Painting water can feel like learning to speak a new language. It’s unnatural, confusing, and what seems simple just isn’t. You see, water has a language all its own, and if you don’t understand it, you’ll never be able to harness the beauty and the power of it in your paintings.

Welcome to Fearless Waterscapes with Shuang Li, a video workshop that will help you become fluent in the unique language of painting water.

Shuang opens your eyes to a different way of looking at water. You’ll discover that unlike other subjects, you can’t translate water directly from a photo to a painting; you have to first learn the language. Shuang shows you how working from multiple reference photos helps you capture the true emotion of water.

With Shuang’s help, you’ll unlock the secrets of reflection: how different types of water react differently to the objects around them. You’ll explore the various ways to approach flat water and moving water. You’ll discover a way to capture the sparkle of moving water every single time. And you’ll uncover techniques for creating wet effects on rocks and the sense of water spilling over objects to create more energy and interest.

Learn to create paintings with as much energy and expression as water itself with Shuang Li’s Fearless Waterscapes.

Chapters

• Painting Demonstration
• Introduction
• Painting Materials
• Basic Characteristics of Water
• Waterscape Demo: Review the Subject
• Waterscape Demo: Value Sketch
• Waterscape Demo: The Drawing
• Waterscape Demo: First Wash
• Waterscape Demo: Establish Shape & Value
• Waterscape Demo: Establish Shape & Value (continued)
• Waterscape Demo: Develop & Construct
• Waterscape Demo: Finishing Up
• Paint Calm Water
• Paint Moving Water
• Exhibit of Works
• Lifting Paint Tip