A watercolor landscape is what happens when you sit down to paint a sunset and two hours later you have a wet desk, orange fingers, and a firm conviction that the sunset turned out better than expected. Seascapes, mountain views, forests, or countryside — watercolor captures it all: light, air, mood, and that gentle longing for a holiday that ended in August. Our landscape painting courses will help you learn from scratch or bring your existing skills to the level where friends stop asking "what is that?"
We've gathered 15 online courses in landscape painting. Watercolor landscape lessons for beginners and advanced painters, mountain and countryside scenes, winter landscapes (the ones where the snow is bluer than the sky) and summer ones, village views that inexplicably tug at your heart. Each course is a series of step-by-step video lessons where the instructor shows the entire process from sketch to finished painting. You'll master wet-on-wet and dry brush techniques, glazing — and learn to render landscapes with such depth and atmosphere you'll want to step inside.
Courses taught by professional artists: Ilya Ibryaev (alla prima master), Igor Khaikov (countryside landscapes), Elena Vlasova (sunny seasides), Anna Mikhailova (northern landscapes), Julia Zilbert (port cities), and others. How do you paint a landscape worth hanging on a wall? Pick a course and start. The wall is already waiting.
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Paint 10 landscapes in the alla prima technique using the full strength of the pigment in one go.
Step by step, unlock the power of light in watercolor: 16 alla prima scenes — still lifes, landscapes, portraits.
10 watercolor landscapes alla prima: convey the hues and moods of the city and nature.
Create 10 light, airy landscapes, explore a limited palette, and master the alla prima technique.
12 meditative paintings using the Grisaille technique. Mysterious Siberian forests, taiga swamps, reflection of misty sky.
Draw 11 rural landscapes in different seasons, combining dry and wet paper.
Paint 11 watercolor landscapes filled with light and warmth.
Paint 10 northern landscapes. Learn to understand exactly how wet the paper is and what techniques to use.
4 watercolor landscapes: learn how mountains are structured and simple volume techniques.
Capture the summer by the Black Sea: 8 watercolor paintings with watercolor technique and designing landscapes.
Paint 8 landscapes from village to city, master watercolor harmony, and develop your own style.
8 landscapes with light and mood, expressive watercolor, confident painterly works.
Paint 10 atmospheric paintings. Practice watercolor fills. Embody a variety of textures and objects.
Complete immersion into watercolor painting. 6 atmospheric watercolor paintings of a port city.
Paint 7 airy landscapes using the alla prima technique.
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Get 3 free lessons ↑Alla prima (Italian for "at first attempt") is a technique where the painting is completed in one session while the paint is still wet. In watercolor, this means working quickly and confidently, taking advantage of wet-on-wet effects for soft atmospheric transitions. Our courses "Light and Space" and "Seasons" by Ilya Ibryaev are masterclasses in this technique.
You'll need: watercolor paints (professional or student-grade, 12-24 colors), watercolor paper 300 gsm (cotton recommended for wet techniques), flat and round brushes of various sizes, a spray bottle, masking tape, pencil and eraser. Some courses also use salt and other texture-creating tools. Full supply lists are on each course page.
Absolutely! Courses like "Sunny Holidays," "Mountains in Watercolor," and "Countryside Landscapes" are designed for all levels, starting with fundamental techniques. Ilya Ibryaev's "Light and Space" is also popular with beginners despite producing impressive results — the alla prima approach teaches you to be bold and trust the watercolor.
Standard courses feature paintings that take 1-2 hours each. BIG format courses like "To the Sun and Sea!" involve detailed compositions of 3-5 hours. The alla prima courses produce finished paintings in a single session, typically 1-2 hours. You can always pause video lessons and work at your own pace.
Our 15 courses cover an incredibly wide range: sunny and airy landscapes, northern atmospheric scenes, mountains, countryside, seascapes, city views, Crimean coastlines, minimalist meditative compositions, seasonal scenes, and more. You'll learn to capture light at different times of day, paint water reflections, create depth and atmosphere.
Watercolor's unique transparency creates luminous light effects impossible in oil or acrylic. The "happy accidents" of wet-on-wet painting produce natural-looking skies, water reflections, and atmospheric effects. Our courses teach you to harness these properties: controlling water flow, building layers, and knowing when to stop — often the hardest skill in watercolor.
