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Landscapes are probably my favorite thing to paint these days. For the longest time, I avoided painting landscapes because I didn’t think I had the artistic ability to do it successfully. Landscapes often look so hard and intricate!
Then I started watching videos on how to paint “easy landscapes” and realized that when you take it section by section, it’s actually not that difficult!
So I went for it and realized I loved it! I still keep my landscapes pretty simplified compared to most professional painters, but I’m not trying to do anything museum-worthy. I’m just Bible journaling and worshiping the Lord!
Once I realized that I don’t need to compare myself to other artists, I found so much more freedom in my Bible art. When the pressure was off, I was able to create more boldly and have so much more fun! But most importantly, It helped to keep me from focusing too much on the art part of Bible journaling. Because Bible journaling is not about what is created on the page, but what is built in the heart towards God. Our main focus should always be on Him, not the art.
That being said, my goal for sharing this “wildflower field” landscape page with you is to encourage you to give it a shot. Even if you don’t think you have the talent.
The shapes and techniques to create this page are quite simple! Watercolor is also pretty darn forgiving and I find that even when it is totally “messed up” watercolor paintings almost always still look really pretty.
So I think this is a great landscape to try if you are new to it!
The Tutorial Video
Check out the video below to see exactly how I created this simple wildflower flowerfield landscape painting.
Colors I used from the Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolor set: 43 Cadmium Yellow, 31 Cadmium Scarlet, 35 Carmine, 54 Olive Green, 58 Sap Green Deep, 68 Blue Gray Deep
Notes and Tips
-I used my Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor Set. I exclusively use this set for Bible journaling because I have never had an issue with the paint bleeding through my journaling Bible with this set. Many other watercolor brands do bleed through though, so test your set out in the back of the Bible.
-You may decide to prep your page with gesso to be sure the supplies you use don’t bleed through. I DO NOT prep my pages and paint directly into the Bible. I do not have any bleeding issues with the supplies I use. You can learn more about my favorite eight supplies HERE.
-On my page today, I was working on a verse at the end of the book, so I had a larger blank space to work in. If you are working on a different verse, or different Bible, and don’t have space at the bottom of your page, and don’t want to paint over the scripture, you still have a few options. You can pick out a section of this landscape and paint just that into the margin of your Bible. Or you can make a tip-in as I did recently for THIS PAGE. Alternatively, you can paint this outside of your Bible in a journal or separate sheet of paper.
Supplies Used
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ESV Single Column Journaling Bible– Check out my post on Choosing A Journaling Bible to learn out more about other Journaling Bible options and find the right one for you.
Kurretake Gansai Tambi Watercolors – I have the 48 color set, but they also have smaller and cheaper sets like THIS 36-color set.
Medium Round Paintbrush Link is to a value pack of brushes that I like (I use any cheap synthetic brushes), but not the exact brushes I used.
Other Tutorials You May Like
- Watercolor Mountain Sunset Landscape Tutorial
- Acrylic Sunset Ocean Tutorial
- Eight Must-Have Bible Journaling Supplies
- Brush Pen Calligraphy Basics
- Brush Pen Calligraphy- Bounce Lettering
- Faux Calligraphy Tutorial- Three Simple Steps To Beautiful Hand Lettering
- 10 Simple Hand-Lettering Styles (Plus a free cheat sheet)
- Choosing A Journaling Bible
