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How to Simply paint a sunset and rainbow landscape

Easy step-by-step acrylic tutorial with Simply art supplies on how to paint a Rainbow landscape, presented by artist Amylee Paris.

How to Simply paint a sunset and rainbow landscape

Easy step-by-step acrylic tutorial with Simply art supplies on how to paint a Rainbow landscape, presented by artist Amylee Paris.

The materials in your kit

Simply acrylic paint
2 Simply “fine tip” brushes of different sizes
2 Simply acrylic marker, black and pink
Simply mini wooden easel and Simply mini canvas
Simply plastic palette
A water container and a paper towel roll

Your step by step guide

Step 1
Rainbow background

Arrange different colours of paint horizontally over the entire surface of the mini canvas frame.

From top to bottom, start with blue, red, orange, neon pink, yellow, and neon yellow. Using the water-soaked brush, blend the different colours to create a sunset gradient.

Leave to dry.

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Step 2
Foreground

Take the black marker then draw several silhouettes of trees, colour them all in black.

Change the marker, now take the rose and draw the setting sun while placing it just behind 2 fir trees to give an effect of depth to the landscape.

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Step 3
Adding the snow

Use the fine tip brush and dip it in a little white acrylic paint. In the sky and on the branches of trees, apply the snow in small dots or small lines.

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Step 4
Result and inspiration

And now, the paint is completely dry, we can now place it on its small easel and admire the result

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Your step by step guide

What you'll need

About the artist:

The painter Amylee Paris tirelessly finds her inspiration in colour and nature. Her abstract blooms and portraits shine in several art galleries in the UK.