Paint Colorful Landscapes With Stephen Quiller: 3 Must-See Videos

Explore the possibilities of watercolor with these three video workshops, featuring Stephen Quiller’s innovative approach to watermedia painting.

Want to explore the possibilities of watercolor? The following three video workshops shine a spotlight on the incredible painting and teaching style of artist Stephen Quiller. Quiller is known for his innovative approach to watermedia painting — watercolor, gouache, acrylic, casein, and their combinations — and for his use of color. In his “Acrylic Painting Workshop,” learn Stephen Quiller’s approach to using acrylic paint as both opaque and transparent watermedia. In “Painting Workshop: Atmosphere & Light in Watercolor,” explore the nuanced characteristics of watercolor, like color characteristics, mixing, granulating, staining, and transparent pigments; you’ll create a moody, soft-lit landscape from start to finish. Finally, make smart color choices in a start-to-finish vibrant mountain watercolor painting in “Landscapes in Living Color.” Enjoy!

1. Experiment With Acrylics as Watermedia

In his “Painting Workshop: Acrylic Landscapes,” Stephen Quiller starts with exercises on color characteristics and color mixing so that you can learn how to get successful results using acrylics as watermedia and as an opaque or transparent pigment. He demonstrates on aquaboard (a clay-laminated surface) to teach a variety of application techniques. Quiller then uses these lessons to paint a dramatic landscape from start to finish. Learn his techniques for composition, painting from life and sketches, capturing light and shadow, painting trees, snow, sun and more for an acrylic landscape painting filled with drama and strong contrasts. Preview the lessons here now, then visit the full workshop to unlock the possibilities of acrylics as watermedia!

2. Create Atmosphere and Light in Watercolor

In “Painting Workshop: Atmosphere & Light in Watercolor,” Stephen Quiller shares exercises for getting successful results with granulating, staining, and transparent pigments. He then uses these lessons to paint a moody, soft-lit landscape from start to finish. Learn his techniques for painting skies and trees, light and shadow, sparkling water and rough rocks, and more. Preview the workshop here to learn how to mix your watercolor for granulating versus smooth effects, how to paint wet-into-wet, and how to paint with expression. Then visit the full workshop to create a finished watercolor landscape painting filled with soft, warm light.

3. Get Color Smart

In “Landscapes in Living Color: Paint in Watercolor,” Stephen Quiller shares his guide to color essentials. You’ll learn to set up a palette based on a color wheel, mix versatile neutrals, and paint with complements and near complements. Then, watch Quiller put these principles to work while painting a vibrant mountain scene from start to finish. Check out the preview above before completing the full workshop below.

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