How to Paint Clouds for Beginners🎨Sponge Painting Clouds/QTIP Clouds/Sky Acrylic Painting Tutorial

This video shows how to paint clouds for beginners and how to paint a sky and clouds using acrylic paint. Let's paint easy simple Clouds and sky using three painting techniques. This acrylic painting tutorial shows three ways to paint very easy clouds and sky. One using a sponge painting technique, one with a paintbrush and one using Q Tips. These are all things we probably have at home and it's amazing what we can create with these every day items.
If you would like to learn how to paint a sky and clouds with acrylics, how to paint clouds easily and how to learn to paint from home then this video is a great place to start.
A sky can really decide on the mood of your landscape painting, so give these clouds a try and see how you go. Sponge painting clouds is simple, easy and fun to do and can create a cloudy sky very quickly. Using a brush to create light clouds is also an easy way to create a cloudy sky and using a q tip can give a fluffy stratus cloud effect. Why not try all three techniques to create your own satisfying result?!
Hopefully this video is a relaxing painting video to watch, so sit back relax and see how you could paint easy clouds in acrylic paint.
Using these cloud painting techniques you can create an easy landscape painting, this video is suitable for beginners.
Most importantly have fun and enjoy the painting process! 💕
Thank you so much for watching, if you enjoy today's video please consider subscribing - it really does help - thank you. 💖
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Materials that I use: 🖌🎨
Princeton Brushes - you can buy each one separately or in a set:
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Large Flat Brush - I use these a lot for backgrounds and blending:
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Mop Brush - brilliant for softening blends and painting skies and clouds:
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Fan Brush - nice versatile brush for all types of landscape techniques:
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Liquitex Heavy body Paint:
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Liquitex Basics Acrylic:
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Windsor and Newton Paint:
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Windsor and Newton Professional:
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Artist Sponge:
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Canvas:
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Retarder or slow dry medium - I use this a lot for large blends:
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Airbrush Medium - good for thining down paint for glazes:
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Timecodes
0:00-Intro
0:10-How to easily paint fluffy clouds
3:04-Mop brush technique for quick result
5:49-Create distance and interest with Q Tips
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[@kookiekoo3206]

This deserves to be viral.

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

That is so kind of you to say my friend 😊Thank you

[@craigharpel295]

I totally agree! How does this not have 1000's of views and like's???? I would like to have seen how you got the thin background clouds on the second one before you started putting in the cirrus clouds with the brush.

[@lisawik7234]

I disagree. Is gray added in the first technique on the sponge??. We don't know that. Also what sort of sponge is it. Many unanswered questions

[@Ruru-im6cm]

Army 💜

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

Hello Everyone, today we are painting three types of cloud using different techniques. Links are in the description for the brushes and sponge that I used 😊

[@nimisisblademedia866]

So is it more like a dry bush or should you use water?

[@shellybear627]

Thank you so much for this! Each type of cloud is perfect for a different type of scene and having the opportunity to see the lot of them all in one place makes it so much easier for me to learn. Thank you so much for your contribution to my increasing confidence in my art ❤

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

Thanks for the lovely comment. I'm so glad the video was useful 😊

[@krissiasyling1110]

These are realistic clouds I'm looking forward to learn. I hope to have more of clouds tutorial using filbert and fan brush.

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

Glad you like them! 😊

[@whiteowl227]

I like the brush one! Than you for this knowledge!

[@Lashay7]

Thank you so much for the lesson! The Q tip looks interesting!

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

Glad it was helpful!

[@pradeepahemamali204]

All 3 types are beautiful 🥰🥰🥰 can I get go to know that what you used for 1st type of clouds ? Is it a sponge ??

[@davidmolloy126]

Hiya, All three techniques look great but I particularly like the last one with the cotton buds, as It looks like the 'Mackerel Sky' clouds that are so difficult to do with a brush. The second technique could be translateable as the white horse wave tops seen on blustery days on the sea. Thanks very much and take care.x

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

Thanks David, I didn't know the term 'Mackerel Sky' so I've learned something today too! It's surprising what effects you can create with everyday objects instead of a brush. 😊Take care.

[@davidmolloy126]

@@IdyllicAcrylicArt 7.10am here with a gorgeous blue Pennine sky and a Blackbird really going for it ! Mackerel sky is that effect quite often seen in the winter in GB where ice crystals form really high up in the atmosphere giving a wavy barred effect like the pattern on the side of a Mackerel. x

[@hhull46]

I did a little bit of painting years and years ago (76 years old now) and this has been such a huge inspiration for me to try it again. Thank You for this and the inspiration you've started again. Just subscribed also.

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

Thank you for the lovely comment, you can do it and I'm so glad that you are inspired!

[@hhull46]

@@IdyllicAcrylicArt When working with acrylic paints do you let a layer dry before adding the next part of the painting? Example: When painting the clouds do you let the blue sky part dry before doing the clouds? Thank you for the encouragement and reply.

[@sundarniazisundar6196]

woooooooow dreat art

[@sawanithemaskar5445]

Now I can do all the sky painting I like thank you so much ❤️

[@arifaavaram]

Wow they all look so amazing I need to try them all! Hope I can do it :) Your video was a great help, thank you!

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

I'm sure you can do it! Glad you liked it 😊

[@cociutomo]

Top technic painting

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

Thank you 😊

[@calmvibes.1726]

Soothing and useful💙

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

Thank you! 🙂

[@fuatmeydan7608]

çok güzel, öğretici çalışma, çok kişiye yardımcı olacak bu paylaşım için teşekkürler. Teşekkürler...

[@stayaamna]

Thank you so much for this video it was so helpful i really liked the way you've painted these clouds so effortlessly i will be trying them out soon even tho I've tried the sponge technique but it didn't work so well maybe i was not doing it the right way also second one was the best ❤️it deserves so many viewss

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

Thanks, I'm so glad it was helpful. 😊

[@parvaiznaseem8831]

Great wonderful Tutorial!!

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

Thank you so much, I'm glad you liked it 😊

[@williammichael2156]

Thanks for this , from Scotland 💙

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

Thanks so much, Scotland is beautiful. I used to live in Edinburgh for a time 😊

[@tombryan720]

Great demonstration

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

Thank you and thanks for watching 😊

[@snowberriesx]

Lovely !

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

Thanks so much 😊

[@shaikhfayja7312]

How to draw flat clouds in different shades?

[@brandieddy470]

This is amazing! Thank you

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

Thank you and thanks for watching 😊

[@creativegirlnamra9523]

Uh deserve at least 1 million likes.....!!

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

Thank you so much for the lovely comment 😊

[@creativegirlnamra9523]

@@IdyllicAcrylicArt my pleasure...🙏😊btw I m also new tuber so need urh support ♥️🙏

[@blessz6631]

the music is so calming 😭😭

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

Thank you for watching 😊

[@blessz6631]

@@IdyllicAcrylicArt you're welcome! thank you too 😊

[@CristelBrisset-yr5gx]

Merci beaucoup de nous donner plusieurs méthodes afin de parvenir à faire des nuages, qui,contrairement à ce que l on pense sont difficiles à créer.

[@adienarthamarchia]

thank you so much! i will try one of them, but i want to ask for the brush technique, is the background color (blue in your painting) still wet or is it okay if the background is already dry? thanks so much!

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

Thanks for watching. 😊The background was dry in all 3 demonstrations, however for the second technique you could use it on a wet sky too and blend it more (this works particularly well for sunsets). 👍

[@adienarthamarchia]

@@IdyllicAcrylicArt thanks so much! i tried to paint clouds one day and it didn't work, i think because i used a flat brush and used too much white paint. i think you use a dry painting technique in the video, is it?

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

@@adienarthamarchia Yes it was a dry background when I did it. Good luck with the cloud paintings!👍

[@fadisamman5546]

Thanks🎖️🎖️🎖️🎄🎄🎄🇦🇺

[@somrongkhotsombat3326]

Giờ ms biết. Từ trc đến giờ chỉ suy nghĩ đến cái lý do thứ 2 :))))

[@LoveroftheLord]

You need to explain a bit more for us beginners. What type of sponge, the back ground blue, what color of blues and do you use in the back ground? the different greys in the clouds?? how many different greys are there? Is that an ice scape on the bottom. You do amazing work, but us beginngers need more info not music. TY

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

thanks for your comment. 😊There is a link in the description for the sponge used, but any artist sponge will create a similar effect. I used cobalt blue, but again you could use any blue you like depending on the sky you are painting. I used paynes grey and white for greys, but any grey would do depending on the effect you want. I painted a simple mountain on the bottom to show how the clouds work with any landscape. I will definitely try to give more information in future videos, thanks so much for the feedback. 👍

[@nicolebotma6060]

You can get sponges at art shop or just used kitchen sponge.

[@chrsyllamarlene4473]

really helpfull 😭☺️

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

That's great, I'm so glad 👍😊

[@talulot6696]

I will definitely love to try all of these but what type of brush did you use on the second part? Thank you!

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

I used a small mop brush, but you can get them in different sizes. If you don't have a mop brush, often a fluffy make up brush can do a similar job. Thanks for watching 👍

[@robertsparks7244]

Thanks what brush was the middle. All was very good 👍

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

I used a small mop brush, but any soft brush would work

[@marayagury6222]

These clouds are cool, but I can’t do any of that XD

[@karlsbikestunts]

Sponge seemed to get the best result

[@HoneyBunches100]

Thank you.

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

Thanks for watching, hope it was helpful 😊

[@goodlife1953]

Can you tell me what size and brand of mop brush you are using? Thanks!

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

Hi, mine is a Grumbacher 3/4", but really any medium sized fluffy brush would work. 😊

[@rupalimalhotra9585]

Can we use brush instead Reply soon . Thanks Rims1

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

Absolutely! Use whatever you are comfortable with 😊

[@kamallohar4037]

Chúc thầy lộc nhanh giàu để vk con và gd bất khổ nhé❤️❤

[@nusratnisa1140]

The most easiest way

[@Aradorable]

Did you cut the sponge in half

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

Hi, yes I did to make it smaller, but it's not necessary. Most sponges will work 😊

[@heera858]

Amazing! 😃..could you please share a link to the sponge you are using?🙂..thanks in advance!

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

Thanks so much for your comment. Any sponge would be good, but you can buy art sponges exactly like the one I used on Amazon. I've put a link in the description 😊I cut the sponge into smaller pieces as needed. Thanks for your support💕

[@heyashleyhey1]

What’s the name of the music in the background ❤️‍🔥??

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

Hi, music is from You Tube Audio Library, thanks for watching 😊

[@HongNguyen-xz7nx]

The name of the first, what is it ?

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

Hi, thanks for watching. The first cloud was done with a sponge, I used an artist sponge, but most sponges would do a similar job.😊

[@AmusedBooks-lg9qe]

Aakash

[@sawanithemaskar5445]

Now I can do all the sky painting I like thank you so much ❤️

[@IdyllicAcrylicArt]

Thanks for watching 😊