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Simple Mountain Painting {With Printable Instructions}

June 27, 2021 By Amy Leave a Comment

27 Jun
Simple Mountain Painting in Blue, Gray, and Tan

When you grow up in the 2nd flattest state in the Union, mountains, even paintings of them can be pretty exciting. One of the final touches in our recent dark blue bedroom office update was this DIY Simple Mountain Painting on canvas. Now, I’m no Picasso, so thankfully, there are several mountain art tutorials out and about the web.

I found gorgeous inspiration and gained beneficial tips from this children’s bedroom mountain mural tutorial and this monochromatic mountain range on canvas.

Simple Mountain Painting DIY

I’m just going to jump right in and show you the process I used. (Note: You can find printable instructions toward the bottom of this post.)

This project was so much fun, and therapeutic! You know, that becoming one with nature feeling while you paint.

I was telling my cousin about it and now she wants to make one. So, hey… I might even have a painting party.

Related: Neutral Toned Mountain Mural Video

Okay, here we go.

Step one) Basecoat the Canvas

Paint a base coat on the canvas with white, off-white, or any light, neutral color of your choice.

large blank store-bought canvas

Step two) Select Paint Colors

Choose 3 – 5 paint colors for your mountain painting, ranging from dark to light. Decide if you’d like to go with a monochromatic or complementary color scheme. I choose to use paint colors complementary to the color I have on the wall (SW Cyberspace).

I used the paint colors: SW Cyberspace, SW Cyberspace lightened with SW Incredible White, SW Blustery Blue, SW Dovetail, SW Whole Wheat, Artminds Pewter, and Artminds Pewter lightened with SW Agreeable Gray, SW Dovetail lightened with SW Convivial Yellow.

Alternatively, you can choose one or two dark paint colors and then lighten each layer with neutral gray or white paint. Adding more of the lighter paint color as you move upward or further back in the mountain range.

How to Make a Simple Mountain Painting

Step three) Pre-Design Your Painting on Paper

Cut a piece of 8-½ x 11 to scale to match the canvas size.

Using a pencil, draw out the mountain range on the piece of paper until you like its look. Yes, erase the lines until you get what looks like a mountain range to you.

Tip: Do an online search of mountain ranges,  mountain drawings, or DIY mountain art for inspiration.

pre-draw mountain design on paper

Step four) Number the Paint Colors

Give each paint color a number. Place those numbers per section on your paper drawing.

Step five) Copy the Mountain Range Design Onto the Canvas.

Next, using a pencil, re-draw the design onto the canvas and then copy the paint color numbers onto the canvas.

re-trace mountain drawing on canvas

Step six) Paint the Mountain Range Onto the Canvas

Using a thin paintbrush, outline a section with paint. Then fill it in.

painting mountain art on canvas
paint alternating sections of mountain pattern

Step seven) Alternate Paint Sections

Move to another section that is not touching the area you just did, and repeat. This step will allow the first section to dry. 

painting alternating sections mountain pattern

Step eight) Repeat

Continue painting until you’ve filled in all areas.

DIY Simple Mountain Painting Canvas
How to Make Mountain Wall Art

There you go. You’ve created your very own simple mountain painting on canvas.

I like how mine turned out, unrealistic blue mountains and all. However, if I didn’t, I could have painted a new basecoat over the whole thing and started again. After all, isn’t that what Picasso used to do?

Grab the PRINTABLE instructions below—->

Simple Mountain Painting in Dark Blue, Gray, Tan

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