Edit Steps
- 1Sketch a simple horizontal oval. Draw several if you want a sky. Once you're content with the number of shapes on your paper, proceed to step two.
Sketch a simple horizontal oval. - 2Put different-sized circles along the edge of the oval(s). This must be done for each individual cloud. Also, try to keep from having too many little circles or you'll be doing a lot of erasing in the next step.
Put different-sized circles along the edge of the oval(s). - 3Erase guidelines. That is, no lines within other lines, just a single tracing that should be starting to look like a cloud.
Erase guidelines. - 4Add some curved lines inside, to emphasize fluffiness. The more lines there are, the fluffier it looks!
Add some curved lines inside, to emphasize fluffiness. - 5Color and shade the clouds. They can be blue or tinged with light yellow for a sunny day, or stormy and gray if the weather is bad.
Color and shade the clouds. - 6Repeat steps 1-5 if you want to add even MORE clouds.
Repeat steps 1-5 if you want to add even MORE clouds.
Edit Tips
- If you don't have time to follow every single step for a full-quality cumulus cloud, just make tiny half-circles with your pencil and curve it so the line comes back to connect to where you started (it'll do in a pinch).
Edit Warnings
- Do not add too many curvy lines.
- Have your clouds be a color the sky could logically turn, not neon green or something like that. (Unless alien sky is what you're aiming for, in which case carry on.)
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June 17, 2011 by Goldenzebra
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