Create an amazing landscape painting using only acrylics and ink.
Use proper drawing and planning skills to create a lush landscape based off of observational skills.

Use a variety of colors for realistic effects and also for implied realism.

Add ink in the shadow areas of the art to create a rich solid feeling shadowed forest.

Continue further with the textured brushes in order to create real grit with marsh reeds and the coastal grasses.

complete the painting by adding pop colors and highlights for artistic flair and style.

Having vististed ossabaw island in person and also having camped at the exact painting spot a true feel of the landscape can be felt.

Once the full painting is completed a good evaluation of when to stop adding details is needed as to not overwork the painting.
Many times paintings retain a fresher more vivid feel when they have some parts that are unsaid and require active viewer particpation to complete the scene.

The artist creating this video has years of experience as an acrylic painter and instructor. Coming from a long lineage of artist and having over 8 years of classical training in art schools and artist workshops.

Take this journey of learning the joy of painting landscapes and adding texture with ink and many other textured elements.