How to Paint This New Zealand River Landscape

In this post, I will walk you through one of my recent paintings based on a photo my brother took in New Zealand. I will cover: Here is the finished painting: Supplies and Equipment These are the colors I used for the painting: This is painted on a 16×20 inch thin-edged stretched canvas using oils. … Read more

Oil Painting Tutorial – New Zealand Reflections, 2017

Here is another quick painting tutorial based on the beautiful New Zealand landscape. All up the painting took about an hour – it was only a quick study. This is the reference photo I painted from: What I like about this photo is the sharp contrast between the dark elements and the light, distant mountains. … Read more

Painting Tutorial – Afternoon in Queenstown, New Zealand

Welcome to another painting tutorial! Today I painted a beautiful landscape scene from I photo I took in Queenstown, New Zealand. I took the photo whilst walking along the lake just before sunset. I loved the way the pathway framed the glimmering mountains in the distance. I don’t usually paint portrait landscapes so I thought … Read more