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How to Paint Waves with Acrylics
By Matt Fussell
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2018
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About this lesson
Walks through a wave painting on a gessoed panel from sky and distant water to foreground waves, using Prussian blue, cerulean, viridian and Payne's gray. Covers taping a crisp horizon, building foam with progressively more opaque white, and following water movement with diagonal strokes.
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