2023 Workshop 2

Spontaneous Watercolor Landscapes

Started May 1st, 2023
Steve’s spontaneous landscape painting is a process of playing with watercolor paint in a largely unplanned way. It began as a way for him to test supplies and techniques with little to no pressure to produce a finished work. Eventually it also became a game of trying to pick out landscape forms and sometimes produce a finished painting. It's a practice he recommends to all artists. It provides a fun, stress free and sometimes exciting approach to getting out your art supplies and experimenting, which often leads to discoveries you might not have made otherwise.

Started May 1^st, 2023

Lesson 1: Intro to Spontaneous Landscape Painting

Instructions

Why spontaneous landscape painting? Materials and methods used and a rationale for making it part of your regular art practice. Practicing the background layer with 2 different methods: wet-on-wet approach vs. wet-on-dry approach.

Started May 8^th, 2023

Lesson 2: Spontaneous Landscape Painting using the Wet-on-Wet Method

Instructions

Laying the foundation and creating a spontaneous landscape from start to finish using method one; wet-on-wet approach with an earth and violet color palette.

Started May 15^th, 2023

Lesson 3: Spontaneous Landscape Painting using the Wet-on-Dry Method

Instructions

Steve will demonstrate how to create a spontaneous landscape painting from start to finish using method two: wet-on-dry approach with a limited color palette of green and brown earth tones.

Started May 22^nd, 2023

Lesson 4: Merging Spontaneity with Planning in a Watercolor Landscape

Instructions

Steve will show you how to aim for a fresh, spontaneous feel in all your work if you have a planned subject in mind already. We’ll take the concepts learned in the first 3 lessons and apply them to a subject that may be more realistic or specific. The final result will be a piece that merges the spontaneous characteristics of watercolor with controlled rendering.

Workshop 2 Supply List

Paper:

Strathmore 500 Series Ready Cut Watercolor Paper, cold press, 8x10, 100% cotton

OR Strathmore 500 Series Watercolor Travel Pad, cold press, 8x10, 100% cotton

Watercolors

Steve has a selection of colors in his palette, but recommends a limited palette for spontaneous landscape paintings, which are listed below. You can choose your own preferred palette for your paintings.

Steve's Full Workshop Palette

MaimeriBlu Watercolors

Dragon's Blood
Van Dyke Brown
Mars Brown
Ultramarine
Permanent Violet Blue
Neutral Tint
Phthalo Turquoise
Cobalt Green Light
Primary Blue Cyan
Green Gold
Payne's Gray

Lesson 2 Color Palette

Dragon's Blood
Van Dyke Brown
Mars Brown
Ultramarine
Permanent Violet Blue
Neutral Tint

Lesson 3 Color Palette

Dragon's Blood
Van Dyke Brown
Phthalo Turquoise
Cobalt Green Light
Cyan
Green Gold
Ultramarine
Permanent Violet Blue
Neutral Tint

Lesson 4 Color Palette

Ultramarine
Permanent Violet Blue
Dragon's Blood
Payne's Gray
Van Dyke Brown
Mars Brown

Brushes:

Steve's recommended selection of brushes used for this Workshop include:

Princeton Neptune Mottler 2”

Princeton Neptune Oval Wash ¾″ OR Princeton Aqua Elite Quill Size 6

Princeton Aqua Elite Long Rounds in a few sizes - Steve uses sizes 12, 8 and 4

Princeton Neptune Aquarelle Square Wash Brushes in a few sizes - Steve uses sizes ¼″, ½″ and ¾″

Princeton Neptune Script Size 1 OR Aqua Elite Liner Size 1

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