Ready to start painting watercolor landscapes with more confidence?

In this class, you’ll learn a simple, beginner-friendly process for painting beautiful nature scenes with depth, atmosphere, and believable space. Whether you’re completely new to watercolor or looking to improve your landscape painting technique, this course will help you create more polished and expressive results.

Together, we’ll go step-by-step through my watercolor landscape process, from the initial sketch to the final layers of paint, as we work through three different landscapes so you can confidently apply the same approach to a variety of nature scenes.

✱ This class is perfect for:

Beginner watercolor artists
Students wanting to improve landscape painting skills
Artists who struggle with depth and perspective in nature scenes
Anyone who wants a more structured painting process

✱ What You'll Learn:

Paint watercolor landscapes using a clear, simple process
Choose colors and prepare mixtures before you begin
Combine wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry techniques in the same painting
Layer watercolor effectively without overworking your paper
Use Aerial Perspective to create depth and distance
Build a strong preliminary pencil sketch for your painting
Create more natural-looking skies, land, and atmospheric effects

✱ Supplies you’ll need:

Drawing pencil
Soft graphite eraser
Kneaded eraser
Cold press watercolor paper (140 lb., 100% cotton recommended)
Watercolor paints
Large, medium, and small watercolor brushes
Mixing palette
Water container
Absorbent towel or paper towels
Masking tape or artist’s tape
Backing board
Scrap watercolor paper
Optional: tracing paper

✱ Additional Resources:

Wet-on-Wet vs. Wet-on-Dry Techniques Explained video on YouTube
Watercolor Paint Consistencies (Tea to Butter) video
My Instagram for more tips and inspiration
My website for watercolor blog posts

Ricky Ingram

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