Easy BEACH Painting in Oils 🎨 (Beginner friendly)

Paint a beautiful beach scene in oils easily. To continue the series of easy landscape paintings you can see how to create a simple beach scene. By painting smaller format paintings with a focus on big shapes, you can achieve pleasing results quicker.
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[@isabellefoubert785]

J'aime beaucoup ton travail sur you tube, quand on te voit peindre ca a l'air simple !!!

[@pjxavier7558]

Thanks for this simplification exercise

[@MalcolmDewey]

It's a pleasure

[@eliotsdrinks6942]

Thanks for that Malcolm - love your relaxed and easy to understand video and the painting's great!

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you very much

[@natalykenny2069]

Beautiful and effortless as usual! Thank you, Malcolm, these tutorials are so inspirational!!!!❤❤❤

[@MalcolmDewey]

Glad you like them!

[@sallybrooks7173]

Holy smokes Malcom! Every time you send out a tutorial I try to imagine how you will paint it and, sadly, I'm pretty much wrong every time! Too busy right now but this makes me itch to have a go! Thank you so much for another great tutorial.

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you! Enjoy it.

[@esthermurray4130]

Absolutely beautiful! Love the colours. Thank you so much. You are the best!!

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you so much!

[@dawnreardon67]

Thank you. I always enjoy watching your paintings develop.

[@MalcolmDewey]

My pleasure 😊

[@lisa-gayle9939]

I love this! Great tutorial!

[@MalcolmDewey]

So glad, thank you

[@Heidi.M]

I really struggle with details. This demo helps so much. Thank you, Malcolm.

[@MalcolmDewey]

Glad to hear that, thanks Heidi

[@didierleprince6106]

Bravo !

[@TheApurva4444]

Amazing 😍 thank you ❤️

[@MalcolmDewey]

It's a pleasure!

[@user-eq2cw2db7h]

Brilliant job from Frances uk 👍

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thanks 👍

[@idabochner5409]

This is gorgeous

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you 😊

[@nicolemackie340]

Beautiful.

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you!

[@sophiereinecke8659]

Lovely Malcolm! I am slowly getting updated on videos I missed during the last months and videos like this one is starting to motivate me to start painting again.

[@MalcolmDewey]

Good to hear that Sophie

[@tabuena.fineart]

Lovely style!

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you!

[@nathaliartist]

Es una imagen muy simple, pero el resultado luce genial. Gracias Malcolm.

[@lisafred1362]

I needed to see this seeing the weather is dark and cloudy in NYC. Love this style beach painting.

[@MalcolmDewey]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@lindarogers1068]

I love it...I'm gong to try it tomorrow! thank you so much!

[@MalcolmDewey]

Wonderful!

[@daleenvandermerwe3608]

This helped me a lot to settle down for my beach painting ! Thanks a lot !!

[@MalcolmDewey]

Glad I could help!

[@mr.sean.kennedy]

I really enjoyed this one, thank you. I love the way you use impasto

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you Sean.

[@dawnharrold4474]

Whenever I am stuck with a painting you always have a solution. This was very helpful and so enjoyable, thank you 😊

[@MalcolmDewey]

Super! Thank you

[@joannemurphy4636]

A lovely painting! I'm always amazed at how easy you make it look. And great tips on the use of white! Thank you for this video and instruction.

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thanks, its a pleasure.

[@lizettemarais6892]

Hi Malcolm. I learn so much from you. Thank you for your video's. I realise that I need more practice with colour mixing. There are different kinds of blues, but to find out which blue colour acrylic paint suits the sky better, which blue suits the sea better, etc. is still a challenge.

[@MalcolmDewey]

You are very welcome

[@Grumpysusie]

This was very helpful to an abstract painter who's been commissioned to paint the beach! You've given me some great, simplified practices to play with. Thanks very much!

[@MalcolmDewey]

Glad it was helpful, thank you

[@barbarayeargin6427]

Loved this painting and can't wait to try it!! Thank you so much Malcolm!

[@MalcolmDewey]

My pleasure 😊

[@nancykunik4370]

This is very timely as I mostly paint beach scenes here on cape cod... Really found it helpful in the beach grass ... Keeping the darks and using slight "wisps" of brush strokes to indicate grass and emphasis on simple shapes

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thanks Nancy, glad it helped you

[@annebenkendorf4364]

Love it !

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you

[@dihan7574]

What a wonderful painting Thanks I can learn so much from this I just have to learn how to apply it with practice and practice thankyou

[@MalcolmDewey]

It's a pleasure Di, thanks

[@vesnabreskvar9082]

I was just looking desperately at the reference photos for next month's assignments. Beaches everywere...Where to start? It will be a difficult task for me.. But when you paint it all looks so easy😄 Thank you Malcolm for this nice demonstration!

[@MalcolmDewey]

You will do fine Vesna 🎨

[@tetianaabramov]

❤🧡💛💯👍👍👍

[@mumtazsamnani1237]

Too good 👍 Would like to know about the proportion of the figures How should we decide the size of ratio in a painting Thank you!

[@MalcolmDewey]

Best tip is observe any people at the location and note the proportion. If working from a photo you will have to estimate. Try to base this on some past experience of observing people at a distance.

[@jperry6779]

Love your work, Malcolm, and your easy to understand instruction. I notice the painting to your right of what looks like a South American landscape and wondering how you went about it. I have a half done piece of a landscape in Medellin, Colombia with the sky and mountains blocked in, but not sure how to block in the rest or what colours to use for the base. Like Sally Brooks comment - I try to imagine, but am always wrong. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks so much.

[@MalcolmDewey]

No doubt there must be similarities between South African and South American scenes. I can only suggest that you work from a reference of an actual scene. Even better to study it in person. Make a few test studies and so work out what the scene should look like. Then work out color mixes. This will give you the answers.

[@jperry6779]

@@MalcolmDewey Thank you so much, Malcolm.

[@peteinuk]

You make it look so easy! I love seascapes and the sea - do you do palette knife sea scape paintings?

[@MalcolmDewey]

Occasionally but more often a combination of brush and to a lesser degree, painting knife.

[@marcb6444]

Wow! 👏 You make it look so easy. Will definitely try this one. Just a question, did you use any painting mediums in this demo?

[@MalcolmDewey]

No mediums added to the paint. A little Zest-It spirits to dip the brush in occasionally for a clean.

[@marcb6444]

@@MalcolmDewey Okay. Thanks for the reply 👍

[@syaesthetera00]

Hi i was wondering throughout the process did you mix any medium with the paint or used thick paint straight from tube? I can't quite capture it, thankyou

[@MalcolmDewey]

No medium as such. For the quick drawing in the beginning I used a little white spirits to dilute the blue. From there on no mediums. I am using Maimeri Classico which is soft from the tube. If your paint is not just use a few drops linseed oil and work in with a knife.

[@syaesthetera00]

@@MalcolmDewey thankyou so much, you're truly my biggest inspiration right now!

[@alisonmike2912]

Hi there again. I started painting with oils but in the last few months I've been experimenting with acrylics and today I've started my first acrylic on canvas as opposed to paper but I'd really like to ask you ,do you think that acrylic paintings are considered less professional ? Do acrylic paintings have the same kind of kudos in the art world or are they looked down on ? My husband thinks acrylics are just the kind of paints that kids use in pre school and aren't really any good ,I'd like to know your opinion .

[@MalcolmDewey]

There is a perception that oils are at another level. You cannot erase the history that backs up oil paintings. Acrylics have been around for a short period of time. Subject matter is also a factor. Contemporary art is often made with acrylics and collectors have no problem with this. Traditional subjects and portraits - collectors still prefer oils. Removing those perceptions will take time. Quality of work is a big factor. Some pros use acrylics for traditional subjects and the quality of work is exceptional. Nobody can argue over mediums in such a case. I think this is the biggest issue today. So to answer your question - the quality of work is the biggest factor to win over collectors.

[@alisonmike2912]

Thank you ,I'll endeavour to do quality work in both mediums .

[@donhinchcliffe2514]

Greetings suire, I am literally a biginer, I could not keep pace with the speed you paint at. Have you made other vidios with a very slow speed that would help me? Regards Don H

[@MalcolmDewey]

Hi Don - you can slow the video down on the player settings.

[@gordc1593]

Malcolm, is there a link to the reference photo, or did I miss it somewhere?

[@MalcolmDewey]

Not at the moment. Coming soon to my painting school site next week.

[@gordc1593]

@@MalcolmDewey Thanks. I'll look for it...