Painting the seascape by Eugene Boudin.

1) Draw the scene in pencil, including the clouds.

2) Using a lot of turps and a mix of Ultramarine and a little Burnt Umber,
make a mid-toned blue-grey wash, very thin. Use this on a small round
or flat brush, e.g size 2, to sketch in the main features; shade in the
shadow area of the clouds and the dark boat hulls and the wharves.
3) Paint the blue areas of sky:
 At the top use White with Cobalt and a touch of Ultramarine.
 A little lower down add more White and a touch more Cobalt to
make a paler warmer blue.
 Further down add lots more white and some Cerulean.
 At the bottom of the sky use only white with a little Cerulean.
4) Paint the shadow areas of the clouds from dark to light:
 Mix a darkish grey from White, Ultramarine and a little Burnt
Umber. Use a number 4, 5, 6 or 7 to shade in the darkest cloud
areas.
 Add White to this mix and paint the medium toned shadows.
 Add more White to the mix and paint in the lighter grey areas.
NB Blend the edges of each colour area into the next one for a
soft and subtle effect. Fluff some of the cloud edges.
5) Paint the sunlit areas of cloud with White and a touch of Yellow Ochre.
There are also some warmer areas of shadow on the clouds which you
could paint by adding a little more Yellow Ochre and a touch of Burnt
Umber into the sunlit mix.
NB You can blend each colour area into the next one to create subtle
colours and soft gradations quite easily while the paint is wet.
6) Paint the boats : some of the sails are White with Yellow Ochre, some
have a touch of Burnt Siena or Light Red added to this. Vary your
colours. Add grey or a touch of brown to the mix for the shadow areas.
Paint the masts and people, simplifying as much as possible.
7) Use dark blues and greys to paint the boat hulls and the wharves. A mix
of Ultramarine with a touch of Burnt Umber will give your darkest dark.
8) Paint the reflections: Use the sky colours to paint the sea, leaving a gap
for the lightest reflection. Paint the distant sea and the foreground sea
 very slightly darker, with a variety of blues in between as you see them
on the photo. Use the sail and the boat colours for the reflections,
blurring them slightly at the edges, as you see on the photo.

9)Make any final adjustments but don’t fiddle unnecessarily! Try to keep it
fresh and rapid-looking.