Learn how to paint skies with oil paints! This lesson shows how paint a clear blue sky and a hazy sky. Get tips for colors, brush strokes, and canvas prep.

Get in touch with your inner Renaissance painter and learn how to paint clouds in a night sky. Then, learn how to paint a shimmering nighttime ocean!

Learn oil painting techniques for capturing night skies, as well as many different methods for painting clouds. Add a new level of mastery to your paintings!

Learn how to create captivating skies in shades of crimson, lavender and gold. Get tips on what brushes and strokes to use, as well as how to add highlights.

Stormy skies and seascapes are traditional oil painting subjects. Follow along with Darrell Crow in his second lesson on how to paint skies.

Discover how to paint a tropical beach at sunset using acrylics on canvas in this painting lesson on the initial steps: preparing the canvas and mixing paints.

In part two of this acrylic painting lesson on how to create a tropical beach at sunset, artist Ben Saber discusses how to paint sunlight and its reflections.

Continue painting a tropical beach at sunset in this lesson on how to paint landscapes with acrylics. Here, work on painting sky reflections in sand and water.

Looking for effective acrylic paint blending tips? In this art lesson on creating a seascape, learn to blend colors on the clouds, ocean ripples, and waves.

Continue painting reflections in acrylic in this art lesson for beginners, and discover how to work with highlights on waves, wet sand, and chop on the shore.