Landscape Painting Tutorial | Easy Step by Step for Beginners | Hut Acrylic Painting

Welcome back to Fine Art Diary. In this video we are going to paint a landscape with a simple hut. Some of you asked me to make a tutorial on this. So here it is. This is the color palette I'm going to use today. From the top it is titanium white, cad yellow medium, yellow ochre, crimson lake, deep magenta, brilliant purple, ultramarine blue, cobalt blue, viridian, raw umber and paints grey. Now let's jump into the painting. So first of all I'm going to make a preliminary sketch of my composition and for that I am using raw umber. Now let's do the drawing. In this case I'm using an angular bristle brush so that I can give very narrow brush strokes as well as thicker brush strokes. In perspective drawing this horizontal line is very very much important because this denotes our eye level and all the rest of the horizontal lines I'm going to draw according to this particular line and all the rest of the lines will merge to certain vanishing points. Definitely all together that is a totally different chapter but let us see how to deal with perspective drawing. Here you can see the lines are not exactly horizontal but a little bit tilted towards the left and to the right hand side also you can see the lines are not exactly horizontal but a little bit tilted towards the right. So those are perspective lines and I'm going to create the rest of the shapes according to these lines. Alright our sketch is ready and let's start painting. So I'm taking raw umber, viridian, ultramarine blue and crimson lake and I'm trying to make a darker mixture in this case and let's start the color blocking. I'm starting with the dark background and gradually I'll move forward. You may have noticed one thing that some of the areas I have used more viridian and in some of the areas I have used more ultramarine and that way you can create harmony in the darks also. With the same dark mixture let's do the block-in of the shadow shapes of the heart. So from now itself I'm assuming some of the bushes in front of the house and I'm doing the block-in of the same. Also I'm connecting the shadow shapes of the background, of the house, of the foreground, of the ground plane and connecting it together. Mixing little more viridian and my yellows to make the mixture greenish and little more vibrant and let's paint the lighter areas of the ground plane. Giving some more hints of the bushes in front of the house. That's all right now let's paint the house. So I'm mixing yellow ochre, crimson lake and creating a kind of brown mixture and let's paint the rooftop. Mixing the green with the same mixture to desaturate it a little bit and let's paint the shadow side of the house. You can see in this the paint is behaving like a glaze because I'm using a little more water in the mixture. That's all right now let's work for the background trees and for that I'm using viridian, yellow ochre, cad yellow medium, titanium white and a touch of crimson lake to make the mixture little bit desaturated. Now very randomly let's do the block-in of the background trees with some random brush strokes. Now let's make the mixture little more vibrant by using viridian, cad yellow medium and a touch of titanium white and this time I'm going to paint the light areas of the ground plane. You can see I am using the broadest side of the angular brush. Same green I am painting on the rooftop also so that it can get some bounce light from the environment and it can be a part of it. Now let's establish the darkest dark. For that I am using ultramarine blue, deep magenta, tense gray, raw umber and a touch of crimson lake and you can see I have mixed a quite dark color. Before doing anything let's go back to the roof color and with this I am mixing a little bit green and titanium white. Now let's refine the edge of the rooftop. That's all right now we can go back to the darks. Now you can see the edge of the roof is quite prominent. Similarly I'm going to find some more dark areas. That's all right now switch to a smaller brush and let's give the impression of some stones on the wall. You can see these are some random brush marks. That's all right now let's take titanium white, cobalt blue, the mixture of viridian and raw umber and mixing a kind of greenish gray color and now let's paint the window. Adding a little more titanium white and yellow ochre to the same mixture and making the light mixture for this. I'm defining the plane which is getting the direct light. Now let's take titanium white, crimson lake and yellow ochre to make a light brown color for the doors. Now let's take titanium white, cad yellow medium and a touch of cobalt blue to make the lighter mixture of the wall. The color of the sunlight is warm and that is the reason we have mixed this warm mixture for this. Same mixture I'm using this side also where the direct light is hitting. Now let's give some dimension to the stones also. So I am finding the planes of the right hand side where the direct light is hitting. Same thing I'm going to do for the rooftop also. I'm finding some lighter planes over there. That's all right. Now let's add some green for the background trees and for this I am using viridian, cad yellow medium, yellow ochre, a touch of crimson lake and titanium white. Also added cobalt blue to it to make it a little bit darker. Now let's spend some tree branches in the background. You can see I am holding the brush perpendicular to the canvas and creating the pattern of the leaves in this area. Same thing I am going to do this side also. I am assuming the branches which are getting direct light and painting accordingly. Now let's make the mixture even more brighter and for this I am using cad yellow medium and titanium white. Now let's give the suggestion of some tender leaves which are getting direct sunlight and at the same time it is going to create some variation of the greens. That's all right. Now let's paint the ground plane. So in the same mixture I am adding cad yellow medium and titanium white to make it a little bit brighter. Now let's paint the area which is getting direct sunlight on the ground plane. You can see I am trying to create contrast between the light and shadow shapes. That's all right. Now let's paint some rocky blocks in this area and for this I am using raw umber viridian and yellow ochre and let's do the block end. So those are the dark planes. Now let's add titanium white yellow ochre to the same mixture and let's make it warm and bright and now let's paint the lighter planes. You can see we already have started getting the volume. So by this kind of block end you can add many objects to your painting. Now let's paint some bushes in front of the house and I'm starting with the dark. For this I am using viridian, raw umber, ultramarine blue, a touch of crimson lake and let's paint. Let's decide the position first. So you can see first of all I am creating all the shadow shapes. Now I'll move to the mid-tone but before the bushes let's paint the rooftop first. So I am using crimson, yellow ochre and titanium white and mixed a kind of light brown color. Now let's go back to the dark mixture once again. I'm adding a little bit deep magenta to it and very randomly let's paint some dark accents on the rooftop. These planes are getting indirect light so the value is a little bit brighter than the darkest dark. Now going back to my brown and making it much more lighter and warmer and let's paint some of the very light planes so that we can get harmony in color as well as in value. That's all right now let's paint some more rocks in front of the house in the very same way. That's all right now let's go back to the bushes and for that I am using viridian, yellow ochre, cobalt blue, a touch of crimson. This is going to be a mid-value green and after that the highlight is going to come. So let's paint the mid-tone. This side also doing the same. So you can notice just by adding two values we are already getting the volume. So when highlight will come it is going to look more believable. Now let's take the yellows, viridian and titanium white to make the mixture brighter and warmer and this is going to be the color of the highlight. Switching to a smaller brush and let's give some small brush marks. That's fine now let's add some tree branches and for this I am mixing raw umber to our previously mixed lighter tone and this is a kind of mid-tone I'm mixing. Now adding titanium white and cad yellow medium to make it a little bit lighter and warmer and let's paint some highlights. That's fine now let's paint the grasses and for that I am taking cad yellow medium, titanium white and viridian and mixing a very bright color. Here I am using a bristle brush to get the pattern of the grasses you can see. Very randomly and quickly you can paint the grasses like this. I'm painting only those areas which are getting direct sunlight and rest of the part will remain dark to define the shadows. Since the beginning you may have noticed all the light areas I have used cadmium yellow which is very warm because in this scene our key light is the sunlight which is very warm and just to mimic the sunlight I have used cad yellow medium in all my light mixtures. Alright now the same mixture I am going to use for the highlights of the bushes. So very randomly I am putting some brush strokes following the direction of the light. Now switching to a liner brush to give the impression of some individual grasses. It has to be very quick just to make things uneven. That's fine now let's paint a cartwheel in this area. So I am taking raw umber mixing a little bit green in it for the environmental reflection, ultramarine blue and yellow ochre and mix a kind of dark value for the shadow shapes of the wheel. Now let's draw it. Now mixing titanium white, yellow ochre and a little bit of viridian into it and making it a little bit lighter and this is going to be our mid-tone. Now adding more titanium white and yellows into it and making it a lighter mixture. Now I need to find the planes which are getting direct light. Now let's paint some more bushes in this area exactly the way we painted previously. Starting with the dark then mid-tone and then the highlight. Now let's take a liner brush and give some impression of the grasses and for this I am using the highlight mixture only. Now let's concentrate on the house and we are going to mix the highlight mixture for that and I am using titanium white, cad yellow medium, a touch of raw umber and this has to be very bright and warm mixture and let's paint. I am not going to cover the entire area but covering a part of it so some of the areas the previous color will be visible and that is going to create harmony. In the window also there can be some highlights where the direct light is hitting. In oil painting the application of the highlight is always very thick and I am going to follow the same principle over here and in this case I am using a palette knife and applying a thicker pen to the highlights especially the brightest areas. You may have noticed with the palette knife I am also creating some sharp edges. Now let's add some life to this painting. Maybe we can add some birds and for this I am using a bright mixture. Before the white bird let's paint a brown bird first so let's mix the brown color and let's do the block-in. Now let's paint two more in this area. Now in this area also we can have another bird according to the composition. That's all right now let's paint some foreground grasses and for this I am using a fan brush also using the highlight color of the ground plane. Switch to a liner brush and let's paint some individual grasses. Doing the same in this area also. Now let's add some bounce light to the grasses which are in the shadow. We also can add some flowers in the scenery. Very randomly I am painting here and there but should not overdo it. We are very close to the end of this painting. All right we have completed the painting and here are some close-up shots. Hope you enjoyed today's session. If you are having any suggestion please write down in the comment box and don't forget to subscribe the channel because many more painting video tutorials are coming in future. 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