Drawing sky clouds. When drawing clouds in a monochromatic or gray scale like this its always a good idea to draw the sky darker than it looks in real life. One of the simplest technique is to draw clouds in outline and leave the sky implied. Use the eraser to draw the outline of the clouds. How to draw cartoon photo realistic or illustrations of the sky.
Use the softest pencil to increase the contrast by adding some dark. Darken the sky tilting your hard pencil. I have overlapped several layers of clouds with closer spacing toward the horizon. Home directory home drawing lessons nature drawing how to draw clouds and skies.
Take a softer pencil and darken the sky part by part. How to draw clouds. Here i blocked in the shape of cumulus clouds with a blue pencil. Drawing clouds in outline.
You cant make your paper whiter so the only way to make the cloud look brighter is to make the background the sky darker. This is a tutorial on how to draw a cartoon cloud and a realistic cloud. Lets look at a step by step approach to drawing a cloudscape with colored pencils. Blend it as explained before.
We are using simple graphite pencils this works in charcoal as well so shading is important. Drawing skies clouds tutorials. Cumulus clouds often have flat bases at a consistent height across the sky. Draw a starry sky step 1.
Tips for sketching skies clouds outside with helpful drawing tutorials for how to draw beautiful sky cartoons illustrations and photo realistic drawings with these free lessons. Start an elongated oval for the. In this series of drawings i have chosen to a very simple scene with a white barn. For simple drawings where clouds are not the main centre of attraction this is often enough.
Study how to draw outline of clouds below to give them proper open airy feel. You will need to pay greater attention to highlights and shadows in order to make your clouds pop off the page so lets get started. The drawing is very stark and the sky the white of the paper is competing with the white of the barn.