Warm colors come forward in space while cool colors recede back in space. We want the front section to feel like it is the closest area to the viewer. Mix up a warm green color by adding more orange and red into green mixture.
38 Easy Acrylic Landscape Painting Ideas for Beginners
Beginning to paint is a great experience all by itself. You find yourself drooled in it so much that you hardly have a track of time. Just like you, we too are in love with paintings. There are vivid areas that you can have your ideas spread into. However, as a beginner, do you wish to have some simple ones? Well, these Easy Acrylic Landscape Painting Ideas for Beginners has been just written here for you. For starters, you can copy these ideas as they are or just run your imagination wild after having inspiration.
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Easy Acrylic Landscape Painting Ideas for Beginners
What are the different supplies needed for acrylic painting?
Acrylic Painting Supplies
Before you begin, here is a list of supplies that you will require for the acrylic painting-
Often people are confused about what is essential and what are the extra supplies that you require for acrylic painting. As a beginner, you will require paintbrushes of various sizes to paint a thin and sharp line. You will need paints of course and a canvas to paint on. You can have an already prepared canvas or prepare it on your own. Next, you will need an artist’s palette to mix colors. Moreover, paper towels or rags, a cup of water and varnish are the essential things you need.
Watch the video!
Materials list
- Watercolor pan set (recommended watercolor sets)
- Watercolor paper (I used 5 x 7 in)
- Size 10 watercolor brush
- 2 jars of water
- Rag (paper towel or cloth)
Tips for substituting watercolor supplies
If you don’t have all of the supplies listed in the above image – no problem! Just use what you have
Start watercolor landscape (painting the sky)
Typically, the best place to start in a watercolor landscape painting is in the sky. I started painting the sky by using pure pthalo blue. While working on the sky I also worked on capturing the outlines/ shapes of the clouds. It is important to leave these untouched and white as otherwise you will never be able to make them white again!
Choosing your watercolor cloud shapes
The brilliant thing about painting clouds is that they can be whatever shape you make them! As we know, clouds come in all sorts of different shapes and sizes. If you would like your clouds to look realistic though, focus on creating more irregular shapes.
How to soften edges in your watercolor landscape painting
Right after you finish painting the sky and have your cloud shapes in place then work on softening the edges of the clouds. To do this, wet your brush and run it over the edge of the clouds. You can view the video of this process to get a more detailed look at how to create soft edges in your clouds with watercolor.
Working wet in wet with watercolors
In order to capture soft edges it is important to work quickly. The paint needs to still be wet for you to create a natural soft edge. This doesn’t mean that you need to rush, just be mindful of how much time you are spending each step of the way.
