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We'll focus on how to draw sky. The sky is very vast, very beautiful, and
very mysterious. Truly, the sky is different colors at different times of
the day, and clearly, all over the world, the sky can look different. The
basics are this: The bottom of your sky is always going to be lighter, and
in gradations, will become darker and darker.
I'm going to use chalk pastels. I'm going to start by covering my entire
area of sky with blue. You can be as creative as you want. There have been
times where I've looked at the sky and I've seen every possible color other
than blue; pinks, yellows, oranges, greens, purples. I'm just going to
create a base with this Royal Bright Blue. I'm then going to take a lighter
blue and just move right over it. You can use the side of your pastel; you
can go in whatever directions you want. I love being able to move my whole
arm and my whole body; it allows me the opportunity to really express
myself through my art.
I'm going to rub in and blend these two blues together. I'm just taking my
finger, or a couple of fingers, moving in different directions, and
allowing these two blues to really become solidly blended together. Blow
off the extra. I'm going to think about what colors I want to bring into
the sky. For me, I love color. I'm going to bring in blues, but I'm also
going to bring in some pinks and some purples, and other colors that I feel
are really expressive and very uplifting.
The bottom of my sky is typically going to be a lighter shade. I'm using
the side of my pastel, and I'm bringing in some white. As I move up the
sky, because I love hot pink, I'm going to bring in some shades of hot
pink. I'm going to put a little hot pink over the blue, but also over the
white, as well. I'm going to add a touch of orange; again, using the side
of the pastel, just going right on top.
At the very top of the sky, I'm adding a darker blue. I'm even going to add
a touch of purple to the very top. I'm going to start shading in and mixing
this darker blue area. You can go in whatever direction you choose. Then
I'm going to make my way down to this bottom area where there are some
pinks, whites, and oranges. I'm allowing myself to mix all of these colors
together. I'll blow off the extra.
I'm just going to take a look at what I have. I realize that I still want
the bottom to be even lighter, so I'm just going to put in a little bit of
white right on top. I'm going to add another layer of a light blue, and
it's going to go right over those pinks, but those different pinks and
oranges are still going to shine right through. You have a little bit of
those beautiful colors shining through. Then I'm going to make the top of
the sky even darker, so I'm just adding little touches of a dark, dark
blue. Mix that together. I'm going to put an actual blue on top of it, so
that it's not too dark. You want all of those colors to really mix right
together.
I'm really going to create a motion that goes from the bottom to the top,
so all of these colors, from the lightest at the bottom to the darkest at
the top, can mix together. Last but not least, I'm going to take a light
blue, and I'm just going to run through the whole piece with this lighter
blue so that all of these colors can start to mix together and feel like
one sky. I'll allow myself to shade in the color one last time. If you ever
have too much pastel on your hands, you can just wipe it off on another
piece of paper. Here you have a really beautiful and very vast, colorful
sky.
If I wanted to continue, I could add more color, I could add touches of
sunset tones at the bottom, I could create clouds. There's so many
different things that you can do within a sky. This is really just my base
for the sky, and then I can take it in any direction that I choose to.
Enjoy drawing your sky.