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In this course, you will :
- Learn about composition and perspective, improve your sketching skills, and discover how to create depth, texture, and negative white space.
- Learn how to translate the scenes around you using the language of watercolour.
- how to paint evocative landscapes inspired by nature
- guidelines for successful composition and perspective before demonstrating how to sketch from reference photos with a pencil and then with watercolours
- guides you through the negative painting technique and demonstrates how to paint clouds into your landscape
- Discover the best techniques for creating depth, texture, highlights, fog, and smoke.
- how to use each tool for each effect, including how to use masking fluid to keep your white space
- how to soften the paint's edges after it has dried
- guides you through the application of your first and second washes, explaining paint mixing and creating your foreground
Syllabus :
1. Materials, Composition and Perspective
- Materials
- Composition and Perspective
- Sketching from References
- Sketching with Watercolor
- Creating Depth
2. Techniques
- Creating Texture With a Spray Bottle
- Scraping Pigment with a Palette Knife
- Creating Fog or Smoke
- Preserving White Areas
- Softening Edges After the Paint Has Dried
3. The Project Step by Step
- The Sketch and Masking
- Mixing Paint and the First Wash
- Second Wash
- Focal Point
- Details
