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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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Not all the clouds in your sky will need softening. Use your judgement
and soften only the ones you feel needs softening if there are clumps or
too much paint. Fig. 23
After softening the cloud bases, proceed to soften the inside of the
clouds if needed. Fig 23 & 24 shows the before and after results of
softening. The trick here is to be as gentle as possible. "whisper" into
the clouds using only a few bristles of the corner of the brush.
Remember, pretend you are dusting for fingerprints. DON'T
OVERBLEND!
and soften only the ones you feel needs softening if there are clumps or
too much paint. Fig. 23
After softening the cloud bases, proceed to soften the inside of the
clouds if needed. Fig 23 & 24 shows the before and after results of
softening. The trick here is to be as gentle as possible. "whisper" into
the clouds using only a few bristles of the corner of the brush.
Remember, pretend you are dusting for fingerprints. DON'T
OVERBLEND!
Your painting might
look something like
this so far. Fig. 25
look something like
this so far. Fig. 25
Fig. 23
Fig. 24
Fig. 25
Step 5: A few distant trees
Mix together black & white for light grey and yellow & blue for a light green. Fig. 26-29.
Mix together black & white for light grey and yellow & blue for a light green. Fig. 26-29.
Fig. 26
Fig. 27
Fig. 29
Fig. 28
Add small amount of green
mixture to the grey until you
arrive at a light grey-green
color. Fig. 30
mixture to the grey until you
arrive at a light grey-green
color. Fig. 30
Fig. 30
Dedicated to my late beloved son, Jabec Easton Bellehumeur.