![]() ![]() On the top of each of the peaks, draw a wavy line that starts on the tip and goes in a in a vertical direction and then slightly to the left. This will help you with painting the shadows on the mountains. None of the lines on the mountain drawing touch the horizon line. Start on one side of the canvas and draw angled lines that go to a point. Next, use a pencil to draw your mountain peaks. Add more bits of white or black if needed. ![]() This should look like a purple-gray color. Mix a purple-gray on your palette by mixing 3 parts prism violet, 1 part mars black and 3-4 parts titanium white. Load your palette with prism violet, titanium white and mars black. The top edge of the masking tape is the center line. Then place masking tape along the center. Let this background dry before proceeding to the next step. You are basically mirroring the top of the canvas (the sky).Ĭontinue to paint down to the bottom of the canvas until your yellow blends to the orange and then a pure orange on the bottom. Then completely rinse your brush of all the paint and start new again! Load your brush with primary yellow and a little bit of titanium white. Your center is the “horizon line” and it should be a bright and light yellow. If needed, measure the center of the canvas (5.5″ if using 11″ x 14″). Continue down the canvas all the way to the center point. Load the brush in titanium white and blend that with the yellow. Go down a few inches with the yellow and then dry your brush off. ![]() Leave the top of your sky the pure orange color. Blend the yellow with the orange by applying the yellow below the orange and gently blending up. Then wipe your brush off with a towel but do not rinse. Paint left and right strokes starting at the top of the canvas and work your way about 3 inches down the canvas. Start by loading your clean 3/4″ flat wash brush in cadmium orange hue. ![]() You will be painting a gradient of orange that blends to yellow and then blends to a very light yellow in the center of the canvas and then mirrors down to yellow and then orange again on the bottom. Then load your palette in the colors: cadmium orange hue, primary yellow and titanium white. This will help blend the background and ensure the first layer is a thin “wash” of paint. This should be a very thin layer of water and not soaking wet. Then use your 3/4″ flat wash brush to apply a thin layer of water on the canvas by brushing it left and right across the entire canvas.Īlternatively, you can use a fine mist sprayer to dampen your canvas. 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.Step By Step Directions 1. 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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