Painting Clouds: Color Temperature & Perspective Explained | Skip Whitcomb

In this lesson, Skip Whitcomb explains why nearby clouds have warm bottoms and cool tops — and why that relationship reverses in the distance. Learn how color temperature, value compression, and sky gradation create depth in your landscapes. Timestamps: 0:00 – Introduction: Understanding cumulus cloud structure 1:01 – Warm bottoms & cool tops (clouds up close) 2:18 – What happens to color as clouds recede 3:50 – The importance of sky color gradation 8:29 – Edges in clouds: keeping them soft and natural 11:10 – Why photographs lie (and how to compensate) 17:10 – Skip Whitcomb’s Color Harmony mentoring course 🎨 Join Skip Whitcomb’s course: The Power of Orchestrated Color, to master harmonious color and build a reliable foundation for confident painting! Explore more here: https://tucsonartacademyonline.com/sk...