In this lesson we will make a study of four different trees, so you can have an example of what to look for and how to find patterns in their way of growing. We will also get into some brush techniques, that will help to paint the trees in an easy way. Everything you learn here, you can adapt on other trees too. Maybe next time you go for a walk, find yourself a species of trees, try to understand how they grow and sketch their pattern until your hand and mind remembers it. This is all about practice!
In this stage of our painting it is time to roughly determine what kind of a landscape we want and also where the horzion is. As this process of painting is quite an intuitive one, we can just go with what is already there and see how it would be nice to continue. When we have decided where we want to have our horizon, an easy way to create a background is to add a few layers of mountains in the colours of our sky. This will already give the painting some depth and perspective.
In this painting we will now add a small amount of orange on the bottom of our sky to intensify the sunset/sunrise mood and get our background ready for the mountain layers. These will just be painted on top of the sky, with a lighter blue all the way in the distance and gradually darker tones in the front.
Canvas laminated onto a cardboard, for use with oil and/or acrylic paints.
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Oilpainting starterset. They usually all come with similar colours.
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In case you want to paint with more expensive and high quality colours.
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Alternative painting medium, that is more environment and health friendly.
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Aquarell / Watercolour Pad, for sketching, where the paint dries quickly.
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For scetching and practicing later on. Just use what you have and what you feel comfortable with.
Filbert Brush - Size 8.
All purpose brush to paint clouds, trees and foliage.
