Step 1

Create a new document and fill it with white or any light and bright colors. I choose
the size with 1300x900 px. Open sky stock. Use Rectangular Marquee Tool (M) to
make a selection on sky part as shown below:

Then active Move Tool (V) and drag this selection into our white canvas:

Learn how to create this landscape matte painting with Photoshop! This tutorial will
show you how create our own mountain scene by arranging multiple stocks together
and blending them correctly using layer masks and adjustment layers. You will also
learn effective techniques for adding waterfalls and mist.

Preview of Final Results

Create A Misty Landscape Matte Painting in Photoshop

Resources

 Sky -sxc.hu
 Background mountain - Stockfreeimages
 Left rock - Pixabay
 Right rock - Pixabay
 Mid rocks - Pixabay
 Trees 1 - sxc.hu
 Tree 2 - Morguefile
 Tree 3 - Morguefile
 Tree 4 - Stockfreeimages
 Bottom right rock - Stockfreeimages
 Waterfall 1 - Pixabay
 Waterfall 2 - Morguefile
 Arch 1 - Morguefile
 Arch 2 - Stockfreeimages
 Ruin 1 - sxc.hu
 Ruin 2 - Morguefile
 Ruin 3 - sxc.hu
 Mist brushes - Ideasplayer

Step 1
Create a new document and fill it with white or any light and bright colors. I choose
the size with 1300x900 px. Open sky stock. Use Rectangular Marquee Tool (M) to
make a selection on sky part as shown below:

Then active Move Tool (V) and drag this selection into our white canvas:
Step 2

Open background mountain stock.Take the background with misty mountains only
and place it at sky part (don't resize it):
Click the second button at the bottom of Layer Panel to add layer mask to this layer.
Now use soft black brushes with large size (I use 250-260 px) to paint on the top of
this background to reveal sky added in first step: