Paint This Sicilian Landscape with Me!

Jun 16, 2025

Today I'm going to cover the process I used to paint this landscape watercolor. This painting was inspired by the verdant hills I was fortunate enough to experience in Sicily!

3-Step Process to Painting Landscapes

As with most of my paintings, I followed a 3-step process, including the first wash (lightest values), second wash (connections), and third wash (darks and details).

Before I lay any paint down, though, I do a few things:

Determine where my horizon line and focal point will be
Draw an outline of my scene
Wet down both the front and back of my paper

What Supplies Do I Need To Paint This Watercolor?

I am painting on Saunders Waterford Cold Press 140lb paper, and I have my surface tilted to 35 degrees.

I use a variety of brands of brushes, but I mainly stick to a large mop, medium round and smaller synthetic brush with a point.

Here are the list of pigments on my palette:

Burnt Sienna
Cadmium Red
Cadmium Yellow Medium
Cerulean Blue
Cobalt Blue Cobalt
Teal Blue
Cobalt Turquoise
Lavender
Neutral Tint
Payne's Gray
Quinacridone Gold
Raw Sienna
Raw Sienna Light
Raw Umber
Rose Madder Permanent
Ultramarine Blue

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