: Anime skies are rarely a solid color. Use a large, soft gradient tool. Fill the top of the canvas with a deep, rich cobalt blue, fading down to a very light cyan or pale turquoise at the horizon line.

: Between the bright white light and the purple shadow, use a soft airbrush to lightly paint a saturated, warm color like pale orange or soft pink. This mimics sunlight scattering through the moisture of the cloud.

To see these painting techniques in live action, check out these excellent step-by-step guides from digital artists:

: Use a pure white brush to hit the absolute top edges of the clouds facing the sun. Add tiny, thin, streaky "altocumulus" or "cirrus" clouds floating high above in the sky to give the scene a sense of immense scale. 💡 Visual Guides and Video Tutorials

: Open your drawing software (like Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, or Procreate) and create a canvas at exactly 1366 x 768 pixels .

: Pick a bright, off-white color (don't use pure #FFFFFF yet). Using a hard round brush, block out massive, towering cumulus shapes. Think of them as giant clusters of spheres or ice cream scoops stacked on top of each other. Keep the bottom of the cloud cluster flat to ground it in perspective.