Oxford definition) The land along the edge of the sea or ocean, a lake or another large area of water. Take a flat brush and paint a graduated wash on dry paper, starting from dark blue to pale blue at the bottom wait for the paint to thoroughly dry. Indicate breaking waves by leaving white gaps in your wash. You could mask off white areas with masking fluid if you want to but I usually find it easier to simply leave strategically placed gaps in my wash. Once it is dry, take a round brush and paint the ripples in small curving strokes over the graduated wash. Create the illusion of depth by making the strokes thinner and smaller as they recede into the distance. Painting Sand: Color and Texture One of the general rules of atmospheric perspective in landscape painting is that elements become paler the further away they are. For example distant fields will be lighter and bluer than close ones. If you observe the sea though, you may notice that this rule is often reversed. There is definitely no single paint tube that I can point you to that is the definitively correct color of the sea. Sea color depends upon a myriad of factors. Where I live, for instance, the sea can range from cool grays and greens through to intense turquoise and plum purple depending on the weather, the time of year/day, the color of the sand and the amount of vegetation and minerals in the water. So you will need to decide on a color palette that feels right to you. I tend to avoid Pthalo Blue as it is such an artificial looking blue that I feel that I would have to tame it considerably but many other painters would not have a problem with using it and do so successfully. So don’t take any of this as gospel. Harmony And Contrast

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Sand needs to be handled carefully. It can be surprisingly problematic to depict convincingly. Sand can vary a lot in its value particularly when wet. It can range from very dull warm neutrals to cool blues and pale pinks and violets. It’s almost never yellow though. E John Robinson’s books were among the first watercolor books I ever read, he’s a master of many media and this book is one I’d highly recommend. Just like flat expanses of water, wet sand reflects everything above it like a mirror. Though the colors and values will be less intense in the reflection. Juxtaposing light and dark values to create strong contrasts is a technique that is well suited to watercolor. Try to find ways to include strong contrasts in your beach scenes. Choose a viewpoint painting into the light which naturally creates silhouettes. Gathering clouds, reflections of the sky in wet sand ,sparkling light reflected on the sea water are all good candidates for creating drama and interest .

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The shore extends approximately from the water's edge to the high-water mark (the furtherest the sea can reach). After this point, you are on the land proper.

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Oxford definition) The land along a coast, especially when you are thinking of its shape or appearance. Your color palette will, no doubt differ from mine, so I offer the following color palette list as a suggestion only. Offers are for the whole family based on selected nights staying in selected grades at selected parks. In the example below from my sketchbook, I’m experimenting with finding a good balance of warm and cool colors. Reducing the amount of green and adding more blues and violets into the headland while maintaining strong warm colors in the foreground. I’m trying to achieve a subtle balance of harmonies and contrasts. Painting The Sea The sea often becomes darker not lighter as it recedes towards the horizonHowever, the word can in some contexts also just mean "next to the sea/lake/river". For example: "I have a house on the shore" means your house is next to physical shore as defined above (but not necessarily that it is actually on the beach itself or anything like that). From coastal wiki) Technically the line that forms the boundary between the COAST and the SHORE, i.e. the foot of the cliff or the foot of the dunes. Commonly, the line that forms the boundary between the land and the water. I like to produce small “Thumbnails” to experiment with contrasting values before thinking about adding any color at all. See the examples below. Painting Seagulls From dictionary definition it might mean that they are similar, but in reality or in actual ocean terminology they are not similar.