The number of landscapes that can be copied from nature is simply countless. These are mountain expanses, and sea distances, and forest paths, and flowering gardens ... The list can be endless, but in this instruction we will look at how to draw a desert. Very rarely, artists depict this landscape on their canvases, as they believe that it is extremely boring and monotonous. We will reverse this false judgment and tell how to make even the most devastated lands in nature bright and colorful on paper. Well, read and see below how to draw a desert in stages.
Make a sketch of the Sahara
This is the largest desert on our planet, which is completely covered with golden sands. They form impassable dunes, which due to the winds are constantly changing their location. The sky above such a relief is always clearer than clear, blue and saturated. The sun shines so brightly that it is impossible to catch its exact position. Well, we have collected the most important facts about the area and now we are roughly oriented on how to draw a desert based on this. We draw a sketch: the horizon line, the light outlines of the dunes. Then we denote the Bedouins and their camels in the same thin lines. Consider the prospect. Here is a sketch and ready.
Second phase
Now it's time to give the drawing a more accurate shape. To do this, we carefully draw on the dunes, all sand differences and slides, we do the same with the people and animals that are in the image. Here we note that it is necessary not only to know how to draw a desert, so that such a drawing turns out to be of high quality. It is important to be able to capture the proportions of people, as well as measure them with the vastness of the area. If you are coping with this task, then the work is almost done.
Shadow and light
Despite the fact that the sun constantly fries in the Sahara, there are also such corners where a shade is formed. These are the areas located behind the dunes, on which direct rays fall, these are the shadows of the traveling caravans, or single plants that are found here. All this must be conveyed in the figure, and for what we use the hatching technique. Using a soft pencil, create a shadow in the right places. Moreover, in the deeper corners it should be as dark as possible, and the farther from them, the brighter. Gradually, the shadow should dissipate and turn into the light that illuminates the entire desert.
How to draw a desert in which there is no sand?
On our planet there are also such desolate places where it is very dry and sunny, but at the same time there are no usual sand dunes. Such areas are in America, and they are characterized by completely dried out soil and small cliffs that form valleys. To depict such a landscape is even easier than the previous one. To do this, you will first need to sketch a sketch, which will include the position of all the rocks, all cacti and other elements of the area. So you will have valleys that will go into perspective. The next stage is the drawing of soil, rocky rocks, and elevations in the relief. Finally, apply shadows to the paper, and there will be more than enough of them. It would be best to fill such a picture with a separate emphasis on the shades of the sky. Indeed, in the American deserts all beauty lies precisely in this.
A couple of useful tips
To thoroughly understand how to draw a desert with a pencil, you need to familiarize yourself with the rules of perspective. You need to find a point in your picture, which can be on a sheet (which will make the image more “school”) or outside (so that the picture becomes more professional). If you depict any objects in the desert (people, plants, animals), you must first enter them into your perspective. Also, you should be able to draw these objects in accordance with all the rules, otherwise even the most beautiful landscape will be corrupted by incorrect proportions.