This is not just a quick tip on shaping clouds, this is a lesson on shaping our minds, learning to learn through a simple exercise of establishing the main steps (nothing too complex, just 3 values) to draw/paint 3dimentional objects. Thank you very much once again ! Dominique
Love how clearly you teach. Your desire that we all become successful if only in a first try is so evident. Thank you for the joy you put into these videos.
Wow, after taking several years of art classes, I'd never been explained perspective, and what you just taught. I had given up on painting because everything looked the same. Some teachers are in it just for the quick buck and prey on people who really want to learn. Thanks so much for this tutorial, it has given me much to think about. Blessings.
I think some are more experienced. My aunt was self taught, but then decided to take water color classess at a local university and in San Miguel. She also joined clubs and taught classes. The more quality people you are around the better artist you will become.
What an awesome artist & teacher ! Thank you. I was " lost in the clouds". Tried several other ways, but could not get it. Much appreciated! God bless, W
I need a refresher. I've been doing my clouds all wrong,and,got into some bad habits I need to break. Thank you for your instruction. It makes so much sense.
Thank you so much, Ms. Mize! Your explanation may save me a ton of time in checking out so many artists and their clouds. I have watched so many, to find that everyone's technique and idea of what a cloud should be is different. Your formula cacks up my art teacher's instruction on pencil sketching as applied to all art. I just had not gotten there yet. Thank you so much.
Among a lot of RUclips "cloud technic" videos this is the first where I can see a good explanation for the lights, shades, and basic form of a cloud. Excellent video!!! Maybe the next step could be the perspective of the clouds...
I am so glad that I have found your Chanel, like the other comments say you explain it so well, even thick heads like me can understand it, l am about to etemt to paint the cover of pink Floyd's album the endless river l am so great full for this lesson thank you so much. Looking forward to checking out as many of your posts as I can.
Like many others here, I truly appreciate what you are doing. This, and many other lessons of yours, are simple, precise and very effective. I’m very grateful that your teachings have helped me become a better artist.
Thank you so much, this video is so helpful. You actually teach people how to use techniques rather than trying to just show one way to do something without thinking. Really grateful to you. Will watch your others!
Just love your teaching style! I am just beginning oil painting and your videos make so much sense to me. You are a wonderful teacher. Not pushing products or classes, just generous teaching. I think I may actually be able to do this!!
I love squinting. I would do that when I looked or judged a show horse to get the general outline. I also used it in photography. Thank you for the awesome video.
Wow! You are an amazing instructor! I learned so much from you in just a few minutes! I'm truly grateful to you for sharing your expertise with us! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
I needed some help with clouds today and immediately went to your RUclips channel. The Quick Tip on clouds was the first one that popped up! Very helpful as always. I really appreciate your placing the quick tips on here for free. Good stuff. Thank you, Dianne!
Afternoon Dianne. I have always painted my clouds onto the sky but not always found the shape I was after or the correct shading. I now use you method" Far Better than mine" Thank you. David. Perth Western Australia
Excellent construct for approaching clouds and many other 3-D challenges. Very clear and nicely presented. I watched this previously but it didn't quite "take" (I'm a beginner); but after practicing many, many clouds I can really appreciate your tips now, especially on getting the right basic color-hue (the sky) and going from there, using compliments, whites, etc., in the five steps. Many thanks!
My pleasure. You have the right approach to practicing. Too often, emerging artists don't realize that practicing behind the scenes with no intention of showing their results is the key to mastering painting.
I recently discovered your tips. They are wonderful! Your explanation and demonstration of clouds gave me a light bulb moment. Thanks so much. I can’t wait to view all of your videos. Dianne
Now you've gone and done it again...delivering one of your quick tips that brings clarity to a subject. I can't wait to paint my next landscape. For me, it not totally about clouds. It's about raising the expertise of our artist's eye. "The real voyage of discovery consists, not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." Marcel Proust (abbreviated quote). Thanks Dianne. Joy
I have only recently become interested in painting. I have a natural aptitude for music, but NOT for art. Everything I attempt at art is a learning experience, and sometimes a major struggle. Your videos and tutorials make my struggles a lot easier. Thanks for showing as well as telling. You are an outstanding instructor.
Thanks for your note, Margie. There are so many similarities between painting and music. Both require first becoming familiar with the tools and finding out what they will do. Next comes finding the right skills. If something about painting pulls you towards it, learn its language (just as in music) and you will find it, too, can fall right into place.
First, I want to thank you for taking the time to reply to my comment. After thinking about it, I have to agree with you-there is something about painting that calls to me. I've always admired the way good artists do what they do, and the great ones make it look easy. I've always wanted to go through life with the eye of an artist, noticing all the color and details and having that sharpened perception. As with music, it enhances the quality of life and makes it worth living. And it's such a personal thing; it comes from you alone, it's like self expression,freedom, and wonder all mixed together. It reminds me of when I was a kid and it makes me smile. Thanks for the en couragement and the comments. You're right about the similarities between music and art. I've never really looked at it that way. You have a true artists perception in life as well as in art. Thanks!
We have two Quick Tips on clouds. Check them out and see if this addresses your concern. In perspective, notice the change in sizes and in angle from the top of the sky to the horizon.
Thanks Dianne a clear concise 12 mins that have simplified clouds - will apply the three grades plus reflections of sky colours on an oil I am just starting. Enjoy your tips - again thank you. Caz
Saying "Thank You" is hardly adequate, nevertheless, I do THANK YOU! The tutorial was magical...you make so much sense, and opened our eyes to what we really need to be looking at. Your tips may never get me up to your level, but they sure will make it easier along the way as I make an effort to master a cloud. My heartfelt appreciation. You are a lovely lady with a lovely personality, and a whole heap of beautiful talent that you do not mind sharing.!
Reflected light confuses a lot of people. Do you have James Gurney's book Color and Light? If not, it would be a good investment for guidance towards understanding different kinds of light and how they impact everything we see.
Notes... *get sky value in first *Block around cloud area *Start with darkest value of cloud first using sky color too and complementary color to make its grey *block in medium color of cloud *block in lightest and push the paint toward sky to blend into sky Clean brush *blend the cloud values together *reflective light appears in the shadow..
I really like how you explained the brush technique. Do you have any videos on your favorite brushes or what brushes/brush techniques that are essential for landscapes? I also like how you left the cloud for last. I’ve seen a lot of videos where they painted the entire sky first then painted the cloud/s over it with like 4 different shades. You painted the sky separately from the cloud. That might make it easier for me to blend.
Victoria, there are no techniques unique for painting landscape. There are general ways we can learn to maneuver the brush so that we can respond to what we want to do without guessing how. Also, how an artist uses a brush is individual to the artist. I have a number of Quick Tips focused on using brushes. Go to ruclips.net/user/inthestudioartinstruction and click on Videos in the menu to find the complete list.
Mona, none of the full-length lessons address techniques directly, but they are all aimed towards working the elements and principles for the most effective compositions. For seascapes and clouds, the degrees of contrast of values and the gradations of hues and their degrees of saturation are necessary. Both require managing textures. Perhaps you might find one of the lessons helpful in the Working with Values series - diannemize.com/product-category/series-eight-working-with-values/
I like the way you set up your palate. My problem is when you put out gobs of paint and one does not use them up, how do you store them to make them last. Do you store them in that box and then where do you put them to keep them fresh . Im too frugal for fear of wasteing the paint!
My palette set up is an built up accumulation of dozens of painting sessions where. on purpose, I've left on the palette paint left over. I like having all my colors around me while working just as we do in watercolor painting. The paint that stays there is already dry and serves as an indicator of where fresh paint goes down for each painting session. See Quick Tip 115.
Skins vary according to skin pigmentation and light. It's such a broad topic, rather than my trying to cover it in one of our brief Quick Tips, may I introduce you to a portrait painting master, Cesar Santos. You might begin with ruclips.net/video/_52sLXd3sk0/видео.html and ruclips.net/video/ttwB0-U08a0/видео.html . From here, you might explore his dozens of videos on portrait painting.
It would be a mistake to depend upon just one color for your skies because a sky color will not always be the same. It would also be a mistake to depend upon one teacher to tell you what to do. You will notice that I suggests options for you to try, but you are the artist and it is your eye--your observation-- that you should depend upon to guide you.
Thankyou so much. Years of being a real teacher shows. Your explanations are exemplary.
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
This is not just a quick tip on shaping clouds, this is a lesson on shaping our minds, learning to learn through a simple exercise of establishing the main steps (nothing too complex, just 3 values) to draw/paint 3dimentional objects. Thank you very much once again ! Dominique
Thanks for that, Dominque. It's always a pleasure to do these, especially for those of you who see the bigger picture (pun intended).
Just priceless! No one shares this! I thank her so much!
You are an amazing teacher--clear, logical explanations . I have learned a lot from your videos
Thanks, Jan.
Love how clearly you teach. Your desire that we all become successful if only in a first try is so evident. Thank you for the joy you put into these videos.
My pleasure.
You are a truly amazing teacher, the only teacher here in youtube who talked about painting in its real essence, an art that requires excellence.
Thanks.
Wow, after taking several years of art classes, I'd never been explained perspective, and what you just taught. I had given up on painting because everything looked the same. Some teachers are in it just for the quick buck and prey on people who really want to learn. Thanks so much for this tutorial, it has given me much to think about. Blessings.
Ellie, I'm delighted to have helped your light to come on.
I think some are more experienced. My aunt was self taught, but then decided to take water color classess at a local university and in San Miguel. She also joined clubs and taught classes. The more quality people you are around the better artist you will become.
What an awesome artist & teacher !
Thank you.
I was " lost in the clouds". Tried several other ways, but could not get it.
Much appreciated!
God bless,
W
Thank You! Have fun with this technique.
What a wonderful demonstration and tutorial! Thanks for the help, Diane!
My pleasure.
I need a refresher. I've been doing my clouds all wrong,and,got into some bad habits I need to break. Thank you for your instruction. It makes so much sense.
Have fun with this.
Thank you so much, Ms. Mize! Your explanation may save me a ton of time in checking out so many artists and their clouds. I have watched so many, to find that everyone's technique and idea of what a cloud should be is different. Your formula cacks up my art teacher's instruction on pencil sketching as applied to all art. I just had not gotten there yet. Thank you so much.
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching.
You're an incredible teacher! I've done watercolor, and now am exploring oil painting. I am understanding your teaching method.
Wonderful, Deborah. Enjoy the journey!
you’re so sweet and an amazing teacher. i could really just listen to you forever
😊
Fantastic! Finally a teacher who is working at a pace a beginner can follow. Thank you so much
My pleasure.
All your videos are excellent. everything I’ve heard and read prior to your videos now makes sense in a way I can apply to my painting efforts.
Wonderful.
As per usual, an outstanding tutorial. I've learned so much!
Among a lot of RUclips "cloud technic" videos this is the first where I can see a good explanation for the lights, shades, and basic form of a cloud. Excellent video!!! Maybe the next step could be the perspective of the clouds...
Thanks. Have fun with the process.
That was so good, i never thought it possible to make grey out of red and blue.
Thank you for the videi
You bet. Thanks for watching.
I am so glad that I have found your Chanel, like the other comments say you explain it so well, even thick heads like me can understand it, l am about to etemt to paint the cover of pink Floyd's album the endless river l am so great full for this lesson thank you so much. Looking forward to checking out as many of your posts as I can.
Enjoy the journey, Ian.
The only art tutorial I didn't fast forward. I learned so much. Thank you.
I am delighted.
Like many others here, I truly appreciate what you are doing. This, and many other lessons of yours, are simple, precise and very effective. I’m very grateful that your teachings have helped me become a better artist.
It's a pleasure to share these.
Yes, the reflective lights in the clouds! Good reminder !Thank you🌹
My pleasure.
So glad I found this video. Excellent tutorial.
So glad!
Thank you for this tutorial! Best I have seen regarding cloud painting
Glad it was helpful!
This was so incredibly helpful for me! Thank you for taking the time to make your great lessons; They're greatly appreciated.
You're very welcome! My pleasure.
Your instructions are so helpful because you explain things so clearly. TY.
Thanks. It's a pleasure doing these.
Your awesome! Thank you for being real and wanting real people to succeed with your great artist skills!
I appreciate that! Helping people succeed is my ultimate goal.
You must of been a school teacher because your the best teacher. So understandable and NOW I get it! 😮 thank you so much.
Yep. The first ten years of my career was teaching high school, then the next ten years were teaching college, then I opened my own school.
Thank you so much, this video is so helpful. You actually teach people how to use techniques rather than trying to just show one way to do something without thinking. Really grateful to you. Will watch your others!
Thanks, Jocelyn. That's my hope.
I love the simplicity of this tutorial!!!
Thank you! 😊
Just love your teaching style! I am just beginning oil painting and your videos make so much sense to me. You are a wonderful teacher. Not pushing products or classes, just generous teaching. I think I may actually be able to do this!!
Thanks, Tracy. Of course, you can do this! Enjoy!
I love squinting. I would do that when I looked or judged a show horse to get the general outline. I also used it in photography. Thank you for the awesome video.
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
Wow! You are an amazing instructor! I learned so much from you in just a few minutes! I'm truly grateful to you for sharing your expertise with us! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Thanks, Adlin. It's a pleasure to do these.
Learning a lot from you. ...The best teacher ever
Wow, thanks
I needed some help with clouds today and immediately went to your RUclips channel. The Quick Tip on clouds was the first one that popped up! Very helpful as always. I really appreciate your placing the quick tips on here for free. Good stuff. Thank you, Dianne!
Barry, I am delighted. It's a pleasure to do these.
Afternoon Dianne. I have always painted my clouds onto the sky but not always found the shape I was after or the correct shading. I now use you method" Far Better than mine"
Thank you. David.
Perth Western Australia
Great.
Hi there from Norway! Excellent sky tutorial. I really enjoyed it!
Hello to Norway! Thanks for watching.
Excellent construct for approaching clouds and many other 3-D challenges. Very clear and nicely presented. I watched this previously but it didn't quite "take" (I'm a beginner); but after practicing many, many clouds I can really appreciate your tips now, especially on getting the right basic color-hue (the sky) and going from there, using compliments, whites, etc., in the five steps. Many thanks!
My pleasure. You have the right approach to practicing. Too often, emerging artists don't realize that practicing behind the scenes with no intention of showing their results is the key to mastering painting.
Interesting strokes of broush in different ways.
Thank you.
My pleasure.
It is not just a tip, it is real lession for artist thank you alot dear D.
My pleasure.
Diolch Dianne, that was just what I needed to see before I start my next painting.
Woohoo! Have fun with it.
You are amazing teacher!Thank you so much!
You are welcome! Thanks for the kudos.
Great lesson, Diane, just what I needed. Thanks so much. I DO love your lessons, I've learned a lot from you in this past year.
I'm delighted to hear that you're finding my teaching helpful.
You are such a great artist. I have been purchasing your courses and have improved a lot. Thank you.
Thanks. And I love hearing that my teaching has helped your work improve.
03.03.2023 Thank you for such an enjoyable and informative video. Many blessings to you.
Thanks!
You're an excellent and generous teacher, thank you!!!
Thank you! 😃
I recently discovered your tips. They are wonderful! Your explanation and demonstration of clouds gave me a light bulb moment. Thanks so much. I can’t wait to view all of your videos.
Dianne
I always love finding another Dianne with two n's :). Enjoy the journey!
Thank you for this tutorial. I like how you laid out the basics in such a clear fashion. I'll be able to apply this to any shape of cloud now.
Wonderful!
I love these short sharp tips, very useful and easy to use. Thank you Diane. John.
My pleasure.
Thank you for this amazingly helpful tutorial!
You're very welcome!
You are such a great teacher! Very simple & easy to follow. Thank you! ☁️☁️
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching.
Now you've gone and done it again...delivering one of your quick tips that brings clarity to a subject. I can't wait to paint my next landscape. For me, it not totally about clouds. It's about raising the expertise of our artist's eye. "The real voyage of discovery consists, not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." Marcel Proust (abbreviated quote). Thanks Dianne. Joy
Thanks for that, Joy. You really get it!
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I haven't seen that blending technique before, pushing from one color block into another. I'll have to try it tonight.
Works beautifully, doesn't it.
I have only recently become interested in painting. I have a natural aptitude for music, but NOT for art. Everything I attempt at art is a learning experience, and sometimes a major struggle. Your videos and tutorials make my struggles a lot easier. Thanks for showing as well as telling. You are an outstanding instructor.
Thanks for your note, Margie. There are so many similarities between painting and music. Both require first becoming familiar with the tools and finding out what they will do. Next comes finding the right skills. If something about painting pulls you towards it, learn its language (just as in music) and you will find it, too, can fall right into place.
First, I want to thank you for taking the time to reply to my comment. After thinking about it, I have to agree with you-there is something about painting that calls to me. I've always admired the way good artists do what they do, and the great ones make it look easy. I've always wanted to go through life with the eye of an artist, noticing all the color and details and having that sharpened perception. As with music, it enhances the quality of life and makes it worth living. And it's such a personal thing; it comes from you alone, it's like self expression,freedom, and wonder all mixed together. It reminds me of when I was a kid and it makes me smile. Thanks for the en couragement and the comments. You're right about the similarities between music and art. I've never really looked at it that way. You have a true artists perception in life as well as in art. Thanks!
You are a great teacher!
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge
Thanks for watching!
Amazing teacher's golden tips! !
Thanks, Alka.
Thanks!
You bet! Thanks for the contribution!
You are incredible, thank you for sharing your knowledge
My pleasure!
Love the tips on painting… thank you very much❣️ Pls do a video on Van Gogh’s painting technique.
Coming soon!
Thank you for a fantastic lesson thank you so much!
Always a pleasure.
you’re such a good teacher! Thanks for sharing those videos.
Thanks. I enjoy sharing these.
I’m learning so much from you! Thank you!
I'm so glad! Thanks for watching!
Thank you .. you make it looks simple .. and this gives us -the beginners -hope that we can draw what we dream of
You can do it!
Excellent instruction again. Thank you very much Dianne
Thanks, Silvia.
Lots of helpful tips here, Thank you!!
My pleasure.
Magnífico tutorial como todos..thank youuu Dianne❤
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
Crystal clear teaching as always🙏😊. Please do include a video on landscape with Bunches of clouds in a perspective.Thanks.
We have two Quick Tips on clouds. Check them out and see if this addresses your concern. In perspective, notice the change in sizes and in angle from the top of the sky to the horizon.
@@IntheStudioArtInstruction Thanks 😊
Wonderful explanation!
Thank you so very much.
You're very welcome! Thanks for watching.
You are so great at explaining things, thank you so much for uploading this. Cant wait to watch more of your content :)
Thank you, Melani. And thanks for watching.
Montreal, Thank you so much. This lesson on clouds has helped me a lot.
👍
Thanks Dianne a clear concise 12 mins that have simplified clouds - will apply the three grades plus reflections of sky colours on an oil I am just starting. Enjoy your tips - again thank you. Caz
Happy painting!
Smart video, easy to follow - I like that you taught a process! :)
Great. Give the process a try.
Thank you! Finally a step by step video that makes sense!
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
Thank you so much, Dianne!! That did the trick!
Wonderful!
Thank you so much! you are an amazing teacher!
Thanks.
Like always, excellent lesson. Thank you. 👍🏻
Thanks! 😃
Thank you very much Dianne! Great instruction!!
Thanks for watching.
So enjoy your simplistic approach to teaching.
Thanks.
Loved that quick tip, thank you so much
You are so welcome!
Wow! Beautiful. Thanks for all your tips.
It's a pleasure to do these.
Wonderful explanation... thanks for sharing!!!
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
Saying "Thank You" is hardly adequate, nevertheless, I do THANK YOU! The tutorial was magical...you make so much sense, and opened our eyes to what we really need to be looking at. Your tips may never get me up to your level, but they sure will make it easier along the way as I make an effort to master a cloud. My heartfelt appreciation. You are a lovely lady with a lovely personality, and a whole heap of beautiful talent that you do not mind sharing.!
Thank you for that, MJ Jeter. It's my pleasure to share these with all of you.
I love this wonderful person so much.
Thanks!
You are and always will be my hero.
Ah, thanks!
This is a great and informative tutorial! Thanks for this! I was a bit confused about the reflected light part, though, but I think that's just me.
Reflected light confuses a lot of people. Do you have James Gurney's book Color and Light? If not, it would be a good investment for guidance towards understanding different kinds of light and how they impact everything we see.
@@IntheStudioArtInstruction Ok, I'll look into it. Thank you very much!
Thank you, great class. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏼
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
Notes...
*get sky value in first
*Block around cloud area
*Start with darkest value of cloud first using sky color too and complementary color to make its grey
*block in medium color of cloud
*block in lightest and push the paint toward sky to blend into sky
Clean brush
*blend the cloud values together
*reflective light appears in the shadow..
Well done.
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You are wonderful thank you for teaching your knowledge ❤️
Thank you. It's a pleasure to do these.
Just a question, do you know if she's painting with acrylics or oils ?
I really like how you explained the brush technique. Do you have any videos on your favorite brushes or what brushes/brush techniques that are essential for landscapes?
I also like how you left the cloud for last. I’ve seen a lot of videos where they painted the entire sky first then painted the cloud/s over it with like 4 different shades. You painted the sky separately from the cloud. That might make it easier for me to blend.
Victoria, there are no techniques unique for painting landscape. There are general ways we can learn to maneuver the brush so that we can respond to what we want to do without guessing how. Also, how an artist uses a brush is individual to the artist.
I have a number of Quick Tips focused on using brushes. Go to ruclips.net/user/inthestudioartinstruction and click on Videos in the menu to find the complete list.
Very helpful Diane 🙏🏼 thanks
You are so welcome!
Thank you Dianne, now to try again after yesterday disaster !!
There's nothing like a new day and a fresh start.
Thank you Dianne! Can you recommend any of your full length lessons that would help with painting clouds and seascapes? Thanks!
Mona, none of the full-length lessons address techniques directly, but they are all aimed towards working the elements and principles for the most effective compositions. For seascapes and clouds, the degrees of contrast of values and the gradations of hues and their degrees of saturation are necessary. Both require managing textures.
Perhaps you might find one of the lessons helpful in the Working with Values series - diannemize.com/product-category/series-eight-working-with-values/
@@IntheStudioArtInstruction Thank you Dianne! I will go shopping :)
Thank you so much. Your video was extremely helpful and informative!
I am delighted. Thanks for watching.
Thank you. This quick tip was very useful
Have fun with it.
Thank you ❤ so god! You are a top teatcher ❤
Thank YOU!
You are a great teacher❤thank you❤
Thank you! 😃
I like the way you set up your palate. My problem is when you put out gobs of paint and one does not use them up, how do you store them to make them last. Do you store them in that box and then where do you put them to keep them fresh . Im too frugal for fear of wasteing the paint!
My palette set up is an built up accumulation of dozens of painting sessions where. on purpose, I've left on the palette paint left over. I like having all my colors around me while working just as we do in watercolor painting. The paint that stays there is already dry and serves as an indicator of where fresh paint goes down for each painting session. See Quick Tip 115.
Thank you for a very good lesson.
I love your tips how mach rich information. Would you please give some tips about skin tone and portrait brush strokes. Thank you
Skins vary according to skin pigmentation and light. It's such a broad topic, rather than my trying to cover it in one of our brief Quick Tips, may I introduce you to a portrait painting master, Cesar Santos. You might begin with ruclips.net/video/_52sLXd3sk0/видео.html and ruclips.net/video/ttwB0-U08a0/видео.html . From here, you might explore his dozens of videos on portrait painting.
@@IntheStudioArtInstruction
Thank you!
Love this! Great explanation!!
Thanks!
No Mam
I haven't tried either with prussian blue or cobalt with white. I thought u will advice me which will be best towards sky.
Thanks
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It would be a mistake to depend upon just one color for your skies because a sky color will not always be the same. It would also be a mistake to depend upon one teacher to tell you what to do. You will notice that I suggests options for you to try, but you are the artist and it is your eye--your observation-- that you should depend upon to guide you.