How to Paint those Beautiful Soft Skies at Sunset with Watercolour!

I hope you enjoy this painting. It did not end up as intended, but that seems to happen to me a lot! I do love the simple colour palette and the warmth in the sky also in some of the foreground. I like the organic brush marks that were quite random, they give the painting some energy. Happy painting! For the best course to understand the medium of watercolour and gain confidence: https://www.scottswinsonclasses.com/c... Paper: 10” x 15” (27cm x 37cm) Fabriano Cold Pressed, 100% Cotton, 300gsm Acid Free Paper Paints: (all paints used are Winsor and Newton artist quality tubes of watercolour) Cadmium Yellow Cadmium Red Alizarin Crimson (permanent) Cobalt Blue Cerulean Blue French Ultramarine Mix of Cobalt Blue and Light Red Burnt Umber Brushes: 2” Holbein Hake 1 ½” Holbein Hake 1” Holbein Hake Fan Brush size 4 Hogs Hair Size 12 Round Pure Kolinsky Sable Flat Nylon Series 7 Size 0 Round Kolinsky Sable Other: Piece of 6mm MDF 3M Scotch Magic Tape (Green Packet) to attach the paper to the board 3M Removable Tape for the horizon Jars for the water Daylight Bulbs for good lighting Hair Dryer Spray Bottle large Spray Bottle fine mister Razor Blade Metal Ruler Tissues Paper - if you can afford it try and use Arches Cold Pressed 300gsm paper or any other 100% cotton paper. Sheets most of the time are the cheapest way to go. I can get Hahnemuhle sheets (53cm x 78cm) for $11.50 Australian from my local art store when buying them one at a time. This gives me 16 sheets of A5 which is much cheaper than buying a pad. If you can afford to buy 50 sheets at a time that can save you a lot of money! Arches A4 Cold Pressed 300gsm 100% Cotton Pad: https://geni.us/Arches300gsmPad Arches A3 Cold Pressed 300gsm 100% Cotton Pad: https://geni.us/Arches9x12Pad Arches A3 Block if you wanted to use that instead of tape to a board: https://geni.us/ArchesWatercolourPaper Alternatives to Arches Paper: Saunders Waterford Watercolour Paper Sheets 300gsm cold pressed 100% cotton from your local art supplies store. Or the links from amazon below. Sheets of 425gsm:https://geni.us/SaundersWaterford Block 9”x12”: https://geni.us/SaundersWaterfordBlock Hahnemuhle Etching Paper Sheets 300gsm (75% cotton 25% high alpha cellulose) https://geni.us/HahnemuhleEtchingPaper Stonehenge Paper Sheets 20” x 30”: https://geni.us/StonehengePaper Baohong Watercolour Blocks: Much cheaper than Arches and good quality paper https://geni.us/bahongwatercolorblock Any other 100% cotton, cold pressed, acid free papers The other paper I use a huge amount is Rives BFK Etching Paper by Arches 280gsm, 100% cotton, white, 56cm x 76cm sheets: https://geni.us/RivesBFKEtching Paints - you only need 6 colours for this course. You can use Winsor and Newton artist quality or Cotman student quality paints. You can use other brands but the colours and names will be different. The colours are: Yellow Ochre Paynes Grey Raw Umber Burnt Umber Cobalt Blue Light Red You will also mix up a grey in a separate bowl using Cobalt Blue and Light Red Cotman Student Quality Paints Cobalt Blue amazon: https://geni.us/cotmancobaltblue Light Red amazon: https://geni.us/cotmanlightred Yellow Ochre amazon: https://geni.us/cotmanyellowochre Winsor and Newton Artist Quality Paints (If you can afford it I would encourage you to buy these!) Cobalt Blue amazon: https://geni.us/WinsorNewtonCobaltBlue Yellow Ochre amazon: https://geni.us/YellowOchreTube Light Red amazon: https://geni.us/LightRedTube Brushes - you only need 6 brushes and a couple of cheap mixing brushes. Size 12 Round Sable Pure Kolinsky Round Sable Size 12 - Cornellisen (quite expensive over £150) https://geni.us/PureKolinskySableSize https://geni.us/IsabeyPureKolinsky or Synthetic Round Sable Size 12 - Micadore For Artists - roymac Revolution Taklon - ($20) https://geni.us/SyntheticRound Hake Brushes x 2 Holbein 2” Hake Brush (my preference) Holbein 1” Hake Brush (my preference) https://geni.us/HolbeinHakeBrush or Ron Ranson Large Hake Brush (about 2”) Ron Ranson Small Hake Brush (about 1”) https://geni.us/RonRanson Flat Nylon Long Flat Nylon (¾” wide and 1” long bristles) - Robert Wade Neef 980 Taklon Wash: https://geni.us/RobertWadeNylon Fan Brush Fan Brush (I own size 1’s mainly and a size 6) - can be any brand really - I own two Winsor and Newton size 1 fan brushes and an Art Spectrum Series 1000FAN size 6. I would get Hogs Hair Fan Brushes as they make more interesting marks but that is always personal preference. Some cheap ones on amazon are on the link below: https://geni.us/DugatoFanBrushSet Small Round Sable Series 7 size ‘0’ Winsor and Newton Finish Round Sable (lovely small brush but more expensive than synthetic): https://geni.us/Series7WinsorandNewton A cheaper alternative to the series 7 round sable is: Size 00 Winsor and Newton Cotman Round https://geni.us/CotmanRound00