Art Journal: Desert Mountain | Coffee Painting ☕🖌️

3 months ago

Good day, fellow art enthusiasts! I hope everyone is doing well. Let me share the new art I painted today. Take a look and please let me know what you think!

The "Desert Mountain" painting is a landscape art piece that commonly features desert terrain with outstanding mountain formations. This type of painting exposes the contrast between the dry, sandy desert floor and, the rough, rocky mountains.
Desert mountain paintings often symbolize strength and resilience and the beauty that can be found in savage environments, offering a wide range of emotional impacts and interpretations of life.
I used three types of painting brushes for this piece and it took me an hour to finish. For those interested in trying this unique medium, you can follow the basic methods below.

Materials Needed:
👉 Watercolor Paper or sketching Paper
👉 Pencil and Eraser
👉 Coffee Powder
👉 2 small cups ( lighter and darker shades)
👉 Ruler
👉 Clean Water
👉 Rag
👉 Paper napkin or paper towel

Brushes:
👉 Flat Brush /small #10, 10/32 / 8.0mm
👉 Liner Brush #2 / 2/32" / 1.6mm
👉 Filbert brush

Note: Keep all the materials ready before you start painting.

Basic Procedure:
• Outline or sketch your painting reference.
• Paint using a lighter shade of the background by creating a beautiful texture.
• On the middle ground, paint the first layer of the subject.
• The same procedure with the foreground.
• Once the first layer is completely dry, you can proceed to paint with a darker shade of coffee.
• Then add details to come alive of your painting. I used a liner brush for the thin details.

Take note: In putting details, you cannot have sharp lines and shapes unless it is completely dry.

Painting Process:

This is the finished painting of the "Desert Mountain"

In Wall Photo Frame

That's all for today. I hope I have inspired you with this simple art using a unique painting style. Thank you for stopping by and God bless, Hiver friends! Happy painting! 😊

Thank you to everyone who has always supported my art.

@caydenshan