Welcome to Australian Watercolor Landscapes. In this course, I will show you how to sketch and paint four different Australian landscapes in a loose, atmospheric style. I’ll talk you through in real-time, the techniques I’m using such as wet-in-wet and wet-in-dry. I’ll also show you how to simplify and sketch a scene in pencil.
This course is aimed at beginners with 4 full landscape demonstrations which I’ll help guide you through step-by-step. There are scans, drawing, and tracing templates included for each demonstration to help you transfer your drawing over quickly and easily.
In this course, I narrate my demonstrations in real-time. I explain every technique I use in the context of the painting, such as layering into wet areas to paint shadows of a tree. I’ll be going over the basics of wet-in-wet watercolour painting. I’ll talk about what materials you’ll need, your options, and which ones I use and recommend. If you have some brushes, watercolour paints, and paper, then you’re set to go.
In this course, I will cover basics such as:
- How to Draw and compose your painting – these lessons are placed at the beginning of each demonstration to show you how I sketch in basic details. I will show you how to place the horizon line, and how to quickly and accurately sketch in the reference photo. I will also talk about how I use my sketch to plan out the steps of my watercolour painting afterwards.
- How to use complementary colours to create vibrancy and interest in your watercolour paintings.
- How to paint skies, mountains, water, trees, buildings and figures in a soft and loose manner, using a combination of wet-in-wet and wet-in-dry techniques. I’ll talk about how and when to wet your watercolour paper to obtain particular results such as the appearance of soft clouds, and when to paint in more rigid and accurate shapes once the paper has dried.
- The importance of timing in watercolours and when to use different brushes.
