A basic landscape using a limited palette. Once you have some painting materials you need to decide what to paint. Loose Impressionist Watercolor Landscape Painting I have a complete course on loose watercolor landscape painting on Udemy. Some people use ceramic plates and other things. The reason for using a board is flexibility, you tape the paper to the board, you can then tilt the bord or lay it flat, you can also control how the paint moves down the paper. Other things you might want to include: a wooden board - you can use masking tape to fix the paper to the board while painting. The bristles are also more flexible than synthetic brush fibres. Some watercolor painters use natural hair brushes such as sable or squirrel hair because these brushes can hold more water than synthetic brushes. ![]() Some examples of my watercolor landscapes: Many watercolor brushes are made from natural hair, if you prefer you can also get high quality synthetic brushes. When choosing a brush - always choose a brush that is made for watercolor not oil painting or acrylic or anything else. Some people have a large collection with many different types of brushes but I like to keep things simple. ![]() Watercolor paper is available with different surface textures - rough (= cold pressed), smooth (= hot pressed) and NOT (slightly textured surface), for looser styles rough surfaces are good. Try to use paper that is at least 300 grams per square metre (140 pounds), thinner paper is cheaper but it will buckle as you add water and wet paint ![]() The best watercolor paper is 100% cotton - it warps less than wood pulp paper when you add water or wet paint Things to consider include, what is the paper made of, what weight/thickness is the paper and is the surface rough or smooth. There are many types and brands of water color paper. I don’t use a palette to mix colors since I prefer to use pure unmixed paint. My reason for using tubes is I sometimes dab small amounts of undiluted paint onto the paper, this technique is not possible with pans. Pans are small dried blocks of paint, you have to use a wet brush to re-activate the paint. Watercolor paint is available in two main forms - tubes and pans. Limiting the colors you use can produce a more harmonious composition, using too many colors might result in a discordant painting Try to get used to thinking about value and not just color (hue), value means the lightness or darkness of the paint, limiting the number of colors available to you forces you to think about and experiment with values So why use a limited palette? I advise using just a few colors for two reasons: The ultimate limited palette uses just one color. As you get started in watercolor my advice is to also keep your palette limited to no more than five or six colors. I use Sennelier watercolour paint and I tend to use a limited palette, which is just a fancy way of saying that I only use a few colors: Cobalt Blue, French Ultramarine blue, Prussian Blue, Cadmium Yellow and Light Phthalo Green. Paint: mostly Sennelier, I use tubes rather than pans Many top quality brands exist and all of them can deliver great results, but I know some people are interested in what I use, so here is a list: ![]() To paint loose watercolor landscapes you need some materials: paper, paint, a brush, a palette, a glass jar or something to hold water, a wooden board and some tape to hold the paper in place while you are painting.
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