Watercolour Challenge 21 (Patreon)

Welcome along everyone to our next step in landscape painting. Here is a landscape with a large body of water, a colourful sky, distant horizons and detailed trees - all things that have been covered in earlier sessions. There are also a few new things to tackle! Today is a paint-along to challenge yourself to put together these skills you have been building up.

Hello to our new Patrons! If this is your first watercolour challenge then I recommend going back through the previous challenges to get yourself up to speed and see how this all works.

All the while you can access all the tutorials on my youtube channel if you would like to go through some watercolour for beginners basics or brush up on other skills.

This is a private youtube link which only you Sweet Pea and Cherry Blossom patrons have access to.

You will need

A range of brushes.

Colours I used: French Ultramarine Blue, Permanent Rose, Cadmium Orange, Cobalt Blue Deep, Burnt Sienna, Mars Black, Prussian Blue, Sap Green.

Watercolour paper (cold pressed is my go-to).

jar of water

kitchen roll to blot the brush.

pencil, eraser and ruler.

washi tape if you wish to tape down the paper.

After watching the video...(if you can watch it on a screen larger than a phone that will improve the viewing experience as there is quite a bit of pencil drawing at the start)

Having watched it all through once, paint along with the tutorial. And it's as simple as that this week!

I am looking forward to see how you get on! Use #dwpcchallenge and tag me @dewintonpaperco. And please do have a look at everyone else's interpretations of the brief (search the hashtag and you will see all the patreon insta posts from everyone in here) and celebrate each other's work. We learn from seeing how others interpret a single brief so a community encourages progress.

Comment below with your findings, and if you are sharing your work on Instagram, use the #dwpcchallenge and tag me @dewintonpaperco.