Monday Motivator: Put More Paint in the Sky

By Marion Boddy-Evans

“I used to paint the sky with thin mixtures of paint, but find I am better able to capture the shimmer of light when I have more paint over the entire canvas.” — Kim Casebeer, PleinAir Magazine, June/July 2013, page 51

Or, to paraphrase: “Use more paint!” What’s working best for your skies? I’ve been finding having a strong ground color — red, purple, pink — adds drama to a stormy sky. Especially if I remember to not overpaint it all and let bits show through rather that only using it to influence the colors over it.