Master Watercolor Landscapes - A 7 Day Guided Challenge

1. Hello, Welcome !: Ever wish you could paint effortlessly every day, struggle to stay consistent with your art. Want to fill your sketchbook with beautiful landscapes, but don't know where to start. Do you love watercolors, but find yourself stuck on what to paint next? If you said yes to any of this, then you are in the right place. What if I told you I just seven days, you could build a solid painting habit, gain confidence with watercolors, and create a stunning collection of landscape, all while having fun. That's exactly why I created this seven day watercolor challenge. For the next seven days, we'll be painting one watercolor landscape each day for the next seven days. Each one is unique, fun, and packed with techniques that will help you grow as an artist. You may ask why landscapes landscapes are the perfect subject to build consistency in painting. They allow you to experiment freely. They teach you composition, light, color mixing naturally. They're fun, rewarding, and captioning a seen from nature on paper is a magical experience. Hi, I'm Sagrta, watercolor artist and teacher. I have been painting with watercolors since 2015, and I have been teaching watercolors since 2019. My passion is creating moody atmospheric landscapes with limited palettes, and I love helping students discover the beauty of watercolors in a way that feels fun, approachable, and especially stress free. I sell my original watercolor paintings to collectors in different parts of the world. I have also taught thousands of students globally through private online workshops, and for the past six years, I have been a skill share teacher, sharing my love for watercolor landscapes through many online classes. How this class works, we'll start by discussing all the art supplies that you're gonna need. Then every day, we will paint a new landscape together. Each project is designed to introduce a different technique, whether it's blending, soft, misty effects, creating vibrant skies, painting dreamy forest or layering washes to add depth. By the end of this class, you will have seven beautiful watercolor landscapes in your collection. Feel more confident in using watercolors and develop a consistent creative habit that keeps you painting daily, and, of course, experience the therapeutic and calming effect of painting every day. This is your chance to challenge yourself and to commit to a week of creativity. And the best part, you don't have to do it alone. I'll be here guiding you through every step. I can't wait to see what you create. Oh. 2. Class Overview: In this seven day watercolor challenge, we'll be painting a new landscape each day, and each project focuses on a different technique or a theme to help you explore and improve your skills. Here's what we'll be painting. On day one, we'll be painting the soft skies and gentle reflection. So we'll start with a soft and dreamy sky and it's subtle reflection in the water. This is a perfect introduction to wet on wet blending, where you learn how to create delicate and diffused color transition to give our painting a calm and peaceful vibe. On day two, we'll paint a misty morning sky with salids of pines fading into the distance. You will learn how to create a beautiful atmospheric effect, making the mist feel soft and realistic while layering the trees to add that extra depth. On day three, the project is all about capturing the stillness and beauty of a peaceful lake in the early morning light. Day four is about serene and minimal winter landscape with a calm lake and soft reflections. On day five, we'll paint a simple beach scene with a lone boat and its reflection in the water. Day six is all about exploring a beautiful purple winter landscape with glowing effect. And on the last day, we'll paint a misty pine forest. Each of these landscapes will help you explore a different watercolor skill, whether it's blending of skies, painting reflections, layering mist or creating glowing effects. By the end of this challenge, you will have seven beautiful landscapes and a solid foundation in watercolor techniques. I can't wait for you to join me on this journey. Now, before we dive into painting, let's make sure you have everything you need. If you are ready to start, move on to the next video where we'll go over the essential art supplies you'll need for this class. I'm going to see you there. 3. Art Supplies : Before we start painting, let's go over the supplies. You will need for this class. Having the right materials will make your watercolor experience much smoother. Trust me on this, I have learned the hard way. And for mixing my colors, I used a ceramic palette. I prefer ceramic because it keeps the paint moist for longer periods of time and allows for smooth mixing of the colors. However, you can use any palette that you have on hand. Coming to the paints, I used a mix of different watercolor brands, including sennelia, aquaton and white nines. Since each project has a different color palette, we will discuss the exact colors at the beginning of each painting. To keep my paper secure and prevent warping, I used masking tape to hold the paper to a transparent plastic board. I bought this from Amazon, but you can use any study surface like a wooden board or a clipboard that you have. Simple water jar is essential for rinsing your brushes and keeping the colors clean. And I also recommend using two jars, one for washing of the excess paint and another for clean water. I used around five brushes throughout the class. Flat brush size three by four from aquaton brand. It's great for initial water washes and round brushes, size ten and six from silver black velvet brand, used for all the main painting and detailing. And lastly, these two are the rigor brushes, size one from the brand called DawnciPerfect for fine lines and sharp detailing. You don't need to have the exact same brushes. Just try to have a mix of flat brush for wash and a couple of round brushes and a fine brush for detailing. Coming to the watercolor paper, I used fabriano, 100% cotton, cold pressed paper. Cotton paper absorbs water beautifully, which makes your blending and layering much, much easier. I highly recommend using 100% cotton paper for the best results, but if you don't have it, use the best quality paper that you have. That's everything you need. If you don't have the exact same materials, don't worry, use what you have and feel free to experiment. Now let's move on to the next video where we will start painting a first landscape. H. Let's move on quickly. I'm so excited. 4. Class Project 1 - Tranquil Waters: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the first class project, and it's called Tranquil Waters, and it's perfectly named right with pastel skies and beautiful trees and its reflections. So let's paint that now. First, I'm going to be using a new method to stick my paper to this board. I'm not going to tape the entire edges of the paper. I'm just going to take a piece of it, piece of the masking tape, and I'm going to stick it on the fourth sides of the paper. And then I'm going to stick this to the acrylic board. The temperatures here are almost 40 to 43 degrees Celsius. It's summers, and using this method of taping is helping me keep the paper wet for a long time. And that's the only reason. If you want to tape your paper as usual, like taping at the borders, you can go ahead with that. Using this method is not always good because there is a high chance that your paint and water just back flows and ruins your painting a little bit. But I have made peace with that, and I'm happy with that as well. We are done with this. Now, let's watch the colors. So we're going to be using a total of four colors. The first is quin rose from the brand, white knights and permanent orange from the brand aquaton and white watercolor from the brand camel. And the last color is indigo from the brand, white knights again. Now, I'm going to create a peachy pastel color. So with that, we're going to paint the sky and later indigo for rest of the subjects like lake ripples and reflections on the plant trees as well. So I'm taking a mix of permanent orange color, quin rose and white colour to get this peachy shade. This permanent orange color from the brand aquaton is quite pigmented. It almost looks red, but it's not. And this is the perfect color to paint the peachy sky. I have used white in this, as you guys have already seen, and it's not a gouache. It's watercolor, white watercolor. This is indigo. As you can see, I'm adding lots and lots of water to make this color lighter because for reflections and for the lake, we need lighter shade, and for the subject, that is the trees, we need darker shade of indigo. And this is the color palette and color swatch for the class project one. I can't wait to get started, so let's move on. First, paint the sky lake and reflections. But before that, there is just a small sketch. You have to just draw the horizon line and make sure it's a bit on the top side of the paper instead of in the middle. Now let's begin. First, I'm going to wet the paper with clean water, and as you can see, I'm using my aquaton flat brush for this. I mostly use this brush only for the initial water wash. And also, because we are not taping down the edges of the paper, make sure there is no backflow of the water into the paper. You can use paper towels to avoid this. So after wetting the entire paper with water, make sure you don't have puddles of water staying on the paper. So it should be even. Now, I'm going to take this masking tape, and I'm going to put it under the board. We need all the help that we can get. So I'm taking the help of gravity and keeping your paper like this makes your paint flow downwards so you can get the clear washes. I have taken my Rafael round brush. This is number zero brush, and I'm mixing this light pastel color. Let's begin with painting the sky. Do not put pressure on the paper. Just hold your brush very lightly in your hand and paint the sky. That's very light, so I'm adding one more layer. And slowly, I'm bringing the paint down towards the horizon line and then even down below. From here, we will take the light indigo color and just mix up with the peachy color. Now, we are blending these two colors together, and it is only possible because the paper is wet. And if your paper is dry, please stop painting, wait for some time, let the paper dry completely, and then rewet, and then you can continue. With a very light indigo color, as you can see, I'm drawing these horizontal lines. When the paper dries, these lines will look like ripples and that's how easy it is to paint the ripples in the water. Now with that same light color, I'm going to draw these distant mountains at the horizon line. I'm going to remove this masking tape now. It's not necessary. So now, my paper is still wet, you can see. I'm drawing the reflection of these mountains. As you can see, the indigo is a bit lighter than the subject above. So the reflection should always be a one shade lighter and make sure you draw the horizon line clearly. That means you remove any excess paint that has flown into the horizon line with a damp brush. My paper is still wet, and I have taken a bit darker indigo color, and I am painting the reflections of the pine trees. We have not yet painted the subject. That is the pine trees that should be above. So we'll paint those after we paint the reflection. One of the important reason that I'm painting the reflections first is because the reflections will always be blurry and you have to paint them wet on wet so that you can get that blurry image of the reflections. If you paint wet on dry, those will be looking very clear and they won't be realistic, right? So I'm done with the reflections. Now we will wait. We will wait until the paper dries completely and remove all the excess paint that is around the edges. Using a paper towel like I'm doing here. You can see the paint has already back flown here at the sky area. It's okay. These things happen in watercolor. I'm going to keep this for drying now, and I'm going to see you in a bit. Paper is dried, but I'm not liking the outcome here because the paint has back flown. So we're going to do the sky once more, sky and the ripples. So I'm going to wet the entire paper again. This is called rewetting because we are already we have already wet the paper once and already worked on it. So we are now rewetting. This technique can be a bit tricky for beginners, but only thing you have to remember is that re wet only when the paper is completely dried. And with a round brush, let's begin painting the sky. The colors are same, the peach color for the sky and light indigo color for the lake and reflections. Now, I have an advantage to paint the ripples better this time. So I'm going to use the smaller brush. This is a silver black velvet, number six brush. It's a bit smaller. And with this, I can paint the ripples better, as you can see. Remove the masking tape. Ideally, I should keep the paper for drying, but to paint the pines, I told you the pines should be painted wet on dry. So I was going to keep it for drying, but my paper has completely dried up because it's so hot here. So yeah, if your paper is wet, you can keep it for drying before we try out for the pines. So with very dark indigo shade, I have a started painting the pine trees above the reflections. So the brush I'm using is silver black velvet. Number six. This is a very small brush. Small brush are perfect for wet on dry and while you are painting for sharp details. Pine trees can be a bit difficult to paint if you are a complete beginner. So I have one tip that I can suggest, which helped me a lot. So first, use a very small thin brush. The point should be sharper and first draw a line and then move your brush or flick your brush in a triangular shape, layering small uneven strokes to create that natural look. Remember, no two pine trees look the same, just like you see in the nature, right? Each artist's style is unique, so I suggest you not to worry if your pine trees look different from mine or from any other artists that you admire. So now we are painting the last pine tree. I think the first class project is looking perfect. It has all the techniques if you have observed. First, we wet the paper and we painted the sky and ripple. So that is wet on wet. And then we rewetted the paper. So that is called revetting technique. Now we are painting the pine trees. So this is wet on dry because the paper is dry and your brush is wet. So that sums up all the techniques that you can practice in watercolor. The tip of the pine tree should always be sharp and needle like. As the paper dries, our first class project is also done. Carefully remove it from the board. Thank you for joining me on the first day of our seven day Watercolor challenge. I hope you had a great time painting this soft sunset sky and gentle reflections, and I can't wait to continue this journey with you over the next six days. And I would love to see your beautiful paintings, so make sure to upload your class project in the project section below. And if you have any questions or need any help, feel free to start a discussion. Thank you for painting with me today, and I'll see you tomorrow as we create another wonderful landscape. 5. Class Project 2 - Echoes Of Dawn: Welcome to Class Project two, echoes of Tn. I'm going to tape down my paper just like I had done yesterday. I'm so glad that you guys have decided to join this seven days challenge. I have received great support and great response from yesterday and for the Class Project one. So so so thankful. And I'm so excited to, you know, start this journey with you for the next six days. Now that I have taped down my paper, I'm moving on to colors. First, I have taken indigo color from the brand called White Knight and turquoise green from the brand called aquaton and a white watercolor. Do not take wash white. Any white watercolor would do. This is called Chinese white from the brand camel. Now, I'm going to take these colors, and I'm going to do a color swatch. Later in this video, I will take permanent orange color as well. I just forgot to include it here. And the permanent orange color is from the brand called aquaton. You will see in a Just like yesterday, we are taking very light pastel shades for this class project also. So you won't see any dark colors, especially for the background. For the details, we'll take dark color, of course. So first, I'm mixing turquoise blue with a bit of indigo and a bit of white to get that pastel shade. So if you don't have turquoise blue, you can add turquoise green as well. And a sap green with a mix of indigo would also give you this shade, similar to this shade, but not exact shade, but that works as well if you don't have these exact colors that I have. The color that we swatch now is for the background pines. You will see when we paint the class project, and this is indigo color. This is for the detailed pine trees. Do the class project is about painting the early sunrise scene. So for the sky, we need a little orangish shade. So I'm taking permanent orange and I'm mixing it with white. And I got this very light orange shade, perfect for early sunrise. So these are our colors. We are going for a very limited palette that means only three colors. So yeah, we're going to move on to the class project now. I'm keeping my masking tape under the board, just like we had done yesterday. And let's begin the class project by wetting the paper with clean water. And for this, as usual, I'm using my flat brush. Be generous with water and also apply it evenly onto your paper. First, I will take our light orange color, and I'll start painting the sky. For this, I'm using my Rafael brush. It's a round brush, and it's number zero. It's a very small brush. You can see the sky is very light, and that's exactly what we are going for. So don't make it too orangish. I'm just going to drag the paint down. Instead of just topping it right there, it's going to give bad lines later. Anyway, the color is light, you won't see it later. Now I'm taking a very light shade of turquoise blue mixed with indigo and white, the first color that we have swatched. And as you can see, my paper is still wet. Now I'm going to start painting the pines that are in the background. This is wet on wet technique, so the pine trees will not look very detailed. So they have to look a little blurry. Do not focus too much on the details of the pine tree. It's okay if they are a bit uneven in shape because they're in the background and they are supposed to look like that. One more tip. Paint these pines in different heights so that they look more natural. If you paint them in an even height, they don't look natural, and it seems like something is off with those trees because you don't see that in the nature. Pine tree became a bit darker. I was not intentionally doing that, but it's okay. It's going to add a beautiful contrast. So yeah, my paper is still wet. If your paper is dried, stop painting this and then wait until your paper is completely dried and then re wet with clean water, then you can continue painting the background pints Because if you paint on semi dry paper, they're going to give lines. You can see that you can say stains. So do not work on your paper when it's drying. Taken my silver black velvet number six, the smaller brush, and while the paper is still wet, I'm going to just sharpen the tips of the pine trees. It's going to give a more realistic look to the pines. Honestly, it will not make any difference because the paper will dry up so fast and you won't even recognize the exact shapes, but I just can't stop when painting the pines. I think I will forcefully stop myself, and I'm going to keep the paper for drying. I'll see you in a bit. My paper has dried. Now I'm going to take the indigo color. It's a bit darker than the previous shade that we are painting. So I'm taking my silver black velvet number six brush. Let's begin painting the pine trees one by one. There won't be many pine trees here in the foreground. I'm gonna only paint a few like a couple or four marks. Painting pine trees can seem simple, but it's one of the most difficult things that I've ever attempted, especially as a beginner. Even now, no two pine trees of mine look similar, and that is okay. I have accepted that. So if you are a complete beginner, this is what I would advise. Paint, however, you wish to paint the pine trees. Each artist's style is quite different. And my tip would be to paint the pine trees is just that you start painting the straight line first. And then move your brush in a zig zag manner. You need a better brush for this. That means if your brush is too strong or too hard and you can't easily move your brush, then it's time to change your brush. This is a silver black velvet brush. It's quite good to work, especially for the pine trees. And if you have a synthetic brush, make sure it's very soft. It has soft bristles. Now we are painting the third pine tree. I think I'm going to stop with this one, and then I'm going to work on the mist that is on the foreground. As you can see, we have only painted half part of the pine trees. That's because we're going to cover the rest of the paper, rest of the foreground with mist. It's quite easy and simple process. Now, as you can see, I have wet my brushes. I used I'm using a flat brush, and I've taken water, and I'm just going to drag this paint down. It's a bit wet. The pine tree is still wet, so this is working out for me. I'm just slowly wetting the paper with clean water. And I'm not touching the sky area. So you can see I'm carefully wetting the edges of the pine trees. That's very important because it has to show that the pine trees, the pine trees are blending into the foreground. So now I'm going to take indigo. Since the paper is wet, I'm going to just start adding the indigo color. I'm using this RFL brush for better movement of the brush and a bit of white helps too. Uh Now, I'm going to just platter some plain water in the foreground. Just a few random details. Since we did not wet the sky area, we can happily paint a few birds over here. I'm taking indigo color for this and I have taken my silver black velvet. Number six, the smaller brush. And with this, we are done with our class project, too. So simple and so easy, right? So we have used wet on technique, wet on dry technique, and vetting techniques. All of these techniques, just like we have used in previous class project. So that's it. I'm going to remove the paper from the board once it's completely dried. Waiting to see your class projects in the project section below. And if you have any doubts or any questions, please feel free to start a discussion. And I will see you guys tomorrow with Class Project three. So thank you for joining me so far. 6. Class Project 3 - Whispering Horizons: Hi. Welcome back to Class Project three. Today, we will paint a calm lake scene with reflections. And I'm taking down my paper like I did yesterday. Now, let's go for the color swatch. First, I'm taking indigo from the brand white knight and Hookers green from the brand canela. I'm gonna take these two colors on my palette now. Now, let's mix the colors. The first shade would be a mix of hookers green with indigo. It should be more of a green color than the blue color. So make it 80% hookers green and 20% indigo. Also take more pigment and less water. That way, your color would be darker in shade. Color should look something like this. If you don't have hooker skin, you can also take sap green and mix it with indigo. And the second shade would be just indigo. That is all only two colors. Now let's move on to painting the class project. Just like the previous class project, I have kept my masking tape under the board. Now, let's begin by wetting the paper with clean water, and I'm using my aquatone flatbush for this. We are painting the sky and the lake. So I have taken my Rafael number zero brush. It's a round brush, and I'm taking the fast shade. That is the mix of hooker screen with indigo. And let's begin with painting the sky. Slowly bring the color down, and if you have kept the masking tape under the board, this process should be easy. I haven't taken any paint, but now we are painting the lake. So I have taken, again, the hookah screen and indigo mix. I'm just swiping my brush towards the horizon. So your sky and the lake should be dark in color, and the middle part should be as light as possible. With a paper towel, I'm just cleaning the edges of the paper to avoid the backflow of the paint. Now, the paper is still wet, so I'm taking my silver black velvet number six, the smaller round brush, and with the same shade, the mix of Ococreen and indigo, I'm going to paint the ripples. On a wet surface and with a smaller brush, draw horizontal lines, and they'll look like ripples when the paper dries up. Now, I'm going to keep this for drying and we'll paint the pines and reflections later. So I'm going to see you in a while. Right. My paper has dried up, so now I will rewet the paper once again. For this, I'm taking my aquaton flat brush. I'm taking my Rafael number zero brush and I'm mixing hooker screen with indigo. This shade is a bit lighter around the same shade as the sky. So I have also kept my masking tape under the board, and I will begin painting the reflections. Since we are painting the pine trees above, the reflection should also look like the pine trees. So you don't have to paint the detailed pine tree. Since this is wet on wet, you can just, uh, get the shape right, and that should be enough. I've removed all the extra water from the brush. Now my brush is damp. So I'm going to lift some paint off just to give that misty effect. I'm just making the pine trees. The reflections of the pine tree sharp at the edges, at the tips. We have discussed about the shape of the pine tree in the class project one. Now I'm taking indigo color. I'm mixing with hooker screen. As you can see, this is a lot more indigo than the hooker screen. It's because the pine tree should be darker in shade. So I'm just getting the shapes of the pine trees right. Later, I will sharpen the tips. My paper is not wet. It's not dry either. It's damp, so it's perfect to paint the uh, paint the subject. But if your paper is wet, you can wait a couple of minutes until it's semi dry, and then you can paint these pine trees. As you can see, the reflections and the subject are not touching. There is a fine line between those two. And it's very important. It gives the perspective of the subject and its reflections. I'm going to just go a few details. I'm going to sharpen the tips of the pine trees. For this, I'm using my smaller round brush, silver black velvet number six. Another one of the details is painting this huge board. And I'm using my silver plaque wallet number six, the same brush, and I'm using indigo for this. And don't forget to paint its reflection as well. And we are done with the Class Project three. Once the paper is dried, you can remove it from the board. And thank you so much for joining me today. And I'm going to see you tomorrow with Class Project four. 7. Class Project 4 - Silent Reflections: Hi, guys. Welcome to Class Project four. Today, we're gonna paint this beautiful winter scene. As usual, I'm going to tape down my paper to my board. Already know what we're gonna do next. That's right. Colors watch. First color I'm going to take is cobalt green from the brand aquaton and indigo from the brand white knight. That is it. Only two colors for today's landscape. I'm going to take these two colors onto my palette, and later we're going to do a little colour mixing and create our own beautiful colors. I think you already know that I'm going to mix cobalt green with tiny bit of indigo. I have taken a little bit of cobalt green with a little more of indigo. So there is a blue shade that is highlighted here. As you can see, it does not look green at all. Of course, it's going to look something like greenish bluish mixture. But blue is the dominant, as you can see. If you don't have this particular color, you can always go for turquoise blue. Now, the second color is just plain indigo. We're done with the color swatch. Let's begin the class project. For this class project, we're going to have to do a little sketch, and I'm afraid you have to get the perspective right for this one. Just follow along, do as I do. Let's first draw the horizon line. Horizon should be a little bit towards the top instead of in the middle because we're going to have to draw the lake as well. I'm going to just lightly sketch a few mountains. Now let's draw the lake. Start, instead of in the middle just towards my right. Trag your pencil down. You don't have to be very particular about this lake. Like I said before, you just have to get the perspective right. Now I'm drawing another end of the lake, and I have started from the exact same place that we have drawn before, that is the point towards my right. And that is the sketch. It may look easy, but it's going to be a little tricky to get the perspective. And yeah, that is all there is for the sketch. Now let's begin. I'm going to start by wetting the paper with clean water, and I'm going to wet the paper only till the horizon line. And with my round brush, Rafael number zero, and I'm going to start painting the sky. I will take the mixture of cobalt green and indigo. It's such a beautiful color. Oh, yes, I forgot to put the masking tape under Mbard. We are ready now. Make a gradual wash with the color. The top part should be dark, and as you come down, it should get lighter. It's perfect. Now, I'm going to just draw a few horizontal lines like ripples to show that there are clouds over there. And I'm going to remove some paint from the mountains while the paper is still wet. Now, let's start working on the lake. I'm going to start wetting the lake area with clean water, and I'm using my Rafael round brush. Now, I will take my silver black velvet number six, the smaller round brush, and with lots of indigo and a bit of cobalt green, we will start painting the reflections. We haven't painted the subject on the top yet, but we are painting the reflections first. While the paper is still wet, just, uh, drag your brush down in vertical lines, and you will get the reflections of the pines that we will paint later. Two. And be very patient while you are drawing these vertical lines, that is reflections. Do not fill up the entire lake area with these reflections. As you can see, I'm only painting till half of the lake area. And while we are at it, we will paint the ripples as well with the same brush and the same color. As you can see, these reflections are not looking straight, so I'm just going to go there and correct them. And I'm only doing this because my paper is still wet, so I can still work on this. Now I'm going to keep this for drying, and I will see you once my paper is completely dried. My paper is dried. Now, I will take my silver black velvet number six, the smaller round brush and indigo. I'm going to start painting the pines. I have only few pines in my mind, like four or five. So I'm going to first paint three pines over here. And let's see after that. And another one over here. I'm thinking to make this the longer one, the bigger one. So it is a bit off centered and perfect for the reflection that we have already painted. And one more over here. It should be around the same size as the pine that we have painted at first. And I'm thinking to paint one more pine over here at the far left my left, I mean. Now, this is a snow covered mountain, right? So we're gonna paint some shadows here and there. And a few more shadows here on the land. This is a snow covered land area, so there will be some shadows. That's what we're painting now. The shadows of the land itself in the water. I'm using indigo for this and my silver black velvet, number six, the smaller brush. Shadows are very important because they are what make the painting look three D and three D paintings look realistic, of course. And also, it's very important to not overdo the shadows. You have to be very subtle. H I'm going to just add a flat wash with light indigo color here. Now, I'm going to take white watercolor and I'm going to splatter some paint onto this landscape because this is a winter landscape, right? So there should be some snow. And we are done with Class Project four. I hope this winter landscape is as interesting to you as it was for me. I enjoyed painting this particular class project with you because you know that I love winter landscapes. And I'm seeing a lot of class projects being posted by you guys already, and I'm so happy. And tomorrow, I'm going to be coming up with Class Project five. Thank you so much for joining me today. I'm going to see you guys tomorrow. 8. Class Project 5 - Drifting Still: Hey, guys. I'm back with Class Project five. I'm so excited because I hardly ever get a chance to paint Oceanscape. And today we are painting this lone boat scene. Let's begin. I'm sticking my paper to the board. And after this, we're going to do a small sketch. Later, we're going to go for the color swatch because this is very small sketch. It won't take much of your time. So I'm just drawing this line This is where the beach and the sea meet. So I just need some division among those two. Now I will just draw a small boat. Draw a rectangular shape, and then make it a triangle at the end. I hope this makes sense. It's very easy and also do not forget to draw the shadow of the boat. That is the sketch. Now let's see what colors we're going to need. The first color is cobalt green from the brand aquaton. The second color is indigo from the brand white knights. And the third color, the highlight for this oceanscape or any oceanscape that you're going to paint is a right color, right shade of yellow. You know to paint the beach. So I have taken this Naples yellow from the brand sanelar. It works for any of the seascapes that you're going to paint, which has a beach. And to get that perfect beach sand shade, naples yellow is good enough. I think there is another color that you can use asiana, but I like naples yellow better. And also, I have taken white watercolor. It's not guh, it's white watercolor. First, we're going to swatch the naples yellow and white color mixture. And you see how perfect this is. Even on this colour swatch card, you can see there is a beach wipe. There is a beach wipe that you are getting right. So yeah. Now I'm going to mix cobalt green and indigo a little bit. This is for the water. If you observe the ocean, you will see there will be two shades of the water. The one that is far will be in darker shade. The one that is near to you, that is the water that is near the beach will be in light color. This color that we are swatching now, the mix of cobalt green and indigo is for that light shade for the dark, we're going to use indigo color. Indigo, I will also use to paint the boat and its shadow. I think you guys will agree that these are the perfect colors to paint any of the seascape, right? So after the colors, we're going to move on to paint the class project. I'm going to keep the masking tape under my board, and I will start by wetting the paper. As you can see, I will not wet the boat area. You can wet the shadow area. It's perfectly fine, but do not let the water touch the boat. Let's first paint the Naples yellow and white mixture. So I have taken my Rafael number zero brush, the round one, and I have started painting the beach scene. So, add naples yellow according to how dark your beach is going to be. I'm going for a very light shed, so I have added lots of white to the naples yellow. And now I have taken my cobalt green. And as you can see, I have left a little bit of gap between naples yellow and cobalt because those will later look like waves. And gradually, I will darken this color using indigo color. O. Et's add a bit of white color here in the middle of Naples yellow and cobalt green. There is a pencil sketch that it is showing, so I just wanted to cover it. Now I will take indigo, and I will continue to darken the ocean part. I'm going to splatter some indigo paint. Okay, that paint has fallen on the beach area, so I'm just going to remove it. I will take a spare part of paper and I will cover the beach area, and then I will splatter some paint. All right. Now I'm going to keep this for drying. And after the paper dries up, we will paint another layer. So I'm gonna see you in a bit. Alright, my paper has dried up. I'm going to start wetting the paper again. I'm using my flat brush for this. I have rewet the paper only to add more details to the ocean. So let's start with that. And I have taken indigo color. Cobalt green and indigo mixture later, I'm going to darken it with using only indigo. Now you are experiencing the beauty of the ocean, right? So yeah, these are a few random details that you see in any ocean scape. The water always looks unpredictable, so we are just trying to depict that. There are no shapes. There are no details. Just putting the paper on a wet surface. That is all. Let us blend this cobalt green color using the mix of white and naples yellow, but mostly white. Now, this is my favorite part. I have taken my silver black velvet, number six, the smaller round brush, and I've started adding these random circles on a wet surface. This looks so great when the paper dries up. Trust me. Blend them a little using a damp brush. You can leave it as it is. It's perfectly your choice. I'm going to add a few random details on the beach. I'm going to keep the paper for drying. And once the paper dries up, we're going to paint the boat and it's reflection. So see in a bit. Okay, the paper has dried. Now, using a silver black velvet, number six, smaller brush and light shade of indigo, I'm just going to paint a few shadows on the boat. If by accident you added any cobalt green or indigo to the boat, it's okay. We can still use white colour and correct the shape as I'm doing right here. Now, using only indigo color, I'm gonna paint the shadow of the boat. Right after I added the shadow, the painting looks so alive. So yeah, that is it for today's class project. So simple, so easy, right? Thank you for joining me so far in the seven days of guided watercolor landscape challenge. And I can't wait to see your projects. There are so many already, and that makes me so happy. And tomorrow, I'll be coming up with class projects six, see you tomorrow. Okay. 9. Class Project 6 - Twilight Frost: Hi, welcome to Class Projects six. Wow. Six days had passed already. I can't believe how fast the days are going, especially when painting, right. So I started by sticking my paper onto my board. You know what next, right? The color swatch. The first color I'm taking is azarin crimson from the brand Sennelier. The second color is tax in purple, from the brand Sennelier, of course. And the third color is indigo from the brand white Knights. And the fourth color is white watercolor. From the brand camel, it's Chinese white color. Do not use quash. Watercolor is enough. I'm gonna take these colors onto my palette, and then we will do a swatch. There is only two colors we're going to use for the landscape. First is the mix of laser in crimson and **** in purple. You can get this purplish shade when you mix these two colors together. And to darken that purple color, I'm going to add a bit of indigo to it. Did you see I used one color from mixing lazar in crimson and dix in purple. And to that color, I have added indigo. The second color is just plain indigo. White watercolor, we're going to use for painting the snow later. So this is the color swatch. If you don't have Azar and crimson, you can always use red color and mix it with purple. Now, there is a moon in our painting, so I have to cover that moon area to paint the background, right? So instead of using masking fluid, I'm going to use masking tape. I will cut the masking tape in a round shape and I will stick it onto my paper. I'm going to use the same masking tape to cover the foreground area as well. First, we're going to paint the background. That's why I'm covering these areas. This is done. We will start by wetting the paper using clean water. And, take your time while putting on this initial wash. Do not leave the puddles on the paper. Make an even wash. I will take the round brush. This is from Rafael, and it's number zero. Now I'm going to mix Alison and crimson, a little bit of dax in purple, and then indigo. This background is a mix of all these three colors. So it might look a bit different to you because you might be using different shades. So that's perfectly okay. The learning of the technique is what's important because this is the color that I did not expect to get when mixing these colors. I thought I would get some dark purplish and dark, you know, when you mix purple and indigo, you get that dark night shade. So I thought I would get that, but this is quite different and it's very beautiful as well. So yeah, happy accident. I'm just going to blend all these colors together. And my paper is wet. That's why the colors are blending so softly. Now, I will take my silver black velvet, number six, the smaller brush and I'm going to mix daxin purple with indigo and I'm going to start painting the background pines. My paper is still wet, as you can see. So this is wet on wet painting, and your pinch doesn't have to look very detailed. It's okay if they're a bit blurry. In fact, that's what we are going for blurry pines. Do not paint any pine tree in front of the moon. The moon is a highlight, right? Now, I'm going to keep this for drying. And once the paper dries, we will proceed to paint the foreground trees. So I'm going to see you in a bit. Paper is dried, so I'm going to remove this masking tape that we stuck at the foreground. Be careful. If your paper is wet, the masking tape would tear off your paper. So make sure it's perfectly dry. I have taken my silver black velvet number six, the smaller round brush, and I'm going to mix dags in purple and indigo again, but this time more indigo. So the color should be very dark. With this color, we're going to paint the foreground trees. These trees are not pines. You just have to draw a straight vertical line. Should be easy, right? Again, try not to cover the moon area with these trees. Paint beside the moon. The moon is our harlot. Now, I'm going to add these branches to these trees. We're not going for any leaves or any details to these trees, horizontal line. Sorry, vertical line and then horizontal small lines. That will give you the look of a tree. In winters, there is not much of foliage, so it's okay if you paint these dried up trees. I think I'm going to paint one more tree over here because it's looking rather plain. Oh One tree over here. Make sure it's not touching the moon. Now, I'm going to add a few shadows on the foreground. The plain white paper will not look realistic. So always try to add a few light shaped brush strokes. It doesn't have to be any shapes or any details. Just a few random brush strokes would be enough. They will actually look like shadows as well once the paper dries up. Now, let's platter some white paint, the snowfall. So for this, I have taken my rigor brush. It's number one, and I have taken white watercolur as well. Pause for a minute and see this meditative process. I mean, this is why I love watercolor. Okay, there is a lot of paint on my brush, and I'm just going to splatter some of it onto my paper. Wow. The painting is looking really good. Out of all seven landscapes, I think this is my favorite. And see if the paper is dried up and remove this masking tape to reveal the moon. I'm going to add the shadows one more time because when the paint dried, it was very light. Done. Now, remove the paper from the board only if the paper is completely tied up. And this is all for today's class project. And I'm so happy that we have come this far. Today is day six, and tomorrow is day seven, the last of our challenge. So yeah, I'm going to see you guys tomorrow with the last class project. Thank you so much for joining me today. 10. Class Project 7 - Veil Of Pines: Guys, welcome to Class Project seven. This is the last class project. And today, we are painting this beautiful and evergreen misty Pines forest. Mystery pines are a bit difficult for a beginner, so that's why I kept this class project at the last so you will have more time to practice. And yeah. Now, let's see what colors we're going to need. This is sap green from the brand White Knight and indigo from the brand white nights as well. So we're going to need only these two colors. I have taken these colors onto my palette now. There are only two colors, but we're gonna make three colors out of it. Let's see how. The first color is sap green. I'm going to take the color and swatch onto my paper, and I have mixed a little bit of indigo to it just to get that dark greenish color. That's it. That's the perfect green that I was going for. And yeah, if you don't have sap green, you can use hookers green, and viridian green will also work. Now I'm mixing lots of indigo and very little of green color. So the color is very dark compared to the first shade that we have taken. So this is dark green. Now, the third color is, of course, just indigo. This is the colors watch. Perfect colors to paint the misty pines, right? So let's begin. Alright, then. Let's begin by wetting the paper with clean water. And as you guys know, I use my flat brush for this. I keep forgetting to keep my masking tape under the board. I've just kept that now. Let's begin. I have taken my round brush. This is from Rafael, and it's number zero. And I'm going to mix the first color that we have swatched. I'm going to lightly paint the sky very lightly because the sky should not be dark. While painting the misty pines, the pine should be your highlight. So I'm going to slowly track that paint down. As you can see, I have not taken any extra paint. I've just dragging the paint that I already too Now, I have taken my silver black velvet, number six, the smaller round brush, and I'm mixing this second shade that is lots of indigo and less green colour to get the dark greenish shade. So yeah, let's begin painting the pines. Now, remember, we are painting these pines wet on wet, so you don't have to get the details right. You just have to get the shapes right. So at this tase, your pines should look like pines, the shape and all. Shape the shape of the pine is usually triangle. The top part should be sharp. So as you come down, it should get wider. Basically a triangle. On my right, I only want a few pines. So after painting those, I'm going to just blend these colors using a wet brush and I'm just going to blend it into the paper. So this is because we are trying to paint the misty pines, right. Now, let's paint the pines onto my left. Here, as well, we're going to paint only a few pines, and this is wet on wet as well. So we just have to get the shape of the pines. Now I'm gonna blend these pines into the paper using a wet brush. Again, I'm going to be painting one more layer of the pine trees here at the bottom. So even here, I'm going to be painting only a few pines, and then I'm going to blend them into the paper. So I'm going to adjust shape of a few pine trees. That is mostly the tip should be sharper. So I'm just going to go do that. And my paper is still wet, but it's not soaking wet. It's damp. So it's a perfect time for me to correct the shape. If the tip of your pine trees is already sharp, you can skip this step. Oh, I think my paper is looking a bit plain, so I'm gonna paint a few pine trees over here as well. Now I'm going to blend these pines. Later, I'm going to keep the paper for drying. And once the paper is dried, we can paint the pines in the middle. Later, we can paint the pines in the foreground as well. So I'm going to see you guys in a bit. Okay. Now the paper is completely dried up, and it's looking perfect so far. We will wet the paper once again, and we're going to paint the pines in the middle. And I'm going to take the shade that we have swatched for the second time. That is a lot more indigo and very less sap green. So first things first, of course, I'm going to wet the paper with my flat brush. Switched my brush. I've taken Sula black velvet. Number six, the smaller round brush now, and let's begin painting the pines in the middle. Your paper will not sustain the shape of the pines, even though it's wet on wet when the paper is soaking wet. So make sure your paper is wet and shiny and not completely filled with puddles of water. Is there enough pines in the midpoint. So I'm going to just blend these pines into the paper using a wet brush. Now, I'm going to keep this paper for drying. And once the paper is completely dried up, I'm going to paint the pines in the foreground. So I'm going to see you in a bit. Where is dried up. So I have taken indigo colour, just plain indigo without mixing sapren and I've started painting the pine trees in the foreground. I'm using my silver black velvet number six, the round brush. It's a small brush, and it has a sharp tip, so it's easy for me to paint the pines with this brush. I've been painting misty pines since I don't know, maybe since 2017 or 2016. So that's why it's easy for me, and it's kind of intuitive for me to paint the pines because now I know how the shape of the pines will be and how to paint the mist as well. So if you're a beginner, it's okay if the shapes don't look the same as mine, don't get discouraged. It takes time and practice. And patience as well. Patience is very important because at some point in my art journey, I have completely given up on painting the pines. And later, I just picked up and tried a different method, and I succeeded. I succeeded at painting pines. You patience, time, and practice. These three things are the foundations for any artist. As you can see, I'm just blending the foreground pines. I'm gonna paint a few more pines on my right as well. And for this particular painting, I'm not following any reference. I'm just painting. From my practice, I have painted so many misty pines before. So I'm just drawing inspiration from all of those. Sharpen the tip of the pine tree, and we are done. Oh, hold on. We have to paint lots and lots of birds. So let's begin. I have taken my rigor brush. It's a sharp brush, and it's easy for me to paint the birds with this one. He I'm taking another brush now. This is from Dawnci. It's a different kind of rigor, and it's very flexible to paint, as well. So I'm gonna paint lots of birds for this particular painting because that's how the forest scene would look like, right? W lots and lots of birds unmist all around. And we are done. And thank you so much for joining me on this seven day guided watercolor landscape challenge class. It's been a pleasure painting with you guys every day. And don't skip the next video. It's a very small 1 minute video where we'll see what we have learned so far in this seven day guided challenge. So I'm going to see you there. 11. Final Thoughts: First of all, thank you so much for joining me in this seven day watercolor landscape challenge. Over the past seven days, you have explored how to paint these soft skies, misty forest, glowing winter scenes, and serene lakes and beautiful reflections. You have learned how to blend colour seamlessly and create atmospheric depth and paint realistic reflections. But more importantly, you have built a consistent creative habit, which is one of the most powerful things you can do to grow as an artist. The more you paint, the more confident and expressive will become. And I truly, truly hope this challenge has inspired you to keep going, exploring and experimenting with watercolors. You enjoyed this class, I would love to hear your thoughts. Please take a moment to leave a review. Also, if you have completed this class, upload your class project. I would love to see your beautiful landscapes. Oh, by the way, this is just the beginning. There's so much more to explore in the world of watercolor, and I can't wait to paint with you again in my next class. So keep creating and most importantly, keep having fun with your art. Thank you again for being here, and I'll see you guys soon in my next class. Hmm.