Sarah Van Der Linden

Watercolor landscapes using a reference photo

<p>Hi Mary, you painted so many different beautiful landscapes! My favorite is the last one, with the mountains and the wildflowers, this is such a magical scene. The colors you used add to this feeling, it’s like being in a fairytale!</p>

Thank you Sarah. I have learned so much from your class. I am still struggling on making the soft lines, especially the last painting with the dark shadow contrast lines. How do you know when to paint wet on wet to smooth out the lines without the paint spreading ?

The paint will spread a lot when the paper is really wet, but it will spread less after a while, when the paper starts to dry. It’s also better to use a very saturated paint. It’s not easy to find the right moment but it comes with time, if you always use the same paper, it will help you know it better. The wet on wet technique can be tricky to use. I hope that helps!

painting landscapes from reference photo

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