Winterlight Painting Tutorial + Timelapse || How to Paint a Gradient Sky, Glowing Moon and Icy River

This is the second painting of twelve pieces that will be featured in my new online exhibition, the Square Foot Show, and the second of three landscape paintings in the Afterglow Collection. "Winterlight" will be available on my website upon the completion of all twelve paintings in the online series, which should wrap in the summer of 2021.
This tutorial will use a limited palette to teach you: how to blend a gradient sky using blue, green and peach, how to block in a painting, impressionism vs realism, how to make a painting look like a photo, and wet on wet blending with oils.
If this is your first time painting in oils, please don't be discouraged or frustrated with any setbacks! Learning a new medium takes time, and it took me a few years to become comfortable working with oils instead of acrylics. Stick with it, it's worth it!
I hope you enjoy, feel free to connect with me and let me know how I can support you on your own artist's journey! Tag me in any completed paintings that were inspired by this video so I can enjoy your artwork.
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Materials used:
- 12" x 12" Gallery Profile Canvas
- Gesso
- Limited Palette: burnt umber, titanium white, ultramarine blue, quinacridone red, cadmium yellow medium, cadmium orange. (in this video, I used Winsor & Newton and M. Graham & Co.).
- Variety of brushes, including a foam brush for priming the canvas
- Favourite detail brush: black gold by dynasty mini-liner brush in size 20/0
- Winsor & Newton Liquin (both in fine detail and regular consistency).
- Kamar by Krylon spray varnish (after the video)

[@Classicartist169]

Your videos is psychological comfort❤

[@MarianneVanderDussen]

Thank you so much!

[@Classicartist169]

@@MarianneVanderDussen Your welcome my great teacher

[@yesimakgul7837]

🖤

[@violetsky5357]

“....it’s not the painting’s job to copy a photo, but to breathe life into it.” Absolutely BRILLIANT!!! 🙌🏻

[@MarianneVanderDussen]

Yes!!! I'm so glad you feel the same way!!!!

[@Duskysky1]

Wow your paintings are the ones I would love to paint and hang on my walls

[@MarianneVanderDussen]

Thank you!!!

[@MarianneVanderDussen]

FULL FLOWER PAINTING COURSE NOW AVAILABLE!!! I am so happy to share that my first course, "Painting Flowers in Acrylic," is now available. Use code KZbin25 to take $25 off! The course is available here: courses.mariannevanderdussen.com/offers/sTGLNjHa/checkout Don't forget to use the code, and happy painting!

[@alexandraam4468]

All your paintings are unic .Please Paint and shair more paintings . Thank you so much ❤❤❤ Love from Germany

[@MarianneVanderDussen]

How does a raven painting being released this Friday sound? 😉 I have a giant dahlia on the easel next!

[@alexandraam4468]

@@MarianneVanderDussen good ,ich denke alle wir nicht verpassen werden . I hope we will waiting for that 😍😍😍😍

[@pamgripton9712]

Lovely! Thank you so much and again I have learned so much about adding depth and details!. I go over your tutorials several times before attempting a painting that is similar in design so that I can hone my skills and try new approaches. I love experimenting with acrylics and using a medium to keep them "wet" longer so I can move the paint around. I have thought about using oils, but just bought 6 new professional grade acrylic paint that I am currently experimenting with. Many thanks Marianne, your a wonderful teacher and I am so glad I joined this group :)

[@MarianneVanderDussen]

Yay!!! That’s so awesome Pam!!! I bet you’ll notice the difference in the performance of the paints, it’s night and day! I find the biggest benefit to be the intensity of the pigmentation. I’m so happy you joined our group too 🥰

[@saharmahdi541]

I was happy when I saw this is in Ontario, so you are Canadian artist 😌😍🥰

[@MarianneVanderDussen]

I’m a very proud Canadian! 🇨🇦 🙌

[@sameer3392]

Thanks for sharing and wonderful work. Do you let the painting dry between each stage such as the block in, modelling and detail stage? Or only between certain stages?

[@MarianneVanderDussen]

I typically do! This is because I like to use a little bit of liquin, and get those first layers nice and dry, that way I don’t need to worry about disturbing them when I begin to layer.

[@jackiegarroutte8970]

This is gorgeous!! Would you consider doing more in depth tutorials?

[@MarianneVanderDussen]

Absolutely! This series is focused on small pieces with a quick turnover, so the timelapses are more focused on a few tips and techniques instead of going in depth. Once this series wraps, I’ll be doing a variety of tutorials, including just timelapses, and longer videos that go more slowly. I’m going to be doing a blend, that way if you want a quick survey, it’s there! If you want in depth, it’s there too. This series will be quick since I’m doing one a week. Also, if you want longer tutorials in the interim, check out my Facebook page, I have lots of paint night style pieces that I’ve done over the past few years that take 1-2 hours each.

[@jackiegarroutte8970]

@@MarianneVanderDussen ok awesome!! How do I find the FB tutorials...I am subbed to your page

[@MarianneVanderDussen]

@Jackie Garroutte the full library is under the videos tab on my page at m.facebook.com/pg/artbymariannevanderdussen/videos/?ref=page_internal&mt_nav=0

[@jackiegarroutte8970]

@@MarianneVanderDussen ok...I found them but as usual videos on FB freeze up on my phone! I do not have a pc...any suggestions or will you be uploading them to youtube?

[@MarianneVanderDussen]

@@jackiegarroutte8970 unfortunately those videos were filmed live on FB and there’s no way to transfer them. However I will be doing more detailed tutorials when the SqFt Show wraps!