How NOT to Paint the Rocky Mountains: Turning my Mistakes into a Realistic Oil Painting (Tutorial)

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In this landscape realism oil painting tutorial, I'll be teaching you how NOT to paint the Rocky Mountains, walking you through four key mistakes, plus a bonus mistake that I *almost* made right near the end of the painting. I genuinely think that the act of painting is just making a series of corrections...until you wind up with a piece that you're happy with. Novelists go through drafts; artists go through layers. It's all part of the process. Filmed in 4K, so you can enjoy with any device!

Video Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:30 Adding a Smooth Gradient Sky
02:06 Mistake No. 1: Not Knowing the Dry Time of your Colors
03:14 Mistake No. 2: Trying to Get the Color Perfect in the First Layer
06:21 Painting the Alpine Lake
07:26 Mistake No. 3: Inventing Colors that are Just Plain Wrong
08:35 Mistake No. 4: The Reference Isn't Always Right
09:50 Second Layer
10:29 Bonus Mistake: Misreading Sunken In Colors
12:21 Final Painting Reveal

For my palette: I used predominantly titanium white, burnt umber, ultramarine blue, and Prussian blue. For the sky, I added in some cobalt to get that intense Alberta blue, and in the Alpine Lake I added in a hint of cadmium yellow medium to get the teal. There is also a smidgen of quinacridone red in both the sky and snow to warm up the cold tones and prevent the overall piece from getting too cold.

Oil paint dry time by color:
Fast drying (overnight for thin layers, 1-2 days for thicker): cobalt blue, Prussian blue, burnt umber, raw sienna
Medium drying (3-4 days): phthalos, burnt sienna, ultramarine blue, alizarin crimson, sap green, cadmiums
Slow drying (5 days or longer): quinacridones, titanium white

Here's how I modify my dry times: I use liquin to accelerate (and usually, I do use a smidgen in each painting session), and safflower oil to decelerate. If you want to elongate the dry time even further, use an oil like walnut or poppy with a very slow dry time.

To oil out your painting: my recipe is 3 parts gamsol, 1 part linseed or safflower oil. Safflower is better if you want to preserve the white in your paintings, as linseed may yellow over time. I keep it premixed in a jar for convenience. Brush it on, wipe it off with a lint-free cloth, then stand back and be amazed at how your painting has come back to life.

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Don't forget to use the code, and happy painting!

MarianneVanderDussen
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Such a gorgeous painting 😍 loved seeing it come to life!!

LenaDanya
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another painting you just hit out of the ballpark!! love it!! <3 Our Canadian landscape is so beautiful!

kendraclarke
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My favorite artist, you are the best 😊

Classicartist
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I absolutely love this video! I feel like artists don't show or talk about their mistakes if they make some in a painting or any work of art. However, you talked about your mistakes, fixed them, and explained how anyone can prevent making them too. In the end the painting still turned out absolutely fabulous and many would even consider it hyperrealistic! The information you also gave in this video, whether it was about preventing making the mistakes or just some simple painting tips, were incredibly helpful! The overall vibe of the video was also very lovely and calm. Thank you for making a video like this, and I wish you the best!

nikolaymontik
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Beautiful painting Marianne. Thanks for sharing mistakes and processes.

StudioBorealisCanada
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Can you do a paintings for intermediate students on a3 size canvas please?

bindu
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Wow it's so beautiful the painting, I loved it

smithamathew
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Lovely painting. I think the Prussian blue trees harmonised with the slightly green water better than the bluer trees did, good save on that one 🙂.

stumaxaircraft
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I don't know about This Painting but you r Beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤❤

asadjaanasadjaan
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Beautiful artwork, thanks for sharing the videos.

Desenhos
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Love your videos. Can't wait to see an updated studio tour!

elizabethabaya
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I love your realistic art works. Beautiful 🎉❤🎉

floweryhour
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‏It was very extraordinary and amazing, my dear friend👌

ArtDreamPainting
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Very helpful demonstration. Thank you for posting. Something tells me you have a background in professional broadcasting based on your polished narrative style

Kurtiscott
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How much time does it take to finish? Its beautiful 😍😍😍

happyartsbymisty
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Can u please tell which colour you used brown brown is that acrylic or oil paint ??? 0:33 clip

Rudeguyyy
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Please make more and more videos. you are the best artist. And please tell where are you from??

saritamahariya
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Absolutely love this, especially since I live by the American Rocky Mountains. How do you pick the color for your underpainting? Why brown? Can I use another color?

priyarachel
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Hi for the mountains did you go slowly like detail by detail and make sure they looked like the texture on the mountains in the photo?

naheedakhtar