30+ Beautiful Winter Painting Ideas to Bring the Chill Inside!

I am absolutely captivated by the idea of bringing the serene beauty of winter into your home through art!

There’s something incredibly magical about capturing the essence of winter—the soft snowflakes, the crisp air, and the peaceful stillness—on a canvas. It’s like bringing a piece of the outdoors inside, creating a cozy, calming atmosphere that’s perfect for the season.

Winter painting ideas aren’t just about depicting the cold; they’re about celebrating the stunning landscapes, the twinkling lights, and the warmth that we associate with this time of year. Whether you’re an experienced artist or a beginner looking to try something new, there’s a winter painting idea out there that will spark your creativity.

From snowy scenes and frosty trees to cozy indoor settings and festive moments, the possibilities are endless. You can experiment with different techniques like watercolor, acrylics, or oil paints to create a range of textures and effects that evoke the spirit of winter.

What I love about winter painting is that it can be as simple or as detailed as you want. You can create abstract representations of the season or opt for more realistic depictions. The beauty of winter is that it offers so much inspiration, from the soft glow of winter sunsets to the sparkle of snow-covered branches.

And don’t forget to add a personal touch—whether it’s a favorite winter scene or a memory that brings warmth to your heart, your artwork will reflect your unique perspective.

If you’re ready to bring the chill inside and create beautiful winter art, these 30+ winter painting ideas are here to inspire you. From snowy landscapes to cozy indoor scenes, these ideas will help you capture the magic of winter in a way that’s personal and stunning.

So, let’s dive into these winter painting ideas and start creating your own winter wonderland on canvas! ❄️🎨

30+ Beautiful Winter Painting Ideas to Bring the Chill Inside!

Holiday Season Easy Floral Acrylic Painting Tutorial

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Follow along with the fabulous Art Sherpa with her beginner-friendly holiday scene painting. You’ll learn how to paint this gorgeous winter floral centrepiece with candles, winter berries, pine cones, pine tree branches and ornaments.Continue Reading

How to paint Northern lights

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Learn how to paint the northern lights in this step by step tutorial by Tracie. This winter scene of the arora borealis is easy enough for older kids, teens and beginner adults.Continue Reading

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Winter Mountain Landscapes With Galaxy Sky

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Mixing the magic of a galaxy sky with a winter scene yields some spectacular results! You can paint these on wood round ornaments, on watercolor paper (cut into circles) or a round canvas for a unique look. You can also use watercolor paints of acrylic paints as your medium.Continue Reading

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How To Paint Evergreen Trees

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Evergreen trees or Christmas tree’s are one of the quintessential winter painting ideas. Paint a simple tree as a part of a larger winter scene or a singular tree as a part of the entire composition. Tracie will teach you the 3 easiest ways to paint snow-covered trees, which are aimed at beginners.Continue Reading

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Fun Ideas: 8 Easy Winter Paintings on Coasters

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Looking for some fun ideas for your winter craft night? This lovely tutorial by Debasree will show you how you and your guests can choose from the 8 designs and make some lovely coasters to boot!Continue Reading

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Beautiful Winter Watercolor Landscape

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Capture the beauty and magic of a winter wonderland with this watercolor tutorial. Add it to your art journal, frame it, create a unique gift from it, the possibilities are endless.Continue Reading

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How to Paint a Snowy Landscape with Acrylics

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Love snowy landscapes? Follow this acrylic painting tutorial from Will Kept Art School to learn how to paint a realistic landscape of your choosing.Continue Reading

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Mixed Media Winter Art Project for Kids This Cold Season

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Keep warm this cold season with this fun mixed media painting idea you can do with the whole family. Some simple white paper, acrylic paints, cardstock are some basic supplies you’ll need.Continue Reading

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Watercolor Art Techniques: Handmade Christmas Card Ideas

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Learn some watercolor art techniques, like using markers and crayons as watercolor paints, repeated word designs, salt texture, shaving cream marbleized effect, painter’s tape resist, etc.Continue Reading

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How to Paint a Winter Scene with POSCA Paint Markers on a Rock

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This rock painting tutorial will show you how to use paint markers to paint a easy winter scene. You can also paint this scene on small canvases, wood rounds, and other smaller surfaces.Continue Reading

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How To Paint Wood Slice Ornaments +10 Ideas To Get You Inspired

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Paint some beautiful winter landscapes on small wooden rounds for a DIY Christmas gift idea. These rounds can be used as ornaments, mini paintings you can display, or even coasters (if sealed).Continue Reading

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Christmas Decorations: Easy Spindle Snowman

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Make this cute snowman spindle craft that doubles as a Christmas decoration! Follow along with Amy’s step by step tutorial and learn how she transforms a simple wooden spindle from her local hardware store into a unique painted seasonal display piece.Continue Reading

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Winter Scene Landscape Painting on Watercolor Paper

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This winter watercolor landscape painting tutorial is perfect for novices and also kids and teens. Erin will talk you through each step of this lovely painting from a sketch, using masking tape to create the birch trees to adding salt to the sky background for a nifty effect.Continue Reading

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Winter Craft Idea: How to Paint With Snow

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This wonderful winter activity is perfect for pre-schoolers and younger kids. The kids will have fun collecting snow n the great outdoors. They’ll then relish in adding food coloring to make they’re own palette of paint colors! All that’s needed next are some brushes and paper to create anything their imagination dreams up!Continue Reading

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Wood Slice Coasters Painted with a Winter Theme

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Looking to make some unique Christmas gifts or items you can sell at a Christmas craft fair? These simple and easy winter themed coasters are a fabulous idea and a perfect winter acvitity.Continue Reading

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How to Paint a Snowman For Kids

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This snowman painting tutorial is perfect for young children. The simple steps are easy to follow and kids will love adding buttons to the dark sky background as a crafty touch.Continue Reading

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Learn How to Paint “STARRY NIGHT CHRISTMAS” with Acrylic – Paint & Sip

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Looking for a cozy winter paint nite idea? Follow along with Michelle in her full-length and well explained painting tutorial on how to paint a Christmas themed Starry Night painting.Continue Reading

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Acrylic Painting Winter Birch Trees

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I love birch trees- their markings on the bark is very unique and the structure of the tree is very simple- not many off-shooting branches or leaves. This makes the birch tree look relatively consistent from season to season. Follow along with Eileen’s painting tutorial to learn how to paint some winter themed birch trees.Continue Reading

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Fun Winter Craft Idea: Driving Through the Snow with Hot Wheels

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This toddler / pre-school friendly winter craft is a great addition to a snow day activity list to keep the kids busy! The use of white paint on simple black construction paper is a perfect example of how simple crafts can be. So let the kiddoes pick their favorite hot wheels and watch them enjoy driving through the snow!Continue Reading

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Easy Acrylic Pine Tree Painting Tutorial

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I find pine trees majestic and regal. And they smell good too! I have fond memories of decorating a fresh pine around Christmas when I was a teenager and I loved their minty fresh aroma in the home. Follow this fab tutorial to learn how to paint this beautiful tree.Continue Reading

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Winter Folk Art Trees

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This painting will brighten up any snowy day. Draw different trees with tree branches then use watercolor to add a splashes of different colors.Continue Reading

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How to Paint Snow on Tree Branches with Acrylics

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Chase away the winter blues by getting into the “flow”/zone. The hand-eye focus you’ll need to paint these beautiful barren tree branches will make all your worldly worries disappear like magic.Continue Reading

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Winter Landscape Sponge Art For Younger Kids

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Kids cooped up inside on a snow day with boundless energy? Hand them a sponge and some paints and watch your spirited little transform into a focused little Picasso. This tutorial will show you how they can paint this awesome winter craft.Continue Reading

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Cozy Winter Cabin Painting Tutorial

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I’ve always dreamed of the idea of spending a weekend in a cozy winter cabin, right smack in the middle of nowhere, all snuggled up with my love and a good ol’ book. When I saw this painting it reminded me of that bucket list item. One day Snuggle Inn, one day…Continue Reading

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Polar Bears Aurora Borealis Landscape

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Polar bears are magnificient beasts. The beautiful mother/cub bond is perfectly captured in the magic of this painting. You’ll also enjoy painting the vibrant colors of the Aurora Borealis that illuminates the scene.Continue Reading

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How To Paint Hot Cocoa Window

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There’s nothing like a warm cup of hot cocoa after spending time outdoors in the winter. Whether it’s shovelling the driveway (like I did this morning), skiing, tobogganing or just going for a winter stroll. Capture that cozy cup of chocolatey goodness in this step by step tutorial by Tracey.Continue Reading

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Learn How to Paint “SNOW ANGELS” with Acrylic – Paint Party Tutorial

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I recently asked my kids what winter activities they wanted to do this winter they said “snow-angels”, to my delight. This tutorial perfectly captures that child-parent afternoon making snow angels together. Maybe these 2 followed their snow angel session with that yummy hot cocoa in the project above ?!?Continue Reading

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Snow Scenes: Sunsets and Twinkling Snowflakes

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Sunsets are one of my favorite things to experience. And sunsets in the winter are glorious and bolder compared to any other season. The reason being is that there’s less humidity and the air is cleaner. As a result the colors are brighter and less hazy. This painting tutorial captures a lovely cotton candy pink sunset and glowing snowflakes.Continue Reading

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Snowman Pom Pom Painting Craft

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Grab some pom poms (or cotton balls) and a clothespin to create this kid-friendly fun winter craft. Kids will have fun dabbing paint with the pom pom to create a snowman shape and smaller pomp poms to fill in the face and buttons and scarf.Continue Reading

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Paint a Winter Landscape Abstract Painting

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Are you in the mood to paint an abstract painting? This YouTube tutorial will show you how to create an icy forest meets frozen lake piece.Continue Reading

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Abstract Winter Art for Kids with Winter Background

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Kids will have a jolly time creating this abstract winter background and whimsical tree painting. Simple supplies and a painting that can be made into cards or even framedContinue Reading

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Snow Globe With Cabin With Black Background

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I enjoy painting on a black canvas. The black background creates a beautiful contrast to the paint colors you apply over top. Especially white paint-like in this creative and winter-wonderful snow globe painting tutorial!Continue Reading

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How To Paint Black, White & Gold winter landscape

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This simple yet dramatic painting uses only 3 paint colors : black, white and gold. The warm glowing golden hue emanating from the homes windows contrast beautifully with the dark background.Continue Reading

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How To Paint Snowy Mountains For Beginners

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In the mountain painting mood? I wanted to capture the sheer grandeur of mountains when I created this painting. I remember visiting the rocky mountains in Alberta and feeling so humbled by their towering heights and majestic power. The easy to follow steps in this tutorial will show you how to paint the mountain shapes all the way to the snowy covered peaks.Continue Reading

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Winter Forest Path Painting

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This tutorial teaches you how to work with perspective to create the illusion you’re walking down a treed path blanketed with snow. Follow The Art Sherpa’s detailed step by step instructions to learn more.Continue Reading

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Easy Arctic Winter Landscape Tutorial

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“Winter Wonderland” on Long Canvas

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Want to let your creativity (and paints) loose on a large canvas? Try this beautiful winter landscape painting tutorial on a long canvas. Tracey will teach you different techniques: how to paint snow covered pine trees, how to paint snow, a wintery night sky and more…Continue Reading

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Mini Winter Wonderland Watercolor Painting

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Winter time truly is that magical time of year, where everything just looks like a scene out of fantasy movie. This clear step by step tutorial will show you how to paint this magical watercolor painting with 3 simple paint colors.Continue Reading

Great Small Group Painting Idea This Winter

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I’ve always loved this idea. It can be a great team building activity in a workplace. Or a fun idea for a small group of friends or family during holiday season. Essentially use any painting and then divide it up into sections. Get each person in your group to paint they’re section. Then piece the final canvases together for a multi canvas team-work of art!Continue Reading

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Black-Capped Chickadee bird in Snow

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Black-capped chickadees are a cute year-long resident in many parts of North America. Capture their infamous black markings on their head, grey wings and white body on canvas in this step by step tutorial. The Art Sherpa will show you that this painting isn’t as hard as it looks.Continue Reading

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Painting of a Frozen Lake And Misty Forest

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Freeze a beautiful landscape in time by painting it on canvas. Capture the stillness of a frozen lake, the magical atmospheric effect of a cascading forest in front towering mountains. Add simplistic drama to this scene by using a monochromatic paint palette. I used blue, black and white to acrylic paint for this entire painting.Continue Reading

Pond Hockey in North America Landscape

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Pond/rink hockey is a popular outdoor pastime in North America. My kids love it and I love watching them with a hot chocolate in hand! This painting reminded me of this tradition and it also looks faily easy to paint with the silhouetted hockey players.Continue Reading

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10-Minute Winter Woodland Watercolor Tutorial

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Got 10 minutes and feeling creative? Then you should try this wonderful winter woodland painting tutorial. Open up your water color paint tin and start painting this masterpiece.Continue Reading

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Blue Forest Landscape Large Painting

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I was in the mood to paint something winter-y on New Years Eve a couple years back. So I grabbed my 30″x30″ square canvas, put my headphones on with “All I want for Christmas” playing in my ear. I loved spending a couple hours to myself and it helped bring some creative energy into the New Year.Continue Reading

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Winter Cabin in Oil Paints

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I once took an oil painting class through my City and this was the first project we worked on. The wonderful thing with oil paints is they take longer to dry so we were able to take our time to blend paints and rework areas.Continue Reading

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Very Easy Winter Gnome And His Rabbit

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This sweet winter scene will warm any heart. Paint this as a heart-warming Christmas Present or would also make a cute winter Valentine’s day idea.Continue Reading

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