Painting the Nordics: The Ultimate Watercolor Course

Master a watercolor Iceland beach drawing by blocking the horizon and water lines, detailing a dangerous headland with rocks and distant figures for depth, and using shadows with wet‑into‑wet technique.

Build an Iceland beach painting with layered watercolors, starting a light cerulean sky wash, then darker ultramarine water, and rugged rocks with greens, browns, and Payne's gray, using wet-on-wet blending.

Create a sky wash with gray and cerulean blue, spray the paper, cut around the mountain, then paint greens, blues, and rocks, snow, and a waterfall with wet into wet.

Sketch a Copenhagen harbor scene in New Haven, highlighting boats, foreground details, and the colorful buildings with windows and umbrellas. Emphasize a strong right-side light to shape shadows and composition.

Paint a warm nordic streetscape from Porvoo using yellow ochre, burnt sienna, and Payne's gray to create rooftops, shadows, and a moody sky with careful cutting around architectural details.

Master a thin, transparent watercolor wash to render purplish shadows on a street scene, following light through buildings, windows, and rooflines while refining figures with dark and light contrasts.

master a watercolor Copenhagen bridge painting by laying a light background wash, blocking in buildings and umbrellas, and layering yellows, burnt sienna, and blues through wet-on-wet blending.

Apply a light cerulean blue sky wash, then block in buildings with Payne's gray and Indian yellow, plus yellow ochre, preserving light and contrast across rooftops.

Sketch a scandinavian house from a low vantage point, marking roof lines, windows with white frames, chimneys, and surrounding trees while adding shadows and distant rooftops.

Learn to paint a Scandinavian house in watercolor using wet washes, layered reds and greens, and negative painting to create shadows and background.

In the Icelandic house drawing, establish a horizon line and mountains, then render light and shadow and build the house with a three-point roof and chimney.

Learn to build an Icelandic landscape with a light sky wash and blue-purple mountains, preserve the white paper, cut around a house, and blend shadows for icy Nordic scenery.

Start with a light cerulean sky and warm stockholm buildings, using yellow ochre and quinacridone gold to capture golden light, then apply blue shadows with ultramarine and burnt umber.

Paint a Stockholm street scene in watercolor, balancing light and dark, with figures, vehicles, trees, and a distant building using a one-point perspective toward the vanishing point.

Create a stockholm road scene by applying a light sky wash of cerulean blue and gray, then add warm building tones with yellow ochre and burnt sienna using wet-on-wet technique.