Painting is one of the most enjoyable activities to do for the people who have the passion for it. So many forms of painting are present thus each artist has his/her style, but the end product is always eye-catching. Large scale abstract landscape drawing is one of the mastery arts, and the painter goes through a series of steps to bring out an image that leaves the viewer with an exquisite mood. If you are a beginner and would like to train how to paint in this particular form, you must be ready to concentrate and repeat the painting several times before it becomes just as you want.

There are a series of steps that should be followed when this kind of painting is carried out. Before beginning the activity, it is advisable to have scenery that you are interested in then work out this scenery with photos, sketches and studies before starting the main painting. This is simply because some mistakes in small sketches can be overlooked, but small mistakes in bigger paintings cannot be ignored.

Then, one must know what he/she wants to say about the layout then divide the canvas into simplified sections according to the kind of painting that he intends to do. Then, use dark abstruse shapes to paint the masses with four value planes that are basic.

Ensure that the source of light which is the sky is the lightest. Then, the ground plane which reflects the sky becomes the second lightest. The slanted planes that include slanted rocks, hills and mountains among others get less light while the upright planes like trees and buildings get the lowest amount of light that falls directly on them.

You should then start defining your features using right shading amounts. For example, trees usually have rich dark green color at their bottoms and made lighter at the tips. When you are mixing the colors, you can try adding all the colors you intend to use on your palette to paint harmoniously and more easily.

The type of portrait you are working on will require different finishing procedures. In this kind of layout, the portrait is scrubbed using palette knives then it is deconstructed frequently. This tends to make the edges of the portrait to be hard, and the sketch becomes softer and simple. Bigger brushes should be used so that the portrait does not get poked.

After that, you should start working colors all over the painting and define it more. The main aim at this stage is to try and make the painting look more opaque and concentrate on values. The paint application is thickened, but it should be scraped off so as soften the edges then add more paint on the scraped areas.

At the final stages, you should use the smaller flat brushes as well as palette knives so that you add on the details. After refining the images, intensifying focal points as well as pushing the portrait thickness, hard edges, contrast and value, you should let it dry. After it has completely dried, start glazing and sand it to make it more exquisite.