| You can do this simple little exercise on a sheet of
paper with some colored pencils. Later people will wonder
why you keep looking up at the sky and most likely assume
you are either idealistic or a deep thinker (both these
roles being totally foreign to most painters).
Using simple perspective construct some blocks ( lighter
lines than above).
The light source will be front, top and left.
Then we do some simple shading ...
And a mid-tone and a cast shadow. When painting use colors
from your existing sky.
Breaking it up ...
A little rubbing - easy with oils and a wet finger - but
try and leave a few sharp edges here and there.
Crop and add a few more ground shadows. Remember
that clouds always cast shadows on the ground if the sun
is overhead.
Thus a simple background is made!
Other cloud shapes are just as easily done if you remember
all clouds have shape, definition and perspective. Try and
decide their shape first then just obey the rules of shading
as if they were solid objects. You can easily make them
misty or wispy later.
Note the cloud perspective in the painting 'Portsmouth
1792' painting below.
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STUDENT ACTIVITY: Change the seascape underneath
the clouds into a landscape taking care to place the shadows.
Allow 40min for all.
NEXT ... SOME THINGS ABOUT COLOR
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