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Skies, Clouds & Atmosphere

Explore lessons for painting clouds, sunsets, fog, rain, auroras, night skies, and moody weather. This section is especially useful if you want your scenes to feel softer, deeper, more atmospheric, or full of light and air.

Best Place to Start

If you want to feel more confident with skies and atmosphere, start here. These lessons are a good first step for practising clouds, soft blends, sunsets, mist, and moody weather.

Cloud Techniques

A collection of smaller and larger projects aimed at getting comfortable with cloud techniques.

Rain & Fog

Master softness, atmosphere, and depth in these projects full of rain and fog.

Monet's Dream

A different approach in this live class as we explore a looser expressionist style and paint this pretty Monet-esque scene with a single brush.

Techniques

Painting Fog

Learn how to capture softness and subtle color shifts to create a foggy effect.

Painting Bokeh

Brighten up any plain background with a pretty bokeh effect to add a sprinkle of magic.

Painting Light Beams

Capture light and illumination with this easy and effective gouache technique!

Live Class Replays

Pocket Skies

Paint a few or all of the miniature scenes as I show you how I make quick decisions about color and detail.

Moody Mountains

Let's paint these moody mountains with earthy tones!

Cool Waters

Let's take a look at how to paint a pretty ocean scene with sparkling waters and show-stopping clouds.

Fall Light

In this live class we'll have a go at painting this beautiful warm sunlight shining through the trees!

Hot Press Paper & Winsor Green

In this class we'll compare a hot press version of my little Etchr sketchbook with the cold press version that I normally use.

Sunset Mountain

Simple layers combine to create this pretty mountain scene full of depth.

Monet's Dream

A different approach in this live class as we explore a looser expressionist style and paint this pretty Monet-esque scene with a single brush.

The Dusty Road

In this live class we’ll be painting this dusty road full of atmosphere.

Winter Village

In this live class we’ll be painting this monochromatic winter village scene.

Sunset Lake

In this live class we'll be painting this gorgeous lake at sunset. With plenty of greens, purples and shades of orange, this is one of my favorite color palettes to use for landscapes!

Misty Mountain Lake

A beautiful range of soft misty mountains, a variety of tree shapes and of course those striking reflections.

Moody Autumn

Capture the muted colors and soft foggy effects of autumn in this calming fall tutorial.

Belvide Sunset

A showstopping sky is the basis for this beautiful scene, and we'll combine this with some layered fields and interesting foliage textures.

Winter

Sometimes we don't need a lot of colors to make a big impact. Delicate silhouettes and some warm lighting makes this chilly scene a pleasure to paint.

Forest Shadows

This tutorial shows how you can break down an awesome lighting effect into more simple steps.