How to Paint Clouds – 3 Easy Steps

Big, fluffy, sculptural cumulonimbus clouds can definitely add a mood to your artwork!  

Whether you’re doing cloud photo studies or adding clouds to landscape painting, I’ll show you the 3 easy steps that it takes to digitally paint your own fleecy puffs in ANY software.

  1. Sketching the basic shape and fill in with mid-values
  2. Illuminating the cloud form keeping in mind the direction of the light source
  3. Adding highlights and details with a texture brush

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This success path is more than a course. It’s a learning journey to help digital artists like you paint from your imagination.

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