Clouds are so much fun to paint! These are some storm clouds from an
afternoon a few weeks ago. I experimented with doing the under drawing
in water color pencil, and that worked really nicely. You can see how
the left side is darker, I was trying to draw first and then brush it
with water, but it got surprisingly dark and smeared. So on the right
side I just used them like regular pencils, and painted right over it
with no problems.
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| Storm Clouds 3/11/16, 6x12 inches, oil on panel, unfinished. |
The first layer was painted without any medium added, so the paint would
stay wet and workable all day, and I could save the mixed up colors for
next time. It's a great time saver to be able to pull out the old
colors instead of having to remix, and it will match for sure. Mixing
the same exact color twice can be tricky sometimes.
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| Storm Clouds 3/11/16, 6x12 inches, oil on panel, unfinished. |
This is the second layer. After the first layer dried, I went back to
rework some areas, and add brighter whites. From the photo, it's kind of
hard to tell which clouds are in front, so I was trying to make that
more clear. Some of the areas needed to have a little stronger color,
like the blue parts of the sky, so I added Neo Meguilp medium to the
paint and glazed it on. The medium makes the paint more translucent, so
it can catch more light and look brighter.
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| Storm Clouds 3/11/16, reference photo. |
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