I remember seeing eons ago, a photoshop tutorial (for sale, not free) which taught you how to 'paint' waves like in the picture above. I've searched the marketplace but have come up blank.

Does anyone know where this tutorial is, or if not, where one that teaches the same effect can be found?

Thanks in advance,

Pajama.

Hi,

It's an oil painting tutorial found here:

http://www.artgraphica.net/free-art-lessons/oil-painting/how-to-paint-an-ocean-wave.html

Same tutorial is also on Wet Canvas...just more clicks needed to view it.

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Articles2/50537/545/index.php

If you hand paint in Photoshop, the smudge tool could prove useful. You might also consider taking the time to either make or find some water splash brushes. 

If you don't want to paint the water you can also use photos of water to composite in the breaking waves. The following tutorials are Photoshop tutorials which cover waves and splash effects although they aren't beach specific.

Something like this tutorial...

http://www.webmediamagazine.com/photoshop/create-a-catastrophic-tsunami/

or....

http://photoshophacker.com/special-effects/parting-the-seas-photoshop-manipulation/

or...

http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/photo-effects-tutorials/flooded-city-scene/

You'll have to copy and paste the links into your web browser search bar as I'm not sure how to properly link website URLs on this site.  :)

Pixel8ted - thank you very much for the links. They will be a great help in my attempts to create nice wave effects :)