Welcome to Atmospheric Natural Landscapes in Watercolor. We all want to paint a beautiful atmospheric landscape. Often we have that perfect image of our completed painting in our heads. But how do we get there? It's tricky when you don't know how and where to start.

Put simply, the answer is understanding the relationship between timing and mixing paint on wet paper. If you're not careful, all the colours will run together and make a mess. I'm going to help you build your confidence and skills so that you can paint any landscape with ease.

In this class, I'm going to show you my two-step process of painting an atmospheric landscape. I'll show you how to sketch a quick drawing with a pencil. Then we'll begin painting by focusing mainly on wet-in-wet techniques. To paint with this technique, you need to slowly add paint to an already wet area. This is crucial in creating that mesmerizing, atmospheric look.

We'll also go through how to use wet-on-dry techniques in the second wash to bring out fine details and sharper contrasts.

So follow along with me as I guide you through our journey of creating light, softness and atmosphere.

In this class, we'll be covering:

• How to paint a beautiful, atmospheric natural landscape.

• How to draw and compose your painting - this lesson is placed at the beginning of the demonstration to show you how I sketch in basic details. I will show you how to place the horizon line, and how to quickly and accurately sketch in the reference photo. I will also talk about how I use my sketch to plan out the steps of my watercolour painting afterwards.

• How to use complementary colours to create vibrancy and interest in your watercolour paintings.

• How to paint skies, water, trees and shrubs in a soft and loose manner.

• How to use wet-in-wet and wet-in-dry techniques.

• Where and when to wet your watercolour paper to obtain particular results such as the appearance of soft clouds, and when to paint in more rigid and accurate shapes once the paper has dried.

• The importance of timing in watercolours and when to use different brushes.