Then add a little bit more white in the water. I switched to a smaller 1/2″ flat brush here! Paint a thick white line that overlaps both the edge of the water and the sand. This isn’t necessary but it did help with the next step of painting the soft white waves. Make sure that your strokes are still going horizontal here! I did leave a little bit of gap between the shore line and the sand. Using that same one inch flat, I pretty much filled in the rest of the area under the shore line with a solid coat of unbleached titanium white. Then go back and define that horizon line with a ruler. Essentially, the color will eventually turn very very light turquoise. Simply paint a long wavy line with the aqua green and white that is already on your brush.Ĭontinue to blend the white with the bright aqua green as you paint down to the shore line. This is the same ombre blending technique I did with the sky, only with bright aqua green.Īt some point I used my brush to define the shore line where the waves meet the sand. Then as you get closer to the bottom, add in white. Next I painted about 2-3 inches down the ocean with pure bright aqua green. The horizon line is a very light blue, almost white. The sky should be pure cerulean at the top and it fades to a white-blue.
Then gradually add white into the cerulean blue and blend it on the canvas. Start with cerulean blue and paint a solid line at the very top. Use a one inch flat brush (or any large flat brush) to paint the sky.
Since this is 14″ high, I approximated my horizon line 4.5″ down. Using a ruler, trace the horizon line 1/3 of the way down from the canvas. I haven’t done this yet but if you paint the beach horizontally instead of vertically, you can add smaller flamingos! Or you can get creative and use this traceable in whatever way you’d like! Directions At A Glance: Video:
*Note: the bent leg should be going the other direction. If you aren’t using the traceable, drawing the flamingo is simple! Make sure you do all the background first before drawing the flamingo.
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