

Instead of using a graphite pencil, which may show through your washes, try tracing over the lines with suitably coloured watercolour pencils.
HOW TO DRAW LANDSCAPES WITH PENCIL STEP BY STEP PDF SERIES
We won't just get to see Peter's efforts, as the last page in the series will highlight 6 drawings of the same subject by Peter's students.ĭownload the outline drawing to trace onto your paper The benefits of tracing include

Step-by-step instructions will walk you through the actions taken and the thoughts behind them, eventually arriving at a completed drawing. Sometimes it is necessary to make such changes to achieve a more balanced landscape drawing. This in turn moves the lavender bush a little to the right, making it stand out against the dark arch of the bridge. The composition was changed to a more rectangular format by extending the width of the central cottage and inserting a third upstairs window. However, Peter felt there were adjustments to make to better emphasise the bridge and buildings by the ford.

The following photograph was chosen due to the position of the white building on the right. It was Peter's first online course, after teaching via e-mail beforehand, and aimed to develop watercolour pencils skills alongside wax pencils. It features the pretty English village of Allerford on the North Coast of Somerset. This is the first page in a series taking you through a coloured pencil landscape drawing step by step, created by Peter back in 2010.
