This painting is not perfect, it has many faults in the background not blending with the wave, the color of the water, and the way the wave is shaped. I did this to show that life and nature don't have to be perfect. Not everything blends perfectly, you don't always get the color just right, and you can't give everything the right amount of depth. I didn't originally do this on purpose but as I continued painting I decided to just go with the faults and work with them. I used acrylic paint and first blended the colors of the sunset and then drew out and painted the outline of the wave. I added the clouds because the background seemed too plain for my liking. I finished the painting feeling happy with the imperfections.