How Do You Paint A Simple Seascape?
Seascapes have always been a favorite scene for acrylic, watercolor and oil artists. Seascapes can be windy, calm, rocky, sandy, stormy or peaceful. There is no right or wrong way to paint a seascape. There are only techniques to help you along your way to creating you own seascape masterpiece. The first thing you should do with your seascape painting is to sketch an outline of the composition onto the paper or canvas. A seascape painting is usually more interesting if the horizon is not placed in the center of the scene. This means that either the sky or water will take up more space. Let’s say that you are painting a cloudy day scene where the mood is windy and rough. You have already sketched the main subjects onto your canvas and placed the horizon line. Now use a soft large brush and brush a wash or thinned layer of blue with purple to darken it onto the sky area. While the paint is still wet add a touch of red to the top portion of the sky to darken it even more. When the sky has
