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This is decided by painting the white all the way down to the base of the mountain.

Paint in short strokes that go in the direction of the side of the mountain you are painting on.Īt this point you will need to decide which mountain is overlapping which. Let the wet gray blend with the white to give it color variation. When you apply the white, don’t fill it in completely solid. Next paint the left side of the mountain with white. Don’t let this color be solid, let it blend with the wet gray. Paint the left side of the mountain with white and the other side with a darker gray color. Paint these lines to almost resemble zig-zags, although they’re not necessarily angular lines.Ħ. Use the tip of your brush to paint lines that divide each mountain in half from the top tip to the base. Next clean your brush and then dip it into the white.

Divide the mountains with a verti cal zig-zag line. So don’t load your brush with too much gray! 5. When I painted in this first gray layer, I left some blue still showing through. Note: my paint underneath wasn’t dry all the way so the gray blended in with some of the underlying blue. Next use your #12 flat brush to paint all the mountains in gray.ĭon’t worry about overlapping yet. Paint some varied heights of peaks and don’t worry about overlapping at this point. The largest peak is about 2/3 up the canvas. I used a #12 flat brush on it’s side and used the edge to paint the mountain peaks. You can see a whole separate tutorial for mountains here. Outline the mountain peaks with titanium white. I didn’t make a perfect gradient for this, I let the center be brighter white.Īlthough you can go all the way to the tape line, I left a blank area because I knew it would be mostly mountain.ģ. I started at the top.Īs you paint the sky, try to get your blue to be slightly darker on top and then lighter as it gets closer to the horizon line. These strokes will blend together creating a sky blue color. Paint the sky using a blend of the titanium white and the cerulean blue.īasically dip your brush in the titanium white first and paint in “X” strokes. Use the colors titanium white and cerulean blue. Paint the sky cerulean blue + white using a 3/4″ wash brush. Therefore, 4.5″ is “about” 1/3 of the way up.Īpply the painters tape to use as a guideline for painting the sky and mountains. I typically like to make my horizon line 1/3rd of the canvas.

Measure 4.5″ up the canvas (if you’re using an 11″ x 14″ canvas). Note: the canvas is positioned vertically. Apply painters tape on the horizon line 4.5″ up the canvas. Project Type: Acrylic Painting / Category: Landscape Color Palette Directions At A Glance: Video: Scroll down further for more detailed directions!

Paint clouds using a filbert (or your favorite cloud brush) and titanium white.

Paint rocks and some grass on the bottom.

Use a fan brush to paint two pine trees with hooker's green, mars black and a little bit of brilliant yellow green.

Paint leaves on the birch tree.Use a bright #4 and brilliant yellow green, titanium white and hunter's green.

Use a 10/0 liner and mars black to paint branches and black marks on the birch tree.

Paint a birch tree trunk with titanium white.

Paint the green ground starting with yellow oxide and blending it to light green permanent and then hooker's green on the bottom.

Then paint the river solid cerulean blue.

Use cerulean blue to paint the river outline.

These are bushes/ trees way in the distance. Use hooker's green and a little bit of mars black and yellow oxide to stipple.

Stipple with any brush (I used a filbert brush) right above the horizon line.

Don't let this color be solid, let it blend with the wet gray.

Paint the left side of the mountain with white and the other side with a darker gray color.

Divide the mountains with a vertical zig-zag line.

Outline the mountain peaks with titanium white.

Paint the sky cerulean blue + white using a 3/4" wash brush.

Apply painters tape on the horizon line 4.5" up the canvas.