paint a snowy landscape in just 2 colours

a winter watercolour landscape in just 2 colour
a winter watercolour landscape in just 2 colour

Beautiful greys and a very limited palette are the focus of this lesson. We'll use just two colours (a blue and a brown) to mix a range of greys to paint a little cabin in the snow. You can choose your favourite blue and brown and make this scene your own.

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One of my all-time favourite paintings of a stormy day in a ruined Roman town in Spain.

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