Photo Reference of watercolor Landscape Painting
Trees, lake surfaces, and blue sky in the background on a sunny day in summer, all create a cool and beautiful atmosphere of lakeside scenery. That’s also the inspiration for me to paint this watercolor landscape painting.
Below is the reference photo that you can contrast when looking at my finished work. You can also use it for reference and paint from your own perspective.
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Tutorial: Watercolor Landscape Painting of River Reflections
Start painting watercolor landscape. Apply a layer of water all over the surface of the paper by using a large flat brush loaded with water.
Necessary Materials
Paper: Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolor Paper, Cold Pressed, 300gsm
Pigments:Â Below is a list of the pigments I used:
Opera Pink, Dark Brown, Permanent Yellow, Permanent Green Light, Greenish Yellow, Olive Green, Lavender, Verditer Blue, Naples yellow.
Brushes: rigger brush, Large Flat Brush, Calligraphy Brush
Other:Â Graphite pencil, Pallette, Water bucket, Drawing boat.
Watercolor Scenery Painting - Step By Step
1. Make a Line Drawing
As usual, I start with a pencil sketch to define the outlines; notice, I do not go into the details of the drawing and only suggest the overall form of the object.Â
2. Start first applying paint
Moisten the paper by covering the entire surface of the paper with a flat brush soaked in clean water. Wait for a few minutes for the paper to lose its shine before starting to paint the landscape painting with the sky wash. Paint the first patch of the sky with Naples Yellow.Â
Next, Add the brushstroke in the upper part with a mixture of Lavender and Verditer Blue. Letting this mixture flow down to create a beautiful and natural effect.
3. Paint the grass of Watercolor tutorial Lakeside Scenery
Add a loose layer of color to suggest the first form of the grass in the foreground. Use a mixture of Naples Yellow and Greenish Yellow; besides, apply a few touches of Opera pink.
4. Suggest the first shape of the trees
The paper is still quite damp at this time, start with the group of trees on the right side. Apply a few touches of color to randomly suggest the loose shapes of trees. Because, this area is still wet, so we’ll achieve soft edges. Using brushstrokes in Olive green, Permanent yellow and Permanent yellow orange for the light tones; and Olive Green and Phthalo Green Dark for dark tones.
Move to the left, working with the trees in the background in the same way. To create a sense of space and depth, these trees don’t need to be drawn in detail.
5. Paint the reflection - Watercolor Scenery
Begin by applying a slight wash of a mixture of Opera Pink and Jaune Brillight No.2Â over the entire area of the lake.
While the previous wash is still wet, Paint the reflection of the trees with a mixture of Greenish Yellow for the light tones and olive green with a touch of Peacock Green for the dark tones.
6. Paint the detailed foliage shapes
Next, Paint the foliage to create detailed shape and define the outlines. Mixture of permanent green light, Permanent yellow Light with a touch of cobalt blue. Vary these mixtures to suggest a variation in value
7. Define final details of Watercolor tutorial Lakeside Scenery
Scroll to the bottom, We will need to refine the grass in the foreground to add emphasis to the forms and the intensity of colors. Develop the foreground until it results in a detailed plane that heightens the sensation of distance between it and the other in more distant. Use pigments of the same tone to suggest the texture of the grass.
Using a rigger brush with dark brown to suggest a few branches. The watercolor scenery painting is basically complete.
Finish your watercolor landscape painting
Enjoying your watercolor scenery painting with good results. Let me know what you think in the comments below if you found this tutorial helpful. We’ll see each other again in the next watercolor tutorial.
