This mountain landscape caught my eye the moment I saw it. It's not like anything I've painted before, I love testing myself and painting this scene was a lot of fun. There's a mixture of sharp and soft elements and I wanted to emphasise them by making the mountain as sharp as I could and the clouds nice and 'fluffy soft'. Surprisingly, it's not as complicated to paint as it looks and I think it makes a really nice painting.

Difficulty: Advanced
Panel Size: 12 x 12 inches
Brushes used in this lesson: Michael James Smith Professional Brush Set
Painting surface used in this lesson: Artists Exhibition Panel

In August 2019 Michael switched brush manufacturers and as a result the series numbers/names are different in some of the lessons. In order to be able to complete the lessons regardless of which set you’re using we have put together a chart which lists the equivalent brushes from both sets.

Oil Paints:
Titanium White
Cerulean Blue
Ivory Black
Dioxazine Purple
Cadmium Orange
Winsor yellow
Burnt Umber
French Ultramarine

Mediums / Thinners:
White Spirit