Acrylic Landscape Painting Techniques – Part 3
“With a limited palette, the older painters could do just as well as today… what they did was sounder.”
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Lessons for an Absolute Beginner
Part 3 of this 4 part video series for beginners to acrylic painting
The first thing I do is block-in the bottom half of the sky with the pinky tone; I’m not worried about too much detail, just getting a general tone blocked in.
This helps you judge relative tones and assess the next layer of colours that need to be added.
The ‘block in’ is still using the same premixed colours that we used for the sky and the clouds.
By using a limited palette, it makes it easier to create a visual balance and harmony.