Introduction to painting skies
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Skies play such an important part in any landscape.
They can be the main theme, with stormy clouds and great drama, or they can be just the backdrop for the main theme. But always they provide the light and atmosphere for the scene. Here I'll show you how to paint different types of sky, from the bright blue of a summer’s day to a rainstorm. |
Sunny skies
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Sunny skies are created by painting clean washes of color. I'll show you how to lay down a flat wash without streaks or blemishes to create your sunny sky, how to paint around complicated objects, and we'll see how you can use colors other than blue for the sky.
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Cloudy skies
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Adding clouds to a sky will increase it's interest. In fact they can become the main focus of the painting. I'll show you how to paint realistic clouds in a variety of ways.
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Stormy skies
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Stormy skies can add a lot of atmosphere to a painting. in this lecture you'll find out how to paint the effect of rain and dark skies, full of drama.
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