How do you color in a tornado?

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I ve gotten as far as the wisps of air going in a circle.I ve seen drawings where the tornado is see thru and you can see the background through it.
I was told you can t see air but at the same time photos I ve seen of tornados look solid.
My art teacher said not to color in between the wisps of air going around so where does that leave the background as far as coloring behind the tornado?
It s very confusing.
Could someone please help me. I m stuck on this problem.

Nobody Knows Anything · Answer

Yeah, your teacher's an idiot. Feel free to tell her the internet said so.
Tornadoes aren't clear, if one is going slow enough to be clear, it isn't a tornado anymore, it's a dust devil at best. Tornadoes are colored from all the dirt (and more) that they pick up. Even tornadoes that form over water aren't clear because the clear water churns up to white at those speeds.
If she INSISTS on being stubborn, you have two options:
A- Just draw the background as "blurrier" behind the tornado.
B- Tell her that she's stifling your creativity and that art is subjective and she has no right telling you what's "right" and "wrong" because this is YOUR interpretation of a tornado. Maybe her tornadoes are supernaturally clear, but yours don't have to be because ART.

oil field trash · Answer

Your art teacher apparently has not seen a tornado. They tend to be dirt colored because they pick up a great deal of loose dirt and similar debris. There is typically also some rain mixed in as well so you can get colors that range from greys to browns to even almost black. Most tornadoes have a bit of a frosty look because of the water and they are almost always opaque.

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How do you color in a tornado?

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