How to Paint a Galaxy Sky with the 1 Hour Painting Kit

Quick Answer

Use the Aurora Sky 1 Hour Painting Kit to create a galaxy sky by layering dark-to-light acrylics, blending luminous ribbons, and adding stars with a flicking technique.

Step-by-Step Galaxy Painting Process

1. 1. Prepare your canvas and base coat: Set up your Aurora Sky kit on a flat surface. Apply a thin layer of black acrylic as the base for the night sky. Use a wide flat brush to cover the entire canvas evenly. Let it dry for 2–3 minutes. A thin base coat dries faster and prevents mudding when you add lighter colors.
2. 2. Blend the galaxy gradient: Load a clean brush with dark blue and apply it in a horizontal band across the upper third. Immediately blend a lighter blue below it, then a purple band, and finish with a green band at the bottom. Use a dry brush to soften the edges between colors. Work quickly while the paint is wet to avoid hard lines. If it starts drying, mist the canvas lightly with water.
3. 3. Paint the luminous ribbons (aurora effect): Using the kit's light green and white, create wavy diagonal ribbons across the sky. Pull the paint with a fan brush or a stiff bristle brush to make soft, glowing streaks. Keep the ribbons semi-transparent by thinning with a drop of water. Less paint on the brush gives a more ethereal glow. Overloading creates opaque blobs.
4. 4. Add the stars: Dip a stiff bristle brush (or an old toothbrush) into white paint. Flick the bristles with your thumb to scatter tiny dots across the dark areas. For larger stars, use the tip of a small round brush to dot a few prominent points. Practice flicking on a scrap paper first to control the spray. Too much paint will create drips.
5. 5. Paint the silhouette (optional): If you want a landscape, use black paint to add a silhouette of pine trees or a mountain range along the bottom edge. Follow the kit's Bob Ross technique for happy little pine trees by dabbing a fan brush loaded with black paint upward. Keep the silhouette simple—a few trees or a simple ridge—so it doesn't distract from the galaxy.

Product Details

• Aurora Sky: The Aurora Sky 1 Hour Painting Kit teaches blending colors from light to dark to create luminous ribbons of light, a technique for painting galaxies of stars, and Bob Ross’s famous technique for painting happy little pine trees. These techniques directly apply to painting a galaxy sky, giving you both the color gradient method and the star-painting skill in one guided session.