How to paint a blue sky

[@originalArchie]

Thank you so much for taking time to explain to us mere mortals . Wonderful video as are all the rest 😊

[@PaintingSkies1]

Very pleased you like it!

[@saltlifegull4091]

You would think as many times as I rewatch your videos, I could paint like you; truth is, I've not painted one yet, as my courage is not quite there yet. Truly, an outstanding video from the master.

[@PaintingSkies1]

Thank you!

[@anaperrier2637]

I don't speak English but the right thing to do is to say *"thank you"* for your learning videos 🐈

[@PaintingSkies1]

Thank you, Ana, very kind of you.

[@narenderbasra4788]

beautiful with experience and technique , Thanks

[@PaintingSkies1]

Thank you, Narender!

[@saltlifegull4091]

Watching this is more relaxing than meditation! Looks like you're not even using a reference photo. I get more paint on my hands than on the canvas Amazing and a sincere thank you.

[@PaintingSkies1]

I did use a series of reference photos, but in the end, only the sky has a slight resemblance with the original picture. And yes, more paint in my hands than on the canvas,I can relate to that...

[@김종기-y2y]

유화작품인지 아크릴작품인지 굼금합니다 korea 구독자 입니다

[@PaintingSkies1]

@@김종기-y2y Sorry to answer in English, but Google Translate is having a little trouble with Korean. The work is painted with oil paint, like all my work. Thanks for subscribing!

[@saltlifegull4091]

Wondering if there's a way to sneak into his studio, hide under a table, and soak in this man's essence and talent, lol! Fortunately, watching his videos is the next best thing. So appreciative that he shares his talent and experiences. A truly talented genius!

[@PaintingSkies1]

That would probably only work if you could morph into a cat...

[@PaintingSkies1]

Thank you for your kind words!

[@debramoss2267]

It feels like a rare privilege to be sat learning from you. I could do this all day! Thank you, so much to learn 🙏🏼

[@PaintingSkies1]

Thanks, Debra, great to hear!

[@necrophagistian]

Thanks for sharing maestro of the skies!

[@PaintingSkies1]

You're very welcome!

[@sharondempsey9329]

Thank you so much for this brilliant lesson, I so appreciate it!

[@PaintingSkies1]

My pleasure, Sharon!

[@sterlingvanderzee90]

Amazing! I’ve always wondered how you make those beautiful double gradients. Thanks for sharing!

[@PaintingSkies1]

My pleasure!

[@arkansasgrizzly]

I’m absolutely mesmerized by your masterful work. Your clouds are perfection!

[@PaintingSkies1]

Thank you, Alan, you're very kind!

[@carrollwilson5169]

A gorgeous painting, great video 💗

[@PaintingSkies1]

Good to hear you enjoyed both the video and the painting, Carroll!

[@barandarya3017]

Thank you so much taking your time to make these videos. Hope will will see a new video for sale soon.

[@PaintingSkies1]

Thank you! I'm planning a new video, but other priorities keep coming up... Will keep you posted on my KZbin channel.

[@kbm506]

Masterfully done!

[@PaintingSkies1]

Thank you!

[@yvonneli2744]

As always gorgeous! Thank you for sharing. Love to see more of your paintings🌹🌹🌹

[@PaintingSkies1]

Thanks, Yvonne. Hope to post more soon!

[@robot7759]

Amazing.

[@PaintingSkies1]

Thanks, Rob!

[@kathleenwestmacott1845]

Thank you for this wonderful sky painting !

[@PaintingSkies1]

My pleasure, Kathleen!

[@MrJFK64]

Dear Janhendrik, thank you so much for your video tutorials! It is a great pleasure to understand and use the technique and get good work. . Your lessons are inspiring and I enjoy watching them and using them in my work. Your experience is invaluable! Thank you very much for your time!

[@PaintingSkies1]

Thank you so much, Janis! Good to hear my videos have been helpful!

[@MrJFK64]

@@PaintingSkies1And it's true your videos are very helpful! I have several works made according to your tehniiquie. It is a unique apportunity to learn from master!!! Thank you very match!!! If possible, iI wold like to send some photos of my painting for criticism!

[@PaintingSkies1]

@@MrJFK64 If you send me an email at [e-mail] I will try to give some useful comments.

[@MrJFK64]

@@PaintingSkies1 I will do!

[@thomasbroderick6388]

Thank you my friend. Beautiful.

[@PaintingSkies1]

Glad you like it, Thomas!

[@muallabiber9323]

O kadar hayranlikla izliyorum ki. Sizden cok sey ogrendigime inaniyorum. Ama yinede yaptiklarimi sizinle paylasamiyorum. Siz gercekten mukemmelsiniz cok tesekkurler videolariniz icin👏👏

[@PaintingSkies1]

Videolarımın size yardımcı olduğunu duyduğuma sevindim. Bir şey göstermeye hazırsanız, [e-mail] adresine e-posta gönderebilirsiniz.

[@123matstallion]

Wow !! Another great piece of work...

[@PaintingSkies1]

Thank you so much!

[@smile9938]

Hi. Your videos haven’t been there for a long time, I’m very glad of the new, I watched some of them several times. You really inspired me to keep painting. I wish you creative success.

[@PaintingSkies1]

Yes, it's been a while. Glad you like the new videos!

[@ericdavies8808]

excellent advice as always...

[@PaintingSkies1]

Thanks, Eric, that's very kind.

[@jmacd98]

Excellent, thank you for sharing 😊

[@PaintingSkies1]

My pleasure, John!

[@esauzelaya9285]

What a great technique!

[@PaintingSkies1]

Thank you, Esau!

[@Moonshineiii]

Beautiful .

[@PaintingSkies1]

Thank you!

[@jess65963]

You have wonderful tips. Thanks so much.

[@PaintingSkies1]

That's great, thanks!

[@robinbean4023]

Thanks another great tutorial 😊

[@PaintingSkies1]

My pleasure, Robin!

[@busra4037]

an excellent master!

[@PaintingSkies1]

Thank you, very kind, Busra!

[@jaimehernandelgadoquintero4539]

Gracias maestro

[@PaintingSkies1]

¡Lo hago con mucho gusto, Jaime!

[@Sanctuary.Studio.D16]

Fantastic! Thank you.

[@PaintingSkies1]

Good to hear you like it, Justin!

[@teresamajale7612]

Thanks for this video, really helpful.

[@PaintingSkies1]

That's great to hear, Teresa!

[@Jamesfoleyjr]

Absolutely fantastic if I could say it in Dutch I would say it to you. Nice work.

[@PaintingSkies1]

Thank you, Jim. In Dutch you would say something like 'mooi werk'.

[@Idahadleyart]

This was a great video. Thank you for writing the paint you use at the bottom of the screen. Love seeing the kitty. Does the first colour next to the horizon line have yellow or ochre tint? Also, do you ever paint skies on canvas stretched on frame? or do you believe the canvas to have too much texture? Thanks so much for these simple and pleasant to watch videos.

[@PaintingSkies1]

Thank you for your kind comment, Tammy.Good to hear the info at the bottom of the screen was useful. The color just above the horizon is indeed yellow. I used to paint on canvas, but I switched to 6 mm MDF board, for the exact reason you mention, to much texture. I wrote a short article about it on my blog: paintingcloudskies.blogspot.com/2015/01/canvas-or-board.html. If you're interested in my full length videos, please go to www.paintingskies.com/video.

[@awakeatdawnrae6456]

I've been listening to you for about 40 minutes and I can go on and on and on. Clouds are my thing.. sunlight moonlight peach blue and all shades in between green I think I may have died and gone to heaven😂😂

[@PaintingSkies1]

Thank you, Rae. Hope you came back to earth!

[@MarkXHolland]

Informative, entertaining and too short! Great work.

[@PaintingSkies1]

Thank you, Francis!

[@mark-dietz]

Have you ever tried pthalo green in a sky? My "go to" for a brilliant sky is Ultramarine at the top, fading into pthalo blue, then cerulean blue and finally Pthalo green. It adds an eerie glow on the horizon, mixes seamlessly with cerulean, and is in my opinion a great color at the zenith if Im doing a dark cloudy horizon...just a hint though to add a glow. I sure enjoy your work.

[@PaintingSkies1]

No, I have never used phtalo blue for my skies. Don't know why actually. At a certain point you develop a preference for certain colors and you sort of stop looking. Will include it in my next order. Thanks!

[@dbueter]

Thank you!

[@PaintingSkies1]

Thanks, Debbie!

[@naylasyifa8178]

This is so helpful, thank you so much! I'll subscribe 😄

[@PaintingSkies1]

That’s great to hear, Nayla. Thanks!

[@Mike65809]

Sublime.

[@PaintingSkies1]

Thank you, Mike!

[@parthsavyasachi9348]

Thank you for the video

[@PaintingSkies1]

You're welcome, Parth!

[@allenvoss7977]

When working with ultramarine blue I like to add a touch of cobalt teal , touch of magenta and a very small touch of burnt under to de saturate that purple. I also like cobalt blue

[@PaintingSkies1]

Yeah, I get the cobalt tealt. I use Scheveningen blue to get that same effect. I wonder: doesn't your blue get 'dirty' from adding the burnt umber?

[@allenvoss7977]

@@PaintingSkies1 yes if to much . so I go back with a little more of the blue mix and it balances itself out . But lately I haven’t been mixing that way. I’m using cobalt blue more and more , with a touch of the UMB. But it does always depend on my reference. I don’t like formulas that much I like to paint more instinctively.

[@PaintingSkies1]

@@allenvoss7977 I agree. Though my basic sky color is Kings Blue light, I always add different colors, depending on the situation.

[@fredguedespereira4458]

Your videos are so inspiring! Thanks! I have a question: how to blend the smooth transition of blue and yellow without leaving a green stripe between them?

[@PaintingSkies1]

Thanks, Fred, good to hear you enjoy my videos. When creating a smooth transition between 2 colors I gradually add more of one of them to the mix. So in this case, when you start with the yellow just above the horizon you add evermore blue to the mix. You obviously will get a greenish blue, but that will slowly change into a real blue. Hope this helps!

[@fredguedespereira4458]

@@PaintingSkies1 Thanks! I think the secret is how smoothly you apply it and the gradual addition of blue to the yellow. I'll try this on my next painting.

[@PaintingSkies1]

@@fredguedespereira4458 Don't forget the importance of the right brushes. I did a short video on the subject: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYGsh2yvaM9rgc0.

[@rhonalow3271]

I am sure you use non toxic pigments and mediums!! Your fingers are such a help in spreading the paint = paint on your hands!!

[@PaintingSkies1]

This habit of spreading the paint with my thumb dates back to my time in art school, we're talking late sixties, early seventies. Since then paints have become less of a health hazard, but if you don't feel at ease with this technique you could try surgical gloves.

[@bodilfredsdotter3994]

Wow 😍

[@PaintingSkies1]

Good to hear, Bodil!

[@mikeynyc6857]

I’m curious how you clean the stippler brush.

[@PaintingSkies1]

I use sunflower oil (any household oil will do) and shampoo. Wrote a short article about it on my blog: paintingcloudskies.blogspot.com/2016/09/cleaning-brushes.html.

[@mikeynyc6857]

@@PaintingSkies1 very nice , thank you. I always have issues when clean larger brushes. I will try this method.

[@PaintingSkies1]

@@mikeynyc6857 Great!

[@marcelopinheiro6331]

Seu trabalho é lindo e real ! Mas vc só pinta praia ? Queria ver o que eu gosto mais , que é paisagem com vegetação verde , céu , e agua..... vc não pinta assim porquê ? Com a realidade das suas praias , fico imaginando essa realidade numa paisagem com água vegetação etc...... ficaria muito lindo ! Faz ;

[@PaintingSkies1]

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[@chaconne0488]

I came here completely by accident, but I already know that I will stay here for a long time, impatiently waiting for the next miracles! For me, painting the sky is the hardest part in painting a landscape. The color blue turned out to be wild, aggressive, dominant, ugly. It was very frustrating. Thank you very much for the hint. I want to draw the paints right away and smudge a bit of the sky at least. Best wishes.

[@PaintingSkies1]

Good to hear the video has been helpful. It took me quite some time too, to find out how to get the sky color I wanted. Hope you enjoy the rest of the videos as well. For my full length tutorials go to:: www.paintingskies.com/video.

[@allenvoss7977]

I guess I should go back to using liquin original . I do you like your idea with layers . how many layers in the sky typically ?

[@PaintingSkies1]

At least 2, very often 3 layers.

[@allenvoss7977]

@@PaintingSkies1 That’s about what I do.

[@juliesteffers4097]

I love the cat

[@PaintingSkies1]

So do I.

[@bernadettebaca2577]

I find myself using Gamsol (ordorless mineral spirits) instead of liquin. Is there an advantage to using liquin instead of gamsol?

[@PaintingSkies1]

When you use Gambol your paint quickly gets to thin and you'll loose color. Whith Liquin it will keep its substance and color.

[@bernadettebaca2577]

@@PaintingSkies1 ok thanks

[@untildawnstudio7152]

Your medium appears to be like a gel texture on camera, isn't that Liquin Original? Because my Liquin Light Gel has more of a liquid texture, I was wondering...

[@PaintingSkies1]

No, it's definitely the Light Gel, but I noticed it doesn't always have the same consistency. This bottle is indeed more liquid than the previous one I bought.

[@untildawnstudio7152]

@@PaintingSkies1 Thank you for your answer. Its weird, I checked again, and mine is definitely totally liquid. Like its not a gel at all, it wont stay on my palette, but drip down. Compare to liquin original, that is totally a gel

[@bettygeorge8251]

Could you please tell me what other color I might use as I can't find scavening blue in UK.

[@PaintingSkies1]

Scheveningen Blue is a greenish blue, so any greenish blue (Cerulean Blue, Prussian Blue, maybe mixed with a little yellow) can serve as a replacement.

[@Julia29853]

The pigments for Schveningen Blue light are pthalo blue (greenish shade) , titanium white and zinc white

[@allenvoss7977]

Is there a difference between liquin original and liquin light gel !!???

[@PaintingSkies1]

LIquin Light gel is a gel (surprise) and it's very suited for paining large surfaces, because your paint more or less feels like a lacquer. Liquid original is a more fluid medium. I liked it fine, but since I accidentally purchased the gel some time ago, I only use the gel.

[@vincefreeman1130]

I wondered this as well, I had Liquin original and Liquin fine detail and just assumed (wrongly) that light gel was the same but with a thicker viscosity. When however, Mr Dolsma said it dried overnight I knew something had to be different as my layers using normal liquin took several days still. I purchased some light gel and hey presto, even pure white dries in a matter of hours in a warm room! The chemical composition must be different in some way to the other kinds, unless my other liquins are not quite right. Thankyou for all these videos, they make another big sky / cloud obsessed amateur painters life a little easier.

[@PaintingSkies1]

@@vincefreeman1130 Good to hear my videos have been useful, Vince. I'm surprised the Liquin original took several days to dry. Did you paint on a different substrate back then?

[@vincefreeman1130]

Ive painted on Arches paper and 6mm MDF with white emulsion undercoat. It could be my ratio of liquin used, most people suggested that I use it sparingly so as not to yellow the film. Wheras with the light gel i probably used a lot more. The only other drying medium ive tried that I like is walnut alkyd, that also works rather well. If indeed the liquin original and gel are supposed to have the same curing times what makes you prefer the gel? As you have to mix it more into the paint id have thought original would be easier.

[@PaintingSkies1]

@@vincefreeman1130 It could very well be the ratio of Liquin used. BTW, I have never noticed any yellowing of the film since I started using Liquin and that's probably some 15 years ago. The walnut alkyd is a little slower than liquin, but it's a more natural product, whereas liquin is totally synthetic.

[@ChuckleBucketBaby]

He doesnt show the painting of the clouds . Or land . :-(

[@PaintingSkies1]

No, he doesn't... But fortunately he has lots of other videos on KZbin with clouds and even some land. For example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZm8pWVrqsl_hJY.

[@ChuckleBucketBaby]

@@PaintingSkies1 ive seen all his videos. And i still want him to show the details of the whole painting. Its anti climatic when he doesnt.

[@PaintingSkies1]

@@ChuckleBucketBaby Thank you for your comment. Now I understand what you meant. I left out the painting of the clouds and the land, because the subject of the video is how to paint the blue of the sky. But even though that is the case, I could have shown how I did the clouds and the land. Will keep it in mind!

[@ChuckleBucketBaby]

@@PaintingSkies1 i understand. Thank you for your reply, I love your style and all of your work!

[@europeanroyalty4778]

2 videos in 2 weeks. What's going on?

[@PaintingSkies1]

Amazing, eh? Had to update my channel and post more content. It seems the algorithm likes that.

[@europeanroyalty4778]

@@PaintingSkies1 I do too. Look forward to more content. Thank's for posting. It's the generosity of people like yourself by uploading video's that's enabled me to learn to paint.

[@PaintingSkies1]

@@europeanroyalty4778 Thank you, Good to hear my videos have been helpful. Hope to post a new one soon.