Painting Clouds with Acrylic 5 Ways! - A Social Distance Get-Together Special!

Today I'm going to show you 5 different acrylic cloud painting techniques! Let's do something fun, constructive, and social with our time of social distancing and self-isolation. Just because we're apart, doesn't mean we're alone 💛
Just grab an old canvas or a sheet of paper, a couple of brushes, a palette knife, and a couple tubes of paint, and let's do this thing!
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[@heatherfadden7278]

You should not apologize jane. We are grateful that your taking the time out of your day to do this for us !! Extremely grateful!!

[@PaintingwithJane]

Thank you, heather. I'm so glad to have you with me

[@cherylruiz5514]

There’s even a face in the cloud, just like a real cloud!!!

[@labla8940]

i REALLY APPRECIATE HOW YOU FOCUS ON EXPLAING SHOWING THE EXACT AMOUNT OF PAINT ON THE BRUSH. vERY DETAILED AND INSTRCTIONAL, YOU WIN THE BEST TUTORIAL AWARD

[@deborawagner7657]

Six minutes in and my biggest care in life has become: "how the heck did this strand of hair get into my paint?" I've missed this ! Thank you so much Jane.

[@itsmedebls]

Don't worry so much about us! We can't hear noises in the background. Those who love to paint just want to watch you and hear you explain. Camera angles aren't so important to us at this point. We're just thankful for the time you're taking to do this for us. AND...your voice is sooo soothing. I've had to give us brush painting because I have a lung condition and the meds make me shake really badly. So, I've taken up acrylic pouring. Having fun with it, but it's not my first love. I'm living vicariously through you. :)

[@mjfetzik9033]

First comment ever! #1 I dig the color you chose for your living room walls, #2 dog snores are the best comforting noise ever and #3 Thank you for being so generous with your time and talent! It is so appreciated.

[@leightonwatson7842]

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[@OhioChar]

Thank you! I've been working 12 hour shifts and 6 days this week. I'm tired, stressed, and unnerved. I had several canvas boards ready for two weeks to practice clouds for a painting. My plan at the end of this long week was to shut out the world and paint on my day off. When I crawled into bed last night with my phone, look what showed up on my youtube!!! I fell asleep watching and listening to you paint. Every time I woke up,( sleep is scattered with crazy dreams) I started the video where I nodded off 🤗 Finished it this morning. Now it's almost 7am. I hear birds, coffee is brewing. Time to paint. ❤ You are soothing for my soul.

[@neva3504]

1st time checking out your work Jane. You ROCK on painting clouds. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@kevinpoffenroth9734]

I can’t express how much you’ve helped me you’re such a good teacher a beautiful human being thank you

[@susangarland6869]

I love you with short hair. Your face has such gorgeous bone structure, and very short hair shows that off beautifully.

[@gemmamilliken7702]

Thank you Jane. Welcome back!

[@JenLucas-it9fu]

I've been struggling for months with clouds, you've been sooo much help, thank you.

[@bethmulligan2588]

Thanks for welcoming us into your home. I saw your mssg yesterday & was so glad to see you healthy. I have either been painting,working w clay or loving up on my yorkie,Chewey during these difficult dystopian times. As always,enjoyed as well as learned from...your tutorials. Stay clean ✌OUT

[@nedcramdon1306]

You make the world a better place Jane.

[@PaintingwithJane]

You're too kind. Thank you, friend. I try my best 💛🙏

[@nedcramdon1306]

@@PaintingwithJane I'm being sincere. Your one of my favorite artists. Beautiful personality and easy on the eyes too. Thank you for doing what you do and keep safe.

[@livinglifeinthenorth8512]

I enjoyed this Jane! It reminded me of your videos when you started. Always love your calm instruction manner.

[@elainelogan2023]

Loved this!!ideas for next: show us cliffs with palette knife and maybe modeling paste for texture

[@carlheggelin7417]

Thank you for your help! Enjoyed practicing along with you .

[@tiffanygraves4816]

You are such a good teacher. You explain the important details that might not occur to others to mention. Thank you!

[@marycaciamasser3814]

Oh wow this was great Jane. So helpful and encouraging and relaxing. You are so positive. I’ve been looking at a lot of the Old Masters paintings, making various observations. One of the things I’ve noticed is some painters just make little cotton ball puffs repeatedly across their skies in a single painting. Then that becomes the style in ALL of their paintings. I’ve also been noticing clouds outside on my back porch at various times of day. I’ve learned that unless you’re making cottonball or worm clouds- you really can’t make a wrong cloud. ⛅️

[@CrixJoki]

I really appreciate your company and I´m grateful for these calm breaks from the worlds chaos that is right now! And stop apologizing luv, we do what we can with the situation we are in! :) 💜 and I think it´s VERY important that we can escape for a while and create, get our minds off of everything. And watching you, whatever setting you have, is peaceful and calm, it makes you forget everything else but the moment you are in! :) you kinda brings us mindfulness in every video you make (not kinda, you ARE) I´m all out on ideas, but whatever you post, I´ll be here watching and liking :) 💜

[@cherylfrank6468]

You are the best instructor on KZbin . Thank you, so clear and serene. A pleasure to watch and listen and learn.

[@mla718]

Jane, I can’t thank you enough for this demonstration of cloud painting. Perfect timing for me as I’m struggling with getting clouds to look good. You are so real and calming and make painting so enjoyable. Thank you Jane for sharing your skills with us.

[@veecastro6028]

Omg 😍😍😍 it’s Carol Brady. Thank you for sharing your work.

[@naimachraa3221]

Thank you Jane. I learnt a lot from you. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@juttabecker8694]

I totally agree with Heather Fadden...no apologies Jane. Technical equipment or backgrounds or snoring cats and dogs not important. That you feel comfortable and relaxed and take the time for teaching us counts. Reminds me of your tutorials when you started with KZbin. By the way Jane...the short hair suits you! Beautiful !!!

[@marialuzfajardo7828]

You are so kind sharing with us. 👏👏👏

[@sy2.083]

It’s about 2 a.m. and I had finished watching this video and only had an angle brush but had to try it on a painting with an orangey sunset, used orange and white-the most beautiful clouds I have ever managed to do-YOU ARE BRILLIANT!!!!! Thank you sooo very much for sharing in an easy to understand way, ty!!!!!!

[@olivesgal6685]

That was so great, Jane. I appreciate you doing this. I have anxiety but it's even more challenging right now so this gave me something to focus on besides all of the fear and uncertainty in the world right now. Some ideas for you to consider: waves (with calm and stormy, tree bark using different brushes, palette knife flowers (peonies, gerbera daisies, hydrangeas etc), how to create fabric folds with light and shadow, how to paint metal (rusted iron, bronze with patina, brass, copper etc) and a challenge for you..... Finger paint a full landscape with lots of color! Let the shenanigans begin! Lol!

[@cristycreates2887]

I cant get my act together for some reason.... I saw you were going live and my brain is going 90 to nothing. By the time I remembered, with my family home, and my own neurotic ways it was during the night last night... 🙄 Clouds are one of my favorites to paint! I love your beautiful bold colors in your house too! While we are stuck at home that's something that would be fun to do too.. Maybe I'll paint the whole house! Lol Sending lots of love dear friend!!! 🙏🏽♥️🤗🎨And thank you for sharing!! 😘

[@viviandibrell849]

Fabulous! You are so soothing and great techniques!

[@ruthbarton8502]

Thanks for this, Jane. I find using a large filbert brush like you use your cloud brush works for me … does mess up the brush, though

[@conniemunroe7203]

Love you, Jane. Thank you for sharing these techniques. You are awesome and such a sweet soul. Blessings to you. Stay healthy and safe.

[@jimahrens4941]

THANK YOU JANE. WE ALL HAVE TO GO THROUGH CHANGES THESE DAYS. THANK YOU FOR DOING THE BEST THAT YOU CAN. WE CAN STILL LEARN FROM YOU. :)

[@barbr8313]

Just in time! After painting "The Gathering" I wanted to learn more techniques for painting clouds and here you are. Thank You. Loved the short demos and your kind encouragement.

[@onnaaddis7983]

Ty Jane! I love clouds and love painting skyscapes. Some good some crazy! Up here in the hi desert we get a gorgeous variety.

[@sharonnalls2258]

Jane, you are a great instructor! Thank you for this video on different techniques for painting clouds. I found it very informative and encouraging. I look forward to learning more from you about acrylic painting on canvas.

[@BobHubbardATL]

Great video Jane. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@SewWhittle]

Loving the hair! 😍

[@anitarobertson418]

Love the variety in cloud making. Thanks for sharing on the "jail" time we are on. Big hug. Stay well.

[@PaintingwithJane]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it, Anita!!

[@cunninghamfilms8457]

The best instruction I’ve found for painting clouds. Thank you !

[@IamCareyann]

Thank you Jane for thinking of us and Sharing your thoughts/techniques on clouds! I just got my Fredrix canvas pad a few weeks ago, and I love it!

[@sveta7800]

Jane you create by accident a pretty face on your cloud starting at 12:54. It’s lovely ;))

[@Ms615reality]

Love love love you! Thank you so much for your tutorials. So patient and your explanations are so easy to understand. Thanks for your help!

[@7pal101]

Thank you! I'm still struggling with my cumulus clouds but I've been practicing like you say ( different brushes and thickness of paint, layering light grey with light blue and then white.....I'm getting better thanks to you, You are my favorite! Love your insights on how to handle a brush.You give us those little tips that make a difference. Glad to know you're doing great!!!

[@robinking5744]

Man! I love your teaching style -- Just simply excellent.

[@janettejohnston5876]

Thank you thank you thank you!!! Your beautiful calm approach for me as a beginner has been so helpful. I found my cloud brush today, yay!!! and am learning through your tutoring and example to stop rushing..

[@lindarobinson8426]

I love your painting. The clouds you done on the blue colour on the right hand side was great I picked up what looked like a face eyes,nose and face. I love looking at clouds and it was awesome seeing in painted without you knowing. I hope to be able to get more brushes but I understand. Thank you for painting. Love painting with you! Take care!

[@sarap9828]

OMG! Thank you so much for this tutorial! I've been in the "I can't paint clouds." camp for quite a while. It was great to see 3 different ways to do them. Since I don't have cloud brushes yet I tried the angle brush technique you demonstrated. First time seeing anyone use an angle brush for clouds. Game changer!!! I might just be able to be a cloud painter. Thank you again for all your instructions. Stay safe!!

[@pjbk3838]

This was so helpful!!! I have been looking for a tutorial of a full sun with blue skies above, yellows and orange below. I saw a large painting like that 20 years ago and it has stuck with me. Thank you

[@tinayanotitinaro7569]

Love that brush.

[@tracietracie8454]

You are n INCREDIBLE teacher!!! Thank you!❤️

[@lisa-gayle9939]

Jane, I purchased your cloud brushes a long time ago and I LOVE em! I can’t paint clouds with any other brush since I got yours...actually, I love ALL of your brushes!😊♥️

[@maureenanderson5707]

Lovely to see you Jane!

[@marybrown8518]

Yes Jane like you self isolation and will enjoy my painting thank god for your program keep safe

[@PaintingwithJane]

You too, Mary

[@shelley2he844]

Please keep making these great tutorials! I've been painting for around a year maybe a bit less and I've learned more from you in two videos than I have from any one else in months. ✌️💯❤️ Thankyou and happy new year

[@sylviefleurant6138]

This video was very helpful. Thank you for sharing these techniques with us🙏😊

[@deshistoiresdesombres1936]

I've created my own technique for clouds. I cut the top of a stiff, low quality tapered round brush straight across and I use it by dabbing it in black or any other dark color and then in white(not mixing it) and then I dab it on the canvas in a random(as random as I possibly can) pattern

[@ancagerber]

You look beautiful. Love your hair. Thanks for sharing your space and knowledge. Always enjoy watching you paint. Regards from Down Under 🇦🇺

[@helenwalters3740]

Thank you Jane, I love your video's. I will try out painting clouds tomorrow.

[@shirin8390]

Thank you so so much…I was confused about painting the clouds,now I am much better 🌹🌹

[@js2art1]

I have just started trying to paint clouds and been so discouraged. You came through just in time I can understand this! Thank you!

[@jackiegarroutte8970]

Thank you Jane! This is super helpful!!

[@meri8746]

Wow! What an excellent tutorial! 👏🏻

[@Olladygarland]

Thank you 🙏 love your company!

[@PaintingwithJane]

Thank you, Rebecca! I love YOUR company too

[@happy.homestead]

Great video tutorial. Thanks Jane!!!

[@dshepherd107]

An absolutely excellent cloud tutorial for acrylics. Ty so much! This really helped me w/ a moonrise on the ocean horizon painting I’m working on. I wanted to figure out how to paint low clouds rolling in over the ocean, & now I know how😊🙏. I also just purchased 2 cloud brushes from you.

[@vickibriscoe6272]

Thank you, love this video ❤

[@asilrashid1979]

Great tutorial, Jane. Thanks!! I would have loved to see the finger technique of painting clouds, the one you did on the stormy sky painting, which is one of my favorite tutorials. That finger painting technique of painting clouds is a revelation!!! Anyways, another idea for a technique video would be painting rocks or mountains. I always struggle with those...

[@grantharper6033]

Hi Jane, thanks for this video, perfect timing Asimov have my PWJ cloud brushes so I am going to go for it. It’s great you’re still doing these videos for us and for yourself during this time when things are pretty muddled and a little scary so thank you for that. One thing I struggle with is making a mountain look like rock once the background is done. Adding highlights and low lights and mid tones and all of it looking like rock never seems to happen, so maybe that’s an idea for another of these short specific tutorials. Stay safe,keep smiling and we all love you 🙏

[@ghungru2011]

Thank you! This was very helpful

[@janawallace378]

Thanks for sharing with us, Jane

[@PaintingwithJane]

Thanks for being there, Jana!!

[@belengonzalezgonzalez5830]

A los aprendices novatos nos va bien ver los colores y mezclas en la paleta,

[@susantodd1674]

Jane, thank you, thank you, thank you, I have been trying to master clouds for months and no success. After watching your videos, I finally got it. Namaste

[@PaintingwithJane]

Wonderful! I'm so glad I could help! Keep painting them. The more you paint them the more your technique will develop into something all your own 💛

[@roberthagen9355]

This is great ! I have used the clouds you painted in your hot hair balloon picture. Didn't turn out like exactly like yours but I did like the effect. Thank you for the time you spend teaching and the grace in which you do it. Also, wanted to let you know I really like your hair and makeup looks awesome too. 👍 😊

[@lesleyorr3418]

Interesting video, techniques really well explained and demonstrated... thank you!

[@PaintingwithJane]

You're so welcome, Lesley! Thank you!!

[@fionalu1005]

Love your hair style !!!

[@Liasisws]

Thank you for this! I finally have some time, (I have extra shifts at the grocery store during all of this.) and I was able to watch....I think I like the cloud brush technique best...but I don't have cloud brushes! LOL...I'm gonna use old round brushes in the meantime.....Thanks again and stay safe

[@lenlenlen1]

Talented and good looking!

[@josianeholbe]

Tres beaux nuages!🎨♥️😀

[@gwen7005]

Thank you for this today!

[@PaintingwithJane]

You're so welcome, Gwen! Thank you for being with me

[@brendaarmstrong9222]

Would love to see abstract landscapes!

[@rhonda1395]

Thank you so much for your tutorials. Very easy to follow. By the way, we could not hear your boxer. Boxers are my favorite. I have had several over the years. If you are ever looking for suggestions as to what to pain, please, show us how to paint “fur babies”. Thanks again..

[@loriepoole77]

Thank you for sharing your talents. Btw, you have a calming voice; reminds me of Bob Ross. 😀

[@Macsinvideo]

Wow beautiful,I like your new look💕

[@gary313]

How about one on trees? Also, even if your brushes aren't available now, please show them so I know about your cloud brush.

[@tinayanotitinaro7569]

Bought that awhile back

[@wasimachowdhury8595]

22:00 wispy clouds

[@suewilson9553]

Jane, what do you do with the canvas sheet once you’ve painted a painting you’d like to keep? Or is that not what they’re for?

[@bloomers72]

I would love to see a tutorial on painting various grasses.

[@anniemac7545]

Hi Jane, thanks for this video, I love clouds. Just a question if you have ever used Atelier Interactive paints?

[@tinayanotitinaro7569]

Looking to buy decent watercolors which do you recommend?

[@sy2.083]

I love this club brush technique, am a beginner with big difficulty with clouds, is the club brush your invention?

[@TinthiaClemant]

Jane, please show me how to paint water lilies.

[@CathyJohnson-cq9um]

Hi, could you try making clouds with a makeup sponge and ither sponges plus using a fan brush. Thanks. Love yourcstirmy cloud paintings. I made 2 different with flowers. I love doing these and fields and meadows. Clouds are tough . Dome turned out great others were a pure disaster. I find if youve not been painting for a few months you can lose your ability to create as well as before. I have done some nice and some ive gotten very frustrated on since i hate making mistakes. Made many of your paintings. I love the stormy sky paintings, made several ive changed sky colors etc. I love fields and meadow paintings too. And your fall paintings. The onecwith orange sky and purple was very hard to see . Id love to do this again but because i cant see some places i cant do it as desjred. Could you do it again abit different. Much thanks jane. God bless you for your time in these great tutorials. Looking forward to seeing more all the time. Cathy jan johnson kennewick, washington

[@BrandiWineRn]

Do u have a link to the chalk pencils? I been using reg chalk and sharpening it so I would really appreciate a chalk pencil lol ! Thanks so much

[@mellagilheany-oneill730]

Hi Jane. Loved this video. How can I get your cloud brushes?

[@RitaIbison]

I don't know if anyone noticed but there was a face in the cloud! lost at 16:16...

[@alib69917]

What is the inch size for your number 6 cloud brush?? I just bought a 3/4 inch round brush to use as your number 12!

[@paint_freckles]

is that brush for the clouds a natural bristle brush or synthetic?

[@user-ie8rl3xw8y]

تعلمت الرسم منك انا احب قناتك جدا 😘 كلنا نعاني من الحجر في المنزل