Drawing Landscapes for the Beginning Artist: Practical techniques for mastering landscapes

by David Sanmiguel

Drawing Landscapes for the Beginning Artist  is your chance to learn to draw realistic landscapes in a variety of mediums, including charcoal, graphite, pastel, and colored pencil.

Learn to draw beautiful landscapes with a variety of mediums including graphite, charcoal, pastel, pen and ink, and colored pencil. Drawing Landscapes for the Beginning Artist offers the perfect introduction to the basic tools and techniques necessary for creating realistic landscape drawings.

This art guide opens by teaching you the basics of drawing plants, leaves, trees, rocks, the sky, clouds, and water. In no time at all you will learn to "see" a subject through the eyes of an artist. You'll come to understand basic perspective and proportion , and then observe the interaction of light and shadow to add depth and color to your drawings with value, contrast, and shading.

Every technique in  Drawing Landscapes for the Beginning Artist  is broken down into  easy-to-follow step-by-step projects so you can practice your own landscape drawings and apply all of your newfound knowledge to create realistic, proportionate landscapes in any medium.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

Published December 5, 2017

About the author

David Sanmiguel Cuevas

Reviews

[Liz · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am an amateur drawer; I took one class in high school that covered drawing still lifes and portraits but not landscapes. I was gifted this book by an acquaintance who heard I was wanting to learn. This book was just what I was looking for. Clearly describes and illustrates techniques; great reference book. Will serve me well as I develop my skills and will likely serve as a great reference book after I master them. Library worthy.

[Abaine Campbell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fantastic for people beginning to draw or exploring landscape drawings! The book limits landscapes to objective details, with explanations on how to draw subjects found in the landscape, how to pick subjects, and techniques to complete drawings quickly and efficiently.

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

Shows some very good techniques for drawing lines and textures.