How to draw waves in pencil in stages?

In the kindergarten, our seascape ended with blue water and a bright sun in the corner of the leaf. But now we are unlikely to be praised for such a "primitivism." It's time to learn how to draw waves in pencil in stages. Learn the first steps in drawing a realistic nature and look at the marine paintings of great masters to know what to strive for.

What is needed?

Take a special drawing paper or cut the right size from the paper. At first, there will be enough paper of A4 size. In order to learn how to draw waves, it's best not to take office paper for the printer, as it spoils and tears if you use too much eraser and pencil on it. It is not intended for artists, even for beginners.

Pencils need hardness from H to 2V. You can take a softer, if you want to draw a gloomy, stormy sea. But if you want to transfer soft transparent waves in a calm sea, then start painting with pencil softness HB. N will be needed when you draw foam on the waves - it is white and lightest.

How to draw waves with a pencil? To do this, buy an electric eraser. The most popular of them is Derwent. It costs about 500 rubles, but with quality and power you can argue. At the first fall on the floor immediately splits into pieces, the motor is powerful, but not prohibitive. Wires that transmit energy from the battery can be disconnected at the most inopportune moment, so it's better to immediately gently re-solder them - so it will be safer. Batteries "Enerdzhajzer" will suffice for 2-3 weeks of regular use.

In advance, buy an eraser in a pencil or take a hard and cut it so that it has a sharp tip left. So it's convenient to erase thin lines, adjust the contour and perform other small work. A soft eraser would be inconvenient to erase, as it bends. And we will need to work them as a pencil.

How to draw big waves

Draw two smooth lines in the pencil, indicating the foam. At the bottom, draw a short line - part of the wave that spins into a spiral and is about to fall into the water. In short, indicate the location of the foam that forms when the water falls.

Imagine that a wave is a hollow cylinder with walls of water. You look through it. Transmit this sensation on paper by drawing a concave line inside the wave.

Draw a line of water flow in a waveform. Do not apply them perpendicularly, they have a graceful curved shape.

Draw waves like clouds of clouds at the junction with the sea. Draw inside, horizontally the stripes, the flow of water with the help of lines, according to the shape of the wave.

Inside the wave is darker, start from this place. If you darken the pencil in bright places, it will be difficult to make contrast shadows for them. Clearly lead a pencil in the direction of the wave, in a semicircle. Erase the contours with a pointed eraser.

It is better to learn how to draw a wave using a clear black and white reference to study shape, behavior, shadows, glare and water reflexes. Own observations and experience are the best assistants in how to draw sea waves.

How to draw small waves on the sea

Artists who live near the sea, a lake or a river can not at least once in their life not take advantage of the moment to paint a sea landscape. But there are difficulties in how to transfer the water surface. After all, it is not always smooth. In some places, waves ripple, ripples can be seen at the far horizon. The birds sit down, leaving floating water circles behind them. How to draw waves in calm water using a pencil?

First, track the shape of the waves. You will find that they can be schematically shown with the following strokes.

Draw a ripple and swaying waves simply - stroke the pencil sheet, highlight the places where they will be, using the eraser. Under the bottom, smooth smooth shadows. Follow the flares and reflexes and draw them in the waves that are closest. Those that are distant enough to show horizontal dashes. The further they go to the horizon, the smaller they become.

Draw on the water a reflex from the sun with an eraser. And do not make perfectly smooth strokes. The waves are smooth, curved. Like snowflakes, each of them is individual. Somewhere, she rose upright, and somewhere lies calmly.

How to convey the transparency of water

How to draw waves transparent? At the waves, which are far from the shore, there is no transparency. But you can draw a floating object in the water: a person, a fish or a sunken chest, for example. The figures should be darkened and slightly blurry. Do not draw clear contours from them and do not sketch to the details. Then it will be clear that they are in the water, which is transparent.

Do not draw too much dark water. She has such places, but she is not completely like that. This you can observe on the reference.

How to convey the color of water in the sea

In the pictures from photostocks the sea looks like a saturated blue, ultramarine with impurities of green colors. This is thanks to graphical editors.

It's better to learn how to draw using unedited photos. On them you will see that the water in some places is blue, in others it is green. And from the game of sunlight, it can acquire ohristye shades. In gloomy weather, it becomes brownish. In most water bodies, it has a brown tint, but this does not always mean that it is heavily polluted.

Famous paintings with waves

Aivazovsky, "The Ninth Wave." One of the most famous paintings of the master of the sea landscape. Many of us have heard of it. This is one of 6000 works of the artist

Katsushika Hokusai "The Great Wave in Kanagawa". Reproductions of this engraving are widely in demand to this day. She decorates the covers of books, is used as wallpaper, print for clothing and so on.
This wave is simultaneously so simple, and so skilfully drawn, that it will be an excellent guide in how to draw waves at sea.

William Turner, painting "Fort Wimiu". The picture strikes the imagination with its energy. Without drawing anything, the artist drew everything.

In Russia, Turner is little known, but his marines (seascapes) in other countries are very popular.