The ocean has always been a source of wonder. Its colours shift with the light, its depths hold entire worlds, and its calm has a way of drawing you in.It is also a constant source of inspiration for artists and makers. Like paint moving across a surface, it blends, shifts, and reveals unexpected moments.Pick up your materials and start from there.
Summer naturally asks you to slow down a bit. To sit still. To notice colour where you might normally rush past it.
With Rembrandt watercolours, you can take that feeling with you. To the beach, a park, or just your garden table. It’s an easy way to turn small summer moments into something you can keep.
Watercolour suits that way of looking. It moves and softens with the water, picking up light as it goes. You don’t fully control it, you just work with it.
Bring a sketchbook and Rembrandt watercolours, and let the day decide what you end up capturing.
Light on water, captured in colour
Finetec watercolours bring a soft shimmer inspired by light on water. Their iridescent colours are made with natural mica or synthetic pigments, creating a glow that shifts like sunlight across the sea.
A simple way to add reflection, depth, and a subtle shine to your work.
The ocean is never still. Colours shift, light changes, and layers appear and disappear.
Try to paint not only what you see, but how the ocean behaves. Let colours overlap, build transparent layers, and experiment with movement and texture.
Acrylic paint is perfect for exploring these effects and creating work that feels fluid, luminous, and full of depth.
Want to dive deeper? Explore techniques, colour palettes, and inspiration in our Paint Like the Ocean blog by Jeff Olson.
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Head in the clouds
Clouds are always changing. Soft edges appear and disappear, colours blend into one another, and light constantly shifts.
Rembrandt Soft Pastels are perfect for capturing that feeling. Their rich colours and soft texture make it easy to build gentle transitions and create a sense of light, air, and movement.
Some summer moments just happen. A shifting view, a colour that stands out, a quick sketch, or an idea you want to keep.
The Talens Art Creation sketchbooks are compact enough to take anywhere, making it easy to capture ideas, sketches, and summer memories as you go. And this mint colour fits right in with the season.
The Caribbean set from Talens Art Creation is full of colour that feels like summer. Bright, fresh, and made for painting wherever the moment takes you, in the studio or outside in the sun.
Smooth, easy to use, and quick to dry, it’s a set that invites you to start painting without overthinking.
