How to Paint a Tall Ship with Oils

Your square-rigged ship is shaping up, but there’s still a lot of detail work to do. In this lesson, fill in the rigging on your tall ship painting.

Detailing the lights and shadows cast by the sun can bring your tall ship painting to life! In this lesson, learn to add highlights to the painting.

The difference between a good painting and a great one is in the details. In this lesson, refine the highlights and waves in your tall ship painting.

You’ve used a range of colors to give your tall ship oil painting depth and texture. Now, add foam and shading to the waves, and dark shadows to the sails.

Oil paintings take a lot of work, but the results are worth the effort! In this lesson, fill in the rest of the rigging on your tall ship painting.