Councils for Beginners. How to draw a landscape?

Not every talented child has an opportunity to visit art school or art school. Therefore, having acquired appropriate tools and finding thematic material on the Internet, young artists are trying to master the basics of professional drawing.

General explanations

In this article we will understand how to draw a landscape, how to correctly convey the perspective, get acquainted with other theoretical concepts and their practical embodiment on paper or canvas. So, the first recommendation relating to all types of painting: before you start working with paints or other colored tools, it is necessary to make a sketch with simple pencils and an eraser, which then will be perfected. For a sketch, the usual landscape album or whatman is best.

Theoretical basis

1. Before drawing a landscape, let's clarify the meaning of this term. This is a picture or picture, the subject of the image is the living nature: the sea, the lake, the forest, the meadow, the field, the mountains, etc. Accordingly, there is a landscape of sea, lake, mountain, forest, etc. Artists, having conceived a picture of such subjects, usually go out of town, to "nature", making their sketches from real objects. This is a very important moment in preparation for how to draw a landscape.
2. Another concept that must be learned by novice artists is the prospect. If we analyze our visual sensations that arise when we look at objects located far away, we can see that they seem to be much smaller than those nearby. Although they really have the same size. It's just that the law of perspective begins to act, which you must remember before drawing the landscape on your canvas.
3. And further. If you draw a path or a road, the further it "leaves" deep into the picture, the already it should become, merging eventually into a line. This is also one of the rules of perspective, which is not recommended to be violated.
4. The law of "horizon". He works in all art compositions associated with the depiction of objects on the plane, including landscapes. Each picture has its own level, relative 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

And now we will figure out how to draw a landscape in stages.

• The album sheet should be placed vertically. So it will be much more convenient to draw.
• When distributing depicted objects and details, consider the principle of harmony, so that there is no displacement of the picture to the left or to the right, so that this or that edge does not become "heavier".
• We will talk about how to draw a spring landscape. The work begins with the drawing of the earth, the main details of the relief.
• Next, go to the foreground trees, and then - to the far. All time should be remembered about the correct spatial distribution of objects.
• Now the line of small details: islands of snow, grass on thawed patches, puddles, foliage, etc.
• The next step is hatching. It is not applied to the entire drawing, but to its individual parts. Then the sketch will not lose its original lightness, airiness. The 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 the crowns of trees are better to stroke also in the "mass", not drawing out each leaf separately, the pattern will lose its naturalness.

To brushes and paints

When the sketch is over, look closely, did everything turn out exactly as you want? Correct the flaws. Maybe there is a need to draw another sketch, and then go to the brushes and paints. It should be noted that the landscape, especially the spring, is best painted with watercolor or dry pastel. So it will be easier for you to convey the effulgence and airiness of the spring air, the tenderness of the colors, the very atmosphere of the beginning of this wonderful season.