I did this project for a friend of mine. She came up with the general idea, then I just went with it. I painted a sunset and the ocean a reflection of the sunset. Then I did the silhouette of the island. I made it blue since technically shadows are not black, just the absence of light. Therefore, the shadows are a darker shade of the whatever the object is. So I made the island blue with palm trees. To add some value I also added purple in some places. Then to contrast the island from the ocean, I textured it by dabbing paint on. I really like how this turned out. It looked ugly for a couple of days, but eventually I pulled it together.