Your project will be to paint a landscape using 3 media: watercolor, gouache and colored pencils.

You can follow my step by step instructions and paint along with me a crowded beachscape or watch the lessons and then try your own mixed media landscape..

Once you are finished, it will be important to upload your project in the gallery, so that other students can see the results you can achieve. In this way, I will be able to give you a personalised feedback! Feel free to upload different versions, I will give a feedback to each of them.

You will find attached the reference photo in a double version: the original photo and the cut down detail that I'm using for my sketch. Feel free to use this image and personalise it with your own details! As you will see, I have only used it as an inspiration. It's an Italian Beach in Sicily, called Stair of Turks (Scala dei Turchi).

I have found this image on Unsplash , which is an excellent source of royalty free images!

Photo Credit: Camille Minouflet on Unsplash

SUPPLIES

Graphite Pencil and Eraser.
Watercolor Paper: cellulose will be perfect, 300 gsm. No need to use expensive cotton paper.
Watercolor Paint: student grade paint will be perfect. I'am using 4 colors:
- Naples Yellow (if you don't have it, you can mix Yellow Ochre, a Medium Yellow and White)
- Reddish Naples Yellow (or just add a tiny bit of Orange or Vermillion to the previous mix)
- Cerulean (any light blue)
- Viridian or Phtalo Green ( a cold, dark green)
Gouache paint: I'am using a mix of student and artist grade paint. Use the best quality you can afford. I am using different colors easily available in a basic set.
Gouache Brushes in different sizes: a flat large brush, filbert brushes of different sizes, and a smaller round brush for details.
Colored Pencils in various basic colors: Dark Brown, Black, Yellow, Light Brown. I'm using good quality student grade pencils.
Washi or Artist Tape: washi is usually gentler with cellulose paper.
2 jars of water
Paper Towels, or a cloth.
a Mixing Space: I recommend to use a ceramic palette with gouache, as plastic will be easily stained. An old white dish will do perfectly fine!

Charmel Armstrong

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