CLOUD ABSTRACTION

oil turpentine sketch

Soaking up the November sun. Unusually mild for Thanksgiving Week. My love affair with the light & sky out my window.

CLOUDSCAPE OVER WATER

another fine day on the water, a view of the limitless water...

CLOUDSCAPE

There's many ways to paint clouds. For a muted morning cloud sketch, I like to start off with toning the paper with a pitt graphite stick. After rubbing in the graphite, the paper has a nice dusty background to work with. 

My kneaded eraser works wonder with highlighting the clouds. A touch of blue pastel indicates the space between the clouds. Just two shades of blue & grey saids it all. I like to add a little color with my color pencils. I love painting clouds cause there's no right or wrong way to do it.

PAINTING CLOUDS

Painting believable clouds is a challenge. I'm balancing the translucency & opacity of pigment to get the sculptural form.