Painting the landscape in watercolor can be a very rewarding technique but in order to obtain fresh and expressive paintings, one should become acquainted with its fundamentals and this course is perfect for the artists that want to approach this technique or to further their range of skills: washes, gradations, glazes, wet on wet, wet on dry, drybrush, composition, intuitive perspective, atmospheric perspective. We will also prepare quick sketches and studies to visualize possible solutions for a bigger, more finished work.

During the 6 sessions of this online course, we will paint a variety of landscapes, both from photographic references and master’s watercolors, also practicing specific subjects such as the sky, clouds, water and water reflections, trees, textural effects for rocks, sand, grass and more. This course is a good starting point for the artist that wants to seriously pursue watercolor.

As you can see, this course deals with a variety of foundation watercolor topics, methods and techniques that can be applied to watercolor painting in general, but also to develop a personal technique, aesthetic sensibility and create artworks that you can enter in shows and competitions.

Open to all levels.

Materials:

• Paint: cadmium red medium, alizarine crimson, cadmium yellow lemon, cadmium yellow medium, earth red (Indian red, Venetian red or burnt Sienna), Naples yellow, yellow ochre, ultramarine blue, ultramarine violet, black, burnt umber, sepia, cobalt blue, cobalt violet, sap green, Hooker’s green, and any other colors you might already have
• Paper: a pad of cold press paper 12” by 16” or so
• Brushes: #2 and #8 or 10, round. You can use synthetic or natural sables (Kolinsky or red sable), a flat, synthetic brush, about ¾ “will do.
• You can also get a small sketchpad for quick studies and sketches, just make sure that the paper of the sketchpad can withstand light watercolor washes.