Watercolor Magic: Creating Absctact Landscapes

Discover the magic of watercolors and use it in your paintings

What you'll learn

the fastest and easiest way to prepare watercolor paper

create landscapes using only two colors

manipulate the watercolors around the canvas

find the balance between manipulating watercolors and letting them react

Requirements

watercolor paper 200 gsm (4 pieces of 15x20 cm)

watercolors: blue, green, yellow, red

a few reservoirs of water

one big and one small brush

Description

In this class, discover a new simple approach for creating abstract watercolor landscapes, by using a limited color palette of just a few colors and some watercolor magic! You’ll see that even such an unpredictable medium as watercolor can be manipulated in the directions you need.You will learn:the fastest and easiest way to prepare watercolorscreate landscapes using only two colorsmanipulate the watercolors around the canvasfind the balance between manipulating watercolors and letting them reactAt the end of this class, you’ll be able to create gorgeous abstract watercolor landscapes using just a few colors. It's a perfect opportunity for you to learn a new exciting way to work with watercolors or to simply have fun creating landscape paintings.Tools and materials to use in this class:watercolor paper 200 gsm – 4 pieces of 15x20 cm4 watercolors: blue. green, yellow, reda few reservoirs of waterone big (~ #35) and one small brush (~ #8)flat surfaceThe project for this class is an abstract watercolor landscape. Using the various combinations of only a few colors and the unique technique of manipulating watercolors, create four abstract landscapes. Share your process, both practicing and drawing results. I’ll be happy to see your progress and answer any questions you might have!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Class Overview

Lecture 3 Project

Lecture 4 Tools & Materials

Section 2: Creating Abstract Landscapes

Lecture 5 Preparing The Surface

Lecture 6 Landscape 1: Blue & Yellow

Lecture 7 Landscape 2: Green & Yellow

Lecture 8 Landscape 3: Green & Red

Lecture 9 Landscape 4: More Colors

Section 3: Final Thoughts

Lecture 10 Main Takeaways

Lecture 11 Keep Creating With More Classes

Anyone who wants to learn a new exiting way to work with watercolors or to simply have fun creating landscape paintings.