Not every gifted child has the opportunity to attend an art studio or art school. Therefore, having acquired appropriate manuals and finding thematic material on the Internet, young artists try to master the basics of professional drawing themselves.
General explanation
In this article we will deal with how to draw a landscape, how to correctly convey perspectives, get acquainted with other theoretical concepts and their practical implementation on paper or canvas. So, the first recommendation that applies to all
types of painting: before you start working with paints or other colored tools, it is worth using a simple pencil and eraser to make a sketch, which will then be brought to perfection. For a sketch, a regular album sheet or Whatman paper is best suited.
Theoretical basis
- Before drawing a landscape, we clarify the meaning of this term. This is a drawing or picture, the subject of the image of which is wildlife: sea, lake, forest, meadow, field, mountains, etc. Accordingly, there is a landscape of sea, lake, mountain, forest, etc. Artists, having conceived a picture of such subjects, usually travel out of town, to "nature", making their sketches from real objects. This is a very important point in preparing for how to draw a landscape.
- Another concept that aspiring artists need to learn is perspective. If we analyze our visual sensations that arise when we look at objects located far away, we can see that they seem much smaller than those that are nearby. Although in reality their sizes are the same. It’s just that the law of perspective begins to apply, which you should definitely remember before drawing a landscape on your canvas.
- And further. If you draw a path or road, the further it "goes" deep into the drawing, the narrower it should become, eventually merging into a line. This is also one of the rules of perspective, which is not recommended to be violated.
- The law of the "horizon". He works in all artistic compositions related to the depiction of objects on a plane, including landscapes. Each drawing has its own level, in relation to which objects are depicted on it. It is set according to the eye level of the artist himself. In the figure, the level coincides with the assumed boundary of the earth and sky. The figure will have more free space than this line above.
Step by step drawing
Now let's figure out how to draw a landscape in stages.
- The album sheet should be placed vertically. So drawing will be much more convenient.
- When distributing depicted objects and details, take into account the principle of harmony so that there is no displacement of the picture to the left or right, so that one or another of its edges is not “weighted”.
- We will talk about how to draw a spring landscape. Work begins with the drawing of the earth, the main details of the relief.
- Next, go to the foreground trees, and then the distant trees. All the time you should remember about the correct spatial distribution of objects.
- Now it’s the turn of small details: islands of snow, grass on thawed areas, puddles, foliage, etc.
- The next step is hatching. It is applied not to the whole picture, but to its individual parts. Then the sketch will not lose its original lightness, airiness. Hatching is done with a soft pencil. Strongly "black" does not need puddles and clouds, do not forget about the play of light and shadows. And it is better to hatch the crowns of trees in bulk, without drawing separately for each leaf, otherwise the drawing will lose its naturalness.
To brushes and paints
When the sketch is over, take a closer look, did everything turn out exactly the way you want? Fix blemishes. Maybe there is a need to draw another sketch, and then move on to brushes and paints. It should be noted that the landscape, especially the spring one, is best
painted with watercolors or dry pastels. So it will be easier for you to convey the radiance and airiness of spring air, the tenderness of colors, the very atmosphere of the beginning of this wonderful season.