Hello my friends and welcome to another Tuesday of tutorial!
I am Leonardo Pereznieto and today we will paint a sea wave.
Let´s begin by sketching the main shapes.
How the wave will unfold.
We mix a dark color with Blue Black and Ultramarine Blue, for the background,
the sea that is way behind.
And also on the other side.
The wave will be in the middle,
of course.
I'm using a small flat brush.
As a medium I'm using odorless minerals spirits,
a little bit of linseed oil and some Liquin. The Liquin
so that it dries faster.
It is optional.
The list of materials is in the description below the video.
And I add also some Viridian Green, mixed with a tiny bit of
Ultramarine Blue.
Because I want the sea to be slightly greenish in some spots but
I will add blue, on top of it of course.
I´m inspired by the Caribbean Sea, which is my favorite!
We are wrapping up the underpainting of the wave, with the overall colors.
And we will use Flake White to start the foam.
The foam created by the splash of the waves.
It is rolling our wave, so I´ll try to indicate this,
or to follow this movement.
This rolling movement typical to the waves.
For the brighter spots, I use some Titanium White, pure.
The more I paint this wave, the more I want to be there.
In fact I´m seriously considering moving to the Caribe for a while.
Wouldn´t that be awesome?
Let´s paint some lines here and ripples, created with the movement
of the water.
The surface will have a lot of foam in some areas, and I want to create
the level where this is happening.
So I will be adding some more white foam to indicate this.
And because I want to give it a lot of movement.
Splashy movement [laughter].
I´m using an even thiner brush now.
The foam doesn´t develop in straight lines, is more like it is
always a wavy or broken in different parts.
Not continuos.
And it will have a lot of it.
Here in this close up you can see it a little bit better.
I´m adding some darker blue to give some shape to the little waves,
like so, since they should´t be flat with all the same tone…
… and now we add the foam on top.
Of course in real life this painting is not intended to be
seen from this close as right now.
The best effect is from a bit further away.
I love painting so much!
Sometimes I mess up the paintings a bit, but I still enjoy them! [laughter].
And we paint the droplets on the crest of the wave.
We can use a flat brush for this effect.
We give it the last touches and it´s ready!
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Subtitled by Grethel Trejo