Introduction
Sea turtles are my favorite sea creatures. They’re small, cute, and extremely adorable. I’ve always had a fascination for sea turtles, so much that I went ahead and decided to recreate their cuteness on canvas. However, I wasn’t sure of how to paint a sea turtle. That’s why, I headed over to YouTube, and learnt how to paint them through the help of some amazing tutorials.
To paint sea turtles, you need to ensure two main elements. The turtle itself is the first element, where all your focus needs to be on. Next, you work on the environment. Decide on the background first, and then arrange the composition of your painting accordingly.
Beginner’s Guide to Acrylic Sea Turtle Painting
What we’ve got here is a simple painting of a sea turtle. As you can tell by looking at the painting, the coloring is quite rough. Although the artist has put in a fair amount of color blends into the mix, it’s not properly mixed, and the transition seems a bit off, which is why it looks rough. Nonetheless, this being a beginner’s level artwork is still quite admirable.
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Awesome Acrylic Painting of a Sea Turtle
For this sea turtle painting, the artist went for a dark tone appeal, where around two-thirds of the artwork has a sort of dark overlay on it. You can still differentiate the light tones and transitions in the painting. The dark tone, however, gives the artwork a more vibrant look. It actually makes the lighter colors pop out. This is a technique you can play with in a lot of artworks.
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Sea Turtle in the Grand Blue
This amazing painting of a sea turtle inside the ocean seems as though it were a high definition photograph. Feliks is truly the master of acrylic painting, and this artwork of his, as you can see below, is a proof of just that. The video tutorial itself is as detailed as the painting. It’s quite well-structured, and has a lot to offer in terms of painting knowledge. With a little bit of patience, you too can imitate this astonishing painting.
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Mesmerizing Painting of an Underwater Sea Turtle
In this video tutorial, we watch John take us on tour of his realistic approach to painting sea turtles as he reimagines the entire scenery underwater. He uses acrylics to paint this stunning piece of art. The artist also does his level best to make sure that the other elements in this painting, like the corals, don’t go unnoticed. In fact, it’s the complete picture that makes this painting look so brilliant and lifelike.
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Simple Painting of Sea Turtles with Watercolors
This is a simple and easy to follow painting tutorial which can act as a great example on basic watercolor painting. Emma does an amazing job in this tutorial. She gracefully manages to create a lifelike image of a sea turtle. There isn’t much detail in her work, but there are a lot of resemblances to the actual creature.
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Cute Close-up of a Sea Turtle
In this artwork, we turn our focus to life underwater, and do a quick close up drawing of a sea turtle. It’s a rough painting process where the artist doesn’t bother much with the aesthetics, or the blends. It’s pretty plain, but still a cute portrait. It’s one of those close-up shots you get for your family photo album. I like to think of it as a cute mug shot of the little sea creature. It’s actually a very simple process, and won’t take you long to replicate it.
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Lifelike Painting of a Sea Turtle
This tutorial is perfect for those who are experienced with acrylics. Angela’s skillful drawing, and brilliant coloring helps her create an almost lifelike image of a sea turtle. The precise use of acrylics helps to elevate the entire artwork. The artist deserves full credits for being able to manipulate the colors, and creating something so detailed and realistic looking.
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Beautiful Silhouette of Sea Turtles
As far as unique painting ideas go, this is by far one of the best I’ve ever seen. This tutorial shows you how to paint the silhouette of two sea turtles when viewed from the ocean beneath them. The sunlight hitting the water surface is being blocked by the turtles. Hence, viewing it from the bottom will give you a silhouette of their physical presence. This is quite aesthetic to look at, and at the same time, quite easy to paint. I really loved working with this artwork, and was really proud of myself when I had actually finished it.
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Aesthetically Pleasing Sea Turtle
Watch as Emily here uses a variety of coloring techniques to paint an aesthetically pleasing sea turtle. The idea here isn’t to replicate an actual sea turtle, but to recreate an aesthetic version of it by using colors that will make it standout. Emily’s amazing creativity is well portrayed in this artwork. This is something you should definitely try out, if you want to do something out of the box.
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Detailed Sea Turtle Painting Tutorial
In this video tutorial, The Art Sherpa teaches us how to create a stunning painting of a sea turtle underwater. This is a stepwise acrylic painting tutorial that’s aimed at slightly experienced artists. You’ll get a good grasp on how acrylic painting can be used to create stunning portraits like this one. There’s also a lot to learn about shading, and coloring in general from this tutorial.
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By Jimena & Iñigo
The Navarro-Rubios
My husband and I are learning how to draw and paint. We wanted to share this learning process with the world and have fun! That's why we created this blog. We'll have drawing contests every week and you'll decide who won that week! Follow along and learn with us!
Jimena & Iñigo
The Navarro-Rubios
My husband and I are learning how to draw and paint. We wanted to share this learning process with the world and have fun! That's why we created this blog. We'll have drawing contests every week and you'll decide who won that week! Follow along and learn with us!
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