In this painting tutorial here tally and i are going to teach
you how to paint this beautiful easy to do California sunset done with acrylic
paint and all you need is a few simple colors a few easy brushes and you know
what the best part about it is anyone can paint this and yeah i mean you here we go
what is going on all you awesome and creative people my name's wild and i got a special treat
for you today my buddy tally who's an amazing acrylic artist is going to show you how to
paint this painting right here it's an easy to do california sunset with some silhouette
accents in it only takes a few simple colors and brushes by the way we listed what all the
materials you need to use in the video description down below so do us a favor and click through on
those links because you know what they help us out but let's dive into the tutorial to create our
background we first need to block in some color we're going to use purple red yellow and white
we just want to blend these into a gradient the purple to red makes a beautiful dusk brown and the
red to yellow makes a beautiful nice burnt orange color for our sunset after blending the colors
we can make them butter smooth and even level out our brush strokes by using a wet two inch brush
just take your two inch brush and damp it with a little bit of water and start blending your colors
with some simple cross strokes do me a favor and make sure you start with just a little bit
of water when blending in your gradients a little bit goes a long way and you can always add more
but if you start off with too much it's actually going to eat away at that pigment color now that
we've created our beautiful gradient let's just let it dry for just a moment here now if anyone
out there needs a visual representation or needs a little bit of hand holding tally went ahead and
created you a template that you can trace on to your painting here did you a favor and left a
link down below for you to download you can also just put it on your phone or ipad so that way you
have a visual so you know exactly what to do with that visual we're going to take a ruler and create
a straight horizon line make sure you keep it level also trace in your boat and the sun now
for a quick little tip you can use any household lid to create a perfect circle for me i use a baby
food jar lid and that makes the perfect little circle for this painting if you're wondering why
i have a baby food jar well to be honest it's all i feed tally when he's here because i'm a slave
driver that's right when it comes to creating the structure of our sun we're going to start
by making a very simplistic vapor wave start with a very light yellow and a very light orange
basically just add a little bit of white to any yellow and orange you want to use fill
in your circle with the light yellow and then add some patch marks of light orange on the left and
on the top of our sun then blend very lightly the colors together now we just need to finish with
brush strokes that are parallel with our horizon line just to let you know it's okay if you go
outside of your sun circle here that's actually how you're going to create that vaporwave vibe
now we can fill the bottom left corner with black remember to add bumps and jags here this
is a foreground hill/cliff so it should have some detail in it when it comes to our ocean we're
gonna fill it with any purple that you like don't worry about getting it to be a smooth gradient
the brush strokes here will actually help it look more like water okay now we come to a really fun
and messy part of the painting we get to create some stars to create easy stars that anyone can do
take some white paint and mix it with a little bit of water or medium if you like don't make it too
watery or you'll lose all the color in the pigment but also make sure it's thin enough to flick
otherwise you're just gonna have big globs of paint on your canvas that won't look good
so what do you do here basically just test it before you put it on your canvas once you've
tested your paint now you just got to flick it onto your canvas the easiest way is just take a
fan brush and you can use your thumb or fingers kind of to flick it on or spray it on or however
you want or if you've got a spare toothbrush around just dip in some paint and use your
thumb and kind of spray it or take a palette knife and use it as a guard and kind of flick it through
there's no right way kind of just have fun with it now when it comes to adding stars i suggest
you know have fun with it but keep it at a minimum put your strongest concentration near the darker
color in the top left corner because it's going to have that contrast where it shows and then slowly
fade them out towards your sun but you know what it's your painting add as many stars as you want
with the leftover white paint we can actually use this as highlights for our ocean use that same
fan brush and just scratch in some white color wherever you think the sun is kissing the ocean
alright let's move on to our tree and we're going to use a creamy black which is just black paint
mixed with a little bit of water make sure you drop in a curved line to create a palm tree trunk
while we're here we can also add a little bit of grass at the base of our trunk just use a fan
brush or an angled shader or dagger brush and just add some swoop strokes up to create the illusion
of grass this will also help separate out our tree trunk from our cliff using the same black
color and a fan brush we can create palm fronds to create this tree leaf shape all we need to do
is lay the fan brush in the direction you want the leaf to go now add some pressure to make
sure that the bristles bloom out a little bit and pull the fan brush in a light curved motion
make sure to fade away at the end of the stroke to give the illusion that the pomfron
has pointed edges now you just need to repeat this for every palm frond that you want to add onto
your tree now if you don't feel like you get a nice dark silhouette palm frond you can go back
on top of it and do the same motion again do it as many times as you like and you can make them as
big or as thin or as curved as you want each one will add a different vibe to your painting when
we move on to the boat we're just going to use the same creamy black color that we've been using and
all you have to do is since you have the template just fill in the boat with that black color now if
you find this to be a little too difficult or more intimidating you know what you actually don't have
to put the boat in this painting will be amazing even without it all right let's give a little bit
of motion to our painting let's add some waves in here with white paint right out of the tube and
a palette knife scratch in some water lines this will give the illusion that your waves are moving
and it's okay if the white paint comes off a little patchy because that actually looks like
waves are curling and breaking in different areas which is going to add to the motion in
this painting now that our cliff and tree has had a moment to drop and get a little tacky let's add
a little bit of definition to really make this painting pop take the purple color that we used
for our ocean and add white into it with a little bit of water to make it flow now outline the cliff
edge and the tree trunk and fade the lines towards the left side of the canvas this will make it look
like light is wrapping around the tree trunk and our cliff giving it more shape and structure now
we can take that sun yellow color that we used and add a little bit of it to our palm fronds to
give them a little bit of a highlight also making them pop a little bit off the canvas go back and
feel free to add any little details that you want but trust me this little simple california sunset
is easy to do with acrylic paint you know what it's easy to do also with oil paint so give it
a try this is a beautiful painting that i know anyone can do and with the step-by-step guide
i know you're going to nail it and if you do give it a shot hey make sure you let me know on my
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