How to Paint a Night Seascape with Oils

Want to learn how to paint in oils? In this lesson, learn how to prepare a canvas and mix oil paint into the right hues for a vivid night seascape painting.

Now that your oil paint colors have been mixed on the palette, move to the canvas of your dark seascape. Learn to apply an oil medium and paint a glowing moon.

In this lesson, continue working on your dark sea painting, adding gradations of blue, dark gray clouds, and fluffy white clouds in a glowing sky.

In this lesson, learn how to fill in the foreground of your seascape oil painting with rough waves, sea foam, and a reflection of the moon’s glow in the water.

Paint a large wave crest and other details in your night sea oil painting. Learn to mix oil paints and add colorful highlights to make the sea come to life!