Village-Inspired Watercolor Landscapes | Four Painting Projects | Countryside Art

1. Introduction - Village inspired Landscapes: Hello, I'm Shannon. Some fun in this based in Bangalore, India. Most of my work or nature-inspired and I paint using watercolors, academics and gosh, you can check out my latest works on my ID Beach, which is what the cons. Lately I've been feeling very inspired to paint village or countryside landscape. I followed my infusion and hopped onto this journey. In this adventure of exploring the countryside, I visited a village in the outskirts of Bangalore. I had an amazing experience seeing the subjects in person. I also did a planar session. During this session, no source of inspiration was drastically different from that of the online images. In this class, we are going to paint for religious inspired projects. I'll help you understand how to determine the factors influencing the shadows on the subjects weeping. I'll also walk you through the pictures that I took during my visit. I'll be explaining each and every step as we paint. Before diving into the class project. That is a practice session which would help you boost your confidence with the class projects. So without any further delay, let's get started with the class. 2. Inspiration: Welcome to the class. I'm so glad you decided to join. In this chapter, we will go through some religious-based inspirations. Here are some of the images that I have clipped. I'll use them to demonstrate how light and shadows influence the appearance of the subject. Let's take the example of this house first. If you observe the right side of the house appears brighter because the source of light is from the right side. The other side of the house appears darker. The inner area of this house appears even more darker because of the lack of the light absorbed as greenhouse as well. You can notice the shadow and light clearly. Here's a second example. You can see all of these houses. The front part of the house is brighter when compared to the backside. Another example where you can see the light and shadows under the roof. The shadows are very darker. Noticing these little things in your surroundings in day-to-day life will help you paint in much more creative way. In this house, you will see the shadows under the roof. And the roof of the house appears very bright, even though the actual color of the roof will be some red or brown color, but it appears much brighter. Now, look at the light and shadow play on the walls of this house. It is the same color throughout the house, but it appears totally different. Again, on this house, that is sharp difference. And also on the plants here, you can see the upper area of the plants appear lighter. And on the inner parts that are these shadows. Let's have a look at the next example. This picture was clicked somewhere around 03:00 PM in the afternoon. And you can see the shadows are very intense. Sunlit part of the house is very much glowing. And if you consider this example, the house looks normal, but the shadows are cast it onto the ground. Area means that the sunlight is falling from the top area. Let us move on to the next image. Here. This bluish purple color on the walls. I feel differently because of the light falling onto the walls. This below, over here in the front appears very bright and it's glowing. Rest of the part is not so bright. And the roof, if you observe, is bright and glowing to again, over here, you see they're different. So this image is very simple. There are no shadows as such. It looks like a cloudy day. However, if you zoom in, you can see the cast shadow of the wall on the shutter. In this image, the roof is bright and sunlit. On the top area that is partly sunlit APRNs. In this example, the roof IPOs bright and under the roof use either a darker shadow. I hope these images have helped you understand the subject in a better way. Let me show you some of the practice pieces that I have spin did. I mean, these are relays inspired paintings before I decided to make this class. And let me tell you, I did fail sometimes to achieve desired outcome. But I kept trying more and more. You'll see some are still pending, but I'm glad that I tried. I'll be diving deeper into this subject in the coming days. So please do let me know. If you want to learn more such religious base classes, I would be happy to teach you all. 3. Art supplies: Okay, so let me walk you through all the art supplies that I'll be using in this class. Let's start with the paper. I'm using cold press paper. So this is 300 GSM cotton paper. You can use any similar paper of your choice. The size of this paper is approximately 7.5 by 5.5 inches. Next, let us talk about the brushes. Here. I have Princeton brush. It is of size six. I'll be using it for the washes. It holds a lot of water in it. Next I have size two, round brush. It is by saying, well wait. Then size eight, round brush. It is for the regular brush strokes. And I have another round brush, which is a size six, but it doesn't have any pointed tip. And a size two round brush. But I'll use this as a fine tip or a fine liner brush for tiny details. Then I have a flat brush. This brush is optional. I might use it somewhere or in any painting. Then we have pencil and eraser for sketching. Next we have colors. It has all the basic colors, like shades of yellow, orange, blues, and browns. Next for the pallet, I'll be using this. So use and throw container. It has two wells which is ideal for washing the brushes while painting, and another jar for taking Clearwater. Then you would need the masking tape for taping down the paper while painting. I would recommend you to tape the paper on a hard surface so that you can move it around while painting. Next, we would need white gouache paint for highlighting purpose. So you can see how I have added all these white lines to highlight the elements in the painting. Then it is really helpful if you have a water spray bottle to wet the paper. And then when we need hairdryer to speed up the drying process of the painting, then we would need some tissues and napkins. This napkin I'll use for wiping my brushes and the tissue to perform lifting technique or dampening the surface. This all clawed to clean my palette while painting because I do not want to have a dirty palette and achieve a muddy mixes. So I'll regularly clean the palette. Then you can also have OB, so for similar paper to test your colors. Yeah, that's all about the art supplies. 4. Tonal values: What is a tonal value? Tonal value is the lightness or darkness of a color. It is used to suggest or to create a dramatic atmosphere in a painting. Now, let's take an example of this blue house. Now to create the shadows and lighter effects, I'm using different tonal values of this color. I'm adding more white. I'm sorry, adding more water to it makes it transparent and reflects the background color of the paper that is white color of the paper. Similarly for this purple house, I'm painting the brighter side with diluted color. It does not any face to color separately. I'm just watering it down to achieve this transparent color. For the other house here, which is lighter blue color. I'm using diluted version of surreal in blue. So this demonstrates the tonal values. The darkest tone is the concentrated paint from the tube or the pan, and the diluted color wheel, they pick the lightest tone. Now to achieve the mid tone of the color, we will be using 50% of paint and 50 per cent of water, which is one is to one ratio. For the maroon house, I have used the darkest tones. 5. Light & Shadows - Practicing houses: In this chapter, I'll be demonstrating the change of light and shadows based on the source of light. I wouldn't want you to practice these examples with me. Let's take an example of a hat. So here I will be drawing this very simple heart. You can draw it however you want. The source of light here would be from the right side. So this side of the house looks brighter and the other side looks in the upper right. So let's paint the bright reflected side of the house. For the wall. I'm going to use lighter or diluted purple color for the roof. I'm going to use some shade of brown. Very diluted color. Again. Leave some white spaces as well, so that it reflects the bright light. And either side of the house appears darker due to the lack of light here. So I'm going to apply some bonds here now. Ultramarine blue and other colors depicting the cast shadow of the house. You can use any darker color. Near applying the paints on the other side makes sure that the darker paints seep inside the lighter color. Now let's dry this area. I'm using a blow dryer to speed up the drying process. As I would have to wait for 1015 minutes. I'm making it faster. Okay, so this is dry enough. Now, let's go to medium on mid-tone color and apply some lines to suggest the texture of the tiled roof. The cast shadow under the roof. On the brighter side. Here, I'm using a mid-tone color of purple and brown. Next, I'm applying the darkest shadow, which is so purple plus payne's gray. So when we add this darker color, it automatically highlights the lighter color, making it appear like it has some sunlit effect, right? I want to further darken the shadow side. I'm adding some Payne's gray and brown. And now adding on doors and windows, adding some more detail on the roof. I feel that I've added a lot of darker color. So I'm lifting some of the paint. Okay, so the house is done. Now let's demonstrate the second example. You're drawing the similar house, but I'm considering the light source on the other side. Let's say that the light source is on the left side. So the left side will appear brighter and the other side of the house will appear darker. Alright. So I'll start with the lighter color. In this example, the roof of the house will be darker because it is on the other side, which is those shadow side. So I'm going to paint it with the darker color. Let's add some more shadows. Shadows will highlight the brighter side. So you have to keep that in mind. Now, I darken the walls as well. So now you can see the front part is being highlighted. Unlike the previous example. I didn't go shadow off the roof on the front side. Some wobbly lines on the roof suggesting the title appearance. You can already see the difference, right? In the first example, the source of light is from the light. In the second example, we have source of light from the left direction. So based on the light, we have different types of light and shadows. So whenever you paint something, you the direction of the light and the color and the tonal values. That will help you understand the subject in a better way. Now, let's demonstrate another example. I'll be drawing a similar house. If you see this painting, you do not have any sharp shadows as such. That is because the source of light is on the top of the house. Like it is not somewhere in the opposite direction. Let's paint this house. You can use any color of your choice. Applying some darker colors under the rules, suggesting the cast shadows. I think in some brownish or contrasting colors in order to achieve a dirty look in the wall. Painting the roof when darkest color, assuming that the sun is right over the house. Now, adding the cast shadows using slightly darker color. Okay, so we're done with this house. Now. We'll go ahead and add some background or the surrounding elements. I'm going to paint a ground. So this is not same as though other paintings. I'm just showing you an example of how you can add element. So as you can see, I'm adding this ground using a dry brush technique and then smudging though paints using clean water. Here, I'm just guys really applying the colors without following any pattern or rules as such. For this, you would have to practice and have to let go of your fear of failure. I'm just how fun with colors. Watercolors are really beautiful. It gives you unpredictable results. Isn't this amazing? I've painted it with some simple casual brush strokes. Now I'm going to add a tree near the house. So this is just a practice piece to boost your confidence with loose style. The lighter green color depicts the light falling on tree, and the darker color depicts the shadow. Once you are done with painting the greens, you can add the branches and trunks of the trees. I would highly recommend you to practice these examples so you have better understanding of the subjects. 6. Practicing Trees : If you look at these paintings, there are trees with different colors, right? So how do you decide which color should we use and when do we use it? So let me show you an example. Imagine you're viewing some trees from a distant area. Then what color do the trees appear to you? Are they very bright green color? Are the darker and cooler shades of green. It is mostly cool shades of green. So the original color of the trees tend to fade out and they appear dull or bluish green color. One of the easiest ways to depict aerial perspective in painting is to paint distant objects with cooler colors. Here, I have left this tiny space to suggest a tree in the midground area. And rest of the blue color is to depict the distant trees, which means the green color tree is closer to the observer. He can see the actual colors of the tree. But I stopped. The trees are further away from the observer, so it appears bluish and deal with this example. I hope that you understand how to achieve the aerial perspective. Once we have the base colors laid, then we can go ahead and add all the details required, like shadows and highlights. The district trees are far from the observer, so he cannot see all the details, right? So we will just add some tiny lines depicting the trunk. That's it. So this is also optional. Moving on, I'm going to show you how I paint the trees. First of all, hold the brush in a very loose way. If you wanted very tightly, then you are willing to get some control brushstrokes, which we do not want your apply some loose brushstrokes, something like this. Practice it on a piece of rough paper before you actually go ahead with the class project. This will boost your confidence for sure. Alright, so these were the tree trunks and the branches. Now on the same figures, let us practice some tree foliage. I'm going to use the belly of the brush to press against the paper and create this foliage FH. This technique will help you cover the larger area in an easy way. Make sure your brush does not have a lot of water. To wipe off the extra water. Just dab the brush onto the tissue paper. It will give you the right amount of water. And with the right consistency, you will get this beautiful foliage effect for the trees. Now, let us practice to paint some trees. Some trees I'll be painting with wet on wet technique. And some other trees. I'll paint with wet on dry technique. Now, let's start with wet on wet, applied clean water. And now I'm applying some different colored paints. You can go with any pains of your choice. If you absorb the colors played really well. Next, I'm painting some trees using wet on dry technique. So I've taken wet paints and I'm directly applying the paint onto the paper. You can practice these three shapes and decide what you like the most. If you are aiming for a blurrier and soft background, then you can go ahead with wet on wet technique. And if you want defined edges, then you can go ahead with wet on dry technique. All these exercises are not just related to the class project. You can even apply them on any other painting that you want to create. If you are practicing along with me, you will understand your strength and weakness in the medium and you'll be able to gauge it very well. Once the colors have dried, we will add all the details. I'm using darker green color for the green trees. So here I'm randomly adding some collective dots, adjusting the leaves of the trees and then adding the branches. Image though, tree foliage. For the brown background, I'm using brown color. We will repeat the same steps for the other trees as well. You don't have to follow exact same steps. Like how I'm doing. How fun and play around with the loose strokes. You never know you might come up with a new style of painting tree. Just allow yourself to be playful. It is completely okay if you do not get it right in the first attempt, keep trying. That's how you learn. So back to the painting. So you can see how loosely I'm adding these tree branches. Practice these trees as many times as you want. Maybe with different colors when different strokes. 7. Practicing Grasses: In this chapter, I'm going to show you how I paint the ground or the grassy texture in the paintings. I'll be demonstrating three examples for you all. The first one goes like this. I'll be applying clean water on the paper to go with wet on wet technique. You will see me apply various darker colors which will combine together to give a beautiful combination. So here I have used burnt umber wildlife, ultramarine blue, Payne's gray. Once you are now COC, on, these colors are getting blended into each other, giving a nice, beautiful ground. Aprns. You can splatter some Payne's giving it an uneven finish. So I usually try to avoid painting anything flat. I want some drama or row visually interesting elements in the painting. So splattering does the job, dry the surface completely? And in the next layer, we will add some lines and textures, making it look busy, and it also adds visual interest in the subject, so forth, flattering. I'm using darker paints here. Moving on, we will paint another example. Again, wet on wet technique. So this will be almost like a grassy surface. I have applied a low as the base layer and then go with the blue colors. So if you add blue on yellow, it gives you a greenish shade. The brown color. The green depicts the soil. Remember there is no strict rule as such to follow those same steps. You can play around with the colors. Third example goes like this. I lose very minimal colors trying to depict the reflected light on the ground. We really try to retain the white areas of the ground so that it feels like a sunlit effect. Also, adding darker colors naturally highlights the lighter colors. I found it. Okay, so once you have the base colors laid on the paper, then you can dry it completely. And then once it dries, go back and add the details. Now I'm adding some glassy texture. Apply some loose brush strokes around the area. You can add any texture or any glass shape as per your choice. You could even go with dry brush technique or some splattering. Anything that you like. 8. Day1- Thumbnail/Colors : Before we begin our first class project, let me walk you through its thumbnail and all the colors required. First, mug the horizon line, somewhere in the lower half. Then we will draw our focal point, which is the house. I'm not so great when drawings. So I'll try to keep it as simple as possible. I've always loved colors and paint more than sketching or drawing. Behind the house. We will have this she treat. Then there is a small heart near the house. On some bare trees along the horizon line. The foreground area will have these loosely spread glasses and do electric poles connected to each other and to the house. This is what our composition, it looks like. Now, if you feel the houses bit difficult for you. So here's an alternative way that you can draw. Here is another one. So this is the simplest way that you can draw. The next IV, explaining the light and shadow using the pen tool sheet. Under the roof, we will have the shadows. The roof of the house will reflect the light. So it will remain as it is. We will shade the area behind the house, which is the tree area. So as you can see, the tree is really dark. Er. Next we will have a look at the colors that we would need. The first color is sap green. But I'm not going to use it directly as it will appear an organic. So I chose to mix my sap green when bond on board in order to achieve this brownish green color. So here in this painting, the background trees are very dark. All right, so you can make smaller for brown are also a bit of Payne's gray or black. To make it very dark color for the shadows. At some areas, I would also be mixing violet with green. So that didn't give us really nice different color. Makes you really talk about the background trees and the foreground grasses. I'm using draw, umbo and local. In order to achieve this, you have to use a diluted tone of these two colors. You'll see this reflected light in the grass area, right? So I have to use diluted color. And then we will be adding some random Brown's wallets or Payne's gray, but also green. For this guy. I'll be using blue with a bit of Payne's gray for the shadow of the clouds. All these in diluted tones makes for really have a look at the color of the house. So I'm going to mix burnt sienna, red, a bit of black. So the idea is to have a midtone shade. You can mix whatever you want. But I wanted very darker in order to highlight the roof of the house. So you can see I have achieved this middle initial color. Now for the extension on the side, I have also mixed a bit of solute in blue. You can see that color there. Also you would need white gouache paint for the finally daily work. So let's move on to our first class project. 9. Day 1 - Class Project (part 1): Welcome to day one of the class. Today we are going to learn this painting. Alright, let us get started. So we'll start by marking the composition of the painting. Somewhere in the lower part of the paper. I'm mocking the horizon line. Then I'm going to draw a house. So this is like an old-fashioned, multistoried house. If you want, you can draw simple shapes, just like I showed in the thumbnail part. On the side, we will have an extension to the house. When slanted roof. You'd need not have to worry about drawing the exact same house. You can come up with your own version of the house. Adding some polls and fence around the house. And a small hotline shape, adding in the window shapes. Okay, so that is pretty much it. Now, let us start the painting. I'm going to wet the paper using my spray bottle. You can use thicker or larger brush to wet the paper. That's totally up to you. Using my size two round brush to spread the water throughout the paper. I'm wetting the paper to perform wet on wet technique. Right now, I'll start by painting the sky. Sky. I'm going to use boolean blue color in medium consistency and apply some patches depicting the blue colored clouds in the sky. Right below that, we will add the cast shadow of the clouds. So use Payne's gray or any darker grayish blue color. So make sure you're leaving this white spaces in between. This will depict the white colored clouds in the sky. So here I am just randomly adding these clouds that add no buttons as such. Moving on, I'm going to paint the house. I'll be mixing a Moroni shared. So let's mix the color for the same. I'm taking scarlet, red, burnt sienna, and a bit of black. So this will give me omega will initiate. You can go with any other color as well. No restriction. No beam this color onto the walls. Know this that I'm not applying the paint on the rules part. If the color spreads into the roof area, you can use a damp brush to wipe off all the paint. I think in some shades of blue on the walls of the house. This is to achieve a shabby APRNs on the walls. I don't want the walls to look as if they're newly painted. I'm going with this step. Lingo and I'm mixing a darker green color. So I'll take sap green, red and some cobalt blue. So let's paint the tree behind the house. So this will be the base layer. Next for the bottom area of the screen, I'm using darker brown shade. Full suggests the shadows around this area. Adding in some darker brown color in between the tree foliage. This wheel again, the pig, the shadows. On the leftmost part, I'm applying some raw umber. You could even use bluish tones. But for this painting, I'm going with brown because I want to suggest some dried leaves, APRNs. So here we are loosely trying to debate the elements of nature. Again, on the right side, I'm applying very diluted sheets to depict the distinct elements. Next, let us move on to the tiny hut near the house. So I'm going to paint the walls and leave the roof as it is. Alright, now let us paint the foreground area. I'll first start with the yellow ocher. Then apply clear water for diluted tone. This will reflect the light and we will be leaving it as it is. Then adding in some ball number in the bottom part and also some darker green sheets. So I'm trying to preserve the white areas of the paper. And loosely the PID, the foreground grasses, the white color that we have saved your, it will act as, oh, bright light being reflected on the grasses. The house. I'll apply some loose brush strokes, adding some character to the composition of the painting. Use any darker color to add some definition to these glasses. Again, you can play around and have fun. You don't have to follow the exact same brush strokes. That is why I was interesting you all to practice before we start the class projects. Though, paints have bleeding inside the roof area. So I'm using this dry tissue paper to lift off all the paint that so inside the roof. So I'm aiming to retain the whiteness of the roof. Using a blow dryer to speed up the drying process. You can also let it dry naturally. It will take around five to ten minutes. Alright, the paper is completely dry. Next I'm going to paint the darker colored foliage on the trees. I have mixed darker green color. User tissue paper to wipe off the extra paint. Now, dab the brush onto the paper to create this nice foliage effect. You can press the belly of the brush against the paper to create the smooth though foliage thing. I'm applying darker foliage around the house to make the roof appear brighter. So in general, if we want anything to appear brighter, we apply darker colors around it. This will enable the focal element to glue on itself. Now you can see how bright or how their peers, by applying darker colors around it. Leave white spaces wherever required. Next, let us begin the roof. I'm going to use very, very diluted colors. I'm using diluted, so Julian blue and applying some tiny lines, thicker lines. This will add some mighty dimension to the roof. Next to him, darker color. I'm adding the outlines for the roof. I'll switch to my size two round brush. For the final lines. It will be very easy to add these lines using a fine liner brush. Painting though Windows using darker color. Next, I'm going to take some diluted black and add some lines on that roof. 10. Day 1 Class project (part2): Now I'm going to make the was a bit darker. So I will take cool though concentrated tone of metal, apply this darker mix onto the walls. Next we will move on to the adjacent walls. So here I want to retain this blue color, the walls, so I just apply some lines. I'm painting goes in a loose style. So I do not want to go to each and every layer and add all the details. So I'm going to add some random strokes here and there. For any element to appear visually appealing, we need to have right balance of lighter and darker colors. So under the roof we will have some shadows, right? So I'm going to add that using darker color. In order for our white areas to appear brighter, we need to add darker colors to the rest of the element. So that's what I'm doing. You're adding darker colors around the white areas. You can see how our house is turning out really beautiful with a nice balance of darker and lighter colors. Now, let's add some contrasting colors on the trees as well. So I'm using darker green color by mixing black and brown to sap green. I will add some more tree foliage around the house. So here you can use a round brush. Glide the belly of the brush to create this impression of green foliage. Towards the house, I'm going to add some more touch of blue color. To satisfy some stuff around the house. It is always good to allow viewers to interpret on their own, rather than being very literal and direct by drawing each and every thing. Lately I've been doing this in my art journey. And it has given me the freedom to be more creative and get rid of all the perfectionism. Next, I'm adding some upper brushstrokes to depict the grasses. Again, it doesn't have to be perfect. Gently gliding the brush to create or achieved or texture on the grasses. The glasses here will be a little more detail in the foreground then that also the background grasses, because it will be closer to the viewpoint. So it will have some details visible to the viewer. In the background area, we have three foliage. Now for these tree foliage, we will add the tree trunk. I'm using a fine liner brush to add these little branches and drunks. Adding some branches and twigs on this tree in the center. Using darker color to add the fence. Add some texture on the roof using diluted colors. Now I'm going to use white gouache color to paint though. He only feel painting is lacking. Some highlights on the house or anywhere. You feel that you need some highlight, you can use white gouache paint. It will help you achieve the desired highlights. Now with the help of four fine liner, brush and white color, I'm applying some lines depicting the wires. This was further darker area to highlight the wires. And now for the lighter areas, I'm using diluted black to paint the wires. So you can see it has formed a nice connection. Adding some bare tree trunks to add some interests in the composition. And some darker contrasting colors on the grasses to make it more appealing. Lastly, we will add some birds flying in the sky. So usually in watercolors, the colors tend to appear after drying. So here, That's what has happened. That really looks so. I'm adding more darker color. This color is close to black. So after adding this darker color, the roof is appearing much brighter. So that was my intention to highlight the roof of the house because that's the focal element you are in the painting. Now, I'm adding some orange and blue shades around the house to make it more dramatic. So applying some darker color under the roof of the house, adding more tree branches. Okay. So I'm sprinkling the paint in the grass area so you can cover the upper part to avoid the paint on the houses or this guy. Right. Let's remove the masking tape. We'll do find them. Look of the painting. There you go. This is the final look of the painting. I hope you enjoyed painting this with me. 11. Day 2 - Thumbnail/Colors: Before we begin our second project, let's discuss the company and the colors that goes into the project. First, we will determine the direction of light. The source of light is from the left side. You'll see the roof and the wall on the left side appears brighter than that of on the other side. Similarly with this tree, you can see on the left side it appears brighter and on the other side it appears darker. Similarly, absorb the light and shadows on the grasses and on the pathway. Alright, let's draw a thumbnail. So men in the center, we have this house. You don't have to create exact same shape as mine. You can come up with your own composition for this painting. The only thing that you need to remember is the source of light and then the cast shadows. And we have some palm trees. So this tree is close to the house, somewhere around the middle ground area. Then the trees that you see in the background, they are closer to the horizon area, so they appear smaller or leg. Now, from the midground area, we have a pathway coming towards the foreground. Next, I'm going to mark the shadows on the house. The whiter area on the paper suggests that reflected light on the walls. The last green area in this painting will suggest a slopey grassy land. So like I said earlier, depending on the direction of the light, color on the walls will appear differently. The wall and the roof facing, the sunlight would be brighter. I on the other side would appear darker. Also, we have the shadow of the entire house. Go straight onto the ground area. In the foreground, we have offense. Now, let's take the same example and change the source of light. Consider the sunlight to be on the right side. I'm just drawing this house. Because the source of light has changed. The shadows will also change your, in this case, though, other side that was darker earlier, now it will appear brighter. Alright, let us have a look at all the colors that we would need for the class. We'll start with the sky. I'll be using Payne's Gray in diluted and mid-tone consistency. Next we will move on to though the student hazy or treeline. Next we will move on to the student tree line. So you can either go with ultramarine blue or cobalt blue, any color that you already have. So you can use a diluted tone for the furthest layer of the tree line. For the next layer, you can mix Payne's gray and ultramarine or cobalt blue. You can see these two layers being formed by using different tonal values. Next, for the grasses, I'm going to use a yellow, green color. This is a really are the end warmer green color. If you do not have this color, then you can go with sap, green plus so orange or yellow. Any similar shade. So let me show it for you. Orange plus sap green. Mixed them together. I think it needs more orange. I'll also add a bit of pelo. See you have this similar shade now. Next for the pathway, you can use burnt sienna or any similar brown color. You could also use bond Dumbo row on board or any brown color. And on the grasses, you'll see these brown shades, right? So you can splatter some paints or add some greenish brown color. So it doesn't have to be exactly like mine. Just play around with colors and you will come up with something of your own. So going back to this hazy blue layer, I realized that it looks very vibrant and very bluish. In order to mute it down, you can add a bit of burnt umber with the blue color. So adding brown or complimentary colors to the blue shades will give you some and less vibrant tones. Now let me show you the colors that I used for the house. So I will be using violet. Or you can even go with purple in a lady that I knew, take tone. And on the inside, I'm going to add some darker colors to suggest the shadow part of the house. So here I'm dropping in some sheets of one-channel ultramarine blue and violet. So the reflected part of the roof, you can use any reddish or brownish shade. I'm using a mix of scarlet red. And once you are now in a diluted tones, the shadow part of the house, you couldn't go with black or darker mixture of Payne's gray and burnt umber. For the trees in the painting, you can go with sap, green, and a little bit of burnt umber. Why am I adding burnt umber is to remove our new down the vibrant artificial green color. I always prefer adding some browns are complimentary colors to the existing colors. Now, if you observe these two trees, the distant palm trees appear slightly bluish green, right? So you can make so sampling and cobalt blue with a bit of burnt umber. This will make it appear a bit cooler and suggest, oh, signs of aerial perspective. 12. Day 2 - Class project: Welcome back to the class. This is the second project, and we're going to learn to paint this artwork in this chapter. So let's get started. The paper is taped down neatly using masking tape. Now, let us sketch the basic composition of the painting. So somewhere in the middle of this paper, I'm going to draw a house. So first, let's start with the roof. The house is being viewed from the side. Next, I'm adding the extension to the roof. So you might have seen the tiled houses. It usually has this extension which provides shade for doors and windows. So you can see, I'm adding these extension makes the house look more dimensional. I didn't even know to the house and then offense by the house. Okay. So the house is done. Now, I'm going to add a three by the house. So this is a palm tree. You can even draw a coconut tree or pine tree. And neatly of your choice. Then we will draw our pathway that is coming towards the foreground area. On the left. I'll just mark those slopey area. We will define the overall shape when we are painting it. But for now, just simple lines would be enough. Also adding the horizon line in the background. Adding some distant trees as well. The size of the tree depicts the distance in the painting. The tree that is closer to the house is slightly bigger. This tells us that it is closer to the viewpoint. Then we have this line for the cast shadow of the roof. Okay, that is it with the sketching rest of the elements we will add as we paint. So let's begin with the painting. I'm going to apply clear water throughout the paper. That is to perform wet on wet technique. Generously applying water. Let us paint the sky first. I'll be using Payne's Gray plus so a bit of ultramarine blue and applying it in a graded wash, which means the upper area will be slightly brighter than the lower area. So as you can see, how the color has faded as it reaches towards the horizon. Applying angular brushstroke with slightly thicker color. The stupidest, the darker clouds. Mixing Payne's gray and ultramarine blue. To achieve a darker blue color. You can even use cobalt blue, or indigo. Now apply this for the distinct area. It suggests the hazy atmosphere in the background. Adding offense of aerial perspective to the painting. So he odd, since the paper is wet. So we are getting smoother blend. That's the beauty of wet on wet technique. Next I apply slightly darker tonal value. That is concentrated tone. This tonal value range adds a sense of depth in the background area. This will make us feel that there are two layers of trees in the background. The darkest one somewhere in the mid ground. And the lightest color being in the farthest area was. You can see the colors bleeding onto the roof area. So I'm going to fix that using my damp brush. Now let us paint the lush green grassy area. So I'm going to use this yellowish green color. If you do not have such color, then you can make so sap green plus orange in and diluted. It doesn't matter which one you're using. The idea is to depict all greener atmosphere here. I would recommend you to use a Walmart or Brene. I'm intentionally avoiding to paint this foreground area on the left. Now let's paint the grassy area on the other side of the road. Make sure you leave this gap for the pathway. Now, let us go ahead and paint the house. I'll be using the color while it you can go ahead and use any color of your choice. I'll be painting this side of the house with very diluted color. The other side of the house will appear darker. So I'm going to paint the shadows on that side. So use any darker color. I'm using, violet, blue, and burnt sienna. So using only one color will make it look a bit artificial. So in order to give that organic look, I'm mixing these three colors. At this point of time. It might appear darker. Do not worry, you can fix that as well. The roof of the house is also reflected by those harmonic. So we have to paint it very light. I'll mix the color for the roof, which is burnt sienna and scarlet red. Make it diluted because we do not want it to be very dark. Now, apply some strokes, leaving some white gaps in between. You can spread it out using clear water. In this stage of the painting, you might feel like everything is looking very lighter. Where are the contrasting values and all sorts of things? But trust me, this is going to turn out really pretty at the end when you add darker colors. Alright, Now let us use a blow dryer to speed up the drying process of the paint. Alright, though paints have dried. Now let us move on to the further elements in the painting. Moving on, I'm going to paint that, please. Let us mix the colors that are required to paint the tree. I wouldn't need two types of greens. One is lighter, diluted green, another one for shadows, which will be darker green. For the lighter color, I'm using green plus orange to make it a little warmer green. So let's take this diluted green paint, the lighter shades. So this being the base wash. You don't have to worry about getting the exact shape at this point of time. We can define the shape in the next layers. I think getting some darker colors as well to add some variation in the base layer. Next, I'm going to paint the pathway. So I'm using a water spray bottle to wet this area. If you do not have a water spray, you can use a thicker brush and gently apply some water there. Now I'm applying burnt sienna to the pathway. You can also use a burnt umber or sepia mixed in the foreground area. I'm going to add some darker colors. I'm using sepia and also sap green mixed recipient. Adding this color. Adding these colors, we'll add a sense of noise and busyness in the foreground element. Otherwise, it is going to appear very dull and flat. So in order to add some extra interest in the painting, I'm randomly applying these colors. Also applying some of the brushstrokes in domain ground area as well. This creates an illusion that the grass is not flat and it has some unevenness to it. Next term mix any darker brown color? I'm mixing Payne's gray and CPR. I'm adding this darker brown to bring out the vibrancy of the lush green grasses. Without darker color, the lighter color wouldn't appear brighter, right? Okay. Now is the time to add the shadow areas of the palm tree. Use any darker green color. Here. I flipped the brushstrokes to depict the palm tree leaves. I hope you guys know how boundary looks like. So I'm trying to depict the same. For the trees, I'm mixing a bit of blue color because in the distant future we'll see more of hazy Greece, right? Repeat the same for the other tree as well. Using burnt umber for the tree trunk. The trunk part needs to be slightly thicker. Okay, let us cover the sky and trees and splatter some paint onto the foreground area. So this adds a sense of a straw, drama and some interest in the foreground area. Next, I'm going to intensify the shadows on the other side of the house. You can use colors like brown, orange, blue, violet, or any similar shade. Applying some wobbly lines on the roof to define the structure of the roof. Now, use any darker shade like black or darker brown or Payne's gray and indigo color and apply it under the roof. This will act as the shadow. On the shadow side. The roof part is going to be even more darker. I think this burnt sienna on the corner, the pigs and that the roof is partly sunlit. Now live in, use concentrated colors to suggest the darkest shadows around the house. I think in a fence around the house. Any darker color. And we will cast shadow of the roof on the world. Now with the help of this darker brown color, I'm defining the trunk of the tree. So adding this outline on the side makes it look more dimensional. Since the light is from the left side. So the right side will have darker edges. Some extra branches off the palm trees. So the fence in using the backside of the house as well. Okay, so we have painted the house, but where does the shadow? So now let's add the shadow of the house in the opposite direction. I'm using shades of blue and all shades of brown. The distant area. I'm adding these tiny dots and some simple lines depicting that there's something in the background. You can leave it up to your audience interpretation. You don't have to define each and every thing. Adding more trees in the background area and smudging it with my fingertip. Because I do not want any sharp edges over here. With the same color. I'm drawing some wobbly lines vary randomly. Alright, let's dry the paper. Switching to my size two round brush and adding some extra details on the roof. To be honest, you don't need to add so many lines and these colors, you can leave it minimally. Sometimes you get carried away with the process that you keep adding a lot of details. So be mindful of that. On the shadow side, we need to intensify shadows on some of the areas in order to bring out the brighter effect on the front side of the house. I hope you are getting my point. The other side should be darker, not completely, but I don't the door. And under the roof, these parts needs to be darker. So the houses almost done. Now there are some other parts that needs our attention and some detailing. Now I'll apply some bold strokes and all endorphins. And for the trees as well. Adding some darker colored lines inside this tree foliage to suggest the pointy leaves in the palm tree. Now let's go back to the pathway and add some texture to it. So as you can see, I'm just scribbling some paint over it. Now it's time to add some definition to the grasses. Suggest though cast shadows on the grasses. On this corner of the house. The edge seems very darker, so I'm softening it with clear water. I think one of the greatest skills that you can acquire in watercolors is to fix your mistakes. With regular practice, you will know whether you have made mistake and how you can fix it using different techniques. Now, I'll be adding in offense in the foreground area and adding some random texture using darker color or late. So we are done with the painting. Now let us remove the masking tape to reveal the final look of the painting. There you go. This is how our painting looks like. Isn't this gorgeous, nice balance of light and shadows? Amazing, right? Share your class projects with me under the projects gallery. I would love to see your artworks. 13. Day 3 - Thumbnail/Colors: Before we start our third project, let us discuss the composition of the painting and also the Palo is required. So here in this painting, we have these distinct trees and they appear very soft and blurry. And there are two houses. One is partially visible. The source of light in this painting will be from the left side. Because the shadow here falls on the right side. We have simple foreground area. Alright, now let's draw the thumbnail sketch for the painting. I'm drawing this house somewhere in the center. There is a shelter or a small heart right beside the house. Since the light source is from the left side. So we will draw the cast shadows on the right side of the ground. And also the cast shadow of the roof on the walls of the house. And again, on the adjacent side of the house, there will be a small shelter or roof like thing. And on the right side, we have partially visible house. Again, it has a shelter in that house as well. In the background, we have these trees which are blurry and very soft. We'll do this using wet on wet technique. And a rough texture. Foreground, which depicts the soil on the ground area. This was the basic sketch. Now let us add the shadows. Martingale cast shadow of the roof and the walls of the house. This shadow is at an inclined angle. Let me draw the house again to simplify it for you. So I'll be drawing this triangular shape and then making it look like How's on the adjacent side. I partly extend this shape so that it appeals more three-dimensional. On the brightest idea, I'm adding this extension like a shelter or a small heart. Again, on the adjacent side, I'm adding this another extension. If at all you feel that the house is complicated for you, then you can draw a simple shape, something like this. That will be completely fine. You don't have to follow each and every step that I teach you. Alright, so let us have a look at the colors that we would need for this painting. So first, let's start with the house. This house in the center. I'm going to use an aqua blue color. You can take a ruler and blue or even deal on any similar color. So here I'm using diluted version of this color to achieve this lighter blue color. For the Sharpie appearance on the house, I'm going to add a dash of bone, Dumbo or Payne's gray to the existing blue and make it a little darker and darker. Mixed for the roof of the house, I'm going to use slightly diluted red colors. You can mix red and orange in a diluted form. On even read N-H bonds here. Now, any color, this lighter color, such as the reflection of the light on the roof. And to add definition on the roof, we will use darker colors. Maybe you can make a bunch of Ghana and red or reddish brown color. For the other house that is partially visible. I'm going to use yellow ocher and diluted form for the shadows I'm going to make. So yellow ocher with slight bond Dumbo. And once you, Hannah, Next for the tree, it is a yellowish green and a bit of sap green. For the distant trees, you can mix cobalt blue with a bit of burnt umber to achieve the blue color. Now for the foreground, soil or the ground area, I'm going to use burnt sienna, burnt umber, raw umber mix of all these colors. So you can see the front part is burnt sienna and midground part is raw umber. And then I'm also adding in some Payne's gray, just playing around with the colors. Now to this flattening some pains in order to achieve the texture, the illusion of texture. This was splattering on wet-on-wet. Now we feel splatter on a dry surface, you will get sharp or textured effect. For the sky. I'm going to use ultramarine blue in a very diluted form. I'm going to paint this blue house and show you how I balanced the light and shadows. Darker, shabby effect on the walls. I'm mixing this blue color, window, brown and paint. Great. Now for the cast shadow under the roof. I'm going to make so Payne's gray and burnt umber. This is already darker mix. You can even go in black or mix all the colors that you have to form a darker color. You want. If you mix bond Dumbo and cobalt blue or ultramarine, you will still get a similar shade. For the trees. We will randomly add these loose brush strokes to depict the three branches. Alright, so let us move on to the class project. 14. Day 3 - Class project: Welcome to day three of the class. Today we are going to learn to paint this. So let's get started. I have taped down the paper already. So let's start with the sketching. Now we will draw the house. So start with the baseline and then draw the wall. Adding a dot in the center of the baseline, which will mark as the tip of the roof. Now, to make the house appear 3-dimensional, we will extend though. I just sent wall and the roof. The left side of this house. I'm going to add a shelter. This is the roof. This is the reason why I did not add the wall on the left side. Next we will draw another house, which is partially visible in this painting frame. Even in this house, we will draw a shelter like shape. Then we will add in no windows, mocking the horizon line and more skeleton for the trees. Next, on the adjacent side of this house, I'm going to mark this shelter like structure. Then I'll mark the area for the cast shadow of the house onto the ground. Next, we will have the cast shadow of the rules on the wall. This is the shape of their titles. Alright, we will leave it here for now and move on to the painting, but the rest of the details we will add as we paint. Okay, so let's get started with the painting. Use any larger brush for applying clear water. I'm using my size 12 round brush. Next, let us apply clear water above the horizon line. Except for the house part. The people should not have a lot of water. Just enough water to apply the paint to go with wet on wet technique one, right? Let us paint the sky. I'm using ultramarine blue in diluted tone. Leave some blank spaces to suggest the deal sky. Next I'm going to mix a lighter green color. So I'm taking this so Eloise green and a bit of sap green. I'm painting the tree foliage. So these are the trees around the houses. Next we will paint the trees that are in a distinct area. So pain, distinct trees. I'm going to use the shades of blue. So I'm mixing cobalt blue and a tiny bit of bond Dumbo and burnt sienna. Apply the veins around the green foliage. So doing this will help you distinguish two different layer of trees. Adding in some darker shadows in there using slightly darker tone. So here I am using clear water to soften these hard edges near the horizon. I want these trees too softly blend into the background. Next, lettuce mix cobalt blue and a tiny bit of burnt umber plus payne's gray. So this will give us a darker bluish color, which we will use to add shadows in dollar tree foliage. Let us move on to paint the houses. I'm painting this house with bluish green color. Gently apply the paint on the walls of the house. In the bottom part of the walls. I'm adding in some darker paint in order to achieve that shabby up your current. Next, let us paint the house on the right side. I'm using a yellow ocher. Notice that I'm applying different tonal values on the upper part. It is very diluted. The shelter attached to this house, I'm using a brown shade plus depth like a mid-tone color and then water it down. Now I'm painting the shelter attached to the blue house. It is very diluted in color. Now, let us makes the paint for the adjacent side of this blue house. I'm going to mix a darker blue color. My mixing Payne's gray and blue. Leave some space for the roof Flagship. We have here. Now let us find the roof. So I'm going to use, so here I'm using orange and yellow ocher mixed in diluted form. Next, I'm going to use mid-tone brown color as the foundation for the house. The weight for the other houses, and dropping in this color on the windows. Now, let us start working on the cast shadows. So I'm adding these cast shadows of the roof on the wall. So here we have the cast shadow of this shelter on the wall of this house. This is the darker shadow area until the tools. Now let's go ahead and add some shadows on this partially visible house. I'm using slightly darker color. Also keep in mind that watercolors and dry, lighter weight, they appear darker. So you have to choose the tonal value very wisely. All right, now, let us paint the foreground area. So I'm taking my larger brush and applying a stroke of water. Just single stroke. Mind around that I am applying this moon sienna. You can see the color just bleed into the water. Next I'll mix of burnt umber and Payne's gray. Apply some random brushstrokes, applied the same diluted color around these houses. Alright, next we will perform splattering technique. So I'm covering the upper part of the paper and taking a nice thick mix, all four burnt umber and Payne's click. On the white foreground area. With the help of my size eight round brush, I'm smudging knees or splattered paint. I'm doing this to avoid making it look patchy and very obvious. Next time using darker concentrated color to strengthen the shadow areas. Next I'm going to apply clear water around the edges of the roof. This will enable me to add multiple colors for the shadows. On this wet area. I'm going to apply various colors. First I'll start with ultramarine blue. Then want Dumbo. You could use any blue or brown orange sheet. Next I'm going to take concentrated burnt sienna. Using this color, we will define the shape of this object. So here I'm defining the shape of the roof. These tiny lines will suggest though tiny shapes. Adding darker shadows under the roof of the other house. Using a mix of Payne's gray plus burnt umber to outline the shape of this house. So adding this darker color will enhance the brighter color of the walls. This is going to be the cast shadow of the house on the ground. I have used Payne's gray for the shadow part, adding some similar colors in this empty space in order to blend it with the background. Now, if you feel you're not doing it right, you can lift off the colors using a tissue paper. This is the shadow of the Shelter House. It is partly on the wall and partly on the ground. I'm adding some random lines here and there to build some visual interest in the painting. Feel free to add your own element. There's no restriction as such. So here I'm adding some outlines to define the overall shape of the house. So he are on the wall. I'm adding these tiny dots. Later. In the end, we will add some wires connecting. At this point. Painting or three very loosely, and leave some blank spaces in-between. Those are just to highlight, since we already have a base wash. You don't have to paint all the details. The blank spaces in-between will act as the highlight in the tree. Now, apply some brown color and blend it with the background. Okay, next, I'm going to paint the tree trunks. Have a tissue paper handy so that you wipe off all the extra paint from the brush. I'm using this fine liner. And I'm going to add these tiny lines depicting the branches and the drunks. We will add the branches very irregularly. Next, I'm going to take a mix of Payne's gray and burnt umber. It will be closer to our black color. And we will add some details at the bottom part of the houses. Now, in this blue house, I'm adding some random brushstrokes when diluted color. This will make the house a PR, bit shabby. So usually the houses in the villages will be covered with dirt and they usually APR, shabby unless it is newly painted. Next, I'm going to make so a bit of green and raw umber. This is like a greenish brown color. I'm applying some loose brushstrokes. Also, I'm gliding the brush to create this dry brush effect. Adding the same color around the house. Towards the foreground. I'm adding some glass-like brushstrokes. Now we will splatter some more paint. So cover the upper area. We don't want the paint to be fallen on the sky, on the house and splatter the paint. I'm splattering using a tiny brush. So the dots will be tiny as well. If your paints are very watery, you'd get bigger dots. And if you're taking somewhere around mid tone or some concentrated tone, you will get these tiny dots. So based on what size you want, you can choose the consistency of the paint. Adding in some extra trees and some tiny details, urine there. Next I'll take concentrated or Payne's gray and glide my brush to create this texture defect. This is called dry brush technique. Applying this darker color will enhance the other lighter colors in the painting. It is all about balancing the right amount of contrasting values so that you get a harmonious painting. With the help of a fine liner, I'm going to connect the wires to the house. Okay. Before you do this, make sure you wipe off all the extra water from your brush. Otherwise you would end up getting married. Thicker lines. Now with the same darker color, I'm adding some birds in the sky, very tiny birds. Let's assume they are very far from the viewpoint. Adding some darker paints, again around the corner of the house. So when I add darker colors around a lighter color, it automatically gets highlighted, like I said in my previous projects. Adding in some diluted sheets on the wall to show some stains. Okay, So we are done with this project. Let us remove the masking tape. There you go. This is the final look of the painting. I hope you enjoyed painting this project with me. Please do share your class project and other projects. Gallery. I'll see you in the next step TO until then, bye-bye. 15. Day 4 - Thumbnail: Let us discuss the thumbnail and the carrier's required for this painting. Firstly, let me show you the source of light. In this painting. The source of light is from the right side and the shadow falls on the left side. Even with the grasses, it is the same thing. On the right side you'll see writer grasses, and the left side has darker glasses. Alright, so let's do the thumbnail. So somewhere in the center we have a house. This is a very simple house. It shows the two adjacent sides of the house. And that is an extension to the roof on the left side. So you can see the sharp shadow off the roof on the left side wall. Right behind this house we have a small heart. This heart will appear darker because the light will be blocked by domain house. And then there are some tiny trees around the house. And the background trees. Also a mountain in the distance. The foreground area will have some grasses. In the foreground. We have bear tree. Now, let me draw this house again in a much more detailed way. So first you have to draw the shape of the roof, something like this. And in order to get that perspective right, we will draw the incline lines starting from the bottom. If you see, I'm not drawing 00 like a straight line. It has inclined angle in-between. You will need to remember that when you're drawing that in the painting. I have seen some of my students draw straight lines in the bottom, which will make it appear something like this. See the bottom line. If you draw it straight, you will get a weird perspective. So try to avoid that. And then we have the shadow of the roof on the house. In this painting, we will have a sharp shadow. The light source is from the right side. And the shadow falls inclined in the left side. Moving on, let us have a look at all the colors that will go into the painting. Firstly, I'll start with the sky. So for sky, I am using a diluted version of orange color. You can go with any other color as well. Now for the distant mountain you see here, I'll be using a bit dull or the blue color mix, cobalt blue with a dash of burnt umber. You can apply a single stroke of color and then blend it with clear water. This will give you a misty APRNs in the mountain. For the trees, you can use any organic looking green color. So I'll be mixing sap, green, burnt sienna, and a bit of cobalt blue. The consistency of the paint also matter here because if you take a lot of paint in your brush, you will end up getting blobs and very thicker paint. So in order to achieve the shapes of the trees, you have to take right consistency. For the upper areas of the trees. I'm going with a lighter color first and then adding some shadows. This will. Suggest though lighter and darker colors and the tree for the foreground area. Oh, so you can first wet the paper with a very diluted color or even clear water, then apply a logo. So you can even go with the lemon yellow or any other L0 and slightly add some darker colors towards the foreground, like green and brown. Then we will slightly drop in some texture, enhancing the brightness of the highlighted color. For darker shadows. It is same mix of burnt umber plus payne's gray or any color that you already have. Now let me show you the colors for the house. So I'll be using Boolean blue in a very diluted tone. It has to be very light, almost like a transparent color. Then we'll be adding shadows using colors like cobalt blue, burnt sienna, orange, purple, or any, any color. That doesn't matter much. Then we will add the darker cast shadows under the roof. So adding darker colors, it enhances the brighter part of the house. So these shadows are really important to create that drama and sort of interest in the subject tree paint. Next is the roof. So here I am using shades of brownish red along with some orange. We will see everything in detail in our class project. Also for this project, you would need whitewash paint to add the final highlights on the trees and some other areas of the painting. 16. Day 4 - Class project: Hello and welcome back to the class. This is the fourth class project. I hope you have enjoyed rest of the project so far. Let us begin with the fourth project. Came down the paper neatly. Now let us get to the sketching part. I'm drawing this house in the center of the paper. I'm drying it in a way that you can see two adjacent sides of the house. And that is an extension to the roof here. Notice the starting point of these lines. I'm leaving a tiny space from the corner of the roof. Then we will connect the base part with slightly inclined lines. Draw the boundaries around the house. And then we will add in a door and some windows. Behind this house. We will have a tiny heart, which is actually visible. Then we will draw the shape of the trees that will be around the house. Rest of the details we can add later as we paint on, right? So let us start with the painting. I'm going to apply some clear water on the upper part to paint the sky. I am not applying the water on the House. Regarding this guy, you can paint with any color you want. It's up to you. For this painting, I'll go with orange color in a diluted form. This will suggest a bright sunny day with orange-ish yellow sky. Alright, now I'm going to paint the house. So I take settle in blue in a way diluted tone. I fly this on the walls of the house. In this painting. The sunlit area is on the right side, right? So we will apply even more diluted color there. Next, let us paint the roof. By now, you might already know what color I used for the roof. It is a mix of burnt sienna and scarlet red. Apply this in a diluted form. So today we have an LOS sky, right? So we will try to deflect some shades of orange or yellow onto the roof as well. Adding a dash of diluted orange along with some red shades. Next, I'm going to mix a lighter green color for the trees. These little trickier can be painted in different colors as well. So let's say it is the spring season and you want some pink or purplish trees. So you can feel free to go ahead with your choice of colors. It is totally up to you. Now, I'm painting the heart that is behind the house. This house will appear darker because it is covered by this main house. I'm using these darker shades like once you are now, ultramarine blue and Payne's gray. The ground area around the house, I'm going to apply some diluted shades of these darker colors. Notice how diluted it is. It is almost like water. Make sure to leave some dry space in the bottom part. We are not fully applying water. I'm going to use yellow ocher and apply it on the same wet surface. So this has helped us achieve the wet-on-wet effect. Next, apply green around this area. Towards the foreground, I'm applying makes all for Brown plus green. So you can see how we have created that lighter to darker effect. Well, does that the area closer to the foreground is dry. So I'm able to create this dry brush effect. Next, I lied though, darker shadows around the roof of the house. So I'm using darker brown color. Notice how I left the blank whitespace. This will help us create a separation between the two houses. Now with the same shade, I'm applying some strokes on the brighter side of the roof. This will provide some definition to the roof. Right? Next, we will paint the shadows. So here, the shadow of the entire roof or fall on the adjacent wall. So I'm creating the boundary for the cast shadow. Once I know. Once I have marked the boundary for this, I'm going to add paint within this area. I'm going to apply various sheets like burnt umber and ultramarine orange. You could go with any color that is complementing the blue color of the wall. Also applying the shadow on the front side of the house, under the roof. Applying the same shade for the door and the windows. Next we will paint the distant trees using or the blue tone. So I'm going to make so cobalt blue and burnt sienna. Now I'll add in some more cobalt blue to make it a little bluish in color. And paint for distant mountain. Just apply one stroke and then blend it with clear water. This will create a misty APRNs. If you have noticed, I just remove the tree that I created. But it's okay. I'm going to paint the trees again. So adding this mountain was an impromptu decision. So I had to fix the background and then the trees in the next layer. So I think it is completely okay if you want to add or remove some elements while you're painting. Next I'm going to mix a darker tone. I've taken cobalt blue, burnt sienna, sap green. This will form a very darker green color, like a bluish green color actually. With this color, I'm going to paint the trees in the background. Here. I changed my mind to go for greenish blue color for the background trees. Because that way we will bring out the beauty of the distant mountains. Long with mountains, we are also making these lighter green color trees shine very bright with the darker background. Be mindful of the paints consistency. If you have a lot of pains in your brush, you won't get these foliage effect of the trees. Always dab your brush on a tissue or a napkin to wipe off the extra paint that will help you achieve the right consistency. Notice how I'm leaving this tiny space above the roof. This will help us define the shape of the house. Next, let us add some grassy texture onto the ground area. I'm using this diluted green color. Applying some horizontal strokes leave some hint of the lighter areas as well, but not completely covered this area with the green paint. It will act as the highlights on the grassy area. Also dropping in some brownish green color. Going back to these green colored trees. In order to add some dimension to these little trees. I'm dropping these darker colors. Also adding some highlights on the distant trees as well. If we add some lighter green color on the background trees, it will create a highlight on the upper part, suggesting the sunlit affect. Who make the background more appealing. I'm increasing the size of this tree. I have wiped off all the extra pins, which will help me create these leaf-like textures. Repeating the same on the right side as well. Now for the shadows, you can make some green with purple and brown and apply it on the inner areas of the tree. Also apply tiny dots on the upper area, suggesting the tiny leaves. Applied this brownish tone on the foreground as well. You just have to dab your brush, leaving some gaps in-between. There is no complex brushstroke or any step that I'm following. It's very simple. You just have to be mindful of the amount of paint that you have in your brush. If you have a lot of pain, then you will end up getting bigger blocks of paint light. So I'll try this area using a hairdryer. Okay, so the paper is dry. Now, let us add some details on the roof. So I have taken this darker red color. And with this, I'm adding some lines defining the shape of the roof. So we have these arrangements of titles, right? Moving on, we will paint some darker colors on the roof. So I'm using a darker color. I'm leaving these tiny spaces in between, suggesting the wooden base of the roof. Also outlining the front side of the roof. Adding some darker shadows on the windows and the door. Going back to the roof, adding some more darker color to enhance the brighter side. Now, we will add some shadows on the backside heart LAD in some windows as well. Alright, adding this darker color in the lighter areas to enhance the rightness of these lighter color. Without these darker colors, we cannot bring out the essence of these lighter colors. So it's really important to maintain a nice balance of darker and lighter colors. Now, to further strengthen the shadow area, I'm adding some more darker colors onto the shadow side. So I'm adding purple, orange, and blue. Blend the colors, retain the boundaries that we had drawn earlier. Adding some diluted orange on the backside heart, because I don't want it to be shining so brightly. Now with a darker color and my fine liner brush, I'm adding some simple brushstrokes depicting the grasses. We have already painted door tree foliage. Now, let's add the trunk and the tree branches. Bend them in a very loose, irregular way. Now I'll add some tiny dots and some leaf-like shapes on the trees. Lastly, I'm adding some tiny details here and there on the glasses are in the house. Now let's add some birds in the sky. If you want, you can keep it simple as well. But I would prefer having some birds flying in the sky. No **** white gouache paint and we will add some highlights on the tree trunks. You can use it to highlight the other parts of the painting as well. Next, I'm going to add another tree in the foreground area. Main trunk, a bit thicker than the upper body off the tree, branches in any direction. Now I'm going to add the cast shadow of the tree on the ground. I don't want it to be very sharp, so I'm blending it with clear water. On my impression of the shadow will be enough. You don't have to make it very obvious. Now, I'm going to darken the grasses on the left side. So this is an important step. Since the light is on the right side. I want the graph on the left to be a bit darker than that of the glasses on the right side. So I'm applying some brownish green color on the left part. After doing this step, you can notice that there is much brighter appearance on the right side of the painting, right? Alright, so we are done with this painting. Let us remove the masking tape. There you go. This is how our final painting looks like. I hope you enjoyed painting all the class projects with me. Do share your projects under the Projects can be. I would really love to see your works. Also, please do share your review or your feedback on my glass. That would really helped me a lot. Thank you so much for joining my class. Your support really means a lot to me. But by and happy being thing.