Yachts in a wave-tossed ocean - original impressionistic artwork by Al Benge

 

Yachts valiantly battling on storm-tossed waves - this is the subject that I chose for my original composition.  It was enjoyable to create - I first made a layer of light blue ocean, then painted dark, rather forbidding rocky cliffs in the background.  The sky is a deeper hue of blue.  The enjoyable part was splashing on the white - working quickly, and without hesitation, dribbling, splashing, and having great fun in the process. . 
The end of my paintbrush was employed at one stage to scratch white marks on the ocean surface.  I managed also to get a good deal of paint on myself in the course of this painting, which entailed a bit of cleaning up at a later stage.