The Easy Way to Paint Water | Step by Step Guide

This video takes you through my basic process for painting realistic looking water perfect for seascape scenes or even backgrounds for wildlife paintings. I only use 4 colours. Black, Pthalo Blue, Cerulean Blue and White. I am working on an 8 inch x 10 inch canvas. This is my simple method for painting realistic water, I hope you enjoy it and find it helpful!
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[@gforce9596]

Thank you for making an actual instructional video with a blank canvas instead of starting with a flawlessly blended background/base layer like some other videos 😅

[@d.cmiller4158]

Wonderful video it brought me to tears when you mentioned your Dad made the desk for you. I'm glad that you have support from your family, he must be very proud of of you😊. Thank you your painting is. Beautiful.

[@suebrown7281]

Note- he says Prussian blue at the beginning, but he’s actually using phthalo blue. I wondered why mine looked so dark!! Phthalo blue works very well for water. Prussian blue, not so much. Otherwise, a helpful tutorial!

[@karensouthern3780]

I’m loving this painting. Seascapes are my favorite to paint!

[@EarNoodles]

I'm painting a big nature mural on my wall and have progressed from terrible artist to mediocre artist. Thanks for your help understanding how to paint water!

[@_l._.l_inxs4586]

Imagine an artist nowadays uses an IPad as a ruler 😂

[@_A_Cat_Plays_Games]

I use anything as a ruler 🥰

[@catsmad48]

I'm shocked at how good this actually looks

[@mariavictoriaoliveiraespin1749]

Thank you! The video helped me paint my first acrylic canvas.

[@bettygeorge8251]

Thank you for such a clear and understandable demo. It gives me hope that I might achieve painting waves on water. at the same time, I do appreciate the profound skill of your exercise here.

[@sybilleger9662]

I enjoyed your presentation. Easy to follow and nice picture. Love the water. And the wildlife. Thank you for your time.

[@MariaM1007fla]

Thank you! great tutorial.

[@bebe60602]

I watched all of it! I’m learning and want to thank you for this video, beautiful painting👌🙏

[@colleenbonney617]

I love your humor in all your videos! very informative, and fun to watch. Thank you

[@susanburns276]

You're certainly a very talented artist dear ,👍 And this is a winner!🇦🇺

[@BeautyforAshes636]

Love it❤

[@slack9400]

Great technique, and a very nice piece. Because this guy has painted water before, he knows what it looks like without a reference pic. The one thing he didn't stress at all is 'to know your subject.' To paint water, you should look at it in moving and still pictures, to get a sense of the range of shadows and highlights. It'd be hard to just slash paint here and there and have it look like water as an amateur, if you didn't understand it's form first.

[@sanjeevnair8792]

That's Brilliant Daniel....the light effect is brilliant.

[@StudioWildlife]

Thank you!

[@GloxGlox-nl4cd]

This is fascinating to watch as it comes to life.

[@MarikaSinclaireArt]

Great video, I like your editing! Also I would love to see a more in-depth review of that little airbrush! Been curious about one of those myself.😄 And, the painting is beautiful!👏

[@davesoneoffcrafts3197]

Nice to see your ocean come to life.

[@kareeg7025]

Very helpful to paint ocean love the 🐳

[@laibaajmal6908]

Best tutorial on KZbin ♥️♥️

[@COSMICGIRL009]

That is so beautiful!!! And the waters look deep and dark!

[@cynthiadickinson1531]

Thank you so much! Beautiful instruction!

[@StudioWildlife]

Glad it was helpful!

[@xyth_edits01]

I love that you explained it clearly ❤️

[@Zumpage]

Nice 1 bud ..I'd a 1400 Brit bridge painted in the middle of Ireland on the Shannon and was having fierce trouble with the mild flowing river and this ans my questions

[@am_sanchita2722]

Using Ipad to draw that horizon line was👍

[@DraMaurenNavarro]

You are amazing! I have 2 questions for you🤭 1. Is this acrylic or oil paint? 2. What is the temperature of your studio ? More or less ? Thanks for teaching us !!!

[@StudioWildlife]

Acrylics and about 18°C 😁

[@petrabausch9229]

I like it so much🤩👍 all my best from Germany❣️🙋🏼‍♀️

[@StudioWildlife]

Thank you very much 😁👍

[@janhvisingh9685]

that was awesome really awesome

[@user-et7rs2pr6i]

Really great tutorial! Thanks much!!!

[@donjensen785]

Great job. Thank you.

[@MelissaR784]

That was great. So struggling with water.

[@JeffreyWilliamStewart]

Great job thank you!

[@cindyseverson2917]

Great tutorial, I will have to give it a try!!

[@joycemcleod8249]

Thankyou. That was very helpful

[@leehill7598]

Thank you. Big like.😊

[@ScottLufkin]

I love the "only four colors" videos (not from Sudio Wildlife - I forget who this was but the above video reminded me of it) and then they are using the three primary colors and white/black. Sheesh.

[@_A_Cat_Plays_Games]

Ig its gonna take me many MANY practice to improve my art 😭

[@josephineblanc9801]

Thankyou great for beginners

[@sarahjaubert2992]

I Enjoyed so much 🤩

[@christelleow]

Vraiment superbe 😍👍

[@bethanieferguson2206]

Great video and very informative I like how you describe it the best helps a lot

[@lorilabare763]

You are the best teacher for painting I’ve ever watched. Thank you so very much. I was having such a hard time doing water. Thank you again for posting this.

[@denisereichert9908]

Brilliant!! ❤

[@beenasibi5971]

Excellent!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤

[@marksneddon5819]

great tips

[@robinclark947]

Nice one tiger like your stile

[@akshay2382]

Simply superb 👍👍👍👍👏👏👏

[@viczog]

When you're painting each subsequent color, do you need to follow the strokes of the previous? For example, after the darkest almost black, you said to come in with the next color and "fill in the gaps" (9:10) with "plenty of gaps for the black to come through" (9:27). That made sense. And then after that, looking for similar guidance. How do you know where to paint the subsequent colors? Is it randomly over the other previous colors? Thank you for taking the time to make the video. Excited to keep practicing!

[@user-sn6gr9wb4p]

In case you check back, what's trying to be accomplished is clear water with a splash seeing a large rock in the water before it lands.. showing, you can see it as if your looking into the body of water, and splashed on top.. Your talents are amazing. Thank you for sharing. Feb.16,2024

[@vinodvagadurgi414]

The fine detail takes a lot of patience

[@luciaragasova]

Thanks, this was actually helpfull. However mine painting is barely that good as yours :D , but I got much closer to desired effect of water waves. And I like your accent. Greeting from Czehia.

[@AwakenbyLightCreations]

thanks for your helpful instruction! it slowly became absolutley gorgeous! and im dying to know what exactly you used to scrape off the paint from the pallette. Ive never seen anything like that and it looks so eco friendly

[@elizabeths567]

You may be referencing a palette knife. Used to scoop and mix paint

[@johncreen5957]

Great vlog, love you’re channel, do you think the airbrush would be any good to do a wash over an area or the whole painting ?

[@StudioWildlife]

Definitely I’ve used that technique for a few of my paintings

[@gvanharpen]

Excellent video and instruction! One question. Did you do anything to the canvas or can you use one from a hobby store without pre-painting it?

[@Zumpage]

Would orange of desaturated the blue for U

[@kathygore6615]

how did you adhere your pallet and canvas to that tilting desk please?

[@derekdaling5236]

Horizon line at around 75%?

[@abeerbash5128]

I'm trying make it better I have a problem with the blend

[@GameOnShanny]

This is nice but i used water color and it looks luke it wants to be an ocean but not. O well

[@RichieS83]

Which black are you using? Mars Black or Ivory Black or what? 😃

[@StudioWildlife]

I think it was a Mars black but because of the glazing it doesn’t really matter which black you use 😁

[@RichieS83]

@@StudioWildlife excellent. Thank you. 😁

[@Wahid910]

🦁🔥🦁

[@aipriltay1855]

Hello, I m from Russia 🇷🇺 , and I just admire that accent, what kind of accent is that? Is that British or Australian accent?

[@courtneyandrebel]

He's from the UK(: It's a British accent

[@Jimmy7779]

Where is the link for the battery powered air brush?

[@StudioWildlife]

Thanks, completely forgot to add it, it's now in the description of the video and here amzn.to/3eG4DPT

[@petrabausch9229]

@@StudioWildlife That is an must have. I hope I get in in Germany too.👍

[@Psalms20A21]

🧠

[@mathie2037]

I understand the 3 to 4 second change in frame but when it comes to instructional videos, this is dizzying. I really love your paintings but I am dizzy now at 6:03. Sorry. I hope the presentation changes so I can binge watch. Cheers.

[@luciferthedevil1482]

Is that a whale’s tail?

[@waleedtuber1805]

1st comment

[@RoelofvanWyk]

my painting looks so ugly compaired to his!!!!!