This is an easy one to do. There is not a lot of detail involved. You can change the sky to reflect any type of weather you like. In this particular one I chose a partly cloudy day.
I used phthalo blue, phthalo green, black, crimson red, white, cadmium yellow, and burnt umber.
For brushes, I used a fan brush, a one inch flat brush, a round brush, and a small flat square detail brush.
Don't forget your paper plate, acrylic paint ( I used 88cent bottles of craft paint that you can find at walmart), and your cup of water and paper towels.
Search the internet for waterfall pictures that you think are pretty. If you go to google.com, type in waterfalls, then click on "images" from the top bar, it will display only pictures of waterfalls from the web. Find your inspiration, and you are well on your way.
This is the completed one I did. As always, I started at the top with the sky, painted in the dark undercoat for the background, then built up from there.
For the sky and clouds I Painted the entire sky blue, then while it was wet I added patches of white randomly. Using my larger brush, I stroked across the paint from left to right all the way from one side to the other. This blended in the white with the blue. It made some parts of the sky lighter, some darker. After that, I took more white and using my small round brush I formed some clouds. Leave some of the patches of white pretty thick. It might look weird now, but when you step back, it actually gives the clouds a translucent, bright appearance as if the sun is directly behind it.
I usually always paint the back ground using black and burnt umber. Every item in nature has shadows and light. I learned that it is easier for me to paint the shadow first, then build the light on top of it to give it depth. It works well for me.
Next I painted in the water first, then the rocks over it. The rocks I used burnt umber, white, and some phthalo blue to create depth. Remember to leave some of the black. It makes the rocks jump out at you. For the trees I used my fan brush. If you create the trunk first, then you go side to side with the fan brush, it will make the branches. Don't try to be too perfect. Trees in nature are not anywhere close to perfect. They are crazy. Remember to always make the ones in the distance small and get bigger as you come closer to yourself. This gives the illusion of depth as well.
To do the trees, I used phthalo green, phthalo blue, and cadmium yellow. I mixed the green and blue first and lightly went over the tree "shadows". Then I went over that with just the green lightly. On top, I added just the Cadmium yellow where I thought the sun would hit.
After that, the best advice I can give is to just remember to always step back from your painting often. You need to see what it will look like from a distance. In this way you can easily find errors or discrepancies in your painting.
Try not to over look your painting. If you don't like it, step away and come back to it tomorrow and take another look at it then. You might be surprised.
If you have any questions, or see something I didn't explain well, just message me. I am MORE than happy to help you out in any way that I can. Painting should be fun. Relax.
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