I decided that blending the sky and sea, but not the rock outcrops, would create a tension between the two and encourage the viewer's eye to move between them. The sky has additional blue-gray and light gray added and then blended to crate a fairly homogeneous bar. It's cloudless, but faintly hazy in the distance.
The sea behind the surf has been blended by running my finger from left to right parallel to the horizon line, this created a streaky effect which echoes distant waves. Additional lines of dark ultramarine and turquoise were added and very lightly blended in to create a feeling of wave peaks and troughs.
The surf was blended with a circular motion to give a very smooth transition between the two light turquoise tones. This will act as an under layer for further work to create irregularities, pockets of clear water and surrounding foam.
The shallow water in the inlet was once again blended parallel to the horizon, it was a coincidence that the waves in this area had that orientation, and one which worked well for the composition – echoing the distant sea and highlighting what would be the chaotic strength of the surf.
