If you want your clouds to be more rounded on the top like the ones below, simply paint larger, more rounder strokes on the top to create that shape!Ĭlouds are one of the hardest techniques to learn with acrylic painting and many beginner painters express their frustrations with those (not so happy) clouds! Therefore, I load the white paint just on the corner.įor the clouds on the bottom, I still defined them with more layers but since they are further away, they are not as bright or as defined.
Rolling sky demo full#
When you are doing the very edges of the clouds, I find it helpful to use just the corner of the brush instead of the full amount of bristles. Do this just on the very edge of each of the clouds where your light source is. You can even add a 4th layer of brighter white! When you add a second coat of the white over your first one, it will show up brighter. Then repeat these steps for the rest of the clouds making sure your light source is in the same spot each time. You can blend that second layer down as well with your finger or brush. When you add that pure white to the upper left edge, you define where the light source of that cloud is! You can see how that pure white is much brighter than our first and second layer. I did this with pure white, no water mixed with it. Then go back and add more white to the left edge of the cloud. Load your brush in more white so it shows up brighter and then define a new cloud shape that overlaps the previous one. To give your cloud more dimension, paint another layer of cloud that overlaps it. I actually prefer blending with my finger! I find that it blends the cloud much smoother than the brush does. Just gently work in that same circular motion to paint the rest of the cloud but make sure the edge of your cloud is still brighter. You can also use your brush to blend it down. You can try using your finger to “smudge it” to blend it down. Paint the far, upper left edge of the cloud and blend down. When you create this second layer it will show up brighter. OR if you mixed white and blue for the first layer of color, add more white. Load more of that thin white onto your brush. Here is the part where it can get tricky! We are working dark to light so that means we need to get our next layer of white to be lighter than the first layer. Paint the brighter parts of the clouds, give them more dimension Smaller, closer together clouds on the bottom. To create perspective in your sky, you can have the clouds on the bottom be smaller, closer together and less defined. Then repeat! Make more clouds but be sure to make them different shapes and sizes. Since my sky wasn’t dry all the way, some of that blue mixed in with the white and that was to my advantage! If you are doing wet on dry, that light blue you created on your palette should show up as a very light blue. You can make the bottom of your clouds more bumpy if you prefer. The bottom is sort of flat, although it isn’t completely a straight line. I start at the top of my cloud and form a bumpy, uneven basic cloud shape. You want to use the very tip of your brush in a circular motion. Less is more because if you overload your brush, your first cloud layer will be too bright. I recommend also wiping off some of that paint too so only a little is on your brush. Mix a little blue with your white if working on a dry sky If your sky is dry (you are working wet on dry), you can mix a little blue in your white so you get that “dim” first layer. Make a thin white if working on a wet sky You don’t want it dripping wet but just enough for a nice thin layer. If your sky is dry, simply mix a little bit of blue into your white so you get the darker base color for your clouds.įor wet on wet, I watered down my white slightly to get it to a thin consistency. Basically, if your sky is still wet that can work to your advantage because the blue will blend in nicely with your first layer of clouds. You can work “wet on wet” or “wet on dry”. You want your entire painting to be a gradient blend of cerulean blue that turns to a very light blue on the bottom. Then blend titanium white into the cerulean blue at the bottom. Take your 3/4 wash brush and paint cerulean blue at the top with horizontal strokes going half way down the canvas. I typically like to use cerulean blue or light blue permanent in my skies. Since this is a daytime painting, I did my sky in a light blue to white gradient. The first thing you want to do is paint your sky. In photo: Bright Brush, Filbert Brush & Round Brush Step By Step Directions: 1. This allows you to create that more “curvy” stroke. A filbert brush is just like the bright brush only the corners are curved.
You may find that you prefer using a filbert brush or a round brush.
Project Type: Acrylic Painting / Category: Beginner Painting Tips Color Palette:īefore we begin, let’s talk about brushes! I personally LOVE using #12 bright brushes and have found comfort in using them for clouds!
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