Watch how I paint this stormy scene. Central to this picture's gloomy atmosphere is the bright, white lightning, which creates jagged streaks across the left side, in stark contrast with the darker right side.
When painting in watercolor, maintaining areas of white can be tricky. It can be relatively easy to paint around larger objects that you want to keep light. However, smaller details or fine lines can be more challenging to handle. For these instances, I use a masking fluid that can be scraped away when the image is complete, leaving the paper blank underneath. The fluid itself is tinted blue, so you can easily see where you have used it.
I utilized this technique here to achieve the detailed effect of the forks of lightning. To give the storm a sense of incoming drama, I kept the horizon low, extending the sky's reach within the image and the spread of the white lightning. To add to the painting's moodiness, I used a wet-in-wet technique in the clouds, combining burnt sienna and ultramarine blue to create the mottled and murky sky of a stormy night.
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