If you want to paint an abstract landscape, the first thing you have to do is choosing a colour, for example red. To make the red colour appear strong and powerful on the canvas, you have to start with yellow and white for the background and apply these paints extensively.

To create a smooth colour gradient, you should mix more and more orange and red colours with the yellow paint. In order to avoid disturbing contours in the colour gradient, you have to lighten the colours with some white paint repeatedly. The paint application in the foreground should be as extensively as in the background. You should especially paint with strong red tones in order to create a flat between foreground and background.