Water is one of the most dynamic and entrancing elements, it is eye-catching and never leaves anyone indifferent. But it might seem that it’s difficult to convey its dynamics on paper. How not to lose liveliness and volume, its structure and all the reflects? How to make your viewer carefully examine your work, experiencing the thunder of waves? How not to overwork your watercolor and not to be afraid to paint water based on your impressions only? All these questions will get answered in the new course by Anastasia Kustova “Magic of Water”, based on the marathon of the same name.
06:31
lessons: 4
5
Kustova
Online-course
MAGIC OF WATER.
LANDSCAPES WITH BOATS
5 900 руб.
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About the course
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Outcome of the course
- you’ll analyze aerial perspective and tonal values;
- you’ll learn how to capture the shape of water depending on the currents;
- you’ll understand how to paint a light reflection in the dark water;
- you’ll master capturing reflects of objects;
- you’ll practice adding small details;
- you’ll find out how to paint seabed and rocks from imagination;
- you’ll create four waterscapes with boats.
Course outline
lesson 1
01:49
Intermediate
Boats in Marseille
We’ll break down all the basics of painting water: its shape depending on the current and wind, aerial perspective and representation of waves. We’ll learn to see reflects of objects, paint boats and yachts and design reflections.
lesson 2
01:58
Intermediate
Yacht
We’ll learn how to paint a yacht without bright contrast light, we’ll figure out how to work with mirrored reflections and their complex shapes to have a three-dimensional and realistic painting without bright colors.
lesson 3
01:20
Intermediate
Fishermen in the fog
We’ll talk about the complex topic of painting a light reflection in the dark water, we’ll learn how to paint a seabed and rocks in the water from imagination.
lesson 4
01:24
Intermediate
Sunset in a port
We’ll analyze aerial perspective and tonal values, learn how to simplify and keep the important, we’ll paint the complex sunset sky, master working with composition and we’ll paint water surface with the reflections.
Materials for the course
Surface
Watercolor paper, 100% cotton, with a weight of 300 gsm or more, by the following brands: DMD, Hahnemuhle, Lana, Moulin du Roy, Saunders Waterford, Arches, Canson Watercolor, etc.
Media
Set of professional watercolors of 24 colors or more. For example: Pinax, White Nights, Van Gogh, Lukas, Schminke, Winsor&Newton, and other professional series, either in pans or tubes.
Additionally, you might need the following paints:
- yellow ochre
- burnt sienna
- perylene violet or Bordeaux (a cool red)
- Payne’s gray
- purple
- indigo
- olive green
- horizon blue (or cobalt turquoise)
If you already have some brushes, use your familiar set. If you are planning to buy the brushes, here are some recommendations: squirrel, sable or synthetic, made specifically for watercolors. Round and flat and a big flat brush for wetting the paper.
Additional
- plastic palette
- graphite pencil
- eraser
- support board
- water bowls
- masking tape
- paper towels
Other things
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