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I model West Virginia so my horizon line is very high due to the ridges, but when more sky is exposed, I have found that it is easiest to paint clouds as an approching front, keeping them as a billowing mass creeping up over the far ridge line. This eliminates the need for worrying about perspective, distances between individual clouds, and many of the other complications that arise from trying to replicate puffy individual clouds. It also eliminates the need for banding the colors, since only the high sky is visible. <br /> <br />I also want to reiterate that clouds are not really white. To give then some 3-dimensional quality you need subtle amounts of very light gray, pink or even yellow, but these colors need to be "almost white". Catching the Bob Ross shows on Public Television is the best way to learn about painting clouds, and to some extant, backdrops in general. <br /> <br />CJ Riley
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