Painting A Coastal Landscape With Boats And Buildings

What you'll learn
How to paint simple paintings of a coastal landscape in watercolour
How to sketch and plan your coastal landscape painting in pencil before you start painting
How and when to use wet-in-wet watercolour techniques to paint skies, water, buildings, boats and sand
How to paint with minimal effort using efficient brushstrokes
How to add people into your landscapes in a natural and simple way
How to paint water using a variety of essential techniques
How to layer effectively to add extra details
How to combine layers to create depth naturally
How to paint simple shadows and identify or choose a light source in your painting
Requirements
No experience in watercolor painting required.
Description
Welcome to Painting a Coastal Landscape with Boats and Buildings.In this course, we'll be painting a coastal landscape with various elements including boats, buildings and people. Being able to capture an impression of a landscape in a quick, fun and loose manner is an essential skill that every artist should learn to master. Watercolour is the perfect medium that allows you to produce spontaneous and expressive paintings on the go. In this course, you'll learn to simplify details and choose what elements are most important for you to portray.Drawing is an important part of the painting process, and we will go through an easy way to break down complex objects into simple shapes. I'll show you how to recognise shapes and estimate and pencil in large shapes such as sky, water and land. Getting those large components in accurately is essential for your painting to make sense.In this course you'll...

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