Urban Landscapes in Watercolor
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Learn professional techniques to turn a real landscape into a wash of color and light.
Transform the world around you into watercolor by letting each stroke flow and blend together to depict a real landscape. Daniel “Pito” Campos is an illustrator and self-taught visual artist who always carries his watercolors with him so he never misses an opportunity to recreate cityscapes with splashes of color. Driven by a passion for urban environments and painting, his work has appeared in newspapers like La Voz del Interior and La Nueva Mañana, magazines such as Desterradxs and La Luciérnaga, and in the form of murals such as the one found in the Pasteur-AMIA subway station in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
In this course, learn how to transform a real landscape into a watercolor illustration step by step, from the materials to professional painting tips.
Meet your teacher Daniel “Pito” Campos. He tells you about his professional career as an illustrator, watercolor artist, and teacher, as well as his self-taught journey to becoming a visual artist. He also shares his biggest artistic influences from Argentina and around the world.
Go over the basic materials you need for painting with watercolors, such as pigments, paper, and brushes, and then narrow your focus to look at the specific ones you need to paint an urban landscape. Next, search for what your teacher calls the “trigger,” or the subject of your painting. Daniel explains how to find or take a good photo that you can use as a reference for your project.
Now it’s time to grab your brush and learn a bit of technique. Discover different strokes and how to control them to create specific effects. Then, see how to get your paper ready for painting and sketch an outline of your chosen cityscape in pencil.
Lay the foundation for your final piece by painting a background wash. Pito guides you through the process demonstrating how to apply clean, even strokes from side to side. Once dry, build on top of the first layer with a second wash.
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