How to paint backdrop mountains

[gamitzu]

Acrylic Painting Technique with Scissors / Drawin…: https://youtu.be/SGP_67jCdmo
I do not know if is easy as movie or not, but look interesting.

[tomcook]

Well, I got fired up watching that vid and decided to give it a shot. I used a knife rather than desmantle my scissors though. It is way harder than it looks 'no suprisse there'

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The painting was much bigger but it was such a desaster that I chopped out the bit I liked and binned the rest !
It was a fun experiment but I think I'll stick to brushes for backdrops.
I'm practicing at the moment painting Welsh hills for a 009 layout I'm working on. I'm just getting a bit side tracked from modeling with this painting business at the moment

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Thank you for the distraction gamitzu

All paintings are of the Ffestiniog railway in north Wales

[kingmeow]

I see a new hobby for you Tom!

[ChicagoNW]

If you think that style of paint is unique, it’s only the tools. The scissors are a variation on Palette Knives. The construction trade calls them, pointing tools(masonry) and trowels and jointing knives(plastering). The cotton ball is a variation on the pouncing brush, a large diameter round brush that you bounce.

That style of painting has been made popular around the world by an artist by the name of Bob Ross.
https://www.bobross.com/
He doesn’t just do mountains, his forests and beachside images will draw you in.

His instructional and entertaining program still runs on the PBS networks across the US. While his paintings are quite good, his gentle and slightly eccentric personality, make watching enjoyable. Non-artists find him engaging. While painting he often makes sound effects and tells stories. https://www.pbs.org/show/best-joy-painting/

Bob Ross’ painting philosophy is often applied to model railroading here. The phrase “happy accident” is practiced a lot. It’s when something goes “wrong” but gives you a better effect than you originally wanted. Many of us have embraced “the telling of a story” when creating our layouts just as a a Bob Ross painting often does. You can stream PBS here… https://www.pbs.org/livestream/

While wandering PBS be sure to check out the offerings of WTTW(Chicago). If modeling the US and especially Chicagoland, check out Geoffrey Baer he has several series that can be used as reference.

[pwh70]

His instructional and entertaining program still runs on the PBS networks across the US

Or you can watch the new Owen Wilson movie...