Watercolor Mountain Lake Landscape - Step by Step Tutorial

Learn to Paint Realistic Clouds and Reflections
What you'll learn
  • to plan a composition and a course of wor
  • to better control pigment/water ratio
  • to apply atmospheric perspective for creating multiply plans in the landscape
  • a method for keeping the paper wet for longer
  • a combination of basic watercolor techniques
  • to mix loose watercolor with precise details
  • to blend colors for harmonious reduced color palette
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Course description

Inspired by recent hiking and sketching trip to the Alps, in this class Maria will teach you some tips and tricks for painting realistic mountain lake landscapes, paying particular attention to the combination of basic techniques, water control and wet-on-wet approach. 

With teacher’s guidance this work will be split into doable steps. You’ll see a demonstration of each of them and will get the instructions for better process understanding. You also will find a few photo references in the class materials for your independent practice. 

The lesson may be interesting both for amateur artists who never stop improving their technique and for courageous beginners.

Looking forward to seeing you in the class!


 

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Requirements

Materials: 


Paper:
Centenaire: 100% cotton paper, cold pressed, 300 gsm (you can take any other paper with the same characteristics), 31x25 cm + paper for color tests and exercises


Watercolors:
- Naples Yellow, White Nights
- French Vermilion, Sennelier
- Olive Green, Sennelier
- French Ultramarine Blue, Sennelier
- Payne's Grey, Sennelier
- Blue Sennelier (Phthalo blue), Sennelier


Brushes:
- Goat flat brush 3 cm or any wide flat natural brush for moistening the paper (optional)
- Round squirrel / squirrel mix / squirrel imitation brush (6-10 mm fits well)
- Small (about 3-6 mm ) round synthetic brush for details (mixed / imitation / natural will do this job as well)

Other:
- Plastic WATERPROOF board
- Cup of water
- Paper towels
- Masking tape
- Pencil and eraser

Content
  • Intro
    Intro
    01:34
  • Supplies
    Supplies
    02:04
  • Sketch 1
    Sketch 1
    09:00
  • Sketch 2
    Sketch 2
    08:12
  • Drwaing
    Drwaing
    02:36
  • Preparing Paper
    Preparing Paper
    05:53
  • First Layer Sky
    First Layer Sky
    10:38
  • Fist Layer Mountains Lake
    Fist Layer Mountains Lake
    13:11
  • Reflections
    Reflections
    06:28
  • Trees House Details
    Trees House Details
    09:06
  • Final Details
    Final Details
    03:04
Maria Smirnova
Maria Smirnova
Watercolor artist and tutor
Maria is a passionate watercolorist, author of watercolor courses, video lesson’s creator, participant of different competitions and exhibitions. Her paintings can be found all around the world from the USA to Malaysia.  
This course includes:
  • Languages :
    en
  • Subtitles :
    -
  • Content :
    11 lessons
  • Duration :
    1h 11m
  • Level :
    All levels
  • Updated :
    2022-09-10
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