Woodland Snow Walk - Simple is Effective!! : Preview

Don’t be fooled by these back-to-basics tutorials!

While they’re perfect if you’re earlier on in your watercolour journey, they’re also a brilliant reminder of one of watercolour’s most joyful and foundational principles… that simple is super-effective!

Watercolour is perfect for saying more with less, and we all know how easy it is to overwork and over-fuss a painting.

Join me in painting a wooded, sunlit snow scene as we explore simple materials and a very easy step-by-step process, working from light to midtones and then into the shadows.

With just a few well-chosen details to finish, we end up with a little gem of a painting!

In this tutorial, you’ll learn:

- How to use very simple shapes and tones to simplify complex areas…
- The power of using only a few colours and a simple colour scheme
- How falling shadows can create a dramatic feeling of light…
- How to place those selective deep darks and tiny accents that make the whole thing sing…
…as well as how to build a sense of distance, paint simple yet natural winter branches, and create that lovely soft winter atmosphere around our sunlight.

Not all of you will see this sort of scene during the holidays, of course, but I love winter as an excuse (as if we need one!) to paint snow scenes.

They’re fun, forgiving, and simple approaches can give fantastic results!