Water varies so that it is impossible to give special rules for painting it. Observe always that water refects the general effect of its surroundings.
Under a blue sky the ocean is deep blue, while stormy clouds are reflected in its surface, turning it gray. The effect of dark blue water may be painted with Antwerp blue, raw umber, ivory black, madder lake, yellow dchre and white, used in the proper proportions, employing in addition burnt sienna in the shadows.
Water is generally darker and grayer than the objects which are reflected in it, though many exceptions occur to this rule.
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