This document provides instructions for painting a seascape using watercolors. It begins with definitions of a seascape and watercolor painting. It then outlines the steps to paint a seascape with watercolors, including wetting the sky area, applying washes of warm colors to the sky and sand, adding a purplish wash to the sky, deepening colors in shadows, adding blue to the water, and finishing with seagulls to add interest. The document notes that colors dry paler and adjustments must be made. It concludes by sharing a video on painting a seascape watercolor.

1. SEASCAPE-
WATERCOLOUR PAINTING
DONE BY STEVE

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WHAT IS
A SEASCAPE
A seascape is a photograph, painting, or other
WORK of art which depicts the sea, in other
words an example of marine art. By a
backwards development, the word has also
come to mean the view of the sea itself, and be
applied in planning contexts to geographical
locations possessing a good view of the sea.

3. WHAT IS
WATER PAINTING ?
WATERCOLOR PAINT IS MADE BY MIXING
PIGMENTS WITH A BINDER, USUALLY GUM
ARABIC, AND THEN APPLYING IT WITH WATER
TO A SUPPORT SUCH AS VELLUM (FINE ANIMAL
SKIN) OR PAPER. THE WATER EVAPORATES AND
THE BINDER FIXES THE PIGMENT TO THE
SUPPORT.

4. HOW TO PAINT A SEASCAPE WITH WATERCOLOURS

5. Wet the sky area with plain clear water ready
to apply a wash. If you don’t do this you may
end up with hard edges you don’t want.

6. I decide to apply a warm wash
first to make sure I keep a sunny
look…

7. IT LOOKS BRIGHT IN THE PAN, BUT IT IS SO DILUTED THAT
WHEN I APPLY IT THE COLOUR IS VERY SOFT.

8. WHILE I HAVE THIS COLOUR HANDY, I APPLY
IT TO THE SAND AREA AS WELL A BIT STRONGER BECAUSE IT IS IN THE
FOREGROUND AND COLOURS ARE ALWAYS STRONGER CLOSER TO
YOU.

9. NEXT I MIX A PURPLY WASH FOR THE SKY AND APPLY IT
GENTLY OVER THE SOFT ORANGE.
THE FIRST WASH NEEDS TO BE THOROUGHLY DRY
BEFORE YOU DO THIS.

10. ONCE AGAIN, WHILE I HAVE THIS COLOUR IN THE PAN,
I DEEPEN IT A BIT (I AM MIXING RED AND BLUE TOGETHER TO
MAKE THE PURPLE) AND APPLY TO THE HEADLAND DEFINE SHADOWS
ALONG THE WATER EDGE. I HAVE TO APOLOGISE FOR PHOTO COLOUR
DISCREPANCIES ONCE AGAIN THE LIGHT IN MY STUDIO IS VARYING ON
THIS “SUNSHINE AND SHOWERS” DAY. WHERE POSSIBLE
I PHOTOGRAPH IN STRONG SUNLIGHT.

11. NEXT I ADD SOME BLUE TO THE WATER. YOU CAN SEE HERE HOW THE UNSTRETCHED
PAPER IS RESPONDING TO THE VARYING AREAS OF MOISTURE NOT GOOD, BUT I WILL
KEEP GOING AND SEE WHAT I CAN DO TO FIX IT LATER.

12. THE COLOURS TEND TO DRY PALER THAN
THEY LOOK WHEN APPLIED WET SO
ALLOWANCES HAVE TO BE MADE FOR THIS.

13. I AM NEARLY THERE, BUT THE PAINTING LACKS LIFE.
WITH A SMALL BRUSH I ADD 2 SEAGULLS TO ADD
INTEREST. THERE IS A NICE AIRINESS IN THE SKY
AROUND THEM I AM PLEASED WITH THAT.

14. HERE IS THE FINISHED RESULT…PROBABLY A BIT HEAVIER THAN IT
SHOULD BE IN THE DARKS, BUT THAT’S MY NATURE I LIKE DRAMA!

15. LETS WATCH A VIDEO ON HOW TO
PAINT A SEASCAPE WATERCOLOUR
PAINTING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdZb1KaJzCk