How to Paint a Mountain Landscape - Outdoors En Plein Air

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I love to paint outdoors, I find it really helps improving my painting skills especially colour mixing and I paint outdoors often.
In this video I will show you how to paint a mountain landscape, outdoors on location also know as painting 'en plein air. I cover the colours I used and how to mix them and also talk about the composition and the tonality of the view I am painting.
I'd recommend having a go at painting outdoors as it will really improve your painting skills but even if you are happy to stay in the studio you should still find this video helpful as the principles for painting outdoors also apply in the studio.
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[@jennifermead1468]

I like your hat it suits you and protects you from the NZ sun. In fact its your good friend. Im addicted to watching your mountain painting.

[@leslieball9208]

love watching you paint out doors yes you look good in that hat fantastic

[@AndrewTischlerArt]

DOOOOOOOOD! You absolutely nailed it! I loved every minute of this video. It's a pleasure watching you work and create art, brother! :)

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks mate, very much appreciated and likewise, I've learned so much from you. Lets arrange to go plein air painting again soon 🙂

[@catcharnell]

Your videos are very professionally made and you are very professional. I have learned so much from you!

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Cat 😊

[@eugenecorkery7812]

Love your paintings

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Eugene 😊

[@AUSTIN12345631]

learnt so much about tones and saturation Thanks Sam Great video.

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Glad it was helpful Al, thanks 😊

[@thomasbroderick6388]

Great job as always Sam. Thank you so much.

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

My pleasure, thanks 😊

[@andraskalmar1504]

Awesome 👍👌🎨🖌😊😊😊

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks mate 🙂

[@roxannekeomaka4754]

Sam your landscapes and seascapes look a lot like where I live, Big Island, Hawaii. Your palette colors work well for me here. I’m so glad I found you. I’m doing a marathon of your videos. Thank you for describing your process so throughly. You are a gift to those of us who love plein air

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Roxanne, I would love to visit Hawaii, it looks like a beautiful place 😊

[@jasoncullmann157]

Hey great shirt / great band !!

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks 😊

[@marthadiaz8922]

Love it!

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Martha 😊

[@fothismatrixrespect9805]

thank you samuel again. learning from you

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Always welcome 😀

[@pinktoes56]

Beautiful painting. Take a bow!

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Betty 😊

[@beachlife2968]

2:02 wow thought i was watching Clint Eastwood in a fistful of dollars for the moment :) A very enjoyable video and from watching your other videos i love your clever compositions where you use the scenery and objects as props to guide the eye around the painting.

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks beach life, I'm going to have to watch this film! 🙂

[@mariawodin2314]

Excellent tutorial!!... Very enjoyable to watch you paint while making comments and describing your colors, and mixes, etc. Very generous of you to share your knowledge and talent. Looking forward to watch your next video.

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Maria, glad you liked my video. More videos to come soon 🙂

[@samiakhan961]

Lovely place beautiful painting

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Samia 🙂

[@lindab7383]

Thank you for sharing your expertise and knowledge. I love painting mountains and tonal landscapes. You are so blessed to live and work in such a lovely place. 😺

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Linda 😊

[@venetosalex]

Both of you ,you are STARS !

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Alexandros 😊

[@LeeAnnM]

Hi Sam...you are very talented and have a great ability to explain things in a down to earth simple way...I’m learning a lot from you thanks!! 🇺🇸

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks L M, glad you like the videos 🙂

[@1974gladiateur]

Very nice. Amazing job brother.

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Marcus 🙂

[@peterbunyan3924]

Lovely video Sam and painting of course. :)

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Peter 🙂

[@vanessajmcintosh]

Thank you so much for this fantastic video, your beautiful painting and your commentary! So informative, educational and inspiring, and gives me courage to try and paint along! 😊

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Vanessa, you should definitely try plein air painting 😊

[@marieaalseth8999]

I’ve just found you. Love your approach to developing a painting. I am hoping to use your wonderful instructions to improve my work. Thanks

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thank you so much Marie 😊

[@MotherGosling]

Thanks so much for this, Sam. I love your style and your videos and tutorials make it so easy to learn.

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Lyn 🙂

[@limitlessjewels1132]

Great video and insights Sam! Thanks for sharing.

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks 😊

[@rickybhattacharjee4472]

"Opeth T-shirt " 😎😍
Love your paintings...
Always so inspiring 💓

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Ha ha, yeah, I went and saw Opeth live in Auckland last year, also seen them live a couple of times in the UK. Thanks for watching Ricky 🙂

[@diannevaneijl1078]

Great to watch your work. Inspiring. Learning lots of tips. I live in Wisconsin USA in a beautiful area of bluffs around the Mississippi River. Think I will do some outdoor work this spring. You are in a wonderful area for artists for sure!

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Dianne, it sounds like you live in a nice area. I lived in the USA myself for two years but I never got to visit Wisconsin unfortunately. You should definitely paint outside as soon as you get the opportunity 😊

[@melik5398]

I am loving your channel Sam. So great to watch you work and talk through your process. Subscribed!

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks M M, more videos coming soon, I'm editing the next one at the moment 🙂

[@mariaroberts3196]

Awesome, very enjoyable and, most of all, great learning from you.

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Maria 😊

[@AmanKumar-ht8zg]

WOW . 😀 very beautiful place. I love this painting. I wish I could paint like you . . . Thank you so much for this video. You always inspire me to paint beautiful landscapes . This lnformation is really very much helpful for me .
.. 💙 so thanks again.

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Aman, keep practicing with you painting, you'll get better, its all about 'brush mileage'. 🙂

[@AmanKumar-ht8zg]

Oh thanks . 👍

[@chrissycanvasart]

This is Fab Sam, love being outside painting 👍 I love you style of painting, great painting 🤘 hug's 😁🇬🇧✌️🤗

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Chrissy 🙂

[@msgra55]

Thank you for sharing your skills !

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Denise 🙂

[@fothismatrixrespect9805]

Great work . Really inspiring

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks 😀

[@shahzadqurashi7728]

Very nice and beautiful!

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Shahzad 🙂

[@michaelgonzales4911]

Lol crack me up every time I watch the video when you make reference to the cowboy hat😆 beautiful painting Sam . Very nice on explaining details. Learning a lot from you on this journey

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Ha ha, thanks Michael, I'll have to make some more plein air painting videos 😀

[@christinecho8149]

Hi, Sam ! I loved this beautiful outdoor painting video and thank you so much for your color mixing tips ! Hope to view your new videos soon !!

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Christine, I'm working on the next video at the moment 🙂

[@christinecho8149]

Thanks Sam. I hope it will be soon.

[@1974gladiateur]

Hi brother, like always you are such a good artist. The video was great keep them coming. Talk to you soon. Take care.

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Marcus, I'm editing the next video at the moment, stay tuned 🙂

[@chuckblackart]

Very nice! Love the trips outside, turned out nice too. Does the snow stick much down there or does it melt away fairly quick?

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Chuck, we don't get snow in the way you would in the UK or the northern USA but the mountains definitely get snow and we do get one or two snow falls to ground level each year where it settles. It usually causes chaos because a lot of people aren't used to driving in the snow (unless they're going up the mountains to ski of course).

[@JweissWeiss]

I love all your paintings. I would like your mountain valley video. I don't do downloads. Let me know if you have one

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks. All of my videos are available as downloads only. However I do have the Mountain Valley video on DVD which is available from Richard Robinson's website called My Painting Club. Here is the link.
mypaintingclub.com/lessons/182-Mountain-Valley-DVD

[@marinabasto2762]

I just founded you and I'm happy because you explain in a way that's easy to understand. You are so talented. thanks for sharing

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Marina, glad you liked the video. I'm editing the next one at the moment, I hope to have it uploaded very soon. 🙂

[@marinabasto2762]

Samuel Earp Artist thanks a lot. I subscribed to you so I’ll get your video as soon as is out I hope. 🎨🖌

[@MahmudulHasan-ii3yw]

Great video Sam. You are an inspiration to me . I am a beginner and your tutorials helped me a lot in my painting.

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Mahmudul, I'm glad to be of service, more videos to come soon. 🙂

[@MahmudulHasan-ii3yw]

Samuel Earp Artist eagerly waiting... I have a question for you Sam. Is there an alternative for quinacridone magenta? I couldn't find quinacridone magenta in my local art supplies store.

[@stevenlarsen1691]

Great video as always. Thank you very much for sharing. You talked a lot about salt flies but you never paint them. Are they like power lines? They just don't add to the piece and tranquility?

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Steven. I was talking about sand flies, you get a lot of them in New Zealand especially around water. Sand flies are small, they bite you as they drink your blood and they itch like hell. They are like mosquito bites, very annoying when you are plein air painting and they can also stick to your painting 😬😂

[@misslove1551]

Thank you for your videos, they are so helpful and I'm starting to see improvement iny paintings. I was wondering if you could show us how you do a larger scale painting from your smaller plain air work. I would love to see that! Mark

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Mark. Yes I’ll be making videos on this for sure. Great to hear your painting is improving. Thanks for subscribing 😊

[@mallumuttu4591]

Relay very nice painting

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks mallu muttu 🙂

[@Yougtod]

Iove clound mountain like monet paint

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thank you so much 😊

[@krwnik8419]

Cannot be better , my friend :)

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Krwnik 🙂

[@ARTbyKDR]

So enjoy your videos!!! Thanks

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Karen, glad you are enjoying the videos 🙂

[@jamiewashere]

Love your paintings and these videos are great, i am learning a lot from you, thanks mate.
Also, Opeth is one of my favorite bands :)

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Jamie, yeah Opeth are awesome and one of my favourite bands too. Good painting music!

[@karwanvan7743]

i love ur painting

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Karwan 🙂

[@RichardRobinsonStudio]

Great video Sam.

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Richard 🙂

[@cristycreates2887]

Sam I really enjoyed this one! Very nice as well as informative.. Ive been looking at plein air kits for a few months now and plan to get out soon and try in my area.. Burnt umber is my best friend.. Lol I also use it under most all of my paintings! 😊 I think the bug wanted to become part of your art! Lol I think they actually found a bug in one of the old dead guys paintings.. 😂 So funny!! Your area is beautiful, I hope to visit one day! I think Austria would be beautiful as well.. Have u ever been there before? Thanks again for all your help and sharing your art!! Its awesome!! 😊✌️🖤

[@chrissycanvasart]

Cristy Smith Sam is a great guy, I really like his style of painting Cristy, he is nice too🤗🤘😁❤️

[@cristycreates2887]

chrissycanvasart me too Chrissy 😊I love his art! He is a sweet guy isnt he? I bet he can be goofy funny like us too! 😁🤣

[@cristycreates2887]

It was Olive Trees by Van Gogh.. It has had a grasshopper in it for 128 years!! 🤣😳😄 And it shall remain.. Lol

[@chrissycanvasart]

Cristy Smith hehehe💖💙💜😳😋🤣😂😵😁

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Cristy, thats interesting about the bugs being found in the Van Gogh painting, I can see how that would happen. With regards to outdoor painting easels, I'd definitely recommend Strada easels. I have been to Austria once, I went to Vienna in 2005, I used to work at Kew Gardens in London and I attended the Botanical Congress that was being held there that year. Not long after my year and a half stint a Kew I got into arboriculture and worked as a tree surgeon for years.

[@joanperalta7803]

dude i salute you, amazing paint.

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Joan 🙂

[@joanperalta7803]

Samuel Earp Artist no problem, I just started painting, so I'm watching all the great guys, I had watched all @Andrew Tischler videos and he mentioned you in one of his videos, so I had too watched your work, and also @chulk is here too. I hope one day be as good as you guys are.

[@dinesaan]

how do you maintain the lighting conditions as sun travels ....will you keep a photograph ?

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

When painting outdoors the easiest way is to paint your dark values first. I painted this a long time ago so I can’t remember if I carried out the same approach with this particular artwork. When you paint your darks first it doesn’t it then doesn’t matter if the light changes.

[@chrissycanvasart]

Vincent van Gogh had a bug in his painting, it was a cricket!! It's still visable in the painting today.. just can't remember which painting it was ??👍🎨😋

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

I'll have to find out what this painting is 🙂

[@MyChilepepper]

Van Gogh’s Olive Trees had a small grasshopper. The Wheat and Cypresses had some wheat grains!!

[@chrissycanvasart]

MyChilepepper 😁👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@tba1879]

I don't like to harm insect life or other natural wildlife, so I won't use oil paint outside. I make drawings and color notes which I can later use with reference photographs.

[@MyChilepepper]

Nice one. Can you include a dude with a cowboy hat riding a horse please. 👍

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Yes I will definitely try 😂😂😂

[@amrinder6440]

there is no link for Strada easal

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Ah, maybe I removed the link, this is an old video. Here is the link to Strada easels:
www.stradaeasel.com/

[@amrinder6440]

@@SamuelEarpArtist thanks sam you are awesome

[@peterbrown9352]

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[@1974gladiateur]

I love your channel but I would like to have more 30 minutes videos. In 2 minutes fast lap videos we don’t learn anything. Thanks cheers.

[@SamuelEarpArtist]

Thanks Marcus, I keep the videos shorter for TH-cam but I will be doing longer much more in depth videos in future. Painting is my life and I ultimately want to make a living from it full time, it is my intention to sell videos from my website, I'll keep them really cheap and I will always continue to provide free content on my TH-cam channel and my website.