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Summary: A weak yellow wash followed by a bluish velvet colored paint works well for painting the sky in a snowscape painting. Learn how to paint the skay in a snowscape watercolor painting in this free video.
Cody Davis is an artist with over 35 years experience in oil, watercolor and acrylic painting. He has a fine arts degree from the University of Texas and 12 years experience teaching...read more
"Now what we want to do is a sky. On most landscapes, you put the sky in first. So, it's a real weak wash, in this case, of yellow. You'll start the yellow here, and then spread it around the rest. But you're not finished with that. You want to put in a bluish violet, into the sky. And this needs to be done pretty quickly before it dries. I'm rotating the brush, as I'm hitting it, coming at an angle. And then we're going to put in more blue. Add more blue, and spread it around. So that's the soft, sort of hazy sky, and you need to put all this in in one step."
eHow Article: Painting the Sky in a Snowscape