LAKE TAHOE



In frame is very realistic painting of a part of a view of Lake Tahoe.
Lake Tahoe is one of the larger fresh water lake in Sierra Nevada
Mountains, stradding the border of California and Nevada.


Materials Required :


  • 1 Canvas (16*16) inch.

  • paint brush.

  • Teal green, ochre yellow, dark green, turquoise blue,black,sea blue, white acrylic colour’s.

  • Mandala dot art tools.

  • Any circular object / a compass.


  • steps one can follow(if needed) :


  • First take a plain canvas and tape it if you want a border or give a wash to the canvas with blue on the top and
    the other half colour with sea blue and let it dry.

  • After that sketch the montains and trees and stones.

  • After that paint the montains first with black and then shade with white.

  • Then start painting the grass with green and the give little dab of black to give a bit bush type effect.

  • Then start painting the trees on both the sides and then with brown just make a thick line with brown
    colour and then add little white colour line to show the reflection clearly.

  • Then paint some stones with grey so that it looks under water and let it dry.

  • After that shade some of the stones with light ochre yellow colour and let it dry.

  • After that give some wave effects on the bottom part with white colour to give the effect of waves as done in the painting above.