# Struggles with landscapes
**URL:** https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/struggles-with-landscapes/2467
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [October 17, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/struggles-with-landscapes/2467 "2022-10-17T14:52:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Ginny](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Ginny)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/struggles-with-landscapes/2467/1 "2022-10-17T14:52:43Z")
I have tried for years, but I just can’t seem to get landscape. It is funny that I can do portraits, but not landscapes. So, I have decided to get serious and take the Pastel Landscape Mastery course here at The Virtual Instructor. Here is a landscape that I did a few days ago, before the course. It is pastel pencils on Canson Mi-Teintes paper.
And here is my first one during the course, which I did this morning. It is soft pastels on velour paper.
I will try to post everything I do with the course in this thread.
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### Author:  [@Dannomiss89](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Dannomiss89)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/struggles-with-landscapes/2467/2 "2022-10-17T15:20:20Z")
I love them both. Fantastic landscapes 🙂
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### Author:  [@anon8367598](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/anon8367598)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/struggles-with-landscapes/2467/3 "2022-10-17T15:51:31Z")
Beautiful! Awesome that you’re expanding your skillset, please keep us posted! 😄
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### Author:  [@wren07](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/wren07)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/struggles-with-landscapes/2467/4 "2022-10-17T21:13:13Z")
Wow!!! Youve improved so so much in just a couple days!!! Keep it up!!!👍👍👍
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### Author:  [@Ginny](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Ginny)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/struggles-with-landscapes/2467/5 "2022-10-18T18:35:37Z")
Okay, here is the second lesson. I did it twice. The first time I did it on Mi-Teintes paper and I just couldn’t get it right. So, this time I did it on sanded paper and I love it!
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### Author:  [@anon8367598](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/anon8367598)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/struggles-with-landscapes/2467/6 "2022-10-18T18:39:21Z")
OH MY GOODNESS—it’s so epic! The sun is literally glowing(as it should be) but you got the shades and lights on the clouds AND you added the water, which makes it even better! 😱 🌤 🌊
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### Author:  [@Ginny](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Ginny)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/struggles-with-landscapes/2467/7 "2022-10-19T01:18:45Z")
Thanks! I just followed along with Matt during the lesson.
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### Author:  [@Ginny](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Ginny)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/struggles-with-landscapes/2467/8 "2022-10-19T17:34:16Z")
This is the third lesson: trees and stuff. LOL!
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### Author:  [@anon8367598](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/anon8367598)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/struggles-with-landscapes/2467/9 "2022-10-19T19:19:14Z")
I like how you the trees/grass are soft but the water feels crisp, all with the same medium! 👏
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### Author:  [@Ginny](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Ginny)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/struggles-with-landscapes/2467/10 "2022-10-21T14:58:11Z")
Lesson Four: Rocks. This is soft pastels on 8x10 velour paper.
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### Author:  [@anon8367598](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/anon8367598)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/struggles-with-landscapes/2467/12 "2022-10-23T20:33:46Z")
Pretty and nice with the water flow! The softness reminds me of fleece. Keep it up @Ginny ! 😄
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### Author:  [@Ginny](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Ginny)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/struggles-with-landscapes/2467/13 "2022-10-24T15:40:44Z")
Next lesson in the course. Architectural elements. I chose a different reference photo. I thought the one that Matt used was WAY too busy for me. LOL! This is 9x12 pastels pencils on sanded paper.
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### Author:  [@Ginny](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Ginny)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/struggles-with-landscapes/2467/14 "2022-10-24T15:41:21Z")
Yes, velour paper is rather fleecy. Have you ever tried it?
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### Author:  [@anon8367598](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/anon8367598)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/struggles-with-landscapes/2467/15 "2022-10-24T19:45:34Z")
No, I don’t think I have. 😅 Is it your favorite paper so far? And the new piece is fantastic! So many elements, I noticed the diamond pattern on one of the buildings pretty quickly, it helps give a change of pace, rather than all the buildings being solid. 👏 😄
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### Author:  [@Dale](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Dale)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/struggles-with-landscapes/2467/16 "2022-10-24T23:31:44Z")
Just for an experiment…do one with no blending or smoothing. None.
I like your images so this is just a suggestion for experimentation.
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### Author:  [@Ginny](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Ginny)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/struggles-with-landscapes/2467/17 "2022-10-25T01:50:15Z")
I don’t have a favorite paper. They all have their pros and cons.
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### Author:  [@Ginny](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Ginny)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/struggles-with-landscapes/2467/18 "2022-10-25T01:51:29Z")
Dale, I have tried so many times to not blend. LOL! I am addicted. I can’t seem to stop. I try and then I sneak in a little blending, a little more, and soon I have the whole thing blended out and I hate it! I will continue to try. Funny you should mention it… 🙂
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### Author:  [@Ginny](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Ginny)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/struggles-with-landscapes/2467/19 "2022-10-25T18:58:49Z")
Back to struggling. I chose my own water photo. Water is hard for me. Skies are hard for me. And what do I do? Choose the most difficult photo I could. LOL! Well, I don’t like my painting, but I don’t have to. I just have to keep going.
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### Author:  [@anon8367598](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/anon8367598)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/struggles-with-landscapes/2467/20 "2022-10-25T19:40:08Z")
Crashing waves, that’s definitely a challenge! I like the piece, and the detail on the lighthouse. Nice work challenging yourself! 😄 👏
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### Author:  [@Ginny](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Ginny)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/struggles-with-landscapes/2467/21 "2022-10-26T19:24:24Z")
This is not part of the course, but I have been wanting to do this photo for a while. I feel like I am going backwards! LOL! I did NOT blend. Well, a dab or two in the tree trunks, because of some mess-ups, but other than that, no blending. Pastel pencils on Canson Mi-Teintes toned paper, 9x12.
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