Watercolour tutorial – misty forest | watercolour for beginners | easy watercolour forest painting

Today let’s paint some happy little trees - a whole forest of them!
This painting is really easy, and a great painting for someone learning watercolour to try! The focus of this piece is using the different hues that can be gained from a watercolour. This forest is built up in layers, starting with a lunar blue (or grey) wash, with a sprinkle of salt for some texture (a fun optional step!). Then a very dilute green is used to place the furthest trees, building up the layers with a slightly thicker/less watered down green each layer.
Finally, mix the blue-grey and the green for the darkest colour, with only a little bit of water, to do the darkest and final layer.
This piece practices the fundamentals of watercolour, building from light to dark gradually. Take your time and let each layer dry!
Have fun – and let me know what you think!

Materials used:
Rough texture watercolour sketchbook from Maruman
Brushes – hake, two round brushes (one medium, one small)
Washi tape
Coarse sea salt (optional step)
Lunar Blue – Daniel Smith
Green Umber – Sennelier

Time taken:
Around 1.5 hours (including drying time!)

Filming equipment:
Nikon d3100
Overhead tripod
Canon G9X
Flexi mini tripod


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Music Used (accessed through an EpidemicSound subscription):
Airy-Fairy Heart – Franz Gordon
Remove the Complexities – Peter Sandberg
Spirit Garden – Gavin Luke
September Skies – Silver Maple