Tofino Surfers painting tutorials, a watercolor and a mixed media variation on the same subject

Tofino surfers, watercolor on paper

Tofino Surfers Mixed media on canvas

My drawing, pencil on paper

Adding some masking fluid to preserve the white of the paper.

Adding some washes of color, painting directly (no layers)

The finished painting.

My drawing, pencil on paper

I am painting with acrylics, sometimes in washes, sometimes in a thick manner.

I am using bright colors.

I am choosing colors that are complementary to my local final colors.

I go on adding layers of acrylic.

Then I start adding colors that I see as undertones of the final color.

A layer of white mixed with medium for the sky so some of the color underneath is still visible.

Here I found that my colors are too uniform so I want to scrub some off. I start spraying with alcohol.

Here I scrubbed some painting off with a sponge.

adding some white mixed with medium.

I continue adding layers of colors with acrylic.

defining the shapes with local color.

Another stage of scrubbing off.

Then I start adding some accents of colors, with oil pastels, adding more definition and working on edges

Working on adding bright colors and excitement on the edges.

A detail of the faces where I added some details for a better definition.

My painting process involves adding and removing layers of paint gradually.

Then I mix some white pigment with a wax encaustic medium.

I add the white encaustic paint in different areas of the painting

A detail of the finished painting.

A detail of the finished painting.

The finished painting.