Paint A Watercolor Summer Sky And Landscape

A FREE, easy lesson for anyone – especially beginners

Learn how to paint a clear, blue summer sky in watercolor. This is the easiest of all possible ways to paint skies. The key is using the wet-into-wet painting technique to capture the soft, subtle color transistions in the sky. We’ll also practice a little bit of landscape painting as well!

This is an easy paint project using basic techniques and just a few colors.

What you’ll need

• Brushes – Medium Round, Small Round.
• Colors – Cadmium Yellow Medium, DaVinci Cadmium Red Light, WN Cobalt Blue, WN Cerulean Blue
• Watercolor paper – preferably Arches 140lb Cold Press cut to about 6″ x 9″ or so

Get ready, turn on the video and let’s jump in!

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