How to Paint Skies

Exploring the Artistry in Painting Sky Scenes

Skies are an important part of landscape paintings, setting the tone of the scene as a whole and often representing the dominant feature of the composition.

In the revised and updated edition of Painting Skies, which includes material from Top Tips for Watercolor Artists, Geoff Kersey imparts his knowledge and expertise to artists of all abilities, demonstrating how to paint skies that give a sense of cohesion, place, and atmosphere to your landscape paintings.

Painting skies is also the best way to learn how watercolor behaves, and there is a large section at the start of the book that explains the techniques you need to produce a broad range of effects, including a stormy sky, a summer sky, an evening glow, a sunset, and low cloud.

Materials and Techniques

This comprehensive guide also includes information on the materials you need, drawing and sketching, using photographs, composition, color, and perspective. Throughout the book are examples of Geoff's finished artworks to provide inspiration and ideas for compositions of your own.

Practical Projects

The book finishes with six glorious, step-by-step projects to put into practice all you have learned and give you the confidence to incorporate stunning skies into your own watercolor landscape paintings.