Watercolor northern lights landscape in 5 simple steps

In this video I show you how to paint a simplified aurora borealis, northern lights watercolor mountains in five simple steps. Perfect for someone who wants to paint a watercolor piece for beginners and feel confident about how it looks in the end.

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My first book, Modern Watercolor
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My second book, Your Year in Art: Watercolor
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Flower color guide
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Flower color theory
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Supplies list and links:

Ceramic palette and water dish are from pottery by Eleni

Paint

Lately I've been using handmade paint by letter sparrow and I'm loving it!
https://www.lettersparrow.com

winsor and newton tube paints - in my limited palette
https://amzn.to/38WuRas
(can select paint color and tube size)

Paint colors in my LARGE Winsor and Newton palette
Hookers green light
emerald
viridian
cad yellow hue
lemon yellow hue
cad red deep
turquoise
Opera rose

winsor and newton cotman travel pans (student grade)
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Daler Rowny 48 watercolor pan set
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Paper

arches cold press watercolor paper
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Baohong watercolor paper
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Student grade paper
canson cold press https://amzn.to/3z6L9bP

“Just Journal It” watercolor notebook
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/JUSTJOURNAL...
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/just_journa...



Brushes

princeton round 2
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Princeton round size 8
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Princeton flat brush
https://amzn.to/3SZvk3I
Princeton angular
https://amzn.to/42KFSqP

Polina Bright Brushes
link: http://www.polinabright.com/hellolove...
code: Hellolovelypeople
for 10% off on her site
(My favorite is the round brush size 0)



Masking fluid w/ brush
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Masking fluid - fine detail
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Masking tape
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Travel watercolor kit
https://amzn.to/3wlrDfO