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How to Paint Watercolor Landscapes with Colin Bradley

Name: How to Paint Watercolor Landscapes with Colin Bradley
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Self-Taught Watercolor Techniques for Landscapes

Taught by a self-taught watercolorist who has painted since 1980, this course shares techniques developed through years of trial and error rather than formal art school training. The instructor describes the resulting style as impressionistic, yet grounded in a sense of realism.

To get started, students are given an outline drawing that can be printed directly onto watercolor paper or traced with carbon, along with a rundown of the materials used throughout the course. From there, the paintings are broken into easy-to-follow parts.

What You'll Paint

Skies
Water
Trees
Buildings

Best for: beginner watercolor painters who want to learn landscape painting through a personal, self-developed approach rather than traditional academic technique. Sharing your finished work is encouraged.

About this course

When I first started using Watercolour in 1980 I was inspired to copy the great artists such as Constable, Quinton and others. I couldn’t get on with oil or acrylic so turned my hand at watercolour.

As I had never gone to art school I just went with my instincts and had fun!

Because I tried to copy the great artists, the techniques I developed were completely unique and unlike any other watercolour pictures I saw.

I remained self taught, learnt as I went along and what you’ll see in this course is a result of years of learning through mistakes and finding what worked.

You’ll also see techniques never before attempted with watercolour (as far as I know). My watercolour pictures, even though they’re “impressionistic”, have a sense of realism about them.

In this course I’ll give you an outline drawing so that you can print this straight to watercolour paper or trace it using a carbon. I’ll also show you the materials I use in my watercolour work.

Then we’ll get started with the paintings which are split into “easy to digest” parts.

In this course you'll learn to paint a sky, water, trees, buildings and more.

I hope you enjoy learning my watercolour techniques, once you are finished, please do share your artwork via the Q & A section or message us using Udemy's messaging tools.