Transcripts
1. Introduction: Hello, welcome to the
class. I'm Rania. I'm a Waterclor
artist based in UA. I mostly paint
Waterclor landscapes and nature related subjects. You can check out
more about my works on Instagram and
Youtube by the handle. Starts by Rania. I share daily updates, all my works and kick
tutorials there. I love just sitting on
the beach and watching the smooth and
relaxing moment of waves and sunlight reflections
dancing on the water. I'm sure it is a relaxing
activity for you too. In this class we are going to paint a beautiful say scape with smooth waves and sparkling
sunlight reflections. We'll start off the
class by practicing four basic qaticular
techniques that we need to know before
starting this medium. Then we'll move to practice fundamental techniques to leave white space in watercolor. I think that is the most
challenging part of watercolor, to leave white space. But don't worry. I
will take you through easy to follow techniques
to leave white space. And also I will explain with some examples from my
painting collection. From there, we'll start
the class project by practicing all the
techniques in detail, and then slowly we'll move
to paint the final picture. I will take you through the
complete process step by step by explaining
every details. By end of this class, you'll be able to paint
a beautiful sascape with smooth way and sparkling
light reflections. You'll be also more confident
with water color medium. This class is suitable
for all levels. Grab your brushes.
Let's get started.
2. Materials: Let's see the materials. As always, I'm
using 100% cotton, 300 GSM, Fabriano Artistico
watercolor paper. You can use any brands, but you have to stick on
300, 100% cotton papers. I will also use
the sketchbook for practicing all the techniques
and color swatches. I always prefer having a sketchbook for practicing
the techniques and color swatches because
I can go back to it whenever I need a reference
for my future paintings. If you discovered any
new techniques or new ideas or you are finding a new shade by mixing
two or three colors, you can keep a
sketchbook for that. You'll not miss it,
and you can use it for your future references. This painting is
going to be with a very limited color palette. We are going to use
only three colors, Prescian blue, burn
temper, and paints gray. And also we are going
to use white gage. You can use any blue
shade that you have, but we have to stick
on any warm shades like paints gray
or prescian blue. We can't use ultramarine or cobalt blue cool shades because we are painting a very sunny,
warm, bright seascape. For the brushes,
I'm going to use this hacky brush for
wetting the paper. And I will also use this
big size flat brush for wetting the paper and also covering a large area
with a light wash. This is the brush I'm going to use for painting smooth ripples. You need a medium
size flat brush. I will also use a very
small size round brush and liner for the details and
for some lifting technique. We're also going to
use masking fluid. And we need a pencil and
eraser for sketching. And also we need a glass or plastic board for
stretching the paper. We are going to use both side wetting technique
for this painting. And we need a few napkins and clear water
for the painting.
3. 4 Basic Watercolor Techniques: In this video, let's see the four very common basic
watercolor techniques. As a beginner, if you know these techniques and how to
use it in your paintings, your painting process
will be much easier. They are ton dry technique on wet technique and dry on wet
and dry on dry technique. Let's see, one by one vein dry technique is
the most common one. It means we are applying wet paint on a dry
surface or dry paper. Here the paper is very
dry and not previtted. As you can see,
the stalk is very sharp and it is not
spreading anywhere. We can use this technique for fine details and very minute, tiny vein wet technique
is my favorite technique. And this is why I love
watercolor medium. We can use it for
creating a lot of different watercolor effects
in our landscape paintings. It means we are
prevetting the paper and applying wet paint
to the wet surface. We can create soft
and blurry kind of looking stalks
with this technique. And this technique
is most commonly used for painting sky and clouds and some background trees
and kind of elements also. For this technique, we need very good water control because the effect we'll get is based on how much water we
applied to the paper. With too much water, paint will spread and we can't create a particular
stroke or shape. But with less water and very shiny layer of
water on the paper, we can create beautiful effects. For an example,
in this painting, you can see some soft shadows in the snow that is
in the foreground. I used wet technique. For that, you can see that
soft and blurry effect for the trees I used. On dry technique, you can see correct sharp
shape for the trees. That is because of
ton dry technique. The complete process
of this painting is available on my Youtube channel. You can check it
out if you want to see the process and how I used
each of these techniques. Dry on wet technique
is another one I frequently used
in my paintings. Which means we are taking dry paint and we are applying
it to a wet surface. Comparing to wet on wet
technique, in this one, paint will not spread
too much and we can create softened sharp
effects with the technique. Also, we can use it to create more contrast
to our paintings. As you can see in the video, paint looks more darker
in this technique because directly applying
it from the palette. And also the strokes
are looking more softer than on dry technique. For an example,
in this painting, those background pine trees I painted with dry
on wet technique, you can see some soft
looking effects, but still it looks
sharper and more darker. That is because of the
dry on wet technique. A process video of
this painting is also available on my Youtube
channel. You can check it out. Dry and dry technique
is mostly using for adding the final
details to a painting. We can create different textures and effects with this technique. It means we are using
very dry paint to a dry surface without
any amount of water, and we are just scratching
that paint to the dry surface. In this painting, you can see some very fine and dark
details in black color to create some text to the mountains painted all of those details with a
dry and dry technique. A complete free tutorial of this painting is also available
on my Youtube channel. I hope you got some idea
about all these techniques. These are the four basic
watercolor techniques that you need to know before
starting this medium. If you have a good knowledge about how to use
these techniques, you can create
more realistic and professional looking
watercolor paintings. Even you can mix match
these techniques for creating more beautiful
watercolor effics. That's it for this video. Let's move to our next lesson.
4. Techniques to Leave White Space: Leaving white space is the most challenging part
of water color medium. That is why watercolor is
unique from other mediums. Watercolor is a very
transparent medium. It is not forgiving. We can't fix a mistake once
we added a darker layer, we can't make it lighter. We need a proper
planning and sketching. In this video, let's see some of the most commonly used
watercolor techniques to leave white space. Let's see, one by one, negative painting is
the most common one among all these techniques. It means we are creating a white space by
painting around. As you can see in
the video here, I'm going to create
a wide circle by painting using blue color. We can use this technique
for painting a moon or sun, or any sharp white object in
your landscape paintings. Negative painting, we can
also use with wet technique. I use this technique for
painting glowing sunlight, same like we practiced
in the other video. We are preveting
the paper and then painting to create
a wide circle. With this technique, we can
create more softer circles. For example, in this painting, I painted that glowing sunlight by using wet on wet negative
painting technique. This painting is the
first skillshare class. In my channel, you
can check it out. It is very cute and
um, simple class. I am teaching a lot of
techniques to create that. Snowy mountain masking fluid is a rubbery substance
made from latex. We can use it to preserve any particular space
in your paintings. To make it white, we can apply it to the
paper where we need a white space in the
painting after sketching. Once it added, we have to wait to get it dried and then
we'll start painting. Once the painting is finished, we can erase it off and
we'll get that white space. Let's see, the technique here. I'm using the masking
fluid by senillar brand. Here, I'm applying it to the
paper for that wide circle. Let's wait to get it dried
and then we'll add paint. And after that, we'll remove the skin fluid in this painting, I wanted to preserve the space for those petals
of the sunflower. I applied masking
fluid after it dried. I painted the background
flowers and leaves. That's how I got a blurry, soft background and very sharp looking flower
in the foreground. Masking tape is the
most easiest way to leave white space in
articular paintings. We can take a masking tape and cut it into
any shape we need, and we can stick it to the
paper and we can paint. But still we have to use
good quality masking tape, otherwise paint will leak
out to that white space. Here, I'm cutting a piece of masking tape to a circle shape, and I put it in that paper
and I'm applying paint. Once it right, I will
remove the masking tape. We'll get that space white. In this painting, I used masking tape for the sale of that boat. I wanted to make it lighter
compared to the background. I used masking tape
for that cron, or any wax substance is
water color resistant. We can apply where we
need a white space, we can use it for any
thin lines or details. Here I'm going to add a very
thick layer of white cron for the circle and then I will apply paint on top of that. We don't have to wait, there's no drying time. This technique, in this
mountain painting, you can see some very
fine and thin white lines for the shine or some light
reflections on the mountain. I used white crayons for that. You can see the process
in my Youtube channel. Another common way of
creating white space in waterlar painting is opaque
white or white quash. With white quash, we
can fix any mistakes. This is the only technique, we can create white
details. I mean White lighter details
in the painting, After the work or
after the painting. In all other techniques, we have to prepare the
paper before the painting. Like masking fluid,
masking tape or crayons or any other techniques. In this technique, we
can apply the clare of white quash to the painting
where we need white details. We can make very fine
details with white quash. In this painting, you can see some very sharp and shiny
sparkles on those trees. I painted it with white quash. I applied it after
completing the painting. The complete process
of this painting is available on my other class in the skill share that is all about creating autumn
landscapes in watercolor. Here in the masking
fluid technique, we were waiting to get it dried. Now it's completely
dried and I'm applying paint on top of that. Once the paint Clare dried, I will remove the masking fluid. And you can see that white space also in the masking
tape technique. Let's remove the masking tape, paint is completely dried. Now we can see that
white space scratching is also another common way to
create thin and fine lines. In watercolor painting,
we can use it to paint distant tree
trunks or branches, or even grass and foliage. As you can see in the video. We can use any sharp tools like a palette knife
or a paper cutter. And we can scratch
the very top layer of the paper so we can get
white lines in this paper, it didn't actually work. Also, we can create
some fine sparkles with the same techniques
like I'm doing now. Salt effect is another
interesting way to create lighter space. In watercolor, we can
use it to create blooms and any visual interest in
the foreground of a painting. We can apply to the wet paint. With wet paint and
the water content, the salt will melt
and it will absorb the paint and it will
create beautiful effects. Here I'm applying wet
paint to the paper, and also I'm adding table salt. But on this paper,
it didn't work. But you can see in
this reference, there are some flower
blooms in the foreground. I created it by adding table
salt to the wet paint. And also you can see some
very tiny white lines for the highlights of the grass that I created with
the scratching method. Or for another example here in the right side picture that is the painting and the left
side one is reference. In the right side picture, you can see some salt
effect in the foreground. Complete video of
this painting is also available on
my Youtube channel. You can check it out by
searching just starts Birania Lifting is also another my favorite technique to create lighter space
in water color. We can lift out paint from
the paper using a dry brush, using a tissue paper
or a dry sponge. Here you can see I'm lifting out some colors with a
very clean brush. And also I'm using a
tissue paper to lift out. I'm creating a glowing
sun and sun rays. Next, two techniques are not
for creating white space. As a beginner, I am sharing
these two techniques. These are also very
common techniques we can use in our
watercolor paintings. One of them is glazing. Glazing is an interesting
technique in watercolor, which means we can
apply a second layer of colors on top of already
applied first layer. Watercolor is transparent. The first layer will shine through the second
layer of colors, and it can create a very shiny darker tone to the painting. Here, I'm starting with the first layer
using a yellow ocre, and once it dried, I am going to add
the second layer. I am using cobalt blue. Now you can see a
different color by overlaying these two colors. You can use glazing technique by adding multiple layers and you can adjust the dark and lighter values of the
painting by this technique. Layering is also an important
technique in watercolor, especially if you're
painting wet on wet, We can re wet already dried painting and we can
again paint wet on wet, especially if you're
painting sky and clouds. We can fix the fat layer. And then after it dried we can ret the paper and
add more details. That is the layering technique. But in this technique,
it's important to choose very good quality
watercolor papers. Otherwise, if you're
retting the paper, the altered dried layer will reactivate and it
can create a mess. Here in the video, you can
see a Fs layer of blue color. Then I retted the paper and I painted those waves and ripples. That's it for some of the basic articular
techniques for beginners. I hope you've got some idea
about all these techniques. You can practice this
in your sketchbook and whenever you're starting a new painting, you
can refer to it. I'm sure definitely
these techniques can level up your paintings. Let's move to the next video.
5. Class Project - Practicing Techniques: This is the reference
picture we are going to use in this video. Let's see all the techniques and color swatches for
painting this picture. In the material section
video, I have mentioned, we are using only
two or three colors. The main color is pression blue. We need a different ton
levels of pression blue. We'll also use burned timber
for some darker shadows. We'll mix pression
blue with burn timber for getting very dark to, for the waves and ripples. We also need a very dark
color for some fine details. I will use paints gray and we'll use white gach
for some details too. Here let's see a very
rough composition and a sketching for the picture. I am outlining the waves in the foreground and I will fix
the horizon line very high. I will add an outline for
the background mountain too. I'm adding a very
light vertical line in the water part
to get a direction for painting the sparkles
on waves In the picture, there is a small boat
in the background. I'm adding an outline
for that too. Now let's add an outline for
the background mountain. You can see there's a lot
of space in the lower part. In the foreground,
we are focusing on the waves and sparkles
in the foreground. There's a very little
space in the background. Or we will paint loosely
some mountains and the sky. Now I'm adding a masking fluid
on peak of those waves to preserve some space for
painting the sparkles here. To apply the masking fluid, you can use a liner
or very small brush and you can apply
it very finely. We don't want to make a thicker or bigger
space for the sparkles. We need very sharp
and tiny sparkles. We have to be careful
while applying it and we can make it tinier and tinier as
it goes towards the horizon. Line masking fluid
is completely dry. And now let's wet the water part without touching the
mountain or sky part. With my flat brush,
I'm going to cover the water part with a very
light Prussian blue layer. Before this layer dry up will quickly paint ripples and waves. Because we have to
paint it wet on wet. Now you can clearly see where
I applied masking fluid. Here you can choose any blue
color for the painting. You don't have to
stick on press blue. You can choose any warm
blue shade for the escape. Or you can mix the blue color that you have already
in the palette. You can mix it with a little
burnt amber or yellow ochre, so you'll get it more warmer. All right, now I'm going to
paint ripples and waves. I'm mixing Prussian blue with burnt amber to make it a
little more warmer and darker. With that mix, I'm going
to paint the ripples here. You can observe many
things like I'm using a flat brush and the
paper is perfectly wet, there's not too much water, just a very shiny
layer of water. That's why paint is not
spreading too much. Using complete
bristles of my brush, I'm painting some curvy lines, like starting from one side
and bending it towards the center and creating more thicker waves or curvy
lines in the foreground. And making it more thinner and thinner as it goes
towards the horizon line. Also, when we are
painting wet on wet, the paint will spread around
it and it will make it more. Lighter. We can make it darker by adding
more layers Here, I'm going to add a little
more darker colors to the waves to get some
shadows and contrast. Here I'm using the
same mix of colors, burned timber, and
press in blue. Now I'm using only the tip of my flat brush to create
those tiny and thin waves. I'm just pressing it to the
paper and lifting it back. You can paint it this way, or you can use a
liner or detailor, a small size brush to
paint these tiny lines. And also I'm lifting some colors from the high lights
of the waves. While the paper is still wet, it's much easier to lift
colors for the highlights. I'm lifting the
colors and shaping those waves to make it
more smoother and perfect. Now I'm going to paint some very tiny and small lines and dots near the horizon line. The paper is completely dried. Now I'm painting
those tiny waves using a wet dry technique. And also I'm using a very
smaller size round brush. You can make these
waves as tiny as you can because it gives
more dub to the painting. Let's see the waves
technique here again, how I painted foreground
waves and waves in the mid part and the tiny
waves wetting the paper. Firstly, then I'm
going to start with the foreground waves using complete bristles
of my flat brush. Starting from the one side and moving it slowly to
the other side and slowly lifting it back and
creating a curvy line. I'm repeating the process
from the other side too, for a few more waves
in the foreground. Now for some smaller waves, I'm using only tip
of my flat brush. I'm not using complete
bristles and bending it, I am just using the tip of the brush and creating
some horizontal, smaller waves by just pressing
it and lifting it back, adding some more tiny
waves in the distance. We have to stick on
this same technique, like bigger waves in
the forky ground and some smaller waves in the
mid part and very tiny waves in the background because that gives a lot of depth and realistic effect
to the painting. I just blending those colors of the curvy lines to
create a continuation. Now let's see how
we are going to paint the sky and mountain. Just wetting the paper. And I'm starting with
very light wash for the sky on the ton wet surface. I'm going to paint
a distant mountain. I'm using the same
flat brush and same prescient blue color
for the sky and mountains. Once this light dries up, we will paint another
nearer mountain. Here, paper is still wet. I'm lifting some colors to create a shape for
that mountain. Now painting a smaller
darker and nearer mountain using wet dry technique. And I'm using the same,
same mix of colors with some more darker colors. That is burned timber with a
little mix of Prussian blue. I'm creating some shadows and
dimension to the mountain. Again lifting some colors from that mountain to create
some high lights. Watercolor is all about adding colors and lifting
it back and shaping it. And then again adding colors
and repeating the process. That's how we create
beautiful watercolor effects. I'm repeating the same
technique of sky and mountain, just above that waves, so you'll get that complaint. Look, paper is completely dry. Now we can remove
muscling fluid. And let's start painting
our favorite part, adding sparkles and
light reflections. If you're using your fingers, same like me, to remove
the musclin fluid, you have to use very
dry fingers. All right. Now you can see
those white spots for the sparkles on the waves. We have to create effect
around each of those sparkles. We are going to lift
out some colors. From there, I'm using
a tissue paper and a very smaller size brush and just rubbing it
around those sparkles. I'm using my brush with
a little moisture, it's not too dry. And slowly blending
the colors around those sparkles and lifting
it out with tissue paper, you can see the difference. Now this will create a realistic
effect to the painting. We'll also create some sharper
sparkles using white gage. After finishing this
lifting technique, I'm repeating the process for all those sparkles
in the water part. Now let's create some more
sparkly effect with white G. I'm adding some very tiny
dots here and there. I'm also adding
some sparkling rays around those white spots. Adding more bright and tiny
dots around the horizon line. Same like the waves. The sparkles should
be more tinier and very bright and lighter
towards the horizon line. Again, that gives also a
depth to the painting. I'm adding some more tiny waves and details to the painting. Let's see, the technique
for painting sparkles here. Again, I'm adding masking fluid. Let's wait to get it dried. Masking fluid is
completely dried. Now I'm painting waves, and once it dries, I will remove masking fluid. Okay, now we have those sharp
white spots for sparkles. Using my small size round brush, I'm rubbing it around that white spot and blending the colors and
lifting it using tissue paper. Here you can closely see
the process of lifting. Lifting is not possible
with a very dry bridge. We have to keep a little
moisture on the bridge. Also adding some very
tiny white spots for some more tinier sparkles. Now from those white spots, I'm going to paint
some light rays for some sparkly effect,
amusing white guage. I hope you got the idea
of lifting and how we are going to paint sparkles
in our painting here. I'm just adding that sky and mountain to the left side
painting of the sketch book. Okay, now we have to add
some more final details. There is a small boat
in the background. We are using some
very dark color. I'm using paints gray, just starting with a
thicker line horizontally. And after that,
adding some details. This is just, you don't
have to focus too much, you can just refer to the reference of our painting
and you can recreate it. I'm adding some people inside
the boat and some details, adding some light reflections
with white gouache. Let's repeat it in the painting so we are done with all techniques
for the painting. As I always suggest, you can always keep a sketchbook to practice the techniques to swash colors before getting
into the final painting. That will definitely
create a lot of difference and level up your style and
your watercolor skills. This is our final class project. Let's start painting it.
6. Sketching: Okay, let's start with
the sketching here. I'm fixing the horizon
line very high, then we have to outline that
background mountains and there is also a small boat or ship in the very
distance of the picture. We have to outline that too. And in the very foreground
of the picture, you can see some
very dark and black color shadows of the waves. We have to outline that too. We're not going to do
any detailed sketching, we're going to give a
very rough outline. That's it for
outlining the waves. Now I'm going to add a
vertical line in the center for a direction to paint
the sparkles of waves. We have to preserve
some space for painting the white sparkles. I'm going to use
masking fluid for that. I'm using a very
small size brush and just adding some very fine
dots with masking fluid. As you can see in the video, I'm applying that
masking fluid on peak of those outlines
for the waves. We have to keep
it in the center. We have already practiced all these techniques
in the techniques part of the project that
is the previous video. If you haven't watched it, you have to because it will make the painting process
much easier for you. As you can see in the video, I'm keeping it around
that central line and I'm applying masking
florid in different size, very tiny dots and
some bigger dots. As it goes towards
the horizon line, we have to keep it more
tinier, thicker and brighter, coming very close to the
horizon line and making the sparkles like some very
tiny horizontal lines. Because in the very
distance we had to make the sparkles very near to
near, without any distance. So we'll get that correct
perspective of the picture. In this stage, you don't
have to worry about how you're applying muskan
fluid because we'll use white gauge in the
very final stage of the painting to add more
tinier and fine sparkles. And we can also
fix any mistakes. I have used different
brands of masking fluid, but senillar is my
favorite because senillar masking fluid is a
little watery consistency. It's not too thicker. So we can apply it in many different shapes
or we can make it into very fine lines and it's very easier to
remove from the paper too. Here we are done with sketching and applying masking fluid, so let's wait to get it dried and then we'll
start the painting.
7. First Wash, Painting Ripples: All right, let's start
with stretching the paper. Here I'm using a
larger brush and just wetting both sides of the paper using clear water and stricking it to
the glass board. This stretching method is also
known as a soaking method. Paper will stay on wet
for a longer time. We can paint wet on wet
layers without any rush. I have a detailed video
about this technique in my other skillshare class
that is glowing sunsets. You can check it out if you
want more idea about it. Okay, now I'm loading
my brush with pression blue and starting
with the first layer of colors to the seascape covering the water part
of the picture using a light pression
blue shade layer without touching the upper
part of the picture. Mountains and the sky. You can see there is
not too much water on my paper and the paint is
not spreading anywhere. But still paper is not very dry. We are painting on white paper, have a very nice
moisture on the surface. You have to follow
the same method for getting the same results. You have to use 100%
cotton watercolor papers and the same stretching method. You need a glass or a plastic
board to stick the paper. You have to follow the
same technique here. I don't want to spread any
colors to the upper part. I'm lifting all spreaded colors. From there, we are
straightly going to paint the ripples before the
paper getting dried. As we have seen in
the techniques video, I'm going to start
painting ripples in the very foreground. Now I'm mixing
prussian blue with a little burn temper to make
it a little more darker. And starting from
the foreground, painting the first ripple
as the biggest one. Using my flat brush that is medium size as it going
towards the horizon line, I'm making it smaller in size. I'm trying to make
it more darker with a little more burned number because the shadows
of the ripples should be very dark
and the highlights or the peak of those ripples
should be very light. We'll get that correct contrast and structure to the ripples. Also, you can observe
how I'm moving my brush, starting from one side
of the paper and slowly moving it to the center of the paper and then
slowly lifting it back. You have to follow the same. You can practice many times
in another sheet of paper. Then only you can paint
more smoother ripples. Also, once you have
painted a ripple, do not rework on it
or try to mix it up. Because with ton,
with technique, paint will automatically spread around it and we'll get
that smoother effect. You can see the
effect in the end. As you can see for painting
the smaller ripples, I'm using only the tip of my flat brush to make it
more thinner in size. As it going, I'm making it more thinner and
smaller in size. You have to be concerned
about the size of ripples. We have to paint more
bigger ripples in the foreground and
smaller ones in the mid part and very tiny ones in the very background
of the water part. We'll get that correct
perspective of the picture. Here I'm again showing you
how I'm using my flat brush for painting the bigger
ripples and smaller ones. As you can see in the video, I'm using complete bristles
vertically and painting from one side and lifting it
back from the other side, starting it as thicker and then making it narrow
by lifting back, But for smaller ripples, I'm holding my brush horizontally and using
only the tip of bristles, I'm painting some very thin
and narrow curvy lines. I have tried many
different ways to paint smoother ripples
in my paintings. I love painting calm and
smooth ripples and waves, like using round brushes and re wetting the paper
and many techniques. But I think this is the most
easier and perfect way to paint smoother ripples without reworking or without overdoing. We can paint smooth ripples by using ton wet technique
and using a flat brush. Let's get back to
the painting here. Paper is still, I'm adding a little more darker colors
to those ripples And also I'm trying to make
it more sharper and crispier around those sparkles. I'm continuously adding
more darker colors to the same ripples and lifting back some colors to create a nice shape
to those ripples. You can see some very nice
highlights on the ripples. By lifting colors, paper is still wet, that's why I'm continuously
working on it. I want to make it lighter
around those sparkles. Once this layer dries, we'll paint tinier ripples
in the background. And we have to paint the
sky and mountains too. Let's dry this layer
with the head dryer. And let's move to
the next video.
8. Background Mountains: All right, paper is completely dried now let's paint
the mountain here. I'm wetting the upper part of
the paper with clear water. Mix it with very little
amount of pressian blue because we are not
working too much on the sky. We will just cover
the entire part with a very light pressian blue
layer on that wet surface. We are painting fat layer
mountains from the left side of the paper using
wet on wet technique. With a little more darker
pressian blue color than the sky color. I have placed a piece
of paper just below the horizon line to get
that correct straight line. And now I'm defining that horizon line to
make it more sharper. With a little more
darker colors, you can see the
color spreading very nicely to the wet surface. Now I will lift out
some colors from that part to make it into
a shape of mountain. I'm using a flat brush
and just lifting some colors from that top
part to make it a mountain. You can see it's coming
to a shape watercolor we painted on a wet
surface will get more lighter when it dries here. I'm adding one more darker
layer to the same mountains. Paper is still wet. And slowly I'm making it into a mountain shape that's perfect. Now I'm going to dry
this layer and we'll paint another layer of
mountains on top of that. To get a straight line, you
can use a masking tape. And you can stick it just below the horizon line instead
of using a sheet of paper. I think that is more
comfortable than this. Here with a flat brush, I'm painting another layer of mountain from the right side of the paper with
Prussian blue color. This is almost a
monochrome painting. We are not using too
much colors only we used Prussian blue with a little bone tumber to make
it a little more darker. For the shadows, I'm
painting it around the horizon line very
carefully to get that correct sharp look
for the horizon line, touching it with very
little burn timber to get a dimension to make
it a little more detailed. Now I'm going to lift out
some colors from there to create some highlights
and shape to the mountain. Again, added some more colors, and again, I'm going
to lift more colors. Actually, lifting is also an important skill
in water color. We can create a lot of
different water color effects. Using only the
lifting technique, we can create a lighter ******. We can blend colors and a lot
of that kind of techniques. Now we're done with this layer. Let's move to the next video.
9. Adding Sparkles and Final Details: We're almost done
with the painting now let's finish it with
some final details. Let's paint the sparkles. Now I'm removing masking fluid. The paper is very dry
and my fingers are also very dry even. You can use a masking
fluid remover eraser for the same purpose. If you're not comfortable with rubbing your
fingers on the paper, masking fluid is
completely removed. The next step is
we have to soften the edges of those sparkles
to make it more glowy. I'm lifting some
colors from there by blending it with a
small size brush. And also I'm using
a tissue paper to lift out the wet paint. For lifting the colors, I'm not using a very dry brush. I'm using my brush with
a very little moister on the bristles so we can lift
out the colors easily. We have already practiced
all these techniques in the techniques part
of the class project. I hope you are more
comfortable now for painting the sparkles by practicing the techniques before
starting the project. Just your brush around, the sparkle and you can lift out the wet paint with the tissue paper In
between the process, you have to clean
the, if there are any paint you can wipe it out. And then again start
the process like that. I'm going to lift out colors
from all those sparkles. For lifting, I'm
using a small size round brush even you
can use a detailer. Now let's add some more very tiny sparkles with white quash. And also I'm going to
add some sparkly rays from those bigger sparkles as we practiced in
the techniques video. Some very fine
lines from sparkles to make it more
sparkly and shiny. Here I'm using white glass
straight out of the tube. I'm not mixing it with any
water or any other paints because we need very dry
paint to paint these details. Some very shiny tiny dots here and there to
make it more sparkly. And also you have to notice I'm painting those
sparkles on peak of those waves like peak of those
dark ripples we painted. Here. I'm trying to cover that one sparkle
inside the ripple because we have to paint the sparkles on peak
of the ripples. We are almost done
with the painting. Now let's add some more
sparkly tiny shiny dots around the horizon line with white gas because
light shines more brightly around the horizon line and as it's coming
towards the foreground, it becomes more darker. Now with some pressing blow, I'm going to paint
some more tiny waves in the very background, near the horizon line, very tiny lines horizontally. This is one of my very comfortable brush
painting details. This is a liner from Montmart sponsored and
it's not too pricey, I get correct good grip for painting details with
the handles of this brush. You may have seen. I use this brush for almost
all of my paintings. No matter how many brushes
and paints we have, I think we all have
some comfortable. Go towards supplies 0 k. That's it for painting
all waves and ripples. Now let's add the final element, that is the boat still
hot in the background. Starting with a thick line horizontally
using paints cray. Then I'm adding some
details inside the board. Like some people or
some other elements, I'm just roughly
painting a syl hot even. We have covered
this element also in the techniques part
of the glass project. You can also refer to the reference picture we
used for this painting. I have shared it in
the glass resources. I'm adding some highlights
and more sparkles around the boat
with white guash. So we are done
with the painting. I'm finishing it up with
a very final details. I hope this is a symbol
painting for you as a beginner. All techniques we practiced in the other videos are useful for you and you will use it
in your future paintings. You can practice these
techniques with practice, you can master these
techniques and it will create a lot of difference
in your future paintings. All right, here is
the final look of the painting and you can see some sparkly waves
and smooth ripples. I hope you got the
idea of painting. Smooth ripples and
shiny sparkles.
10. Conclusion: Thank you so much for
joining the class. I hope you have learned about
using wet on wet on dry, dry wet techniques in your
watercolor paintings. With good practice
and proper planning, you can use these techniques in your paintings and it will bring a lot of difference and realistic effects
to your paintings. And also, you can practice
the techniques that we have discussed for leaving white space in
watercolor paintings. Next time when you are
starting a painting, you can use these
techniques and it will make your
process much easier. And I'm sure you'll feel more
confident in watercolor. Also, I hope you have learned something about painting
smooth ripples and waves and also about painting sparkly shiny
light reflections. That's it. You can post your class project in
the project section. If you have any doubts
or you need any help, you can always message
me through Instagram. Or you can post in
the discussion bogs, I can't wait to see your class projects and I'll be waiting for your valuable suggestions and feedbacks about the class. Happy painting.
Have a great day.
Raniya Ali, Justartsbyraniya Watercolor Artist
