LESSON 4
Draw a landscape while looking at it. This kind of direct observation offers a variety of textures for you to work with. Draw the textures you observe, using different kinds of lines and marks. Start the drawing using light pencil marks to place objects where you want them. Remember to draw over the existing lines to draw the objects more accurately. Use heavier line to better define the objects. Many of your choices will be guided by intuition, or vague hunches. Learn to trust these instincts.
MATERIALS
Drawing pencil set
Drawing paper
Vinyl eraser
Pencil sharpener
Student Gallery
REFERENCES
Choose an interesting scene to draw. Perhaps you noticed one while on your texture search. Draw while you are looking at the scene directly.
THE ERASER AS A DRAWING TOOL
You are familiar with using the eraser to get rid of unwanted lines. Another use for the eraser is to create white marks on a dark area. Artists can use the eraser over solid areas of pencil marks to lighten them. This drawing tool is a way of drawing in white. It leaves soft, broad strokes that are perfect for the snow on the side of this mountain.
Student Work: by James Oltmans. Notice the various kinds of line used to describe the different elements of the landscape: soft, erased lines for snow, short, jagged lines for trees and rough, heavy lines for the rocky peak.
LOOK BACK! Does your drawing describe the texture of the landscape? What kinds of line variation did you use?
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