5 tips to paint backlit clouds — Transcript

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1. 0:07painting backlit clouds
2. 0:09isn't extremely difficult
3. 0:12but there are a few things you should
4. 0:15keep in mind
5. 0:17here are five tips that will help you
6. 0:20get great results
7. 0:25[Music]
8. 0:27there is a rule in painting that says
9. 0:29you should always keep the sun outside
10. 0:32the picture frame
11. 0:35there's a certain logic to that
12. 0:37if you actually look straight into the
13. 0:40sun you will be blinded and you will see
14. 0:43nothing at all
15. 0:45but even with the sun outside the frame
16. 0:48you can create the illusion that it is
17. 0:51shining brightly
18. 0:53you do this by painting a color gradient
19. 0:56from a very light to a very deep blue
20. 1:00you may not see the sun but you feel its
21. 1:03presence
22. 1:07in the lower part of the sky i paint the
23. 1:09color of what will later become vague
24. 1:13clouds in the distance
25. 1:19[Music]
26. 1:49the closer to the sun the more the
27. 1:52clouds will become overexposed by the
28. 1:54bright light
29. 1:56more about that later but for now it is
30. 1:59wise to create a color gradient in your
31. 2:02underpainting of the clouds
32. 2:04it will be helpful later on in the
33. 2:06process
34. 2:08[Music]
35. 2:21[Music]
36. 2:26edges are essential when painting clouds
37. 2:30even when they're backlit
38. 2:32a hard edge isolates your cloud from its
39. 2:35environment
40. 2:37that's why i blur the line with my thumb
41. 2:40to make the edge gradually blend into
42. 2:42the rest of the cloud
43. 2:50if you then paint the silver lining it's
44. 2:53no longer isolated but part of the hole
45. 3:03[Music]
46. 3:08anyone who has ever taken a photo knows
47. 3:11how sometimes a bright light source
48. 3:14causes part of the image to be
49. 3:16overexposed and therefore blurred
50. 3:21you can use this in your painting to
51. 3:23enhance the suggestion of the intense
52. 3:26light of the sun
53. 3:28that is why i painted transparent layer
54. 3:32on top of the clouds closest to the sun
55. 3:38applying these transparent layers is
56. 3:41very easy if you're working on a smooth
57. 3:44surface like i do on canvas it's a bit
58. 3:47more difficult
59. 4:02i use a color shaper to do the sparkles
60. 4:05on the water
61. 4:07color shapers are most commonly used to
62. 4:10draw and still wet paint
63. 4:12exposing the underlying color
64. 4:15i often use them to draw dune grasses
65. 4:18but they're also great for doing
66. 4:20sparkles on the water
67. 4:24in a backlight situation every tiny wave
68. 4:28in the distance becomes a mirror that
69. 4:30reflects the sunlight creating these
70. 4:33kind of sparkles
71. 4:46[Music]
72. 4:50do
73. 4:54[Music]
74. 5:06you can't see exactly where to paint
75. 5:08your highlights until the rest of the
76. 5:10tonal ratios are okay
77. 5:14only then can you apply them in the
78. 5:16right places and properly dosed
79. 5:20be careful with your highlights
80. 5:23if you paint too much of them the effect
81. 5:25will be lost
82. 5:30the color i mainly use for my highlights
83. 5:33is titanium white with a very small
84. 5:36amount of vermilion red
85. 5:38little medium so that the paint has
86. 5:41relief and therefore catches even more
87. 5:44light
88. 5:51[Music]
89. 6:00you