Foam can be painted several ways. You can use white paint to sponge it on over the top of painted water, or sponge on masking fluid and paint the water over the top. You stamp it with a piece of mat board, or see what effects you can get using cloth, bubble wrap, a

Sand is fun and, typically, easy to paint. Remember, the farther away from the viewer it’s supposed to be, the fewer details it will have. So in the background, it’s just a swipe of plain color without speckles or texture visible. Concentrate your details in the foreground, and you’ll be well on your way

Painting a crashing wave takes a combination of careful planning and fearlessness as you let the paint form the actual wave on your paper. Don't expect to get it right the first time (or even the hundredth time!); it’s going to take a lot of practice, and a lot of xperimentation. Most of the

Water is one of the most fascinating subjects you can paint. It seems almost to have moods; it can ripple gently, or can plummet down a cliff, be so still that it reflects objects like a mirror, or crash and break on a shore. Because water is so varied in its behavior, there is no

Painting rocks realistically can seem overwhelming, but if you break the process down, it’s really quite simple. Start with the base color of the rock, and try to make it interesting! Rocks aren’t all gray and brown, you know. While that’s still wet, add a shadow color, as in step A pictured here. In

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