Painting Soft Clouds in Watercolor 

This is definitely the best cloud tutorial Ive seen...just...wow.

Beautiful clouds! After years of self criticism I started painting again and am so glad I found your channel. Please keep repeating things, it is very helpful to someone learning new techniques.

Have watched a lot of cloud videos and you are the 1st artist who has really shown how to soften the edges and make the clouds look real. Thank you!

I agree that this is the most comprehensive and useful demonstration of realistic cloud painting for us watercolor novices, thank you. Compared to other demonstrations, this is most useful for achieving desired results.

Thank you so much for this tutorial. Even after a year when you first presented it, it’s still the best cloud tutorial on the internet. You truly are an exceptional instructor. Thank you thank you!

BEST tutorial for me by far. So low key, so simple, so Excellent. Thank you Shelley.

I've never seen anyone paint clouds this way before. It's fascinating to watch and the results are so realistic. Thanks for sharing!

Your tutorial on soft clouds is amazing! I've tried quite often to paint clouds...but you make it make so much sense! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Great video! I appreciate the time you spend explaining. First time I've heard "the brush must he drier than the paper"! Great tip...and amazing clouds.

THE best suggestion you made has helped me immensely for blending and softening of color: wash, blot and use the tip. Sounds so simple and it is. Bravo!

Thank you for showing your method of being able to take your time and do one thing at a time and let it dry and do some more. I've found watercolor to be stressful in thinking I need to finish something in one go and this is so much less anxiety inducing..

Just begun to really try to learn watercolour painting. I like still life so i worked for a few weeks before deciding to join a class in my home town. The teacher rushed through basic techniques and then went straight into landscape. I could not follow quick enough so had to leave the class. Thank God i have found you.There is a saying, "When you are ready, the Teacher comes to you."

This is the most detailed, well explained lesson on painting sky in watercolor I have ever watch. And the most lovely painting also in tutorials so far :) :) So , I will be glued to your channel for a long time , since I have found it today ( sadly ... lost so much time struggling with lifting paint to make a cloud ... or racing against time with a large washes .. ) Thank you so much :)

I've only just started doing art at 32 years old, watercolour being my chosen form. This has so far been the most life changing tutorial. I adore this style and will spend some time trying to get this look.

Another excellent video, thank you so much for these helpful reminders! I don't think you can say it enough about the brush needing to be drier than the paper and also stopping or spritzing once it starts to dry. You have helped me a lot! Thank you!

Oh my gosh! Your clouds are fantastic, and you are a genius!

I agree the clouds technique is very realistic and beautiful. Most watercolor artists clouds don't have much in detail. This really works well.

Really appreciate you Shelly sharing your knowledge. Your very kind!

Shelly this is fabulous. Thank you so much, this is the first tutorial that has made me truly understand how to show perspective with clouds. Thank you so much, you’re a star ⭐️ ❤

You are such a patient and very good teacher, thank you! I'm a beginner.

By far the best water color cloud tut I've seen, and believe me I've watched them all. Thanks a lot.

Thanks for finishing it with the trees & lake!

This was really helpful. Not only about painting the clouds in several layers but also the tip about the paper/brush water ratio. I will give this a try. Thanks for sharing this.

I am new to watercolor, and loved this video. I’ve struggled with clouds, and you gave a lot of good tips in this video. Thank you so much!

You give so much valuable information. And its never too much… yes i will hear your voice. The brush must be dryer than the paper. Love you…

Thank you for the lesson, I repeated it and studied it, and something turned out to be quite good to draw)

Once again, Shelley, just watching you paint gets me excited and eager to move forward with my painting. Clouds have been so challenging I felt blocked. Now I'm determined to get back in and just do it! Thank you.

Probably the best tutorial on clouds I've ever seen. Beautiful and very well explained.

Omg! This is brilliant! Such a unique way to paint the clouds in watercolours… thank you Shalley

Thank you so much for the very best demo of cloud painting that I have ever found.

This was extremely helpful!!

Totally enjoy your tutorials. I am just a beginner and enjoying it!

I do agree , this is by far the best video I’ve watched on how to paint skies and fluffy clouds . Thank you for the advice and tips .

I've watched this video two or three times, and I still learn something new every time! It's way above my skill level, but I'm going to try it anyway. I bounce back and forth between trying to paint, studying pigment information and pallet organization, experimenting and practice exercises. "Don't have more water on your brush then you do on your paper"! Well, well, well. That solves a problem I've been having when I swatch my colors and play in my book. From the videos I've been watching I'm not the only one that needs to learn that! ❤ LOL. That's the perfect tip to put me back on track.

Wonderful cloud demo….so appreciate the extra time you take to explain the ‘why’ of various techniques.

OMG I've always heard ppl say you're using too much water or less water on your brush but this makes more sense!!! the brush has to be dryer than the paper. It's relative. thankyou for the clarification ( after 5 yrs of trying)

The most logical and easiest cloud painting video. I've seen so far. I'm going home to get out my abandoned watercolours. Thank you so much. ❤❤

Your mastery of watercolor is a thing of pure beauty to me, and you are an incredibly good teacher. In my days, I’ve been through many university classes and have spent years as a college art teacher from which I’m now retired. I’m seeing many things I wish I had known. Thank you so much for making these wonderful videos ❤ I’m working daily in watercolor and learning a great deal from you. ,

Same opinion as your subscriber Barb ! I watched a lot of videos on the subject "clouds"... your video is the only one I will remember 🤩 A big THANK YOU to you for sharing your way of making these beautiful realistic clouds 🇫🇷😘

Omg!! Omg!! This is fantastic!!! Thank you very much for this precious tutorial! Youre amazing! 🌺👏🏻

Fabulous💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

This is my first time watching a Shelley video. WOW! Those are beautiful clouds!

Just a few days back I wanted to paint clouds and was postponing it. I happened to click on your video and I love the way you have demonstrated and explained. Thank you so much

There isn't anything you can't do...beautifully! Thank you!

Outstanding demo! ❤🎉❤

Very helpful and love your patience and how well you explain everything. Thank you Shelley.

Love your video! To paint in these kind of layers, as in shadows first then blue sky is fantastic, first time I've seen it done like this and I love it! Thank you 😊

You are so immersed in the nature while painting and it turned out to be a fantastic landscape 👌👏👏👏. Excellent tutorial. Thank you very much.

A truly great lesson on clouds! I must have a thousand photos of clouds taken on trips in the passenger seat. All types and conditions. Looking forward to trying some of your techniques.

What is this sorcery?!! Thankyou very much. I feel like you did less work here compared to artists I've seen in other videos, while achieving so much more. True expertise.

Wow! So many excellent tips! I'm also very pleased to see a sky that looks like ours in the mountains of Colorado, instead of the gloomy overcast skies prevalent in other areas around the world. I'm very happy to have found your channel. Thank you so much!

glued to my screen. Excellent tutorial. Watching from Tucson, AZ.

I’m so glad that RU-vid recommended your video! I’m excited to learn from you

Thank you for your reminders on so many good tips, i.e. brush not wetter than paper, so I keep your voice in my head😊. Also, love your method on the clouds as I have always heard, "do your sky and do not go back to it" but when it lightens up, it is not what I want. Now I really want to try this. Thank you so much!

All I can say is….amazing. Will be trying this!❤

Greetings from northwestern Vermont. Beautiful new snow overnight. About 8” here at home. Just came in from a snowshoe in the peaceful and tranquil atmosphere you spoke about. Now for some watercolor!

This was a fantastic video! Thank you SO much for explaining everything so clearly.

You seem like such good person, as well artist. Thanks for this.

Loving these videos. Super helpful. Thanks for taking the time. I can’t wait to try some clouds.

Watching this two months later , timeless instruction . Thank you Shelly 😊!

Best sky/cloud video ever! You have been so helpful.

Vraiment super bien expliqué ! Merci beaucoup, c’est très réussi ❤

I watched the replay and it’s very helpful to hear the tips repeated over and over. Someday, I’ll remember. 😉

I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your demos Shelley!

First time watching clouds built this way.....a fantastic, relaxed method giving lots of control. Many many thanks for sharing! x

Incredible! Favorite cloud video I’ve found. Thanks for sharing your technique 🤗

Wow! I just discovered you. What a wonderful new way to paint realistic clouds. Thank you for a great lesson.

Hi from northern Ontario. We had a few days of snow last week, but I think it was too early to be silent, over the collective groans, lol. I know the first deep snowfall quiet that you mention, and I thank you for that reminder. It is special. I like this tutorial very much and subscribed.

Wonderfully helpful. This hour passed so quickly! Thanks

Excellent video, thx for posting

Fantastic clouds!!

Many thanks for this video. For years I have tried painting SKY.... your demo is perfect.

So beautiful, and you always explain techniques so well! Thank you 😊

The best tutorial on clouds I've seen and I've looked at quite a few. Thank you!

Very beautiful!

Excellent video. Thank you, especially for emphasizing brush to paper wetness so many times. Hopefully I will remember this! I keep forgetting it.

You are the best at skies! Exactly what I needed! Thank you

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I have learned a couple of very good pieces of information on painting skies. I can tell that you really want others to learn and do well in their art.

I loved this! I cannot wait to try this here at home.

I struggle with clouds!! Your demonstration is so helpful!! Thank you!

I just love your tutorials ! I’ve found them so helpful !

I have never heard one instructor say you brush needs to be drier than your paper or the pom pom means your brush has to much water! Thank you! Thank you!

Really excellent demonstration in details. Explain so beautifully. Thyso much mam.

I love the way you teach! Thank you!

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Excellent instruction. I am seeing larger clouds overhead followed by skinnier one further away out my window right now! First time I understand how to translate that to a painting! Also hadn't thought about using a non- gradulating color. Thank you for a valuable step by step!

Lovely to watch your video specially showing reference photo along with your painting process in one frame, which others don't do.

I am watching 8 months on, thank you, it makes so much sense to me now, can’t wait to have a go 👏

Beautiful, for sure. Thank you.

Thank you! This was VERY helpful ❤ you are amazing!

Wonderful!

Thank you! Love your sky! Learned a lot that I needed since I keep painting clouds

Very nice clouds!good job!

This is really wonderful! I live on the water facing east so have a gazillion sunrise pics and they are all so different. Have tried to paint them, but have yet to accomplish anything realistic because I thought it all had to be done while it was still wet. Thanks for showing how to work until you can’t and then dry and start again. Great information!

Wonderful tutorial! Thank you

Best toturial ever. Thank you so much. And the end result is amazing. And you are very corajous too. The others don't show the picture... First time watching you but definitely a fan. Continue the good work and helping us the beginners. All the best.

Another excellent tutorial! Thank you very much.

Thank you Shelley for a very thorough tutorial! I truly enjoyed it. I am more confident now to try …

Wow - incredibly helpful!! Thank you for the detailed tutorial!! 😊

This is just gorgeous 😍 ❤️!