hi in today's mountain landscape tutorial
i'm going to give you some easy tips on how to create distance in your painting
i'm using cobalt blue and white for my sky
i'm making it slightly darker at the top and adding more white paint as i move down the canvas
now that that's dry i'm coming in with a filbert brush and a very light blue paint
just to block out the general shape and placement of my clouds
i'm using the curve of the filbert brush to help me get the shape of the clouds i want
next i'm coming in with a bluey gray color to block out the shadow areas in the middle of the
clouds you can adjust the color of this as you go by adding a little bit more blue or gray as needed
next i'm coming in with a medium round brush i'm using a size 8 to add those crisp white
highlights around the edges and soften and blend the gray together to help create the feeling of
distance when you paint in your skies you can make the clay slightly larger in the foreground
and then ask the receding to the background a little bit smaller
a little bit paler in color and keep them more flat along the bottom side
next we're going to block out the general shape of the mountains
i've added a tiny bit of black to my blue with a little bit of white too
and i'm just using a medium round brush to block out the general shape
for the mountains that are a little bit further away i've added more white paint
to make the color lighter and i've also made them
smaller and this will also help create that illusion and feeling of distance
for the next section i've added some hookers green to my blue mix and also a little bit of white
as we're moving forward i'm going to be adding more yellow and sap green and warmer colors and
the colors that i want to feel as if they're further away are going to have more blue and
be paler and this will also help give that feeling and create that feeling of distance
now that i'm adding the fur trees and the distance i'm using the shape of my
round brush with the point to get the shape of the trees that i need
don't be afraid to use different shades of green and different color greens
for the trees just to break it up a little bit so it's not just one large block of color
by adding a nice warm golden field in the foreground this will also make that feel
as if it's closer towards us where the blue colours are going to be further in the distance
i'm using a liner brush to start adding some details to my mountains now
for the mountains in the very distance i'm not adding much details to those at all
really just the difference between the shaded areas and the light areas that are hit by the sun
the mountain that's slightly closer i'll add in a little bit more detail
and get some really nice crisp white highlights on the sides where the sun hits the mountain face
in the very foreground i'm going to add my pine trees now and again putting something
large in the foreground will also help create that feeling of distance that we're looking for
i'm using a filbert brush to paint my pine trees but you could use any brush that's comfortable
for you a lot of people use a fan brush or a flat brush and that'll work just as well
if you're unsure about painting the pine trees i would suggest that you
maybe have a practice on a piece of paper next to the canvas first
just get comfortable with the brush before you start painting on the actual canvas
i'm blocking that with my dark green which is just hooker's green with a little bit of black
added to it and then i'll gradually start adding in my lighter greens by adding a little bit of
yellow and a little bit of white too until i get those lovely highlights on the side
i hope you've enjoyed today's tutorial if you have give me a thumbs up and i'll see you next time