Sunsets are an elegant part of nature.Each day ends with a unique sunset and its hard to put the mystery of a sunset into words but lets try to paint beauty on paper.

Learning how to paint a sunset with watercolours is easy ,fun and rewarding. You can create a dazzling, multihued watercolour wash that mimics the vibrant colours of sunset with minimal supplies.

Once you have mastered a simple sunset in watercolour you cn get creative with your colours and create some stunning sunsets.

In this class you will paint 4 beautiful vibrant sunset skies and silhouettes in watercolours. Each painting can be completed under 15 mins.

We will primarly focus on wet on wet technique which provides a soft yet complex effect in your paintings and create beautiful washes.

We will learn -

How to use 2 primary colours for the sky without ending up creating secondary colour and create some beautiful washes.

How to blend the colours and create a seamless variegated wash for the skies.

How to paint some easy silhouettes.

This class is for beginners who want to paint some easy and beautiful paintings with minimum supplies.

Follow along with this step by step tutorial and learn basic wet on wet technique to create some easy sunset paintings.

Materials needed

Watercolor paper 300 gsm 100% cotton

Pencil

Eraser

Ruler

Technical/ Micron pen

Painting palette

2 containers of water

A paper towel/cloth rag

Brushes - 3/4 inch wash brush, size 10 , 3 , 3/0 round brush .

If you don't have the exact same size its fine. All you need is one flat or wash brush , a round brush of size preferably of size between 6 to 10 and a detailing brush.

Watercolors of any brand. I have mentioned the colours used for each project in the Project description section.

If you are ready with the supplies , let's get painting!

Tara Echo

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