How to Paint Mountains in Oil Paint

[xF3ARL3SSx43VR]

Your a great artist :) I wish I could paint like that :(

[zeizzie]

so good nice work!

[seocom]

Great lesson John thx

[craz2311]

Your teaching is so clear that I will be able to paint by myself. I have learned painting from watching on the artist's video on computer. Thank you very much.

[gulfrazthehunk1]

U Sexy Sexy man! AMAZING job, thank you

[RobertHHMaxwell]

you now the clouds at the back did you put more white on them or is it cuz the mountains ar dark that thayv got liter

[jeanmunn]

Well done,,thank you for donating your time to help others,,to clarify,,prior to starting the mountain I am right in presuming you had a wet canvas ( whether it be " Liquid White " or not ). You then put your colours in for your sky then blended that ? is that correct ?,,thank you.

[Mark18240]

Good but method paintings always look like method paintings

[ArtistJGH]

@Mark18240

This is an instructional video teaching a technique. It is up to the individual artist to apply his/her own style and be creative with the technique. There are many techniques for painting mountains, this is but one. Be adventurous and create your own.

[xXMelleeeXx]

lovely, i'm going to go try this out now xD

[mmcintyre7]

Very imformative! I'm going to try this and see if it helps me a little better this time, rather than doing it by myself.

[superdupersnowflake]

excellent

[whitbyjet65]

Good God man! Can't you oil that chair or something?????????

[ArtistJGH]

@whitbyjet65

Well, you can rest easy, the squeaky chair has been retired and new videos from the most private studio will no longer feature this noise. I thought it much like Buddy Holly's cricket he used in his music. But then again everyone has their own opinion. Have a great day! Artist JGH

[telemetros]

Very informative. Thanks.

[Lithorseman]

great job, great teaching thanks

[ayoitzscott1]

This is the style of bob ross, and I love it, the detail is different than bob ross, but has the same steps, tried it for the 2nd time, A MILLION TIMES BETTER than the first. Thanks so much.

[ArtistJGH]

@ayoitzscott1

I am glad you have had success with the Bill Alexander method.  Bill actually taught Bob how to paint the wet-on-wet style of painting and was also a PBS TV artist. As a matter of fact, Bill Alexander is the only PBS TV artist to receive an Emmy Award.

[Tedsta101]

Wow this is cool! This will definateley help! One thing I sometimes struggle with is texture so this should help.

[goldeneye007662]

For the first 7 minutes, i saw him working, and then out of nowhere, HOLY CRAP MOUNTAINS!!

Great instructional video. 

[esmeralda300]

WOW!! That's amazing!

[olieman100]

This is just Simply AWESOME

Iv'e been painting for 3 or 4 years but i Suck terribly...

See if i can try this

[tiestita]

i don't have enough money to buy linseed oil so i use the oil we use in dishes, will it have any consequence?

[TheMaineMariner]

The "misting" technique at the end of the video was a wonderful surprise, and so effective. Thanks so much Sir, I do appreciate your very detailed explanation for your every move.

[playtowinone]

LOL, this was a lifeline John, thanks!

[fairyforever2k10]

wow wonderful ....... its superb.

but please also show how u pick up a color. so that we easily pick every step

Thanks for ur video

[PyroicKakisho]

Wow that video was quite enjoyable. Very reminiscent of Bob Ross's style.

[ArtistJGH]

Bill Alexander taught Bob Ross how to paint wet-on-wet. In fact, Bob was the east coast representative for Alexander Art in the beginning. Watch Joy of Painting Series 2,3, and 4. Bob is using Alexander Art paints and brushes. This was before Bob hooked up with Annette K. and family.

[ares1351]

fajne

[Souldivided]

Hi John.

Very nice video.

About the thinner to MrChamp51 and all others. The have a non toxic thinner in Sweden and Denmark, witch can be used for the paint and cleaning the brushes. Non toxic at all, and it dosn´t smell of nothing. The name of it is "fortonner" in swedish.

Maybe there is a website where it can be ordered?

I use it with big pleasure:-)

[Marisolchile]

Thank you JGH for the tutorial! Now I'm ready to paint my first mountain, I want to

paint The Paine Towers (South of Chile). THANK YOU!

[Ashesela]

That is a very beautiful painting. Thank you very much for the tutorial! :)

[jenipotpot]

Awesome video! will you achieve the same effect if you use brush instead of palette knife?

[ArtistJGH]

Using the brush results in softer texture and not as much detail. Each tool has it's place as I have painted mountains with both. For random texture, it is difficult to surpass the effect of using the palette knife. -JGH

[MrChamp51]

Do you know of any very safe thinners that can be used inside with no ventilation? I am concerned for my brain! You art is great!

[ArtistJGH]

Thanks for your comment. Yes, I do know of a safe brush cleaner. Some people use baby (mineral) oil to clean a brush. The problem here is you cannot use the baby oil in any paint mixture, so must also have some thinner available. Personally, I use Turpenoid Natural. It is made from citrus and requires no ventilation. It is also nonflammable. Plus you can use it in the paint. Check out all of the info including the best way to finish cleaning brushes on Martin F. Weber web site. -JGH

[Slovejnc]

OMG THIS IS AMAZING!!!

[AlbinoTopaz]

Thank you VERY much very very very helpfull, thanks a million!!!!

[ArtistJGH]

I'm glad you enjoyed the clip and found it informative. -JGH

[xwaytohellx]

sorry below its not crush its brush^ spelling mistake

[xwaytohellx]

hey i have a qustion

before i put some colour on my crush do i have to put linseed oil on my brush like we do for water paints or we have to put water or just keep the brush dry and start painting ..

and if i want to practise and not waste my canvas is it ok to first practise on a normal paper ..

and when i put some paint on the palette it dryes so should i put the pallete in the freezer so that the paint on it does not dries ...

thx in advance it would be great if u help me out .

[ArtistJGH]

Here is the "rule of thumb." If the canvas is dry (no paint or medium), use medium on the brush or you can put the medium on the canvas to start the wet on wet painting method. If the canvas already has paint on it depending how thick, you may add a slight amount of brush cleaner to the mixture to get the paint to stick to the wet paint. If you are going to use the palette knife, do not use any medium or thinner in the paint. The paint will spread onto the canvas from the palette knife. JGH

[svenmkabyssaria]

Hello JGH

Thanks for this awsome lesson.

It realy helped me alot !

Do you have more lessons on youtube? And can you do one about water?

That would be awsome!

Thanks a lot !

You'r the man !

[ArtistJGH]

What you see here, the clouds, the mountains, and painting water "wet", is all that I have for present. Check back now and then, one never quite knows what will show up. -JGH

[honeysmithwalls]

Love the video... made me feel like I can make my plan come true... Have a guestroom done in a fantasy sunrise (many layers of yellow glazes) but what I'd like to see in the background are Rocky Mountains... as if the sun and Florida pink clouds are overtaking. Can you help me do a mountain scene with yellows and pinkish watermelon colors?

[ArtistJGH]

Hi, thanks for the comments. Word limits here do not allow me to give a full answer. Use mountain base color = White plus small amounts of vandyke brown, burnt umber and burnt sienna. Use this to paint shape of mountain. Combine white and cad yellow with a touch of Cad red light for high light side. Use white and cad red light for watermelon color with a touch of mountain base to darken for shadow side. Have fun painting! -JGH

[thewiz4]

what king of spatula do you use to make the mountains?

[thewiz4]

i meant what *kind* haha

[Silvertinge]

Effective technique. Thanks.

[exander79]

amazing!

[ulyssesbarbosa]

i wanted to know if this canvas painting was on a wet on wet surface...... if you would answer my question it would help me alot thank you

[ArtistJGH]

At the beginning of this technique series with the clouds, I stated the canvas was already made wet . The blue sky and the clouds have already been painted on the canvas in this particular clip so the answer is yes, the canvas is wet and the method used is wet on wet (alla prima). -JGH

[ulyssesbarbosa]

wow that was great i enjoyed it........ i will input this technique into my paintings....... thanks alot

[psychodelicdragon]

very impressive!