Into the Wild Himalayas
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COME, ART JOURNEY WITH ME INTO THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE WILD AND BEAUTIFUL HIMALAYAS, EXPLORING WATERCOLOR AND MIXED MEDIA PAINTING!
Hello, dear creative friend! I am Ida Andersen Lang, a professional artist and art teacher with decades of experience. In this class, I will share with you my long love of classical watercolor painting, seasoned with contemporary mixed media techniques for stunning details and and ethereal cosmic finish, sprinkled with stars and magic dust.
I have always been deeply loved the deep spiritual and mystical energy of the Himalayan Mountains – The Roof of the World. Through watercolor and mixed media, I will take you on a journey, celebrating three of the most beautiful and enigmatic animals of the Himalayas, blessed by the gentle presence of the Buddha. On this journey, I will teach you my best practices for making magic with watercolor and mixed media.
All levels are welcome and no drawing skills are required. I will show you everything you need to make the magic happen on your page! I have refined this painting process for decades and am so happy to present this to you too. Only very few basic materials are required to enjoy this class.
xo,
Ida
Into the Wild Himalayas
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LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL CLASS!
“The good shine from afar Like the snowy Himalayas.”
– GAUTAMA BUDHHA
Here’s a description of each of our special projects:
“REFLECTIONS” // Into the Wild Himalayas
I open the class with an inspirational collection of prompts, inspirations and a hand made bonus reference for you, to venture out on your own creative journey, expand on the learnings from the lessons.
The “Reflections” can be referred to all the way through the lessons and beyond.
MAIN LESSON // SNOW LEOPARD – ESSENCE OF SILENCE
Painting a symphony in blue in classical watercolor and mixed media
We will paint one of the most elusive and mysterious animals of the Himalayas and celebrate the graceful presence of the Buddha.
Inspired from the colors of the skies and spiritual realm, we will paint a visionary painting, traveling through classical techniques of watercolor and mixed media, including colored pencil, poscapens and more, to create stunning detail and an ethereal atmosphere.
You will learn my classical approach, adding layered glazes of color to build up depth of field, glowing colors and contrast. Then opening up to looser esperimental layers of details, sprays, spatters and twinkling stars.
No drawing skills are required to enjoy this lesson and all levels are welcome!
I show you how you can work from references in a creative and free process of transferring the base image. If you are confident with drawing, then you are of course invited to add your own drawing process to this project.
Let the soothing spirit of the Himalayas enfold you on this tranquil journey of art.
This lesson is a portal into the deep and ancient techniques of glazing layers of paint for a jewelesque color glow.
BONUS LESSON – SPIRIT OF CAPRICORN – TOUCH THE SKY
In this lesson, we explore the simple magic of monochrome painting. Ultramarine Blue, an ancient and treasured pigment, originally only found in remote mountain regions is our color of choice, and one of my all time favourites for rendering deep and beautiful contrasts of light and dark. We add a sparkling touch of gold as a warm complimentary.
I show you a classical and effective process for adding the watercolor layers, starting loose and then building up detail, contrast and texture up, more and more refined.
No drawing skills are required to enjoy this lesson and all levels are welcome!
I show you how you can work from references in a creative and free process of transferring the base image. If you are confident with drawing, then you are of course invited to add your own drawing process to this project.
Touch the Sky with Spirit of Capricorn as we embark on a journey to the peaks of of the Himalayas, Chomolungma in tibetan – also known as Mount Everest.
You will be guided on how to perfect your water color layering, creating rich and glowing light and shade.
SKETCH WITH PAINT // RED PANDA – SACRED HEART
In this lesson, you will be guided through my gentle and expressive way of experimenting with paint, what I call “Sketch with Paint” for a loose and liberating painting experience.
You will learn my unique approach to using watercolor pencils as your paint and branching further out into mixe media experiments with color pencils, poscapens and beyond
We will celebrate the adorable little Red Panda as our spirit guide, an animal I´ve loved since childhood. Come feel the warm heartful energy of Red Panda embrace you in this light hearted mixed media exploration
No drawing skills are required to enjoy this lesson and all levels are welcome!
I show you how you can work from references in a creative and free process of transferring the base image. If you are confident with drawing, then you are of course invited to add your own drawing process to this project.
A playful journey into the playful Heart of Art.
“But on the heights of the Himalayas I have a place where I am determined nothing shall enter except pure truth.”
– SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
WHO IS THIS CLASS FOR?
This class is designed so anyone can benefit from it, no matter their previous experience. All levels are welcome and ALL is taken care of so you will create finished artwork in this class.
I show you how to use the materials and techniques step by step, and no matter if you are a beginner, intermediate or experienced creative, there will be great learning in this class. Art is a path. The techniques are universal and can be applied on all levels of skill.
We will journey gently through the art process from blank paper to finished piece, working with watercolor and mixed media, symbols, the natural world and animal spirits, all weaved together in a blissful easy approach to painting in watercolor and mixed media on paper.
Anyone who loves symbolistic and ethereal art, celebrating the natural world, will feel at home in this class.
Into the Wild Himalayas
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This Class is also available in Art Soul Living – Creative Academy – read more here
Supply List
In this list, you get a general idea of the materials I use throughout the class. The class doesn´t require many materials and is quite budget-friendly.
I encourage you to use what you already might have, buy a few things inspired from the list and adapt. The list is NOT brand specific and there are many wonderful materials. I recommend buying artist-grade materials since they tend to be easier to work with and create more vibrant results. That being said, use what you have, and have fun!
Paper
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Watercolor paper, 300 gms. We use water in some of the lessons, so good paper is essential. I use Canson XL Watercolor 300 gms, a cellulose type paper, that lends itself well to the techniques I show. Cotton paper is also great. I will discuss this in the lessons.
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Sketching paper for graphite sketching. Any drawing paper will do. I draw on watercolor paper throughout the class, but for drawing, I also recommend Fabriano Accademia spiral sketch pad A4.
Substrate for mounting the watercolor paper
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I like to work on watercolor paper, mounted with painter’s tape on a rigid board. You can however work as you prefer, on a glued watercolor block, or similar. We do use a lot of water so mounting is helpful. So mounting board of a kind plus painter’s tape is great to have.
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Trays for mixing watercolor
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Having some nice mixing trays is very helpful. It doesn’t matter whether they are plastic or porcelain. I use both. In the workshops, I use porcelain, mainly because it’s so beautiful.
Graphite
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For tracing, if you prefer: Any graphite pencil you have, wooden and mechanical. Ranging from H, F, HB and up to around 6B. I tend to use the brands Faber Castel and Caran D´Ache, but there are many wonderful graphite pencil brands.
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Optional: Graphite Stick. I recommend Caran D´ache Graphicube in 9B. This one is raw graphite on the outside (which is what we need) contrary to many, that are waxed or varnished on the outside. I use this to rub graphite to the backside of the tracing page.
Gold Paint
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I use a little bit of gold watercolor from Schmincke Horadam brand for adding touches of gold into the paintings.
Watercolor
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I recommend artist quality, but not any particular brand. My box is a mix of many different brands like Schmincke , Maimeri, Daniel Smith, Sennelier, Winsor & Newton etc.
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The specific colors for the class are: Cerulean Blue, Arylide Yellow (warm yellow), Vermillion Red (warm red), Raw Sienna, Phtalo Green, Phtalo Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Quinacridone Magenta, Titanium White
Please just adapt to the colors you already have. I explain in the lessons how I use the different colors.
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Posca Pens, white
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In the class, I also use a few white and gold Posca Pens (any size) for making dots, lines and patterns and stars.
Watercolor and waterproof color pencils
- Faber Castell Polychromos (waterproof)
101 white, 178 nougat, 157 dark indigo, 175 dark sepia, 120 ultramarine, 140 light ultramarine - Faber Castell Albrecht Dürer (watersoluble)
188 sanguine, 178 nougat,263 caput mortuum violet, 157 dark indigo, 168 earth green yellowish, 120 ultramarine, 247 indanthrene blue, 249 mauve
Other Materials
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Kneaded eraser. I use Faber Castell brand
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Eraser pens. I use Tombow Mono Zero round and Faber Castell Perfection pen 7058
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Watercolor Brushes (ee image for inspiration)
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When it comes to watercolor brushes, I am very messy. I use a happy mix of old and new brushes, synthetic and natural hair. Anything will do, so chose what is affordable for you and go for a mix of sizes between 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and some bigs, 12 or 14. Also it´s good to have some “mop” type makeup brushes. See image for inspiration
Printing Out References
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In the class, we work with a few reference images. If you have a printer, it is of course nice and luxurious. I print it out on a cheap and very nice photo paper called Canon Matte Photo paper. If you don’t have a printer, however, don’t let this hold you back. You can be inspired directly from your computer screen, and you can make traces of the photos on transparent paper directly from your screen fx with a thin black liner, and then use that to transfer to your watercolor paper. Only imagination is the limit here, so get creative and have fun!