How to Paint a Watercolor Summer Landscape

Name: How to Paint a Watercolor Summer Landscape
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Paint 3 different warm and sunny watercolor landscapes with me!

Created byJana Raninis

Last updated 7/2022

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What you'll learn

Learn how to paint 3 different watercolor landscapes
Explore color mixing possibilities and use limited color palette for harmonious scene
Try fun techniques to paint summer sky full of fluffy clouds
Paint reflection of trees in the water using wet on wet technique

Course content

1 section • 7 lectures • 1h 1m total length

Introduction0:51
Learn to paint three watercolor landscapes inspired by favorite places, using a minimalistic color palette and fun techniques to capture the summer sky, with guidance on art supplies.
Materials2:37
Discover essential watercolor materials for a summer landscape, including an affordable White Knight set with limited colors, 185 gsm paper, brushes, masking tape, and water jars.
Summer Color Palette6:26
Explore a warm, harmonious summer landscape palette using ultramarine blue and Rosina, a few colors, olive green, and burnt amber to create earthy greys and tree tones.
Summer Landscape #1: Wheat Fields15:34
Paint a simple watercolor summer landscape of golden wheat fields under a blue sky with fluffy clouds, using ultramarine blue and raw sienna on a lower third horizon.
Summer Landscape #2: Pathway Through Fields and Meadows16:37
Paint a watercolor summer landscape inspired by countryside fields, using a sky gradient, a base ground wash along a pathway, and wet-on-wet greens with ultramarine and olive green.
Summer Landscape #3: Evening at the Lake18:53
Learn to paint a summer evening landscape by the lake in watercolor, building a light sky and water with wet-on-wet washes, reflections, and layered grasses and trees.
Final Thoughts0:39
Express gratitude, celebrate painting sunny summer pieces, invite you to upload your watercolor landscape paintings for classmates, ask questions in the discussion section, and explore additional materials for next time.

Requirements

No experience needed

Description

Painting landscapes can be so relaxing and fun, especially when you know how to abstract from all those overwhelming details and how to choose the color palette to create a harmonious piece.

You say you are not sure?

Well, this class will help you with that!

We are going to paint 3 different watercolor landscapes together, using limited color palette and fun and useful techniques to depict a summer cloudy sky or a reflection of the trees in the calm lake.

The class is beginners friendly, we will go step by step painting each one of these landscapes, and before that, we will talk about the colors, specific color tones and how to mix them.

After taking this class, you will be able to paint appealing watercolor landscapes using limited color palette.

The reference pictures used in the class can be found attached in the Resources section.

List of colors used in the paintings (White Nights series watercolor set):

Raw Sienna, Ultramarine, Burnt Umber, Olive Green (Olive green mixed by myself: Ultramarine+Cadmium Yellow Medium)

Other art supplies:

watercolor paper Arches 100% cotton, 185gsm

brushes: liner brushes Royal White Tacklon size 2, Daler Rowney Liner 10/0, mop brush Dainayw size 2, regular round brush size 8.

pencil, masking tape, hardboard, jar of water, paper towels

Who this course is for:

Watercolor beginners who love exploring new techniques and love painting landscapes