hi today's painting is fun and so easy to do and uses gorgeous tropical colors
for my tropical blue sky i'm using cobalt blue and white but i've added a tiny bit of
phthalo blue too it's going to be slightly darker at the top of the canvas and then
as i'm moving downwards i'm adding more white to make the sky lighter as we go
while the sky is drying we're going to paint in our tropical island i've mixed a dark green color
with cobalt blue some cadmium yellow and grey and i've added a tiny bit of phthalo blue too
i've got my filbert brush and i'm using this just to block
out the general shape and position of the island
then i've added some white and a little more yellow to my green to make a lighter color
and i'm using this to add the highlights on the trees
now that the blue paint on the sky is dry we can start adding our lovely white fluffy clouds
i'm using a filbert brush for this and i'm making just a circular motion
and a very light delicate touch to skim across the canvas and give the impression of clouds
then you can come back in with more white paint to add some highlights here and there
and what tropical island wouldn't be complete without some palm trees
so i've got my liner brush just to add those in keep the paint quite thin when
you're using a liner brush and that will help get that lovely delicate fine line
i've added a tiny amount of phthalo green to my sky color and i'm using this to block out
the ocean the paint is quite thick at the top part closest to the island and as i'm moving downwards
i'm gradually adding more water to make it thinner so it's more transparent as you get to the bottom
we can also add some reflections to the water and i'm using a blender brush to do this
the next step is to start adding some coral and things on the bottom of the seabed
i'm keeping mine quite muted and quite thin but you can make yours as colorful as you like
now it's time to paint the vibrant tropical fish you can paint whichever fish you like and use
whatever colours that you like i'm using the liner brush again just to get those really nice details
when the fish in the bottom part of the canvas is completely dry i'm using the same color as i
did for the ocean but i've thinned it down quite a lot and then i'm just glazing that over the top
here are some other videos that i hope you like to watch next and i'll see you next time