The Art of Sea Splashes: Techniques for Dynamic Effects

1. Intro: Hello, everyone, and welcome to the third lesson of our series on watercolor, Seascape painting. Today we will be doing something particularly exciting. We are going to paint sea spray. This method is simple, but the results are dynamic, and I can't wait to get started and show you how it's done. I hope you will enjoy it too. As usual, I've kept a shot so that everyone can find time to watch it. 2. The plot and materials: I have prepared an interesting reference for you. We will be painting wave splashes, showing maximum expression and allowing the water and watercolor to create their own patterns. You need to trust them a little and krefully guide them to create what we want. A few words about the materials. For today's work, I use cellulose paper. But you can also try painting on a mix of cellulose and cotton. For achieving the effect we are aiming for today, this type of paper is the best. Cotton paper absorbs paint more intensely, making it harder to remove and get back to the white sheet. The effects will be not as bright. Therefore, you can experiment and test different types of paper if you have them. You can paint either in a sketchbook or on a sheet with a drawing board, whichever is more convenient to you. I used masking tape again to secure the sheet. Make sure that the sheet is tightly secured with no gaps between the sheet and the tape. Otherwise, the paint will sip in and you won't get clean edges. I'm using the same colors as before. Cobalt turquoise. Dantron blue and possibly paints gray for shadows. You can use any shades of blue and turquoise that you like. It's all up to you. I'm using a saucer as a palette, paper towels for blotting, and of course, a water container. At the end, you might need a head dryer to dry the wag. Let's get started. 3. Getting prepared: Let me explain our work process. Since the main focus is the splashes, they should take up the main part of the shed. Turn place them too high or too low, leave more space for them. We'll lower the sky to about two thirds and paint this area, painting the sky. On this background, we will create streaks and gradients. There is a dark piece of the sea visible on the side. But I suggest not drawing it or distracting attention. All attention should be focused on the splashes. And before starting, usually measure how much space you need to feel. If you are working outdoors, you can wet the entire sheet with a brush you have. Tilt it at an angle so that the contact area with the surface is larger and you wet the sheet faster. If you are working at home, you can use a flat brush which allows you to wet the area faster. Look at a sheet of paper at an angle. Make sure there are no peddles because they're not needed. While the moisture is absorbing, prepare the paint mixture. I want to make these two blue shades that will look good in the sky. Don't make the paint to stick, but not to transparent. So that the edges are defined. Also, we will need to return white areas. Along the edges, the paint dries faster. So wet it again. You can create the wash note with a straight line, but slightly depicting the shape of the leaving a white pad. 4. Watercolor drawing: Let's get started with watercolor. Then also hold in the brush at an angle. Fill the remain space. Wait a bit. Re the brush and apply clean on the edge of the pint to push the pigment and patterns. Hold the set at a slight angle so that the patterns go to the upper right corner. Because in the photo, the splashes are also directed in the same direction. You can help water patterns. Remove excess pigment with the brush to make the contrast brighter. Rinse the brush blood, and to remove excess color. The streaks depend much on the chosen paper, the degree of wetness, and the right timing. You can try several times and experiment to understand how it works and when to add water. I decided to add splashes for a greater effect. If it's already dry, help with the brush, absorbing water to make the splashes brighter. It's better to make the splashes a bit earlier so that the water pushes the pigment itself. Now, it turns out to be such a meditative walk that I also like it. I just that if you choose the perfect moment, the water will do all the walk itself. Effect. The effect of the splashes is visible and it's very important to stop in time to avoid overloading the walk and making it too. It's better to ambiguity. Now let's the lower part of the sheet since it has dried. Let's paint shadows. Look, there are shadows in this pot and in this one. Don't you the paint because you only need to do light tinting of the paper. Add more blue shade, if needed. If it's too, just lighten it up. Take clean water in the brush instead of the color. Connect this area for coherence. You can at colored splashes by spraying them to the lower part of the picture. If there are too many details, we will turn them down. The splashes will create additional texture and diversify the lower part. When this area dries a bit, add a few more slashes of water to add white drops to the lower part. On this, our watercolor work will be completed. You will need to dry the sheet and remove the tape to see the final result. By the way, there is one more method to make splashes with water. It is to add clean water with the fingers instead of brush to create splashes of different sizes. You can help some of them, a pier Bere with a brush. I think they look very interesting. Now it's time to dry the artwork. Make sure the tape is to avoid damaging the paper. Especially be very careful with cellulose. Slowly remove the masking tape. The picture is. Start painting your own and be sure to share your results. Thank you for your attention. 5. Conclusion: Now, as we come to the end of our lesson, I want to express my gratitude for your attention. I wish you enjoyable and captivate and painting and eagerly look forward to seeing your artworks. If you just join the channel, I want to remind you that there are two more interesting lessons in this area where we paint in the Cal sea and waves at sunset. Be sure to check them out. The lessons are short, but reaching content. The link will be below. See you soon and here is to ucretive successes.