Texture, Rocks, Stone & Natural Details

A collection of lessons for painting the earthy details that make a landscape feel believable- rocks, moss, bark, stone walls, ruins, mountains, crystals, and textured natural surfaces.

Best Place to Start

If natural textures feel fiddly or difficult, start here. These lessons are a good first step for practising rocks, stone, dry brush marks, moss, and earthy details.

Dry Brushing & Damp Blending

I use these essential techniques in nearly every painting, so it's worth familiarizing yourself with them!

Painting a Rock Wall

A quick painting exercise to help you explore the steps involved to create a dynamic rock wall.

Shaping Stone

Try out the techniques you'll need to paint stones of all shapes and add your own mysterious symbols.

Techniques

Painting a Rock Wall

A quick painting exercise to help you explore the steps involved to create a dynamic rock wall.

Basic Rocks - Part 1

How to use a simple value scale and basic brushes to create rocky shapes.

Basic Rocks - Part 2

Learn how to embellish basic rocks with other colors, plants and moss.

Shaping Stone

Try out the techniques you'll need to paint stones of all shapes and add your own mysterious symbols.

Mountain Textures

Try out this fun and easy way of creating snow-capped mountains with a basic dry brushing technique.

Dry Brushing & Damp Blending

I use these essential techniques in nearly every painting, so it's worth familiarizing yourself with them!

Painting Gemstones

Explore the techniques used to paint polished gemstones.

Painting Crystals

Try out the techniques used to paint shining crystal shards.

Live Class Replays

Moonlit Canyon

In this live class, we'll be painting a moonlit slot canyon full of plants and sparkling water!

Moody Mountains

Let's paint these moody mountains with earthy tones!

Wildflower Wall

Join me and let's paint a stone wall, rolling fields, and a riot of summer wildflowers!

The Foggy Abyss

In this live class we're painting a glowing lantern atop a rocky outcrop within the foggy abyss!

Sunset Mountain

Simple layers combine to create this pretty mountain scene full of depth.

The Mossy Woods

In this live class i will show you how I take inspiration from a photograph and turn it into a magical scene!

Winter Village

In this live class we’ll be painting this monochromatic winter village scene.

Hidden Valley

In this live class we'll be painting this lush valley nestled between dramatic mountains. We'll be focusing on how to capture depth, creating warm cast light, and how to simplify complex areas using textures.

Misty Mountain Lake

A beautiful range of soft misty mountains, a variety of tree shapes and of course those striking reflections.

Dreaming of Summer

Join me in painting a beautiful panoramic coastal scene full of colorful heather and rocky sea cliffs.

Moody Autumn

Capture the muted colors and soft foggy effects of autumn in this calming fall tutorial.

Mountain View

After living somewhere that was so flat, I cant stop admiring the mountains that are now on my doorstep. In this tutorial we'll paint them together.