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Gathering Mountains – Acrylic Painting Lesson ONLINE
Want to paint the mountains in a realistic way? In this lesson I’ll show you how I use a limited color palette to make more natural landscape colors. I’ll also show you how I use a quadrant method to get my composition and proportions accurate.
I’ll take you through each color mixture and brush stroke in this 2.5 hour lesson. If you want to start painting in a realistic fashion, you’ll want to watch this lesson. Learn how to use more grayish hues to create distance and atmosphere, and how saturation plays a key role in light and distance. Watch as I create each aspect of this painting, from the clouds to the trees in the foreground.
Canvas Size: 10 X 20
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Lesson Length: 2.5 hours
Colors Used: Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Naples Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Raw Umber, Burnt Sienna, Titanium White, Zinc White
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How to Paint Early Morning in the Mountains in Acrylic
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There is always something very exhilarating about being up in the mountains early in the morning. The cool freshness of the air and the dew on the grass makes for a good start of the day. This is a scene in the Queenstown district, New Zealand South Island.
In this lesson you will learn:
1 How to paint the misty clouds
2 How to capture the mountain’s distant color perspective
3 How to paint the foothill shadows and highlights
4 How to paint the foreground grass and shadow.
5 How to simplify the trees
For the class you will need:
16×20″ Canvas
Painting knife,
Artist Paints: Clear Painting Medium, Titanium White, Cobalt Blue, Crimson, Cad Orange, Arylamide Yellow Light (Lemon Yellow)
Brushes: 40mm bristle Pastry type brush, 1/2″ (13mm) synthetic flat, #6 Filbert bristle, #6 bristle fan brush,6 flat bristle, #3 flat bristle, #2 small round bristle
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Painting the sky
Paint the sky with a large flat brush to cover the area quickly. Add darker blue at the upper edge and then blend smoothly into the lower sky. Add a small touch of orange into white and, still using the large brush, tap in the cloud to the right and some softer ones into the distance.
Paint the mountains
This first Blue/Purple mix was just too dark, so I toned it down with some white to the right shade and painted the rest of the mountain, keeping the top edge sharp against the sky.
Painting sunlight onto the mountains
Some light orange is gently stroked into the mountain slopes with a small flat brush. The distant peaks also catch the sunlight. The mountain slope to the right also catches a glimpse of the sunlight. This patch will be used to contrast the dark tree against.
Painting the foothills
The foothills have more red in it than the distant mountain color. Notice that I have left some lighter patches as guides for the bright sunlit slopes.
A slightly brighter orange is used here for the sunlight on the cliffs and rocks. A muted yellow orange is painted in for the small foothill sunlight. Very lightly spread some of it into the shadow side of the hills.
Add the shadow of the large bush, and use a fan brush for some more detail on the hill slopes.
Painting the trees
Paint in the dark green for the mass of trees in the valley. Add a few touches of yellow for highlights. Smear a bit of green over the lower slope.
Add some of the dark green into this central tree and then add some highlights with some yellow.
The hill is in full sunlight. The colour here is orange with a touch of blue. A small patch is added to the left side of the dark tree.
Use a small flat brush to paint the dark green of the plane trees. Pull out all the branches of the trees with the flat of the brush in the vertical position and round off the profile of the barn and the bales with a smaller brush.
Block in the barn and then begin to add the highlights to the trees with the large flat bristle brush. Keep the large tree more in sunlight than the other trees. This area is going to be the main focal point.
Painting the foreground
The underpainting to this field is a bright green. All the brush strokes must follow the slope of the ground. Now, with a small flat brush stroke in some dark lines to show the character of this field.
Block in the middle tones of the bales with Yellow Ochre. Add the shadows with the dark blue/purple and Lemon Yellow for the highlights and don’t forget to paint the cast shadows of the bales.
Use the flat side of the large brush and begin to tap in the Cadmium Yellow for the grasses catching the sunlight. Keep it patchy as shown. Darken some areas with Yellow Ochre.
