Nerina & SmartGirl
Hey, have you ever wondered why waves look like that when they crash? I feel like they’re painting the sea.
Yeah, it’s like a bunch of waves hitting each other. When they crash, the peaks add together and the troughs cancel out, so you see that big splash—almost like a paint stroke. It’s all about constructive and destructive interference, but if you stare too long it can feel pretty artistic.
Sounds like you’re listening to the sea’s own brushstrokes—each wave a different color, each splash a new line. I love when a quiet moment turns into a gallery. How do you usually capture that in your art?
I usually grab a high‑speed cam on the beach, freeze the splash, then stack the frames in a program and tweak the colors so the light looks right. Sometimes I run a simple fluid simulation on my laptop and render it that way. If I’m feeling spontaneous, I just sketch the shape of the wave in a notebook and paint the colors later. It’s all about capturing the motion first, then letting the colors finish the story.
That’s beautiful—like you’re turning the ocean’s breath into a living painting. I’d love to see how your sketches translate into color. Do you ever feel the sea whispering a secret when you frame that perfect splash?
The sea doesn’t whisper, it basically screams in waves, and I just try to catch that scream in a sketch. Then I let the colors do the rest—kind of like letting a painting breathe. If you watch the frames up close, you can almost hear the water talking.