Abstract Seascape Art

Create a beautiful seascape using wall paint!

Happy Saturday! I’m back with another piece of wall art, but this week I’m sharing how I created this large abstract seascape for our bedroom. We’re lucky to have lived by the sea for a lot of our relationship, and now we’re not quite as close, I thought it would be nice to bring that view indoors.

a work in progress

The bedroom was a work in progress for the better part of a year. We had to start and stop for various reasons but my husband finally finished the walls for me as I wasn’t feeling well enough to do it myself and so recently I decided to create a custom piece of art to go above our bed to really finish it off. I wanted something that would feel in proportion to the bed and so I knew it wasn’t going to need to be a pretty large canvas. In the end I opted for a 91 x 61 cm canvas, and to ensure that the art went with the room (and that I had enough paint!) I used water-based wall paints in the colours that we had already used in the room.

Once I was finally happy with the piece, I left it to dry, and then created a custom frame using strips of pine wood and No More Nails. I stained the wood in a medium oak finish, and once all dry, attached it to the wall with command strips. I hope you like this as much as I do, it’s not perfect but it feels really peaceful and gives our walls some much needed wall art! Keep reading to find out what I used and how I did it.

Wall Paint

Canvas

Paintbrush

1.

Grab your canvas and cover it first (if it isn’t already prepped) in a coat of white paint.

2.

Next, I grabbed a beige wall paint and used this to map out key features, like the sea, the sun, and waves.

3.

Next I went over the with a white wall paint, adding lighter patches and blending out the beige colour.

4.

I then took some of the grey wall paint we had used in our bedroom, and used this to add shadows, the horizon and shadows in the waves.

5.

Using water, I blended all the colours as I wanted it to have a gentle and calm feeling. I then went back in with white and beige, adding in highlights and warmth.

6.

If you’re working on a big canvas like I did, it’s really helpful to make sure you keep stepping back to see the overall image. Once I did this I realised I wanted a bit more grey in it and so I kept adjusting until I was happy.

…AND THAT’S IT!