Painting the walls a cold, overcast, cloudy day

Its good to see you back in the swing of things.... Do you a have a picture of what your trying to emulate? I would start there.

I have stayed clear of the grey days only because Michigan has too many of them!

Note that the grey is uniform in the sky with no clouds... Other wise I would tend to create a slight mist effect near the horizon with a spray of lighter paint.

This is pretty much the look I am going for.  COLD winter SNIOWY day that we get here all winter long.  

I painted my basement walls a medium gray to simulate the same thing.

My layout is all winter and here in PA as in Michigan there are many cloudy winter days.

I have not started on painting any kind of back drop on the walls as of yet. Not sure if I am afraid of the outcome or  just being lazy. kind of hoping my wife takes this project and runs with it !!!!!!

I'm doing a summer blue sky...but I like the overcast gray idea. 

I'd get a shade lighter and a shade darker and a bag of natural spongers. I'd then dip the sponges in the different colors and blot the 'sky'. I think it would look very much like that painting.....

Thanks for the tips.  I will pick up some sponges tomorrow.  I have the base coat of the light gray, the darker gray, and some flat white that can be used.  I think doing some dry brushing strokes going horizontal will also create the effect I am after.  

Ahh the photos remind me of home as I enjoy sunny south Florida for the winter.

Dennis

I painted the cloud stencils  on my layout. Some clouds I added a dash of black spray.