How to Paint Clouds with Acrylics

Painting clouds are really fun! In this tutorial, I give you a step by step, instruction on how to paint different types of clouds and my best painting tips to help you paint your own skies. Remember to be creative and use what you learn to paint your own original paintings. 

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Here are the basic steps to painting clouds in the sky for landscapes. 
Step 1: Paint sky blue in a gradient
Step 2: Paint clouds using the brushes and strokes seen in the video.
Step 3: Paint your landscape how you wish. Here are the painting tips for painting clouds.

Tip #1 - Use the right brush for the clouds. In this video, I share what brushes I use for each type of cloud I paint.
Tip #2 - Leaving white streaks in your blue sky looks like clouds in the distance.
Tip #3 - Play with different colors in your skies to get a different feel before you add in your clouds.

The paint colors and supplies I used for these paintings (Amazon affiliate links below)
1. Acrylic Paints -  Cerulian (Brilliant) Blue, Phthalocyanine Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Titanium White, Mars Black
2. Paint Brushes -small filbert brush and fan brush
3. Canvas Panels 8x8” 
4. Water & Paper towels
5. My PALETTE (Colors don't dry out!) 

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