Painting Skies and Clouds 101: How to AVOID One of the BIGGEST MISTAKES!

In this video, I'll show you an easy tip to make sure the linear perspective of your clouds is correct. It's made a big difference in my sky paintings, and I'm confident it will help you as well!
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[@wendyworcester1727]

Love how Tori approaches this video by showing us how to learn from mistakes. It was so helpful to learn about creating realistic perspective, composition, colors, light and shadows. Love Tori’s conversational style and easy-to-follow explanations.

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

Hey Wendy ~ thanks so much for the encouraging words! I've made so many mistakes over the years. It's a lot of fun to show how to avoid some of those same pitfalls!

[@RobertJonesWightpaint]

Thank you for adding this free for us on KZbin! You make very important points - people think skies are easy, because they often have fairly indistinct forms: but of course, they're not - and if you get them wrong, the whole painting will be wrong.

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

Hey Robert, thanks for sending this nice note! It's really encouraging when someone lets you know that it was helpful! Tori

[@maudewells8026]

Using her own unsuccessful painting as teaching tool, Tori immediately engages her audience as she proceeds to teach her craft by example. Her style is engaging and very informative. In a short space, Tori gives excellent instruction and encouragement. I immediately want to know more!

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

Thanks Maude! It's a bit tense, throwing you bad stuff out there for others to see! Maybe the 2nd bad painting that I'll show will be easier (: I appreciate your positive and encouraging feedback!

[@mlynnartchannel3409]

I’m so glad I found your channel-sometimes my clouds get a little out of control - this was very helpful - thank you 🙂

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

My clouds get out of control too! So glad this was helpful! Thanks for taking the time to leave encouraging feedback!

[@meemeemeemeemee]

It’s true what you say about perspective. That said, it’s surprising how often clouds do their own thing and appear to be out of the rules in real life. Your painting isn’t beyond repair. Consider it a starting point to move on with it (and not leave it as a ‘fail’). Block the clouds in a bit and then correct the light on them. It has a nice perspective and could be an interesting video if you chose to do it. By the way I can see you know what you are doing, your work is beautiful.

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

Hey, thanks so much for your encouragement. If I hadn't painted over that, it would have been fun to ship it to you and see what you could do with it. I think that would be a wonderful video!! Thanks again for taking the time to comment and encourage! Tori

[@meemeemeemeemee]

Oh ! That could have been fun. Of course I’d much prefer to have seen you pick it back up though. You are welcome. Thank you for sharing ❤

[@b.comeau2597]

Oh wow! I love your worst cloud painting! To me, it’s lovely as is!

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

@@b.comeau2597 That's very kind! It's funny as I look back on paintings that I once thought were good (and they were good for where I was), but now I would paint over them. Growing is good!

[@baulsmahoney]

Thanks for posting this video it was very helpful, I have been painting for a couple years and always struggle with clouds

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

Hey Bauls, I'm so glad this was helpful! I appreciate you taking the time to comment. More videos on clouds will be coming! Tori

[@cathyb52480]

I am a complete beginner, so this video was very helpful to me! Thank you!

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

Hey Cathy, I'm so glad it was helpful! You are nice to leave a note! Here's a more recent video (it's a small one, preparing to do a big one) that's in real-time and it shows all the brushwork. Maybe you will find it helpful. Best ~ Tori kzbin.info/www/bejne/rICkiWV-lNalfM0

[@Brightsupernova]

I love that painting!!! Can I please have it? In return I can show you literally THE worst cloud in the world. I wanted a fluffy cloud to kind of go away from the top into the distance. What I got was a deranged map of North and South America tornado going straight down. It is so awful I just can’t. And I love yours. It has a surreal feel.

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

Ha Ha!! I love your description of your painting!! Will you show it to me? My curiosity is peaked!! Unfortunately for you but fortunately for me, I painted over that other cloud disaster/painting!! Maybe I should have a contest for the worst cloud painting and the winner gets a sky painting or a free course! What do you think?

[@gordonsmith1113]

beautiful beautiful sky BUT very disappointed to not see you paint it in real time, now I have found you I will lookout for you videos

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

Hey Gordon, thanks for taking the time to comment. I've heard that before on this particular video! Sorry! This video was designed to explain how to use chalk lines to get the right perspective, not necessarily how to paint clouds stroke by stroke. Please check out my KZbin channel for other videos that do show me paint in real time. In the next few months, I am hoping to have a "Painting Clouds and Skies" course, available on my website ~ but I'm not there yet! I'll put an introductory video on KZbin when it's ready. Thanks again! Tori

[@gordonsmith1113]

@@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563 I look forwards to watching you and learning as much as I can from you thanks

[@sarahjane9571]

Thank you for the video, I have learned a lot. I understand what you mean about perspective which I can see now when I at clouds. Thats where I have been going wrong.

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

Thanks SarahJane! I'm glad it was helpful. It's amazing how different the world looks since I started painting. Don't you find you look at skies, trees, colors, etc. so differently now?

[@sarahjane9571]

@@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563 yes so true. When i see an interesting tree or cloudscape i take a photo to recreate it in a painting. I have always been a cloud watcher but never been able to paint them and your videos are so helpful. I just need to practice.

[@346UNCLEBOB]

A really good video. Thanks for sharing. Learned a lot!

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

Thanks "Uncle Bob", for the encouraging note! Glad you enjoyed it. Let me know of any video ideas you'd like to see in future. Tori

[@Newlinjim]

When painting clouds if you step back and view the piece think ‘Do they create a ceiling’. You accomplish this the way the video suggests but I always found the ‘ceiling’ reference allowed it to become embedded in my brain

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

Hey, thanks for that GREAT tip!! Yes, I can see that's a word/question to use!

[@Newlinjim]

@@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563 you are quite welcome. I find that if I can associate a keyword that in my mind has an obvious correlation it magically enhances the composition process in future pieces instinctively. Similar to never choosing your light source to fall from direct front/back.

[@FineartsRelaxationunwinding]

Thank you for sharing this! Absolutely amazing

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

Thanks so much for the encouragement!! Another big sky video is in the works and is coming out soon.

[@FineartsRelaxationunwinding]

@@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563 googd job

[@unique_soul4348]

Awesome

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

Thanks!!

[@melissasibbald4617]

Seeing the brush strokes as they were made, a video instead of photos, would have been better for me.

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

Hey Melissa, You are the 2nd one to make that comment ~ and I agree! Seeing the brushwork is always better for me. I'm trying to navigate how to show a painting that has taken many hours or days. I just released a new video that's a thumbnail painting, preparing for a big sky. Here's the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rICkiWV-lNalfM0 It's done in real time and shows all the brushwork. I hope you'll check it out. I'm working on the largest sky painting I've ever done and have been thinking how to film and edit. Based on your feedback, I'm going to film a close-up of some of the cloud work so you can see how I do large clouds. I really appreciate you taking the time to share this feedback. I hear you!! Would love to hear any ideas for future videos you'd like to see! Best! Tori

[@melissasibbald4617]

@@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563 Thank you! I will check out the video. This is the first video of yours I've seen so I'll go see what else you have to offer. What boggles my beginner painting mind is painting people, even at a distance.

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

@@melissasibbald4617 I'm right there with you when it comes to painting people!!

[@wandamarsh8796]

Wow your skin is glowing I know this has nothing to do with the video. Would love to know how you obtain such a beautiful look👋

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

Hey Wanda....lol, I've actually been trying to tone down the glow! I think it's mainly the lights I have to use!

[@FineartsRelaxationunwinding]

Very impressive!

[@alannoble8117]

Very helpful, thank you

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

Thanks Alan! So glad it was helpful!

[@elizabethexley5190]

Excellent information

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

Thank you Elizabeth! I appreciate you taking the time to give positive feedback (: Tori

[@Unfunny_Username_389]

1:30 - honestly, to my eye the worst thing about the cloud mass in that representation is that it's not horizontal. The rest is good. Or certainly nowhere near as bad as you say.

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

Well, you're very kind! I think it looks worse in person lol! We are probably our own worst critics!

[@mariamacedo2755]

Hermoso me encantó

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

Muchisimas gracias por su gentil respuesta

[@connieturner1911]

Thanks! Is this alla prima?

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

Hello Connie! Yes and no (: I think of alla prima as being primarily with oil paints, painting wet on wet. This was done in acrylics. I did let the blue background sky dry (which didn't take long) before applying the clouds. I often will use a retarder to slow the drying time of acrylics to give the acrylics more of an oil work-ability, but in this painting, I just mixed and applied and things dried fairly quickly. I am working on a large painting now, probably will be posted this Friday or next Friday, in which I'll show some close-ups with a slow dry medium and more of a wet on wet approach. Thanks so much for reaching out! If there's anything in particular you'd like to see in a video, I'd love to know your thoughts! Tori

[@Saadkamelart]

Good morning my dear 🎉❤❤

[@robertsparks7244]

Nice I would like to watch the painting.

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

Thanks Robert! It takes me so many hours (days) to paint, I haven't figured out how to show the entire painting! Suggestions appreciated! Tori

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

Hey Robert, I just replied to another viewer who wanted to see more brushstrokes. I have a video coming out this Friday that's a small painting of a sky, as I was preparing for a large painting. In it, you'll see me paint real-time and the brushstrokes. I hope it will help! Tori

[@robertsparks7244]

@@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563 thanks

[@louise9973]

Great clouds but it would be great to see you actually form one with your brush rather than showing frame after frame, it doesn't help guide at all.

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

Louise, thank you for your on-target suggestion. I'm brand new to videos and have struggled with feeling pressure to have videos go quickly so people don't get bored. But as a painter, I love the videos where I see those brush strokes. I just finished a video of a sky thumbnail painting, in preparation for a large painting. In it, you'll see the real time painting and all of the brush strokes. I hope you will find it more helpful. It's scheduled to come out this Friday morning. I will also consider doing a video on one large cloud and show all of the paint mixing and strokes. I appreciate you taking the time to share much-needed feedback! I hope you will continue to share! Tori

[@Brightsupernova]

Nobody has the worst sky painting than I.

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

HaHa! Beauty (or otherwise) is in the eye of the beholder! I bet it's not that bad!

[@DrAwad-nv4cu]

You did everything but painting.

[@joyfulartvictoriahagaman4563]

Hello Dr. Awad ~ thank you for your reaction to the video. A couple of others have also said they would have preferred the video to show the brushwork. I do have some videos on my channel that show actual brushwork in real time (one on painting a thumbnail in preparation for a large sky painting and another on painting in background trees). I hope you'll go to my channel page and see those videos. I am also planning to do some future cloud videos that will show the actual brushwork in real time. Again, thanks for your feedback and I plan to have more of that type of video in future! My grandmother was Canadian ~ love Canada! Tori