Twin Peaks

Date painted: April 7, 2019

Size: 16 x 20 canvas

Twin Peaks is painting #65! It is also the 8th time I painted something live on Twitch.

This painting is actually not from a Bob Ross episode. I did this one by following a Kevin Hill episode. This is not the first time I’ve tried one of his. It’s only the second. The first time I tried a Kevin Hill piece was in Autumn Walk. I find his technique is just a level above Bob Ross so it’s almost like a natural progression for those wanting to move on from the Bob Ross technique and take their painting skills to the next level. Anyway, the reason I chose this one is because I wanted to practice a mountain that is more prominent in the foreground and with more detail. This was in preparation for an ambitious project I had planned. That will be in the next post.

You can follow along with Kevin yourself here.

Colors

Equipment

You can see the similarities to Bob’s style. I like how the mountains turned out overall. I don’t think I achieved the same level of detail effect as Kevin however. I do like the contrast between the highlights and shadows. This painting came in handy in teaching me a few things for the next one.

I received some constructive feedback on this one that I will pass on to you if you so wish to try this one out.

When painting the grass on the left foreground, vary the curve when putting in the lay of the land. Meaning, don’t use the same angle with each tap.

There seems to be a lack of transition from the mountain to the shore of the river at the left. If you add a light hill layer or slightly distant trees, that will help bring it together a bit and avoid a perspective jump.

I’ll keep these tips in mind if I do something like this again.

Something else I could have done was lighten the bottom of the tree line at the base of the mountain. This would have provided a bit more depth and separation.

Do you have any feedback or questions? Leave them in the comments below. Check out the time lapse video below. Happy painting!