Watercolor River Scene Painting Supplies

Series Summary

The art of watercolor painting has been practiced since the time of the ancient Egyptians, when frescoes were created by a process of applying water-based pigments to wet plaster. Watercolor painting also has a rich history in Chinese and Japanese art, and has been used to add color to beautifully illuminated manuscripts in cultures throughout the world. What we think of as modern watercolor painting began to develop in the 1500s with Albrecht Durer's landscape studies. The popularity of this medium spread and spawned many disciplines of watercolor painting, including the 17th century British school and the California style of the 1920s. In this free painting video series, let an art teacher show you how to use watercolors to paint a nice river scene. First learn about what supplies used to begin a watercolor project. Next get tips on tracing a river scene on tracing paper. Then you'll get step-by-step instruction on painting each part of the river scene from the river, skyline, shoreline, tree line and trees. After you're done with painting, you'll get tips on tweaking the painting. Get artistic is as easy as watching this video series.

Video Transcript

"Now we're going to paint a river scene and what we're going to need are our brushes, something between a six and a fourteen round brush, with a good point. A number one rigger, our lizard lick, number eight and we're going to need paper towels, in order to clean our brushes. We're going to need a water container that's low and clear, so that we can see through it, see when the water is dirty and time to change. Plus, color wise, we're going to need cobalt clue, paints gray, yellow ocher, yellow, permanent rose, and burnt sienna. We'll also need a point five millimeter mechanical pencil and transfer paper, that you can from an art or crafts store and a spray bottle, to spray the paints. Spray them before you use them, to that they, the surface of them liquifies so that you can get them up rather easily, about seven sprays per bottle, per paint. We're going to start drawing."