Watercolor Essentials for Painting Realistic Skies : Basic Techniques + 5 Projects

Skies, clouds and sunsets are an endless inspiration for painting. But they also can be as difficult to paint as fascinating to watch. If you as many watercolor beginners struggle with uncontrollable watercolor that spreads in all directions, have difficulties in creating nice cloud shapes and see the lack of contrast in your paintings, this class is for you. 

In the tutorial you will find : 

• 5 step-by-step sky painting projects
• Exercises for improving water control
• Brushwork for clouds explained 
• Basic techniques’ demos and explanations
• Tips for beginners about materials and water/pigment ratio
• PDF Guide with the key info
• Additional photo references for your independent practice

This class is planned to guide beginner artists from the very basic steps in watercolors to cloudy sunset paintings. Intermediate watercolorists may also find tips and tricks here about painting skies or just enjoy creating sunset paintings with the project's demos. 

No particular painting or drawing skills are required.  Landscapes and skylines in the projects are easy to paint and explained in each project, so you can just focus on painting skies. 

Join the class and enjoy watercolors ! 

A list of materials used in this class you will find below (you'll also find the lists of materials in the video lessons for each exercise specifically).

You don't need to have them all or to get exactly the same brands. Start with what you already have.

It’s possible to follow the class using a very basic palette of colors and just a few brushes, although having a nice cotton watercolor paper is recommended for the best result. 

Paper (you can take any other paper with the same characteristics) :

            Exercises and explanations  : 

                Montval (sheets), 100% cellulose paper, cold pressed, 300gsm

                Dalbe (block), 100% cotton paper, cold pressed, 300 gsm

            Projects : 

                Arches (sheets), 100% cotton paper, cold pressed, 300 gsm

+ scrap paper for color tests

Other: White Gouache, Masking fluid (Sennelier), plastic/wooden  board, cup of water, paper towels, masking tape, pencil and eraser