Watercolor Landscapes for Beginners

Just getting started on your journey with watercolor and interested in learning how to paint landscapes? Or perhaps you’re a bit more advanced and are looking to improve your techniques or your process for painting nature scenes?

If you’re in either camp, this course is for you!

✱ What You’ll Learn:

• My simple process for painting great-looking watercolor landscapes 
• How to choose colors and prepare color mixtures for a smoother painting process and better results
• How I combine wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry techniques in one same piece
• How to layer watercolor effectively (without overworking your painting)
• How to actually use Aerial Perspective to create a believable sense of open space and depth in a nature scene painting
• My process for creating preliminary pencil sketches for watercolor paintings
• Much more!

✱ Supplies you’ll need:

• Drawing pencil 
• Soft graphite eraser
• Kneaded eraser
• Watercolor paper (Suggested: Cold Press, 140 lbs.)
• Watercolor paint set
• Watercolor brushes (Large, medium, and small)
• Container of water
• Mixing palette
• Absorbent towel or regular kitchen paper towels
• Masking tape or artist’s tape
• Backing board
• Scrap pieces of watercolor paper
• Optional: Tracing paper