Urban MoodMarathon with Olga Ovtina

Day 1

Klimentsovsky Lane

We’ll learn how to:

• you’ll get the hang of working with different levels of paint wetness
• you’ll get to try out how you can use super watery and transparent paint when working on your first wash
• paint with a medium amount of water when painting shadows and trees
• really dry paint for details and highlights

Day 2

In the Lanes of Taganka

We’ll learn how to:

• try working this way, splitting your painting into three main layers
• In the first wash, we lay down the color for all the lit-up parts of the landscape
• In the second layer, we paint all the shadows, and in the third layer, we add details and highlights.
• you’ll see how pre-wetting the shadow area with water lets you paint smooth color transitions and reflections

Day 3

Andreyevskaya Embankment. Winter. Evening

We’ll learn how to:

• you’ll find out how to create a nighttime lighting effect
• learn how to blend one color into another
• you’ll find out how to leave parts of the paper white without using masking fluid

Day 4

Courtyard on Pyatnitskaya

We’ll learn how to:

• learn how to break your process into painting light and painting shadow
• learn how to make a big overall wash for the shadow
• you’ll try using a dry brush and the texture of the paper to add some accents

Day 5

Andreyevskaya Embankment. Summer. Day

We’ll learn how to:

• you’ll paint the sunny light of a summer day
• try out this way of painting, where the colors are a bit thicker
• they’re added to the first, more watery wash, but they don’t spread out completely