Oil Painting Sky Colors

10 great technical tips to paint gorgeous skies and clouds.

Oil painting sky colors.

See this video and more on wilson bickford at. It is easy to get caught out painting a sky with your brain instead of your eyes. Therefore it is very important to treat the sky as the basic element of the landscape and not just as the background. When painting the landscapes the sky is the element that defines the mood of your painting because it is the main source of light on it.

For more advice check out our essential oil painting techniques or our guide to canvas painting for beginners. By kevin macpherson oil painting 6 x 8. The frankenkirche dresden by johan christian clausen dahl oil painting. Paint the shadows in it to give a sense of space and depth.

The brain tells you the sky is blue. Learn to notice things like atmospheric and linear perspective how sky colors are less intense in the distance and more intense in the clouds closer to us and how both sky and clouds have some of the softest edges you can find in nature. Ignore your brain and look for what colours are really in the sky.