![]() ![]() Here are some fantastic brands that offer sets of marine shades: I used a violet tone for the shadows, which when applied over a deep teal colour neutralised the mix. I would advise getting pastels in various blue and green shades, with one ultra light turquoise colour and a white or off white. However, you can choose any set you like. Pastelsįor the tutorial, I used the set of turquoise colours from Art Spectrum. With soft pastel, there’s minimal setup and cleanup required, which makes it an easy and immediate medium to work with. You don’t need too many supplies to paint an ocean wave. Follow the instructions on the fixative bottle and always use it in a ventilated environment.Īfter you’ve sealed the drawing, it’s ready for framing! Supplies needed to paint an ocean wave with soft pastel It’s an optional step, but using a fixative will protect the pastel painting from moisture, smudging and some fixatives will even protect from UV damage. ![]() The last step is to fix pastel with a fixative. Press a sheet of paper, like glassine paper or tracing paper onto your surface to press these fine particles of pastel into the paper, so they don’t fall off. Scrape it with either a knife or your fingernail. Draw distant ocean wavesĪ tip to create the finest details of ocean spray, is scraping your white or light turquoise soft pastel onto the paper over the foam section. To create this effect, layer a lighter turquoise colour over the top of a darker teal close to the top of the wave. The sea on the horizon is dark in tone then it gradually gets lighter and more saturated nearer the wave. So by applying colour layers lightly to start off with, you will give yourself more room to build colour and adjust values as you go along. This is because soft pastel can very quickly fill the tooth of the paper. I’m applying the lightest pressure I can for the first stage of the drawing. However, if you wanted to use a single pastel to create the horizon colour, Unison’s colour ‘Blue Green 2’ would be a good match. I’m using a limited palette to demonstrate how you can instead take the approach of colour mixing to create your desired effect. ![]() The ultramarine on its own was way too saturated, so the dark teal colour will act to tone it down. ![]() So to create this colour mix, I use my ultramarine shade, then I lightly apply some dark teal over top. The distant sea colour near the horizon is dark in value, a deep blue that leans ever so slightly towards purple in hue. I didn’t have the exact colour match I wanted to create the distant sea colours with in pastel form, so I decided to mix two colours together. I’m using square shaped soft pastel, so I used the edge of the pastel to establish a clean line.įor my own pastel painting, I’m using a limited palette of colours. A lot of you were asking which products I used, but of course you can use any brand or even colour that you like.To achieve a clean straight horizon line, stick a strip of masking tape where you want the sea to meet the sky. *Just so you all know, I have placed affiliate links above. Thank you.Īmbiment – The Ambient by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license () Under no circumstances are paintings created using these tutorials, to be sold. These tutorials are for the purpose of practicing & personal use only. Anyone ready for another painting tutorial?…Hope you enjoy this video, and it would be amazing if you could like & subscribe if you do. ![]()
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