The Wave Landscape



This was my original sketch of the landscape I was going to paint. The

surfer is to show the depth of the wave and ocean behind him.

Once the sky was done I started creating the wave and background water

of the landscape. By where the light was I could tell where the wave

was lighter and darker. Then I used a quick light strokes to make the

wave look in the wave to show water quickly making a wave.

I used colors from white to dark red to make the light and dark of the

wave. I made the background of the wave first so you could see the color

difference of the wave better. The color difference shows how the light

is reflecting of the water in different ways and patterns.

Finally I added the surfer surfing the wave. It shows the stance and balance

riding a wave during the sunset. The darkness of the surfer helps you better

see how the light is coming from behind the surfer. To show atmospheric

perspective, I made the wave crazy and wild to show the wildness of the wave,

but then making the background ocean calm and steady.