little lighter around here. Yeah, and maybe let's add thin line with this darker mix. Yeah. Yeah, I think that's enough. Yeah. Now, I think let's move to add this midline. 6. Day 1 - Part two : Same green. So again, I'm just adding that color very loosely again. And maybe let's make it a little darker to this side. Yeah. I think I want to make it a little more brighter green for some highlights. Yeah. And I'm going more thinner. You can even switch to a liner now. Yeah. That's enough. Maybe let's add some shadow or some darker spots. Yeah, I think we want to. On wet paper, watercolor will spread here and there, so we can work on layers to make it a little more darker and into that shape. Yeah. Different level of wetness will work on the paper, in different styles or maybe different like, we'll create different kind of effects. Yeah. I'm just wiping it from here to make the pathway more clear. Yeah. I'm using a flat brush. And yeah, maybe we can walk around here when it's completely dry. Now, let's leave it like that. Yeah, later we will work here. Okay, now let's start adding the trees, my favorite part of the painting. So again, I'm going to use this brush. This is, I think, Filbert brush. I don't know, what's its name like for this shape. With this, I'm going to paint the trees. And also, you can see it's dry. It's not very pointy or not with too much water. So with this dryness, I'm going to paint the trees. Okay, so I'm going to take very dark mix of indigo and sap green. Maybe you can also use deep sap green by Daniel Smith. That's also almost like this color. Yeah. You can see the mixture. It's very dry, almost like oil paint. I hope you can also hear the sound of that scratching. So we need this consistency to paint the trees. Yeah. And I'm going to add a little bigger tree around here. So yeah. You can definitely notice how I'm moving my brush. I need some dry texture. Yeah. And I think we want to make it a little darker around here. And maybe I will add one more tree here. Not very big. Yeah. Maybe I will add some dots around here. Yeah. I'm using this detailer brush almost like a liner. Yeah. That's enough. Let's add some colour in the foreground also. Yeah. Around here, too. Yeah. I'm just adding more layers to the greens. That's enough. Now, I'm using this brush. Again, I want to make it dry, so I'm squeezing all the water from the bristles. And again, I'm going to use this color. Maybe I will mix it with some yellow so join brilliant by Shinhan. I need a very opaque kind of mix. Yeah. And I think I want to make some distant trees. Yeah. That's it. And we have to make it in different sizes and different shapes to make it more natural. Some very tiny dots and a little bigger around shapes, also. Yeah. And I think I want to make it a little more bigger for this. And let's add here also. Yeah. And for this side, first, let's start with very tiny. So by adding more tiny trees, we can create a lot of depth yeah. And little bigot tree around here. I think I want to add one tree from here. Yeah, you can always look how I'm moving my brush for this loose kind of tree effects. Yeah, let's make it a little darker around this spot. Yeah, to create some depth or that kind of dimension. Yeah. And amity. He also. Yeah. Now, let's dry the paper, and then maybe we'll add some more details. Okay, now the paper is almost dry, and let's start painting some more details. So again, I'm using this brush, and we have to add some branches or some more chunks to the trees or maybe some distant trees again. Yeah. So I'm going to take this color again with very dry brush. And let's add some branches or some lines here. Yeah. Yeah, I'm going very loosely, and maybe I'll add some dots or we need a very little moist on the brush. And if you're feeling like it's too dark, you can just wipe it off. Yeah, that's it. And maybe I'll lad from here also. Yeah, I just defining the loose tree shapes. Let's make some tiny details, maybe some grass. I think we want to make it around here also. Some darker spots or also I'm wiping that color to make it a little more softer. Yeah. And maybe let's make it here to make that pathway a little more visible. Yeah. And I think you want to add more distant trees, just some dots. Yeah. And let's fix this part of the pathway. I'm adding that mid line. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, and I'm going to make it very narrow and sharp here. Yeah. And maybe let's add some more trees. Maybe tiny trees. And you can also fix this tree a little more darker. Yeah. Okay, I think I want to work around here. Just some stems or something like that. Some lines vertically and some dots here and there. Yeah. And maybe I will make it around here also. Little dry effects. Yeah. That's it. I think I want to fix it here. Now, I think I will scratch some paint from here for some branches or trunk. Yeah. You don't have to go straight. You can break it here and there, and you can make it more deeper or brighter on these little darker spots or the shadow. Yeah, so you will get some nice depth. Yeah. Maybe from here, and around here also. Yeah, it's enough. I think I want to fix around this part of this midline of the pathway. So I'll use a lighter green mixing gamboge and this green. Yeah. And I want to make it a little this way seem like this side of this pathway. Yeah. And I'm going to blend it blending the edges. And let's add a little more darker spots here and there. Yeah. That's enough. I think we are almost done. Now, if you want to fix anything, you can do that now. You can just again, look at your painting from a little distance and you can work on any mistakes. It's not that difficult to fix mistakes in watercolor. You just need some patience to lift the colors. And also, you have to use thicker paper. That's enough. I'm feeling like adding more details here and there, but let's leave it like this. Yeah. It's also important how you are placing these trees on this land part. I'm adding some more darker dots here and there. Um, dry on dry. Yeah. And let's add some more darker spots for this pathway with a little more darker brown. Here I'm going to use sepia and I'll mix it with some indigo, very little indigo. Yeah. And also some water. Yeah. And with that color, I'm going to add some loose shadows or some kind of texture to the pathway. O. I can add some strokes and then blend it here and there, so you'll get some kind of loose and nice effect. Yeah. That's enough and also make it more darker in the foreground. You can also shape the highlights of this grass pot. I'm just scratching my brush on the paper to get a little dry effect. Yeah, that's it. I think I want to wipe it from here. I always like to add pathway or walkway or something like that in my paintings. It can invite, like, the viewers attention to the depth of your painting. So it's a nice idea to always add a pathway in your painting compositions. Yeah, that's it. And also, I'll just wipe it here and there to make it a little lighter. Yeah. So that is the final look of painting. I hope you enjoyed painting this with me, like, beautiful clouds and sunset and with some nice loose kind of trees and a pathway. And yeah, you learned some techniques. So, yeah, see you in the next painting. Bye. 7. Day 2 - Part one - Evening light: Hello, everyone. So I hope you're ready for today's painting. And yeah. Today, we'll paint sunset again and with some trees here and there. And yeah, I hope you're enjoying this class. So yeah, let's start with a very quick sketch. So yeah, I will start with horizon line. I'm going to fix it very low, from here. Yeah. And maybe around here, I'll fix some trees. Oh I'm going very loosely. Yeah. And maybe in the distance, I will fix more trees. And around here, let's add some more bigger trees, a little more taller trees. Yeah, that's it. And maybe around here, let's add a small river that's shining with the sunlight. But Yeah. I'm making it more narrow here as it going disappear. I'm just fixing that line again. Yeah. That's it for the sketching. Yeah. And maybe we will also add a very distant mountain line around the horizontal line. Yeah. That's enough. Yeah. Yeah. So you can also check out the resources for this sketch if you couldn't follow with me for sketching. Yeah. And also, remember to do the sketching very lightly. Yeah, because we are going to paint with what colors. So the pencil lines will be we can see that when we finish the painting. So yeah. So yeah, let's start the painting. As you can see here, I'm not using any masking tape. I'm going to wet both sides of my paper. So first, I'm going to start wetting the backside. And we have already discussed about writing the paper like this. And so, yeah, that's it. Now, let's flip it and let's wet the French side, and we will start painting the sky. It's like evening sunset sky or maybe an early morning sky. For all these paintings, um, I'm using almost similar color palette. That's it. Now, let's start painting this guy. I will fix the sunlight around here near this tree, and we'll also make it glory for this tree with the sunlight. So first, I will wipe the water from here, like small circle. Yeah. And now I'm going to start with gamboellow and I'll mix it with naples elud. And also mixing with some water. And yeah, I'm going to paint it around here. Yeah. That's it. Maybe let's let's wipe it taking to make it like a perfect small circle. Yeah. Yeah, that's it. Now, I'm just going very loosely. Yeah. Now I will use opera pink, and I will mix it with naples Cloud again. We need a soft peach kind of shade. Yeah. And I'm going to fix like paint that color around here. Yeah. And maybe let's mix some more. I will mix some napleslud and maybe Cambocillo. Let's make it a little more darker for some cloud that's Perfect. Yeah. I'm just going around that sunlight carefully. Yeah. Now let's move to paint a little more bigger clouds, like for the upside of the paper. So yeah, I'm going like this. Yeah. You can also observe how I'm moving my bridge and also how I'm making these strokes. Yeah. Yeah. That's it. Now I'm going to take some Kobalt blue. Yeah, I will mix it some Kobalt violet. And let's add that color here for maybe the sky. Yeah. And from here also. Yeah. And let's go around here. Okay. Yeah. Let's go for another layer for this blue colors. Yeah. And maybe And I think I will go for some tiny, tiny lines for that deck Yeah. It's a little tricky to paint clouds in watercolor. But if you know the techniques, you can do it easily, also. So now I'm going to fix some shadows to these peach clouds. So I'm going to take some indigo, and I'll mix it with baltblue. Maybe let's add some cobalt toilet again. Yeah, let's make it a little grayish shade, a cold gray shade. Yeah. I'll show you the swatch. Yeah. Yeah, almost like that. And also, remember to wipe your brush on the tissue paper. We need very little water or moist on the brush. Yeah. And let's just go over that maybe for some depth or that shadow effect. Yeah. And for her to Yeah. And let's do here. I think I want to make some more indigo and cobalt toilet in little cobalt blue. Maybe you can also go with paints gray for this gray effect, which sometimes I like to mix colors to get that neutral shade. Yeah. I think I want to make it a little more darker for this spot because it's more near to us, like, you know, for the viewer, and the sky is going far away as it going downward to the horizon line. Yeah. So let's make it more darker to the foreground. Yeah, more indigo and cobalt twlet and Cobalt Blue. Now, it's almost like a purple shade. I don't want to cover entirely that peach color on the clouds. I'm just going over that here and there. Paper is still wet, and we are working a little faster because we had to fix these clouds wet and wet. And maybe let's go down. Yep. Yeah. And yeah, maybe let's Mm hmm. Do the sky again. So again, I'm going to take some kobath blue, and I'm adding a little more darker blue for the sky here. So we can shape the clouds also by adding color for this sky. Yeah. You can definitely use your creativity, like for painting. Yeah. And maybe let's add some blue lines around here also for that continuation. I think I want to make some more peach clouds around the sunlight. So let's make some more gamboge and maybe some lemon yellow. Yeah. Yeah. I think that's it. Now, let's um, stop it like that. And let's mo to paint the land part. I hope you can see this line we added for the river. So we have to leave that part, and then we will paint around that. I'm going to take a little darker mix of green, since it's almost like a silhot but still with a greenish um, color, not completely black. So yeah, here I'm mixing sap green and indigo. Yeah. A very dark, cool green shade. And I'm going to fill that color in the foreground. Okay, now I'll clean my brush. I need to make it a little more warmer as it's going away, so I'll take gambochigen and mixing it with this already mixed green color. And with that, I'm going. There. Yeah. Okay, now I'll clean my brush again, and I want to just Yeah. That's it. And let's make it around here. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Don't make it too wide or too big. Yeah. Now, I will make it a little more darker in the foreground. So again, indigo and sap green and maybe some yeocre and let's make it a little darker here. Yeah. I'm going, like, very loosely for some darker lines. Maybe some shadow or some kind of effect. Yeah. That's it. Now let's dry the paper, and then we'll go for more details. Okay. Now I will switch to this brush. This almost like a detailer. Yeah. And I will take some cobalt blue, and maybe I'll mix it with some cobalt violet. Yeah. Let's mute it down. So I'll mix it with some indigo again. Yeah. And with that color, I'm going to fix a mountain line in the distance. Yeah. Yeah, that's it. And I'm just adding a little more color here and there. Yeah, I think that's enough. Let's make it like a little more wavy. Yeah. Yeah. And now let's try this again because we have to work on the trees. So yeah. Okay, now is the most challenging and most interesting part is coming like painting the trees. So first, we have to paint around the sunlight. So we'll use some yellow warm colors around that for that glow. And then we'll go for more dark colors. And here side, we'll paint a little more taller trees, and that is going to break the view. So yeah, let's see how it goes, and also we'll paint some trees in the distance. So, yeah. For that, I'm going to use this filbert brush, and I'll use some dry techniques. So yeah, let's see. First, I'm going to take some scolorGambo Ci and maybe I'll mix it with some yellocre. A mix of both. And also, I think I want to mix some lemon yellow. Yeah. And I hope you can see now like this. This is the color, and this is the dryness you need on your brush. Yeah. Just around that sunlight, I'm going to fix this color. Yeah. And for this side also. 8. Day 2 - Part two: I'm going loosely, yeah. And I think I will make it like this around here. Yeah, that's it. Now let's go for the darker mix of greens. Yeah. And you can also control the wetness of your brush by wiping it on cloth or tissue. Now, you can see that texture. It is creating some kind of tree effects. Yeah. And maybe I will go for another tree here. Yeah. Yeah. You can see the Bristols. Yeah. Okay. I'm just making some more details, some tiny dots or that shape for the tree. Okay, now I will make it a little more darker here and there. So again, I'm going to mix more and the go with this sap green, and I'm going to fix that color around here. Yeah. And let's go down. And maybe let's blend it. Here I have a cotton cloth, um, near my palette, so I will wipe my brush in between the painting to control the wetness. Yeah. And let's go here also. Yeah. And I think I want to make this part a little softer. So I'm doing it very carefully. Just with a damp I'm just wiping or lifting some colour from there. Yeah, maybe I will make it like some sun rays hitting on the tree. Yeah. Like that. Yeah. You can see I am using a tissue paper to wipe that water. Yeah, that's enough. And, I'm just blending it here and there. Yeah. Now, let's make some trunk. With this palette knife, I'm going to scratch some paint from here. We have to do this when the paper is wet. Yeah, that's enough. And if you're feeling like it's too bright, you can just blend it here and there. Yeah. I think that's enough. Maybe we'll come to that later. And let's paint a little more bigotris around here. So with the same technique, I'm going to first start with some warmer colors. But in the same mix of colors, gamboge and lemon yellow, and locre. Yeah, let's go carefully. We'll start from here. Let's make it a little bended towards the sunlight. So yeah, I'm going to start like this and maybe from here, Yeah. And let's go like this. Just feeling that color here. And I'm just going down. You can notice again my brush moment. Yeah. And I'm going to make it here because we need these trees a little more near to us. So yeah, maybe let's add this tree. Like this. Yeah. That's enough. Now, what we are going to do is let's take some darker mix again. We are following this same technique. Yeah. So sap green and indigo. And you can see the consistency of my paint mix. Yeah. And I'm going to start from here. And I think I want to wipe my brush. Yeah. And with that damp brush, I'm just spreading that color here. Yeah, maybe let's make it a little darker here. Yeah, I'm going carefully, is it going outward? Yeah, I'm just making some tiny, tiny details. Yeah. And let's make it a little more darker. I'm mixing it with some gold oakrey that's by Rembrandt. Yeah. Yeah. You can always leave some gap like this here and there for that highlights. Don't cover it entirely. So yeah, I'll go for a smaller brush for some more details. Maybe I'll take this yellow again. And I think I want to make it like this Yeah. Let's. And I think I want to make it a little higher here. Yeah. And maybe let's add some more darker effects. Yeah. I'm making some bunches. Here. I think I started over working. This how I always end up with making ugly paintings. But yeah, I always enjoy it also. Yeah. I think I want to lift some colors here and there. So I'm using my flat brush, and I'm going to lift it from here. Yeah. And maybe from here. Lifting and then shaping it. Yeah. I want to fix it around here again. Yeah. It's almost time to stop painting these trees. Yeah. Working on that shadows again. So we can make the highlights more brighter also. Yeah. I think that's enough. Now let's move to paint this river part. So first, I'm going to use the same sunset colors that is gambo yellow, and I'm going to fix that color here, and then maybe this opera pink and, um, naples lo red mix. I'm just going with that color. Yeah. And, again, I will make it a little yellowish here. Yeah. We have to keep it very bright. So just add very little colours maybe for that sunlight shining effect. And then you want to make some shadow here. Like I just defining that river line. And for this part, we have to add that three reflections. So first, again, I'm going to add this peach color here. Yeah, that's it. Now, let's add some darker greens. I'm going to start like this. Making it more darker here. Yeah. Let's make it again darker here. Yeah. That's enough. Maybe you can also fix it with some white gouache or a pack white. And I will add some smaller dots for some grass here and there. Let's not leave it plain. And also, we will not overwork. Let's add some tiny dots like some very tiny lines upward. And I will add some more trays in the very background. So again, I'm going to take this the go and sap cream mix, and also I'm using this brush, and I'm doing, like this. And I'm making it some tiny and some little bigger one. Yeah. Let's blend it because we don't want that to show since it's in the background. Yeah. And just making it a little darker here and there. I think that's enough. Now, let's add some trees just around this mountain. So I'm going to mix some kebal blue and this green mix to make it a little more cooler. Yeah. And let's add some trees here also. Yeah, that's it. Yeah, that's it. And now I think I want to fix this river with some white. So yeah, I'm going to add some pa white directly from the tube. Yeah. Maybe some yellow. Yeah. And to make it a little more sharper, I'm going to add this color just for an outline. Yeah. Yeah. No, that's perfect. Let's add this line a little more sharper here. Yeah. Yeah. That's it. Now, let's leave it like that. Otherwise, I will overwork. Yeah. So yeah, that is the final look of our painting. I hope you enjoyed this session. I hope you learn to paint the trees and that glow on the trees and a beautiful sky. So, yeah, that's it for this class project. See you in the next painting. Bye. 9. Day 3 - Part one - Light through the trees: Hello. Welcome back to today's painting. I hope you're ready for our new class project. And today we'll paint a countryside landscape with lots of trees and a pathway. And yeah, let's start with sketching. So I'm going to fix the horizon line very high Almot from here. Yeah. So most of this frame is going to be the landscape and very little part is going to be the sky. So from there, I'm going to fix that line for the plant part. Yeah. And from there, I'm going to add a pathway here. Yeah. Sorry, the line for that land part and around here, I'm going like this. Yeah, not a straight line. Okay. And from here, I'm going to fix a pathway that is going wider towards the foreground. So yeah, going like this and going to end it here. Yeah, that's it. Now for this side, I'm going to fix like this. I'm making it like a shaky line. Yeah. Yeah, that's it. I think I will make it a little more higher for this side. Yeah. Now, around here, let's add maybe a distant trees or mountain. Yeah. And from there, I will add some trays in different sizes. Yeah, that's it. And from here, let's add one bigger tree. Yeah. And maybe let's add a small cottage or a house here. Yeah. Maybe around that, let's add some more trees. Yeah, that's enough. For that side, also, I have to erase the horizon line we added. Yeah. And let's go for this side. Maybe I'll start with this. I will add a line like this. Okay. And from there, let's start this set of trees. Yeah. That's it. So we'll paint a lot of shadows in the foreground and we'll make it more warmer around this part. Yeah, it's going to be a very loose and simple landscape, hopefully. Yeah. So first, let's start with wetting the paper. I'm starting from the back side. Now, I'm going to flip it and let's with the front side of the paper. Yeah, that's it. Now, I'm going to start with the sunlight. So I will use naplehlo red. And I will mix it with some gambo chilo. Yeah. And with that color, I'm going to start with a circle here. Yeah. That's it. And I'm just filling that color, and I'm here. Yeah. And now I'll clean my bridge, and I'll take some kobal toilet, and I'll mix it with Kobalt blue. Yeah. Yeah, that's perfect. All the sides will cover with these bigger trees. So yeah, you don't have to worry about that. I'm just adding some colors for the sky. Yeah, and just making, like, maybe some clouds like with some lines horizontally. Yeah. I think that's enough. And I think I want to make that sunlight a little more more circle. So I'm adding some more color maybe. Yeah. That's it. I will add a little more darker colors for maybe some cold blue. Yeah. Yeah, that's it. I'm going to add colors for the pathway. So I'm going to take some yellow col and I'm going to add that color here. Yeah. Filling that color for this inter pathway. Yeah. Yeah. That's perfect. And maybe let's add some little more darker browns here. So I'm going to take sepia, and I'm mixing with yellowcre. Yeah. That's it. I'm just adding that colour very loosely here. Yeah. Maybe let's make it a little more darker. And Yeah. Okay, now let's paint these two land part with some green colors. So first, I'm going to take sap green, and I'm going to mix it with gambocello. I need a little warmer green for this part. Yeah, I need more gamboge. Yeah. And I'm going to add that colour here. Yeah, that's perfect. Yeah. And on this side also. Now, I'll make some indigo to this gamboge and sap green, and adding that color here. And also, I'm careful about this line for the pathway. So yeah, I'm just mixing both colors. I think I want to mix it like this with some more gamboge. Yeah. Maybe you can also make it like a little looser around here, not like every straight line. You can make some blobs or something like that to make it more interesting. Yeah. And let's add that color here also. Yeah. I'm just going very loosely. Yeah. I think that's enough. Now, I think I have to do one more thing. I need some lines like this for the pathway for the movement. So I'm going to take this brush and I'm going to dip it in water, and then I will wipe it. So with that very little moist, I'm going to add some lines. Yeah. Almost like lifting. Yeah. Yeah. I just want to make it like this, making like some moment. So yeah. Instead of leaving it plain, let's add some kind of moment here. Yeah. That's enough. Now I think I have to wipe the colors from this side. Yeah. And I will add more browns there. Now, let's leave it like that, and let's move to paint the trees. And later we'll come here to add more details, maybe. So first, I'm going to wipe the colors from this house. We have to paint later and also around here. Yeah. I'm just wiping it from this side. That's okay. We'll paint the tree. So yeah. Now I'm going to start painting the trees. So again, I'm using this brush. This round brush. And first I will start with the highlights of the trees. And sunlight is around here, so we'll paint some highlights for this part of the tree, and then we'll go for more dark colors to the opposite side. So first, I will start with gambos yellow again, and I will mix it with very little sap cream. Yeah, that's it. And with that color, I'm going to start with this first tree. Here, paper is not too wet, but it is not very dry also. So yeah, let's see how it goes. So I'm going to start like this. Yeah. You can also control the wetness of your brush with a tissue paper or wiping on a cloth or a towel. Yeah. And from here, I'm going to add the other tree. Yeah. And for this tree, also, let's add the highlights. Yeah. Yeah. That's it. And from here, let's add around this spot, Yeah. And also, let's add some tiny details maybe here like that. Okay, now I'm going to add some more sap grain to this mix, and let's add that color here. Okay. Yeah, and going carefully Yeah. You can see I'm leaving a little gap here. We have already added one line there from this outline of the pathway. So from there, I'm starting this tree. You can always use a tissue paper if your paint is spreading too much. Yeah. Yeah, that's it. Now I'm going to use this brush for painting the shadows for the tree. So again, I'm going to use a little thicker mix of paint indigo and yellow chre. Yeah. And with that, I'm going to add shadows to this tree. And you can go with any shape you want. Actually, we are painting these trees in three different colours. We'll start with a lighter green, and then we'll go for a little more darker and then we'll finish it with more darker colour. That's how we can shape the tree. So Yeah. That's it. Let's move to this side. And you can also leave some gap like this, maybe for some highlights. Now, I will switch to a smaller bridge, this one again, and just adding some dots the yeah. That's it. I need this little part, brighter because this foreground is going to be more darker and with shadow. And around this spot, we'll add some highlights. So yeah, now let's add for this tree. You can see here by adding this color for the shadows for this tree, I'm also shaping this tree highlights. So you have to be careful. When you are applying paint there. You can create some nice effects for the highlights. Yeah. That's how what color works. Yeah. That's it. And let's add around here. So little trees just behind that house. Yeah. Maybe some small dots here to create that kind of depth. Yeah, I'm adding some dots. Yeah. That's it. Now, we have to add one more daker layer for the trees. So before that, I'm going to dry this paper, not completely because we need a little wetness there to paint the trees. Yeah. I just want to fix this layer before we add more layers, that's why I used my head dryer. So yeah, now let's add more duck layers, and it will get into more shape. I mean, the trees. So here, I'm mixing a little more indigo, and I'm going to add it here. I'm very careful about this line, like the way we are placing the tray on this land. Yeah, that's it. And let's add maybe some I'm adding some lines and dots here. Yeah. And now I will move to this tree so we can shape this tree highlights. G. Yeah. I'm just going like this. Maybe. You can definitely practice this technique on another sheet of paper before going to your finer painting. Yeah. And I think I want to wipe it from here. Yeah. From here, Yeah. And I'm going for this one. Yeah, I'm going for some tiny dots or some leaves, again. Yeah. Yeah, I'm just wiping it, and also I'm making some kind of texture here by lifting, doing both. Yeah. And maybe let's move to this tree. Yeah. I hope you can hear that sound of scratching. By working on layers, we can create some nice effect, like, highlights and shadows. Yeah. Now I think I want to dry it again and we'll add some dry and dry details. Yeah, that's it. Now let's move to paint some more darker details. Like, I'm going to just make it like this. Yeah. And let's add some more tiny dots or some branches. A yeah. Yeah. I'm just making some details here. 10. Day 3 - Part two: Now let's move to paint some more darker details. Like, I'm going to just make it like this. Yeah. And let's add some more tiny dots or some branches, also, yeah. Yeah. I'm just making some details here. Yeah. And maybe for here. Uh, I think I want to blend it here. Yeah. We don't have to make it that sharp. I think I want to add a little more sharper if it's here. Yeah. And Yeah. Just adding more kind of details or interest to these trees. Yeah. By adding more layers, we can create these effects. Yeah. I think I want to make this tree a little more taller. Yeah. Yeah, I'm adding some dots again and again and shaping the tree. Maybe let's add a little more darker mix. Yeah. Yeah. I think that's enough. I think I'm just blunting it from this side. Yeah. Yeah. That's it. Now, let's move to this side, a little more darker again. Yeah. So I'm adding some darker paints here and there. And also, I'm shaping the highlights. Let's add some here. So tiny dots, maybe. Yeah. And I want to make this part a little more sharper. Yeah. Yeah. I'm just blending it. Yeah, that's it. Now, let's leave it like that. And we have to add this very distant trees or that mountain. So here I'm using Kobal blue, and I'm just going to add that here. We have to paint it with very lighter colors. So I'm mixing it with loads of water. Yeah. By adding these distant trees, we are also shaping this pathway. So yeah, that's it. Now, what we are going to do is we have to add the shadows. So that is the most important part of this landscape. So again, I'm going to use obalble I will take Yeah. And I'm going to paint the shadows with cobalblu. So I will start from here. And also, I'm mixing it with water. I'll show you that we don't want to saturated color. Yeah. We need a very light color for the shadow. So yeah, I'm going to start from here. Yeah. And I'm going like this. And I'm going like this. Yeah. That's it. And with that color, I'm going to paint them in their shadow in their foreground. Making it lighter on the pathway, starting from here and then blending it with water for the pathway because we need the pathway lighter, still, even if it's under shadow. Yeah. Now let's go here and then washing my brush and blending it with water. And then, again, here, I'm going a little darker. Yeah. That's it. Now, there's more to little more darker shadows, so I'm mixing this kobal blue with this already mixed greens and lots of water again. Yeah, I'm going like this. Okay. Yeah, that's it. That's what we need. And we'll also work on the pathway again. Yeah. And maybe I will splatter some water here and there. That's it. Now I want to add some more shadows around here. So yeah, I'm going to start from this side for Yeah, that's perfect. Maybe let's add for this side. Yeah. That's enough. Now, what I'm going to do is I will add some more details to the pathway. The paper is still wet with these all layers, and I'm adding some effect again here. Yeah. That's it. And for this side also. So as you can see here, first we started with very thin mix of bal blue, and we added first layer of shadows. And then we are, again, shaping the pathway because, yeah, watercolor will spread here and there when we add more wet on wet layers on that. So we can add more layers to make it more sharper or contrasting. So, yeah, that's it. Yeah. This side also. Yeah. Now it's perfect. Maybe I will just shape it for this little part. Okay. Yeah. Now I'm going to blend it. And let's add around here also. Yeah. I'm just shaping that pathway. Yeah. That's it. Maybe I will add some more darkness for that mount here. Yeah. I think that's perfect. I think I want to make it, like, a little more sharper shadow here. Yeah. Yeah, that's it. Maybe let's add some shadow for this, but Yeah. Now, that's enough. And let's dry this layer again. And we have to add more details here and there to make it a little more um, sharper. Okay, now I want to add some more very sharp details. So again, I'm using this brush, and I'll take indigo, and I will add some dots here. Yeah. I want to make this part lit more sharper, so the focus towards this side will be more sharper. Yeah. And I will add around here also. Yeah. I want to get that focus towards this part a little more sharper. That's why I'm just sharpening all the details around that. Yeah. And I will make it again. Sharper for this side. Yeah. This trees around that house. Okay. That's it. Now, let's try this layer again. And I'm going to fix that house. So again, I'm going to take Copart blue, and I'll make it like a little darker for this side for the shadow. So yeah, yeah, that's it. I'm just adding some dots here. Yeah. And I think I want to make the roof of this house with brown. So I'm using born temper. Maybe will mix it with indigo. Yeah. With that color, I'm going to fix that roof. Yeah, adding one line and then blanding it. Yeah. Yeah, that's perfect. Let's add maybe some door or window. Yeah, we're almost done. We are almost done with the painting. I just adding some tiny branches. Now. And I think I have to add that tree trunk or the branches effect. So I'm going to take some back white and mix it with locre with a mix of both, I'm going to add some tree trunk. You can always start from the shadows and then break it on the highlight part and then go again from the shadow. So like that, we can create some kind of depth to the tree. Let's do here too. I think it's too sharp, so I'm just wiping it. Yeah, maybe let's add some kind of dots or leaves or sort of grass effect here. I'm just adding some dots. Maybe more texture. Yeah. Yeah, this side. And I'm blending it here and there. Yeah. Now we are almost there. Yeah. Adding more texture or detail. Now, I hope you got the technique of painting shadows. By using layering technique, we can paint anything with watercolor. We can paint beautiful shadows in watercolor. So that is the technique behind that. Yeah. And I think I have to make some texture or details for this pathway part. So again, I'm going to use the locre and let's make it a darker for the corners. No. And maybe from this side also. I'm just making some kind of movement on the pathway. Oh, maybe let's add this in. I'm just making it a little darker. Yeah, that's it. Just make it for this highlight part also. So I'm just adding that combination of this line here. Yeah. Yeah. Now, we are done with the painting. So yeah, that is the final look of our um, today's painting. And yeah, I hope you got the technique of painting, beautiful sunlit trees and the shadows. Yeah, a simple and loose country landscape. I hope you enjoyed this session. So yeah, see you in the next painting. Bye. 11. Day 4 - Part one - Hills bathed in light: Hello. Welcome back to today's painting. And today, we'll paint a simple landscape again, with a clear sky and some mountains and trees here. Most of the frame is going to be the sky. Yeah. And also, we will create some lights and shadows hitting effect on the landscape. We'll focus more on that. Yeah. So let's start with sketching. I'm going to make it a simple sketch. I will start the horizon line from here. Yeah, that's it. And maybe I will add a line for the foreground part of the land. Yeah. And from there, maybe I will add one more line like this. Like maybe a rolling hill or some kind of shape like that for the landscape. And I'm making it like this a little higher here. Yeah. And let's make it like a small mountain or hill here. Yeah. It. And the horizon line is going to be not very visible. We will add a very maybe foggy mountain or something there. That's it. Maybe we'll add some trees here and there and just loosely adding the sketch. I mean, the outline for the trees. Yeah, maybe I will add some houses here and there. Yeah, I'm just adding that roof of the house. And let's add one here. Yeah. And let's make it more tiny. Yeah. Let's see how it goes. I'm just adding some more trees. That's enough for the sketching. You can also check out the resources. Um, I added this sketch there. You can download it and you can sketch it, if you couldn't follow it with me. Now, let's start by wetting the paper. So I'm going to start from the backside of the paper. Yeah, that's it. And I'm going to wet the french side. I'm using this brush. This is 1 " wash brush by artifi. They send it to me for testing, and I really like the quality. You know, it's not very pricey and very good quality brushes. Yeah. And you can also use this set for all mediums like what colour gouache or acrylic. The bristles are soft. Yeah. Now let's start with painting the sky. First, I'm going to take some Juan brilliant. This is by Shinhan, a very creamy light, pastry yellow shade. And with that, I'm going to make that warmth around the horizon line, about the horizon line. Yeah, I'm going a little faster. We need a smooth transition of colors, maybe. I think I want to make it a little more colorful, so I'm going to take some gamboge, and I'm just going over that. Yeah, that's perfect. Yeah. That's enough. Now, I'll clean my brush, and I'll take some kebald blue. Yeah. My Kobal blue already mixed it with indigo. This palette I didn't clean. I don't want to waste the pigment here. This is from our previous painting. So yeah, here I have Kobal blue and a mix of indigo. Kobalt blue itself will be very vibrant, so I don't want that vibrant sky. So yeah, with this, I'm going to fix the sky. Yeah, I'm just adding that here. And I'm going down carefully. And I'm going a little faster here and also making some tiny clouds or some kind of effect like that. Yeah, I think I want to make it a little more darker for the upper corners because, you know, watercolor will dry lighter. So yeah. Yeah. You can always notice how I'm moving my bridge, if it's faster or if it's slow, you know, if I'm using the complete bristles or I'm painting with the tip only, you can notice, many factors like that. Yeah. Yeah, I think that's enough for the sky. Now let's move to paint the land. So first, I'm going to start with the first layer, like the warmer colors. So I'm going to take, again, um, gamboyellow, and I'm mixing it with koba blue. More gamboge and very little cobalt blue, almost like an olive green shade. Yeah. And with that color, I'm going to fix the land part. We have already added lines here for the sections. So I'm just filling this color one by one. Yeah. And I'm going here. I need a little gap like this. So yeah. And from here also, let's go Yeah. And let's go here. And it yeah. I'm just filling this color loosely. Yeah, that's it. Now, what I'm going to do is we need some shadows for the hills. So I'm going to make some indigo. Yeah. Do the gamboge and bal blue mix. Yeah. Maybe let's add some yellow core to make it more earthy. Yeah. I think I want to make it a little more darker. Yeah, that's it. Now, you know, I want to work with a little dry brush. So I'm just wiping all the water or paint from the brush. And I'm going to take this color and paint that for the foreground. I think let's make it a little more darker with more indigo and more yellow cour. Yeah. That's perfect. Again, I'm wiping it. Yeah. I want to make it more darker to the foreground. And also, I'm making some tiny lines here for that shape of the hill. Yeah. That's it. And I'll go here by leaving that little gap for the highlights of this spot. Yeah. Lights and shadows can make very interesting effects in landscapes. And I'm going to just blend that color here. Yeah. And I think I'm going to blend it here also. And let's go for this mountain. Yeah. I think I will make it like this. Yeah. And I'm just feeling that color here also. Yeah. You can also add more shadows to make it more contrasting. Yeah. Indigo, yellow cur and yeah. If you're adding very little water, you can also con draw how much the pigment is spreading on your wet paper. Yeah. Yeah. That's it. And I think let's add some more details in the background. So I'm going to use this brush, and I'll take Kabat blue. Let's make it a little um, cooler for the background. So more kabal blue, mixing it with this already mixed greens. Yeah. And with that color, I'm going to make some distant mountains. And I, I'm not going over the resin line. I don't want to make it like a straight line, so I'm making it like some very distant foggy mountings again. Yeah. Yeah, that's it. I'm going to dry this layer, and then we'll work on more details. Yeah, that's it. No, I think I want to add some darker trees here and there. So I'm going to mix again indigo and elocre Yeah, more indigo and very little yellocre. And I'm going to add that colour here. Paper is not completely dry. You can see the color is spreading. Yeah. Okay. And also, I think I want to make it a little warmer for the trees here and there. So I'm going to start with Elokre and yeah, like that. And then we'll add some darker colors for that. Yeah. I will make it a little warmer here. Sorry, darker here and there. Yeah. I think I want to make it a little more warmer for this side of the trees. Yeah. And as it going away, let's make it more tinier or small trees. Yeah. So I'm going to add here Okay. And also I'm going like this. And I will add more darker effect, so I'm cleaning my brush, and I'm going to take this mix, and let's add some shadows. Yeah, like that. Yeah. That's enough. Now, let's go for more tiny, tiny trees or details. So yeah, I'm going to take this color. It's a very light mix, not this. This very dark. Here I have mixed it with water, so it's a little lighter, and as it going away, let's make it more lighter and cooler. Yeah. You can also use a detailer or a small size brush. Yeah. I think I want to wipe the brush again. Yeah. And let's make it more dry and dry effect. Yeah. I just creating some blurry effects here. Yeah. And I think I'm going to add some darker dots. So this kind of details can make a lot of depth to your painting. It demands some patience, but, you know, it can create some very nice effects. Yeah. I will give that detailed look. I think I want to work on more darker details. Yeah. With this dry tip, I'm just creating some dots, and that itself can make some nice effect. Yeah. Et's go for more details. I just make me some dots here. You know, if you want to make it a little darker here and there, you can also do that. I think I will make it a little darker. S. That is perfect. I think let's make it. Yeah. Let's make it a little more detailed here and there. Yeah, that's it. And I think I want to fix 12. Day 4 - Part two: Fix this line for the mountain again. So again, I'm going to mix some bal blue, and I'm mixing it with lots of water. Yeah. And maybe I will add some in Berlin. Let's make it a little opaque. Yeah. Yeah. And with that color, I'm going to fix that line. Yeah, that's perfect. And let's make it a little darker here and there. So I'm mixing it with this green and just adding that colour here and there. Now, I think I want to make these shadows a little more darker. So I'm going to use the same mix, and I'm just adding that here. Yeah, I need that dry texture. Yeah. And around here also. I want to make the shadows a little more contrasting. Yeah, like that. Yeah. And again, here, also. Don't worry, we can work on these trees again. Yeah. So Yeah. That's perfect. Maybe let's add some colour here, also. And Yeah. I think that's perfect. And I want to make it a little more lighter here. I hope I can lift some colors from there. Yeah, like that. Yeah. And also, you can just wipe it from there. Yeah, that's perfect. I'm just adding some more dots here and there. Yeah. Making it a little more darker. Maybe some distant trees. Yeah. That's it. I'm just making some more trees here. Yeah. I just want to blend this sharp edge of this mountain. Yeah. With a flat brush and very little moist on the bristles. And I'm just, um, blending it just going with this brush here. So yeah. And also, if you want to wipe some colors from there, you can do that. Yeah. Yeah, that's it. Let's dry this layer, and then maybe we'll add some houses here and there with opaque white. So yeah, I want to make some more darker trees around this spot. So yeah. Yeah. I'm just making those trees a little more um sharper. I'm just going here. Me shadows. Yeah. I'm just making it more sharper and contrasting. I mean, the shadows and the highlights. Yeah. I think that's enough. Okay, now paper is completely dry and let's add some more details. Like we have to add some houses or cottages here and there to make it more interesting and we'll also add a moon light here. So before starting with Opaque white, I just want to lift some colors, for these details. For that, I'm going to use my flat brush again. Yeah, we have already added the pencil lines for the houses here and around here, but I can't see that now. So yeah, I'm going to add now one here. You can already see a kind of shape here, a small gap. So I'm going to make it like a house and maybe around here and somewhere here. So, yeah, I will lift it from there. Also, I have a dish paper, and I need to lift carefully. Yeah. That's perfect. Instead of going straightly with a pack white for these details, you can always first lift the colors from there, so you can make it more transparent. Yeah, maybe I will add one here. And I think I will add one around here. Yeah. Yeah. Now, I hope you can see these three spaces. I'm going to make it like a house. I will start with the roof. And also, you have to careful how you're adding the shadows and lights for the houses because the light is almost hitting from this side. You can see um, on the trees and on this land part. So we have to make it um, lighter from this side and darker from this side. So yeah, we're going to start from this house. So this time going to, um, just make it into an exact house shape by adding these darker colors around that. Yeah. Yeah. And maybe here also. Yeah, I think that's enough. I will clean my brush and wiping it, we don't need any water on the brush. We need a very dry brush. Yeah. And I'm going to dry this paint before adding colors for the house. Now, I will take oval blue. Yeah. And I'm going to fix this side of yeah. Yeah. And now I'm going to take born tumber and I will fix that roof. Yeah. That's it. Yeah. And I think I will add one small door. Yeah, that's now what I'm going to do is I will take a pa quite to make it a little more sharper. Always remember to wipe all the water from your brush after each time washing. Yeah. I'm going to add that line for the roof. Yeah. And also I'm making it. For this side also, let's mix it with some cobal blue, and I'm just making it a little more bigger. Yeah. Yeah. Now, that's perfect. And one more door for the other side. Yeah, maybe I will add a window. Just a small dot. If you are not comfortable with, um, a brush for adding these details, you can also go with a fine liner, maybe. Yeah. That's perfect. We'll make it a little more visible for this side. Yeah. I think I want to fix it again this side. Yeah. That's enough. Now let's move to this side. Yeah. I think I'm going to make it a little more bigger one. So I'll start with the roof. I'm going to take burn timber. I'm just going like this. Yeah. Yeah. That is the shape of the roof I'm adding. And this side, I'm just adding a line. Yeah. And I want to make this side of the house a little more visible. So I'm going to take some Kobal blow again and mixing it with a pack quite. Yeah. And I'm just adding that some lines and yeah. I'm just blending it here. Yeah. I just want to fix this part. Yeah with Opaq white and Yeah. Opaq white and Joan Brilliant. I'm just adding that here to make this line a little more visible or sharper just around the houses. Yeah. And again, I'm using opaq white, and I'm going to make this line. Yeah. That's perfect. Yeah. And I think I want to just bland it. Yeah. That is enough. And I will add some darker effects just here so we can make that wall of the side of the house a little more sharper. Yeah. Yeah, that's it. And I'm just adding one door again here. Yeah. That's it. For these two houses, now let's add one small house here. So again, I'm going to take burn tumber. I'll start with the roof. It looks difficult, maybe for beginners, but if you are following with me, um, the instructions I am giving and you can just try it. First time making the roof. Yeah. What's it? And I will make it a little cooler, more darker for this side. Same like this. Yeah. Yeah. That's it. And more or pack white for the other side. Yeah. That's it. Now I will add the door or that window. Yeah, that's enough. Maybe I will add some more details like I want to make some effects on the tree. Yeah. So I'm just adding some tree trunks or very tiny and sharp. Yeah. Now, what I'm going to do is I will add the moonlight. So with a very dry brush, I'm going to take a pack white. And also, I'm not mixing it with water. We need a little thicker paint, and I'm just adding a moonlight here. Yeah. That's it. Yeah. That's enough. So we are done with the painting. Yeah. So, yeah, that is the final result of today's painting. I hope you learned some techniques to create depth in your paintings and also how to make tiny details like this. For big nurse, maybe it was a little difficult flush project, but I always want you to come out of your comfort zone and try out new techniques. So yeah, I am pretty satisfied with the result. Yeah. So that's it for today and bye. 13. Day 5 - Evening hues: So I hope you're ready for the painting, and let's start with a very simple sketch. For this class project, we are focusing more on painting the sky. So yeah, I'm going to fix the horizon line very low. Yeah. From here, I'm going to start. That's it. And maybe just above the horizon line. I will add a distant mountain or some trees, maybe. Yeah. And just around here, I'll add one tree. I love painting trees. Yeah. And let's add one more tree. And maybe I'll add more trees here just about the horizontal line. That's it. That's it for the sketching. And now let's start by wetting the paper. Okay, I'm going to start from the back side of my paper. Yeah. And now I'm wetting the fringe side of my paper. Yeah. That's it for wetting the paper. Now let's start painting. Yeah. I'll also keep a tissue paper on this hand to con draw the moist from the bristles. Yeah. Okay, first, I'm going to start with some warmer colors just about the horizontal line, and then we'll go upward with more cooler shades. So first, I will start with Joan Brilliant, and maybe I'll mix it with some opera pink. Yeah. I need a little pinkish kind of pack shade. And with that, I'm just going like this, to the horizontal line. Yeah, that's it. Now I'll clean my brush, and yeah, I'm just wiping it on the tissue paper, and I need a little more warmer yellow. So I'm going to take gamboge and I'm going to add that colour straightly to the paper. Yeah. I'm going carefully. Now I'll take this color again, which is a mix of opera pink and join brilliant and just going here. Yeah, that's enough. Now I'll clean my brush again and I'm going to take Kobal blue. Yeah. And I think I will mix it with Kobal toilet. This is Bm Brand. Yeah. Yeah. I'll show you the swatch, a cool purple shade, which is perfect for evening sky. Yeah. So I'm going to fill the sky with this color. You can always notice how I'm moving my brush. I'm going a little faster to get that perfect smooth kind of effect. I'm going downward carefully. And also, I'm just mixing both colors, like, by adding some lines like this. Yeah. That's it. Now what we're going to do is we have to paint some clouds. So again, I'm going to take some abalblue Sorry cobalt violet, and I'll mix it with some kobat blue. I'm not mixing it with water, may need a little thicker consistency of paint, and I'm going to take some indigo. Yeah, to make it a little more darker. Yeah, that's it. Now I'm going to paint some clouds. I'm going narrow around here and more thicker to this side. You can always notice the moment of my brush. Yeah, I'm just going around here. I'm just shaping those clouds, yeah. And also, I'm adding some tiny dots here and there to make it more detailed. And let's add more tiny lines around here. As you know, this part is more nearer to the viewer, and as it's going downward, it's going far away. So yeah, by adding more tiny strokes here and there, we can create more depth, and you can also invite the viewers attention to the depth of your painting. Yeah. Yeah, I think that's enough. Let's stop it like that. And now I want to add some light reflections on these clouds before it gets dry. So I'm going to use this brush a little smaller one. And I'm going to take some opera pink again and I'll mix it with Joan brilliant. Remember, I'm not mixing it with water. We need a thicker consistency again. And I'm just adding that here. Yeah. And here I'm just adding this color for the down part of these clouds. Also, I'm just blending that color here and there. Yeah. Let's add here. You can also adjust the moist on a tissue paper so you will get more control over your breast straps. I'm just shaping the clouds again and again. Yeah, adding some this pinkish color for these tiny, tiny clouds. Yeah, now I'll clean my brush, and I want to add more of this color around here. Yeah, I'm just loosely adding that color for more clouds. Yeah. And let's add a little more purple here. Yeah. It's all about working on layers. Yeah. I'm adding more darker tones here. Because, you know, watercolor will dry lighter. So we can add more darker tones here and there. Yeah, that's it. Now, let's leave it like that. And let's start painting the land part. So to paint the land, I'm going to take a little moody green mix. So here I'm mixing olive green and cobalt blue, little cobalt blue. And I think I want to mix it with some indigo. Oh yeah. A little darker, cool green shade. Yeah. And with that color, I'm going to just fill the foreground part. That's enough. Now I'll clean my brush and yeah. And with very little moist on my brush, I'm going to blend it upward. Yeah. And I want to add more darker colors. Instead of going straight like this, you can also go like this. Yeah, I think I want to make it more darker for the foreground, so more in the go and olive green. Yeah, that's enough. That's it. Now I'll dry this layer and then we'll go for more details. Now, I'll start painting the trees. So with the same color, you can also notice the consistency. Yeah. And I'm going to add some trees. You know, here. You can also see the tip of my brush. It's a little dry. Yeah. With that shape, I'm just adding some dry strokes for this trees. And maybe to make it more darker. Let's add some indigo. Hi. Yeah. That's it. Now, let's add more big trees for this side. Yeah. So with the same color. Yeah, I'm going to. Okay, I'll switch my brush to this one again. Yeah. I had a very thick mix of pain. Yeah. And around here, I'm going to add bigger tree. You can notice the shape of the strokes I'm adding the direction, speed, everything you can notice. I want to make it a little detailed around here. Yeah, now let's add some branches, maybe. Yeah. Just adding more details and shaping the tree. Just adding some branches and tree trunks here and there. Yeah. That's it. Since it's a very dark and evening sky, I'm not adding that reflections on the sky. In one other class project, we are painting almost something similar, but with more glow on the trees. With a smaller brush, I'm adding more details. Yeah, I think we're almost done. And let's add some dots here and there on this land. Adding some tiny dots. And I'm blending it here and there. Now, what I'm going to do is I want to add some details just a the horizontal line for these two gaps. So again, I'm going to take this same Wilt and Kobal blue mix. Yeah. And let's add some very tiny details there. It's very important to make it smaller. And I'm here also. I think we're going to blend it. Just making it in different hides. That's it. Now I want to add some trunks for this tree by scratching. So I'm going to use this pepper knife, and I'll start from here. You can already see a kind of shape there for the trunk. So from there, I'm going to start like this, yeah. And also I'm breaking it here and there and adding some branches. Yeah. That's enough. And if you're feeling like it's too bright, you can also blend it. Yeah, I'm just blending it here and there. You always have to do this scratching when the paint is still wet. On a dry paper or dry paint, it will not work. Then you can use a pack white or, um, white gouache for the details. Yeah. That's it. So yeah, that is a final look for painting. I hope you enjoyed painting this with me, and you learned to paint a beautiful, soft evening sky with clouds and some trees. So, yeah, that's it for this class project, and I'll see you in the next video. Bye. 14. Thank you for joining!: So finally, we are at the end of this class. Congratul on completing all the projects. I hope you enjoyed painting these relaxing landscapes. And I would love to see your beautiful paintings, so don't forget to applaud your projects in the project section, and I always enjoy going through your work. If you like this class, please consider leaving a review. It really helps me and also lets other students know what to expect. And if you haven't already, you can also check out one of the series where we painted four landscapes together, which is also a little more beginner friendly compared to this part. And thank you so much again for joining this class, keep painting and keep experimenting. I'll see you in the next class. Bye.