Mountain acrylic painting11/5/2023 ![]() I mix the colours for the clouds with ultramarine blue, burnt umber, and quinacridone magenta to give the clouds a little violet tint and titanium white.įor the highlights of the clouds, I use pure titanium white as I know it’ll mix with my shadow colours and that I’ll be returning to it later on in the painting. I mix the sky with cobalt blue, cobalt teal and titanium white. Once I have sketched out the scene I start with the thing that is furthest away in the painting, the sky. I sketch out the scene using titanium white mixed with a little quinacridone magenta and Liquin Original. This creates a near black but it means my colours will jump out at me when I start painting this art work and it won’t have a distorting effect on the colours which can occur when painting on a white surface. I start with my canvas panel which I prepared with a layer of ultramarine blue mixed with burnt umber. I am using oils and I’m using the following colours: The slope of the mountain on the right side of the painting leads the eye back towards the stream helping to keep the eye on the painting. The direction of the clouds directs the eye to Mt Crosscut, the mountain in the mid-ground. In this case, the direction of the stream and the log leads towards Mt Talbot. Having decided on where my centre of attention will be in the painting I then add other elements, forms and vectors to subtly lead the eye to the focal point. Your focal point should never ever be in the middle of your painting as it’s boring and distracting. When painting a landscape it’s a good idea to establish a focal point in the painting. The actual location itself is not too dissimilar to the composition in this painting so it didn’t require too many changes. Mt Talbot which is the distant mountain within the red square is the focal point of the painting. ![]() ![]() I use my softer pencils 2B and 4B for dark shadows. I use hard pencils for such as the 4H and 2H for areas of my drawing with lighter tones. I use a range of graphite pencils including 4H, 2H, HB, 2B and 4B. Once I have a rough idea of a composition I then continue with a final pencil sketch. From this, I went to my sketchbook and drew some thumbnail sketches to design a composition. This is one of the reference photos I used, feel free to copy and use it. I painted this artwork in oils but you can just as easily paint this using acrylics. I have painted these mountains many times as it’s one of my favourite places in New Zealand. Artists!!! Are you needing oil paints but need help figuring out where to start?.As a courtesy to your fellow reddit users, please mark nudity and other sensitive material as NSFW by clicking the link under the post title. While this is an art subreddit, our posts still appear to users not subscribed to /r/painting. For other types of painting, try /r/paint or /r/finishing. For posts relating to home or wall painting, please use /r/HomeImprovement or /r/DIY. This subreddit is intended for images and discussions related to artwork. If you'd like a piece identified, please use /r/whatisthispainting. ![]() For posting an established artist's work, please use /r/art or /r/paintings. Submitted images must be original content. Please post digital works in /r/DigitalArt or /r/DigitalPainting. This subreddit is for traditional painting. For sales and requests, please use /r/ArtStore or /r/ArtisanGifts, or see the Commissions & Sales portion of the sidebar. Posts aimed specifically at solicitation will be removed. If your submission isn't showing up in the 'new' section a few minutes after posting, message the moderators so we can fish it out of the spam filter.ĬCW = Constructive Criticism Welcome. Please classify new posts with the appropriate link flair. Please specify how frequently you paint with user flair. r/painting is a place for painters of reddit to share their work with fellow artists.
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