The Twelve Apostles - Australian Watercolor Landscape

🎨 Course Title: The Twelve Apostles - Australian Watercolor Landscapes + Bonus Bhutan Mountain Workshop

Course Headline: Paint an iconic Australian landscape easily using simple steps! 🌏✨

Welcome to "The Twelve Apostles - Australian Watercolor Landscapes"!

In this course, we'll journey through the process of painting one of Australia's most recognizable landmarks, The Twelve Apostles, using watercolour techniques. You'll learn how to capture the beauty and essence of this coastal wonder with ease and confidence. Plus, as a bonus, you'll also explore the serene landscapes of Bhutan with a mountain landscape painting workshop! 🖌️🏞️

Course Breakdown:

Understanding Watercolour Techniques

• Wet-in-Wet Mastery: Discover the art of timing and control to create stunning soft textures for grass, shrubs, and waves. 🌊⏱️
• Sketching Large Shapes: Learn how to accurately outline the main components of your landscape - sky, water, shadows, trees, and land before you start painting. 📐

Painting with Purpose

• Detailed Landscapes: From rocks to clouds, learn how to paint these elements with minimal effort for a natural finish. 🏝️☁️
• Adding People: Simple techniques to add figures to your landscape, enhancing the sense of scale and depth. 👫
• Detail Layering: Add extra details to create depth and interest in your painting without overcomplicating it. ✨
• Shadow Identification: Identify or choose a light source to create realistic shadows in your artwork. ☀️🌃

Bonus Workshop: Paint A Mountain Landscape (Bhutan)

Dive into a new challenge and expand your skills with this bonus workshop, where you'll capture the majesty of Bhutan's mountains in watercolour. 🏔️🌍

What You'll Learn:

• How to create beautiful paintings of any coastal landscape in watercolour.
• Sketching techniques for planning your coastal landscape painting accurately.
• Practical applications of wet-in-wet and wet-in-dry watercolour techniques for various elements like clouds, skies, grass, water, and waves.
• Painting basic trees and rocks with simplicity and ease.
• Adding people naturally into your landscape.
• Layering effectively to add extra details for depth.
• Combining layers to create a cohesive natural scene.

Your Assignment:

Draw and paint your own natural coastal watercolour landscape! This can be inspired by the scenes from this course or based on your own photographs or observations. Use the provided tracing templates if you wish, but for the best learning experience, I encourage you to draw each scene freehand. 🖌️📐

Materials Needed:

• 0.5mm mechanical pencil
• Artist grade watercolour paints - blue, yellow, and red
• 100% cotton watercolour paper or sketchbook
• A variety of watercolour brushes (mop brush for larger areas, round brushes for detailing)

Getting Started:

1. Review the course demonstration videos to get a clear understanding of the techniques we'll be using.
2. Optionally, download the tracing templates to assist with your drawing.
3. Research reference photo websites or find an outdoor location to paint from scratch.
4. Use the steps and processes included in this course to create your unique painting.

Sharing Your Work:

I invite you to share your progress and final painting with the course community by uploading them to the Q&A and discussion section on Udemy. If you have any questions or need additional guidance, I'm here to help every step of the way! 🤝🎨

Embark on this creative adventure with "The Twelve Apostles - Australian Watercolor Landscapes" and let your artistic skills soar! Join us and transform your canvas into a breathtaking scene that captures the essence of nature's grandeur. 🌈🎨🌟