This class is all about drawing and painting mountains.

You’ll learn how to start with simple shapes to establish the overall composition, before moving on to more interesting shapes, textures and lighting patterns.

By working our way from simple to more complex, you’ll leave this class with an understanding of how light interacts with the various edges and materials on a mountain.

Using the provided references, you’ll be able to paint along with me as I talk through my thoughts and techniques for achieving more interesting mountains. As always, my teaching style is to help you understand the reasoning behind the choices, and provide repeatable strategies so that you feel more confident in approaching your own unique scenes for years to come.

With demonstrations in both watercolor and gouache, this class is aimed at a wide variety of students who have the same goal: painting better mountains.

Materials:

You don't need all of these - these are just the materials I use. You can use whatever brands you want.

Drawing

HB Pencil (for light lines) or a blue pencil (my favorite)
Sketchbook or computer paper

Watercolor

Watercolors used in my demos (again, you don't need the exact same colors): Schmincke Ultramarine Finest, Sennelier Neutral Tint, Schmincke Perylene Violet, Schmincke English Venetian Red, Schmincke Yellow Ochre, W&N Quinacridone Magenta, Schmincke Peryelen Green, M. Graham Hansa Yellow.
Etchr Everyday Sketchbook (Cold Pressed)
Silver Black Velvet #12 round brush
Etchr #8 round brush

Gouache

Winsor and Newton Designer's Gouache (colors: zinc white, ultramarine, cadmium-free lemon yellow, permanent alizarin crimson, perylene black)
Daler Rowney Aquafine Smooth Watercolor Paper (Hot Pressed)

Great source for freely-usable references: https://unsplash.com/

My Teaching Style

My goal as a teacher is for students to take away a deeper understanding of the topic rather than just copying what they see. I always try to give repeatable strategies that are easy to remember. That way, students can go off on their own and find success within their own practice.

Khanh Nguyen

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