Waterfall Mountain Sketch

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Supplies:

Faber castell pencils:

4H 2H HB 2B 3B 4B

Paper mate tuff stuff eraser
sharp needle point
blending stumps

90IB hardbound sketch book.

Drawing duration: about 3 hours.




So here is a sketch that I have been wanting to do for a very long time. I have been looking on the web for a reference picture to draw but could not find one that I have liked. So what I just decided to draw this one straight out of my head. Drawing out of my head is something I have been practicing for a while now and it has taken me a while to get used to it. Once you get the shading down, you can draw any sort of convincing composition.

So I started the landscape drawing like I usually do. I outline where the mountains are going to go and then I start working on the sky. I started with a 2h pencil and used the weight of the pencil to shade it in. Then using a cloth, I blended everything smooth.

I have a few erasers that are very fine that I used to start erasing out some clouds. Once the clouds were erased out, I would go back in with a pencil again to add some shadow and detail to them.

Next step is the mountains. I usually leave one side of the considerably darker than the other to show dynamic lighting effect. It helps to convince the viewer that light is effecting the landscape. I will also make very dark lines going down the mountains to show texture on them to help bring them out.

The next portion was the waterfall. This one started out with a light sketch of where I wanted it to be and then I started to plant some rocks on both sides of it. Shading the rocks took me a long time to do. I worked then and shaded them with a lot of texture to make them as lifelike as I could make them.

The last portion of the drawing I just decided to add in a few bushes and eventually a tree. The tree really helped to balance out the overall drawing in the end which really made the drawing come together.


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[fourquods]

great stuff! looked like you did some blending with the eraser, great idea, i'll be looking out for future videos!

[TylersArtShack]

@fourquods I dont usually blend with an eraser. You probably saw me using a blending stump for it. However, I do erase to make highlights in the drawing. And I upload videos about every week. I am not sure sure about this weekend though. I am going to be away.

[XxDeapAbyss]

@TylersArtShack These drawing videos are awesome. Just wondering, can you make a drawing video of an ocean scene, maybe, the point of view of looking out into the sunrise/sunset shining off the ocean while on a boat or maybe a cliff? That would be something I would like to see. Just a suggestion.

[TylersArtShack]

@XxDeapAbyss funny you should say that. The next drawing I have been working on is that exact thing. I am drawinf a beach with some palm trees and some cliffs in the background. I don't know when I will finnish it. I already probably have 3 hours invested into drawing it with another few to go on it.

[wildwelshman22]

could you show us how to do a drawing like this using only 1 pencil, obviously with different pressures, i wondered if it could be done or u definately need 3 or 4 different pencils to get the desired effect, great drawing by the way :)

[TylersArtShack]

@wildwelshman22 I am trying to think of the best way to answer this. Ill put it this way. Yes you can use 1 pencil to do almost any drawing but it would become a hassle at times. You can do the skies rocks and things like that but If you want to get fine details, you need that range of pencils. You dont need a lot of pencils. But you need a few to get effects that you cant do with just 1. Ill be making a tutorial in the future on the benefits of having a range of pencils vs only 1.

[TheNicolay96]

nice :D

[kazanjianm]

Nice job Tyler!

[MarcoMartinez0000]

@TylersArtShack Alright thanks man i really appreciate it. Just message me when your about to do it. Cause that mountain waterfall looks fantastic to draw.

[XxDeapAbyss]

@TylersArtShack That's cool, can't wait!

[wildwelshman22]

@TylersArtShack thanks for your answer :) that video will be great for me to learn from i'll look forward to it in the future :)

[TylersArtShack]

@AlicevsNemisis I will be doing many tutorials. I have a growing list of things I want to do. Ill be covering how to draw a waterfall for sure. Hang in there!!! thanks for writing!