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Painting a Basic Skybackdrop is actually fairly easy if you follow simple directions by the master ,Dave Frary!! He did an article in Model railroader awhile back on a simple technique for an easy (heavy on the easy)skybackdrop with a wispy cloud effect.No big fluffies here,just a hazy white streaked kind of cloud effect.Its simple and looks very good for those of us who never even heard of Art let alone sat next to him. 2 quarts of paint (1 blue and 1 white) will do a couple miles of 18" high backdrop. Ricks done a great job with his Faller? backdrops as ive seen the pics and they are not only a great look but quite cost effective.A bit more than the frary method overall but if you want a cumulous cloud effect a great way to go. I used Backdrops from another sourse that were inexpensive and cut out all the buildings and placed on my own painted backdrop.it seems to add more depth this way and eliminates variations in sky colorations on the printed scenes..
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