Back in college, a friend let me paint with her oil paints and I was hooked.

I share all my supplies and links, plus all the tips I’ve learned along the way. I’ve written an extensive post on how to get started painting with acrylics on canvas. It blends and mixes nicely, and is a lot of fun to play with!

No need to feel intimidated, painting with acrylic paint is not scary at all! The paint is inexpensive and mostly washable. if you’re painting a green treed forest, add a variety of greens to add dimension and richness.įor more acrylic painting tips, check out this 35 acrylic painting tips post.Want to create something with a blank canvas? Try one of these easy canvas painting ideas, perfect for beginning artists and a great way to start with acrylics. For a more realistic painting, add a variety of different tones of one color.Mix a bit of black and white paint into a vibrant color to tone it down to use in background elements. Use the atmospheric perspective phenomenon to create the illusion of depth in your painting: things further away from the eye are lighter/duller (I.e faded) in color and not as vibrant as things that are closer to the eye (foreground etc.).Add easy silhouetted trees, mountains /hills in front of any background to create in easy beginner friendly landscape scene.Use double loading brush method to create smooth blends in sunset background.Ultramarine blue paint makes a perfect blue sky color for any landscape painting.Use the rule of the thirds to know where to place your focal point.Create a focal point in your painting to help create more interest in the composition.The best way to paint a landscape is painting the background first then add foreground elements.Use a reference photo to help paint realistic details in your painting.Use color temperature: cool colors in background and warm colors in foreground to create the illusion of depth to the viewer’s eye.Below are some quick and easy tips for beginners to make your landscapes looking great and easy to paint.

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