Pine Trees Mountain and Water Painting Techniques

Pine trees look very complex and detailed. Mountains look intimidating. Add a lake to it, and perhaps you might hesitate to try painting it! Here, you'll get an easy recipe for painting pine trees, an easy recipe for painting water, and an easy recipe for painting far-away mountains. I will show the order you will paint, and we will address atmospheric perspective and viewpoint as well! The setting is Lake Tahoe, and the lesson is painting pine trees, mountains and lakes. What you will learn is atmospheric perspective, a foolproof technique for painting water, specific guidelines for sketching and painting trees and a unique color blending recipe which you can apply to almost any landscape. In addition, you will learn how to create and select better references and create better compositions.