Draw Clouds

Clouds are visible mass of water that look like a collection of white smoke floating in the sky. This is a tutorial on how to draw a cartoon cloud and a realistic cloud. Check them out!

Steps

Cartoon Cloud

  1. Start an elongated oval for the outline sketch.
  2. Draw line arches on the oval outline sketch.
  3. Erase the outline sketches.
  4. Color the draft. You can fill in a light gray color to put the shade of the cloud.
  5. Color the background with blue.

Realistic Clouds

  1. Get any blue colored paper. You can use this technique in drawing a realistic cloud.
  2. Take one of your oil pastels for the shade of the cloud. Choose light gray for the shade of the clouds. The shades of the clouds are usually located at the bottom part of the clouds. However, shades always depend on where the light source is coming from.
  3. Add white. Using white oil pastels make circular strokes of the medium to the colored paper.
  4. Smudge the colors. Use your thumb or index finger in smudging the colors. Carefully wipe the colors with your finger, according to the shape of the cloud, to show the smudge effect.
  5. Put on the white oil pastel strokes. Repeat the same circular strokes that you have done earlier. Only this time do not put too much pressure on the pastel strokes. Do it enough to show the actual shape of the clouds.
  6. Add the shade. Add light and few strokes of lavender on the bottom areas to show the shade of the clouds.



Tips

  • If you don't have time to follow every single step for a full-quality cumulus cloud, just make tiny half-circles with your pencil and curve it so the line comes back to connect to where you started (it'll do in a pinch).

Warnings

  •  Do not add too many curvy lines.
  • Have your clouds be a color the sky could logically turn, not neon green or something like that. (Unless alien sky is what you're aiming for, in which case carry on.)

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