Sunrise at Grassland Wildlife Refuge~ Landscape Painting Art in Watercolors

Welcome to Mrs. D's Art Room where it is always a good day when you are learning something new.

I painted this Sunrise Grassland landscape painting from a photo. I wanted to share my expertise with young passionate artists to experience the same awesome feeling I experienced while painting the artwork with them.

First 15, 20 min.~ We will learn how to draw a field of grassland surrounded by trees in the distance and a stream using the basics of perspective drawing. Also, we will learn to use easy steps to understand proportion, perspective, and some basic rules of landscape painting.

Next whole hour ~ We will spend learning watercolor techniques including the coloring of the distant trees with unique brush strokes, reflections in the stream, and a sunrise. We will learn wet onto wet, water wash, blending, layering, lifting color, and many more fun things using watercolors. I will focus on how to hold your brushes and how to use proper pressure while applying them. We will mostly use round and flat watercolor brushes and fan brush techniques while painting.

I will use a dual-screen so that kids can see me drawing with them throughout the whole class.

If learners are familiar with using canvas they are welcome to use canvas for this painting. I will use watercolor paper for this demo project.

For this class, learners must have paper specifically meant for watercolor painting and soft bristle brushes meant for watercolor; this will lead to less frustration for your learner down the road. I will provide links to several items on Amazon if you need to order them.

The young artist will be encouraged to make their artwork unique and complete their art independently if they are not finished in class. I pace our class based on the student’s abilities, so we will go slower or faster depending on how they are doing. 

No experience is needed for this class; learners will follow the directions I give.

Hope to see your learner soon join me in this Art journey!