How to paint a Sunset over the ocean for beginners/medium - Acrylic painting tutorial ocean sunset

How to paint a Sunset over the ocean for beginners and intermediate painters.
In this acrylic painting tutorial ocean sunset video. I will teach you how to paint a sunset with acrylics step by step.
The scene for the ocean sunset painting could be a view from a boat or a beautiful sunset beach. It makes a lovely scene and an easy acrylic painting tutorial sunset beach video that is easy to teach and hopefully easy to recreate your own ocean sunset painting at home.
Hopefully the video will cover how to paint sunset clouds, how to paint ocean waves with acrylic paint in a super easy way using a flat headed brush. How to paint a sunset beach or how to paint a beach sunset.
You can use canvas or paper for the acrylic painting tutorial sunset ocean but please have a hairdryer handy to dry your work in places. Acrylics dry very fast, but the hairdryer allows you to quickly dry your work in order to not make a mistake.
By taking your time with each stage you will learn how to improve your realism but also how to paint a sunset acrylic painting.
Please enjoy, and please be sure to let me know your thoughts in the comments below :)
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Any questions please put them in the comments below. Please comment and like the video as it really helps other artists get to see it here on KZbin. Don’t forget if you paint your own version of the painting to tag and dm me @mstewartpaintings on instagram. Thank you.

[@tenisiadams]

Loved this tutorial and the transparency! I'm glad I'm not the only one that gets frustrated haha alot of artists leave out that part although painting is therapeutic it also comes with frustration 😂

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

@@tenisiadams ha ha ha, yeah. I try to leave lots of mistakes in the tutorials to show everyone. No ones perfect. But there’s nothing you can’t just paint over.

[@paulwhiting1648]

Hi in your list of materials your acrylics are all Pebeo brand but there are about three different types Which type do you mostly use? What ones have you used for this video?

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

@@paulwhiting1648 they are called Pebeo Decocreme. They are a branch off of the main colours. Have premixed colours and shades.

[@HipHopsHistorian]

Thanks for the tutorial!! But What messed me up is at 5:11 when you say add some crimson to the orange but You are clearly adding purple of some sort. Am I wrong? This is the first step for the ocean

[@teacherannacoli]

Thanks a lot for breaking down the step by step of this painting! More videos like this please!!! :)

[@annimclaughlin7520]

Thanks!

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Thank you very much. It is very much appreciated.

[@grannygooch706]

I absolutely love the way you teach . I’m going to paint one if I fail I’ll just do another one and another one .. thank you for the video .

[@k8marlowe]

Fantastic tutorial! Thank you so much!

[@SimaloiArt]

I've been trying to paint this piece for so long and I just can't believe I did it today 😊 thank Stewart for explaining so well 👏 I'm learning alot

[@sarbjeetkaur5553]

That os just so beautiful and your tutorials are so detailed

[@nicoleweddepohl]

I really love your enthusiasm. Your smile always makes me laugh too. Your video's makes me happy 😊

[@gregorysmith1759]

Awesome painting, thanks for the baby wipes tip

[@nicholettefraser6906]

Beautiful work and tutorials

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Thank you.

[@leklan66]

great tutorial...thank you

[@joanabraham2780]

Fabulous!

[@carolrogers]

Omg! This is gorgeous!! I feel like I’m enjoying this sunset at the beach… amazing ☺️💙

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Thank you 😊

[@carolrogers]

I can’t stop looking at it… love it ☺️💙

[@NorthGermanic]

Brilliant work sir. And thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and techniques

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Thank you for the nice comment

[@kaylyn0143]

Your tutorials are great for beginners! I appreciate how detailed you are in explaining! You art is also gorgeous. Thank you for taking your time to explain everything!

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

You are very welcome. I am glad the tutorials help.

[@lisachernow1897]

great instructional tutorial!

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Thank you. I’ve never taught before. Just since the pandemic. So I’m glad the tutorials are easy to understand 😊

[@valerieong9949]

Gorgeous gorgeous painting. Tqvm Murray for teaching!! 🎨❤️

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Your very welcome. Glad it helps 👍🏼

[@rayecklund6483]

Very informative. Your discussion about dark edges to bring focus in was a great professional tip. Thanks for showing color mixing and disussion of stepping colors from warm to cool. Your style of teaching will us to success. Thanks for taking the time to teach us. You are making the world a more beautiful place!

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Bless you. Thanks very much. I started making the tutorials when everyone was locked down in covid a year or so back. As I thought it would help cheer people up stuck at home. Now i really enjoy making them. Just goes to show. If you do things for others and have good intentions it always comes back. Take care.

[@karinakoch1874]

Thank you so much for sharing your great wisdom!!! This was SO helpful for me!!!!

[@rodneyzurek4900]

You are a great artist with the unusual ability to convey it to others.. Thank you!

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Thanks very much, thats really kind.

[@soozannah4555]

Well done Sir! I was wondering about the clouds and you explained them and eveything else perfectly. Very clear and so very beautiful! Thank you, thank you!

[@martoallen1418]

Top tutorial ..guided with class and knowledge! 😊

[@lourdesortiz9433]

Wow thank you I love my painting your such a good teacher.

[@hughiedavies6069]

At ten minutes it works as a semi abstract painting, in my experience if the underpainting works well the finished piece can't really go wrong especially if you know what you're doing like you do, thank you for sharing your skills and knowledge, much appreciated 👍

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Great to hear. Thanks for the positive feedback 👍

[@stephengray6996]

Just found you and subscribed. Bot of a newbie here. I will be watching this a few times, order up the paint and give it bash.. thanks

[@tundedelucca]

This is amazing! Do you have a sunset over mountains tutorial as well?

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

I have an old one that’s for beginners if you want to give it ago. Here you are kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmiUg6WOrqiBba8

[@pzaruk]

Beautiful work thank you for sharing your incredible skills

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

No worries. Hopefully I will do some more advanced tutorials in the next few months for everyone 👍🏼

[@catsmad48]

I'd describe this as insanely good. Have just successfully (at last) completed one of your earlier sunsets and it has to be the best work I've ever done. For once, i am totally happy with it after refusing to give up on it. You are right when you say if not happy with something, go over it again. I did exactly that❤

[@WScloudchaser84]

Murray only just found you what a top top man iv been struggling your a fantastic tutor thank you

[@Susan.Burns63]

Brilliant 👍🇦🇺, I'm going to give it a try 🤞

[@barbwood1125]

Beautiful, Thank you! I definetly am going to try to do this like yours (that is if you don't mind).

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Good for you. That’s fine. That’s what the tutorial is for. Have fun 👍

[@gerrychauveau2925]

Thanks Murray ❤️ really enjoyed it. 😊

[@anjumnaz530]

Have seen your painting video for the first time. Enjoyed it thoroughly. End result is great !!

[@havensalon]

Thank you for this fantastic video! I really appreciate how you explain things so well. Particularly, speaking about warm and cool tones and also how the clouds vary in tones above these places in the sky. So helpful! I'm also really glad you left the dreadful purple smudge part in the video. Haha! That helps us all to know that you are human too! Thank you!

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

No worries. I like to leave all my mistakes in the tutorials. As everyone makes them, and not everything goes perfect first time. What’s great about mistakes is it makes you more aware to fix things and try new techniques.

[@odin5470]

I really learned in your tutorial, I'm learning how to paint sunsets ❤️

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Well done. Keep it up 👍

[@chrystalj3532]

Great work!

[@theresabarker3522]

I painted this with you today and oh my gosh! It turned out amazing!! Thank you for sharing your gift!! 😊

[@henryleshner2639]

HI, I must say I am so glad and enthused finding your tutorials. I am past the beginner stage however I always love learning from any level. You have broken down and simply explained the why's and reasons things work and don't work in painting. BRAVO how you communicate. I use oil but your principles are the same and have helped me from this one video tremendously. I have subscribed and can't wait to watch and learn from your amazingly simple but effective teachings. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge......Henry

[@sawmoeminart]

Very amazing painting. Like it ❤❤

[@lolaost9559]

Fantastic!! Thank you!

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Your welcome 🤗

[@siphiworatsibe5609]

Riveting! You're a GENIUS!

[@isabahraini7216]

Wow that is so beautiful I am going to definitely try painting this! Thanks for giveing details!!!

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Thank you. Happy painting.

[@susanbaker3461]

WOW!!!! I am in awe of your talented art!!!❤❤❤❤❤ you are an excellent teacher!! You make me feel like I can do this! Your art is SO realistic!!! It's incredible & quite stunning!!!!!😍😍😍😍😍

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Thank you 😊 that’s made my day. I’m glad the tutorials are easy to follow along 👍🏼

[@ashwanikumar886]

Very beautiful

[@codyatkins4294]

Your Awesome ! This video definitely helped me level up. The rage is real my friend. I'm Glad u kept it in. that happens to me every 5 mins lolol it's crazy because you can almost be done with a masterpiece then one wrong move and it's over It's the Passion that's bushing us through the struggles. the money we spend. mistakes we make. there will be a time every painting will will be a masterpiece 😄✌🏼🎨

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Ha ha ha 😂 I get the rage more than you know. I have probably binned 🗑 10 tutorials over the last year that have gone wrong and I’ve punched 🤜 💥 through the canvas 😂. As when your filming if it all goes wrong. Even with editing. You can’t use the footage. But keep in there buddy. As I find. A lack of preparation is when I get stressed 😩 and I try and force it. To get in a good relaxed 😎 flow state ✨. Have everything prepared. Put on some good tunes and relax. Much easier to get it right and have a good time at the same time 👍

[@gingersnaps4194]

This was one of the best tutorials I’ve seen. Well done!

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Thanks very much

[@deanprescott1972]

Very amazing nice

[@nancyheard7448]

Spectacular! 🙏💕

[@phoeberaymond8781]

I will use this tutorial to guide me through painting this one picture with similar clouds, ty

[@aruvielevenstar3944]

This is so beautiful 😍

[@RobertRosengrant]

You are SO AMAZING! LOVE IT! ROBERT

[@DAlilbigman]

Beautifully done! Thanks for sharing your talents!

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

You are very welcome. Happy painting.

[@fr0stlegend712]

You made my life x10 more happier 💗 thnx you so much amazing job nice vibes ✨️

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Bless you. That made my day. Thanks 😊 a lot 👍

[@evalyngareza7065]

Love that you showed us the rage... 😂

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

😂 the rage is real 😂

[@rhonddanetherton8718]

So talented. You have helped me a lot

[@Frances-m1h]

SUPER DUPER ,GREAT JOB 👍 From Frances

[@online-info]

Very impressive 👏

[@karylm23]

I appreciate your share so much! You really understand the concept of color and how light bounces. You've taught me something here!

[@paolad.4027]

Thank you. I am learning so much with your tutorials. I have started painting only 6 months ago and I feels already a good degree of confidence. 😊Paola from West Sussex 😄👋

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Thats awesome. I am super happy the tutorials are helping you.

[@zoefitzgerald1424]

I am brand new at this and you are helping me learn so much!!!! Thanks for what you do. I almost gave up until I started watching your tutorials!!! You are a great artist and it is awesome that you are humble enough to take the time to teach what you know to people like me!!! Thanks😁😁🤸🤸⭐⭐🎀🎀

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

No worries. I’m glad the tutorials are helping. A lot of painting is just being more aware and using the right equipment. Once you know it gives you confidence. The more confidence you have the more you will relax and it becomes automatic. So keep practicing and never give up. Attitude ✨ is the key 🔑

[@rabiaqazi1020]

Great 👍

[@theagagliardi2790]

Amazing, thank you!!

[@manuelagarciadiaz723]

Preciosa obra de arte, parece una fotografía ❤

[@karennaturallyartby]

Love your channel!!! Big fan here!

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Much appreciated. Let us know if there is anything you want to learn and I will try to include it in a tutorial 👍🏼

[@hannahpohl8608]

Beautiful and so helpful! I have a question, why do you start with a colored canvas?

[@juliatran6617]

Thank you for this wonderful tutorial. Btw you got a little paint on your sweater. C:

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Thank you. Don't worry I always paint in scruffy clothes and wipe the paint on my top lol

[@sweetsparks9947]

Superb ❤.... Why his channel is so underrated....... You draw so beautiful

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Thank you. Don’t worry. The channel is starting to grow 🌱. It’s like anything in life. Anything great takes time and you make a lot of mistakes whilst learning. Some of my first videos are soooo bad lol 😂. Go watch them if you want a good laugh 😆. So they didn’t deserve much views. KZbin is fantastic as as you get better at your craft and making videos. They will show it to more and more people. So you have to work hard and always improve. Which is awesome. But thank you very much for the support 🙏.

[@Jessica123csy]

Thank you for this tutorial! I think I’m always too impatient when I’m trying to paint so what happens all the time is I mess it up. Your tutorial is solid evidence that I need to slow down and be patient w it😭😭thank you

[@kellyc5144]

I have been trying to do a sunset for months now and my sky keeps looking like a cartoon. I kept saying you would think a sky would be easy bc the sky always looks different & clouds are all shapes but you have explained this so good. I understand it more & going to attempt it again

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

That's excellent to hear. Good luck and happy painting.

[@minalkhurshid5233]

My sky also looks like a cartoon.😭 Watching this video to motivate myself For another try.

[@jackal1776]

Absolutely one of the best videos I’ve watched to date. And I’ve watched a lot since starting to learn how to paint. Thanks for the great tutorial!

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Thank you that’s very kind, much appreciated 👍

[@narenderbasra4788]

its easy process just take time and u will succeed

[@artifexmom3824]

Wow! That’s so impressive and thanks for step by step tutorial. And it’s very helpful for me sir. ☺️❤️ Keep safe!🙏🏻

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Thanks very much. Glad it helps.

[@NinaBareeva]

Thank you so much for the wonderful master class! I'm just obsessed with sunsets - I already have several paintings with a sunset on the sea, on the lake and in the mountains, but I fell in love with your sunset again and I want to draw it (I'm a novice "artist"). And after your master class, I can even draw from a photo, because I understood everything! Thank you, I subscribed to your channel.

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Aww bless you. Thanks very much.

[@NinaBareeva]

@@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS 😍🤗

[@MADISON-bz9pe]

Thank you so very much for making this so easy to follow. I'm new to painting and your videos are perfect. I'll be a pro in no time😆😆😁

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Your welcome. Just keep practicing and believe in yourself and your right. Won’t take long to master painting 🎨 ✨

[@sindhutomar9365]

Love from India ❤

[@conniepalmer7493]

Stunning, I have been working on paintings like this for many years, but. Is I am going to use your technique. Thank You.

[@HipHopsHistorian]

Thanks for the tutorial!! But What messed me up is at 5:11 when you say add some crimson to the orange but You are clearly adding purple of some sort. Am I wrong? This is the first step for the ocean

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

It’s orange. Then I say you add some crimson. Crimson is a dark red like purple. If you imagine orange, crimson are hot 🥵 colours. So for sunlight 🌅. Where as purple and blue are cool 🥶 colours. So around the sun 🌞 we want warm colours such as orange then crimson. Then as it gets further from the heat a light of the sun we add cooler tones.

[@keoticle1769]

NICE

[@keoticle1769]

master piece

[@mahboobabdulhaq4959]

Nice video ❤Love from #jaancolorsart

[@srevero1]

Love it!

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Thanks a bunch.

[@talitaspringer5422]

Superb video! I’m new to painting and Can’t wait to try it. One question, I noticed your canvas is dark in color. My is white. Would that change the outcome or you recommend painting it darker first?

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Hi Talita. I am glad you found the tutorial so helpful. I have lots more more for beginners if your looking to learn. The reason I paint my canvas raw/burnt sienna. Is so I can see where I need to thicken the paint or rework areas more. As acrylics are water based. Sometimes they can be watery and thin. By having a dark colour underneath. I can see it shine through. But you don’t have to paint your canvas. If you find painting on white easier. Then by all means do that. Happy painting 👍

[@cynthiacoleman4577]

So far I haven't seen a comment regarding the correct pronunciation of that blue, Prussian Blue. It's pronounced prush-in, emphasis on the prush. Lovely painting and great guide. Thank you for sharing your painting and talent with us. Great tip with that lavender color. Pax.

[@hughperry774]

thanks a lot for this

[@lului6798]

Hi that's my first video i watch for you and i really like how spontaneous and I even liked you more when you mentioned Bob Ross, good job I really like your work I definitely subscribed looking forward to watch more of your videos😊from Jordan with love

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Sorry just seen this. Thanks very much 👍

[@ajaysarkar446]

Thank u so 😊much so helpful ☺️

[@Headrest_Robin]

"I got the rage" - that made me subscribe. LOL

[@andronikigyftakou5824]

Wunderschön ❤️❤️❤️💙💙💙

[@jeffrey.a.hanson]

I’m a total noob with a half finished sunset because of the lighting issue on the water lol. Some things come easy, then I hit a brick wall on something. I’m learning to just try things and learn from mistakes and also working through mistakes.

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

That’s great that you’re trying to overcome mistakes. Don’t beat yourself up. I have painted hundreds of paintings that go wrong. Even these tutorials that you don’t see here on KZbin. As you say. The secret 🔑 is learning what you did wrong and then problem solving to figure it out and go again better. One of my favorite ever quotes is this. “Every Master was once a Disaster!”. 😂

[@paintingbymarzi]

Nice 😊👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@HannaDrzewucka]

Wow

[@akarapongboriboon2842]

Những ca sĩ khác cho mình cảm giác thư giãn khi nghe! Còn ĐP luôn cho mình bị cuốn theo tinh thần bài hát.

[@annasaikeo7858]

Hi! Is it best to paint our canvas the burnt sienna color first? Will it look similar if I use a white canvas

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

You can paint on white canvas. I just find it easier for me to use a dark tone so I can see where I need to add thicker paint.

[@tinasmith9784]

It's amazeing are you useing water and dovyou blend with a dry brush

[@cambuurrinse]

i try'd everything u did and watched for hours but it ended up as my worst painting yet. no offence, just asking for advice.

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Hey Rinse. This was one of my earlier tutorials. Where the playback speed is a bit fast. Maybe watch one of the latest tutorials that are a lot longer in length. As they are painted at real time. They may be a bit easier to follow along at home. You can always Dm @mstewartpaintings on instagram and I can take a look to see if the painting can be improved.

[@Cherry-li6nk]

i saw your comment and didn’t think much of it but now that i have tried it too, i regret not listening cause same 😭

[@Yo.shinobu3]

Skill issue

[@cliffnelson1174]

Just keep practicing

[@cliffnelson1174]

Remember that all these folks spent years perfecting thier craft.... this not something one can master in one day.....so just keep practicing and eventually it will click...

[@richardobedencio675]

love it

[@josephinecassar4573]

May I ask which purple you used please? It's particular

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

It is a colour called Iris Purple. You can buy by a comany called Pebeo Decocreme. You can make it with purple, cobalt blue and a little white.

[@minalkhurshid5233]

Which type of brush you are using here?

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

A large round brush from a shop called hobbycraft in the Uk 🇬🇧. They come as a pack for about £10. But I’ve put links in the description box here under the video. To get similar ones depending where you live. Hope that helps.

[@karenlevi8002]

Love your channel. Well explained. I think if you showed your photographic reference it would be helpful. Thank you

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Thanks Karen. Sometimes the tutorials are out of my imagination and sometimes I take a clouds from one reference photo and say a wave from another. But if I have any photos that I paint a tutorial from I will try and include it.Thanks for the feedback as its good for me to listen what helps the viewers at home. Happy painting.

[@michaeltomich8696]

Hi Murray. Beautiful painting and really like your teaching style, so gonna give this a go ! What size canvas do you recommend ? I have a 11x14 canvas panel...is that good or Larger? Thanks

[@MSTEWARTPAINTINGS]

Thanks Michael, much appreciated. I used a canvas panel around the same size for the painting. So that would be perfect. Maybe practise on that size and if it turns out great you can always go bigger next time. Have fun.

[@lucylulean2482]

Do you not add any water to your brush also are u painting on canvas