Then paint another tree trunk next to it but make it look slightly different. To do the branches, turn your 12 bright brush on its side and use just the tip of your brush to paint the diagonal lines. These should be much thinner than the tree trunk.
How To Paint “Mountain Morning” Fall Landscape
“Mountain Morning” is a Fall Landscape with Mountains, a lake and fall foliage.
Channel your inner Bob Ross with this Fall Landscape Tutorial! This is the first fall painting tutorial I am releasing for the 2020 season!
It is the second landscape painting I have done with this type of mountain and style. You can see a similar one here of a Spring Landscape Scene. I also have a mountain tutorial that goes a little more in depth how I like to paint mountains!
I will guide you through how to paint this landscape step by step. Enjoy and happy painting!
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Materials
Yield: One 11 x 14 Canvas
Learn how to paint a fall landscape with mountains, a lake and trees! This tutorial is intended for beginners! Tracie will guide you step by step how to paint this pretty scene.
Active Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours
Difficulty Medium
Materials
Colors
- Titanium White
- Mars Black
- Cerulean Blue
- Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue
- Light Olive Green
- Green Deep Permanent
- Burnt Umber
- Cadmium Red Medium Hue
Brushes (links to brushes are below)
- 3/4” Flat Wash
- #6 or #4 Fan Brush
- 0 Round Brush
- #4 Round Brush
- 12 Bright
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Project Type: Acrylic Painting / Category: Fall
Super Simple Autumn Landscape Art Activity for Kids
My preschooler loved the big, bold colors of scrape painting, and enjoyed transforming his blank paper into a colorful autumn landscape art, complete with fall leaves!
We made our Autumn landscape with:
- white art paper
- tape (clear or painter’s tape would work well)
- assorted paint colors
- credit card or thick plastic card
- Q-Tips
- rubber band
Autumn Landscape Art Art Activity
To begin with, you should know that we used a total of three different painting techniques for our fall tree art. Yes, three!
I know this sounds overwhelming for a preschooler or young child, but I was so impressed by how well my four-year-old son did.
I think the key to success here is that each painting technique is still rooted in that “process art” concept.
There’s still plenty of room for experimentation, which means lots of fun for your little one!
The three techniques we used were tape resist, scrape painting, and pointillism with Q-Tips.
Each of these techniques uses fine motor skills that are totally within the ability level of young children.
This autumn art project is much easier than it looks!
Start with Tape Resist
To begin, my son put lines of tape from the top of his paper to about halfway down. These would later become our white tree trunks, so just estimate where you would like the tree trunks to be on your own paper.
Make sure to let the tape overlap the top of your paper. This will make it easier to pull the tape up later without tearing the artwork.
We used scotch tape, but you could experiment with painter’s tape, masking tape, packing tape, or even duct tape!
Get Ready to Scrape Paint
We did scrape painting in two separate steps.
First, my son squeezed dots of orange, brown, and yellow on the lower half of his paper.
Then, using the plastic card, he scraped through the dots of paint.
The mix of colors together looked just like a forest floor covered in autumn leaves!
After the warm colors on the bottom, we dropped blues and whites on the top half of the paper.
He scraped these colors together to make a bright blue autumn sky!
Remove the Tape
We let the sky paint dry for a few minutes. Then, we carefully pulled each strip of tape up from the paper.
Magic white trees appeared in our forest!
Make Leaves with Pointillism
Our last step was to add in fall leaves in the autumn landscape.
This was so simple.
I put a bit of yellow and orange paint on a plate. Then, I bundled a handful of Q-Tips together with a rubber band.
My little guy went back and forth with his Q-Tips.
First, dabbing his “paintbrush” in the colors. Then adding colorful bunches of fall leaves to the painting.
We were so pleased with our autumn landscape art!
I love how the colors bounce off each other and remind us of our favorite fall trees.
My preschooler really enjoyed trying out new painting techniques.
His favorite new technique was definitely scrape painting. We will be sure to try this again soon!
What’s your favorite art technique or tool for kids to try? Be sure to let us know how your autumn landscape art turns out!
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About Julie McCorkle
Julie is a mom of two, and a former teacher who found her happy place with her own kiddos at home. As a lover of all things simple, Julie thrives on boosting creativity in her grade school and preschool children with an organic approach to learning! Follow Julie on her blog, Pinterest, or connect on Facebook!
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- Pauline Mitchell says September 13, 2018 at 8:40 am
My Boys love working with paint. This will be right up there alley
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If you follow this tutorial for landscape paintings, you’ll get excellent tips and better results. You’ll know how you can use oil colors without going overboard and create breathtaking landscapes while you’re at it!
Get the details for Oil Paintings for Beginners from Artist Network.
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We had to include a digital landscape painting on this list for digital art lovers. This is one of the most simple landscape painting ideas with a 4-minutes tutorial and only three easy steps, so it couldn’t be more ideal for beginners. You’ll be creating a beach painting with mountains in the back!
Read more about this Easy Landscape Digital Painting Tutorial from Paintable.
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We have another one of those digital landscape painting ideas, but it isn’t the best for beginners. Otherwise, experienced artists can make a cool fantasy landscape painting with this tutorial. They’ll be guided through the process from sketching to refining the paintings and coming up with their theme.
This way, your landscape can tell a story. To illustrate, the tutorial adds a wolf head-shaped hill, spooky temple on a hilltop, and dark statue.
Read about how to Create a Fantasy Landscape on Envato Tuts+.
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