All Posts by Arty Editor

2 Art Supplies

Painting Materials and tools for our project. As I demonstrate painting a landscape in a loosely abstract style, you might want to follow along. The painting style of the demonstration is easily adapted to any shape or size; mine is almost square and quite small. This is what I used: Stretched canvas 33 x 30cm […]

3 Paint a Yellow Background

Paint a plain colour background I prepared the canvas with a warm yellow background Read how and watch over my shoulder here: Click Here –>> https://outlinesart.com/tutorials/under-painting/prepare-canvas-warm-yellow-mix/ Look out for the next email when I will show you how I sketch a simple scene to start the painting. Until next time…

4 Sketch a Simple Scene

Sketch a simple scene with paint A simple sketch to define the different areas of the painting is helpful. Below, you can Read how I do it, and you can Watch over my shoulder in the Video Video – 4 minutes 40 secs  After this it will be time to start painting over our […]

5 Paint Distant Hills

Paint distant hills and define the field Now it’s time to start painting over our sketch. I’ll paint the distant hills and lay a foundation for the fields. Would you like to see the demonstration? Scroll down to find the 4 minute video on this page. There’s a transcript to read below the video. Look […]

6 Begin Painting the Sky

Begin painting the sky (and more) Painting in layers gives depth and substance to a picture so we don’t have to worry too much about final colours and subtle shades. See how I do it in this video, and read the details and transcript below: Video – 4 minutes 31 secs Still using paint quite […]

7 Forest layers

Painting the First forest layers Preliminary layers are there to give depth, extra texture and foundation colours. The layers that come afterwards can allow colours to show through or not. An explanation of what I’m doing and a transcript is below the video. Video – 4 minutes 13 secs This is where I begin to […]

8 Build Layers

Building Layers The demonstration is doing a good job of showing how you can be quite ruthless in covering up what has gone before, and how you really don’t need to worry over it. You’ll find written content below the video. Video – 4 minutes 59 secs You can work like this, working instinctively, going […]

9 Sky Field and Trees

Changing the Sky and Continue Painting Fields and Trees I tried a slightly different approach when making this video because it’s a little longer, about five and a half minutes. In the silences I have ‘dropped in’ some speach and added a text overlay here and there. I wonder if this works for you. Some […]

10 Add Detail

Adding Details To Define The Trees In this video I start adding detail and making small changes. The painting looks quite different at the end. I have again added a talkover here and there – I hope I’m improving at that! The video is around six and a half minutes long this time. See the […]

11 Depth and Light

Depth and Light Bring a Painting to Life Creating Depth and Highlights can be a simple matter. The aim is to create a contrast with the blurry distance and to change the feel of the detail.  With very little talking in the video I have written some comments on the action. You’ll find them below […]