So you've not done a landscape that has satisfied you - ever. Never,,it just has been so bad. Doesn't look real. Doesn't look good enough for a notepad, or a mouse pad or even to keep around.
Here's a quick way to re-launch the landscape, or seascape, or pretty country roadway, with scenic trees and little grassy clumps...
Okay, here is your blank board/canvas, paint support
Step one -- get some color on there!
What color? Doesn't matter, as long as it isn't dark enough to swallow up your future scene. I use colors that don't get a lot of 'exercise" in routine painting. Use some white to bring down the intensity.
Start painting - cover enough area to serve as a base, as the warm Italian sun, or the prairie, or a beach.
Consider using a large brush - immediate gratification (and coverage) is a good thing.
That's a big brush - don't let one intimidate you
Time to add the sky, or water, or something blue. Use a light hue - it's acrylic, it can be painted over.
I mentioned immediate gratification, right? You should be working quickly now, and depending on several factors, paint needs to dry before being worked over, added to, or completely covered. Meet my handy friend,,,,,
Don't get carried away !! Dry from the back, or let the hot air blow over the surface laterally. None of that "hot as the sun's surface" for your art.
MORE TO COME -
LIKE FINISHING THE
LAND OR SEASCAPE
HOW TO RECYCLE YOUR CANVAS IF/WHEN A
PROJECT FLOPS
LET'S BE SURREAL
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