Learning to draw a winter landscape: feel the atmosphere of a fairy tale

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Winter is an amazing and (let's not be afraid of this word) fabulous time of the year! Nature is radically changing, a person has a unique opportunity to see it from a completely new perspective. However, drawing a winter landscape is not an easy task. After all, I want the picture to turn out to be truly alive. And to cope with this is often beyond the power of even more or less experienced artists.

The main rule when drawing landscapes is to use only high-quality paint and paper. But if inspiration came to you suddenly, and at hand there is only a cheap album, the sheets of which go “waves” from the slightest contact with water, and a simple children's watercolor - this does not mean at all that it will not work to draw a standing winter landscape. With the help of special techniques, even wet paper can remain flat during the drawing process.

If you don't have the money to buy quality watercolors from an art salon, or you just don't have the time, don't worry. The usual set of "honey" watercolors will do just fine. There is also no need to spend money buying a set of a huge number of shades - most of them can be obtained by mixing the available colors onpalette.

Winter landscape should give the impression of fragility and tenderness. Therefore, it is better not to use ready-made colors, but to look for some interesting combinations of them. Believe me, the result will be worth the time spent! The golden rule of winter landscapes is that there should be 2-3 primary colors. For example, olive and gray-blue are very good for this purpose. Other colors should be obtained by mixing the main shades with other colors. Due to this, the picture will look much more realistic.

Before starting work, moisten the sheet of paper on which you are going to work. At the same time, you can draw the sky. For winter landscapes, pale gray-blue and bluish shades are best suited - snow looks especially wonderful against them!

What will decorate your winter landscape? Of course, trees! To draw them, you don’t have to take jet black paint: let everything look exactly like this in reality, but your task is to present reality that has passed through the prism of your perception. What color can you draw trees and shadows? Red-brown-copper are considered optimal shades. However, do not limit your imagination - you yourself create a winter fairy tale! The same paint (perhaps a slightly lighter or darker shade) can depict trees on the horizon and hills.

Have our trees dried up yet? Great, now you can start the foreground image. For bushes, old grass, etc. you can use different shades of brown. The whole picture should be “powdered” with whitewatercolor. In some places, you can shade the snow a little with other colors - this will make it look much more picturesque.

After you have finished the work, the drawing should be put in a pile of thick books for at least a week. So, the paper will remain flat, and after a while you will be able to re-evaluate the quality of work and correct any shortcomings if necessary.

If you have not had to draw winter landscapes yet, it is not at all necessary to immediately get out to the open air. Walked through the forest or park, got inspired? Found a suitable winter landscape? Many of you probably have photos of something like this. And drawing from a photo for beginners, as a rule, is much easier than from nature. The main thing is to feel the real winter magic, and then you will definitely succeed!

Success in your work!