Welcome to our Winterscapes Painting Course
There are many ways to paint snow! Colour and light are key. This course has two step by step video projects in watercolour and acrylic, each giving complete guidance on painting a snow scene from start to finish, with a couple of fun and unusual techniques added in! In addition you have access to our Acrylics and watercolour reference videos, with lots of useful advice and info on materials and technique demos, and also high quality reference photos to work from. So whether you’re a beginner or more experienced, this complete course has everything you need to create beautiful snow scenes.
The online courses are designed to be used independently. Work at your own pace and replay as many times as you like.
Please use the following passwords to access your video content, please note they are case sensitive:
Falling Snow – watercolour: Snow (Video length:38 mins)
Sledging Scene – acrylic: Sledge (Video length:29 mins)
Reference Videos Basics of Acrylic: Apainting (Video length:52 mins)
Acrylic Colour Mixing: Create (Video length:45 mins)
Basics of watercolour : Colour1 (Video length:48 mins)
Don’t forget to watch the video on full screen! Enter your password then click on the square icon(bottom right) to enter and exit full screen mode. You may need to turn the sound on – roll over the top right of the screen and the sound button will appear.
Basics of watercolour -Techniques
This reference video has lots of useful information, explaining and demonstrating watercolour paint from the very beginning. Suitable for beginners or anyone wanting to brush up on their techniques.
Winterscapes Acrylic – Sledging
A wintery snow scene of a favourite pastime! using acrylic paint, adding textures, incorporating figures in a semi abstract style.
Winterscapes Watercolour – Falling Snow
A lovely snow scene in watercolour, using reserving of white paper and a snowflake paint effect with a difference!
Acrylics colour mixing
An introduction to colour mixing using acrylic paint. Guidance on choosing colours and how to use then effectively. Suitable for beginners or anyone wanting to brush up on their techniques.
Basics of acrylic painting
Knowing where to start can be confusing! This reference video has lots of useful information, explaining and demonstrating acrylic paint from the very beginning. Suitable for beginners or anyone wanting to brush up on their acrylic techniques.
MATERIALS LIST
- Pencil – HB ( for sketching)
- Rubber and ruler – any ordinary pencil rubber and ruler
- Acrylic paper
- Watercolour paper
- Acrylic paint
- Acrylic and watercolour brushes
- Palette knife
- Watercolour paint
- Board
- Masking tape
- Water jar
- Mixing palette
- Rock salt (watercolour)
Downloadable Materials list -with useful info and facts on your chosen medium, suggestions of what to buy, and links to suggested suppliers. Please note that the links will take you to another company’s website, which is outside of DAC data control.
Please click below to download:
REFERENCE PHOTOS
Reference photos of the objects used in the projects. Please feel free to use, or choose an object of your own!
To download images:
Mac users: Hold ‘Control’ Key down, Click on Photo. Select ‘Save Image as’…, then ‘Desktop’ – Save.
PC users : Right click image, select ‘save image as’, choose location.
