Monochrome Winter Landscapes Using Watercolors - Learn to Paint With a Single Color

1. Welcome to the Class: Amongst all the seasons we have in India, winter is a season that I love the most. And behind every class that I create for my students, that has to be some story. Hey everybody, I'm, I'm a self-taught independent artist based in Gujarat, India. I'm also an interior designer by profession. So people who might not be knowing me and had joined me recently can find most of my AdWords being displayed on Instagram. I go by the name shuttle adaptations. In this class, we are going to paint for beautiful winter landscape paintings, which are going to be based on monochromatic painting scheme. And the color is going to be blue, which is my personal favorite. You can go for your favorite color as well. We'll be talking about all the art supplies that you will need in this particular class. I'll be giving you the details about the watercolor paper that we're going to use. How they also teaching you how you can cite tape your watercolor paper carefully. Before starting all the class projects, we are going to have a beautiful practice session in which we are going to learn all the elements in detail. We are going to create a beautiful gradient background will be adding some beautiful pine trees. I'll be teaching you how you can give her a nice snowy effect to your paintings. All the four projects are going to be easy, simple, and elegant. And I'll be teaching you all the tips and tricks about the paintings that are basically going to be for projects. Winter house or frozen lake as simple winter forest and an elegant snowy road. I'll be really excited to see all of your projects into the project gallery. Feel free to ask any questions or doubts you have related to the class. I'll be happy to answer them all. Being an artist, I always believed that anybody can paint. You just require some basic techniques and methods. And this class is all about that. And every particular painting we are going to have some basic, easy techniques that you can learn for painting. So without any delay, grab your supplies and let's get started with the class. 2. Art Supplies: Before we start, it is very important for all of you to know the character art supplies that you will need for this particular class. And I'll be giving you the basic brief about the art supplies that you will need in this particular class. No need to worry at all. In case you do not have the correct art supplies. You can find them in any nearby local stationery or any nearby art store. So here are all the art supplies that I've placed nicely to let you know about the details. So the first one is a simple watercolor, which is Prussian blue. And this is the single color that we are going to use for all the for class projects. A simple pencil to draw, a basic sketch before starting the painting. So far, the entire class, you will need only three brushes, which are basically quill brushes. In case you do not have a quill brush, you can go for a round brush as well. So there are three different sizes. The first one is size for, the second one is size two, and the last one is size zero. So only three brushes are required annually to worry, you can go for a round brush as well. Now, I'll be showing you a simple color palette, which I have, and this is my favorite color palettes that I have. So it's basically a simple ceramic palette, which is adding three sections in which you can have your different colors mixed together. Sorry, the color palette is dirty and no need to worry in case you do not have a ceramic palette. You can go for a simple color palette as well. Now let us talk about the watercolor papers that you will need for this particular class. And the size of watercolor paper that I'm using is A6 and it is 300 GSM. So no need to worry at all. You will find the watercolor papers very easily in any nearby local stationery. You just have to take care of the GSM. This is the painting. And as you can see, we have a nice side edge which is white in color. Now the reason behind it is that we are going to tape it with masking tape. You will find a half-inch masking tape very easily in any nearby local art store. Next, not supply as a simple white poster color. You can go for a watercolor as well, but I'm available with pasta color. It will give you the same effect. We're going to use white color only to give a nice no effect. Now this is a simple glands in which you can hold your clear water and use it to clean your brushes. Now we'll be having some basic art supplies like a sharpener and an eraser, which everybody must be having. So these are all the art supplies that you will need for this particular class. In case you are missing on any particular art supply, you'll get that very easily in any nearby local art store. 3. Class Overview and Details: Hey everybody. So before we start, I wanted to give you a nice class who will do and details about the entire class. So we'll be talking about all the four class projects that we are going to make in this particular class. And I'll be giving you a basic brief about what all you are going to learn in this particular class. So as you can see, that initial practice sheet shows you the entire shade. We can see the tones that we're going to create using a single color, which is going to be Prussian blue. Basically, they're going to have a nice set of modes that you can see in this particular painting that we are going to paint. You're going to have pine trees and all the four paintings. A little bit of difference in opacity. We're going to learn how you can paint these beautiful pine trees which are going to be there and all the four paintings. So as you can see, there is a nice gradient effect in the background, which is coming from a darker tone to a lighter shade. So we're going to practice how you can create this beautiful shade in the background. No need to worry at all before painting all the difficult elements to the final painting, we are going to practice them in the practice sheet initially. Now as you can see, we have a nice frozen lake in this particular painting that we are going to paint. And then we are going to have a nice snowy road, which is just below that. As you can see, we are going to paint a nice snowy road as well. And that role is going to be there in this particular painting. As you can see, these are the elements that we're going to practice before we start. All the class projects are right in front of you and we are going to use a single color to paint all that for class projects. And the white color that I showed you in the art supplies is only going to be used to create this beautiful snow effect in all the four paintings. Apart from this, we are going to have small elements like icebergs, shadow effect, and some little elements that we are going to paint in that final painting directly, which is not going to be that difficult for the practice sheet, will be having all the difficult elements that you can learn easily for the class projects. And then we can move towards the final painting. No need to worry at all. We are going to have this nice house painting also that we are going to learn. And it is not going to be difficult at all. It is a very simple and easy sketch that we are going to make. The reason behind keeping a nice Class Overview is that so that you can get a good idea about all the four class project that we are going to make in this particular class. Also being an artist, I believe that practicing is the most important part. And practicing makes you a little bit more perfect, and it also decreases the chances of making mistakes. That's fine. I have kept a nice tactics session in which we are going to create this beautiful practice sheet which will help you in your folder projects as well. So as I said, we are going to use a single color, which is going to be Prussian blue. And side-by-side, we'll be keeping a nice tissue paper so that we can remove excess amount of water and we can grab our brushes carefully on it. No need to worry at all that are going to be very easy and simple techniques and tips and tricks that I'll give you so that you can create all your fall class projects very easily. And in an amazing way. You are definitely going to learn something new and creative. So now let's move towards the next part. 4. Lets Practice the Elements: Hey everybody. So before we start, it is very important to know that you have to get a little bit of practice. Now since we are going to use a single color for all the full class project, which is going to be Prussian blue. You can see I'm having a simple blank sheet of paper, which is a practice sheet basically. And I'm ready with my color palette and tissue paper. I'll be using a size zero brush. And as you can see, we are going to create some beautiful tonal values for the entire class. The first one is the exact color, which we take out from the watercolor tube. So they won't be there won't be an excess amount of water. Now slowly you have to add water to your color palette and you'll have to create these shades. So you can see eventually your color tone, or we can say the saturation of your color will slowly start to decrease as you start to add a little water and your color palette. As you can see, that initial color is the exact color that you have taken out of your color tool. Now, as you add a little water to it, or you start adding water to it, then your color values will change and it will become lighter in tone. You can see the difference, and this is how you have to practice it on the raft scrap of paper or your practice book. And then you will get an exact idea how you can create this beautiful shades. So the initial is a darker shade and the last one is a lighter shade. This happen just by adding water to the color and this will help us to create the darker shades in the painting. And the lighter shades, as you can see. I hope that you've got an exact idea about how we are going to create different shades. Or you can say saturation in the color by adding the amount of water. It is very important to control the amount of water that we add in the color palette. Now let us learn how you can paint some beautiful pine trees, which is going to be there in every individual painting. So you must be thinking that painting pine trees is very difficult, but let me tell you, it is the most simple and easy element that you will find in every painting. You have to just make vertical lines and different sizes to create these eyes of a pine tree. I'll start from the top portion and move these little strokes coming towards the down portion. And as you can see, I'm just using the tip of my brush to create these little strokes which are increasing in size as we move towards the bottom area. You can see it is a very simple and easy technique to paint pine trees. This is not at all difficult. It will just require a little bit of practice. For the first and second pine tree, what I have done is I have taken the first shade, as you can see, which is the darker shade. I'll be adding very less water to it. Now for the second pine tree that I'm painting right now, I'll be having a little bit more water in my color palette. So as you can see, the saturation of the color changes completely from the first and second pine tree. It is a little bit lighter. This is how we are going to create the background and the foreground. The trees that comes in the behind portion are going to be lighter shade. And the two is that comes in the front portion are going to be darker. Shade. You can see the difference right now. So now I hope that you got an exact idea about how you have to paint the pine trees. Basically. No need to worry at all. It will just require a little bit of practice and you'll be able to paint them in a very easy and creative manner. So now let us create a beautiful gradient effect that every painting is having Users tab to take your flat brush size 1 " in case you do not have a plaid brush, you can apply directly from your quill brush or round brush as well. But to apply an even coat, we will need a flat brush. I might have forgotten to tell you about the flat brush and the art supplies section, but you can use a flat brush to apply a thin coat of water. Initially. I'll be taking some solid darker tones of pollution low and my quill brush of size two. And you have to apply it on the bottom portion. So you can observe the color is spreading automatically. So since we have applied a nice thin coat of water initially, the color will spread automatically. Now just simply clean your brush and dab it just above the surface of the color that you have applied. It will give you a nice gradient effect automatically. And you can see how beautiful the gradient effect looks. Let me show you once again. I'll be taking my one-inch flat brush and applying a thin coat of water. Initially, I'll be taking my size two brush and simply applying the darker tones of color at the bottom portion. And the color will automatically spread in the entire paper. You just have to simply observe the movement of the quill brush. Now once you have spread the color and a nice bond, just clean your brush and apply it again just above the color that you have applied initially. So this is basically known as a wet on wet technique in which we apply a thin coat of water initially, and then we apply the color so that it can spread in a very amazing format. So now I'll be just painting the pine trees over the background that we have created. No need to worry in case you do not have 1 " flat brush. We are going to apply a thin coat of water from the brush only. Now to give you a technical term for the gradient background that we have created is known as a baton wet technique, in which we initially apply a thin coat of water. And then we apply the color so that it spreads naturally. So you can observe, I have painted too beautiful pine trees or small sun, or we can consider it as a moon as well. And you are going to paint some little birds. So the painting of bird is not at all difficult. You just have to use the tip of your brush, which is going to be very much pointed. And you have to draw these little reshapes. This is how we are going to create the pine trees with the gradient background and some small elements that you need to practice. Don't need to worry at all. It is not at all difficult. So now let us just paint or learn to paint how you can simply paint this frozen lake. You can simply observe that I have just drawn these zigzag lines and a perspective format to create a natural flow for the lake which is going to be frozen. And I've simply taken some Prussian blue color and my quill brush, and I'll be just applying it inside the lake. And this is just going to be a shade in-between the darker and the lighter tone of blue color. So you can see I have just applied a nice solid color and where you find difficult to paint, you just have to use the tip of your quill brush. Now to add some nice depth and detail to the frozen lake, we are just going to take some darker tone colors. Have less amount of water in your brush and just enhance the edges. And the other land area that you are, league will look a little bit more dense and in-depth. And it will also give a nice 3D effect. We can use the dip of the quill brush and create these rough lines side-by-side so that you can make it look a little bit more realistic. This is how you have to paint a beautiful frozen lay. No need to worry at all with practice, you can get a nice grab on the rash moment and techniques. Now just below, I have a nice snowy road to paint. It's a simple perspective line that you have to draw with your pencil. Then we are going to enhance the road by applying color on the outer area rather than applying it in the end abortion. To make it look a little bit more realistic, I have just applied some dotted line in-between the road, which is very easy. You just have to use the tip of your quill brush. And we're just enhancing the entire road by applying Prussian blue color on the outer portion. And I'm just simply using my tip of the branch to give a nice fence to the entire row. You just have to take some solid color and your brush and meet these little vertical lines on the outline of the entire load. Now using the tip of the brush, we're also going to connect the vertical lines together. No need to hurry at all. In case you find me painting a little bit faster, you can definitely slow the frame rate. So as you can see, for the entire practice sheet, I have just used a single color, which is Prussian blue. You can go for any other good alternative for blockchain. Now let us create a beautiful snowy effect. I have taken some solid white color in my color palette. I'm using white poster color, but you can use white watercolor as well. Just take some amount of water, added any old white color. Take another brush and just splatter the random drops off white color on the pine trees. And you can see how beautiful it comes in contrast with the background. So this will give you a nice amazing snow effect and it will look as if there is a nice uniform. So we are done with the entire practice session. I hope that you got to learn something from this entire practice sheet and you can create your own practice sheet as well. Now, let us move towards the next part. 5. Lets Tape the Paper: Hey everybody. So before we start, it is very important for all of you to know that how to tape your watercolor paper. So here I have my watercolor paper of size is six and it is 300 GSM. So now let us know how you can just simply side take your entire watercolor sheet. You can see I have placed my watercolor paper where I want to paint simply. We are going to use a half-inch masking tape, decide tape, the entire watercolor paper. So this is basically a paper tape only. By applying this on the edge of the entire watercolor paper, we get a nice solid white border, which looks really beautiful when we remove the entire masking tape. This entire step, you need to be very much careful and just observe once you remove the masking tape, this is how the entire solid white border will look. Let us start by applying the masking tape. I'll be applying the first masking tape on the right portion. Just try to make sure that the masking tape is parallel with the paper edge. Try to keep some part of the masking tape on the paper and some part on the surface that you are using. Now simply tap your finger, make sure that the masking tape is properly stuck with watercolor paper and the esophagus in the background. Now I'll be applying another deep on the left portion. So we are done with both the sides. Now, we are left with the top and the bottom potion. Again, I'll be taking a nice masking tape piece to apply it on the bottom potion, make sure that the masking tape is parallel with the paper edge. Tried to keep some part of the masking tape on the paper and some on the background surface, whatever you are using. Sam done with the top portion as when. And just make sure that you apply some nice pressure on the masking tape so that it's ducks with your watercolor paper properly. So we are done taping the entire watercolor paper. Now, let us move towards the next part. 6. Project 1 - Frozen Lake: Hello everybody. So you are most welcome to the first project, which is a frozen lake. I'm ready with my watercolor paper. When does light tape my color palette, a tissue paper, and the glass of water with my quill brushes. You can systematically organize your things and start working on the first project using my simple pencil, I have drawn a nice random line. And between the watercolor paper, you can simply draw an actual horizontal line using a random shape, which creates a nice mountain area. Now I have simply drawn a nice lake, as you can see using as exact line. Since it's a monochromatic painting, we are going to have only a single color. Just take it in your color palette and also make sure that you do not waste any color. We're going to apply a thin coat of water. I'm having my quill brush off size for now, I'll be very carefully applying a thin coat of water just about the pencil line that we have drawn, which is creating a difference between the skyline and the landscape area. Make sure that you apply a nice thin coat of water very carefully. Use the tip of your brush to apply water and difficult areas. And also no need to worry at all. You can create your own natural line of origin as well. Now, I'll be taking my quill brush off. Size two will be taking some solid blue color and the color palette just tried to lose. And I'm the color using some water in the color palette. Now we'll apply the color just above the horizontal line. And as you can see, the color is spreading automatically. Now this is basically known as a wet on wet technique in which we have applied at ten coat of water initially. And then we are applying the color. Now you can observe the movement of my brush. I'm just trying to spread the color in the background. So initially we are going to have a darker tone on the bottom portion. Now, I'll be just cleaning my quill brush. And you can see we are just going to blend the color with the background. Now you can see the tonal values of the colors are lighter than the color that we have applied near the horizon line. So this is how we can create a nice gradient background. No need to worry at all. In case you find this a little bit difficult, you can just practice it on a scrap of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. Also, it's not at all compulsory that you'll find the sheets to be completely seem as I'm creating right now. They can be minor changes. It is absolutely fine. It's a painting, so no need to take that seriously. I'll be taking some solid blue color and Mike, well, brush again and we will be painting the frozen lake. It's going to be a solid color, so no need to worry at all. Not going to create a gradient effect inside the leaf. You can see I'm just using the tip of my brush to paint in the difficult areas where we have these pointed edges. Once you apply there, you can just use the brush carefully to apply a solid color. In case you find me painting a little bit faster, you can definitely slow the frame rate. So now let us create some nice depth and give some nice 3D effect to the entire frozen lake. I'll be using my quill brush off size zero. And we will be taking some solid blue color this time, which is going to be a little bit darker in shade. So try to have less amount of water and more color in your quill brush. We're just going to add a nice outline to the landscape area. You can observe that when you have less amount of water in your quill brush, that tonal values of the color will be a little bit darker. I'm just using the tip of my brush. You can observe the moment how I'm using the tip of the brush to an enhance the landscape area. Again, similarly, we will be doing this on the left portion as well. This will give a nice depth and detail to the entire area. It seems as if the lake is a little bit on a lower level than the landscape area. We can also enhance by putting these random strokes near the lake. You just have to be very much careful and use the tip of your brush in case you find it a little bit difficult to give this random strokes. You can practice it on a dark strip of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. Now let us enhance the landscape area as well. I have applied a nice thin coat of water, as you can see. No need to periodontal. Just use your brush very carefully. And we'll be digging some lighter tone of blue and I'll be applying it on the top portion. You can see the colors spreads automatically and it will give you a nice gradient effect once you have applied a ten coat of water initially. By using the same method, we are going to enhance the landscape area on the left portion as well. I'll be simply taking my quill brush and applying a thin coat of water. So you can see that we have a lighter tone of blue already in the brush. I haven't cleaned it that well, but it's absolutely fine. We just want a lighter tone of blue shade. So you can do that as well. Just make sure that you do it in a slow and careful manner. Now while applying to the bottom potion, made sure that there isn't any space left between the masking tape and the watercolor paper. I'll be taking some color in my brush and I'll be applying it on the outer portion. You can see the color spreads automatically. Be very much careful while doing this. Try to maintain a nice space in between the landscape area and the frozen lakes so you can already see the difference. So now let us paint the pine tree that we are going to have in this particular painting. And this is one of the most favorite part that I have. I have taken some darker tone of blue color as you can see. And you just have to draw a simple vertical line. Use the tip of your brush and start making these little strokes from the top to the bottom portion. As you can see, there isn't any specific way of painting this. You just have to apply these strokes in a random way. But once you move towards the bottom portion, you have to increase the size of the stores that you're making so that it gives you a nice triangular shape, which pine trees generally have. No need to worry at all. This is one of the most easiest part to paint. And in case you find me painting a little bit faster, you can definitely slow the frame rate. There is an option below. So as you can see, we are ready with the first pine tree in case you find painting this pine tree a little bit difficult, what you can do is you can practice it on a scrap of paper on your art journal. And then you can come towards your final painting. Just make sure that you paint it in a slow and steady way. I'll be painting another pine tree just beside the first pine tree. The method and technique is absolutely same. Just the pine tree is a little bit smaller in size. As you can see, both the pine trees looks really beautiful with the gradient background. Now we'll be painting another binary which is going to be a little bit larger in size on the landscape area that we have on the left. So simply draw a vertical line. Take some solid blue color, make sure that you have less amount of water and more color in your quill brush. Try to apply these little strokes from the top portion and come towards the bottom path. As you start moving towards the bottom part, make sure that these tools and Andrea I'm making are increasing in size. No need to worry at all. Pine trees are generally having a nice random shape since these are leaves that we are going to replicate, it isn't absolutely fine if you make these random strokes, just try to create a nice triangular shape that pine trees generally have naturally. We are almost done painting the pine tree as well, just creating the bottom portion. And I'm just trying to spread the leaves in the bottom portion using the tip of my brush. As you can see, once you use the tip of your brush, it will give you a nice random shape of the entire pine tree. And you can see we are ready with all the three binaries. Now, let us paint a nice sun, or you can also consider it as a moon because it does not at all clear that it's a night view or the labial, since it's a monochromatic painting. So you can consider it as a son also hormone as well. So just simply take some solid blue color and try to paint a goods. So Cula shape in-between the pine trees. As you can see. I have tried to keep the sun on the lighter tone of blue so that it can get a nice contrast effect with the background. Will be enhancing the landscape area by putting these little strokes which are going to be random and graph. As you can see, there isn't any particular method of doing this. I have simply taken darker tones of blue color. And that'll be applying these little strokes nearby the landscape area. So this is basically enhancing the outline. So as you can see, this will add some more details to the entire painting. Now let us give a nice effect. I'm taking some solid white color and my color palette. As you can see, I'm using poster color, but you can also use white watercolor. That is absolutely fine. It is going to give you the same effect. Add some amount of water and your quill brush of size zero. Now we'll be taking another brush and simply tap your brush on the second version that you have taken. So by doing this, the color splatter on the entire painting in a format of snow, as you can see, it gives you a nice smooth effect, rose onto the entire painting in the form of dots. Make sure that you do this in a very careful way. So we are done with the entire painting now let us remove the tape. So there's a technique to remove the site team tried to remove this. I type in an angle so that you do not end up tearing your precious painting. You can see how beautiful the border looks in a solid white color. We are done with the first project, and I hope that you enjoyed painting this beautiful frozen lake painting. And I also hope that you've got to learn something new and creative from this particular painting. Now, let us move towards the next project. 7. Project 2 - Winter House: Hey everybody, you are most welcome to the second project, which is a winter house. As you can see, we are ready with the watercolor paper. So let us draw a simple landscape area in a very random and roughly now we're going to have a simple winter house on the top of the horizon line. So just draw two simple vertical lines. As you can see, I have drawn it with my pencil. Now let us draw these rules, which is going to be slammed. Let us make it a double line so that we can enhance the roof area. No need to worry at all in case you find drawing this particular house a little bit difficult, what you can do is you can practice this on a rough scrape off paper initially, and then you can come towards the final painting. I have just added a little offense on the left side and two doors to enhance the details in the house. Now, let us start painting. I'll be taking my brush of size four will be applying a thin coat of water. Just make sure that you use the tip of your brush and make sure that no water is getting inside the house. We just want a gradient background in which houses excluded. So you can observe that I'm using the tip of my brush to paint in the difficult areas. So basically I'm applying a thin coat of water in difficult areas. And then on the above ocean you can simply just use the quill brush to apply a thin coat of water. So the reason behind applying a thin coat of water is so that once we apply solid color, it can get spread into the background very easily and it will give you a nice gradient background. And technically this is known as a wet-on-wet technique. Now using the same quill brush will be taking some solid blue color and our quill brush. And we're going to apply it on the above portion of the horizon line. And you can see the color is spreading. Just be very much careful by you move your brush near the house. Just make sure that no color enters inside the house. You just have to be very much careful while doing this. You can see how beautiful the calorie spreading automatically. No need to hire doll in case you find me painting a little bit faster, you can definitely slow the frame rate. There's an option below. Now, will be just spreading the color about the house. Now you can move your brush in this particular format so you can observe how beautiful the background color looks. Now we'll just clean the quill brush and we have to apply some nice water just about the color that we have applied so that you can create a nice gradient effect. This time we do not have any color and the brush only water. And you can see how beautiful the gradient effect looks. So it's from a darker tone to a lighter shade. We are done with the entire background. That'll be just finishing up the horizon line so that it looks a little bit more clear. Now, I'll be just taking my brush and applying a thin coat of water below the horizon line. So we are going to paint the landscape area. As you can see, I've applied a nice tan color border. Be very much careful while doing this. Make sure that you have applied the water on every particular area of your watercolor paper. And also make sure that there isn't any space left between the watercolor paper and the masking tape. In my quill brush, I've taken some Prussian blue and I'll be just applying it on the top portion of the horizon line. And you just have to observe the movement of my grid brush slowly. I'm moving towards the bottom portion, making these little horizontal strokes so that we can create a nice texture in the landscape area. No need to worry at all in case you do not get the exact similar kind of pattern which I'm having. It's absolutely fine. Watercolors always gives you a nice random color effect whenever you are applying it. And also make sure that the intensity or the saturation of color you are observing right now will be one shade lighter once it dries up. So we are done with the landscape area. Now let us paint the beautiful house that we are having, basically the winter house. We just taking my quill brush off size zero, it has a thin strokes to make. Just apply a thin coat of water inside the house. And just below that, you're going to keep the roof absolutely wide so that we can create a nice contrast between the House and the background. Now, I'll be taking some amount of color in my brush and I'll be applying it in just below the roof. You can see the color is again spreading automatically. So that'll be our darker tone just below the rules. And it will fade as they moved towards the bottom portion. No need to worry at all in case you find painting this a little bit difficult, what you can do is you can practice this on a rough scrape off people initially. And then you can come towards your final painting. Now, let us enhance the fence that we have on the left portion. I've taken some darker tones of tuition low, and I have simply used the tip of my brush. I'm given a nice outline to the entire area. Now let us enhance the doors. We are also going to apply solid blue color, having less amount of water in the brush, it will give a nice saturation to the color. It creates a nice contrast with the white background. I have created two small windows also. You can experiment accordingly. Now let us create some steps just below the doors in the winter house. So as we move towards the bottom area, we are going to increase the size of these steps. And these are basically some random rectangles that you can draw or paint naturally using your quill brush. I'll be just making it in a random way, not even completing the shapes. We just want to keep it in an abstract format. As you can see how beautiful the steps are looking just below the doors. So we are done with the winter house. Now let us paint the pine trees. One of the most favorite elements that I have in every particular painting. You just have to take darker tones of blue and you have to apply a nice vertical line just above the winter house. Now you have to create these little strokes. And as we moved towards the bottom portion, you have to increase the size of the strokes that I'm making. Now these strokes, I'm absolutely random and rough in nature as you can observe. No need to hire doll, draw it in a very slow and steady way. Just make sure that as you move towards the bottom portion, you increase the size of the stroke that you are making right now. I'm almost done painting the huge tree that we have. Now apart from this particular pine tree, we are going to have fewer, more pine trees in the background. Now once I come towards the roof area, just make sure that the color doesn't go inside the white portion. Be a little bit careful while doing that. Now we're going to paint the remaining pine trees. The method is going to be absolutely same. Just draw a simple vertical line. Tried to make these little strokes which are coming towards the bottom portion. And as you move towards the bottom area and try to increase the size of the stroke that you're making. I'm just painting another pine tree on the right portion. Also one more thing that I would like to mention that I always tell my students is that in case you find painting any particular element a little bit difficult to paint, what you can do is you can maintain an art journal or you can also have a practice sheet, which we also have for this particular class. So what you can do is you can practice on that particular sheet. Initially, you can grab our hand on this particular element easily, and then you can come towards your particular painting and have it in a better way. So as you can see, I have painted one more pine tree on the right side. And it's looking really beautiful. You can add your own pine trees as well. I mean, you can add number of pine trees according to your particular environment, you can definitely experiment with the entire painting. It is not compulsory to paint. In the similar way I have painted. For pine trees in the background. I'll be just enhancing the steps that I have painted just below the doors. I have taken some darker values of Prussian blue and applied it on the right side of the steps. Now, let us add some rough texture just below the horizon line. So I have less amount of water and more amount of color in my quill brush. And I'll be just dabbing it just below the horizon line. And as you can see, we're getting some nice darker texture just below the horizon line. Also. No need to worry at all in case you make any mistake. It is absolutely fine. You can redo it again. Now I'll be just painting a sun, or you can consider it as a moon as well, since it's a monochromatic painting. So it's fine, you can consider it any particular thing. Just simply draw a small circle. The darker tones of blue. Now we'll be creating some nice snowy effects. I have taken some white pasta color. I'll be adding some water to loosen the cholera. I'm using my quill brush of Psi zero. Take another brush and simply tap your quill brush on that. Make sure that you do it in a very limited and optimum alone. Don't make it too much. Also, you can see how beautiful the white dot looks and it creates a nice effect. I'm missing on white watercolors. So that's why I've used both tequila. It is also absolutely fine if you use white watercolor as well. So I'll be removing the side deep now and be very much careful while you're moving this. I try to remove this. I type in an angle so that you do not end up tearing your brushes painting. You can see how beautiful the white border looks once you remove the masking tape and it's the most satisfactory part. And we are done with the entire painting. I hope that you got to learn something new and creative from this particular painting. You can see the details. You can see there's no effect, and I'm very happy with the final painting. Now, let us move towards the next project. 8. Project 3 - Snowy Road: Hey everybody, you are most welcome to the third project, which is a snowy road. As you can see, I'm ready with my watercolor paper again. And I'm just going to draw a simple horizon line which is going to separate our skyline and the landscape area. You just have to simply draw a horizontal line. Be very much careful while doing this. No need to hurry at all. Now once you're done with the horizon line, what we're going to do, we're going to create a nice road which is going to be combed and format. You can just observe It's like an S shape, which is going to be in a good post back to weigh. As you can see, you just have to make it a double line format, tried to have some space in between. So since we want the road to being a good perspective form and that's why it's on the top portion. And as we come towards the bottom part, that road is broader. So yeah, that's it. This is the only element that we need to draw with pencil. Now you can use your pencil to simply draw vertical line where you can decide the position of the pine tree that we are going to paint. So now let us start painting the background color, which is going to be gradient. And we're going to paint the sky for us. So I'll be using my quill brush of size four. And we just have to simply apply a thin coat of water initially in the background. So no need to worry at all. Just be very much careful and make sure that no spaces left where water is not being applied. So as you can see, we have applied a thin coat of water, and this is basically known as wet-on-wet technique. Now, I'll be using the same quill brush and I'll be taking some darker tones of Prussian blue and my quill brush. You just have to apply the color on the horizon line. As you can see. Now, I want some more darker tones of crucial and low just above the horizon line. So you can observe the movement of my quill brush. And now I have to clean my quill brush with water. And you have to just make these random strokes with your quill brush. You can create our own patterns and experiment with the background. Just make sure that the quill brushes clean this time. So we have darker tones of blue at the bottom portion and it's getting lighter as we move towards the above ocean. No need to worry at all. It's a painting, so don't take it that seriously. Also in case you find it difficult to paint, you can definitely try to practice it on adapt strip of paper initially, and then you can come towards your final painting. Now, let us paint the landscape area. So we're going to keep the entire road wipe sends us know erode, and we are going to paint the remaining area with pollution. Luckily, I've applied a thin coat of water again. Now I'll be taking some darker tones and my quill brush. And I'll be simply putting it on the outline just below the horizon line. Now make sure that you paint the remaining portion apart from their own very carefully. Use the tip of your quill brush and be very much careful while doing this. Now I have cleaned my brush with water and see how beautifully the color is spreading. So this is how we have created a nice gradient effect. Apart from the role that all is going to be absolutely right. Now. Similarly, I'll be doing the same technique on the right portion as well, where we have the landscape area at ten cutoff water. I'll be using the tip of my brush to paint in the difficult area. Now I'll be taking some darker tones of Prussian blue and that'll be applying it at the outline of the entire road. You can see automatically yard snowy road gets enhanced. In case you find painting this particular element a little bit difficult. What you can do is you can go to the let's practice section. I have explained in detail how you can paint this particular part very carefully and easily. Taken some nice darker tones of pollution blue. I'll be using the tip of my brush. And as you can see, it gets a little bit more in contrast with the background. No need to hurry at all. Try to paint it in a very slow and steady manner. So as you can see, we are done with the landscape area and the skyline as well. I'll be now adding a center line and snowy road to make it a little bit more attractive, you just have to simply take some darker tones of blue color and use the tip of your brush to paint these little lines in between, which is basically the separation, Lord for left and right side. As you can see, it does not at all difficult to just be very much careful while doing this. Try to have a nice thin line. You can also add a double line to make it a little bit more attractive. As you can see, we are done with the entire snowy road and it looks really amazing and beautiful. Not to make the entire snowy road a little bit more attractive, we'll be adding some nice pens just on the outlines of the entire snowy road. What I'm doing is I'm taking my brush off size zero and I have taken some darker tones of blue in it. And you have to use the tip of your brush to make these little vertical lines. You can do this step very precisely in a very careful and steady hand. No need to hurry a time. Otherwise, you'll definitely spoil your entire snowy road. So definitely you just have to be very much patient and count while doing this. As you can see, I'm adding the vertical lines on the next side of the road as well. In order to make the entire snowy road a little bit more attractive and it looks a little bit more detail as well. That's why we have decided to add the little vertical lines. Now, as we move towards the top portion, the size of the vertical lines can decrease so that you can give a nice spot, a view to the entire snowy road. Now we'll be connecting the vertical lines together. So just try to make these thin strokes, which is going to be connecting all the vertical lines that we have drawn. So since this is a very detailed step, no need to hurry at all. And it gives you fine painting, this particular element a little bit difficult. You can definitely practice this on our app strip of paper initially. And then you can come towards your final painting. Now let us add some nice texture to the entire Smilodon. I'll be making these little strokes using some solid blue color. Now I'll be having less amount of water and darker tones of blue and Mike, well brush. Let us start painting the pine trees. So simply just draw a vertical line, tried to have darker tones of blue color in it. Now once we have drawn the vertical line, it shows the position of the binary. We are going to start painting these little strokes starting from the top portion. And I'll be moving towards the bottom area. Now as the moon towards the bottom area, the size of the little strokes are going to increase. And we are done with the little pine tree. Now where does our face joins? You just have to make these little strokes coming towards doubt abortion. Now, let us paint another binary, which is going to be a little bit bigger in size. We simply adding one more vertical line, which is going to be a little bit larger than the first one. So by drawing the vertical line, we particularly know from where to start the little strokes. And also it tells about the position of the entire pine tree. That'll be starting painting the little strokes from the top portion coming towards the bottom area. As you can see, I'm using the tip of my brush to create this particular pine tree. And you can also observe the movement of my quill brush as I'm moving towards the bottom part, I'm trying to increase the size of the strokes that I'm making. That gives you a nice triangular shape that generally pine trees are having. So since this particular tree is a little bit bigger in size, it's going to be a little bit more attractive also. As I touched towards the ground line, I'll be just making the strokes a little bit more visible using the tip of my brush. So we are almost done painting the huge binary as well. Now let us create some nice shadow effect on the ground line. I've taken some amount of water and I'm just making this rough stroke just below the pine tree so that it creates a nice shadow effect on the ground area. As you can see, the entire shadow effect makes the entire painting a little bit more attractive and detailed. Now, let us paint one more pine tree on the left area so that the painting looks a little bit more composed. Simply drawn the vertical line, the metal and the procedure is absolutely same. Now once you have drawn the vertical line, try to add these little strokes from top portion to the bottom area. Let us add one more pine tree, which is going to be very small and very detail. And this is not at all difficult. We are done painting all the four pine trees. Now let us add a sun, or you can consider it as a moon, since the monochromatic painting just try to draw a small circle using solid blue color. Tried to have less amount of water so that we can have good saturation of the color. We are almost done painting the entire painting. Let's add some smaller boards. So this is not at all difficult. You just have to take solid blue color and make these reshapes in the sky. Using the tip of the brush, you can paint the body very carefully. I'll be taking some white color, light post-doc color basically, since I'm missing out on white watercolor, you can use white watercolor as well. Try to add some amount of water in the white color so that it loosens up, then only you will be able to splatter these dots on the entire painting, which gives you a nice no effect. In case you're finding that the dots are not coming to the painting, what you have to do is you have to add some amount of water to the color so that it loosens up and you can find this particular effect in your entire painting. Now, let us remove this. I tried to remove this. I type in an angle so that you do not end up tearing your brushes painting. And you can see once we remove this item, we get this nice, beautiful white border. This is the reason behind applying and adding a nice side trip to the entire watercolor painting. I'll be removing the last step as well. And we are done with the entire painting. Let me take you a little bit closer. You can observe the details. And I hope that you've got to learn something new and creative from this particular project as well. No need to worry at all. You can also experiment with the road placement and the placement of the pine trees. You can also play with your own compositions. Now, let us move towards the next project. 9. Project 4 - Winter Forest: Hey everybody, you are most welcome to the final and the last project, which is project four, which is going to be our winter forest. So as you can see, I'm ready with my watercolor paper and we are starting with drawing a nice horizon line. And we are going to have a nice lake in front of the entire forest. So we just have to make the zigzag lines. And no need to worry, you can experiment in the shape of the entire league that you want, particularly, that is also absolutely fine. Or you can follow the same way I have painted. Now simply, I have taken my quill brush of size four and applied a thin coat of water just above the horizon line, which is going to be our skyline as when. So you can see I've applied a nice them caught up water carefully, make sure that there isn't any space left between the masking tape and your watercolor paper. This time we are going to have pine trees into format. It'd be just giving you a nice idea how you have to be in them. Just above the horizon line, you have to apply a thin coat of water in a very careful way so that the water does not rise up quickly. I'll be taking my brush off size zero, and we're going to take some lighter tones of Prussian blue this time try to have some amount of water. And as you can see, I'll be making these vertical strokes. This is basically like creating the pine trees and a lighter format. You can observe the movement. I'm just trying to create this zigzag line. And this is basically vertical strokes. Don't need to worry at all. You can create them in your own natural way as well. Just try to observe the movement of my quill brush. So the point is Strokes basically gives a nice effect of pine trees only. That'll be applying the solid color on the bottom portion. Now use the tip of your brush to fill the color inside the horizon line. I have covered the color. Just adding some horizontal strokes just below the horizon line. Now I've taken my brush outside zero, added some water in it and we will be blending it with the background. Tried to clean the brush with water carefully and just apply the water about the color that we have applied. So you can see how beautifully the gradient effect have come up. So as I told you this time, we are going to have pine trees and a lighter shade and a darker shade as well. So I have taken my tuition blue color and the quill brush of size zero. And this time we are having more amount of water rather than solid color. So you can see the binaries are looking lighter in tone itself. No need to worry at all. The water is not completely dried in the background. So the pine trees will automatically become a little bit lighter in shade. Also while using watercolors, one thing that you can keep in mind is the saturation of color that you're seeing right now will be one shade lighter as it dries up. We're going to cover the entire background with these beautiful pine trees. These trees are lighter in shade. It will give you a nice dense forest. Look. No need to wait at all in case you find painting this particular element a little bit difficult, you can definitely practice them on a scrap of paper or your art journal in which you practice on a regular basis. We're done painting the lighter tone pine trees. Now let us add some color to the landscape area. I'll be using my same brush of size zero since there are difficult areas to paint in. So we'll be using the tip of the brush. And as you can see, we have these pointed areas where we do not have the league portion that we just using the tip of my brush to paint in the difficult areas remaining portion, you can just swipe your brush carefully time having a lighter tone of color. And we're not having solid blue color inside. To create a nice contrast between the league and the landscape area. Basically cleaning up my brush. And this time I'll be taking some darker tones of Prussian blue and my quill brush. And as you can see, I'll be applying the solid blue color inside the leg this time. So inside the difficulty, I'll be using the tip of my brush, as you can see, be very much careful while doing this. And by applying a solid color, we can just swipe the entire brush on the entire area of the lake. You can already observe the difference. We have a nice color don't difference in between the landscape area and the entirely. So I'll be taking some darker tones. I'll be adding them on the edges of the landscape area using the tip of my brush. As you can see, no need to worry at all. It is not at all compulsory to paint the similar way I have painted. You can experiment on your own by creating some other natural shape for the league in-between. You can also take some simpler shapes as well. That'll be enhancing the edges. Or we can see the outline on the landscape area by adding the darker tones so that we can create a nice contrast and it will look a little bit more detail. You can add these little strokes on the landscape area as well to create some rough textures on the ground. We are almost done painting the foreground as well. Now, I'll be taking my white poster color, since I'm missing on white watercolor. In case you have white watercolor, that will also work absolutely fine. That'll be taking my quill brush of size zero. Again, I'll be using the tip of the brush to paint these little icebergs on the lake. So you just have to make these little rocks creating some natural shapes. You can play with your own natural compositions and shape as well. You just have to use solid white color and you can see how beautiful it looks when you paint them. So it is giving a nice effect of Eisenberg's and the leak is completely frozen. So to create a nice contrast, That's why I've used white color over the darker blue tone. Now we'll be painting darker tone pine trees, which are going to be a little bit darker than the background pine trees. I have taken solid blue color in my quill brush outside zero. This time we have less amount of water and more color so that we can create a nice difference between the background pine trees and different pine tree. So as you can already observed, that the pine tree that I have painted right now is a little bit darker than the pine trees that are on the background. This is how we can create a nice dense effect for the forest. So the technique is absolutely same and similar as we have painted in all the other projects. You just have to simply draw a vertical line and you have to start applying small strokes from the top portion to the bottom area. And as we move towards the bottom part, you have to increase the size of the strokes that you're making. You can observe how beautifully and in a quick and easy way, you can paint the pine trees. Let us add one more little pine tree. You can see how beautifully you can use the tip of your brushes to make some beautiful elements in your paintings. No need to worry at all. You can definitely practice them on your roof. Staple of people, add journal you have on a regular basis. Now it'll be enhancing the icebox. I'm just adding a darker tone offline just below the iceberg so that it can give you a nice contrast from the frozen lake. You can add these details. You can see how beautiful the darker tone makes a nice contrast to the entire background and the foreground. Tonight I'll be painting a small son, or you can consider it as a moon as well, since it's a monochromatic painting. Just simply draw a circular shape. Use the tip of your brush carefully. We are done with the entire painting. Now let us add a nice effect. I'm using my white poster Colossians, I'm missing out on light watercolor. You can use white watercolor as well. Try to add some amount of water, then only you will be able to splatter these beautiful dots, which will give you a nice no effect to the entire painting. Dab it on another brush and you can see how beautiful the entire effect looks. In case you're not able to splatter the dots, just try to add some amount of water and you are good to go. Now, let us remove the tape. Tried to remove this I tape and an angle so that you do not end up tearing your precious watercolor painting. And you can see how beautifully the white border looks when we remove this ID. This is the most satisfactory part of the entire project that I love to remove the side tapes. And trust me, you are also willing to like it. Now let me remove the last step. We are done with the entire painting and let me take you a little bit closer so that you can observe the details. I hope that you've got to learn something new and creative from this particular project as well. I'll be really excited to see all of your projects into the project gallery. 10. Class Conclusion: I always believed that anyone can paint using minimal art supplies and basic techniques to paint can create some amazing sense of satisfaction while painting. Being an artist, I always love to explore new art mediums and techniques. And that is something I always suggest my students as well. Also, one thing that I always tell my students is to maintain an art journal in which you can practice on a regular basis and keep the record of your artwork. Always improves your painting skills and decreases the chances of making mistakes. I own that you've got to learn something new and creative from this particular class of winter landscape with monochromatic color scheme. Feel free to ask any doubts in case you have related to the class. I'll be really excited to see all of your projects into the project gallery. Keep practicing and happy painting.