# First Steps into Landscape: 6-Week Level 2 Watercolor Course You've completed the beginner-level watercolor course — you know the basic techniques, and you can comfortably create simple fruit and nature paintings. Now it's time to step into the magical world of landscape. This 6-week Level 2 live course is designed to bridge the gap from Level 1 to Advanced. ## What You Will Learn in This Course **Landscape Composition** You will learn how to compose a landscape scene, how to choose framing and place focal points. The balance between foreground, middleground, and background. **Atmospheric Perspective** Using color fading, detail reduction, and blue-gray tones to create a sense of distance. How do you show the depth of a landscape? **Mediterranean Scenes** White stone walls, blue seas, bougainvillea flowers, terracotta pots, rocks, and boats. The balance of warm and cool tones. **Nature Details** Trees, flowers, water reflections, sky studies, and organic textures. Brushstrokes, negative space, and variety of textures. **Light and Shadow** Dramatic light-shadow play in landscapes, daylight, shadow tones, and color temperature relationships. **Working with Professional Materials** The course uses high-quality watercolors such as St. Petersburg White Nights and Schmincke, Arches