DRAWING SKIES & CLOUDS TUTORIALS : How to Draw Cartoon, Photo-Realistic, or Illustrations of the Sky

How to Draw Cartoon Clouds

Today’s drawing tutorial is on how to draw clouds. The clouds in this how to draw tutorial are realistic clouds. My next tutorial will be on how to draw a cloud in a cartoon style. So watch this tutorial carefully if you want to learn how to draw clouds realistically.

How to Draw Cartoon Clouds Step by Step

In this art lesson I'll show you (and Ed) how to draw clouds with pencil, colored pencil or marker. Whether you want to know how to draw a cloud or a hundred clouds. The secret of drawing clouds is in the shading. Without shading, your clouds will look flat and boring.

How to Draw Cumulus Clouds

Cumulus clouds are the puffy white clouds you see on bright sunny days against a blue sky. They seem as if they'd be very easy to draw, except that they're not. The same category of cloud includes those impressive thunderheads that bring up storms to break up your bright sunny summer days, the shapes are similar and very dramatic.

Digital Painting : How to Draw Clouds

This tutorial will work best for digital painting or traditional painting with oils. It may work for acrylics as well, but I don't personally use them, so I won't vouch for it.