How to paint a sky step by step

If you love painting but have no idea exactly how to paint the sky with acrylics, let me help! In this blog post I’m sharing three techniques for painting very different skies.

The sky can seem like a tricky thing to paint, but it doesn’t have to be.

Sky painting ideas

The weather, season and time of day play a massive part in the colours present.

If you’re trying to convey a particular type of weather or mood in a painting, the sky can make it or break it.

Bear in mind today’s post isn’t doesn’t really cover clouds.

I’m intending to write a post in the near future about different techniques for painting clouds. (I’m thinking about those white fluffy ones, which aren’t actually that white when you really look at them!)

You’ll notice, though, that the method for painting a stormy sky incorporates a technique to create heavy, dark clouds.

I’m also not going to be too exact with which paint colours to use.

I want you have a go at the painting techniques rather than getting hung up on using the “right” paint colours.

That way, if you don’t have a certain shade of blue, or you

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