How to Paint an Epic Seascape - Painting Tutorial

in #art5 years ago

Inspiration For This Painting

This painting was inspired by the wild rocky coast of Guernsey, a British island located within the English Channel. The coast is often battered by Atlantic storms resulting in some epic swells and stormy breaking waves. The rocky shores around the island adds to the drama of the wild sea and is a never ending source of inspiration for seascape paintings.In this painting tutorial I will show you the process of how I created this art work. Check out the YouTube video that accompanies this painting tutorial.

Composition

The design behind this painting follows an ‘S’ or compound curve composition. The main focal area is the breaking wave and I have subtly positioned the rocks to create a channel that leads leads the eye towards the braking wave in an ‘S’ shape.

The ‘S’ or compound curve is a good failsafe composition to incorporate into a seascape as the curve implies motion and rhythm in the painting especially when you wish to convey a moving ocean.

The rocks anchor the composition and give  a sense scale to the scene whilst the distant island adds balance to the composition.

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Such a beautiful piece, Sam :) I love how you talk and explained the composition of the flow of eyesight to enhance the dynamism of the nature of the sea :D So cool!

Gorgeous colours, as usual, also :)

Thanks @veryspider and thanks for helping me on Steemit :)


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I better resteem this one. Gosh! This is an amazing tutorial

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