Watercolor Spring Sunsets in 30 Minutes

1. Welcome to Watercolor Spring Sunsets: As an artist, I feel watercolor and spring share the same kind of magic, soft colors, fresh beginnings and moments that bloom slowly. Hello, friends. My name is nina Napil. I'm an artist, an art instructor, and an author. There is something so charming and beautiful about painting spring landscapes in watercolor. In this class, we will paint two soft and colorful spring sunsets using simple watercolor techniques that are easy for beginners and relaxing for anyone who loves painting. These projects are quick, fun, and perfect for creating beautiful art in under 30 minutes. I will guide you step by step through the tier process from choosing colors and blending soft skies to adding simple landscape details. Along the way, you will learn useful verticlour techniques like smooth blending, wet on wet painting, layering, and creating soft atmospheric effects. We'll use a small and beginner friendly color palette, so you don't need many supplies to follow along. I'll also share simple tips throughout the class to make the process easy and enjoyable. By the end of the class, you will have two beautiful sunset paintings and more confidence with verticular techniques and color combinations. So grab your paints, take a little creative break and let's paint some calming spring skies together. U 2. Art supplies : Alright, so thank you so much for joining. Now, let's start by having a look at the materials you will need to create these core spring landscapes. I will start with the watercolor paper. So this one here is my most favorite watercolor paper. It is from arches. It's a cold press watercolor paper. You can go with any brand. It doesn't need to be arches, so it is cold press watercolor paper, and it is a 140 L B, which means the paper is kind of thick. You know, handle all the washers and all the details. Then, most importantly, it is 100% cotton. Okay, so go with any artists grade watercolor paper. It can be any brand. I'm sure you may have some favorite brands. So just go with that. Okay, now coming to the size of the painting, you can see it is quite small. Have cut this paper into four pieces. So the actual paper is AFO size, which means the painting you see here is just a six. But you can go with any kind of size and proportion you like. It doesn't need to be the same way. Okay. So these are the two paintings we're going to try in today's session. They're kind of quick and easy, and the color combination is really beautiful. Okay, so let's next talk about the colors. At the beginning of every video, before we jump into the painting, I'll be explaining about the colors you will need for that particular painting. We'll swetch them out, and we'll see the alternate options if you don't have the same colors I'm using. Okay, so don't worry about the paint and the pigment number. I'll be providing you all those details. So these are the watercolor tubes I will be using. If you prefer using pans, you can go with that. Again, the brand doesn't matter. These ones are from Shin hen. According to the brand, the name of the colors will be different. Sap green will be sub green, but the brilliant orange will be something different in other brands. So don't worry. I'll be providing the Pigmen number and the name and all the details. So you can just use the colors you have with you, which is nearly similar. Alright. Now, to mix your paint, obviously, you will need a mixing palette. This one is a ceramic mixing palette, and I've got enough space to mix all the colors. So just go with plastic or ceramic or any palette that you normally use. Even a dinner plate will work. Okay, we just need to mix the colors. That's all. Ceramic palettes are easy to clean, and also it doesn't get that paint steam. That's a major reason why I love using a ceramic palette. Okay, now coming to the brushes. The paintings we are going to do are quite small, so we don't need a lot of brushes. These are the only brushes I'll be using. The first one is a wash brush. It is 1 ". I'll be using those brush to apply water onto the background. Then I have three round brushes here. The first one is size number eight, then I have size number six and size number two. Okay, so these are the only brushes I'll be using for painting. For the brush as well, the brand doesn't matter. You can go with any of your fury brushes. Now coming to the next material you will need, which is two jars of water. So the first jar of water is to run off the paint from your brush, and the other one has to stay clean whenever we are in need of clean water to make the paint lighter or to apply a wash of water onto the background. We can use the second jar. So always keep two jars of water next to you whenever you're working with watercolor. Now, if your water container is really big, I think one would be okay. Now the next thing you will need is a tissue paper or a kitchen towel. We'll be using this one to dab off the excess amount of paint from our brush. Okay. So keep this also handy. For these paintings, we don't need to add any sketch. It is just a matter of adding a horizon line. And for that, you will need a pencil. Now finally, you will need a masking tape to fix your paper onto your board or onto your table. It can be any kind of masking tape. This one is a very normal one. I got from a stationery store. You can go with an artist tape or washi tape or anything that you prefer. Okay, so that summarize all the materials you will need for this watercolor session. Keep them ready. Let's start with our first painting. 3. Painting 1 - Purple Sunset PART 1: Okay, so it's time to try our first spring landscape, and this is what we're going to try. It's a quite easy, simple spring landscape with a beautiful color combination. We have a blurry horizon line, then a flower bed far away. Altogether, it's a beautiful painting, and I'm sure you guys are going to love this. Alright, so let's start by having a look at the colors you will need for this car, your spring landscape. I'll start with the sky. As you can see here, I have used a combination of pink and violet. No doubt it is one of my favorite color combination to use for sunset skies. So these are the two colors I will be using permanent violet and brilliant pink. It is a pistel pink. So if you don't have a similar color, you can just add some white watercolor with crimson or any kind of rose color. Pastel shades are easy to create. You just need to add some white watercolor. This way, you can turn any color into a pistil color. So I'm starting by swatching out this beautiful pink. It is called Brilliant pink. It is from Shinhan. You can see how beautiful it is. So that's the first color you will need for the sky. Now the second one is permanent violet. You can go with any violet you have got. It doesn't need to be permanent violet. There are different kinds of violet available in the market. You can go with bright violet, inocron violet or any violet of your choice. It doesn't need to be permanent violet. Okay. So these are the two colors we'll be using for the sky. We will use violet on the top and the bottom, and at the center, we will add some pink. Then using violet, we will add some clouds. So that's how the sky is going to be. Now the next color you will need is sap cream. To make your painting a bit more moody, instead of sap cream, you can also use wolve green, and even viridian green would work. Okay. So, this one is sap cream from Shinhan. It's a beautiful sap cream. I've tried mini brands, and I always come back to Shinhan. Okay, now the next color you will need is any sort of light green. I'll be using cadmium green light. This one is also from Shinhen. But again, go with any brand you have got. It doesn't need to be the same brand and the same color. We just need a light green. That's all. So this is a sap cream I was talking about. Then I will show you the cadmium green light. Okay. So here's the green so I'll be using. We'll be using the light green to add some grassy lines, so it can be any light green. If you don't have a light green, can just add some lemon yellow with sap cream and create your own. Now, the last color you will need is pinks gray. We'll be using this one to add all the deeper tones. You can see some dark green at the bottom. And also the landscape far away. So for all those darker tones, I'll be using pinks gray. So these are the colors you will need for this painting. We will need some pastel pink, violet, sap cream, then light green and pink gray. So keep all the colors ready. Oh, sorry, I missed something. There is one more color you will need. Over some white aticolor or white quash. You can see all those teeny tiny flowers in the background. To add them, I will be using some white quash. If you don't have white gouache, you can use your white watercolor. Both will work perfectly. 4. Purple Sunset - PART 2: Alright, my dear friend. So we already spoke about the colours, and I'm hoping you guys have it ready on your palette. Just in case if you want to try a different color combination, that's totally fine. Just follow the process and the techniques and use your favorite colors. Okay, so let's start. I have my paper ready here already. I also have the colours ready here. I have permanent violet, brilliant pink, sap green, and pink gray. So keep all the colors ready before you start. Now I'm starting by adding the horizon line a little below the center of the paper. Go the very light line. Okay, that's all. That's a sketch we need. Now we can start by applying a qua of water onto the sky. Not just the sky. We are going to apply water onto the entire area. Okay, so the anterior background, we are painting in one go. So pick some clean water on a clean brush and apply that onto your entire paper. Don't add a lot of water. Keep running your brush across all the direction and make sure it is just an even layer. We don't need pools of water. Okay. Looks like my paper is evenly wet. Now we can start applying the paint. So I'm going to keep this one aside, and I'm going with my size number eight roundtrh. Go with any of your medium sized ntrche. The first color I'm going to pick is pink. I'll apply this at the center of the sky. Then on the top and the bottom, I will introduce some violet. So simply add that onto your wet background. Okay. Now with the same brush, I'm going to pick some violet. I'll go the medium tune. I want the color to be a bit bright. So if you're going to use a light tone, when it dries, it will look dull. So that's the kind of tonal value I'm going with. You can make it a bit more lighter if you prefer it that way. The same color I'm applying at the bottom, as well. So we have violet on the top and the bottom, and at the center, we have some pink. Okay. Now, what I'm going to do is I will clean my brush and I will dab it on a paper towel. Then I'm going to grab a bit of pink. And then I'm gently smudging the colors into each other to make it look more soft and natural. We don't want any strong lines. So gently smudge the color into each other. This will create a nice texture. Okay, you can see the difference it made. Now we're going to add some clouds. So I'm again, dabbing that on a paper towel, and I'm picking a bit of violet. Now, the paint should not be too watery when you're adding the clouds. So if you feel it's too watery, dab it on a paper towel, and then add some lines onto the sky wherever you prefer. I'm adding a few at the bottom, and also at the center and some at the top. We only have some pink at the center. So be very mindful when you're adding these clouds. We don't need a lot. If you add a lot, you will end up covering the entire thing. Okay, so that's how this sky has turned out. If you want to add some more clouds, you could do that. When you're adding the clouds, be very sure that you're using a paint that is not too watery. If it's too watery, it will spread into the background, and you won't get them as lines. Okay. So that's our sky. Now I'm going to apply some more paint at the bottom along the horizon line. And then we can go with the meadow. It's not a straight line here. So I'm just adding some more paint to make it even and straight. Okay? That's a pretty sky. And before I go with the meadow, we have to do one quick thing. So clean your brush and dab it on a paper towel. Now lift off some paint from the horizon line to make it a straight line. Okay. Next, we can go the meadow. So I'm picking some sap green. And I'm adding that onto almost the entire area. As you can see here, I have left some gap at the horizon line. I will come to that part later. Now I'm picking some pink green, and I'm adding that at the bottom to make it darker. Now, before the background dries, let's quickly go over the horizon line. I'm adding some pint here, not a lot. We still need a little gap between the sky and the meadow. So be very careful when you're adding the paint and go with the pin that is not too watery. See that? So we need a blurry line over there. Next, I'm going to go with some more pin screen, and making it more darker at the bottom, and also adding some textures and some lines into the background. Okay. Now, let's clean up a brush, and let's dab it on a paper towel. And let's go over this line. Let's lift off some paint. You can see the blurry horizon line. So to create a foggy effect, and to create a depth, we need to add a blurry line like that. Okay. Next, I'm going to go with a smaller brush, and I'm going to add some landscape far away along the horizon line. So this brush here is size number two. Now I'm going with a dark green, mixing some paint gray and sap green together. Okay, try to go with any of your smaller brush and start adding an irregular shape above the horizon line. That Guri line is still there. So we above that, add an irregular shape like this. Go with an irregular shape. At some places, it can be shorter. And at some places, it can be taller. This will make it look more realistic. As you can see here, I have only added a shape on the top. At the bottom, I have left some cap. So I'm dabbing my brush on a paper towel to get rid of the excess amount of paint, and I'm making it softer towards the bottom. So we need to retain that blurry line along the horizon. So I'm not going to add a lot of paint along that horizon line. Okay. Now in a similar way, I'm going to add a shape at the other end. Then at the center, I will make it shorter. Okay, so I'm going to repeat the same step, going back with a dark green, adding an irregular shape on the top. I'm going to continue this until I met the other section. Okay? At the center, I'm making it a bit lower. All right. So I have added a shape on the top. So we need a very soft blurry line along the horizon. So I'm not going to add much paint over there. I will dab my brush on a paper towel, and I will gently smudge this part to get a soft blurry line. I'm not adding a lot of paint over there. Addmon a sharp line. So very gently, I'm adding the paint to make it look soft and blurry. Now I'm going to take off some paint from this part. See that? So be very gentle when you're adding the paint over there. Go very light handed. Don't put a lot of pressure. Now I'm going to pick a little of paints gray, and I'm going to add some teeny tiny dots and shapes onto this landscape. I just a few here and there. I'm adding them mostly at the top. I think at the bottom, we can retain that blurry line. We don't need to add much details over there. So only on the top, I'm adding some dots and some tiny shapes. Okay. Now, similarly, I will add some details on the other side as well. So with this, we are actually done with the sky and the horizon details. Next, we're going to go ahead with the meadow. That's where we have most of the task left. We need to add the grassy pattern and then the flowers. So let's quickly finish this part and then go with the meadow. The meadow part is still a bit wet, but that's okay. We can start adding the grassy patterns right away. So I'm going with some paint screen. And I'm just pushing and pulling the paint, and I'm creating some grassy lines here. You can see at the bottom, I have a dark layer, and it's still wet, and I'm gently pushing that towards the top, and I'm creating these long grassy lines. I won't be adding much along the horizon line where I have the light green. I'm focusing mostly at the bottom. We can add a few in between where we have sack cream, but let's focus mostly at the bottom part. Okay? So I'm mixing some green and pink grey. And I'm adding more grassy lines. We'll be doing this again with a light cream. But first, let's go with a dark cream. At the bottom, we can use a darker tone, but when you're adding them along the horizon line or closer to the horizon line, please be sure to go with a lighter tone. We should not be using a darker tone over there. Okay. That's the only thing you have to keep in mind. Other than that, this is quite easy and straightforward. You can just keep on adding these grassy lines. How much would you like? So to create a sense of depth and distance in your painting. You have to focus on the area at the bottom. That's where we have to add lots and lots of grassy lines. Far away, you can add but using a lighter tone or a medium tone. It should not be too prominent. I think this one is still dark. I need to make it lighter by adding some water. Okay, so don't add darker lines far away. Go with a medium tone or a lighter tone while you're adding your grassy lines over here. And we don't need a lot. Just add a few using a light tone. And then let's go with the bottom part. Okay. I think this is enough. Now I'm switching back to dark green, and then I'm going to add the grassy lines at the bottom. There is no rule or anything here. Go with any of your smaller brush or a liner brush or any brush with a pointed tip, and keep on adding some long, nice curvy lines like this. Okay. You can add as many as you want. You can see the kind of depth we have achieved here. That is just because we played with the right tones of green. We have a darker green at the bottom and a medium and light green as we are approaching the horizon line. Okay. Next, I'm going to go with a light green. This one is camium green light. You can go with any light green you have got. If you don't have any light green, you can just make some lemon yellow with saccrem and you can use that. Okay. Now, when you're using light green, don't add a lot of water. We need a pain that is a little bit of opaque. Otherwise, when we add the grassy lines on top of a darker layer, it won't be visible. Okay? So just make some sap cream and lemon yellow, and try adding the lines on the background. If it is still not visible, you can add a teeny bit of white into it to make it more opaque. See that? So that's a color I'm using. It is called cadmium green light from Shinn watercolors. For me, it is quite visible, but for you, I'm not really sure if it's visible or not. So if it's not visible, just add a teeny bit of white into it, and then you can achieve a similar tonal value. Okay. So keep adding some grassy lines using a light tomb. For this, as well, there is no rule. You can add them wherever you like. We only have some dark lines in the background, so don't cover them up. You can add a few in between. See that? You can see how beautiful they are turning out. So you have to go over different tonal values of green whenever you're painting a landscape. Never ever use the same kind of green throughout. So that's how when you make it look more natural and realistic. Okay. Now, I'm going to add a few more lines like this. And I think with that, we can call it down, and we can go with the final step, which is adding the flowers. I have to show you a closer look of the grassy patterns. Now you can see them clearly. You can see the wonderful texture and the depth we have got here, just by playing with different tonal values of green. I will add a few more. Some nice, curvy, grassy lines. I'm really loving this. Such a beautiful green right. Just a few more on the left side, and with that, we'll be done. Okay, so that is it. We are done with the meadow. Now, if you feel like at this point, you can call it done. I'm thinking of adding some flowers as well. But before that, we'll have to wait for this to dry completely. So let's take a quick break and come back when this has dried completely. Alright, so the break is over, and we're back. And it's time to go with some white gouache or white watercolor. Okay, we're going to squeeze out a little of paint onto a palette. Then we will add a few drops of water. We're going to use the paint in an opaque way. Okay. So if you don't have guar, as I said earlier, white watercolor will also work. Squeeze out some onto your palette. Then just add a few drops of water. Don't add a lot and go with any of your small size brush or a bush with a pointed tip. Now, I'm starting from here, this part where we have the horizon line. And I'm simply going to keep on tapping onto the paper. And I'm creating these teeny tiny dots. I'm going to create a cluster of flowers. So it's more like a flower bed far away. You can keep on adding some dots. And create a flower bed far away. See that? Try to go with a similar size. Don't add big dots. This is white is really important to go with a smaller size brush. Okay? Now, keep on adding these teeny tiny dots. You don't need to cover the entire area, add few here and there. At some places, you can add a lot of white dots and make it a very densely packed flower bed. And at some places add only a little and make it scattered as well. It should not be in a very properly organized manner. Okay. You can see the way how I'm scattering the dots to make it look more natural. Now, in a similar way, I will add some more. Then I will come to the bottom. You can see how I added some at the bottom to make it look more natural. So yeah, don't follow any pattern. Make it as organic as possible. Oh. Okay, so those are the flowers far away. You can see how beautiful it has turned out. They're looking very soft and blurry. Now I'm going to pick some more paint, and I'm adding the flowers at the bottom. So these flowers can be a bit more thicker and bolder. I accidently added some paint at the bottom. Never mind. I'll fix it. So go with some more extra paint. And then, again, we're going to add dots. But this time, we're not going to add, like, a bigger group. We're going to add some here and there. Okay. We're not going to cover that tentio area. We will only add them in a scattered manner. So go ahead, pick some more white paint, and then add some bigger dots. You can add them as some group of flowers here and there. Okay? I'm not planning to add a lot. I'm focusing on the right side. That's where I'm going to add most of the flowers. But if you want to add a lot more, you could do that. I'm loving the way this one is turning out. Now, before I go ahead with the rest, I think I will fix the white patch at the bottom. So I'm cleaning my brush, picking some dark green, and I'm going to cover this up. Then if needed, we can add some more grassy lines, I think, just a few with the light cream. Those ones are not really visible. Anyway, let's add some more flowers, and then we can add the grassy line. So I'm going back with white, and I'm adding some more flowers. So just like I said earlier, this one doesn't have any rule or any order. If you want to add more flowers, you could do that. And if you only want to add few here and there, even that is totally fine. Okay, you can see how pretty it is turning out. Such a beautiful spring landscape. And I think so far, we have only taken less than 20 minutes or a little more than 20. And for a 20 minute, I think this one's a wonderful painting. We can try this with a different color for the sky as well. Maybe something more like a golden sunset and maybe some yellow flowers or orange flowers. So, yeah, that's how you explore new color combinations and compositions. So always take this one as a guide, and you guys have to explore your own way. And that's how you learn. Not just learning, that's how you get confident with watercolors. Okay. Now, as I said earlier, I'm going to go back with a bit of light green, and I'm going to add some grassy lines at the bottom. So from the bottom part, I'm adding a few lines. That is super prominent. I want a line that is kind of soft, not this prominent. So I'm adding a few drops of water. Okay, this is fine. So just add a few at the bottom, only if you feel like it. Otherwise, you can leave it as it is. I think it's in good shape already. So yeah, take a look at your painting, and if you feel like the lines are not visible, you can go back with light green and add a few more lines only at the bottom. And also, if you want to add some more flowers, you could do that as well. Okay, nearly done. I will add a few more lines towards the left, and that is it. So this is how it has turned out. It's a beautiful little spring landscape, and now it's time to peel off the masking tape. So always peel off your masking tape at an ankle. Okay. So peel it off at an ankle very gently. Don't just pull it off. This way, you will get a clean border. And always always make sure your painting has dried completely before you peel off the masking tape. That's when you rip off the paper. So here is our finished painting. You can see the beautiful flowers we have in the background, the pretty sky, and the wonderful meadow. So give it a try if you get to try it. And once you're done with it, you know what to do. Upload them here and share your thoughts. 5. Painting 2 - Colorful Sunset PART 1: Hello, hello, so now it's time to try our second spring landscape. This one is a multi colored sky. We have some yellow flowers and some g just trees in the background. So let's start by having a look at the colours you will need for this G just spring sunset. I will start with the sky. So for the sky, I have used three, no, four different colours here. There's a violet color on the top, then some pink orange and yellow. The violet is a mix of pink and cerulean blue. I had some pink from the previous painting, so I just mix some blue with it to create a purple, a pastel purple. Okay, if you want to use purple acedus, you could do that. Or if you want to use blue acids, you can do that as well. So this one is a mix of brilliant pink and serlean blue. And that's a color I'll be using for the sky on the top. Okay. Now the second color is pink. It's the same pink I used in the previous painting. This one is brilliant pink. So that's a second color. Now the next one is orange. This one is called Brilliant orange from Shin hin watercolors. You can go with any orange you have got. Now finally, we will need one more color for the sky, which is yellow. I'll be using Indian yellow. You can go with any yellow you have cut. So those are the four colors I'll be using for the sky. We have a pastel purple, which is a mix of pink and blue, then some pastel pink orange and yellow. Now for the meadow and the landscape far away, you will need some sap green and some paints gray. So those are the next two colors you will need for this painting. For the flowers, I have used yellow. I've used a mix of yellow and a bit of white quash because yellow is a very transparent color. To make it opaque, I have added some white gouache with it. Okay, so the next color you will need is sap green. And finally, to add the deeper tombs, we will need some paint gray. Okay. So those are the colors you will need for this painting. You are free to go with a different color choice for the sky. Instead of pastel purple, you can go with blue or violet or any other color of your choice. And for the flowers as well, if you want to go with a different color, you could do that. So those are the swatches. Now before we start with the painting, let me show you the colors. As I mentioned earlier, the color you see on the top is a mix of cerulean blue and pastel pink. These are the two colors. Both are from Shinhan, Cerulen blue hue and brilliant pink. You can go with any other blue of your choice. It doesn't need to be cerulen blue. Mix that with some pastel pink, and you will get a similar color. Now, coming to orange and yellow. These are again from Shinhan, brilliant orange and Indian yellow. You can go with any orange and yellow you have got. It doesn't need to be the same. Okay. We will only need a little of orange for the sky. It can be ermelin or scarlet or any other orange. If it's too dark, you can add a little of yellow to it to make it more orangish. Okay, so those are the colors you will need. Keep them ready, and let's give it a try. 6. Colorful Sunset - PART 2: So we finished our first painting, and now it's time to try our second spring sunset. We have a colorful sky, some pretty yellow flowers, and a beautiful landscape detail. So let's give it a try. Alright, so let's start with a sketch. Now for this one, as well, we don't have a lot of sketching. We need to add the horizon line, and I'm adding that a little below center of the paper. Now we can add some landscape on the left side. This one is not necessary, but to get the size and shape of it, maybe you can add a rough sketch like this. That's it. So that's our sketch. Now it is ready to be painted. Now, before we start, it is very important to make sure you have all the colors ready on your palette. This can save a lot of time in between, and you can avoid confusion. Okay, so you have to make sure of that first. We already spoke about the colors. I have all the colors ready on my palette, except for some yellow. I'm going to squeeze out some Indian yellow onto my palette. Alright, now it's all set. Okay, so we're going to start by applying a coat of water onto the sky. Use any of your clean brush and apply a nice shiny coater water. Don't add a lot. Once you put the water on your paper, run your brush across multiple times to be sure the coat of water is even. Okay, so the sky is evenly wet. Now we can start applying the paint. And for that, you can go with any of your medium sized rantrs or a flat brush. So I'm keeping this brush aside, and I'm switching to a medium sized rantrh. This one is size number eight. And I'm starting off by mixing some cerulean blue over a little of pink. Now, just in case if you want to use blue acids, you can do that. I wanted a slight pinkish blue or maybe a pinkish purple. That's why I'm mixing these two colors together. So I'm taking a little pink, a pastel pink, mixing that with cerulan blue. Okay, so this color is slightly pixlaspo. Now, according to the color you prefer, if you want it to be more pinkish, you can add more pink, or if you want it to be more bluish, add more blue. Okay, now I'm going to apply this color on the top of the sky. That's the color I got. It's very much bluish. So I'm adding some more pink. Okay, lovely color, right. So that's the color I'm using on the top. If you want to add more pink, you could do that. So I have added this color almost until the half of my paper. I think I will make it a bit more pinkish. Okay. Now I'm going to clean my brush. Then I'm going with pink acets without any blue. So clean your brush properly, dab it on a paper towel, then pick pink again. Also, another thing you can choose the proportions. So over here, you can see I have used a lot of blue on the top, then a little of pinkish color in between. And now I'm switching to pink, then orange and then some yellow. The room will be a lot of yellow and orange. I'm adding that only towards the right side, just to create a sun glow kind of an effect. Okay. But if you want more pink in your ska, you can add that accordingly. Now, I've cleaned my brush and I'm picking more pink, and I'm adding that towards the bottom. Still, I have left some cap on the right side that is really important. That's where we're going to add yellow. Next I'm picking a little of orange, adding that over here. A little more. Okay, so still we have some space left at the bottom, and I've cleaned my brush, picking some yellow. And I'm adding that on to the left over space we have on the right side. So you can see that space is very little. We only need that much yellow in the sky. That's how we create a contrast. If there's a lot of yellow, it will look just like a normal sky. It won't have that contrast. Okay, so to build in that contrast, you have to only use a little of lighter tone at the bottom. This will also create a beautiful glow. Okay. So that's a base layer. We have applied a bluish color on the top, then pink, then orange, and then some yellow. Before I add the clouds, I think I will add a bit more orange at the bottom. Only over here. So we have a yellow streaks in between. That is exactly what I want. I'm loving the base layer. Anyway, before this dries, we have to quickly add the clouds. And for that, I'm switching to a small brush. I'm not going to make it a very dramatic sky. I want a few streaks at the bottom where we have orange and pink. Then some pink clouds on top of blue. So first I'm starting by mixing a little of yellow, not yellow, orange and pink. Okay, and I'm adding a few lines, very soft blurry lines. I don't want to make it too prominent. So I'm just adding a few. Next, my focus is on the blue part. So I'm picking a little of pink, mixing that with blue again. This time, the color is more pinkish. And I'm dabbing that on a paper towel to be sure the paint is not too watery. Now with this, I'm going to add some clouds. I think it can be more pinkish. So I'm picking more pink. Adding them again. You see that? We have a soft pink cloud on top of the blue layer. This is not really a watercolor technique. In the traditional watercolor method, they don't really use lighter sheets on top of darker sheets unless and until it is just for some highlights. But for me, I don't really care about the rules. I just want a pretty sky, and that's what I have got here. You can see how gorgeous it has turned out. So give it a try, go with some pastel pink and add some clouds on the blue part. You will really have a beautiful cotton candy sky. Okay. Now, I'm going to clean my brush, and I'm trying to fix this part. I think it's not a good idea. It has almost dried, so I'm gonna leave it as it is. Let's see how it is gonna dry out. I'm hoping it will be nice because other than that patchy orange at the bottom, I'm really happy with the sky. Okay, so with that, the sky is done. Now, let's wait for this to dry. Alright, so the sky has dried completely, and it is looking really beautiful. The only regret I have got is not adding too many pink clouds. Anyways, that can't be changed right now, so let's focus on the rest. Now our next task is to paint the meadow. And for that, I'm going to go with an olive green, sort of a color. If you have olive green with it, you can use it directly. For me, I prefer mixing and creating my own olive green. So I'm taking a little of sap cream and I'm mixing some orange with it. This is the easiest way to create a very earthy kind of green. See that? So, depending on the color you want, you can add more green or more orange. That's a olive green I have created. Just a mix of orange and sap green. It can be any orange. Okay. Now when you're applying this paint onto the meadow, be sure to leave some cap along the yellow part. Okay. Over there, we have to make the color slightly lighter to create a glow. So you can use this color on the entire area, but not underneath the yellow sky. Okay. So this is a mix of sap green and orange, and I'm applying that on the left side. Then towards the bottom, we have to make the color more darker. We will finish the right side and we'll make it darker towards the bottom. First, let's do that. Okay. So to add that into the same, I'm going to add some yellow. Just a little bit of yellow. And I'm applying that over here, right where we have the yellow sky. Okay. And then smudge that into the background. It doesn't need to be a clean perfect blend. It can have some textures and some rough patches. That's totally fine. Okay. Now we can go with the rest. I'm applying some green. Then towards the bottom, I will introduce some pinks gray as well to make it darker. That's how you create a contrast. So I'm picking some paints gray, adding that onto the bottom most areas. And I'm gently pushing and pulling that into the background. I'm creating some texture here. This is very deliberate. See that? If it's a very clean even blend, it won't look very natural and realistic. So it should have some textures, and I'm adding some patches in between, also to create textures. And you can see on the right, I still have that yellowish color. The rest is all medium tones and darker tones. I think the right side looks a bit patchy. So I think I will introduce some more paint over there. I'm going with the same mix, adding that again, I felt there was gaps in between. That's the reason why I'm doing this. Now I'm going to gently smudge all the colors. So dab you brush on a paper towel and gently push and pull the colors into each other to make it a bit soft. We don't want any harsh lines and strong shapes. So give it a very gentle smudge. Please remember not to put a lot of pressure, be very gentle. You just need to light handedly smudge the colors into each other. As I said earlier, it can have some lines and some marks and textures. That's totally fine. We just want to get rid of those strong shapes and harsh lines. That's it. We're not making it even. Okay, so that's how it has turned out. Now, while it is still a little wet, we're going to go ahead and add our grassy lines. And for that, I'm switching to my small brush. In the previous painting, to add the grassy lines, we used to cadmium green light. Now for this painting, as we are looking at an evening glow, I want the color to be a little different. So what I'm doing here is into cadmium green light, I'm adding a little bit of orange. Just to go in the same pattern of the colors we used in the background. If it's too orangish, you can add a little of sap cream. Okay. So that's the color I created. It's a mix of orange and cadmium green light. I feel it is a bit too orangish. So the easiest thing to do is add a little of sap cream to make it more greenish, but not a lot. Now let's add the grassy lines. For this painting, I'm going to add smaller groups of grassy lines. For the previous one, we added longer ones at the bottom, then shorter ones in the background. But for this, I'm going to add similar groups everywhere. You will see that in some time. So I'm just adding some grassy lines at the bottom now. Okay. I'm not going to cover the entire area. I'm adding similar groups now in the background. Okay. Picking more cream, adding them again. So what I'm doing here is I'm adding a group of grassy lines. Then I'm leaving some cap in between, then adding the next group. Okay, so I'm continuing that in a similar pattern. I'm not going to add very dense thickly grassy pattern. Now, I'm adding them over here. Now, again at the bottom. So between every group, there is a little gap. So when I'm seeing there's a gap in between, it doesn't need to be well calculated or thought about. So add your grassy pattern first. So imagine I'm adding this one. Then I will leave some gap in between. Then I'm adding the next set. See that? So this is slide gap in between. That's all. We should not go with a very thick and dense pattern. That's all. Okay? I will bring the camera closer. Okay, here it is. Now you can see the patterns very clearly. So there is one group here, and there's a little gap, and there is another one on the top. That gap in between will make it look more beautiful and realistic. So just follow this pattern. Okay, I'm going to add some more grassy lines here. These grassy lines are looking very soft. They're not too prominent. It is because of the color I'm using here, it is not too light. So go with a similar tonal value. This will make it more pretty. Okay. Now, wherever you want to add some more grassy lines, you could do that. The color is really important. And also that little gap in between. Look at how beautiful it has turned out. I think you can feel a wind and a moment here just because we added the grassy lines as separate groups. So follow a similar pattern. This will give you the best kind of meadow. Actually, we did not add a lot of patterns. We focused mostly at the bottom, and in the background, it is just those textures we added earlier. If you compare this to the painting we did earlier, the grassy pattern is much different. Here we added them at the bottom. It was more densely packed. But in the one we are doing right now, we simply added different groups in between, and that's it. But they both have different kind of identity, and they both are beautiful. Anyways, with that, we're done with the meadow. Now we're going to go ahead with the landscape far away. So we're going to add a landscape far away along the horizon line. That's our next task. And for that, I'm starting off with a light green. Or maybe it's better to go with a dark green first, and then we can add the light tones. Okay, so I'm going to keep this pressure aside. And I'm switching to my slightly bigger brush. This one is size number six. And I'm mixing some sap cream and pins cream to create a dark green. Okay. Now with this, I'm going to add a very simple shape far away. I'm starting from this point. For now, I'm just adding a very simple rough shape to show the pine trees far away. So first, I will add a line at the bottom, then onto the top. I'm simply adding some shapes like this. So on the left side, I'm making it higher. Then as I'm coming towards the center, I'm making it shorter. See that? So simply add some shapes on the top, using the tip of your brush, and then fill it. You can see the varying height here. This will create a sense of distance in your painting. Now I'm going to add some more shapes on the top. Then another tree with some gap in between. These kind of details are really important to create a sense of distance and depth in your painting. Okay, so that's a basic shape. I have simply used a dark green, which is a mix of sap green and paint screen, and I've added a shape there. If you want to make it a bit more higher towards the left, you could do that. Okay, so that's a foot step. We have only added a very simple shape. Now I'm going to keep this pressure aside, and I'm switching to the other one. I had already taken some light green on it. Now, with that, I'm going to define each and every tree by adding some highlights on the right side. I think that green is a bit too bright. It's the same color I use for the grassy lines, but that felt a bit brighter. So into the mix, I have added a bit of orange. And with that color, I'm adding the highlights on the right. See that? So we're defining each and every tree by doing this. On the left, we have that dark green, and on the right, we're adding some dots and we're defining the shape of the tree. You can see the difference it made. So just go with any of your small brush and add some orangish green on the right side. I'm going to do that for all the trees I have here. So it's just a matter of adding some dots, nothing major. And by doing that, we're defining each and every tree. We're introducing the shadows and the glow onto the tree. See the difference it made. Okay. Now the trees are looking more three dimensional. Earlier, it was looking quite flat. You can clearly see a difference here. Now, to make it a bit more interesting, into the same mix, I'm adding a little light green, the same color I used earlier, but not that light. And with that I'm adding some highlights again onto the right. So we have a dark green on the left, then some orangish color towards the right. Now onto the same spot, I'm adding few more dots. Not a lot, just a few to make it more beautiful or make it more prominent. So just a few dots only on to the right. We're not going to cover the to highlights we added earlier. I'm picking only a few trees, and I'm adding a few dots here and there. That's it. Okay. I think that's enough. I don't want to add a lot of light green. Now, just in case if you feel like you have added a lot of highlights, either the light green or the orange green, you can go back with your dark green and fill that part. Now, there's one more thing I'm going to do. And for that, I'm going with a bit of pinks gray. And then I'm adding some darker tunes at the bottom. This will make it more beautiful. So you're adding some contrast at the bottom, just a little bit. Don't add a lot. I'm adding a little in between asp. This will make each and every tree pop out. Okay, so this is how it has turned out. You can see how beautiful it is looking. Now, there is one last task left, which is adding the flowers, and that is completely optional. Honestly, I'm still contemplating whether I should add them or not because I'm really happy with the way it is looking, and I don't want to ruin it by adding the flowers. So I'm just thinking one more time before I go ahead with that. Anyway, I'm going with some yellow, and I'm adding some white quash with it because the yellow was a little transparent. So to make it opaque, I'm adding a little of white quash. Okay, so mix up some white gouache and yellow or some white aticolor and yellow if you're adding the flowers and go with any of your small brush. Now, let me start adding the flowers, and let's see how it's going to turn out. I'm still a bit confused, even though I have made up my mind. Anyway, I'm starting off with the first flower. I'm adding some tiny lines close to each other, and I'm creating a very rough shape. Okay, so that's a flower shape I'm going with. It's a very simple shape, not very well defined. Okay. But these are a bit more bigger than the ones we tried in the previous painting. It was just dots, but this one is a bit more flowery shape. Okay. And I'm just adding a few here and there. I won't be adding a lot like the previous one. And if you want to go with a different color, that's totally up to you. I thought of using yellow because we have some yellow in the sky, and I thought it would be beautiful to pick up a color from the sky. Maybe an orange will be nice or just too white. So pick up your favorite color to add the flowers, and then add some rough shapes like this. I'm focusing mostly at the bottom area. I won't be adding much in the background. Okay. So that's how I'm adding the flowers. Again, it's completely optional. Maybe you can scroll to the end and see the end result, and then you can decide on whether you want to add them or not. When you're adding the flowers, go with different sizes. Some of them can be just a dot, and some of them can be a bit more bigger shape. This will make it look more beautiful and realistic. Okay, I'm going to add few more bigger flowers. Then I think I will add some dots in the background like a group of tiny dots to show the flowers far away. Okay, so that's a plan. Now let's go ahead and add the flowers and finish off our painting. So those are the big flowers in the foreground. Now, I'm going to pick more paint, and I'm going to add some tiny dots in the background, the same way how we did in the first painting. So keep on adding some tiny dots to show the flowers far away. Okay, so those are the flowers far away. I'm adding them only on the right side. I'm leaving the left acetus. Now, before I finish it off, I will add some more flowers at the bottom, some more bigger ones. And then with that we can call it done. You can see the flowers, the grassy lines, and all the textures here. It's a very simple shape. I'm not putting a lot of effort here. You don't need to think a lot. Simply, add a very basic shape. And in the background, it is just some dots. Okay, so that's how it has turned out. It's a gorgeous painting with a beautiful color combination. I hope you all enjoyed painting this gagous spring landscape, and now it's time to peel off the masking tape. So when you're peeling off your masking tape, always do that at an ankle and don't rush and pull it off. Be very gentle. And pull it off at an ankle. This will prevent your paper from ripping off. And always make sure your painting has dried completely before you do this. Okay. One last side, and I'm hoping I have got a clean border. Yes, it is a clean border. So that's our second spring landscape. You can see how beautiful those plants and the trees and everything is looking, and the ska is extra pretty. My little one has grabbed my brush, and she's exploring my palette in the background. So, yeah, you guys give it a try to try it and an if you liked it. Mm 7. Thank you for joining: Thank you so much for watching this class. I hope you enjoyed painting these soft spring sunsets and found the process relaxing and inspiring. I would absolutely love to see what you have created. Please feel free to upload the projects and share your beautiful work with the class community. If you enjoy the class, leaving a review would mean so much and helps support my work and allows me to create more classes for you. Alright, so that's all for now, wishing you many more peaceful painting moments ahead, and I can't wait to see your creations.