Finishing Ocean Wave Oil Painting

 

This is how my oil painting of the breaking wave painting is looking today. I like to view a painting for a few days even a week after I think it is completed. This lets me see it in a new way, by leaving it alone and not looking at it for a while sometimes you see it differently or with fresh eyes. Sometimes you decide it looks good, you are happy with it and the painting is done. The only thing I am going to do is add a few highlights in the wave and the foam. I am now thinking about the style of frame that will enhance the painting. A dark brown wood frame will look nice and complement the painting. I may try a few different colors and style frames before I decide on the final one.
P.J. Cook


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Seascape In Oil - Next Step In Painting Ocean Wave

When you compare this step with my last post of painting the ocean wave it looks like I have not changed  much of the painting. But actually I have spent considable time working on the breaking wave and on the foam near the wave. There is a lot of detail in the lower half of my 18 x 24" canvas.
I continued refining the shadows of the foam on the wave itself with my sky color and some viridian green and a touch of alizarian crimson. I painted the foam trails in the wave itself where much of it is in shadow. I paint in some of the spots of water with darker color and notice how some of it is brownish where the rock color is showing through.
So I will continue refining the wave and the foam as it moves towards the rocks in the foreground. This will take a considerable amount of time and attention to detail. That's it for today, check back for further progress. Thanks, P.J. Cook