Painting a Mountain During Twilight with Acrylics in 10 Minutes

Today we paint a large mountain landscape with clouds and fog in fewer than 10 minutes! This is a real time acrylic landscape painting tutorial.
Hour long lessons & Patreon: / onehourpaintings
Paints:
Primary Red (By: Liquitex BASIC)
Primary Blue (By: Liquitex BASICS)
Primary Yellow (By: Liquitex BASICS)
Titanium White (By: Liquitex BASIC)
Black (By: Liquitex BASIC)
Brushes:
Large square headed brush (Artists Loft)
Medium square headed brush (Artists Loft)
Small square headed brush (Artists Loft)
Medium sized round headed brush (Unbranded)
Canvas board 8x10
Water:
Um..tap..
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[@Momy2T]

Never would’ve thought to use pink..I love!!

[@debbaize4271]

your 10 minute videos are wonderful and I have learned a lot. Thank you so much for sharing and teaching us. feel better soon

[@RonoTron01]

I love these 10 min short paintings. With today's world and busy schedule, 10-30 mins is a good incremental time for me to work on these short exercises. Thank you for the inspiration!

[@Leontinevanvliet]

i love it, the coloring is so warm and pretty! get better soon:)

[@lisacoleman1564]

Trying to find my inner artist through acrylics my grandmother left to me. Thank you for sharing your message. Hoping you recovered quickly and completely!

[@drgamer77]

Ty man! I wait all week every week. Hope you feel better soon.

[@serendipity7577]

You are most welcome! I truly appreciate your truthful, yet, humble response to my question, Mr. O'Rourke. Thank you so very kindly. My Most Sincere Regards~P.S. Nothing you mentioned sounded strange, on the contrary, enlightening! :)

[@juli696]

Thank you for these ten minute lessons Ryan, they do help a lot. Feel better soon.

[@shilpatnl8516]

Your 10 min painting videos are amazing with which any beginner can learn a lot... thanks a lot for your wonderful idea of teaching in 10 min. It's a God gift to you brother.

[@reikibee]

breathtaking.. thanks for sharing.. always love watching your lessons.. cheers Mel..

[@user-ot4vs1mg2o]

Thanks so much! Your paintings and techniques makes everything easy

[@SusieCaron]

Thank you. I enjoy watching you paint and lea n something new every time I do. Feel better soon.

[@Debbyiamme]

This is beautiful. I love the colors that are reflecting off the mountain. Bless your heart you still painted and shared while you were sick. Good guy, good painting

[@ritawhite2818]

Rita White Love the videos more please

[@lindahassell9514]

Love the 10 minute videos. so easy to follow your directions, Beautiful painting, well done, thank you, feel better.

[@debeern1]

I always look forward to seeing your next 10 minute challenge. Take care and get well soon!

[@kenrich1779]

love that painting, sorry to hear you are under the weather, get well soon ,always remember to take your vitamins.all the best.

[@kathyyoung99]

Very much enjoy your 10 minute painting videos. Please continue to share your amazing talent!

[@RyanORourkeArtist]

Thank you! Will do :)

[@patriciachristian1769]

I am enjoy ingredients for your tutorials a lots Thank you very much. I still learn few new things every time I watch . Closed captioning is great for deaf artists 👵🏼😍👍🏻👌🏻

[@vyom8691]

that is like my favourite painting of yours

[@marjemacmillan1334]

Beautiful Ryan I really needed some inspiration and your little 10 minute videos are a?ways great and don't take forever to wat h, my attention span is short tempered. Hope you feel better soon and thanks so much for your time when you werentywerenty feeling good. Take care love x

[@kricketmckay9179]

Jus started watching u! U are an amazing artist and so easy to understand and follow!

[@afrinchowdhury204]

that was really helpful and you explained it really well thanks

[@gailgassen8670]

This is beautiful! Thank you, I really like how you do all of this so quickly, but we an still follow along with you.

[@tinageiger3391]

love this, thanks Ryan hope you feel better soon ❤

[@resilientartslaurielynn5687]

Very beautiful and vibrant! 😍

[@JEE946]

absolutely magnificent! I love the warm feeling the painting gives me and all the beautiful colors. such an amazing piece!

[@jamesandchante]

I love all your videos. It's so fun to watch all the beautiful paintings you make. :)

[@manuelagbunag1825]

im learning a lot with this 10 minutes painting...more power

[@GrammyTapDancing]

Great idea with these 10 min paintings!! Awesome

[@inky8294]

Thank you. I Liked your painting technique.❤️ 👏👏👏👏

[@LordDeliverUs]

Just gorgeous! Thank you!

[@stephaniemalgas2616]

Beautiful. I pray you get well soon 🙏 God bless you

[@patriciachristian1769]

Beautiful View !

[@tammybiddle7115]

I’m going to try this one today. You have the best explanations.

[@larastern1797]

Your videos are very interesting and important for me. I see every from them many times and I wonder about your KNOW HOW and your talents ! Thank you SO much for every your ideas, every of videos and all these views of our Nature and its Beauty, which you bring back and share your knowledge with us !!!

[@RyanORourkeArtist]

Thank you so much for your kind comment, Lara 😊

[@kahea2018]

Great lesson. Thank you. Feel better.

[@delanabills-jones7689]

Beautiful,I love your lessons

[@tarulatasaikia626]

Love your paintings. Very inspiring. 👍

[@RyanORourkeArtist]

Thank you :)

[@lisapalmer3477]

Thank you it is really cool looking 😃😃

[@stephenbarry5719]

Great job I’ve really been enjoying these

[@nathaliechoury3538]

C'est très jolie , le rouge rend bien, les montagnes j'adore.

[@jyanasensei]

I love your videos Ryan! Keep up the good work

[@elizabethnewell239]

Beautiful

[@carolemitchell5259]

Wonderful, thank you so much!

[@bhoomipc7306]

love ur all paintings.... 😍

[@hadasa2940]

!Thank you for your dedication, feel better soon :)

[@fatoosh353]

super beautiful i'm fan- great job ♡

[@juanreyes5222]

Awesome video!!

[@janeferraz413]

Beautiful! 😍😍🤗🤗

[@afrinchowdhury204]

Your blending is ssooooo great😭wish i could blend like that

[@mooshibe]

Thanks. Get better soon.

[@synnvelande8919]

Thank you , you made me start painting again :D

[@RyanORourkeArtist]

That is wonderful :)

[@vinaykumar_vkarts]

Thank you 😍

[@PokerMama55]

Great video!

[@nousheenzahid229]

beautiful.greetings sir ireally want to draw this .inshaallah soon i will paint this.

[@movedon12]

I wish you a very happy new year 🙋🌹🇬🇧

[@fatimaamorim7067]

Estou maravilhada...

[@darylwinn5710]

I have to say that when you first started on this painting it looked like a total mess but after you painted on it more it started to come together and when you finished it was really a nice painting.

[@PoorCatPortraits]

Feel better!

[@mariammohammed7322]

thanks for thus amazing video it is really help me to improve my skill

[@RyanORourkeArtist]

Very happy to hear it!

[@robertsparks7244]

Very nice

[@sirsketchalot2164]

Love it! I'm subbing to your patreon

[@fatimaamorim7067]

Adoro a pintura As montanhas... Queria aprender também com pasta de modelar...

[@danbailey8182]

I always loved Bob Ross and his work. You like him are very inspirational and always seem to enjoy what you do. You make it fun and I have fun trying your techniques and stuff. I love this piece and it will be my inspiration for my next work. I do have a question. Do you always use canvas or have you ever used Canvas board which for me is cheaper.

[@RyanORourkeArtist]

I actually use canvas board for most of these short lessons. I love how little space they take up and as you mentioned how affordable they are!

[@pops5778]

Nice.

[@davidpark905]

Love your videos!! You're a great teacher. I'm looking to paint the landscape of Draculas castle nestled in the carpathian mountains... what colors would you suggest? Idk if the colors you used in this tutorial would look right

[@TheEddiedz]

hey Ryan, another amazing piece my friend! just wondering what do you use to draw the outline on your canvas?

[@RyanORourkeArtist]

Thank you! I actually use Crayola pencil crayons. They allow me to play with color and more importantly don't dilute bright pigments like yellow/white the way pencil/charcoal does. It may not sound like the most professional medium but it's really effective.

[@serendipity7577]

Hi! Love your tutorials! When you mention large, medium and small square headed brushes, are there numbers that correlate with what you are using? For example, 0,2,4,6.....🙂 I hope that you are feeling much better! Kindest Regards~

[@RyanORourkeArtist]

I really appreciate the kind comment and really do wish that I could give you a better answer than what I'm about to. Throughout university I painted with a lot of friends, we shared brushes and thus all amassed a strange collection of unbranded brushes. I don't know where a lot of mine came from or there sets/numbers. I've considered buying new ones for these tutorials but over time you just get to know and really adore the ones you use... Which I'm fully aware sounds strange but it is the reality. This is my unnecessarily long way of saying no and I'm sorry. However, what I would recommend is picking up a package of Artists Loft brushes. They are fairly inexpensive and hold together well. I frequently use a number of them in these videos and I'm sure you will recognize them as they are being used. I hope that almost kind of helps!

[@nancybisogno118]

Sorry your under the weather but good for you working through it! In the colors you put on the list you only put red, blue,yellow and white or black. Are you mixing to get the orange and pinks!

[@RyanORourkeArtist]

I am indeed. You can use yellow/red to render the orange and white/red to make pink. I would include my ratios but that will change with each brand of paint

[@dragonkiss3014]

nice

[@alekya7560]

Hey Ryan, I was wondering, why you used the square headed brush to paint the clouds in the foreground as opposed to the round headed brush you used for the clouds in the background? I love your channel!!

[@alekya7560]

Hot tea and immunity boosting foods are your best friends- you'll feel so much better if you keep yourself energized and eat well! Big love from Florida! 💗🍀

[@RyanORourkeArtist]

That is such a good question, I wish I had addressed it in the video. I used the square headed brush in the foreground as opposed to the round headed brush for two reasons. The first being that sharper, or concrete lines naturally look closer. Therefore, by applying feather clouds in the background and slightly sharper clouds in the foreground you can render additional depth. I also used the square headed brush because I frequently get messages from people stating that they don’t have, or can’t find round headed brushes. With that in mind I just wanted to show everyone that you could still accomplish something nice without the round headed brush. Thank you for the kind wishes!

[@jmartin9653]

Last question! For the mountains in the back, I know they appear distant because of that wash you did previously with the orange, however it's not quite working out in my favor, what else would you recommend to give off the impression that the mountains are further away? Thanks again!

[@RyanORourkeArtist]

Generally if you want to push a subject into the distance you use less stark and saturated colors. This just means the inclusion of more grey. You could also mix the colors of the sky/atmosphere in it more heavily so that they almost blend together. This is great for things in the far distance. I hope that helps!

[@younadigitalpainting2090]

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[@ajguitarboy]

I like your paintings a lot. I made my own version of your 'misty mountain landscape painting' and I am currently working on this gem. One question: I don't really get the paint to cover the canvas like you do. Do you prime your canvas with gesso or do you use some kind of tonal ground? For the background of this twilight painting I had to use more than three layers...Thank you in advance for taking the time to answer!

[@RyanORourkeArtist]

Great question! I don't use any additional gesso or mediums. I actually attribute the fluidity of my paint to a little bit of water. I like to keep my brushes relatively damp, this helps the paint stay wet for a little bit of extra time and spread more efficiently :)

[@ajguitarboy]

@@RyanORourkeArtist Thanks for your reply! Much appreciated.

[@PrincessCadence2012]

kay question.. how do you get the desaturated light and darkblue? add black? add white? add both?

[@RyanORourkeArtist]

Adding both white and black is correct-- together they make grey. Use more white when you want it to be light and more black whne you want it to be dark.

[@PrincessCadence2012]

thank you!

[@louiserosefield38]

Hi again, what size palette knife would you use to render the mountains? I have a set of three.

[@RyanORourkeArtist]

I didn't use a palette knife to render the mountains in this lesson. I prefer the use of a brush.

[@Mutantsheeps]

You the man Ryan. Some Knob'eads say not to use water with acrylics, but i see you do it quite alot. whats the score?

[@RyanORourkeArtist]

Haha, I know, I've always found that worry strange as well. I've personally never known anyone with an issue with water, nor have I had any myself. I really wouldn't worry about it :)

[@KawaiiPinkPunkStar]

Would you say that the Liquitex basic paints are high quality?

[@RyanORourkeArtist]

I use Liquidtex Basic Acrylic Paints as I find they are quite thick. The thickness allows for the addition of more water which extends the wet life of the paint and make it easier to blend. In addition, lesser quality paints can often come with clumps in them which I have never found with Liquidtex. Hope this helps :)

[@KawaiiPinkPunkStar]

Ryan O'Rourke - Artist Thank you! And thank you for replying on Facebook too :)

[@jmartin9653]

How do you get that light bluish tint towards the beginning? Mine comes out as a baby blue

[@RyanORourkeArtist]

If you've already applied the baby blue you can add the saturation back in my applying a wash of pure blue on top of the previous layer. When you add white to something, like in the initial layer you de-saturate the pigment. To re-instill the vibrancy all you need to do is apply a light wash with an unedited pigment. I hope that helps!

[@jmartin9653]

Awesome, thank you!

[@KeyserSoseRulz]

Can you cure a cold in 10 minutes? Now that would be awesome.

[@judichristopher4604]

(I am watching all of your videos... ;) ... this is a 8" x 10" canvas... can you give me a ball park cost of what you might sell this for? I'm going to be doing 5" x 7" ... Watercolor and acrylics too...

[@RyanORourkeArtist]

I actually don't sell these, I just paint over them and make more. With that said I would highly recomend checking out my friend Lisas video on the topic. It's really informative! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYGxp2CMp6qljdU

[@judichristopher4604]

Thank YOU so much... ;)

[@PrincessCadence2012]

OR its hard as hell to do with the knife..

[@nidhidhakan6419]

Sorry this has nothing to do with paintings, but I'm crushing on you🙈🙊

[@sureshshenoy6393]

Beautiful