oh it's so hot summer's in full swing you're hot i'm hot so let's just keep
those hot vibes going in this video right here tally and i are going to show you
how to paint this very simple arizona desert sunset this is perhaps the easiest painting
tutorial you will ever find on youtube and the best part about it is no joke
i'm going to be sweating through this entire tutorial so here we go
Arrrggghhh its so hot this is a horrible idea to videotape this during the midday good god hey i
just want to let you know if you plan on painting along with us the products colors and supplies
are listed down in the video description below this entire tutorial is done in acrylic paint
but if you're an oil artist out there hey don't worry about it you can easily do this in oils
now on to the tutorial we're going to start with our desert sky
to achieve our nice arizona sky we're going to be using purple red orange and two yellows one medium
one light now apply these colors to your canvas and blend into a gradient work from your lighter
colors to your darker ones for best results plus this will also help you from cleaning
your paint brushes as much which as we know is not the fun part of painting to make your sky
extra smooth take a clean two inch brush and brush back and forth across your entire canvas
arizona sometimes has these beautiful bands that form in their sky due to their clouds to mimic
this look we can take a clean one or two inch brush with just a little bit of water on it and
scratch off some of the purple that we put in the top left corner now in those gaps right there add
a little more red and lightly blend together now we can move on to our landscape and we need to
start by making three purples need to make a light purple medium purple and dark purple make sure you
make more of your dark purple color a little bit more on this later to make your light purple color
all we need to do is just take a one to one ratio of purple and white and mix it together
to make our medium purple i recommend just take purple straight from the tube if you have a dark
purple just add a light sliver of white to it to make it stand out a little bit more
for your dark purple just take a one to one ratio of your purple and black and there you go
the light purple will form our farthest mountain range or sand dunes depending on what you're
trying to make make sure to add some angles to your mountains and sand dunes this will add a lot
of depth to your painting and make it stand out a lot more i prefer to work from farthest away to
closest but tally has his own method so basically just drop in the remaining mountain ranges or
dunes with the corresponding colors medium purple will be for the mid section and dark
purple will be for the foreground using an angled shader or dagger brush and a script liner brush
we can add in some cactuses or cacti wait what is the difference between cactuses and cacti aren't
they both the plural version of cactus i need to look this up cacti is the latin plural of cactus
and for english speaker is a more popular usage well cactuses is the english plural and is also
completely acceptable to use the dictionary lists both as the correct form and leaving it up to the
user huh no **** i guess you learn something every day when painting in your cacti there's
really no right or wrong way to it just add in upward stems at different heights wherever you
think it works best what i do want you to pay attention to is the perspective by putting your
bigger cactuses on the left and right side of your canvas and the smaller ones near the center
you're building more depth and distance in your painting now add as many or as few as you like
i mean it is your desert after all if you're a brand new painter or you're just scared to start
painting do this painting tutorial here i think you will be amazed at what you can accomplish
with a few simple colors and brushes it's really awesome if you want to show your appreciation
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appreciate that and if you want to try to take your painting skills to the next level you know
what you can do check out this video over to the side that's going to show you how to paint a
simple california sunset it's pretty much the same thing but it's going to take your skills to
the next level don't trust me hey how about you just check it out and i'll see you later peace