Artists who paint the sea learn this throughout their lives. After all, it is not so easy to convey all the violence of the elements, the play of colors, the nature of the waves, the depth of shades. Therefore, the marine painter specializes only in working with paintings that convey the different states of the sea space. Before we move on to painting pictures with paints, let's look at the beach with a pencil step by step.
Basic outlines
The first step is to position the sheet vertically and draw a horizontal line approximately in the middle. She will separate sky and water.Then draw a shore line with a slight curvature on either side of the sheet, at your discretion. It should start near the horizon and move down to the opposite corner of the sheet. Next, it is important to imagine how to draw the beach and the sea, what will be on the shore, and what state the elements will be in. On the coast, closer to the middle line, you can draw the contours of stones or rocks. Behind the horizon, near the edge of the sheet, draw a couple of small hills, which are the mountains in the distance. Label the sun at the top of the sheet. On land, which is a beach, draw the trunk of the future palm tree, slightly curved towards the sea. At the top of the tree, draw round coconuts and large spreading palm leaves. Next to the trees you can add a large open umbrella and a sun lounger spread out underneath it. Draw a small balloon circle near the water. Draw the outlines of cloud clusters and several seagulls soaring in the sky near the sun. At this stage we looked at how to draw the beach and the sea.
Shading
You need to draw small waves on the surface of the water. For this with a simple pencil Apply a few strokes to the sea surface. Shade the surface of the sea near the boulders, this will visually enliven the waves. Use an eraser to lightly rub rough edges to soften the pencil outline. The surface of the sea can also be smoothed by rubbing it with a finger or a piece of paper. These manipulations help you understand how to draw the beach and sea so that they look more realistic. Repeat the same steps with the coast - shade the surface and lightly rub it, creating the appearance of sand on the beach. Excess dark areas in the picture can be removed with an eraser. Rocks and mountains should be the darkest areas, so shade them with more pressure on the pencil and increased frequency of movements. On the clouds, draw faint shading, enough to visualize the movement of air. OnFor additional details in the drawing, apply strokes along the contour, creating shadow and depth of the object.
colorful picture
We looked at how to draw a beach and sea using a pencil. Next we will use gouache. In this case, the work is carried out without a pencil, but we will take the main contours of the previous drawing as a basis. We mark the horizon on paper and divide the celestial space into three parts. The top one will be blue, then pink will be applied and then yellow. Using a damp, washed brush, we blur the rough transition from one color to another. On the bottom half of the sheet we again create three lines of color, starting from the horizon - blue, sand, orange, creating the sea, the coastal area and the beach itself. Again we blur the transitions without touching the middle line. Use white gouache to mark the clouds and paint over the top pink, bottom dark blue. Remembering our pencil drawing, we draw rocks using gouache brown tint. Draw the relief, shadows and blur them along the top edge. We emphasize the line of the beach area with orange gouache and use white to indicate the contours of the sea waves. Using thin strokes we set the direction of the waves. We apply foam along the edges of the waves and crests with white gouache. We emphasize the shadows with blue strokes.
This is how we learned how to draw the sea and the beach with gouache. If desired, you can add seagulls in the sky, and apply several large stones on the coast.
Marina (marine, marina, from marinus - sea) is the most popular genre among art lovers, depicting a marine view or events occurring at sea. The sea element fascinates with its unpredictable variability. The delicate shimmer of mother-of-pearl shades of a sunny day suddenly changes to the rich contrasts of a pre-storm state. The heavy clouds are replaced by the soothing lilac velvet of sunset. It is difficult to resist the desire and not to capture this beauty on paper. We propose to make three drawings depicting the sea in three graphic techniques: colored pencils, watercolor pencils and pastel pencils from STABILO.
Before you start work, remember the type of sea or weather condition of the sea element that is most vividly imprinted in your memory. It’s good if you already have a sketch of the landscape and you clearly remember the whole color palette sky, clouds, sand, coastal stones, the surface of the sea itself. If there is no sketch, then you can use a photograph as source material for the drawing. For work, use colored pencils from STABILO, watercolor paper with an “eggshell” texture, A4 size, and use an eraser to adjust the drawing.
For the depiction with colored pencils, the chosen state was a sunny day with a slight calm on the sea, with the playful surf of the waves on the rocky shore. A sailboat near the horizon and seagulls high in the sky are constant characteristic elements of the seascape and will add some spirituality to the picture.
Stage 1. Preparatory drawing.
Using light contour lines, place the elements of the landscape on the sheet. First of all, draw a horizon line just above the middle of the sheet. She will conditionally divide the drawing into “heaven” and “earth”. Closer to the upper edge of the sheet, mark a row of nearby and slightly lower distant clouds. On the left, mark the rocky edge of the coast and from it to the right downwards the border of coastal sand with wave rollback. Arrange the wave lines on the sea surface in descending order towards the horizon line. On the right side of the picture, outline the outlines of a sailboat, and in the upper part, outline the silhouettes of seagulls.
Stage 2. The task of this stage is to identify color tonal relationships in the landscape.
Using pencils in shades of blue, lightly shade the sky, most of the sea surface and the shadowy parts of the rocky shore. Cover the mass of shore and coastal sand with pink over the blue color; it will generalize the color scheme of this part and serve as the color of the most illuminated places.
Layout by color
Stage 3. Light-air perspective in the landscape.
Use more frequent shading to reveal the depth of the sky: closer to the top of the sheet, increase the color saturation, contrast the top edge in the clouds; Closer to the horizon, reduce the saturation of the color tone and soften the contrast at the bottom of the clouds. Generally draw a long-range plan on the surface of the sea. The foreground of the surf will require more careful elaboration: use warmer shades to separate the vertical parts of the waves from the horizontally located bases - they are cooler shades. The same shades predominate in parts of the low tide on the coastal sand. Decide the rocks in more detail according to the planes of the relief; they contain shades of beige sand tones.
Layout by color
Stage 4. Detailing elements and generalizing the landscape.
After completing the work in halftones, look again at the drawing; perhaps somewhere there is a need to adjust the tone and pattern of the element. Where necessary, remove excess with the edge of the eraser, somewhere you can go over the color again. Further elaboration of objects in color consists of drawing characteristic details: clarifying the pattern of nearby clouds, identifying shape and volume. Draw the crests of the waves and splashes of water. Determine the outline of the sailboat more specifically. Emphasize the relief of the rocky part of the coast with contrasts. Add details to the receding water lines and wet sand with coastal pebbles. Sketch the silhouettes of seagulls high in the sky.
Layout by color
Stage 5. Shutdown
In conclusion, take a quick look at the drawing and determine whether all the elements of the landscape are in harmony with each other, whether it was possible to maintain the integrity of the composition, placing accents, conveying light-air perspective space, and, most importantly, convey the unforgettable, breathtaking beauty of the sea.
You will need
- Canvas stretched on a board, size 41*51 cm, brushes: round No. 4, flat No. 6, 8 acrylic paints: phthalocyanine blue, phthalocyanine green, burnt sienna, cadmium yellow, blue glaze, titanium white, light cadmium red, ultramarine.
Instructions
Draw reference lines. Mix equal amounts of phthalocyanine blue paint and burnt sienna, diluting the mixture to the consistency of water. Using a brush number 4, apply to the canvas with nine cells, which will help you maintain the scale of the elements of the composition. Sketch the future - mark the horizon line, which should be approximately a third from the top edge of the canvas, and the curve of the beach.
Apply primary colors. Take a No. 6 flat brush and outline the main color areas. Cover the hills with a layer of cadmium yellow added to a mixture of phthalocyanine blue and burnt sienna. Paint the sea in the foreground with long horizontal strokes of phthalocyanine blue, thinned to the consistency of thin cream.
Mix colors for the sky and. Paint the sky with a mixture of equal parts blue glaze and phthalocyanine blue paint with a drop of white. For a flat beach surface, mix white with cadmium yellow and burnt sienna and apply the paint in horizontal strokes.
We write the waves rolling onto the beach. To paint waves in shallow water, mix turquoise paint, adding a little green paint and burnt sienna to the white. The movement of the waves will help convey horizontal strokes of paint.
We write water. Distant, cold tones of the sea should be painted with a thick mixture consisting of one-third phthalocyanine blue paint and two-thirds white. Apply the paint in horizontal strokes, with folds appearing between the strokes, depicting individual waves. Working your way down the canvas, gradually add phthalocyanine green paint to the mixture to deepen the tone.
We write surf. Mix a drop of phthalocyanine green with undiluted white to create foamy wave crests. Apply paint along the edge of the surf.
Shade the waves. Using a size 6 brush, paint dark turquoise shadows on the bottom of the hair. To desired color, mix about two-thirds white with one-third phthalocyanine blue and add a drop of phthalocyanine green. Now it can be considered generally complete.
Please note
The texture of the waves and their movement are masterfully recreated using thick acrylic paints.
Acrylic paints darken when dry. To check if you have mixed the paints correctly, apply a few strokes on a regular sheet of paper and let them dry. After making sure that the color is chosen correctly, apply paint to the canvas.
If you want to draw sea, one blue pencil or azure paint is not enough for you. Only at first glance the water surface is monochromatic. If you look closely, there are spots of various shades on it. They need to be noticed so that the picture of the sea turns out realistic.
You will need
- - paper;
- - pencils;
- - paints;
- - palette;
- - brushes.
Instructions
Take a pencil with a hardness of 2T or 4T. Mark the sheet, indicating the size of all objects in the drawing. Use a light line to mark the horizon line, sketch out the outlines of rocks, islands, a ship, etc.
Take a closer look at the color of the water surface that you want to depict. You will notice a smooth transition from one shade to another. Their presence depends on several factors. The depth of the sea in a particular area affects the color - near the shore and in shallow waters it will be lighter, and the color of the bottom will be added to the color of the water. The landscape of the seabed is also important - dark spots will be barely noticeable on the water surface if there are hills or depressions under the water. Shadows from clouds and clouds may fall on the surface, they are especially noticeable in bright sunshine. A boat, a ship, or rocks caught in the “frame” also cast a shadow, changing the color scheme of the sea. Also pay attention to the distance between you and the point you are drawing. Closer to the horizon the water will look darker.
These nuances can also be seen in the photograph (see illustration to the article). Here you can clearly see a light azure semicircle at the bottom edge of the frame. This is followed by a stripe of slightly more saturated light blue. The stripe is approximately the same width, darker, and blue visible as a thin line along the horizon. Glare from sunlight lie on the surface of the sea light stripes on the sides, as well as two lines at equal distances from each other in the center.
Apply color to the paper, identifying all the listed features. If you draw with pencils, pastels or wax crayons, cover the paper with a uniform network of strokes. Use different shades and layer strokes of different colors side by side to create the illusion of mixing them. Leave areas covered with highlights unshaded.
When working with watercolor or ink, the principle of operation is slightly different. Mix the necessary shades in the palette. Apply them with a wide brush, evenly “stretching” the paint over large areas. You can first go over the paper with a clean, wet brush, and immediately after that use paint - this way the boundaries of the strokes will blur on the paper. While the paint is still wet, use a clean, thin brush to blur out the highlights, i.e. collect the excess color by revealing the white sheet.
When using opaque paints - gouache, oil, undiluted acrylic - apply the color to the entire surface of the sheet. Once the paint is dry, paint in highlights using whitewash using a thin brush.
To make the image of the sea realistic, you need to draw small ripples and large waves on its surface. To do this, consider each such wave elevation separately. Draw it like a regular three-dimensional object - different shades conveying shadow, penumbra and illuminated areas.
Tip 3: How to draw a house on the lake with a pencil step by step
A painting depicting a house on the shore of a lake can become an artist's dream come true. It’s nice to at least mentally be transported to such a natural corner. Step by step drawing will help make objects more realistic.
Dream house
First, decide on which plan of the drawing there will be two main objects - the house and the lake. You can place them on the same line. Place the building in the foreground on the right. Then leave a place on the left for the pond. To make these two objects fairly large, place a piece of paper horizontally.
The most consists of two geometric shapes. Draw its facade in the shape of a square or rectangle, and the roof triangular. Decide what material the structure will be made of. The facade may be made of stone. Draw several irregularly shaped circles in the corner of the wall; it will be clear that in this place the plaster has peeled off and stones have appeared. In the same way, you can show that the home is made of brick by drawing several rectangles in any corner, arranged in a checkerboard pattern.
Such a building may have a tile roof. First, draw stripes of the same width on it, then divide each into several squares. This line can be wavy; elements of a tiled roof can be like this.
Don't forget to leave space for the window and door, draw them. These structural details are necessary for any house, including a wooden one. After you have created its outline from a rectangle and a triangle, bevel the corner of the latter. Let the roof be thatched. Several semicircular lines drawn to the right and left from its top will show what material it is made of.
The walls are made of logs, to show this on the canvas, draw small symmetrical circles that go from bottom to top on the left and right of the front wall. They are located one above the other - these are log cuts. Now lead horizontal lines from the bottom of the left circle to the right, draw such parallel lines to the top, without going to the window and door. Draw a pipe on the roof.
Water
Drawing a lake is also easy. On the left side of the canvas, draw a circle slightly elongated to the right and left. This is what a round lake looks like when viewed from the front.
Draw 2-3 water lilies on its surface. First, draw a heart-shaped leaf with a beveled corner, and on it -. It consists of sharp petals. Cover the sheet with pencil strokes so that you can see that it is dark. Leave the flower white. Let the sun shine in the sky, casting reflections on the water. To do this, make several hatched vertical paths on its surface. They should be on both sides of a place illuminated by the sun.
Place some trees or bushes in the background. The painting of the house and lake is complete.
The question “How to draw the sea?” It’s not just artists who ask these questions. Almost everyone who admires sea views wants to somehow capture this gift of nature, which just begs to be put on canvas. Or, at least, into the camera lens.
A little information. Landscape in art is a genre in which nature is depicted. Also, individual paintings of this genre are called landscapes. The landscape can be urban - here nature has already been transformed by man to suit his needs, or, for example, rural. If the sea is depicted, then such a landscape is called a marina. And artists, accordingly, are marine painters.
So, let me give you some useful recommendations. In this article our main task- enable observation, and also consider some laws of composition and color solutions.
1. Horizon
Do you know where the horizon is? Don’t read the answer right away, think, try to answer intuitively. In the distance, where the sky turns to sea? Or where does the earth end? Well, no. The horizon is always at our eye level. You can check it today on the street, especially if you are outside the city, where the horizon is clearly visible. Squat down, stand up - the horizon will move with you.
Where should it be placed on the sheet? In the middle? Not worth it. The answer to this question has long been found by artists. You need to decide what is more important (more beautiful, more interesting) - the sky or the sea? If it is the sea, then there is more space for it, and if it is the sky, then the sky. It’s better to solve the horizon issue using the so-called “rule of thirds”; try it, you won’t be mistaken. Divide the sheet into 3 parts vertically, draw two lines. If you are more interested in the sea, it will occupy 2 parts, if the sky - it. An excellent example: the third part is given to the sky, the third to the sea, the third to the beach (sand):
And here there is more sea:
Of course, the sky can also prevail, especially this one:
2. Which is darker?
Before drawing a seascape, it is important for the artist to decide the question - what is darker, the sea or the sky? And stick to this contrast. Both the sea and the sky have blue shades, so the question is very important. And they solve it, as a rule, towards the dark sea.
3. Drawing the sky
Drawing the sky is quite simple - look carefully at the sky and you will understand everything. It is usually dark blue at the top, and gradually becomes lighter towards the horizon. As in the photo above. Therefore, we simply gradually add lightness to the sky; sometimes it is almost white below.
4. Clouds
They are usually depicted as white. First, luscious strokes are usually made with white paint without water or solvent. Then, downwards, they can be smoothly rubbed into the sky with a very dry brush (another) or the bottom of the clouds can be made light purple-gray. All transitions are smooth.
5. Sea
The sea is also drawn from dark to light. At the horizon it is dark blue, which creates an excellent contrast with the sky and depth of space. You can just take blue paint without mixing it with anything. Then, closer to the third part of the sea, we add a little emerald green and white to the blue, more and more brightening and “greening” the water towards the shore.
6. Sand.
Sometimes they don’t paint it, but if you want... For sand it is better to mix light ocher with a small amount of red and white. And make the transition from sea to sand smooth. This can be achieved by placing strokes of “sea” and “sand” colors next to each other, gradually “mixing” one color into the other.
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Only an experienced artist can draw the sea and accurately convey the color and power of the water element. An artist who paints the sea is called a marine painter and paints various types and the state of the sea and learn this all your life. Painted pictures of the sea with paints, gouache or watercolors, and better with oil very accurately convey the entire range of shades and depth of color of the sea. The sunset on the sea looks especially beautiful in its colors. But let's start step by step draw the sea with a simple pencil.
Drawing the sea is not easy, especially with a simple pencil. It is difficult to convey sea waves and surf with a simple pencil. With a pencil this can only be done using the stroke technique. You will need to constantly rub the strokes with your finger or a stiff eraser.
1. First, let's highlight the main contours of the sea
To begin, select the horizon and main contours coastline our composition. On the shore, immediately draw the outlines of the coastal stones. Then we will separate the horizon line of the sea and draw the line of the beach and draw the sun. You can also draw the outlines of small waves around the stones.
2. “Scatter” the sea waves over the pattern
Now we need to draw the initial outlines of the waves throughout the space allocated for the sea in our drawing. Make pencil strokes over the entire surface of the sea, but you should not do too many of them, otherwise the waves will not turn out large.
3. Shade the water surface with strokes of a soft pencil
At this stage we need to draw and shade with strokes the contours of the waves near the stones. To soften pencil marks, you can rub them with your finger or a hard eraser. The shaded part of the sea can also be rubbed with a piece of paper or your finger.
4. Sand on the coastline
Now we will pay attention to the sea coastline. In our picture there is a sandy shore by the sea, but you can draw another one. Just like the surface of the sea, the sand needs to be shaded with pencil strokes, lightly rubbing them. If necessary, you can remove excess blackness in some areas of the sea, again using an eraser. After this, you can “color” the stones, heavily shading them, and draw small clouds.
5. How to draw the sea. Clouds
At this stage we will draw not the sea, but what is above it - the sky and clouds. If necessary, in some areas of the sea you can lightly erase the strokes vertically with an eraser, this will give the sea additional highlights. But first add some small clouds free form with faint strokes to emphasize the movement of air. Draw the sun, such a “trifle” always makes any drawing more attractive and realistic.
6. Drawing the sea on a graphics tablet
Now you know how draw the sea with a simple pencil and you can try to make another drawing and color it with paints, as in this color picture of the sea, which I made especially for this lesson on a graphics tablet.
Of course, the drawing of the sea will look much more beautiful if you can draw a sailboat in the distance. In this lesson you will learn how to draw both the sea and a sailing frigate.
Wandering the seas on sailing ships, pirates made caches of looted treasures, many of which were never found. Perhaps these treasures never existed. But not only were maps used by pirates to indicate the location of a treasure island at sea, they were used primarily for navigation.
If you decide to draw a picturesque seascape, draw dolphins. These sea animals will definitely turn out beautiful if you draw them step by step. Draw the outlines of the sea and dolphins with a simple pencil, and then color the entire drawing with paints.
The turtle lives in the sea and is probably the most ancient inhabitant of the seas. Over all the years of evolution, turtles only learned to go to land to lay eggs, but did not leave the sea forever, like other animals. In this lesson we will try to draw a turtle by the sea ourselves.
A mermaid is half fish, half human, so you need to draw the mermaid not only a tail, but also fish scales on it. Required condition For a picture of a mermaid there must be a body of water, because they live in a river or on the sea.
