Monochrome Snowy Landscapes With Gouache Colors - Learn to Paint With Minimal Art Supplies

1. Welcome to the Class: Have you ever wondered that using minimal art supplies and a color palette, you can create some beautiful paintings? Winter is my favorite season, and I remember the first time I witnessed a snowfall. Wash is a medium that I'm exploring these days. The most amazing part about the entire class is that we are going to use only black and white color, which is a part of a monochromatic color scheme. And a single color which is going to enhance a class project. We are going to use basic and simple techniques of painting. The class is suited for beginners and also intermediate and advanced level artists can try it everybody. I'm Patel, a self taught independent artist and an interior designer by profession. You can find most of my artworks being displayed on Instagram. I go by the name Schrag Artions. In this class, we are going to paint three beautiful snowy landscape paintings using the medium of gas colors. As an artist, I love to explore different art mediums. As someone who's very much passionate about teaching art, my major focus is always to create classes for intermediate and beginners who are trying to develop their skills on a regular basis. We're going to start by learning about all the art supplies in detail. We're going to talk about the gas colors and the brushes that we are going to use for the entire class. Before starting with all the class projects, we are going to have a simple and easy practice session in which we're going to learn about all the elements and how to paint them in detail. The practice sheet will help you a lot to develop confidence and enhance your painting skills. We're going to create all the three class projects on square coasters. In case you do not want to paint on coasters, you can use a watercolor paper as well. I'll be teaching you how to place your coaster carefully on a desk surface so that it doesn't move using a monochromatic color scheme. We're going to paint a beautiful gradient background. You're going to paint all the elements that are required for all the snowy landscapes that we're going to create. There is going to be a very easy and simple technique to create a snowy effect to the entire class project. Using easy and simple brush strokes and some basic techniques of painting, we are going to combine all the elements together to form the snowy landscape, which creates an amazing scenery. In case you're new to wash colors, there is no prior knowledge required. All the class projects are elegant, easy, and simple to create. I'm super excited and happy to share this class with all of you without any delay. Grab your art supplies. Join me and let's get started on this creative journey together. 2. Art Supplies: Before we start, let us talk about all the art supplies in detail that you will need for this entire class. No need to worry at all in case you're missing out on any particular art supply. You will find it very easily in any nearby local art store, or you can go for any other good alternative as well. Here you can observe one of the class project. It is a simple square coaster. The size is approximately 15 centimeters by 15 centimeters, which is six inch by six inch. Here we have one more class project. It is a same square coaster only. Let me show you the exact coaster. It's basically an MDF coaster. Mdf basically stands for medium density fiberboard. In case you do not want to paint on a square coaster, you can use a watercolor paper of size five and it is 300 GSM, so you can cut it out into an exact square. Or you can paint on a rectangular piece of paper as well. According to your convenience, you can select a watercolor paper or you can paint on a square coaster. Now for the entire class, we are going to have a monochromatic color scheme. We are going to form using black and white color only. But there is going to be one simple color which is med yellow that we're going to use in one of our class projects. It's just a good element that creates an nice contrast in the entire monochromatic color scheme. Then we are going to use two Gh colors only, which is black and white. And that is the most amazing part about the entire class using these two colors, we're going to create some beautiful shades. Then next up, we have a simple color palette. You can use any good color palette, which is having enough space to take out good amount of color in it. You can observe my color palette is already dirty and it is having a lot of colors in it. Then comes one of the most important art supply, which is the brushes that we are going to use. But apart from that, you will need a simple pencil to draw a basic sketch before starting to paint the entire class project. We are going to use only three brushes for the entire class. The first one is a round brush of size seven. The second one is a round brush of size three. The last brush is a flat brush of size 11. These are the three brushes that you will need for the entire class. No need to worry about the brand. You can go for any good alternative that works for you. Just make sure that you use a good quality brush. Then we have a simple tissue paper on which we can dab the brush to remove axis amount of water and color. Tissue paper basically plays a very important part while we are painting. Whenever we want to remove access amount of water or color, we can just simply dab our brushes on it. Then we have a simple cup of water. You can observe my water is already dirty. These are all the art supplies that you will need for this entire class. No need to worry at all in case you're missing out on any particular art supply. You will find it very easily in any nearby local art store or you can go for any other good alternative as well. Now let us move towards the next part. 3. Lets Practice the Elements: Everybody, before we start with all the class projects, let us learn about all the elements and how to paint them in detail. The practice sheet will help you a lot to develop confidence and improvise your painting skills here. As you can observe, I have taken my 300 GSM, five size watercolor paper. I have simply placed it in a horizontal position on the desk. As you can observe, if you observe the class project carefully, you can observe a nice gradient effect on the entire background, which is the sky area. You can similarly observe it on the next class project as well. Now you will wonder that we are going to create this beautiful gradient background using black and white color together. It's a very simple and easy technique. On the watercolor paper, you can observe that I have simply separated a section using masking tape. Initially, we're going to learn how we can create this beautiful gradient background, which is having a nice darker shade and we are moving slowly towards a lighter shade. Let me tell you about the masking tape. It's a simple 1 " masking tape. You will find it very easily in any nearby local art store. And I have just applied it on half of the entire watercolor paper. Now I'll be using my flat brush of size 11, and we're going to apply a thin coat of water on the entire surface. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply an even coat of water. Make sure that you do not leave any space between the masking tape and the watercolor paper that will not look nice once the entire color dries up. As you can observe, it's a simple horizontal movement and I have just simply applied a thin coat of water on the entire surface. In case you find that the coat is not an even coat of water, you can just simply take some more color. Now in the color palette, you can observe there are a lot of shades of gray, black, and white together. Just add a little bit of water and loose in the color. Initially, we want a darker shade which is very near to black. You can take some amount of black color from the tub and make a nice darker tone of black color. Apply it on the bottom portion of the entire surface. No need to hurry at all. It's a simple horizontal movement. Make sure that there is no space left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper. Now you can observe, I've taken my round brush of size seven, added a little bit of white color in it, so that the shade becomes a little bit more lighter. Now apply again just above the darker tone. It's a simple horizontal movement. Now we are going to take some more white color in the color palette to make it even lighter. It's a process, no need to worry at all. You can just add white color slowly to make the shade lighter. You will slowly observe that the moment we start adding white color, the shade gets lighter and the gradient effect will slowly come into picture. You will observe that, again, I have added some more white color on the topmost portion. You can just supply solid white color. Right now, you will observe a line of separation between all the shades, darker shades, and the lighter shades. Simply clean your flat brush, make it a little bit dry by dabbing it onto the tissue paper from the above portion. Slowly, you can move towards the bottom part by blending all the colors together, but make sure you do not have axis amount of water in your brush. That will not give you a nice blend altogether. As you can observe, I have added a little bit of water, but it is not in an axis amount. Now the more horizontal strokes you will apply, the better blend you'll get. Let the background dry for a while and you'll observe a nice gradient effect. Now let us paint some landscape area which is very much snowy in nature. I'll take my round brush of size seven, take some good amount of solid white color in it. Add a little bit of water in case you find that your color is a little bit stiff in the color palette. No need to hurry at all in case you want to draw the landscape area using a pencil first. And then you want to paint inside solid white color that is absolutely fine, but you can directly also paint. It's a very natural shape of the entire landscape portion. You can observe I have a nice mountainous area on the right and left portion, both the sides. And we are going to paint a nice rock body which is full of snow in between both the landscape areas. This is basically a simple scenery to let you know that we are going to paint above the gradient effect that we have painted. No need to worry at all. It is not at all necessary that you paint in the exact same way I'm painting right now. You can create your own scenery as well now on the landscape area, to make the snow look a little bit more natural and in depth, I've taken a little bit of gray color and I have used it tip to dab it on the entire surface, and you can observe it's a very random and natural movement. Now I'll take my round brush of size three, take some good amount of solid black color in it, and we are going to paint a beautiful tree on the landscape area, which is on the left hand portion. You just have to use the tip of your round brush. Add these little strokes, combine them together to form a nice outline for the entire bush and fill in solid black color inside. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Now, once we are done with the entire bush, we are going to paint its stem, which is the entire trunk. You just have to use the tip. Combine these little strokes coming out from the entire bush. Simply paint the entire trunk. You can observe we have just simply used basic brush techniques and painted a beautiful sell out for a tree. Now to paint a little bit of plantations just above the landscape area, you can just use the tip of your round brush of size three and use it tip to paint these little bushy area. Similarly, I'll be adding these plantations on the right hand portion. Also, no need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Try to use the tip of your brush to get in these pointed tips on the top portion. You can also convert them into smaller pine trees by making it completely pointed on the topmost portion, I'll just use the tip of my round brush to paint in smaller area. You can also use the solid black color just below the landscape area to enhance it a little bit so that it looks a little bit more in depth and detail. It's a simple and easy scenery which I painted to show you how we can paint it on a radiant background. Now using my brush of size three, I have taken some solid white color in it. Add a little bit of water. Tap your finger on the brush, and you will observe the white color getting splattered on the entire surface in the form of snow. It's a very easy and simple technique. Using the same brush, you can paint a beautiful moon in the entire sky area as well. You can decide the position according to your convenience. You can also experiment with the entire scenery. It is not at all compulsory that you paint it in the exact same way I have painted. Now, you can simply remove the masking tape. Try to remove the masking tape in an angle so that you do not end up tearing your beautiful practice sheet. You will observe a nice edge. And similarly, you can use the masking tape while you are creating a class project on the watercolor paper. If you do not want to paint it on a coaster. I hope that you've got an exact idea of how to paint a beautiful gradient background. Now let us paint all the beautiful elements and learn them in detail. There are elements like pine trees, some bushy trees, a bridge, some basic elements that you've got to paint in a sellout format. But initially, we are going to paint the pine trees using a shade of gray, which is basically replicating as if the pine tree is in the back area. And the solid black color replicates that the pine tree is in the front portion. It's basically the difference of perspective. I'll use a simple shade of gray, adding some white and black color together in the color palette. Use your round brush of size three and add these vertical lines having difference in height. The variation in the height basically creates a nice aesthetic in the entire painting. Now using the same brush, I'll take some good amount of gray color in it. You just have to apply little strokes starting from the top portion. And as you move towards the bottom area, slowly increase the size of the strokes that you're making. It's a very simple and easy technique to paint pine trees and you will also enjoy the entire process. Similarly for a bigger pine tree, also, you just have to apply little strokes on the top portion. As you move towards the bottom area, simply increase the size of the strokes that you're making. You can complete the entire portion. Now we're going to use the same technique to paint the pine trees using solid black color. Add the vertical lines according to your convenience and add these little strokes from the top portion slowly as you move towards the bottom area, increase the size of the strokes that you're making. This time we have difference in color. Basically, black color will be replicating as if the pine trees are in the front portion, very much near to the entire vision, and the gray trees are basically on the back portion. Now using the same brush, I have just added horizontal line, replicating the ground line. To add these little plantations, you can use the tip of your round brush and move it in this random manner. You can combine these little strokes to form some amazing plantations on the bottom area. Now in this particular class project, you can observe a nice bridge sill out. It's a very easy technique. Use your round brush of size three. Make a curved stroke in a slow and steady manner. Apply a little bit of pressure to make the stroke a little bit thicker. Now using the same brush and its tip, I'll just add these vertical lines on the entire surface, which is creating the entire aesthetic for the entire bridge. These are basically the poles on the entire bridge. And just connect them using the same curved stroke that we painted initially. But this time apply a little bit less pressure to make the stroke a little bit thinner. This is how you can paint a beautiful bridge sill out. Now we have some nice bushy trees. You just have to use the tip of your round brush. Combine these little strokes together and you can just simply observe the movement of my round brush. The outline is basically very much in a rough and random manner. Now, I'll be using the same brush to add solid black color in the inner portion. You can also experiment with the shape and the size of the entire bush area. It is absolutely fine if you experiment. Now, once we are done with the entire bush, we are just going to paint the entire trunk, which is a simple vertical line. You can apply a little bit of pressure on the brush to make the trunk a little bit thicker. Now to paint another bush which is a little bit horizontal and a little bit different from the first one, but the technique is absolutely same. You just have to create a beautiful outline using minor strokes and apply solid black color in the inner portion. Now to add a little bit of plantation in the bottom area, I'll just use simple thin strokes. In this particular class project, you can observe another tree which is having some good variation in the entire bushy area. You can just add these little strokes, combine them together, form a different shape this time, and you can just create the entire outline. Once we are done with the outline, we are going to fill in solid black color. In inner portion, you can observe that I'm using a similar movement of my round brush. It's a vertical movement in the same direction so that once the color dries up, it looks in an even format. Now we're just going to combine these little strokes coming out from the bush and just convert it into a nice trunk, which is a little bit thicker in order to show you the entire color palette. The first one is a solid black color that I took from the color palette. Now slowly, I'll be adding a little bit of white to make it into a gray color, which is a little bit darker as well. Now to make it even more lighter, you can add a little bit of water and some white color as well, so it can get a little bit more lighter in tone. Last but not the least is going to be a solid white color, but it's not going to be visible on the white paper sheet. I'll just add a light gray shade. There are number of possibilities to create these beautiful variation in between the black and white color together. It's a monochromatic color scheme. You can observe the entire practice sheet carefully. I have added some nice labels to it. The practice sheet will help you a lot to keep a record of your artwork. Trust me on this. Before starting with all the class projects. The practice sheet will also help you a lot to develop some more confidence and improvise your painting skills. Now let us move towards the next part. 4. Lets Place the Coaster: Everybody, Before we start with the class projects, let us learn how you have to place your coaster on your desk so that it does not move when you're painting on it. It's a simple masking tape of size 1 ". Take a little bit of masking tape, overlap both its end on each other and convert it into a double sided tape. Apply it on the entire surface of the coaster. Similarly, I'll be taking one more piece and apply it on the next corner of the entire coaster. It's a simple process of making a masking tape into a double sided tape, so that when we place it on the entire desk surface, the coaster does not move and you can paint it in a good and comfortable manner. Now I'll take the last piece and place it in the last corner. Simply flip the entire coaster. Place it wherever you want to paint on the entire surface. Now just apply a little bit of pressure on the entire coaster using your fingers. And you will observe that the coaster will be placed on the desk surface without moving. Now let us move towards the next part. 5. Painting 1 - House by the Lake: Hey buddy, You're most welcome to the first painting which is House by the Lake. As you can observe, I'm ready with my coaster placed on the desk. All the art supplies are placed nearby so that we can access them in an easy manner. I'm going to use my simple pencil to draw a basic sketch of the landscape area that we have for this particular class project. You can observe on the bottom portion, I have just applied a horizontal line just above that. We're going to create this irregular surface, which is basically a plateau. Then we're going to draw a simple house. Simply draw two vertical lines, and we are going to draw a simple roof. As you can observe, it's a very easy technique to draw an entire house. Now we are going to paint the background. I have taken my flat brush of size 11 and we're going to apply a thin coat of water initially on the upper surface. You just have to be very much careful just above the line that we have drawn using pencil. You can use the tip of your flat brush to apply the thin coat of water in difficult areas. As you move towards the above portion, you can slowly apply horizontal strokes. You can observe, I am just applying a thin coat of water very carefully near the outline area. The reason behind applying a thin coat of water initially on the entire surface of the coaster is so that the colors can blend in together in a nice way and your brush can move smoothly on the entire surface. This is basically known as a wet on wet technique. As you can observe, I have taken some amount of black color in the color palette and we're going to create a darker tone of gray. I'll be taking some white color as well. Now, combining both the colors together, you just have to create a nice dark gray shade. No need to hurry at all. Take your time. No need to worry about creating an exact shade that I'm creating right now. There can be a little bit difference. Also, you just have to make sure that you create a nice consistency of water and color together. There shouldn't be axis amount of water. Now you can observe using the tip of my flat brush, I'm just applying the first coat of color, just above the pencil line that we drew. Now once you have applied the first coat, you can slowly apply horizontal strokes. Applying this darker tone of gray on the above portion. We are not going to cover the entire surface with this particular color. Now we are going to make another shade which is going to be even lighter than this particular shade. Add a little bit of white color. You can take a little bit of water also to loosen the colora, but make sure that you do not have access amount of water. Now you can observe that this particular shade is even lighter than the first one. You have to apply it just above the first one. No need to hurry at all. Take your time and apply a good horizontal strokes. No need to worry about the shade. It is not going to be exactly similar to the one that I have created. There can be a little bit of difference. Now you can observe the difference between the first and the second shade that we apply. Now using your round brush of size seven, you can simply apply solid white color in the topmost portion. Now I'll be taking some amount of water and you will observe that we have a nice solid white color on the topmost portion. Now slowly, you can apply horizontal strokes between all the three colors to blend them together and get a nice gradient effect. You can dab your brush onto the tissue paper in case you find there is axis amount of water in your brush. The more horizontal strokes you will apply, the better blend you'll get altogether. Now let the background dry for a while and let us paint the beautiful house that we have. For this particular entire project, we are going to have one single color which is med yellow, which is going to create a nice contrast with the background. The entire scheme is monochrome, but to create some nice attraction for the entire painting, we're just using med yellow. I'll be taking my round brush of size three and I'm going to take some amount of med Yellow in the color palette. Add a little bit of water to lose in the color. And we're going to cover the entire surface of the house using this particular color. No need to hurry at all. Paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Use the tip of your round brush to paint in difficult areas. There is a little bit portion of the house on the right hand side as well. You can paint there. Now, since we are going to paint a snowy landscape, I'll be taking some solid white color in the color palette using the same brush of size three. Apply this solid white color on the roof portion. Extend it a little bit on the outside portion from the wall area so that the roof can look a little bit more attractive. We are basically trying to show as if the roof is completely covered with snow. That's why I've used solid white color. Now using some black color in the round brush of size three, you can just apply a thin stroke just below the roof that we have painted. And you can also enhance the walls by applying these vertical strokes. You just have to use the tip of your own brush to get thinner strokes and apply least pressure on the brush. Using the same brush, I'll be painting two windows and one door. So it's a rectangular shape only no need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. We are almost done with the entire house element. Now I have created a shade of gray. As you can observe on the paper, you can add a little bit of water. Take some white and black together, create a nice shade of gray right now. As you can observe, the more water and white color you apply, the lighter the shade will get. You can select it according to your convenience. Now, we are going to paint some pine trees which are going to be in the background, which are far from the house. I'm just using my round brush of size three. You can simply draw a vertical line to decide the position of the pine tree, Basically to have a variation and make the painting look a little bit more aesthetic and attractive. You can play with the height of the pine trees as well by having difference in the vertical lines. Now, how to paint the pine trees? It's a very simple and easy technique. You just have to apply these little strokes using the tip of your round brush. Now as you move towards the bottom area, you can simply increase the size of the strokes that you're making right now. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Take your time. You can experiment with the shape and the size of the pine tree as well. You can observe we have painted two beautiful pine trees just beside the house. Similarly, we are going to paint the bigger pine tree as well. And the method is absolutely same in case you are not that much confident enough to paint the pine tree directly towards your final coaster and you do not want to spoil your beautiful background. What you can do is you can practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. It will help you a lot to develop confidence while painting, and your chances of making mistakes will be very less. Also, one more thing, I would like to tell you that this particular step of painting pine trees is really peaceful and you'll enjoy the entire step. We have one more pine tree on the right hand side. These pine trees are basically a little bit far from the house, that's why we have taken a shade of gray. Now, repeating the same steps and method of painting the pine trees, we are going to add these pine trees on the left hand portion as well, just above the landscape area. I have started to apply the vertical lines having difference in height. It is all up to you according to your convenience. You can create your own composition of the pine trees. You can decide their position. You can play with the height as well. Just remember the basic technique of how to paint it, and you can create your own beautiful scenery as well. You can observe I have added a little pine tree just on the left hand portion and we have an empty space. We can add one more pine tree there as well. It would be really great if you use the tip of your round brush to apply thin strokes and try to get less pressure on the brush that you can get a thinner stroke. In case you find that your color is a little bit stiff in the color palette, you can add a little bit of water. Just make sure that you do not add axis amount of water in it. It will definitely decrease the saturation of the color. In case you find that there is axis amount of water in your brush, just simply dab it onto the tissue paper. Now we are done with the pine trees which are in the background and far from the house. Now we are going to paint the pine trees which are a little bit near to the house according to the perspective. I'm going to take a darker color. This time, we are taking solid black color. The method and the step to paint the pine tree is absolutely same. I've simply drawn a vertical line just above the house as you can observe. And I'll be slowly starting to apply these little strokes from the top portion. As I'm moving towards the bottom area, which is near the roof of the entire house, I'm simply increasing the size of the strokes that I'm making. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Be a little bit careful near the entire roof area. We do not want to add these little strokes inside the house. It will spoil the entire house. I'm just being very careful near the house area. You can apply least pressure to get thinner strokes. And you can use the tip of your round brush carefully. Right now, you can observe a difference between the gray shade of the pine tree and the solid black color. There is a nice difference between the front and back portion. There is a good contrast with the background as well. Now, similarly, I'll be painting some more pine trees having variation near to the entire house. And we're also going to paint it above the landscape area also. But while we are painting the pine trees near to the house, you have to be a little bit careful because we do not want to get inside the house area. We are just creating it in the background portion, you can observe that I'm using the. My round brush near the landscape area as well. I'll be deciding the position of the pine trees that are going to be in solid black color. You can apply the vertical strokes according to the vertical strokes that you applied initially. For the gray pine trees, make sure that you have difference in the height than the first pine trees that we painted with gray because we want to create a nice combination of both the colors together. You can observe I have applied the vertical strokes in between the gray pine trees that we painted. It creates a nice combination of all the trees together. You can also observe that I'm having variation in the height. Also, no need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner in case you are not confident enough to paint the pine trees directly towards your final coaster. You do not want to spoil your beautiful background, which is absolutely fine. What you can do is you can practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. It will help you a lot to develop confidence while painting, and your chances of making mistakes will be very less. Similarly, we are going to add the pine trees on the right hand portion, also just above the landscape area. You can observe I'm using the tip of my round brush to cover the entire area. Now we have a little bit of portion left on the house, which is on the left side. You can cover that with solid black color. Now we are going to paint the landscape area, which is completely covered with snow. I'll be taking some solid white color in the color palette. And it's a little bit of gray shade. No need to worry at all. You can create your own shade as well. Just make sure that you apply the good amount of water and color together or else you can use a solid white color as well. That is also absolutely fine. You can observe I'm using my round brush of size seven and we are just trying to cover the entire area. You can carefully observe the movement of my round brush. I'm trying to move it in a similar direction, which is a simple vertical movement to cover the area where there is smaller portion. You can use the tip of your round brush. No need to hurry at all. Make sure that you apply the color in the entire area without leaving any space on the entire coaster. Add a little bit of water in case you find that your color is a little bit stiff. Similarly, we'll be painting the landscape area on the right hand side as well right now. Basically we have even coat of the entire color. We're going to create some depth as well. As you can observe, we have painted the entire landscape area. Now I'm going to take some solid white color to create a nice texture of the snow on the topmost portion of the entire landscape area. It's a very simple and easy technique. You just have to take some solid white color from the color palette or from the gas color tub as well. That is absolutely fine. Just dab your brush onto the tissue paper and make sure that your brush is having minimum amount of water. Make it a little bit dry in case you find that there is excess amount of water, you can simply dab it onto the tissue paper Using the tip of my round brush of size seven. I'm just creating this nice snowy texture just on the topmost layer of the landscape area. You can apply these rough strokes on the middle portion as well, but it is not going to be in a maximum amount. We are just going to apply it in a random way. No need to worry at all about painting it in the exact same way I'm painting right now. You can create your own natural composition as well. These are all natural elements, so you don't have to worry about painting it in the exact same way I'm painting right now. In fact, I would love to experiment and create some different sceneries as well. Right now, you will observe a minor contrast between this rough texture that we applied and the background color. You can take a little bit of gray shade also to enhance the snow element. It is absolutely fine if you do that. If you do not want to do that, that is also completely okay. Also, in case you want to practice how to give this particular texture, you can apply it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting as well. Now we are going to have a beautiful lake In the bottom portion, I'm taking my round brush of size three. Take a good amount of solid black color in it, add a little bit of water to get a nice consistency of water and color together. Now use the tip of your round brush and be a little bit careful. While you're painting just below the landscape area, which is completely white, we do not want to spoil it, that's why be a little bit careful. Now, once we are done painting just below the landscape area, you can use the Brush in a good manner. You can add a little bit of water to loosen the color up, and you can apply this solid black color strokes randomly. Now I'll be taking my round brush of size seven and we're going to take some good amount of solid white color in it. Having a good amount of water as well. Apply just below the first layer of black that we applied. And you'll observe a nice blend of colors together forming a beautiful gray shade. It's a very simple and easy technique and it's done in a very random way. Also, no need to worry at all, just apply the strokes in a very random and natural way. No need to worry about the output coming in. In the exact same way I'm painting right now, you can get a beautiful output of the entire lake in a very natural and random way. You can observe, I'm taking a combination of black and white color together and we have a good amount of water on the entire surface as well. The colors are blending in together in a very random way. Only also you can observe a beautiful shades of gray forming together. It's basically a combination of black and white color together and forming a monochromatic color scheme. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Take a good amount of water in this particular area in case you want to practice this particular lake element on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then come towards your final coaster. That is also absolutely fine. Now you can observe we have got a nice darker shade near to the landscape area. As we move towards the bottom portion, we have a solid white color. Let it dry for a while. Now take some good amount of solid white color in your round brush of size seven and apply these random horizontal strokes on the bottom portion. This is basically solid snow on the entire lake area, which is in a very random and natural way you can observe. I'm using the round brush in a very rough way, only just applying these horizontal strokes. Combining together forming a nice composition of snow, which is on the bottom portion. It might look a little bit difficult, but it is a very simple and easy technique. You just have to apply it in a very random way. Only no need to worry at all and completely forget about the fact of painting it in the exact same way I have painted right now. You can create your composition of the snow right now here in a very random way. You can apply these strokes in a rough way and according to your convenience. So you'll observe a good composition of snow in this particular landscape area. Now, the most amazing part about Gh colors is that after the Gh color dries, it gives a very nice matte finish to the entire surface and you'll observe it very nicely when you paint it live. Now I'll be using my same brush of seven and I'm going to paint some ice bergs on the lake area. You just have to apply these little horizontal strokes, which are very much curved in nature and you can use the tip of your round brush to paint them. We are almost done painting the snow area. Now let us enhance the landscape area a little bit, creating a beautiful contrast. You can use your round brush of size three. Take a little bit of solid black color in it and apply this particular thin stroke of black just below the landscape area. This will create a nice contrast between the lake and the landscape area. The landscape area will look a little bit more in depth. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. And you can use the tip of your round rush to get thinner strokes and apply less pressure on it Now. Similarly, we are going to use the same solid black color to enhance the icebergs that we have painted and the snow on the bottom portion, which is on the entire lake area. You just have to apply these thin strokes of solid black color below the snow that we have painted. It creates a nice depth on the entire lake area. You can add this particular solid black color in random way on the snow as well, where you have left some space. Once we apply the solid black color, it creates a nice depth and it makes the snow look a little bit more realistic. Now, in case you do not want to create this particular effect directly towards your final coaster, you can practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. This will definitely help you a lot to develop confidence while painting, and your chances of making mistakes will be less. Now, on the left hand portion of the entire coaster, we have some good amount of snow and we want to create some good depth. I'll be just taking some solid black color. I have applied a nice random stroke. Just below the snow that we have painted. And we're going to add solid black color in the entire portion on the left hand side so that we can create some nice depth on the entire bottom portion. I want to just remind you about not to worry, in case you are not able to paint it in the exact same way I'm painting right now. It's a very natural and organic scenery. There can be difference and it is absolutely fine. In fact, I would love to see the experiment and difference in the scenery. You can paint it completely according to your convenience. Now you can observe we are almost done painting the snow area on the lake portion, I'll be taking some solid white color in the color palette using my round brush of size three. And we are going to splatter some color, creating a beautiful snow effect. You can take a little bit of water and combine the color together. Make a good composition of color. And simply tap your finger onto the brush. You will slowly find that the white color will splatter on the entire surface in the form of small white dots forming some good snow. No need to splatter a lot of color. You can just splatter the color in an optimum amount. Now using the same solid white color, I'll paint a beautiful moon just above the pine trees that we have painted. You can decide the position of the mon according to your convenience as well. It is absolutely fine. You just have to draw a circular shape using your brush and then you can fill in solid white color in the inner portion. Now I'll be taking some solid black color in my round brush of size three. We can just finish the windows and the door that we painted. So you can use the tip of your round brush to paint a thin stroke of black just in between the house and the landscape area, so that there can be a line of difference and a good contrast between them. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Apply least pressure on your round rush. You can finish the doors and window also using the tip of the round rush. Now comes one of the most important element, which is the reflection effect of the beautiful mid yellow house that we're going to apply on the lake area. I'll be taking some yellow in the color palette, add a little bit of water to loose in the color. I'm going to use my round brush of size three. And we're going to apply these vertical strokes just below the landscape area, creating a beautiful reflection effect. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Take some good amount of color from the color palette. You can observe the movement of my round brush. It's a simple vertical movement and no need to apply a lot of pressure. Just keep your hand very much loose and light slowly. We are going to paint this mid yellow color just below the landscape area where we have the entire house. Also, this is basically the reflection of the entire house in the lake area. And it makes the entire painting look a little bit more aesthetic and elegant. You can apply these strokes in the ends which are vanishing slowly. I will simply decrease the size of the vertical strokes that I'm making. We are done with the entire painting. Let me take you a little bit closer so that you can observe all the details carefully. I hope that you enjoyed painting this particular snowy landscape and got to learn something new. Now let us move towards the next painting. 6. Painting 2 - Road to the Forest: Everybody, you're most welcome to the second painting, which is Road to the Forest. As you can observe, I'm ready with my coaster and all the art supplies nearby. I'm going to use my simple pencil to create the landscape area on the coaster. It's a very irregular line, which we have drawn in a horizontal format. No need to hurry at all. Try to draw it in a slow and steady manner. We're going to have a nice road. You can observe these are simple curved lines and it's in perspective. It is not at all necessary that you draw it in the exact same way I'm drawing right now. You can have your own composition of the entire road as well. Since I have drawn the entire road in a perspective manner, it is getting smaller as we move towards the topmost portion. Now once we are done with the entire sketch, I'm using my flat brush of size 11, and we're going to apply a thin coat of water just above the landscape area that we drew using the pencil. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply an even coat of water on the entire surface of the coaster and make sure that there is no space left. This is basically known as a wet on wet technique, in which we apply a thin coat of water initially. So that the colors can blend in together in a nice way and your brush can move in a smooth manner on the entire surface. Now, once we have applied a nice coat of water on the surface, we're going to create a nice gradient effect. In the entire background, you can observe the movement of my flat brush. It's a simple horizontal movement. Now in the color palette, you can observe we have some solid black color and we are going to make it a dark gray shade. I'll be taking some amount of white color from the gage tub. As you can observe, I have added a little bit of solid white color in the black that we have in the color palette. And I'll be mixing it well using my flat brush. The entire color scheme for the project is monochromatic. We are going to make shades using black and white color together. Now, you don't have to worry in case you're not able to get the exact shade that I'm preparing right now. It is absolutely fine. There might be minor differences to make a darker shade of gray. I have added a little bit of black in the color right now. It's not an exact black color. It's a darker shade of gray that you can observe in the color palette. Take your time and make a nice composition of color and water together. Make sure that you do not have axis amount of water in it. I'll be simply using the tip of my flat brush and I'm applying it just above the landscape area. That is the space that you have to paint a little bit carefully. Because we have variation in the entire line, there isn't a simple horizontal line. You can then apply another horizontal stroke just above the first one. Now you can observe a dark shade of gray here. Now we are going to make it a little bit lighter, so you can add a little bit of solid white color in the color palette. And you will observe that we get a different shade of gray. Now, it's a little bit lighter than the first one. Since we want to create a nice gradient effect. Again, I'll be taking it in my flat brush. Apply just above the first dark shade of gray. You can already observe a difference in both the colors. Now again, we are going to make it even lighter this time. Before that you can blend in both the colors together. Just simply dab your brush to the tissue paper to make it a little bit lighter. And then you can blend in both the colors together. This will help you to remove a line of separation between both the colors. Now we are going to take some solid white color in the color palette again, and I'll be making another shade of gray, which is going to be even lighter. It's basically a process which you will definitely enjoy creating different shades of gray together, mixing both the black and white colors together in case you do not want to paint the gradient effect directly towards your final coaster. What you can do is you can practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final coaster. This will help you a lot to develop confidence while painting. Now you can observe on the topmost portion, we have another lighter shade of gray. And we are going to blend it with the bottom colors. Again, you can just apply these horizontal strokes together, blending all the colors together. Now one thing that I can tell you is the more horizontal strokes you apply, the better blend you'll get for the entire radiant background. Now let the background dry for a while, you will observe a nice matt finish. As you can observe, we are done with the background. Now let us paint a beautiful bushy tree, which is going to have a nice variation in it. So I'll be using my round brush of size three. Take some good amount of solid black color in your color palette. The reason behind selecting a solid black color is so that it can create a nice contrast with the background and the entire sellout will look really elegant. It's a very simple and easy technique. Just simply use the tip of your round brush. You have to create these little strokes which are combining together to form a beautiful outline for the bushy tree. Now once you're done with the outline, you have to fill in solid black color Inside, you can observe the movement of my round brush. It's a simple vertical movement. I'm just trying to move the brush in the same direction. Once you're done with the entire bush, you can use the tip of your own brush and apply these random strokes to create variation in the entire outline. And the tree can look a little bit more attractive. No need to worry about painting it in the exact same way I'm painting right now. You can create your own natural and organic shape for the entire bushy tree as well. Slowly we get a nice fill out for a bushy tree. Now once we are done with the entire bush, we're going to just add these little branches which are going to combine together. We are going to attach it with a tree trunk. So it's a very simple and easy step. Use the tip of your round brush and take these little strokes out of the bush, combine them together, and attach it to a main trunk. Apply least pressure on the brush to get thinner strokes. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Wherever you want to have thicker strokes, you can apply some pressure on the brush. And wherever you want to paint thinner strokes, just use the tip of your round brush and apply least pressure on it. Now, once we are done with the entire tree, we are going to add some plantations, which is going to be just above the landscape area. It's a very easy step. Again, you just have to use the tip of your round brush. Take some good amount of solid black color in it and apply these random strokes, which is creating some nice plantation. And it's basically the sill out of the plants that we have above the landscape area. Once we are done adding the plantation in the left hand portion, we're going to add some plants on the right hand side as well, but this time we are going to have some variation. Some pine trees which are going to be in the background. I have made a nice shade of gray, a simple vertical line, deciding the position of the pine tree. Basically to paint the pine tree, it's a very easy step. You just have to add these little strokes on the vertical line. Start with smaller strokes on the topmost portion, and as you move towards the bottom area, simply increase the size of the strokes that you're making. It's a very easy and fun step to create these beautiful pine trees. The vertical line basically helps you to decide the position. It is absolutely fine. You can paint the pine trees according to your convenience. You can play with the shape and sizes as well. I've added one more pine tree which is going to be in a gray shade, and it's a little bit bigger than the first one, but the method and step is absolutely same. I'm just adding these little strokes and you can observe the randomness of my hand and you can observe the movement. Also, no need to worry about perfection. I'll add one more pine tree, which is going to be a little bit smaller in gray shade. The gray shade is basically showing the trees are a little bit far from the entire scenery. Once we are done with the pine trees in this particular shade, we are going to paint some pine trees using solid black color as well, which basically replicates that these trees are in the front portion according to the perspective. I'm adding the last pine tree in the right hand portion of the entire coaster. I hope that you got an exact idea of how you have to paint the pine trees now. Similarly, we are going to add some plantations and pine trees using solid black color. Simply add a little bit of water in the color balette. In case you find that your color is a little bit stiff, I'll be adding the vertical lines this time in between the gray pine trees, so that there can be a nice variation between both the trees. Once we are done with the vertical line, you just have to add these little strokes on the topmost portion. As you move towards the bottom area, just simply increase the size of the strokes that you're making. You can observe I have added few more vertical lines having some nice variation with the background pine trees. Also, it would be really great if you experiment with the entire scenery. That is absolutely fine. You can create your own composition of the trees together. You can play with the shape and the sizes. You can create your own combination of two to three trees together as well. There is always possibility for experimenting and you can paint according to your convenience. No need to worry about painting it in the exact same way I have painted. You can observe we are done with all the plants above the landscape area. Now let us paint the beautiful landscape area that we have, which is completely covered with snow. I'll be taking some good amount of solid white color in the color palette. And I'll add a little bit of water so that we can lose the color. No need to hurry at all. Try to have a good combination of color and water together. You can observe I'm using my round brush of size seven. I'm using the tip of the round brush to paint the outline. Initially, you can observe how carefully I'm applying it. You can use the tip of the round brush to paint in smaller areas. Make sure that you do not move on. The above portion where we have painted the landscape, we do not want to add this white color in the road area as well. Be a little bit careful. Near the outlines, you can observe we have to fill in solid white color in the inner portion. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. You can create the outline also initially using the brush, and then you can fill in solid white color inside. Now you can observe we've got a nice solid white patch in this entire landscape area. Similarly, we are going to add this particular color on the right hand portion as well. Also, I would like to tell you that this is a very satisfying process of adding a solid white patch. You will feel a nice sense of satisfaction when you're filling in particular color. You can observe the movement of my brush as well. It's a simple vertical movement. Now as you can observe, we are done with the entire solid white color. Now to create some nice depth and detail to make the snow look a little bit more realistic, we're going to add some texture. But before that, let us paint the road. First I'll be taking my round brush of size three. Take some good amount of solid black color in it and you can just paint the outline initially. You can observe I'm using the tip of my round brush to paint the outline first. And then you can fill in solid black color in the entire portion. Be a little bit careful near the outline because we do not want to spoil the entire background area. Once you're done with the outline, you can carefully just fill in solid black color in the inner portion. No need to worry at all. Try to paint it in a slow and steady manner. Make a good combination of color and water together. Make sure that you do not have axis amount of water. In case you have axis amount of water in your brush, just simply dab it on tissue paper. Right now you can observe a nice solid black patch for the entire road to make it a little bit realistic and in depth, you can just add these random strokes which are on the outline on the snow, which is basically replicating that the road is in depth. Just make sure that you apply a rough patch, try to have less amount of water in your brush. You can simply dab it onto the tissue paper to remove excess amount of water from it. You can observe I'm using the tip of my round brush to create this rough strokes using solid black color. We are done painting the entire road. Now let us add some nice texture in the landscape area where we have the snow. I'll be just making a lighter shade of gray as you can observe in the color palette. No need to worry about the shade that I have created. You can get your own shade as well. No need to worry about getting the exact shade that I have created in the color palette. Once you have created a nice gray shade using black and white color together, you have to use your round brush of size seven. Make it a little bit dry by wrabbing it onto the tissue paper so that you can get a rough texture on the entire surface in case you will have water in your brush. You are not going to get this nice dry texture. Make sure that you dab it onto the tissue paper. You can observe that I'm trying to create this beautiful texture on the topmost portion of the landscape area. This particular texture will help you to get a nice depth and detail to the snow body. There is no specific way of applying the rough texture using this particular gray shade. You can apply these strokes in a random manner. It is absolutely fine that in case you are not able to paint it in the exact same way I'm painting right now, You can just apply the texture according to your convenience. Slowly, you can observe that we are creating some good depth in the entire landscape area. Now you can just observe the movement of my round brush as well. Some areas I have used the tip of the round brush to apply less texture in some area, you can just apply some pressure on the brush to apply some good solid gray shade. Again, I'll be telling you the same thing in case you are not that much confident enough to paint the texture directly towards your final painting. What you can do is you can practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. This will help you a lot to develop confidence while painting, and the chances of making mistakes will be very less. Now you can observe, I'm just applying my round brush in this random way on the entire surface, which is creating an even lighter texture on the entire surface. This is also a very satisfying step while applying a nice texture on the entire snowy surface. In case you find that there is axis amount of water in your brush, just simply dab your brush onto the tissue paper so that axis amount of water will be removed and you can get this beautiful gray texture. Now once we are done with the texture, we are going to add a line of separation on the entire road, which basically replicates the left and right lane. I'm using my simple pencil to draw it first so that we can get the exact idea. These are basically simple lines which are getting a little bit larger. As we come towards the bottom portion, I'll be taking my round brush of size three. Take some good amount of solid white color in the color palette. Add a little bit of water in case you find that your color is a little bit stiff. Using the tip of my round brush, I'm going to paint these lines. No need to worry about perfection, just simply use the tip of your round brush and cover the entire pencil line. You can observe it creates a nice contrast with the black background. This is basically a line of separation between left and the right lane on the road. Now using the same solid white color, add a little bit of water to loosen the color up. Now simply tap your finger to the round brush to splatter some white dots on this particular area so that we can create a snowy effect. No need to hurry at all. Try to do this particular step in a very careful manner. We are not going to apply the white dots on the entire surface. Just apply it in a random way. The more finger you'll tap on your brush, the better splattered effect you'll get. Again, it's a very satisfying process. You'll definitely enjoy this particular step. You can add a little bit of water in your brush in case you're not able to splatter the color to the entire surface of the coaster. The splattered color basically forms snowy effect in the entire painting. Similarly, we are going to add this particular effect on the background. Also, you can simply tap your finger to the brush and apply this splattered effect in the background, in the sky area. You can use another brush to tap the first brush as well. It is also absolutely fine in case you want to practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, that is also absolutely fine. And then you can come towards your final painting. Now using the same solid white color. I have painted a beautiful moon just above the road. You just have to paint a circular shape using the tip of your round brush. We are done with the entire painting. Let me take you a little bit closer so that you can observe all the details carefully. I hope that you enjoyed painting this particular coaster. Now let us move towards the next painting. 7. Painting 3 - The Garden Bridge: Everybody, you're most welcome to the third painting, which is The Garden Bridge. As you can observe, I'm ready with all my art supplies nearby and the coaster. I'll be using my simple pencil to draw a rough sketch. Initially, we are starting with the landscape area. You just have to draw a simple, irregular line. I'm starting from the left hand portion, coming towards the right hand area. Similarly, we are going to do it on the bottom portion. We have two landscape area. Basically, we can also draw some icebergs in the water body area that we have in the bottom area. Then I'm going to draw a simple curved line, which is basically the position of the entire bridge connecting both the landscape areas. I'll be using my flat brush of size 11, and we're going to apply a thin coat of water just above the landscape area. We are going to paint a beautiful gradient effect in the background. No need to hurry at all. Try to apply an even coat on the entire surface of the coaster. This is basically known as a ton wet technique, in which we apply a thin coat of water initially. So that the colors can blend in a good manner and the brush can move smoothly for the gradient effect. We are going to start with a dark shade of gray, and slowly we'll move towards the white color in the color palette. You can observe I've taken some amount of solid black color and the color palette is already having some good shades of gray. You can add a little bit of water and create a dark shade of gray in it. No need to worry about getting the exact shade that I'm creating right now. There can be some differences. It is absolutely fine. I'm adding a little bit of white to make the shade a little bit lighter. This is how it works. You have to create your own combinations. You can also create your color palette using black and white color together, having some different shades of gray. So once we have created a beautiful dark shade of gray, we are going to apply it just above the landscape area. As you can observe, I'm using the tip of my flat brush to paint in this irregular surface. You have to be a little bit careful while you're painting. Try to paint it in a slow and steady manner. And once you're done with the portion just above the landscape area, you can simply apply it in this horizontal format. Now, once we are done with the dark shade of gray, we are going to make it a little bit lighter than the first one. So that we can create a nice gradient effect. Add a little bit of solid white color in the color palette so that you can get a lighter shade of gray. Simply apply it above the darker shade. It's a simple horizontal movement again, and you'll see a line of separation between both the colors. Now we are going to create another shade of gray, which is going to be even lighter than the second one. Take some good amount of solid white color from the guash color tube and apply it on the above portion. It is going to be absolutely solid white. Slowly move towards the bottom area. You'll observe a nice blend between all the colors. The more horizontal strokes you apply, the better blend you'll get. Now once we have applied all the three shades, let us blend them in a very good manner. Just clean your flat brush of size 11, dab it onto the tissue paper, make it a little bit dry, and start applying these horizontal strokes from the bottom portion, slowly move towards the above area. The more horizontal strokes you'll apply, the better blend you'll get altogether. And you'll observe a beautiful gradient effect in the background. Let it dry for a while. I'll be using my round brush of size three. And once the background is dry, take some good amount of solid black color in it and we are going to paint a bushy tree. It's a very simple and easy step. Using the tip of the round brush have some good amount of solid black color in it. Make these little strokes which are combining together, forming a random outline of a tree. Once you're done with the outline, we are going to fill in solid black color in the inner portion. But before that, let us paint another Busche tree, which is going to be a little bit bigger than the first one. Again, the step is absolutely same. You just have to apply these little strokes randomly, creating a beautiful outline of a bushy tree. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. Try to have a good composition of color and water together so that the saturation of solid black color does not decreases. Once you're done with the outline, just fill in solid black color in the inner portion, creating a beautiful fill out for the complete tree. Similarly, I'll be filling in solid black color in the bigger tree as well. You can observe the movement of my round brush. It's a simple vertical direction. You can use the tip of your round brush to enhance the outline as well creating these random strokes and making the tree look a little bit more attractive and aesthetic. Apply less pressure on the brush to get thinner strokes. If you want to get thicker strokes, apply a little bit of pressure on your detailing brush. Now using the same round brush of size three, I'll just add these vertical lines, which is basically the trunk of the tree. Now just above the landscape area, we are going to have some plantation. It's basically the sill out of the plantation. It's a very easy and simple step. You just have to use the tip of your round brush creating these random strokes. You just have to create the outline initially and then you can fill in solid black color in the inner portion. This basically replicates the plantation, which is above the landscape area. In case you're not that much confident enough to create this sill out directly towards your final painting. What you can do is you can practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. This will definitely help you a lot to develop confidence and your chances of making mistakes will be very less now the way we have added landscape area on the left hand portion. Similarly, we are going to paint another bushy tree and landscape area on the right hand side as well. I'll be taking my round brush of size three again, I have taken some good amount of solid black color in it. The process is absolutely same. I have created an outline using these little strokes combining together. Once you're done with the outline, just fill in solid black color in the inner portion. You can make the tree look a little bit attractive by adding these random strokes on the outline. Now using the tip of the round brush, I'll paint the trunk as well. We are done with the tree and we're going to add the plantation in this particular area as well. It's a very simple and easy technique. You just have to randomly use the tip of your round brush to paint these little plantations just above the landscape area. On the right hand side, now we have a nice bridge connecting both the landscape areas. You just have to use the tip of your round brush carefully. Take some good amount of black color in it and paint this curved shape connecting both the landscape areas. Now using the tip of the same round brush, I'll just add these vertical lines, creating some aesthetics for the entire bridge. These are basically the side fence of the bridge and we are going to connect it all together. Again, we'll be taking some good amount of solid black color. Apply least pressure on your round brush. Use the tip of your round brush and connect all the vertical strokes together. It's the same curved stroke that we painted initially. This is how you have to paint a beautiful sell out for the bridge. Now let us paint the landscape area. I'll be taking some solid white color in the color palette. Add a little bit of water to loose in the colora. No need to hurry at all. Make sure that you create a good shade of solid white color. You can add a little bit of black in it to make it a little bit gray. Also, the landscape area is completely covered in snow, that's why we are taking some good amount of solid white color and a little bit of black. I'll be using my round brush of size seven. And you can observe using the tip of the round brush, you can paint in the outline area very carefully. And then you can observe the same movement of my round brush, which is in this vertical direction. Take some good amount of color and water together so that you maintain a nice consistency. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a slow and steady manner and make sure that there is no space left on the entire poster where we are painting right now. Now, similarly, we'll be painting the landscape area in the right hand portion as well. The step is absolutely same. Take some good amount of solid white color and apply the outline initially, and then you have to fill in the solid color inside. The entire landscape is covered with snow. We are also going to add some nice texture which is going to enhance the entire element. In case you find that there is axis amount of water in your brush, just simply dab it on tissue paper to remove axis amount of water. Now let us paint the lake, which is on the bottom area. So I'll be taking my round brush of size seven. Take some good amount of solid black color in it from the color palette, add a little bit of water in case you find that the color is a little bit stiff. No need to hurry at all. Just apply the outline. Initially, just below the landscape area. Using the tip of the round brush, you can observe slow DPR filling in solid black color just below the landscape area. We want to make it a little bit dense and in depth. That's why we are applying this solid black color. You can add a little bit of water to loosen the calora. That is absolutely fine. And you just have to apply these random strokes. So slowly I'll cover the entire area using solid black color, having some good amount of water in it. Because we are also going to add some solid white color to create a nice blend and some gray shades in the background. You can observe now I have taken some good amount of solid white color. Also the color blends with the black color and form these beautiful shades of gray. It's a very simple and easy technique. No need to worry at all. No need to worry about painting it in the exact same way I have painted right now. This will naturally happen since we have applied a nice amount of water in the background. The colors will automatically blend in this particular format. I would like to tell you personally that no need to worry about the output. It will naturally come in a very nice way only you can observe. While applying the white color. I'm leaving some black ****** in between also. That creates a nice sense of depth and detail in the painting. We're almost done painting the entire lake. Now we have these small icebergs in between the lake. You just have to take solid white color in your round brush of size seven. Just clean it in water and take some good amount of solid white color. Just add these little strokes which are not at all in a perfect manner, you just have to apply it randomly. I'm also going to add these rough white strokes in the bottom portion, which basically replicates the snow in a random way. Only again, I'll be telling you the same thing. No need to worry about painting it in the exact same way I have painted right now. You can create your own composition of fallen snow as well. You can play with the shape and sizes as well. It's absolutely up to you. You can create your entire scenery by yourself as well. There is always possibility for exploring and experimenting. I'll be taking my round brush of size seven again, and you can observe on the paper, you just have to create this beautiful rough texture, the landscape area. I've taken a good shade of gray from the color palette. Add a little bit of water in case you find the color is a little bit stiff. But make it completely dry by dabbing it onto the tissue paper. There will be more color and less water in the brush, and you will observe that you can create this beautiful texture on the entire landscape area. In case you are not that much confident enough to create this rough texture directly towards your final painting. You can practice it on a rough scrape of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. It's a very simple and easy step. You just have to rub your brush in this particular manner, mostly on the topmost portion and the bottom area of the entire landscape area. And you just have to apply it in this random fashion only. There isn't any specific way of applying it. You can apply it on the snow that we painted, in the below portion, and the icebergs as well, to make it a little bit more realistic and in depth by adding this particular texture, the painting looks a little bit more attractive and aesthetic. We are almost done creating all the elements. Now let us paint a beautiful moon. I'm trying to paint a circular shape just above the bridge. On the left hand portion, you can decide the position of the moon according to your convenience as well. It's a very simple and easy step. Just take some good amount of solid white color in your round brush. Use the tip of your arm brush to paint this beautiful circular shape. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner in case you want to increase the size of the moon. That is also absolutely fine. You can also paint a crescent moon. You are free to experiment with the entire element. You can see I'm almost done painting a beautiful moon in the background. We are almost done with the entire scenery. Now let us add a snowy effect to the entire painting. Take a little bit of water from the cup of water in your color palette. Mix it with solid white color carefully, and simply tap your finger onto the brush. You will observe the white color splattering on the entire coaster in the form of white dots. These white dots basically looks like snow effect and it looks really amazing once you do it by yourself. And you will observe a nice sense of satisfaction as well. There isn't any specific way of applying this splatter effect. You can do it in a very random and natural way. No need to hurry at all. Try to do it in a very slow and steady manner. We are done with the entire painting. Let me take you a little bit closer so that you can observe all the details carefully. I hope that you enjoyed painting this particular class project and got to learn something new. Now, let us move towards the next part. 8. Class Conclusion: When it comes to exploring different art forms, I love to explore them in detail. The most amazing part about wash colors is the mat finish. It gives when it dries up. There are a lot of possibilities that you can find out once you start exploring the entire medium While creating this particular class, I made any number of mistakes. And that is something I always tell my students not to be afraid of making mistakes. One thing that I always suggest my students is to maintain an art journal on which you can practice on a regular basis. So that you can keep a record of your artwork and improvise your skills. In case you have any questions or doubts related to the class, feel free to ask them in the discussion. I would love to answer them all. I would be really excited to see all of your class projects into the project gallery. It would be really great if you leave a review for the class as it encourages me a lot and my class can reach a wider audience. I'm very happy and excited to share this class with all of you. And at the end, I would like to say keep practicing, keep learning. Thank you so much for joining the class and happy painting.