Learn to Paint Gondola in Venice with Water Reflections Quick and Easy in Watercolor - Recording

Learn to Paint a Gondola in Venice: Quick & Easy Watercolor Class Live on Zoom Recording

If painting water and reflections feels confusing, or you want a simple, relaxed way to understand waves, depth, and movement, this class is for you. 💙

In this calming live session, we’ll paint a gondola gently resting in the Venetian waters using beginner-friendly, impressionistic watercolor techniques.

You’ll learn how to:

✨ Choose colours and tones that will look good together
✨ Wet your paper correctly so it stays workable longer
✨ How to put your preferred objects for a good composition
✨ How to use several photo references in your work and make them work for you
✨ Use a contrast in your paintings to create interest and a sense of perspective
✨ Wet your paper correctly so it stays workable longer
✨ Build soft waves using the wet-on-wet method
✨ Create depth with pigment, value, and contrast
✨ Keep areas loose while adding definition where it matters
✨ Paint natural reflections without overthinking

Perfect for beginners and experienced artists who want to paint water scenes with more ease, flow, and fun.

Q&A are not included in the recording. The entire drawing and painting session is available.

Materials List:

Paper:
100% Cotton Watercolor Paper such as Arches, Saunders Waterford or Baohong (Artist’s Choice). Texture: Grain Fin/ Cold Pressed/ Not 300 gsm
Size: 9x12"/ 31x23cm/ A4 paper.

Brushes:
- 1 Wide flat goat brush / Hake or any other large size brush. We will use it to moisten the whole surface of the paper multiple times.
- Squirrel/ Weezel brush with a pointed tip - size 6 or 8 (can be replaced with a squirrel-mix, squirrel imitation or any other soft medium-sized round brush)
- Round pointed synthetic brushes – size 4 or similar. It should have a very pointed tip and have a good water retention.

Watercolor paints:
You can use paints of similar colors from any manufacturer in tubes or pans, but before you start don't forget to check what colors your paints create when mixed, to avoid disappointments.

- French Ultramarine Blue PB29
- Phthalo Blue PB15
- Indanthrene Blue PB60 (If you don`t have it, you can deepen your blue with Indigo or a touch of Burnt Sienna)
- Burnt Sienna PBr7 / PBr101
- Carmine, Quinacridone Red or any other pink PR176/ PV19/
- Cadmium Orange PO20 (Not 100% necessary. We will use it just to mute the colours a bit)

Others:
- Spray bottle
- Plastic tablet/sheet, choose a size a bit bigger than your painting if you don`t want to stain your desk/table.
- HB pencil and soft kneaded eraser or a normal eraser used gently
- Paper towels and kitchen towel
- Plastic or metal Palette of your choice. A white dinner plate can be good as well.
- 2 jars of water

-A beverage of your choice