Below is a Simple Watercolour Landscape Painting Tutorial created by artist Angela Fehr.
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Paint a Simple One Layer Watercolour Landscape Painting: Irish Hillside
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If you are spending hours painting landscapes in watercolor, you need an intermission! Try this simple, one layer landscape scene that focuses on the beauty of sedimentary watercolor paint on textured paper.
About This Video Demonstration
Angela Fehr introduces viewers to a simplified approach to painting landscapes in watercolor. She emphasizes the charm of painting with a limited palette and the strategic use of color temperature to create depth in a landscape. She is painting a serene Irish hillside, focusing on minimalistic techniques in a one-layer application.
Angela discusses the selection of watercolor paints, stressing the importance of choosing colors that harmonize well and possess sedimentary qualities to enhance the painting’s texture. She begins her demonstration with a light wash of cobalt turquoise mixed with Quinacridone violet to achieve a stormy sky effect, carefully painting around the hills to define the landscape’s primary shapes.
Moving forward, Angela shares insights on managing watercolor properties, such as the dispersion of QoR watercolors, to prevent unwanted blending and to maintain control over the painting’s composition. She encourages artists to embrace granulation to add texture and depth, explicitly highlighting the use of cobalt green for its granulating properties.
Angela advises maintaining a balance between detailed planning and spontaneous creativity throughout the painting process. She illustrates how to build the landscape from light to dark. Angela also explores different focal points, such as the hills or the foreground, to create a dynamic composition.
Angela Fehr creates a compelling, one-layer watercolor landscape by using a thoughtful approach to color choice, water management, and composition. Her advice on using granulating paints and textured paper to make the painting more interesting highlights the video’s emphasis on simple techniques and the natural beauty of textures in landscape art.
Essential Techniques and Concepts:
- Limited color palette for harmony and depth
- Strategic use of color temperature and contrast
- Emphasis on sedimentary watercolor properties for texture
- Balancing detailed planning with creative spontaneity
- Utilizing granulating colors and textured paper for added depth
Angela’s watercolor landscape tutorial inspires artists to explore the simplicity and beauty of one-layer landscapes, encouraging experimentation with color, texture, and composition to develop their unique artistic voice.
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Paint: QoR Watercolor Paint: Naples Yellow, Cobalt Turquoise, Cobalt Green, Quinacridone Violet, Raw Sienna and Burnt Sienna
Brushes: Escoda Versatil #10 Rigger Scroggy’s Loose Goose Dagger Striper #1 from Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff http://bit.ly/2PM7qWw
Paper: Indigo Artpapers Wiropad 12×9 inch 300gsm spiral bound sketchbook with handmade, 100% cotton watercolor paper
Hi, great idea for watercolor painting. one layer watercolour is not so easy task. Thank you so much for great tutorial.