Cloud-like cirrus

I am amazingly pleased with the way this painting came out because cirrus clouds are so challenging to paint. Their diaphanous nature is difficult to render realistically because they are so multi-layered. They have to look wind blown and wispy, thin and variable. I like the iciness of these clouds also. Cirrus clouds are high in the atmosphere where it is really cold, so they are composed of ice crystals.


This was painted on Friday, December 2nd at about 4 pm facing west.