I have been painting since the third grade but pretty much am self taught. Next continue with that same color combo (medium magenta + titanium white) and paint horizontal strokes. This tropical sunset painting was done on two 11" x 14" canvases and put together to form a whole. Step By Step Painting With Tracie Kiernan. 😀. This gives the trees and land a little bit of depth.

Keep adding more white to your brush and keep painting and blending until you get to the tape line. Start by painting the bottom of the boat. You can also sketch it out with pencil or chalk and fill it in.

Blend it down using wet on wet blending the same way you did the sky. Go at this with an open mind, relax and embrace the way your colors blossom! Now I teach exclusively online through this website! Practice somewhere off of your canvas first until you get the right consistency of white. Use titanium white to paint this cloud.

Happy 30th Anniversary!!! This will get excess blue and purple off. This is the part that makes the water look like it is “glistening”. You may wish to load your brush in more blue to get it to blend more. This is a couples acrylic painting lesson for the absolute beginner painter! Thanks! The goal is to get the blue to blend to purple. Start at the top of your canvas and paint about 3-4 inches down. Next we will add color to the bottom area of the moon to make it look like it has shading/ craters.

The only thing you will do different is put your paintings together so the moon and reflection match up. Start by painting a heart shape that connects your two canvases together. guest post I wrote for Our Kind Of Crazy Blog. Add some blue to the bottom are of the moon as well and blend. I only went a little bit down with these reflection lines. I recommend the colors: navy, white, black, Tuscan teal, purple iris and Bimini blue. The smaller palm trees are in the middle closer to the sun and they get slightly bigger on the left and right where the land gets higher.

To do the reflections of the trees in the water, paint little black horizontal lines just under each of the trees. Also paint all the way to the top of the canvas so the very top of the sky is this dark purple.

When you paint, use left and right strokes using the FULL WIDTH of the brush. When I do clouds, I start with titanium white and paint the top “fluffy” part forming the shape.

Stroke each tree branch down forming a triangular shape of this pine tree.

I only used two brushes in this painting (three if you count the old toothbrush for splatter stars).

Keep in mind that painting a sunset is not an exact science! Go all the way to left and right edges of the canvas. That means we will blend the colors on the canvas. Yours may not do the same thing that mine did and that is okay. This tutorial does not need a traceable. This tutorial is a demonstration on how to do a couples painting of a landscape with a moon, water and trees! Note: the height of the highest part of the land is about four fingers above the horizon none. You can also try mixing the phthalo and aqua on your palette and then apply it to the canvas. I think they make a lovely sort of whimsical color combo.

Do not rinse the blue off your brush. Do this all throughout all areas of the water starting in the middle where the reflection of the sun is and working your way all throughout. Scroll down for complete tutorial with pictures and step by step directions. Only do this in a few strokes, you don’t want to cover that yellow area with too much pink!

First trace a circle with a pencil.

Then use your 4 round brush and titanium white to paint the entire circle white. © 2020 Step By Step Painting With Tracie Kiernan, All Rights Reserved. I used my painters tape roll for this but you can find any circle that’s relatively 5-6” in diameter. This website/ painting blog is filled with easy beginner acrylic painting tutorials designed by Tracie Kiernan! Just like with sunsets, there’s not an exact science to painting clouds. These directions are the same for both of your paintings. Next blend phthalo blue with the aqua green at the bottom. Enjoy!

Add the dioxazine purple to the cloud by painting in in circles letting that purple blend with the white to make the heart a “fluffy” cloud. If you are using apple barrel, use “Tuscan teal” for this step instead of “phthalo blue”.

The rest of the sky will be left and right horizontal strokes. Switch to a 3/4″ flat because there’s a lot of sky to paint and that #12 won’t do the trick here. Learn how to paint a beautiful tropical sunset over a lagoon with a sailboat sailing on a romantic lagoon. To do the trees, use your 4 round brush and black. It can also be an option to leave the painting without the sailboat silhouette! The larger ones are high up in the sky. Get your really tiny brush ready and paint some palm tree silhouettes. Check out my full gallery here.

Then paint more clouds in the sky. Then paint one little strokes for the palm leaves. This is only to “cut in” on the sun.

Remember that the yellow reflection area should be the shape of an upside down triangle. Some of them start up higher in the sky and some lower. Apple Barrel Craft paints are readily available at Walmart, Amazon and other craft stores. Check out my full gallery here. Place this circle about three fingers above your horizon line. This tutorial is PERFECT for a DIY Paint Date AT HOME! I have been using folk art and craft smart acrylic paints.

You’re welcome Debbie! This gives the sky and the overall painting “dimension”. We just finished your other couples’ painting and would love to do another! Dip it in titanium white and paint little white horizontal strokes on the water.

Try to disguise that initial “ring” around the sun. This darker color that I added was “dioxazine purple”. The white should be a transluscent “subtle” white that blends in with the colors below. Acrylic colour3.Flat Brush 4.Round Brush5. Everything else can be done free handed.

You may also paint the sides of your canvas. © 2020 Step By Step Painting With Tracie Kiernan, All Rights Reserved. Simply just omit it and enjoy the beauty of the sunset and waters. Love it. Actually…you may want to get an extra 2oz bottle of some of the common colors in this painting.

You’re welcome Howard! Add more aqua to your brush if needed to help with the blending. Your final result of the water should look like a very light aqua at the horizon line and blend to a darker teal looking color at the bottom.

With your 3/4” flat, start with titanium white. See picture below. You only need a tiny but on your brush! This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Have a painting date night at home!

For this step, you can either flick your flat brush or use an old toothbrush to splatter the stars. My husband and I did this today for our 30th year anniversary. You can paint it all the same color or use the colors that match on the top of the canvas. While I do not have a traceable for this, you can easily find a silhouette of a sailboat to print out by searching for one on pixabay.com or google. Because you wiped off your brush, you will get a “dry brush” stroke making it look like a trail of a shooting star. This is absolutely perfect! In this next step we will be doing “wet on wet blending”. This acrylic canvas tutorial is intended to be a “couples” painting where you and your partner can paint side by side and, in the end, fit your two paintings together. Start out very slowly and blend upwards. Painting gray trees makes it look like some of the trees are further away.

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I commented on another post that you had asking about couples options. Aug 14, 2020 - Explore Ms*Betty's board "Paint Night Couples Projects", followed by 195 people on Pinterest. All these strokes are relatively the same size.

Load your brush in some purple without rinsing the white off the brush. For the water, you’ll need bright aqua green and some fresh white on your palette. Add in medium magenta without rinsing your brush. https://stepbysteppainting.net/2020/02/02/couples-painting-night-landscape Then make some strokes on the bottom of your moon so the purple blends with the white. Paint in “circles” to fill in that heart shape. I just love purple and turquoise together in any painting! If you’re using Apple Barrel, use “Bimini blue”. © 2020 Step By Step Painting With Tracie Kiernan, 16 Tips For Beginning With Acrylic Painting, How To Enlarge Traceables For Transferring, How To Paint A Fall Barn – Tutorial with DecoArt Americana Premium Paints, How To Paint A Scarecrow (Now with video!! Wipe off the colors of your brush but don’t rinse.

Make little dots in the sky forming a heart shape. I came across this tutorial when looking for a fun at home option for my wife’s birthday. Thanks for sharing this and if you do any other couples ones we will jump on that as well! There’s no need to rinse the brush for the next cloud. Hi Tracie! See more ideas about Night painting, Canvas painting, Couple painting. Thank you for doing these on line for us to do especially during stay at home orders cause of virus. Start at the top forming the top tip of the tree and stroke down.