If you love Chinese style landscape paintings and are looking for a watercolor beginner friendly class in painting minimalist yet atmospheric artworks like this, then this class is for you.

What I love the most about this style of painting is how relaxing and rewarding it is to finish a simple yet stunning painting. All it takes is a few minutes and you've already created an artwork that you can be proud of.

Join me in this class and together, lets marvel into the wonderful world of watercolors. I love painting semi realistic florals and landscapes but during those days when life is too demanding yet I still want to make time for art as a mindfulness activity, this painting style is my go to.

By creating a minimalistic watercolor artwork, not only do I get to finish one painting in one sitting but I also get that rewarding feeling of letting watercolors do its magic by leaving the pigments to blend with the water.

What will we do in this class?

Well learn necessary watercolor techniques to achieve a minimalist, relaxing, and atmospheric landscape paintings in Chinese style. To do this, we will:

Discuss how to select appropriate reference photos that fit the painting style were after.
Practice different watercolor techniques such as wet on wet, wet on dry, painting details, lifting and scumbling and where they are used.
Plan our painting by drawing a thumbnail study and placing the different elements of the landscape painting to make it visually appealing.
After the warm up exercises, we will then create our projects by trying out three different styles of landscape painting.

By the end of this class, you will have three minimalistic but stunning landscape paintings in Chinese style that you can give to your friends or families or hang on your wall.

Once you've equipped yourself with these new learnings, you can then use the same workflow and apply these watercolor techniques in painting florals, still life, animals or abstract painting.

Who is this class for?

This class is beginner friendly but hobbyists and experienced watercolor artists are more than welcome to join the fun.

If you are someone who is looking for a relaxing painting style and loves atmospheric landscape scenes, then this class is for you.

What do we need to get started?

I have prepared a PDF Class Guide, found in the Resources tab, to assist your learning. You will also need to prepare some basic watercolor materials such as:

Watercolor paper (student grade will do)
Watercolor brushes (one big and one small round brush, eg. size 12 and size 2)
Watercolor paint (the colors will depend on your preference but recommendations can be found in the guide)
Water jars (one for rinsing and the other for getting clean water)
Paper towel or rag (to get rid of excess water from the brush)
Masking tape (if you want a clean border)
Marker or pen (if you want a mixed media look)

The above and your passion to learn and the love for arts are what you need to get started in this class.

See you there!

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Paula L

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