How To Paint Mountains
How to Paint Mountains. 
Painting mountains can be a relaxing pastime
Tone is important when painting mountains. The further away the mountain is the paler the tone. Mountains usually fade into a pale blue or grey in the distance.
Learning how to paint mountains is similar to learning how to paint waves in the ocean, usually they both become bigger and darker as they come towards you.
Enjoy this tutorial vioeo showing how to paint mountains in oil or acrylic.
Complete training DVDs are available at PaintWithLen.com/shop When possible look at distant mountains and compare their tone to an object near you. The mountain will be a pale tone and the near object will have a deeper tone. If the near object is colored white, it will still have a deeper tone than the distant mountain. (More vibrant). An example of tonal differences can be seen if two red cars are placed, one close to you and one 500 meters away. The near car is bright red; the distant car is faded into a pale crimson or a grey. As a general rule mountains are pale blue in the distance, moving through purple and into grey as they become closer. Do not put a grey or purple mountain behind a blue mountain. Try to arrange the shape of your mountains so they slope into the picture, this will help attract the viewers eye.
Thank you so much for such clear instructions and for sharing you knowledge!! I hope to paint many mountains, especially the Andes, and your help is very valuable. Thank you once again and keep up with your wonderful work.
All the best, from Cuenca – Ecuador