Illustrating Skies. Learn the Secrets to painting Striking Skies - For Digital Artists Using Photoshop.

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

In this course I show you MY METHOD for painting a sunset. It's not a generic sky painting course — it's my personal approach developed over many years of illustrating, and this course walks you through step by step.

Who's it for? Digital Artists using Photoshop, with some familiarity painting digitally. The course is demonstrated in Photoshop but can be followed along in Procreate.

Struggle with skies? Never feel they add much to your images? Learning how to make skies the most memorable feature gives you a huge advantage. Skies make people FEEL, they tell stories, and evoke emotion.

Whether you're starting out or already experienced, this course has something for you. It's best suited for anyone learning to paint digitally who wants a solid grip on the fundamentals.

Adding dramatic skies has been vital in my illustration journey — helping me get work in children’s book publishing, animation, editorial illustration, advertising, and book covers.

There are specific lessons that make skies resonate with viewers. Once you understand them, you can apply them to every image you make.

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, and choose the right brushes. You’ll learn which skies work for different outcomes, and get a load of resources to improve your skies — including my Complete Photoshop Brush Pack with all my hand-made brushes!

Here’s the image you’ll be making! I’ll show you the secrets to get this result in one simple 2-hour course, broken into bitesize lessons. That’s a lot packed into a short time!

I loved making this course! It was surprisingly enjoyable to try and break down my process and explain all the things I think about when constructing a sky and put them into a course format! I'm sure you'll find it super engaging and satisfying - taking the steps in the videos to create this image!

The lessons in this class are demonstrated in Adobe Photoshop, and it is primarily is suited to follow along in Photoshop for an intermediate user. I don't cover the basics of using Photoshop so i'd advise doing this course once you have a basic understanding of the program

You can follow along in Procreate on an iPad if you know the program well and are ok with interpreting what I'm doing in Photoshop to do similar in Procreate. I have supplied Procreate resources, brushes and working files, so you have everything you need.

Lots of the lessons here are about the theory and fundamentals and I think that stuff is relevant whichever program you use, but the demonstrations later in the course are in Photoshop.

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

Course Project: 

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.

Course Resources: 

I’ll be providing a bunch of resources for this class. 

1. 2+ Hours of Footage, with lessons, follow along videos and footage of my process explained
2. A template to draw your Final Artwork into. (Photoshop and Procreate Compatible)
3. A template for drawing values and for sketching out cloud shapes and perspective
4. A breakdown of different skies and what they say in your illustrations.
5. Layered PSD file of my Final Artwork for this Class
6. Access to me for my feedback on your results!

PLUS!! YOU'll GET ALL THESE FREE WITH THE COURSE! Which on their own add up to £30!!

MY COMPLETE PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES + ADDED EXTRAS FOR THIS COURSE -

NORMALLY £12. BUT COMES FREE WITH THIS COURSE

MY PROCREATE BRUSHES, NORMALLY £3, BUT COMES FREE WITH THIS COURSE

MY HIGH RESOLUTION TEXTURED SKY STARTERS, NORMALLY £12, BUT COMES FREE WITH THIS COURSE

MY SKY REFERENCE PHOTO's. 60 of my Favourite Sky Reference Pictures That I've collected over the years. NORMALLY £3, BUT ALSO COMES FREE WITH THIS COURSE!

If you aren't happy, I have a 14-day money-back guarantee!

Thanks so much for taking a look at the course and I look forward to seeing your amazing results! And I hope you enjoy all the brushes and extras that come free with it!

And -> If you can leave me a review, please do! It's hugely appreciated and it helps more people find this page :) THANKYOU!

Don’t leave empty-handed—Learn the Sky painting Secrets today! :)

Catch you there! Tom