How to draw a picture on a landscape theme. Subtleties of landscape painting
In this article we will pay attention to drawings of nature with a pencil for sketching. A small percentage of people draw landscapes from memory, the majority try to copy from life, but unfortunately, not everyone has such an opportunity, then already painted pictures come to the rescue. Looking at which you can easily draw beautiful nature in the correct proportions. After all, if you draw using only your imagination and memory, missing one detail, perhaps not even significant, you will lose the believability of the entire image.
Therefore, it is very important, especially at the initial stage of getting to know nature drawing, to find beautiful drawings and simply copy them. Over time, when you have more than one drawn landscape behind you, you can easily create a beautiful picture in your head and transfer it with a pencil to paper.
Your imagination is very wild and you always drew with pleasure, completely relying on it and did not even think about looking for pictures of nature to sketch. This is awesome and we are truly happy for you. But there are failures and the brain does not always produce new ideas, in which case we have drawings for you too. All of them are designed for sketching with a pencil, which makes the drawing process a little more difficult, because all the shadows need to be done with a simple pencil, using different densities of rods. But don’t be alarmed ahead of time, these images seem complex only at first glance. When you start drawing, make sure that all the pictures for sketching are very light and beautiful; if you draw them step by step, a brilliant result will not be long in coming.
Images of nature in pencil for sketching fully demonstrate the beauty of forests, fir trees, mountain rivers and lakes, high and inaccessible mountains. Draw this and mentally transport yourself to the edge of the forest, listen to the sound of water. A kind of relaxation with the help of a simple pencil, paper and your desire to draw and fantasize.
In our selection of drawings you will definitely find something for yourself and your sketchbook will be replenished with new and beautiful landscapes.
If you need to draw a rosebud or a bouquet of roses, then this lesson will help you do it correctly. I offer two options for how to draw a rose flower.
How to draw a Lily flower
The drawing of the lily was made on a graphics tablet, but you can use this lesson to draw a lily step by step with a simple pencil. Step by step, adding more and more lines, you will definitely get the same picture of a lily.
Video on how to draw a lily step by step with pencils.
This tutorial for beginners will help you draw the shape of an apple correctly. Only at first glance, it seems that drawing an apple is easy. In addition to the correct shape, you also need to be able to make a two-dimensional drawing of an apple three-dimensional.
In this video, a drawing of an apple is made with colored pencils.
It's not difficult to draw a banana. It is enough to make the initial marking in the form of a rectangle and divide it into two parts. The main thing is to be able to paint the banana correctly.
Let's draw the mushroom step by step, first with a simple pencil. In the last step, you can color the mushroom with paints or colored pencils. You can draw leaves and grass nearby to make the picture of the mushroom more realistic.
A tangerine drawn on a graphics tablet looks like a real fruit. Try to draw a tangerine with a pencil step by step, and then color the drawing with colored pencils.
Drawing nature, especially in summer and autumn, is very exciting. Drawings of autumn nature are, first of all, a unique palette of colors of tree leaves. Ordinary leaves transform the surrounding nature into a fabulous picture.
Drawings of nature are not only plants and flowers, but also an ordinary, unattractive snail. The snail has a simple structure, and therefore drawing a snail is quite simple. It is very important to make the correct dimensions of the outline of the snail’s “house” in the first step.
The main decoration of our nature can be considered the butterfly. There are no such colors in nature that an artist could accurately convey in a picture the beauty of its wings.
Paintings on the theme of the sea are painted by marine painters. It is very difficult to convey in a drawing the full depth of colors of a seascape, but I have a simple lesson for children. Step by step, step by step, you can draw the sea with a pencil, and then paint it with paints.
We are so accustomed to the trees around us that it seems quite easy to draw them. In this lesson you will find out if this is true.
Trees and plants are the basis of our nature. Protect the environment!
There are millions of flowers in nature on our planet and each flower is unique. In this lesson we will learn how to draw flowers in a bouquet step by step with a simple pencil.
Everyone can probably draw a picture of a daisy. Several petals, a stem with leaves and a picture of a chamomile are ready. But for some reason, painted daisies do not always turn out the same as in nature. The reason is that you start drawing a daisy with the petals.
This is one of the simplest lessons on the topic "Drawings of Nature". To draw a sunflower correctly, start by first drawing the stem and leaves, having first drawn the general outline of the sunflower flower.
A drawing of a New Year tree and Santa Claus is the most New Year's theme. You can draw a Christmas tree in different ways, the main thing is to draw the needles correctly. I offer my version of drawing a Christmas tree for children in pencil.
A tulip flower is not difficult to draw, especially if you draw it step by step. It is much more difficult to paint a tulip drawing with paints and accurately convey all shades of color.
To draw a picture of a snowflake, in addition to a pencil, you definitely need a ruler. Are there any patterns for drawing snowflakes? No, of course, each snowflake is a unique part of our nature and has one single crystalline form.
The ladybug must be colored with colored pencils or paints, or even better, draw it against the background of the nature around it: green leaves, bright flower buds.
In order to paint a simple landscape in watercolor, it is advisable, first of all, to choose a suitable motif. This could be a photo from the Internet or a beautiful place in nature. Drawing from life will be easier if you are not going to redraw it exactly. In this master class we will draw 2 landscapes at once, of varying complexity.
To begin with, it is advisable to secure a sheet of paper on the board with pushpins so that it does not curl when it gets wet and just for convenience. The board itself, called an easel, is usually located at an angle of about 45 degrees.
After the paper is secured, you need to take a pencil, eraser and make a sketch. The sketch should not be made with too thick lines so that they are not clearly visible under the paint in the end. There is no need to work out all the details in the sketch; it is enough to roughly outline the main elements of the composition.
Next, the sheet of paper should be wetted. Usually, the background and sky are painted with watercolors on wet. This gives the effect of beautiful and smooth transitions from one color to another. Try not to paint the sky only blue or the grass only green - it is always better to use several colors, this will make the picture more picturesque. But also, try to avoid mixing a large number (no more than 3) of different colors, otherwise it may turn out gray. And if you still want to paint gray, then use not black paint, but a mixture of colored paints (red and emerald, for example). Then the gray color will have a beautiful shade. Don’t be afraid to experiment with color, add colors that aren’t actually in the picture. Even in the most colorless landscape, you can find all the colors of the rainbow, because light is made of them.
When painting a landscape in watercolor, you need to start painting with the lightest tones and ending with the darkest, because a light tone can be covered by a dark one, but vice versa - not. Most often, the lightest part of the picture is the sky and they start painting from there. If you paint the sun, then it should be the lightest element of the picture and you can paint it over with the most diluted paint - then it will shine.
In addition to the sun, light can be a reflection on water or fog - they also need to be drawn first, along with the sky and other light details.
Gradually, from lighter tones, we move to darker ones and begin to draw more precise shapes. Now the paper should not be too wet so that the paint does not spread. But it can be wet and if you paint the background, it will turn out a little blurry and create a hazy effect. In order for the picture to look natural, the background should be blurrier and lighter, and the foreground should be darker and clearer.
Thus, we will paint the entire general background with light tones. After this, you can move on to drawing smaller details. They should also be painted, first, with lighter paint, and then paint over the darker areas.
And only at the very end, you should work out small details, add the darkest shadows, and add clarity. That's all, the first landscape is ready.
Here is an example of the second landscape, a little more complicated.
Although the Lord caused many problems (not counting illness, crime, hunger, poverty, wars, corruption and Russian pop music), he still managed to create a good atmosphere of life on our planet. Land and water are often capricious, arranging mass sacrifices. But in some places it turned out quite well, you can even take a bunch of cute photos. But we can dig even deeper. In this lesson you will learn how to draw nature using a simple pencil. After that, you can take your drawing tools and safely go to a cozy place to create an indescribable masterpiece. Nature is a symbolic name for everything that the eyes see. The only exceptions can be considered plastic or reality TV, the rest refers to one formal organism that controls life and has some strange plan for the production and provision of its vital functions. Like an ordinary stern boss, nature easily removes any office plankton, sometimes entire species, and, like any girl, loves whims and antics. The last critical days of this lady ended with the birth of Hitler, Hussein and Justin Bieber, which had a tremendous impact on the state of the planet as a whole. It may seem that nature is evil and impeccable, but in fact it doesn’t care just as much as a dog cares about the ethnic origin of the fleas in its fur. Suddenly it turns out that nature needs help, and some people firmly believe in this, while at the same time they cannot even protect themselves from the local punks. If it suddenly turns out that you are nature itself, then here are your privileges:
- You are beautiful because you are the very concept of existence.
- You exist, although you will never really understand it.
- You own all the valuable metals on the planet, which means you don’t suffer from a lack of funds.
- Your portraits hang in almost every house on every wall.
- There is no need to worry that you made a mistake, your mistake will either end up in a freak circus or in the red book.
- You can always have fireworks from volcanoes.
- You put a bolt on the theory of relativity, since you can be in all places at the same time.
- You can cure cancer, but no one will believe you.
Now take a pencil in your hands and try to draw Mother Nature step by step.
How to draw nature with a pencil step by step
Step one. We immediately highlight with lines a small pond with banks, and on the banks we will draw several trees with the same lines. A few circles in the water will serve to transform them into ducks. 
Step two. Below we draw tall grass, the circles slowly turn into birds. We carefully outline the edges of the banks with a thick line. 
Step three. In this step, turn your attention to the background behind the horizon line. Let's draw some clouds there. 
Step four. Now draw small waves and shadows on the water, make the grass thicker, and shade the background. 
Step five. Sketch the rest of the missing places on the trees and ground, and then carefully finish the drawing by shading the ducks. 
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Drawing is educational and interesting. By taking steps step by step and correctly, you can achieve a good result. Using different techniques, you can create landscapes, working on which a person calms down and receives pleasant emotions from contact with beauty.
We draw the landscape with ease and imagination
The variety of landscapes helps you choose gouache or watercolor. The most extraordinary and majestic subject is the mountains - they can be drawn in the form of smooth lines or in the form of a sharp mountain range. In watercolor, such a drawing can show the transition between slopes and plains, distant sky, close earth.
Winter mountains help you play with light, for which you need to choose the right color scheme. On snow cover, you can experiment with a yellow tint, turquoise and ultramarine. A winter landscape with lakes and snow piles, against which beautiful spruce trees loom, will not be difficult for novice artists. To obtain a harmonious and uniform result, it is advisable to add shades of light to all paintings.
A summer landscape with mountains can be beautifully depicted in gouache, experimenting with tonal gradations. In this situation, there is no need to carefully draw, but rather boldly use a riot of colors. The easier the hand moves, the more relaxed the picture turns out.
Where to begin
How to draw a landscape? The beginning is of great importance, since the initial layout is the start that determines the finish. The parts depicted in the figure should not be the same (the scale and actual location of the objects play a role).
To paint a beautiful picture, you need to put your emotions and mood into it. Nature itself is an element of inspiration - you can take a blank slate and go out into a beautiful area and create individual masterpieces.
How to draw nature for the first time? This needs to be done in stages, starting with a simple layout on a piece of paper. The mountain landscape begins with the highest peak (it is better not to depict identical mountains). There should be dynamics in the drawing: in the foreground everything that is closer to the artist is depicted, and in the background they try to draw everything in more detail.
For beginners, the following drawing design plan is suggested:
select special paper and make a preliminary sketch on it (start with white and blue gouache to sketch the sky);
before applying gouache, practice using thick paint on a separate sheet of paper;
go to the image of the mountains, adding a little purple color (paint parts of the mountains with mixed white), making a smooth transition to the base of the mountains;
you need to make slits on the mountain before the paint has dried, and work on the shadow areas with a bluish tint;
mix white with blue gouache, using smooth strokes along the foot of the mountains;
paint the forest by mixing blue paint with green, and to paint the earth use other shades;
depict a lake in which white and blue colors will be mixed, as well as a little green falling from the fir trees;
the final stage consists of large strokes;
and in the near background display bushes that are not only green in color.
It turns out beautifully to paint a sunset with watercolors, for which you will also need watercolor paper. Initially, the sheet is slightly moistened with water and they begin to draw the sky on it. Clouds are drawn by mixing colors using unusual transitions.
Until the paint has dried, the background is marked with dark colors and the work is left to dry completely. The tree trunk is drawn using ultraviolet tint. The branches are drawn thinly: they are darker in the foreground and lighter in the background.
Gouache and watercolor: drawing tips
Gouache or watercolor - the choice is yours. In each case, you will have to adapt to the design of the drawing, using one technique or another. You can paint gouache with any brushes, mixing it with water, without fear of making a mistake. The applied dried pigment can be corrected with another layer of paint or a bolder painting.
When we are just learning to draw, a step-by-step technique is the best preference. When painting with watercolors, you need to know some tricks:
it is a drawing with layers: each one shifts, starting from a translucent base;
errors have a detrimental effect on work;
the key to success is thick paper;
nearby objects are painted with bright colors, and the rest is mixed with water as much as possible to create a pale shade;
more crafting training;
It is better to use natural bristle brushes.
How to draw a landscape with a pencil
There are many simple and easy landscapes that lend themselves to beginners. How to draw a landscape? This needs to be done in stages, initially choosing what will be shown in the figure:
island with palm trees;
road going into the distance;
lonely trees;
I can successfully draw a summer landscape with a pencil:
Initially, a horizon line is drawn above which the clouds and the sun are located;
trees and bushes are placed in the foreground, and mountains or a house in the background;
We schematically move on to detailing the drawing, starting from drawing the splendor of the trees and ending with the main lines;
Finally, details are drawn that add pleasant touches to the picture.
How to draw nature with a pencil
Use your imagination and get creative with colors, moving from simple lines to harmonious placement of objects. Volume in a painting is created by applying strokes, and the frequency of lines determines the perspective of the landscape. Large objects are initially indicated in the drawing by outlines, and small details are drawn in later. With a pencil, it is important to correctly apply the chiaroscuro, applying it in small strokes. It doesn’t always make sense to highlight certain parts of the drawing - it’s enough to shade and shade where necessary. The pencil drawing must be finished carefully, removing unnecessary strokes on the canvas.
