Acrylic Painting Tutorial - How To Paint Waves (for beginners)
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- Опубликовано: 17 янв 2020
- If you are still pretty new to painting, but hoping to start making art that makes you feel like you are growing your skill, this is the painting tutorial for you! In this video we use beginner techniques to make a tropical beach scene.
In this how to paint video, we use beginner techniques to create a beautiful piece of art thats easy AND beautiful! Many beginner acrylic painting tutorials I see are very flat in color and don't have a lot of depth. So I wanted to make a video for newer painters who are hoping to make something more than what other beginner tutorials offer. I've gotten a lot of requests for "how to paint waves" videos or a "Acrylic wave painting tutorial" video. So I choose a simple beach scene with crashing waves, transparent water, a sparkling horizon, and puffy clouds in the distance. All of these elements are normally found in more complex painting tutorials, but in this video we use exclusively beginner techniques, the most complex being some blending which we walk through step by step, to create an amazing piece together.
This is a longer video so we can go really in depth on how to make this painting happen. But there are sections that are speed up to fit in a 25 minute time frame. If you are interested in the full length painting tutorial with nothing sped up, you might want to consider supporting me on Patreon! at the $5 a month tier I have full length painting tutorials along with "Lost Videos" and other exclusive content. So if you want an even longer and more in depth how to video on painting waves, go check that out at the link below! The support is so so appreciated.
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I want to point out that she's using a gray plate. This helps keep the colors 'neutral' when mixing. It gives better color accuracy.
Exactly!
I use a piece of cardboard haha😂, it has dents so my paints stuck inside sometimes... I also just mix new colours above the dried old ones cus I don't have anything else to use😭 just started painting for a month
Iromo Sushi how’s it going so far?
Thats actually really smart 😳Why aren't all palettes gray I wonder..
@@EmilyMackeyArt you have a voice for radio
I love that you did this whole tutorial with the basic primary colors! As a beginner this is so helpful 😭!
Veronica Black just so you know, I almost always paint with just those primary colors!
“I think we did a pretty good
Job here”
Me laying on my bed at 1:30 A.M: “yeah we did bud! “
omg yes kkkkkkk
Awww lol
Since you suggested using the pause on the video I felt I looked you.
4:00 love how you pointed out if I zoom into your hair I'm gunna see your dandruff.... cute. This is when I decide to give you a like
😂😂 ty
ROFLMAOLOL!!!
"My voice is a wreck". Girl, I'm loving your voice. It's very soothing.
I love it when she said. "Be gentle on your self as you grow as an artist" ....it motivated me a lot.....👍
"Other tutorials are a bit flat"
That's an enormous understatement. All "beginner" tutorials I saw were nothing more than "look at this sped up footage of me silently moving the brush until a masterwork is created and me, the all high and mighty artist can smugly tell you how easy and fun it was".
You're on a completely different level. You're not only explaining WHAT you're doing, you're also explaining WHY you're doing it and which alternatives exist.
After watching all those other "beginner" tutorials I started to doubt that acrylic painting will become a hobby of mine since I seem to lack a gene to "get it". Turned out these people simply sucked as mentors. Thank you so much, not only for tutoring me but also for instilling the confidence back into me to keep painting.
11:16 girl you also can sing!!!! such a brilliant talented woman!
I've tried recreating this painting and i think the thing i struggle the most with was mixing colors ahaha and also giving the wave that "circular" effect
Mixing colors can be a struggle! Have you watched my how to mix colors video? That might help you out a little bit!
Great work
same!
same
Mixing color is difficult because not telling what are the color mixing n also cannot c even properly the palat
Those finishing details are so helpful! It reminds me of Robin Sealark when she said that when you feel like you’re done push yourself a little more to add those tiny details because that’s what helps your painting pop. I love love love sun shimmers you’re absolutely right, it gives your painting that magical touch. Love your tutorials and love that your personality really shines through!
Thank you so so much Kat! I LOVE that little tip about pushing yourself a little more to add the tiny details. Because really, thats the funnest part of the painting and the most rewarding. So glad you liked this one!
I love how you just busted out singing like an angel and then say “and here I’m just..” like you didn’t just kill it❣️😂
I just finished following along, and oh my gosh! I feel like I've actually made something wonderful 🥰 This is such a great tutorial! Listening to your voice is very calming, which helps as I usually go through the stages of grief a thousand times each time I paint 😂 The hardest part for me was trying to make the foamy tendrils look natural. But I'm so pleased that I gave it a go even though I new it would be a challenge!
I have seen many tutorials but this one just hit me. She’s really honest, nice and just my type. This one is damn pretty and really helped me! Tysm!! 💞✨
I love this tutorial because even though she comes across humble like she isn't sure of herself, she is brilliant and I love this about her. She makes me feel like I can do this too kinda attitude. Thank you for being you.
I- your channel is sO UNDERRATED omg pls i love your personality and the way you walk us trough things😔💘 pls don't stop making videos
THIS IS THE NICEST COMMENT!!! Thank you so so much you made my day! No plan to stop making videos anytime soon!
I'm glad i found this channel. She is soooo inspirational
Following your painting tutorials has basically been my therapy. You are so intentional and kind with your words and they really build up a weary spirit. Thank you so much for your sweetness. This has encouraged me so much. Such a God sent! Bless you!!
I am also learning. I like your paintings very much and I will learn a lot from them. thank you for your good videos and beautiful paintings .
Ok for some reason I got like 2020 Bob Ross vibes 😂😂 “this is your little space to make whatever you want”
This is like the nicest comment ever thank you so so much!!
Right!? I was just going to post that!! LOL
@@EmilyMackeyArt xsd
RIGHT!?! It’s the music! 😂
I know this video is from two years ago, but I just stumbled onto your channel. I love how calm and soothing your manner is. I feel like most artists forget how nerve-wracking it is to be a beginner and that simple things like not having the exact shade of blue they're using can really send us into a panic. Thank you for your empathy and kindness. I also really appreciate that when I'm done following this tutorial, I'll end up with a painting I'm actually proud of, so thank you for that too.
Omg this looked so easy. Half way through I made good progress until I had to do the waves. And then boom! My waves looks like scraggly lines and not like waves at all and then I couldn't finish it! But thank you for the tutorial!❤
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This was exactly my issue. The little lines in the water look insane on mine.
Perfect video for beginners. If you don't push yourself then you'll just never know what you are capable of people. loved all of this.
Love your positive encouragement. Thank you!
Your videos are a joy to watch. And I'm a grumpy old guy. So that's saying something. You just became my fifth subscription over the last 10+ years.
This is exactly the tutorial I needed…just getting started with acrylics. You’re a great teacher! Thank you! I’m really happy with my result 🥰
Thank you..
Your turorial is something else..loved your way of painting..please dont stop doing tutorials..replicating this picture is my first canvas painting..thanks a lot
You’re such a nice, talented, beautiful artist everr!! Please make more tutorials they are really helpful, love you from Kuwait❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH! That is so sweet of you to say!!!
Yes you are right 😉
9/10 of the time: *calm instruction* *positive encouragement* *Disney sing alongs!*
1/10 of the time: *yells at camera* Stop focusing on my head they'll see I have dandruff!
Lol love your videos :) wouldn't change a thing
I love this comment! I CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET MY BIG STUPID HEAD OUT OF FRAME!!!! NO MATTER WHAT! I CANT FIGURE IT OUT!
I only watched but plan to go back and try this very soon. Complete beginner and excited to learn more! Thank you so much for doing this!!
Your tutorial actually makes me think I can paint. Thank you for this easy to follow tutorial. And your encouraging way of teaching.
loved this tutorial as I am a complete beginner. The hardest part was getting the shape and thinness of my strokes doing the foam tendrils on the shallow water over the sand. I will paint over it and try again. Thankyou I had a lovely relaxing day with you Emily
I really like how you’re encouraging to the mistakes that we might make 🥺
Can I just say, I LOVE to hear you sing!
AWWWWW!!!! Thank you so much! That makes my day!
" i know your name...." My god i was desperate about my painting work and you gave me the collest tutorial. I did a great job because of you, thank you. I'm french and i understand all of what you're talking about +° your calm + your skil + the song, I'm in love.
Once you paint the back ocean into darker color, I said "what? it is too dark!". Then, you turned it into a beautiful color. Thank you, I can sleep well now.
Awesome. Thanks.You are the best teacher for beginner. Stay with you
Gracias. Lo pinte y se lo regale a mi abuela de 80 años, lloro de felicidad estaba muy contenta por lo que hice. Todo gracias a vos 🥺
I love how you use just the primary colours for the videos and make the colours yourself .
You're so chill '-'
Don't stress about not having quinacridone red or ultramarine blue - Quote by an OG artist
i ordered a bunch of paint supplies today to push myself out of the colour pencil realm and i’ve been binging your vids for beginner tips. thank u!
Thank you Emily for this amazing masterclass it’s really helpful as I am beginner.
i really loved the aspect of the transparent water .....and it feels as if the waves are real...like they are moving !!...loved it..it feels like i am in a beach...wonderful...love ur videos and like u ..i am a pretty big fan of acrylic paint ...Yaay !! 😆😁😃
I am mesmerized!!! When I saw the finished painting before the tutorial, i thought how is it possible to paint shallow water with foam on it!? This just blew me away! Fantastic Work ❤ Amazingly done...
Thank you so much!!!
Simply superb! Especially the way clouds and foam on wave is painted by applying a light background
Thank you so much, Manjiri!
It's really looks real..!! Thank u for sharing this video!!!
Also i just wanted to let you know ive been on youtube trying to find a good acrylic painting tutorial and youre my favourite
What a frendly tutorial. From the Philippines 🇵🇭😇
Really enjoyed this! I love how you walk through it and show the colors you're using and mixing on the palette. For me, I struggled with where to put the water lines, especially for the closest section. I tend to be a perfectionist with painting, so I felt like I couldn't just let it be whatever. But thanks for the beautiful painting and lovely encouragement! ❤
Edit: I've literally never painted water before so am pleased to get anything nice 😂
I mean like this is sooooooo helpful for people like me who NEVER have ever painted an ocean before !
I love Emily Macky Arts painting and tutorials 👍🏽👩🎨🎨😁
Very nice. Can't wait to try this. Thank you for being so positive and your calming voice.
AWWWW Thank you so much! It's so nice to hear that people like my voice! thats a special compliment to get. I hope you enjoy painting this! Let me know if you have any questions!
Thank you so much I always wanted to learn painting waves. You have explained very well . Must try tonight
You titled this for beginners? It’s masterpiece!
Hi Emily, I will be trying acrylic painting for the first time and I loved this video, you make it look easy, will keep you posted...I am photographer in my retirement years...
Emily, I have to say. I'm SUCH a fan of your work. You've been such an inspiration for me. ❤️
Just wanted to say your videos/tutorials have improved so much over the years, it is so much clearer and better quality. You're a great teacher! 💜
with all the cloud tutorial I've watched I can say that this is the best one because I can finally say I can paint clouds now. Thank you for this! ❤️
This was an amazing tutorial. I tried this and I honestly love the outcome of mine! I never thought I’d ever be able to do a wave, but here I am. The hardest part for me was definitely trying to get the colors right and it was also doing the random lines and streaks of the water, but it turned out well! Took me four hours, but it was worth it😅 thank you for this!!!
Am much more satisfied with this tutorial than those 5 minute simple ones I see everyday without any instructions or guidelines. Thanks for the tutorial ❤
Glad it was helpful! It sounds like I did a decent job then on this tutorial. I've got more to come!
@@EmilyMackeyArt I'll subscribe to follow more!
You are a excellent painter
Very helpful tutorial and a very beautiful painting... Thank you for sharing..
So easy looking and turn out to be masterpiece..I will surely try this out.
This is my first canvas painting and the hardest part for me was the lines in the water. Everything else looked really good. Great tutorial
Thank you so much for this tutorial! I was looking for so long for a tutorial that is for beginners but is also aimed at pushing me forward and to create art that'll make me feel proud of myself when I'm done. Your tutorial did all of that!
I love the way you teach during this, really helps me to understand and see HOW to paint in a new perspective. You’re also really funny and super encouraging which helps to actually go back to painting after all the... curious ones LOL. Cheers, much Aloha to you!🌺
Yesss! You got me all excited to try acrylic again! I was struggling to find what I wanted to paint but you happy beach vibes and positive attitude won me over big time! 😁 Thank you!
I absolutely love your tutorials! They’re stunning pieces, and it’s made painting feel more accessible and less intimidating. It’s been helping me this quarantine season. As someone who’s done a total of 3 paintings (2 of which yours!), I’d love it if in the next tutorial you can describe the kind of brush stroke/motion/shape we should make and spend more time explaining the colors since that’s where I was getting lost. Still came out great and your soothing encouragement helped a lot! Thanks for making these :)
Oh you sing so well too. Well for this tutorial I had an awesome learning cos I have always done watercolor (not from an art school though) and wanted to try something not so flat in acrylic painting. Will try this. Thanks
I love Blues music instrumental of corse, Fran also love your tutorials
You are the best 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌 thank you so much for your generosity 💐💐💐💐💐⚘⚘🌷🌼🌼
Your voice is so calming!
You are so easy to listen to AND follow!! Thank you so much!
This tutorial is not just someone painting and posting a video. Emily describes techniques that are being used and they you can use in other paintings, provides encouragement, and is aware of what audience this video is being projected towards.
You are my inspiration . I dont get much motivation on painting when they come out not by my expectations. You try to calm us with your words while painting. Much love for you and keep motivation us ❤❤
Ahhh😍it's beautiful. Thank you, this was exactly what I was looking for. I'm about to paint it now. And you were very enthusiastic and understanding. As a beginner it can be hard but you understood that and made it really easy to understand, it was really easy to understand what you talking about.
I painted this picture today. I really enjoyed it. I had to pause it a bunch as I’m new to painting. I wish there was an option to show you a picture of what I did. It came out really nice.
You are literally love! And so friendly, better than so many teaching out there.
The angle is just perfect👌
best and easiet painting tutorial ❤❤❤
Thank you so so much! I'm so glad you liked it!
Female Bob Ross with Acrylics~ I'm sold!
Yess! I found other beginner tutorial but isnt realistic and more childish until i found yours!
I just started painting and thank you so much for all these tutorials!
I love this and the lovely way of showing how to paint! Really refreshing great way to follow x
In love with your tutorials! You are not just amazing artist, but an amazing singer too))
Love this!I 💕all your work!💕
Love it thank you for this tutorial! Newby here so I'm super excited to learn all I can! 🥰🩵💙
I love this painting and I had an awesome time recreating it! Thank you thank you thank you so much 🙏
Absolutely loved it. I am going to try this out. 🤞🏻
Major bob Ross vibes... Love it:)))
Ahhhh! Your voice is so soothing, your content is so helpful and informative, and your end product IS AMAZING! 🎊
Yes I agree!
WoooW I've been watching all your tutorials and love all of them!!! I will definitely try them out this weekend!
this is so good!! i’m at the beach rn so right when i get home i’m definitely painting this!!😆🌊✨☀️
You are fabulous! Thanks for the calming and instructive video!
I loove your tutorials! I’d definitely love to see more acrylic based ones as I’m a beginner myself, I made the terrible decision of starting out with oils and lost the will to paint it was that difficult. But I came across your videos and tried my hand at acrylics and loved it! 💖
I’m so happy I found your channel, quarantine is pushing me to try something new and your videos are giving me confidence and courage ☺️☺️
Thank you very much, I did the painting digitally and it came out very well....
I'm looking to start painting and this tutorial is just what I needed. It's given me the courage to have a go :) Thankyou
Thank you so much for the great tutorial. It was very easy to follow because you explain each step very clear and simple. I did my own version of it and it turned out very well. Thanks again and keep up the great work 🤩
I love you, you are too fun! Thank you so much!
Your painting is really great. I want to learn it because I love painting very much. 😁🥰🥰😎✌️🤟
I think it's hard a little bit, but I won't give up ! I will do it !!
YAY!!! GOOD FOR YOU! I'm so proud of you for not wanting to give up. It can be tricky but I know you can do it!
nice painting, beautiful color.