Atmospheric Watercolor Mountain Landscapes For Beginners

Name: Atmospheric Watercolor Mountain Landscapes For Beginners
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Create 12 Different Mountain Landscapes! Bonus Watercolor Workshop Included: Japanese Garden and Cairo

Created byWatercolour Mentor

Last updated 6/2023

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What you'll learn

How to paint mountain landscapes in watercolor
How to use wet-in-wet techniques to paint water, grass, skies and mountains
How to loosen up your brushstrokes whilst maintaining detail
How to paint quickly and maintain vibrancy in your paintings
How to sketch in watercolors

Course content

3 sections • 15 lectures • 6h 31m total length

Introduction1:09
Learn to paint 12 different mountain landscapes with watercolor, while loosening brush strokes and applying essential wet watercolor techniques to produce simple, beautiful paintings.
Materials Required2:46
Discover the essential materials for creating atmospheric watercolor mountain landscapes, from assorted flat brushes, a round and fan brush to a mechanical pencil, plus quick-drying paper options for vibrant washes.

1 - Mountains and Lake10:30
Learn to paint atmospheric mountain and lake landscapes using wet-on-wet watercolor, building sky and water with cerulean blue, capturing reflections, greens, and shrubs.
2 - Snowy Mountains9:19
Paint a snowy mountain landscape in watercolor, starting with cerulean sky washes that deepen upward. Lift out white to reveal snow and depth.
3 - Sunlight on Mountains10:43
Capture sunlight on mountains with yellow and orange washes, darken the top, and sweep warm tones down the scene while painting trees and distant peaks with brushes.
4 - Mountains and Rivers11:50
Create a sunset watercolor landscape with mountains and a river, using yellow, orange, and blue washes to form misty clouds.
5 - Layered Mountains and Trees13:08
Layer layered mountains from sunset yellows and oranges, then tint with cerulean and prussian blue to create depth, while lifting clouds and adding trees.
6 - Mountains and Snow10:17
Learn to build a nighttime watercolor mountain scene with a blue gradient wash, dark mountain silhouettes, subtle snow and star details, through loose brushwork and selective dry brush techniques.
7 - Church on Hill15:49
Paint an atmospheric watercolor of a church on a hill by layering warm yellows, greens, and cerulean blues. Add trees, shadows, and a path for depth.
8 - House on Hill10:16
Master an atmospheric watercolor mountain landscape featuring a simple house on a hill, building a light sky wash, dark trees, roof details, and dry-brush mountain textures.
9 - Houses on Hill15:17
Mix burnt sienna and yellow ochre to color the hillside houses, lay warm greens for trees, and add snowcapped mountains in the background for atmospheric depth.
10 - Trees and Lake14:02
Create an atmospheric watercolor mountain landscape featuring sky, trees, and a lake using layered blues and greens, lift and scratch highlights, and add a few birds.
11 - Mountain and Lake17:42
Learn how to create atmospheric watercolor mountain landscapes by wetting the sky, mixing blues and greens, and painting distant mountains, trees, and lake with layering and lifting techniques.
12 - Snowy Mountains and Lake14:45
Paint a snowy mountain scene in watercolor, with cerulean sky, cobalt lake, and distant peaks. Use dry brushing, lifts, and varied greens and yellows for trees and reflections.

Requirements

No prerequisites

Description

In this class, I'm going to show you how to paint twelve different mountain landscapes in watercolor. One of the things I struggled with as a beginner was learning how to loosen up my brushstrokes without sacrificing detail.

Bonus Watercolor Workshop Included: Japanese Garden and Cairo!

This class will help you loosen up as well as go through some essential wet-on-wet watercolor techniques that will make your life easier and allow watercolors to 'paint itself'. This class is for beginners to intermediate learners. I'm looking forward to sharing my knowledge with you, so enroll in this class and you'll be producing some simple and beautiful paintings in no time!

Some topics we will cover are:

How to paint skies, water, and mountains in a soft and loose manner, using wet-in-wet techniques. I'll talk about how and when to wet your watercolor paper to obtain particular results such as the appearance of soft clouds, and when to paint in more rigid and accurate shapes once the paper has dried.
The importance of timing in watercolors and when to use different brushes.
Essential materials required in watercolor painting, and the 3 basic colors that you can get by with any painting.
Understand color mixing on paper to create soft clouds and other abstract shapes
Understand how to use wet-on-dry watercolor techniques to paint more rigid and accurate shapes

Who this course is for:

Students in watercolor
Students looking for a fast and easy way to paint watercolor landscapes

Atmospheric Watercolor Mountain Landscapes For Beginners

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Course content

Introduction and Materials2 lectures • 4min

'Paint-along' Demonstrations12 lectures • 2hr 34min

Bonus Workshop1 lecture • 3hr 54min

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Description

Who this course is for: