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#indexcardartproject 2025 | free oil painting tutorial | index card “D”

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Oil Painting Tutorial | Card “C”

In this post, I’m sharing another oil painting video tutorial.  Instead of using an Edward Seago painting as a reference, we’ll be painting from one of my own reference photos.  It’s available for free on Artist Reference Photos (and all of the photos are royalty-free if you want to sell the work.)

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My recommended beginner palette – 

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This is the reference photo we’ll be painting in this video.  I love the shape of the trees and how they are framed by the blue ridge of the mountains.

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Here is my interpretation of it for index card “D”…

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Here is the video tutorial for this little landscape painting in oils.  If you want to join in on an art panel or canvas or in a different medium, you’re certainly welcome to!

More index card art to come!  I have them with me at the beach so I can paint some seascapes from life while I’m here.  I’ll also take more photos to add to the Artist Reference Photos website.

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Let me know if you have any questions or requests for future painting video tutorials/paint-alongs.

Marian Parsons 

Paint Enthusiast | Writer | Artist | Designer

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5 Responses

  1. If you were doing this with watercolor, would you lay in the background first and let dry? Then the trees on top?
    Asking for a friend.

    1. Yes. In watercolor, you work from light to dark, so I would do everything in the opposite order.

  2. Thanks for sharing the video. We’re traveling, as well, but I’m excited to paint along when we’re home!

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