Foggy Morning Landscape with Vinita Pappas (Watercolor)
Vinita Pappas brings you a stunning video tutorial on painting a landscape with a foggy effect. In this video, you will learn how to create a soft and dreamy landscape, with a special emphasis on subtlety and nuance.
In this video, you will learn how to create a misty and ethereal atmosphere in your paintings. The artist starts by drawing a simple sketch. Vinita mixes a mid-tone gray color and begins painting around the details of the scene. The focus in a foggy scene is on light mid-tones, with close values and muted colors. The artist is careful to maintain a subtle and subdued mood, blending the colors and keeping the whites to a minimum.
You will see how the paint moves and blends differently when working on wet paper, and how to add extra pigment for depth and dimension.
This is a must-watch for anyone who wants to practice their moody landscapes and master blending and granulating.
In this lesson you will learn:
- How to create a foggy landscape in watercolor
- How to control the wetness of the paper while painting
- How to mix a gray color for a foggy scene
- How to paint around details while the paper is still wet
- How to work with a synthetic brush in watercolor
- How to achieve a subdued color palette in a foggy scene
- How to paint trees in a foggy landscape
- How to warm up a gray color with a touch of yellow
- How to add subtle color variations in a foggy scene
- How to work on wet paper and control the paint flow
In this tutorial, Vinita Pappas demonstrates how to paint a misty landscape with a focus on creating a subtle and dreamy atmosphere using mid-tone gray colors and muted shades. With an emphasis on blending and granulating techniques, this tutorial is perfect for anyone looking to improve their landscape painting skills.