I want to paint a basic seascape using acrylic paints on canvas can anyone give me any tips on how to start?

I just want sky, horizon, sea and maybe sand in foreground. Something simple to hang on the wall. I am an amateur!I want to paint a basic seascape using acrylic paints on canvas can anyone give me any tips on how to start?
1. Start with the research, take photos at different times of day. you will get the same view but in different shades, moods and colours. preferably sunrise and sunset 5-9pm?


2. sketch out a few that you like with coloured pencils and pick the one that has the best colours and mood for you. (one you will want to look at again and again)


3. draw on paper a large scale version to the size canvas you have.


4. with your canvas (a horizon shaped canvas would go best) map out using the paper drawing as best you can onto the canvas.


5. choose your meduim and the way you want to apply it, wether you want to dab, speck ,stroke or block the colour on with any shaped brush (make sure its a good one!!)


6. start with the lighter areas first its best to start on the sky and sea then the fore-ground so you dont get over lapping (will not look dimentional if you start from the front first) then gradulatly build up the shade/colour chart to finally the darkest shade.


7. dont try and make it as accurate as possible, its not a photo, your in control making it to be a total one off!!





p.s one colour can be a build up of lots of colours, i.e green can have yellows and brown shades and blue can have purples and pale yellows.





good luck and i hope i made some sense!!!I want to paint a basic seascape using acrylic paints on canvas can anyone give me any tips on how to start?
Edge of a cliff with tall grasses, some broken-down fence, blue sky with seagulls flocking overhead, a shore with some silhouettes of children running along towards a beach hut, a boat in the far-away distance
Imagine you are the sea. Don't 'try' to paint a particular picture - just think 'sea' and let it happen and it will.


Remember, there is no right or wrong, no good or bad painting and it's got nothing to do with being an amateur or a professional. The most important thing is that you enjoy what you create.


Think 'sea' and have fun.
start with blue, open the lid dip the brush and viola
You might want to play around w/some colored pencil sketches first, to get an idea of what you'd like to do (%26amp; also to see if any problems might come up as a result of it.) I find seascapes relatively easy to do, however, so there's nothing wrong w/just going for it.


Remember, though, that the water reflects the color of the sky, so if you're doing a sunset scene, the water needs to reflect that.
consider using things like an acrylic retarder. acrylics dry incredibly fast. the retarder will slow the drying time. you might also want to consider mixing some actual sand in your paint to create a nice sand-esque texture.





i agree with the premilinary sketches. this is always a great idea no matter how amateur or professional you are.





good luck.





oh, and when you're done, do another. always do another. you'll never get better without making another one.
Sketch your painting in chalk or light pencil. Decide which elements you will emphasize. Start with the background, probably sky, then water. Fill in sand, waves, clouds, etc. Add details (people?) - rocks, trees, shells. Finish with highlights on water.





Good luck!
you first have to draw what you want to draw on the canvas by pencil and then you start colouring