Urban Sketching For Beginners: Copenhagen Scene

🚀 Welcome to Urban Sketching For Beginners: Copenhagen Scenes! 🎨

Embark on a creative journey with our Watercolour Mentor as you transform your passion for art into vibrant urban sketches. This course is designed to guide you through the process of capturing the lively essence of Copenhagen, Denmark in watercolor. By the end of this course, not only will you have painted a stunning scene, but you'll also have acquired skills that apply to any urban landscape you choose to explore!

🌟 What You'll Discover in This Course:

• Sketching Basics: Learn the art of sketching with pen, capturing the essence of your subject without the pressure of perfection. 📚✨

• Mastering Watercolor Techniques: From simple paintings to mastering wet-in-wet and wet-in-dry methods, you'll learn the secrets to soft, atmospheric washes that imply light. 🎭💧

• Composition Skills: Understand how to simplify, emphasize, and omit areas in your reference photo to create a more dynamic and unique composition. 🖼️👀

🔹 Course Highlights:

• Pen & Paper: Begin with sketching your scene in pen, learning to confidently outline the structures that give life to the urban environment.

• Watercolor Wonderland: Discover how to use watercolors to paint elements like clouds, skies, and water, capturing their unique qualities through your art. 🌤️💦

• Bringing Characters to Life: Add people into your landscape naturally, contributing to a more lively and relatable scene. 👫

• Water Wizardry: Paint water with various techniques that bring movement and depth to your artwork.

• Detail Dynamics: Learn when and how to add fine details to create shadows, contrast, and interest in your painting. 🎨🔍

• Depth & Layering: Combine layers effectively to add extra details and create a natural sense of depth without overwhelming the scene.

• Shadows & Light: Identify or choose a light source to paint simple shadows, enhancing the three-dimensional effect of your painting. 🌤️☀️

🎉 Your Creative Journey Awaits!

Join our Watercolour Mentor in this exciting class where you'll be painting a beautiful scene of Copenhagen in no time. With step-by-step guidance, you'll learn to sketch and plan your landscape painting in pencil before diving into the world of watercolor techniques. Whether you're a complete beginner or looking to refine your skills, this course is packed with valuable insights that will elevate your urban sketching abilities.

Materials Required: 🖌️

• Pencils (HB and a softer lead like 4B)
• Watercolor paper or heavyweight regular paper
• A variety of watercolors
• Round brushes in sizes 6, 10, and 12
• A fine liner pen (e.g., 0.3mm or similar)
• Reference photo (which you can find under the "Materials Required" lecture)
• Water container and a container for rinsing brushes
• Palette or mixed-media paper for mixing colors

Ready to dive in? Let's turn your passion into art! 🎨🙌