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Learn to paint a landscape in ONE easy lesson!
"I dream a painting and then I paint my dream" — Vincent Van Gogh
Joan A Brown | Free step-by-step oil painting lesson - No.1
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Step 7: Paint in some Land
Now we need to add a little land area between the trees and their reflections. Mix a small amounts of black
with some of the green you made to paint your trees. About a 70/30 ratio so that you have a fairly dark
green, almost black. Fig. 57
Now we need to add a little land area between the trees and their reflections. Mix a small amounts of black
with some of the green you made to paint your trees. About a 70/30 ratio so that you have a fairly dark
green, almost black. Fig. 57
Next, use one corner of the
cleaned filbert brush to tap
gently where the top of the
dark land color meets the trees.
Fig. 63.
We want the top of the dirt to
blend in with the green of the
trees, so to speak. This is so
that you don't have any
straight lines showing.
cleaned filbert brush to tap
gently where the top of the
dark land color meets the trees.
Fig. 63.
We want the top of the dirt to
blend in with the green of the
trees, so to speak. This is so
that you don't have any
straight lines showing.
Fig. 62
Fig. 63
Fig. 57
Using the short edge of your knife and working horizontally, pulling from left to right, apply small amount of this
black/green mixture where trees meet reflections. Try to stagger the way you apply the paint. Fig. 59, 60.
Then use the same short knife edge to pull the bottoms of these slightly downward into the water. Fig. 61.
Grab the 1" brush again and, gently pull across the area of paint that you just pulled down. Use only a few hairs of
the brush to create shimmer. Fig. 62. Again, don't be too specific or spend too much time on details. Don't worry
if it doesn't look 'right'. It probably does. . .look right, that is.
The most common beginner mistake is overworking the paint and the painting. Less is more!
black/green mixture where trees meet reflections. Try to stagger the way you apply the paint. Fig. 59, 60.
Then use the same short knife edge to pull the bottoms of these slightly downward into the water. Fig. 61.
Grab the 1" brush again and, gently pull across the area of paint that you just pulled down. Use only a few hairs of
the brush to create shimmer. Fig. 62. Again, don't be too specific or spend too much time on details. Don't worry
if it doesn't look 'right'. It probably does. . .look right, that is.
The most common beginner mistake is overworking the paint and the painting. Less is more!
Fig. 61
Fig. 60
Fig. 59
Fig. 58
That means, you'll need more black
than green in the mixture.
Pick up a little of this color on the short
edge of your knife. Fig. 58
than green in the mixture.
Pick up a little of this color on the short
edge of your knife. Fig. 58
Dedicated to my late beloved son, Jabec Easton Bellehumeur.