You also don’t have to paint the hot air balloon silhouettes if you just want to focus on the sunset painting.
Sunset Painting – With Hot Air Balloon Silhouettes
Create your very own sunset painting with acrylics on canvas!
Learn how to paint a sunset with hot air balloon silhouettes afloat in the sky over a tree line.
This is a very easy acrylic painting for an absolute beginner.
The sunset painting was done on both an 11″ x 14″ stretched canvas and an 8″ x 10″ canvas.
This design can work on any size or any surface!
I get a lot of requests for sunsets!
While I do have a few tutorials with sunsets, I think this one will be the most versatile because you can take the concepts and apply it to other paintings that you may want to have a sunset in.
You also don’t have to paint the hot air balloon silhouettes if you just want to focus on the sunset painting.
Find out how to download PDF instructions for this tutorial!
When I do sunsets, I select a few “analogous colors” and blend them horizontally down the canvas.
I always like to start with blue (in this case “cerulean blue”) for my top color.
The trick is getting the blue to fade into orange without it turning “brown”. The color “medium magenta” in between the blue and the orange hues helps with this transition.
Then the bottom of the sunset along the horizon line is the brightest. That is where I used titanium white and cadmium yellow.
Finally, the sun was done using the sponge foam pouncer! I absolutely love those things and use them any time I need to paint a circle.
The largest pouncer in this set made the perfect sun!
After painting the sunset, then you do all the silhouettes! You may notice that some of the balloons in the distance look lighter.
That is to create the illusion of depth! All I did was paint the smaller balloons with different shades of gray. Easy peasy!
Anyhow, I know you will enjoy painting this beautiful hot air balloon painting! I can’t wait to see your painting.
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