How I Learned to Paint Water

As an artist who paints the coast, water is one of my sources of inspiration. I love being close to it and the changing tides.

The way it changes with the light is mesmerizing, and I’m always looking for better ways to capture that in paint.

But like lots of artists I used to get caught up in some really common mistakes like using the same blue or grey color for the whole area of the water.

And not thinking about the effects of the land and sky on the values and reflections in the water.

Two things got me past all that.

I’m sharing those two and how I apply them in my paintings now in today’s video.

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