How to paint bold and beautiful landscapes
Believe it or not, there was a time when artist Paul Horton struggled to get his work seen. But, somewhere along the line – and thanks to a lot of hard work – he must have been doing something right…because now his name is synonymous with huge success.
Now let’s be honest, unless there’s something the world doesn’t know about you, it’s unlikely you’re going to do what he did, right? Great, now we’ve accepted that we can move on. Here, now, is how to produce bold and beautiful landscapes in just three easy steps:
One good rule to follow when doing a painting like PH, is start with the sky first
1) Cheat: that’s right, I said CHEAT. All this nonsense about how using tracing paper is a bad thing is just that – gibberish. If it gets you the best results then go with it. So…begin by finding an image. You can find loads of stuff on Google images, or find a photo you really love, OK? Great!
2) Start by drawing a firm but simple illustration and labelling this with where you want the colour to go. Spend time on this, and when it comes time to actually beginning painting you won’t be anywhere near as panicked.
3) When applying the paint, you really need to follow one simple rule: go layer-by-layer. This means putting the base light colours on first – acrylic is best – and then putting the darker colours on after. If you’ve spent enough time drawing it out you should be fine be, but if you get to a certain stage and feel lost, don’t worry! Simply get a marker-pen out and mark with that. This will enable you to keep changing things and adding layers and before you know it, your painting will have come alive in a way which you could only have ever dreamed of before!
Last tips: OK, so this is an added extra. Call it a bonus or a treat, but I didn’t want to leave you to fend for yourself just yet! One good rule to follow when doing a painting like PH, is start with the sky first. The reason for this is that once you have the sky done it’ll be easier to get an impression of how the overall piece is going to look. Also, don’t muddy your colours! Keep washing the brushes out and always wait for each layer of acrylic to dry before painting over it.
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