Sunset City Glow | Easy Beginner Watercolour Skyline Tutorial

Sunset City Glow | Easy Beginner Watercolour Skyline Tutorial In today’s beginner-friendly watercolour tutorial we’re painting this beautiful glowing sunset skyline inspired by New York City 🌆 This project is all about creating a soft glowing sky using just 3 colours before adding a simple city silhouette over the top. It’s quick, calming and a wonderful exercise for learning wet-on-wet blending and silhouette painting. We’ll be using: • Cadmium Red • Cadmium Orange • Yellow Ochre • Payne’s Grey or Lamp Black ✨ What you’ll learn: • How to create a glowing sunset sky • Wet-on-wet blending techniques • How much water to use for smooth gradients • Painting silhouettes with a cream consistency mix • Creating depth with simple shapes For this project I used a tiny 9cm x 9cm format which makes this painting feel very achievable and relaxing to complete. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎨 PATREON COMMUNITY Join our calm creative studio community for tutorials, traceables, process videos, colour theory lessons, practice sheets & behind-the-scenes content: https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheCalmWatercolourStudio 📚 SKILLSHARE COURSES Explore my beginner-friendly watercolour classes: https://www.skillshare.com/en/referrals/class?teacherRef=972716055&via=teacher-referral&utm_campaign=teacher-referral-1901965511&utm_source=Skillshare&utm_medium=class-teacher-referral-email&utm_content=rebrand-notification-celebrate-teacher-class-published&bsft_clkid=dcc979a4-ec59-4454-bbd7-c41b1b65dc5f&bsft_uid=274d9452-d0f6-4100-a2b2-c22318cbd239&bsft_mid=bf878d2f-2464-4a69-913f-6ab99d6c6a4b&bsft_eid=4b3e7e04-64bd-9417-28ca-1c0ee4156750&bsft_txnid=dd72e079-56eb-4c26-bc5c-d2d51f8c90ae&bsft_mime_type=html&bsft_ek=2026-03-28T08%3A45%3A54Z&bsft_aaid=d5edc627-0f6f-46e0-b492-6ae0d9cbe64a&bsft_lx=5&bsft_tv=5&t=calm-watercolour-for-beginners-paint-5-easy-mini-landscapes&sku=1901965511 🌿 WEBSITE & NEWSLETTER Monthly studio updates, tutorials & creative inspiration: https://www.artbyfsl.com 🖌️ MATERIALS & LINKS My favourite art supplies & affiliate links: Baohong 100% Cotton Watercolour Paper a great student starter paper https://amzn.to/3NgzsfJ The leaf ceramic palette that I use https://amzn.to/4rjkYcF Winsor & Newton Cotman watercolour 24 half pan set https://amzn.to/4sys4vg Princeton Wash Flat Brush https://amzn.to/47caipa Winsor & Newton Cotman Size 8 Round Brush https://amzn.to/4rj4Urw Princeton Velvetouch Size 4 Round Brush https://amzn.to/4rWeOR0 Escoda Chronos Size 0 Round Brush https://amzn.to/40bDs3Z Washi Tape https://amzn.to/4blJMw9 Heated tool https://amzn.to/4bJFRJC A5 Perspex board https://amzn.to/4luTsbb As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases at no cost to you :-) If you enjoyed this tutorial please subscribe and let me know in the comments what city skyline I should paint next 💛 Small steps. Calm painting. Beautiful results. #watercolour #watercolourtutorial #beginnerwatercolour #watercolorsky #cityscapeart #watercolourforbeginners #easywatercolour #newyorkskyline #watercolorpainting #artbyfsl Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:20 Sketching outline 00:25 Wet on wet wash 00:34 Adding colours 02:10 Painting the skyline 09:36 Final Thoughts