How Do You Paint Realistic Clouds?
Clouds are very important to a landscape painting. In many cases, you can see more of the sky than of the ground in a painting. For this reason, we want to make our skies look their best. This article will go over some quick tips that will help you with this. The first thing we need to look at is the overall shape of the cloud. Look at the outside edges. Many people assume that clouds are all round and puffy. In reality, you will see triangular shapes and straight lines in addition to the round ones. Look carefully, and take your time. It may not look correct because you are not used to it, but let your eyes tell you what is really there. Next, we want to look at values. I like to simplify my values. Look for pure white, light gray, medium gray, dark gray, and pure black. Of course, you will rarely see pure black in clouds. In fact, you might not see any pure white a lot of times. It helps to separate values into two different either highlights or shadows. The highlights will consist o
