Finishing the cloud shadows
Bill finishes up his cloud shadows. We've shown you before how important it is to keep your sky layer thin. You can not hypnotize your sky if there is too much paint on the canvas. Even worse, if you are using a thin paint, when you begin hypnotizing you will get a big mess on your canvas. You need a thick, dry paint. But don't take our word for it, listen to Bill in this video … [Read more...]
Mixing the cloud shadow color
Bill takes you step by step mixing the cloud shadow color. Notice how he corrects the color "on the fly". Notice the circular strokes with the fan brush as he adds the shadow to the cloud. Bill doesn't spend a lot of time working on the clouds in this painting because he doesn't need to. A mountain is going to cover a lot of the sky so he only needs a hint of clouds. But he … [Read more...]