The moods of the sea
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
■ How to create the illusion of detail in a semi-impressionistic painting
■ How to paint refl ections on gently moving water
■ How to paint straight lines
You will need
■ Surface
• Canvas board (or stretched canvas) 22x18in. (56x46cm)
■ Winsor & Newton Artisan water-mixable oils
• Titanium white; raw umber; raw sienna; burnt sienna; cadmium yellow pale; cerulean blue; cobalt blue; Prussian blue; permanent alizarin crimson; cadmium red pale and Payne’s grey
■ Winsor & Newton brushes
• Filbert (cat’s tongue) Nos. 10, 12 & 14
• Artisan Rounds Nos. 2, 6 & 12
■ Rosemary & Co brushes
• Ivory Short Flats Nos. 1 & 2
• Ivory Rigger No. 0
TOP TIPS
• Foregrounds don’t need to have a lot of content to be interesting.
• Lead-ins can be subtle as in this picture.
• Rules can be broken or experimented with.
• Prussian blue is an invaluable colour when it comes to painting very dark seawater.
• Practise painting lines with the
