Illustrating Skies. A DEEP DIVE Course On How You Can Learn To Master Skies

Make Your Skies Stand Out: Master Skies with Simple, Clear Steps. 

Struggle with Skies? Never feel that they really add much to your images. By learning how to make skies the most memorable feature in your artwork, you give yourself a huge advantage as an artist. Skies make people FEEL, they touch the human-ness in us, they tell stories, and get an emotive response. So I feel learning the lessons in this course is often the quickest way to enhance your skills and your future artworks.

Whether you're just setting out on your journey as a digital painter, already have experience creating imagery, or are a seasoned illustrator, this course has something for you. It's best suited to someone who has an understanding of how to use Photoshop or Procreate and is learning to paint digitally and wants to get a solid grip on the fundamentals.

I feel that learning how to add dramatic skies to your work is an incredibly valuable skill, and one that has been vital for me on my illustration journey. It’s helped me get work in children’s book publishing, animation, editorial illustration, advertising and book covers, and I believe it is an asset to anyone out there who wants to make artwork and have a professional practice.

Here’s the image we’ll be creating!

In this class, you’ll learn how to illustrate a beautiful sunset sky. I’ll walk you through my process step by step, showing you how to paint clouds and light, add texture to your work, and choose the right brushes. You’ll learn which skies to use for different outcomes, and I’ll give you a load of resources that you can use to improve your skies. Including my Complete Photoshop Brush Pack which has all my hand made brushes inside!

Key Lessons Include:

  • Understanding the Theory,

  • Atmospheric Perspective

  • Collecting Reference 

  • Values / Tones

  • Which Sky to choose when

  • Cloud Shapes

  • Choosing the right Brushes

  • Painting the scene as I do it

  • Using Adjustment Layers

  • Adding the finishing touches

The course also comes with my COMPLETE PHOTOSHOP BRUSH PACK - FREE

We'll be creating an illustration together. I'll walk you through the process with simple easy steps! By the end you'll have a beautiful finished artwork, and the understanding to take your work to the next level.

I’ll be using Adobe Photoshop 2024. I use a Mac but PC or Mac works the same. I use a Wacom Cintiq, but any Wacom tablet you use will work fine. You can follow along on the iPad using Procreate too.