You've been painting landscapes using oil colors for a while now, maybe even years. However, you're frustrated over turning your landscapes into a muddy mess. Relieve your frustration and learn how to paint a landscape in oils by following these easy steps. Find a photograph that you would like to Paint Tape the photo to your easel and get yourself set up to . Lay out your colors onto your palette . Make a habit of laying them out in the same order every time. Eventually, you will instinctively know where each color is. [1] This is especially handy if you're painting on location. In the jar, mix 1 part of the poppy seed oil with 2 parts of the sunflower oil . For example: use 1/8 cup of poppy seed oil and 1/4 cup of sunflower oil. Choose a medium sized brush to begin . Mix raw sienna with a little turpentine on your palette . Mixing it with turpentine, rather than the oil, will allow it to dry faster. For the first sketch, you will need the thinned paint...