Quick Tip 352 - Sky Holes

A subscriber was having problems with getting "sky holes" to look natural. Artist/art teacher Dianne Mize shares some techniques into making it look real.
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[@annmarielopiccolo-carlsen7263]

I like this quick tip for painting sky holes…..to paint the sky at the same time you paint the tree…..the result is a more natural, integrated appearance, allowing for the edges of the leaves and tree form to be ragged and less uniform, especially when you later add the details of branches and limbs! Thank you!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure. Thanks for watching.

[@heidil7092]

Thanks. One of my instructors referred to these as “sky bites” which sort of reminds me of a tree taking a bite out of the sky.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

I like that.

[@susannerauch8237]

Thank you! This is exactly what I needed, and I can apply it to two paintings I'm working on right now. I'm so glad you talked about those little tiny ones because they were making me CRAZY. This is much better than a quick "how to"!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Have fun with it.

[@debcarter2188]

This lesson opened my eyes...I did not know what I did not know. I especially appreciated the tip about limbs being lighter in nature than in their photograph. Now I am enticed to experiment and to practice this skill even though trees have not been on my radar. Thank you.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Have fun with it, Deb.

[@maggietattersfield2859]

Me too! I never gave sky holes any thought. I can’t wait to practice painting trees. 🙂

[@ruthwoll7855]

A very helpful demonstration --- and method I did not know of. before now. Thank you Diane!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Always a pleasure.

[@jessemiller6358]

I'd like to know better if you wouldn't mind

[@joanistotler8804]

Well, now that was timely! Thanks Dianne!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You are so welcome! Have fun with it.

[@jessemiller6358]

I'd like to know better if you wouldn't mind

[@ianbrowne8871]

What a brilliant, well focussed mini tutorial! Akela has spoken and guided - the symbol of wisdom and authority! It is very easy to be overwhelmed when following an en plain air or alla prima demonstration and you get exhausted taking it all in and miss important points. Sky holes can often sink a painting and by carefully analysing the problem and giving us observational directions, we can now tackle this difficulty. Back to the drawing board here!!! Many thanks O Fount of Wisdom!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks, Ian. If I don't accomplish anything else in this teaching, I hope to give clarity.

[@Rockymtnbloom]

Good point about skyhole and foliage color. Sometimes, depending on the direction of light source, the foliage may be lighter, such as in backlit foliage.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

It's all about observation.

[@LenaAllentickleme]

Thanks! Learning a lot with your videos.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Awesome, thank you!

[@laurataggart8018]

Thank you for every one of the many, any details included in this wonderful QT. I appreciate every detail an will rewatch it to try to get it into my painting habits.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Always a pleasure, Laura. Enjoy the journey!

[@BunNessa_Art]

Love your videos! Very informative and to the point 🙂

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Glad you like them! Thanks for being a subscriber.

[@gaelhillyardcreative]

Excellent, thank you Dianne.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure!

[@claudeduda3607]

Thank you, it is so easy to understand 👌🤗

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@jeffreyblum7361]

This was an especially helpful one, I hope to make a lot of use of it.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Have fun with it.

[@lisafred1362]

Very useful. Thank you.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure

[@PLSassociates]

Thank you for this! I too was frustrated by sky holes, so I started putting the entire sky in (using more gamsol to thin the portion of the paint that would be behind the tree) first, then laying the tree over the sky (with fatter paint).

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Have fun with this.

[@Lenore007]

Thank you 🙏

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@maggietattersfield2859]

😊 thank you!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@edwardelric2786]

Nice quick tip, and thank you 🙂

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You bet!

[@LenaAllentickleme]

Thanks!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks for the tip, Valda!

[@elizabethsugalski8988]

I'm so enjoying your quick tips and videos! Bravo. What a professional! And thanks for your section on materials. I've ordered a couple of free things, but have not received them. Do I have to be a paying customer for other things first?

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Elizabeth, your free stuff would have come in an email with links to them. They are all either pdf or jpg. Check your spam/junk folder.

[@shamamazhar8460]

Splendid ❤❤❤

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks

[@victoria7473]

thank you!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Welcome!

[@romelmadrayart]

I noticed that you did not mass first and then put in skyholes. Do you have another video using a massing technique and how you put in skyholes? The reason I am interested in this way of doing it is that it works from big to small but my problem has been that my skyholes tend to pop out rather than having a look of being behind. Is it better to get a thin wash first for the massing and then paint in the skyholes to allow for that overlap feeling of the tree over the sky. And also to allow for continuity of the sky from above. is it a matter of darkening the hue to give that continuity of the sky to the tree below?

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Your sky holes won't pop out if you blend their edges and keep their values a little darker than what you believe you see.