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1. How To Paint a Tropical
Beach Scene Hideaway
Live Demonstration by Artist
Rod Moore

2. How to paint a tropical beach scene
hideaway is a very popular subject
matter for many artist. There are
many times we have dreamed of
living in a tropical paradise and
learning how to paint an oil painting
depicting on canvas our visual
excitement of such a paradise is
extremely invigorating.

3. So where should we begin?
•Step 1) Painting the Sky
This is the fundamental step for any
landscape or seascape painting. The
sky and water can meet anywhere on
the canvas. If the horizon line is
lower on the canvas, the sky will be
the emphasis, likewise, if the horizon
line is high on the canvas, there will
be more water, and this will be the
emphasis.

4. •Step 2) Painting the Water
Now it is time to paint the water
in your beach scene. Always use
the same colors in the water as
you used in the sky. You will want
to darken the colors however.
Starting at the horizon line, paint
in a straight horizontal horizon.

5. •Step 3) Painting the Beach
The easiest way to begin a beach is
to add browns to the water area as
you approach where the land
begins. Remember that water is
transparent so begin to add the
sand color while decreasing the
blue water color. Now you should
be almost to the bottom or front
of the canvas.

6. •Step #4) Waves, Rocks and Final
Touches
Waves can be indicated by adding
small choppy strokes of dark and or
light colors. Variety is the key when it
comes to indicating that water is in
motion. If you want to create some
dramatic movement of waves, you
might want to add some white wave
tops by dabbing spots of white

7. in wave shapes near the front of the
painting where the water would be
hitting land or rocks. To add rocks,
paint some dark "rock" forms near
the front of the canvas. Keep the
bottom of the rocks nice and
horizontal. Lighten the dark rock
color and highlight each rock, but be
careful not to paint over all of the
base color.

8. Now let’s watch a live demonstration
by Australian artist Rod Moore