Fair weather cirrus clouds

The most common form of high-level clouds are thin and often wispy cirrus clouds. Typically found at heights greater than 20,000 feet (6,000 meters), cirrus clouds are composed of ice crystals that originate from the freezing of supercooled water droplets. Cirrus generally occur in fair weather and point in the direction of air movement at their elevation (source WW2010 University of Illinois).


I like the way these turned out because they do look like a curl of hair. This was painted on October 25th at 6:20 pm. 


One note about using hot press paper: I find that I have to wait longer between glazes for the paint to dry extending a 15-minute painting over a two-hour time frame. Hot press paper has a smooth finish that seems to hold the pigment above the paper surface. Although the paper takes longer to dry, it is also harder to remove pigment down to the paper color. It stains very quickly!