Landscape Painting

Landscape Painting  

Definition: Painting is a two dimensional work of art done in liquid to paste-like medium, usually coloured pigments. Value can and is sometimes used to create the illusion of form and or space.

Landscape painting is a form of painting that reflects physical features of the land. this type of painting is done by placing the canvas horizontally. 

Procedure:

• Place the canvas horizontally
• Starting at the top paint more than half the canvas in the colour to be used for the sky 
• Paint the rest of the canvas in the colour to be used for the ground 
• Paint in the mountains or objects that will be in the background 
• Paint in the trees and other objects that will be in the foreground