Easy Autumn landscape Painting - Acrylic painting tutorial step by step

Looking for some easy autumn landscape painting ideas?

Hello and welcome to another easy acrylic painting tutorial where we learn to create an easy autumn painting using acrylics.

This tutorial is perfect for beginners who want to follow and paint along with me. And if you are a pro, you can also paint along and create this autumn beauty!

If you want to watch the process of my creation, there is a video available at the end of this post.

So grab your acrylic art supplies, and let’s jump right in.

MATERIALS YOU NEED

Acrylic Colors:

Prussian Blue
Cadmium yellow
Cadmium orange
Red
Burnt Sienna
White
Black

Surface:

I painted on a 4×5 inches acrylic paper.
Cut this Canson acrylic paper into 6 equal pieces and you’ll get the size I used.

Acrylic Brushes:

I used a size 4 flat brush from this flat brush set which is perfect for this canvas size. If you are painting bigger, then switch to a size that is proportionate with your painting surface.
Size 4 liner brush from my favorite miniature brush set

PS. If you need some advice on acrylic painting supplies, check out this article – 3 Basic Acrylic Painting Supplies – The Minimalist List.

Pin the below image in your Pinterest board for future reference.

painting steps:

1. Sky

Paint the sky by blending blue with white.

2. the field

Paint the autumn field using the bright fall colors – yellow, orange & brown, mixed with white.

3. Mountain

I mixed blue and black to create the mountain.

4. snow in mountain

Use white with a dry brush to create the snow textures in the mountain.

5. Autumn tree line

Paint the distant autumn tree line by blending yellow with orange and brown.

6. Foreground trees

Finally add the fall trees in the front with highlights on one side and shadows on the other. And then add the shadows of the trees using dry brush strokes.