#water tutorial

i recently learned how to draw water, im still learning a lot but i wanted to make this tutorial to not only remind myself but to share what i learned

just a fun little water tutorial I made!

WELL my friend since you asked so nicely-

@itsadamnbeehive asked:

How did you do the water @domirine​ ? Did you use a stock photo or sell your soul to create that beach?

(above is the 100% size fo the pic + the difference between the unblurred and blurred water)

tbh i usually would use a stock photo but i wanted to handpaint it all using a reference. steps-wise: i blocked in the body of water, coloured it using some nice gradients, added the foam and created the texture of the water using a speckled brush. i used the same texture on the beach, but it’s pretty glossy in itself so it didn’t need much detail.

i’m a fan of blurry backgrounds, but they look more believable if you have something to actually blur - so there’s not way around actually drawing the background. it doesn’t need to be very detailed (clearly lol), just enough to trick the eye! it would look pretty poor if i didn’t have the texture and foam to blur and it was just a blue void.

hope it explains it a lil???