Hello, friends…I hope your week is off to a great start.
If you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen sneak peeks of these paintings. I have been having a lot of fun playing with the new Americana Premium acrylics from DecoArt of late as I love their amazing coverage from its light-fast, heavily-pigmented formula.
They were created to work well on canvas as well as other artistic surfaces and today I wanted to share a fun tutorial on how to paint your own beach scene. Whether you’re a beginner or expert, the beauty of this abstract is that it doesn’t have to be perfect.
You will need the following colors:
Carbon Black
Prussian Blue Hue
Titan Buff
Titanium White
Cobalt Teal Hue
Cobalt Turquoise Hue
Pyrrole Red
Raw Sienna
And materials:
Canvas (I used a 16 x20)
Palette knife
Large flat brush
Small round brush
Step 1.
Mix white and teal paint together at an approximate 2:1 ratio. Take your palette knife and dip it in the white and teal mixture, turquoise, blue and teal paints. Spread onto canvas horizontally on the top half of the canvas.
Step 2.
Clean your palette knife and dip it in the Titan Buff and spread the paint on the bottom half of the canvas.
Step 3.
Using your large flat brush, dip it in water, remove some of the moisture and brush paint horizontally.
Step 4.
Dip your brush in the white paint and dab along between the blue and the Titan Buff.
Step 5.
Take your flat brush and repeat step 3, this time over the entire canvas.
Step 6.
Dip your palette knife in the white paint and dab the edge along the blue as shown.
Step 7.
Dip your palette knife in the turquoise and dab under the white.
Step 7.
Dip your palette in the white and place the knife flat along the canvas, dabbing the white paint between the blue and the Titan Buff.
Step 8.
Painting the details.
Follow the collage below to paint the little umbrellas.
Step 9.
To paint “people”, simply use your small round and make little dots and strokes that resemble people. Remember…it doesn’t have to be perfect 🙂
Step 10.
Dip your brush in the white and dab to give texture or make it look like foam.
Repeat the previous step on the waves…
Add little details, such as shadows and little towels etc…
And there you go…a fun little afternoon painting project.
What I love about art is that each time you paint, each piece is one of a kind.
I hope you enjoyed this little tutorial and would encourage you to leave any questions you may have below and I’ll make sure to get back to you.
Thanks so much for stopping by.
much love,
What a great picture and tutorial! The beach-themed gallery wall is too cute!
Best,
Kelly
Gorgeous! I would love it if you would do a video tutorial of this as I think it would be a little easier to understand, especially the final steps!
Lucy! You should open an etsy shop and sell these! <3 Always a fan.
XO,
Amy
What a great tutorial! I just want to go home and start painting. And I have never even tried painting before 🙂
This great tutorial makes me realize how much I miss painting. I will try and find time this summer! Thank you.
Lucy, so beautiful! We’re going to try this! What a lovely affect. Love your whole wall!
Thank you for this tutorial!
Amazing! You’re so talented!
I’ve always loved beach scene paintings from an aerial view. Your DIY makes it look so easy to create. I wonder if mine would turn out as nice? With zero painting experience, I doubt it. But, I plan to give it a try. Thanks for the tutorial!
Beautiful piece for beach decor,an an inspiration, Pinning it for later I just love it Lucy!
You never cease to amaze me! Beautiful painting and I probably learned to do something like this in my art class in high school. Great tutorial!
Lucy! You make it look so easy! Love the beachy decor. Pinning for later!
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Hey, there!
Very nice brushes at an incredible price. Got here fast. Took me a while to get brave enough to try my hand at watercoloring, but with the right paper and brushes (and paints!) I could produce a real fun couple of beginning paintings. The brushes seem sturdy enough and the tips stay right without shedding or fluffing up. They came in fast and like I said a terrific price.
Just thought I’d share.
I must say, your painting skills are too high to match up. Still, loved the way you simplify the method.
I am really impressed with the way you took care of tiny strokes of your brushes to impact on the view. Loved it. Really enjoyed it.
Lucy! You make it look so easy! Love the beachy decor
Actually when someone doesn’t know then its up to other
viewers that they will assist, so here it takes place.
You have just simplyfied the technique to paint senes like beaches and sands in the painting. Lovely! really appreciated.
Hey! Thank you so much for this creative DIY. This paintings are amazing and very stylish. I have already planned to make such it for my living room. I like doing something with my family together. But if something doesn’t work out for me, I can always read this DIY again.