This is one of those paintings that has been in my mind for the longest time! I have been meaning to try something like this forever but I have always been intimidated by the thought of painting waves. So after watching a lot of videos online on how to paint the ocean, how to paint waves, I took the brave step of attempting it myself. :)
This painting is inspired by various photographs of beaches, ocean, clouds, water that I researched online. It is an original piece. Since this was my first time painting waves, I chose a small canvas (6x8). Even though it looks good, the sea could still use a lot more movement. Maybe I will try a bigger canvas next time.
This is what the initial basic layout looked like. I did pull the water line much closer to the viewer later on. My original plan was to paint some beach chairs on the sand but then I decided to focus more on the waves and the clouds. The picture below shows a close up of an intermediate stage.
Here are some close ups of the clouds. They were a lot of fun to work on.
I hope you enjoyed this post. Thanks for reading. :)
