This video teaches you how to cliff faces and tree covered hills with watercolor. How to add depth and atmosphere to a landscape.
This video is about 60 minutes long, however on my Patreon membership I have the full video which runs for about 4 hours, with a lot more tips, tricks, and techniques.
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00:00 Intro
01:19 The drawing
02:35 Mixing initial colors
06:35 Painting the sky
07:14 Cliff face underpainting
17:29 Distant hills
18:47 Painting mass of trees on hills
36:55 Detailed rocks on cliff face
38:51 Shadows on hill and cliffs
54:24 Foreground trees
My teaching manual: Mastering Watercolors A Practical Guide: amzn.to/3ZF2FRW
Materials used:
Paper:
Quarter sheet, 185 gsm Arches Cold Pressed watercolor paper
Watercolor paints, all are Winsor and Newton:
French Ultramarine
Cobalt Blue
Cobalt Turquoise
Raw Sienna
Burnt Sienna
Raw Umber
Aureolin or Winsor Lemon, or any cool yellow
Permanent Rose
Scarlet Lake
Brushes:
Size 8 & 12 round watercolor brushes
Mop brush or size 24 round watercolor brush for wetting the back of the paper
Rigger
Hog hair fan brush
Other material:
Waterproof backing board, I use 6mm thick matt black acrylic, held at about 20 degrees