How to paint hazy clouds - Painting tips & tricks
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- Опубликовано: 4 апр 2019
- Painting hazy clouds takes a specific approach, especially with regard to color. In a clip of just about 10 minutes Dutch painter Janhendrik Dolsma demonstrates how to do it.
Dolsma (1950) is an expert painter of clouds, beaches, dunes and of course the ocean. On his RUclips channel he shares a lifetime of painting experience in short tutorial videos with an emphasis on painting clouds. His full length tutorials (over 60 minutes) have found their way to buyers all over the world. Full tutorials can be found here: www.paintingskies.com/video/
Dolsma participated in exhibitions in the Netherlands, Germany, the UK, Taiwan, Spain, Belgium and the USA.
Website: www.paintingskies.com
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Blog: paintingcloudskies.blogspot.com 
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The clouds left me speechless.The light passing from within the clouds through all over the sky was incredibly done. I love when people have the talent to play with light so well that it becomes the main focus of the painting. Fabulous work!
Thank you, Sheldon! You're right, this painting is all about light. Good to hear you appreciate it.
I have been following you for a number of years now Janhendrik and I still love your hypnotic, gentle teachings which transfers to your wonderful paintings. Thank you.
Thank you, Rod. Very kind.
Fantastic atmosphere, there were several times where you could stop and have a good painting. But you went ahead and made something fantastic
Thanks, Tom. I often find it hard to know when a painting is finished. Now I'm sure I didn't take it to far with this one!
What a wonderful painting Janhendrik!
I took me years to arrive at the realisation that greys can be one of the most beautiful ways to depict nature. Greys dont have to cold and dreary. I emailed a few painting pics to a fellow painters cell phone, (where they dont look all pixelated like on a full computer screen for some reason that I dont understand) so he could see what I meant, and it changed his whole outlook on painting.
I hope this video does the same for your viewers.
You're so right, greys can be warm and poetic, instead of cold and dreary. I learned a lot looking at some of the painters of the Haagse School, the 19th century Dutch version of Impressionism. They knew how to capture the sometimes (quite often rather) grey Dutch weather, with different shades of grey.
thank you sir, i love your work.... nobody in the modern days understand clouds better than you do... inspiration, masterly, realism.
Thank you, Majid. Great compliments!
Your videos are so relaxing, and informative. I am not an oil painter, but I paint with acrylic and also watercolor. Some of your tips can’t be applied to some degree to those mediums. Also, my kitten Oliver enjoyed sitting on my chest and watching/listening also. Thank you.
Glad to hear you and your kitten) enjoy my videos. I wrote an article about me & acrylics on my blog: paintingcloudskies.blogspot.com/2016/08/oils-and-acrylics.html.
If you find the time you could read the comment on the article of an acrylic painter (Gayle) with lots of tips to apply the glazing technique with acrylics.
I am always so impressed with your paintings! You're funny too! Love the kitty!!
Thanks, Jess. Glad you appreciate my sense of humor.
I am in love with this painting. I have been looking for artwork for my family room and this is exactly what I want. I am not an artist, nor do I have any painting experience, but I do have great appreciation for art and will try to make this for my home. Thank you for showing the steps you took to make this. It truly is breathtaking!
Thank you, Patty! In this painting (like in all of my work) I used the layering technique. If you want to learn more about it, you could consider downloading one of my Painting Clouds videos at: www.paintingskies.com/video. Good luck!
Magnificent. That sky, dramatic, ethereal, soft, peaceful, it has everything.
Thank you so much! I always have second thoughts, once a painting is finished, but your comment sums up about everything I was going for...
Thank you for your video, for the atmosphere (music, chat ... your voice, calm as a morning on some of your paintings, not too many discussions, just perfect for me), lots of technical advice. I recently tried landscapes, beaches and skies ... well, I need to persevere. Beautiful work, thx for sharing.
Thanks, Marc. So good to hear the video works for you. If you have any questions: info@janhendrikdolsma.nl.
Wat prachtig Janhendrik! Genoten!
Dank je, Marja!
This was a fabulous watch.
As someone who’s enjoyed watching painting shows for decades and finally took art classes to become a beginner painter, I find it very generous of y’all showing many of your techniques and processes to educate. I’m not so naive to think what I see you do, (simply enough it seems) I can do too.. It takes thousands of hours to skillfully work the tools and media; and the time in study to master composition…. Geez.
But I loved to watch your painting transform. It seems you try to make each little detail as it’s own project or piece of art; whether it’s a cloud’s silver lining, glazing / wash the color of the sea, or composing beach foam. That’s patience.
Anyways
Thanks.
Thank you, Serrie. You're right, it takes quite a few years to learn how to do a painting like this. Don't aim for perfection, enjoy each little step forward and you'll be amazed what you can accomplish. Like in the Samuel Becket poem: "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." My kind of guy.
king of skies
Thank you so much, Stuart!
As usual, absolutely stunning! Thank you Janhendrik.
You're welcome Roger. Thanks for the compliment.
You have so much to teach us. I love it! Will definitely watch more of your videos as there is always more to learn.
Thank you, Gretchen! Will post a new video (how to paint waves) shortly.
Thank you for this. It is great to see your work again.
Ken
Still enjoy it too!
Thank you for explaining the different parts as you painted and the reasons behind your decisions for doing each. Looking at your painting you can hear the waves and feel the sea breeze. Truly magical!!!
Thanks, Marcia! Problem when doing short clips like this is selecting the moments you don't show...
Beautiful work Janhendrik, very relaxing too!
Thanks, Curt!
Thanks so much for sharing this! Beautiful.
Thanks, Doug. Very encouraging!
Utterly breathtaking. Lifts the soul. Thank you so much!
Thanks, Debra!
Stunningly beautiful, thank you for posting!
Thank you, my pleasure!
Amazing Jan, you never fail in keeping me in awe.😊
Thank you, so good to hear!
Absolutely Beautiful 💜🌞 And I love he way you created the video.
Thanks you so much!
I just love your paintings.
Thanks, Tore!
A true MASTER. Thanks so much for sharing
Thanks, Mike, you're welcome!
This is amazing! Thank you so much for sharing 😊
My pleasure, thanks!
Stunning
Thanks, Stephanie!
Just stunning 💕
Thank you, Beverley!
Amazing as always
Thanks, Susan!
Very beautiful and atmospheric, I love the moodiness in this painting.
Thanks, Debbie.
Que maravilloso! Preciosa obra!!! Enhorabuena!😍😍😍
Gracias!
just gorgeous - thank you so much for sharing you talent
You're welcome, Kathy. My pleasure!
I can't decide which is more beautiful: the painting itself or your process of painting it...
Personally, I'd prefer the painting itself...
Beautiful, thank you for sharing.
Thanks, Susan!
i'm so in love with all your paintings
the colors are so comfortable and beautiful .. i always feel comfortable and peace when i watch some of your videos
THANK YOU
Thanks, Fatima, that's great to hear!
I study many artist your method clean and simple ! Thanks for the lessons
That's great to hear, Al, thanks!
Beautiful sky
Thanks Kathleen. Lot of layers and a lot of paint went into it...
you make look so simple, yet so amazing and wonderful 👏
Thank you, Lazy Panda! To be honest, it's not always smooth sailing. I still have those frustrating moments...
Haven’t checked in on you in a while......wow...you are truly a Zen Master at Painting. I’ve been trying my hand at oils.......I’m still a watercolor girl but oh I admire your beautiful creations. Thank you for taking the time to share.
Thanks, Rebecca. Hope you're well. I was never any good at water colors. I think they are much harder than oils. So if you mastered water colors, oils shouldn't be a problem!
Love it 🌸!
Thank you, Shah!
GRACIAS....Thank you so much, I learn a lot. You are excelent. Saludos desde Suva, la capital de Fiji.
Muchas gracias, Inés!
Thank you...for sharing your knowledge. ..you can inspire and help many who look and dream to become a painter.
Please post more..
Thanks, Joy. I hope that is what happens. I will surely post more!
Very masterful, always enjoy watching your skillful process. Keep creating Janhendrik.👌👌👌
Very kind of you. Thank you!
WOW a beautiful artwork thant you master
Thank you!
Wow such patience and ambition in every stroke...i enjoyed this video alot...
Good to hear Nazima. Thank you!
Awesome work ...excelent thanks a lot for sharing !!!
Thanks, Carmen. My pleasure!
Maravilloso los cielos, me trasmite una profunda paz , mis más sinceras felicitaciones!!!
¡Es bueno escuchar, Gustavo, gracias!
Thank you so much for all you do Dolma ~ Exquisite videos and tutorials, to watch many times over and I hope others doo too ~ My fave media and techniques ~ Have a great day !
Best Louise
That's very kind, Louise, thank you! If you're interested in my full length tutorials please go to www.paintingskies.com/video.
Thank you@@PaintingSkies1
You are a genius Sir.
Thank you, sir! Don't think I'm a genius myself, but I do appreciate your comment.
This is very beautiful and realistic 😊 also I love the cat in this video
Thank you, Georgie!
awesome, as usual.
Very kind, Eric!
Brilliant thanks I'll try this eater and clouds I find very tricky
Thanks, Michael. More information on painting clouds on my website www.painting skies.com/video.
I love your beaches
Thanks. Some time ago I went through pictures of my older work and I noticed I also did a lot of dune landscapes. Through the years I switched to beaches exclusively. Maybe try a dune landscape again...
Absolutely Breathtaking!
Kim Kimmel
Glad you like it Kim!
Awesome painting👍👍👍
Thanks, Patrick!
Waves to Alphonse..
You inspire me.
I am on a quest to find a useful brush to stipple/blend my oils.
Good fortune, good health; and painterly contentment Jan hendrick!.
I buy my stipple brushes at the hardware store. It's a simple, rather cheap round brush normally used for painting doors and window frames. I'll wave to Alphonse for you.
you are a pro
Thanks, Youssef!
One of my favorites. I wish you would do more like this. As I said before, so many decisions as you proceed, but an excellent result. One idea I had when watching is you could try starting with an all gray canvas.
Thank you! I did a tutorial on working on a grey background (www.paintingskies.com/video). The trailer on RUclips (ruclips.net/video/U893Am-YeL8/видео.html) will give you an impression. Hope this helps!
@@PaintingSkies1 Great. Thanks!
Super mooi!
Dank je, Maria, fijn om te horen!
it's amazing works
Thank you, Leng San!
Beautyful painting with free brush (finger)
Important tool!
Exquisite
Thank you, Sabrina!
Totally captivating! Every video I watch, I am amazed. I have two of your downloaded videos and they are excellent. Do you ever do workshops where people can come to learn? Thanks so much for teaching us!
Thank you for your kind words. I'm afraid I don't teach classes anymore. I'm focussing entirely on my painting at the moment. But if you have questions about my tutorials, please ask!
Janhendrik Dolsma Thanks for sharing your talents and your amazing art!
Nothing looks better then oil paint on panel!!!
I agree. I switched from canvas to panel, some 20 years ago. never regretted it.
Beautiful as always - Hello Alphonse!
Alphons is getting old and mews a lot these days. Always hungry...
Janhendrik Dolsma He may be getting old, but he is beautiful nonetheless - and sweet. Thank you for responding to my comment :-)
Thank You so much for for sharing this video: I réally love this lightfull sky of spring and the waves coming slowly to the beach.- Now in spring ,mist is laying on the beach, makes the beach loosing a lot of it's colours ,but not the details... Love the seaside at any time ! Even make photos when it's raining and very stormy- my camera doesn't like
Greetings from Bretagne !
Thanks for the compliment, Carola. I love the coast of Bretagne and the color of the Atlantic. Do you use the pictures as a reference to paint?
Janhendrik -only try with aquarelle colours,and looking at my photos on large Tv screen.
This is insane.!!!!!!
I watched the video multiple times and every time I kept staring at the painting asking my self , is that real? I would not have beloved if did not see .!!!!
Thanks.!!
Impressive.
Thank you, dr. Awad, very kind!
heel mooi en inspirerend en mooie muziek van Udo!
Dank je, Leo! Heb de muziek deze keer zelf gemaakt, maar me wel behoorlijk door Udo laten inspireren. Hij vond het goed werk :))
Mooi hoor, ik ben het met Udo eens.
Fijn om te horen.
Enjoy watching you paint it's almost therapuic would love to see your paintings in person do you have any exibits in the United States?
Thank you so much for your kind words. The Edgartown Art Gallery (Martha's Vineyard) has a few of my small paintings on display. Most of my work is much larger, but it's the only exhibit of my work in the USA. If you ever come to Holland though...
Thank you so much for sharing with us the process of this beautiful atmospheric work. I enjoy your tutorials and extra videos so much! a great teacher for me. I would like to ask a question that I kept in mind also after painting along with the reflection tutorial - how can one figure out when is the right situation to have a glazing? is it mainly due to reserving texture(in the sea or the dunes)?is it always recommanded in a case of inhancing shadow (the sand)? thank you so much for your help.
I use glazing for 2 reasons. Firstly when I want to decrease contrast. I use it mostly when painting clouds and always in combination with Transparent White. Secondly when I want to darken a surface, but I don't want to loose to much detail (for example a shadow on the beach). In the latter case I just dilute the paint and I don't use Transparent White. Hope this answers your question!
@@PaintingSkies1 Thank you for your answer :)
Sir very good paintings it's real
Thank you so much!
Amazing art. Can you tell what type b rushes you use for the 'pouncing' type blending? Am attempting to follow one of your
videos.
Thank you, Natalie. The brush you're referring to is a stippler. I buy mine at the local hardware store. It's normally used for painting doors and stuff like that. If you want a full list of the brushes I use, please send me an email at info@janhendrikdolsma.nl and I'll mail you the list.
God it's perfect
Well, I don't know about that, but thank you so much for the compliment!
Nefessiz izliyorum. Bu konuda bir numarasiniz inanin kutluyorum sizi harikasiniz👏👏👏👏👏👏
Bu harika bir iltifat. Teşekkürler!
What is the music? It’s lovely! Perfect compliment to the gorgeous painting.
For a while (back in the late seventies) I was a full time musician. Which allows me to do the music of my videos as well as the paintings. Good to hear you like it!
Amazing as usual. Silly question, but I see you using cups of some sort to hold your paint--are they styrofoam cups?
Indeed, in this video I used styrofoam cups (dispensable soup cups, to be exact). Since a couple of years I replaced them with card board (again) soup cups. Where would I be without soup cups...
Could you please provide a link to the music? It's so ambient and beautiful, I would love to download it. A perfect painting with the perfect music!
Thank's so much for your compliment, it brought a smile to my face. It was a lot of fun making this piece of music, but it's hardly a minute long. I'm considering making it a little longer. Maybe then I could send you a link...
I watch building projects and say " I can do that."
I watch this and say "I'd love to be able to do that"
For me it's just the other way around...
🙌❤️
Thanks, Alma, that's very kind!
Hello I'm mesmerized with your work! Your technics Tapping and dusting the canvas with the brushes reminded me of something I've been experiencing. But I used a stencil brush and realized that you seem to use an oriental brush for watercolor and a fan brush. Would you mind sharing the exact type of brushes? Maybe a video where you talk about the materials and palettes? Please?
Good to hear you like my work! The water color brush I use is a squirrel hair brush. It's a very soft brush, that I use sometimes to smoothen a paint surface. Thanks for the idea of doing a video on the brushes and materials I use. If you send me an email at info@janhendrikdolsm.nl I will send you the list of my colors and brushes.
@@PaintingSkies1 Oba! Yuhuu! Thank you very much!
@@PaintingSkies1 Hello, excuse me but I tryed to send you a email just now using this address you give me but the gmail send me back with a message showing error in the domain.
@@CinthyaBretas Sorry, Cynthia! I forgot a crucial 'a' in Dolsma. Here's the correct address: info@janhendrikdolsma.nl.
@@PaintingSkies1 aaaaaah.....
Получилось прекрасно! Так много воздуха и света!... Интересно, сколько реального времени ушло на эту работу? Это ведь большой труд.
Спасибо за комплимент! Я работал над картиной более 2 недель. Это больше или меньше, чем вы думали?
@@PaintingSkies1 Просто стало интересно. У меня получается по-разному, взависимости от техники; иногда формат 90х120 исполняю за неделю, на одном дыхании, а иногда 2-3 месяца. Я очень люблю писать облака, но никогда не писал на таком формате.
На видео Ваша манера выглядит лёгкой и непринуждённой, я в восторге!
Hello! Do you offer this painting as a full online workshop? I checked your website but I didn’t see this particular painting offered. Thank you!!
Hello, Brianna. Unfortunately I don't have a full-length version of this video available, but if you have any specific questions about the painting, please mail me at info@janhendrikdolsma.nl.
@@PaintingSkies1 Thank you!!
Amazing talent! Do you have private classes to help those who want to learn from you?
Thanks, Laura! I don't teach 'live' classes anymore.
For my full length tutorials: www.paintingskies.com/video. Thanks!
Do you use a quick drying medium?
I use Liquin Light Gel as a medium, a Winsor & Newton product. It’s a fast drying medium that allows you to continue working on a painting the next day. There are 3 types of Liquin: Liquin Original, Liquin Fine Detail and Liquin Light Gel. I use the Gel because it’s very suitable to paint large surfaces.
If you want too find out how to use it, you could download one of my full length tutorials (over 60 min.) at www.paintingskies/video.
wow.. please what brushes do use.?
Thanks! If you send me an email at info@janhendrikdolsma.nl I will mail you a list of the colors and brushes I use.
If I get any more drawn into the painting, I'm going to disappear completely. Certainly, your best brush is your thumb! Thanks again for sharing.
Good to hear you like the painting. To be honest, I was rather content with it too. It took over a year to get sold though...
I have learn’t so much from you
That's great to hear. Thank you!
Didn't think this turned out the way you planned. You sailed off course.
You're right, it didn't turn out the way I planned it, which is not necessarily a bad thing. I made the decision to introduce the waves and I still think that was a good decision. One of the hardest parts of painting is determining when a painting is finished and in this case I might have stopped too soon. After reading your remark I took another good look at the painting and decided to make a few changes: www.janhendrikdolsma.nl/producten/. Thanks!
Verliefd op zee en luchten. Dus op uw schilderijen ook erg jaloers zou zo graag een klein beetje van uw gave willen lenen zodat het ook is een keer bij mij een moooi zeegezicht wordt! MVG blijf ik kijken en wie weet ben ik ook eens tevreden over mijn probeersels.
Dank voor je compliment, Mieke. Om je de waarheid te zeggen, ik zit ook nog regelmatig vreselijk te modderen. Ik heb ook niet het gevoel dat dat ooit overgaat en misschien is dat maar goed ook. Als je de uren erin blijft steken wordt je vanzelf beter, helpt geen lieve moeder aan.
Wish I could study by your sides
That's very kind, Christine! I don't teach classes anymore, though. Wanted to focus entirely on painting. I'm afraid you have to make do with my videos...
Janhendrik Dolsma thank you. I will try 😬 but your level is so high ...
@@christinegourvest5655 Just make the hours, Christine, and you'll get there.
Hi please sir kindly paint in real time mixing colours and all please Thanks alot
Please check one of my full length videos (over an hour) at www.paintingskies.com/video. Though they're not real time, you get a much better impression of my technique than in a 5 min. RUclips clip.
You may want to type your website in the video description below as well.
Thanks for the tip. Will remember it for my next clip!
Your cat only understands Dutch?
Yes, and the sound of cat food in his bowl.
Deine Bilder sind wunderbar, aber diese kurzen Videos sind nicht dazu geeignet um etwas zu lernen. Da empfehle ich eher die Tutorials von Michael James Smith oder Igor Saharov! Es geht wohl mehr um den Verkauf von Videos!
Danke für das Kompliment und in der Tat gebe ich nicht alle Informationen in den kurzen Videos. Für mich ist es schön, wenn die Zuschauer nach dem RUclips-Clip auf meine Website gehen und ein langes Video herunterladen. Ein Maler muss auch leben ..