How to Draw a Cloud Step by Step
This quick tutorial shows an easy way to draw a cloud in four steps. It includes simple illustrated examples and quick drawing tips.
The cloud drawing in the example is done in a simple beginner friendly style that is similar to something you might find in a comic book or a cartoon. The main focus of the guide is on using lines to create a shape that is easily recognizable as a cloud. However, it also provides some very basic coloring suggestions.
It’s recommended that you start this tutorial in pencil and make light lines that you can easily erase in case you want to tweak the cloud’s shape. Trace over your drawing with a darker pencil lines or a black/pen marker once you are happy with the way it looks.
Step 1 – Draw the Outline of the Cloud
Begin the drawing with the other shape of the cloud. You can either try and copy the example or come up with your own shape. Try and randomize the size and shape of the curves that make up the cloud so that it looks more natural. Also, draw some of the curves cutting into the outline. This will help give the cloud an appearance of having some volume.
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Step 2 – Draw the Inner “Puffs”
Draw a few curves inside the cloud’s outline to show the various puffs and fluff to further that make up it’s shape. Again, adding these will help make the drawing appear less flat than just a plain outline.
Place this first set around the tallest part of the cloud as shown.
Step 3 – Finish the Line Drawing
Add more “puffs” inside the cloud’s outline. Position these to the sides of the set drawn in the previous step.
Once you think the drawing looks darken your lines by tracing over them as was mentioned at the start of the tutorial.
Step 4 – Color the Cloud
To finish the drawing you can simply color the cloud a light blue. Alternatively, you can leave it white and make the background behind it blue instead to show a white cloud on a blue sky.
If you want it to be a rain cloud then you can make the color a darker blue/grey.
The quickest way to add color to this type of drawing might be with paints or a thick marker. You can also do it with colored pencils but depending on the size of your drawing it may be a little time consuming to go over the entire cloud. It can also be a bit of a challenge to blend the pencil strokes to get a nice and even color fill.
Conclusion
It’s quite easy to draw a simple cloud like the one shown in this tutorial. As the shapes of clouds are fairly random you don’t have to worry too much about making mistakes. However, it’s still good practice to start in pencil just in case you want to tweak things as you draw.
Hopefully you’ve found this simple guide helpful and easy to follow.
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