How to paint clouds?

How to Paint Clouds. Three Methods: Painting Clouds in Acrylic Creating Clouds with Watercolor Painting Clouds in Oil Community Q&A. Painting clouds can be difficult if you don't know the right technique. If done wrong, they can look too heavy. It takes a light touch, and how you do it depends on the type of paint you are using. read more

Paint an undercoat in the color of your sky, remember to blend your sky from dark at the top to very pale at the bottom. (white even) Then you can paint your clouds over a dry sky or paint wet-on-wet. Keep the clouds big, at the top of the sky and smaller, in the distance. read more

Painting a stormy sky with its dark, dramatic clouds or the pinks and reds of a sunset is very appealing. A little knowledge about the common cloud forms and their characteristics will help you to capture these scenes and enable you to add credible clouds to any painting. read more