Draw or imagine another rectangle.
Imagine you are painting a landscape and this will be the sky. Remember that the intensity of the color of the sky will recede the further away you are.
At the top of your picture the sky will be darkest and where the sky meets the horizon it will be the lightest.
Mix a liberal amount of blue on your palette. Also mix a lighter shade of blue (just add water) to have it ready for you practice masterpiece.
Now start:
Fill your brush with your darker shade of blue.
Start on the upper left corner of your rectange, or upper right corner if you are left handed.
Gently paint your first line.
Dab your brush on a paper towel and refill your brush with the lighter mixture.
Start your second stroke overlapping the bottom of the previous stroke.
You will see that the top stroke has already blended with your second stroke!
Now rinse your brush and blot it on a towel, refill from the lighter mixture. Overlap!
This is your third line across.
Now rinse your brush again to further lighten the color, overlap your previous line and soon you will have a finished sky!
This takes practice! But don't give up!
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