Watercolor Whale Ocean Splash
MidjourneyWatercolor Whale Ocean Splash is a Midjourney v6.1 prompt for a 3:2 painting. A humpback whale breaching from a dark indigo ocean with a curving foam splash, in wet-on-wet indigo, teal and payne's grey washes with salt-texture droplets, produces a loose watercolor seascape with no text.
Last tested: August 2026 with Midjourney MJ v6.1
Part of the Midjourney prompt library · see more watercolor prompts .
Prompt
A loose watercolor painting of a humpback whale breaching out of a dark indigo ocean, a curving splash of droplets and foam around the body, wet-on-wet washes in deep indigo, teal and payne's grey for the water, the whale body a single wet grey wash with a mottled belly, scattered water droplets flung as loose salt-texture spots, pale cerulean sky as a thin band at the top, granulating pigment collecting along the splash edge, white paper reserved for the foam highlights, no text, no signature, no border --ar 3:2 --stylize 200
Settings
- Model
- Midjourney MJ v6.1
- Aspect ratio
- 3:2
- Stylize
- 200
How to use this prompt
"Salt-texture spots" names a real watercolor technique where salt sprinkled on wet pigment pulls star-shaped blooms — generic "splatter" gives you even dots instead. "Mottled belly" is the diagnostic marking that reads as humpback rather than generic whale; without it MJ renders a smooth blue body. "White paper reserved for the foam highlights" is the lift that keeps foam luminous; ask for "white foam" and MJ paints it as flat white. "A single wet grey wash" for the body keeps the whale loose and painterly — layering detail turns it into a marine illustration. Stylize 200 holds the painterly splash without MJ over-rendering the droplets.
Variations to try
- Swap the humpback for a sperm whale diving down with its fluke raised above the water
- Change the palette to turquoise and coral for a tropical reef whale scene
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What to do next
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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON
{
"title": "Watercolor Whale Ocean Splash",
"prompt": "A loose watercolor painting of a humpback whale breaching out of a dark indigo ocean, a curving splash of droplets and foam around the body, wet-on-wet washes in deep indigo, teal and payne's grey for the water, the whale body a single wet grey wash with a mottled belly, scattered water droplets flung as loose salt-texture spots, pale cerulean sky as a thin band at the top, granulating pigment collecting along the splash edge, white paper reserved for the foam highlights, no text, no signature, no border --ar 3:2 --stylize 200",
"model": "Midjourney",
"model_version": "MJ v6.1",
"settings": {
"aspect_ratio": "3:2",
"stylize": 200
},
"style_tags": [
"watercolor"
],
"use_case_tags": [
"wall-art"
],
"source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/midjourney/watercolor-whale-ocean-splash/"
}The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.
