Maria Smirnova

Watercolor Essentials for Painting Realistic Skies : Basic Techniques + 5 Projects

Dear Rachel, thank you for sharing your beautiful projects ! I'm in love with the clouds on your biggest painting. Such wonderful shades of this purple/grey-ish color, very subtle. Lights and shadow also worked well there. I'd probably only make a foreground of the landscape darker. But it is also a matter of the taste. Smaller pictures are great too. You manage the technique perfectly. More contrast in the sky would create more volume in them, but it also depends on timing and your intention. So my general comment is : well done and keep painting ! See you in the next classes ;)Maria

A great class by a great teacher! I had so much fun with this class!
<img srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/a6b0ff10cb007db2a110d086e8bd2216/c36315f0.jpg 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/a6b0ff10cb007db2a110d086e8bd2216/c36315f0.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" src="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/a6b0ff10cb007db2a110d086e8bd2216/c36315f0.jpg" loading="lazy" alt="skies - image 1 - student project">

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