In this lesson we will introduce you how to draw the sea with gouache step by step in pictures and with a description. Step-by-step steps will be presented with the help of which you will learn how to draw a sea with gouache, like this.
You can draw waves on the sea if you understand how the wave moves. Let's draw the background first. Draw a horizon line just above the middle. Smoothly paint over the sky from blue to white near the horizon. You can draw clouds or clouds as desired.
To make the transition smoother, paint part of the sky with blue paint, part with white, and then use a wide brush with horizontal strokes to mix the paint on the border.
The sea itself will also be painted over with blue and white paint. It is not necessary to apply strokes horizontally. There are waves on the sea, so it is better to do strokes in different directions.
Now mix green paint with yellow and add some white. Let's draw the base for the wave. In the picture below, the darker areas are wet paint, just the gouache has not had time to dry.
On the green strip, we will distribute the movement of the wave with a hard brush with white paint.
Please note that the left part of the wave has already fallen into the sea, next to it is the raised part of the wave. And so on. Let's make the shadows stronger under the fallen part of the wave. To do this, mix blue and purple paint.
Mixing blue and white gouache on the palette, draw the next falling part of the wave. At the same time, we will strengthen the shadow under it with blue paint.
Let's outline the front wave with white gouache. 
Let's draw small waves between large ones. Draw blue paint shadows under the near wave.
Now you can draw the details. Spray the foam along the entire wavelength with a brush. To do this, take a hard bristle brush and white gouache. There should not be much white gouache on the brushes and it should not be liquid. It is best to smear your finger with gouache and blot the tips of the brush, and then spray in the area of \u200b\u200bthe waves. It is better to practice on a separate sheet so that you can direct the spray to a specific place. You can also use a toothbrush for these purposes, but the result may not justify the result, because. the splash area can be large. But if you can do it, then that's good. Don't forget, try the splashes on a separate sheet.
Drawing lesson for children from 6 years old
Drawing master class. Landscape with sunset on the sea
Voronkina Lyudmila Artemyevna, teacher of additional education MBOUDOD DTDM, o. Tolyatti
This master class is intended for teachers, parents, children from six years old.
Target: Creating a landscape with a sunset on the sea
Tasks:
- get great pleasure from the process of drawing
- in 20 minutes to create a "masterpiece", which will become not only a decoration, but also a talisman of the house
- relieve fatigue, improve mood, self-esteem
- to promote the education of the individual, to cultivate a reverent attitude towards native nature.
Purpose: interior decoration, gift.
Landscape is a special genre of painting. It combines the feelings awakened in the artist from the contemplation of nature, and the skill with which he conveys to the viewer the state of his soul. In this master class, you have the opportunity to truly depict the living colors of nature, the beauty of the sunset on the sea.
It is impossible to be able to do everything, although, in contrast to the same phrase, there is another, no less famous - "a talented person is talented in everything." It's hard not to agree. Perhaps, in reality, something is given to us easier, something is more difficult. But the result depends solely on the determination and desire to achieve the goal. Therefore, even being by nature a person of an absolute technical profession, who never encounters creativity, one can learn to draw. You can start, for example, by drawing a landscape.
In this master class, we will create together with you a landscape with a sunset on the sea.
For work we need
A sheet of white paper, A3 format (I have watercolor paper)
Gouache: yellow, orange, red, ruby, purple, black (gouache should be "live", i.e. soft, sour cream consistency).
Brushes (I use synthetic brushes #3 and #1, sharp)
A jar of water.
Progress:
Select a sheet location. It can be positioned both horizontally and vertically.
I placed it horizontally. Unlock all colors.
I have always loved watching the sunset.
The sun spills colors across the sky.
Today, like many years ago,
I am immersed in this story again.
With brush No. 3, draw a horizon line in the middle of the sheet with yellow gouache.
With the same paint we begin to paint the sky
Next, add a little orange to the yellow paint. We make a color stretch from yellow to orange
Adding red paint to orange paint
Add ruby to red paint (you can skip this step)
Add purple color to ruby color
Turn the sheet upside down and repeat all the previous steps.
Next, draw a black line along the horizon line
Let's draw a silhouette of mountains
Let's paint the mountains. I take purple and black paint on a brush
With small strokes with brush No. 1, draw the reflection of the mountains on the water
Let's draw a silhouette of a yacht
Let's paint over, draw a reflection on the water
Let's draw a mast. Just draw a straight line up
Let's draw a sail
Let's draw more yachts in the distance
Finishing touch - seagulls
The work of my pupils, students of grade 3
As you can see, they showed imagination - palm trees, dolphins appeared
More work, painted at the summer camp today
All painting lessons, which are published in ours, will help you acquire drawing skills. You will learn how to draw correctly using watercolor technique. In addition, step-by-step watercolor painting will teach you how to choose colors for a painting and apply different brush strokes.
Then we will begin to create more complex paintings using canvas and oil paints.
Today we will draw seascape: sea, rocks and waves.
How to correctly depict the waves so that they seem real, how to convey their shape and volume? That's what we'll work on in this painting lesson.
I chose this photo.
On it, waves roll past the rocks to the shore near the Seychelles.
Pay attention to the color of the water, we must convey not only the shape of each wave, but show the different depths of the sea and the sun that illuminates the rocks in the distance.
Let's draw rocks and water. Be sure to leave white places for foam in the foreground of the picture and near the stones.
We draw rocks that rise above the water with a simple pencil, do not draw them too carefully.
Just outline the shape of the stones and be sure to draw a wave to the left of the stones, which rises up.
We begin to paint the sky. The sky in the southern latitudes has a rich color, so we need a purple tint paint.
We work with a thick brush, making broad strokes.
While the sky dries, let's start applying paint to the water. For the sea, we need to make several different mixtures. The water on the horizon near the rocks is the darkest, for which we draw blue paint on the brush.
The closer to the foreground, the lighter the water. Therefore, near the stones, we draw stripes with a mixture of blue paint and dark green.
We dilute this mixture with water, add blue color and draw waves between the stones.
Do not forget to leave white paper near the rocks not painted over, we will get white foam.
For the water in the foreground, prepare a new mixture. We mix blue paint with grass green, dilute it well with water and draw strokes with a thick brush that convey the shape of the waves that roll towards the shore.
Add a turquoise color to the very tops of the waves.
Always try the tone of the paint on the palette, and only then paint.
Try to achieve the shade that you need, although this is not as easy as it seems. Sometimes you have to wash off the paint from the brush and make a new mixture.
We leave the white foam in the foreground as is. You can only draw slightly noticeable lines with a thin brush and leave the paint to dry.
Let's start drawing rocks. Immediately prepare several different mixtures: from gray to orange. It is best to draw stones, immediately painting them in different tones.
Then it will be much easier to convey the natural color of the rocks that are in the shade and in the sun.
We continue to work on the rocks that rise above the water. We paint on a wet basis with different mixtures of paints.
Do not forget to show those places on the stones that are poorly lit by the sun. To do this, with a thin brush, draw vertical stripes with dark shades of paint.
Now that the sky is dry, you can make its color more saturated. To do this, apply another layer of paint. While the paint is wet, add a blue tint to make the sky brighter.
Again we return to the water and draw the waves in the foreground. We prepare a mixture of blue paint and green.
You should have a turquoise mixture on your palette, we dilute the paint with water and draw waves.
We make strokes of a rounded shape with a thin brush, going down from the tops of the waves. With the same mixture, highly diluted with water, we put spots in the foreground. Then water will begin to peep through the foam.
On the wave that rises to the left above the rock, we put dots in the same color.
Let's go back to the rocks, draw vertical lines so that some rocks are visually separated from others. On the very tops of the stones with a thin brush we draw the tips of the rocks, we need to convey their shape.
On some tops there is a shadow, on others the sun falls. This must be taken into account when choosing shades.
We return to the water. For a more saturated color, we will add another layer of paint.
Don't forget to show the depth of the sea and change the color mixtures as we did at the beginning of the lesson. The sea should turn out completely different on the horizon line and in the foreground.
Now let's take a short break to let the paint dry.
It remains to draw the details so that our picture takes on a finished look. No need to rush, apply paint gradually, allowing the first layer to dry.
We add yellow color to the tops of the rocks, and shades of blue, green and turquoise to the water. In green, draw stripes in the center and near the white foam. Then the waves visually rise higher.
Artists who paint the sea learn this all their lives. After all, it is not so easy to convey all the riot 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 state of the sea space. Before moving on to drawing pictures with paints, let's look at the beach with a pencil in stages.
Basic contours
First of all, you need to place the sheet vertically and draw a horizontal line approximately in the middle. It will separate sky and water.Then draw a coast line of 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 at the edge of the sheet, draw a couple of small hills, which are 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 sprawling palm leaves. Next to the trees, you can add a large open umbrella and a sun lounger under it. Near the water, draw a small and balloon circle. Draw the contours of cloud clusters near the sun and several seagulls soaring in the sky. At this stage, we have considered how to draw a beach and a sea.
shading
On the surface of the water you need to draw small waves. To do 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. Eraser lightly on the rough lines to soften the outline from the pencil. The surface of the sea can also be smoothed by rubbing with a finger or paper. These manipulations help to understand how to draw the beach and the sea so that they look more realistic. Repeat the same steps with the coast - shade the surface and rub it lightly, creating the appearance of sand on the beach. Extra 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 movement. On the clouds, draw a faint hatching, sufficient to visualize the movement of air. On theadditional 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 with a pencil. Next, we 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 sky into three parts. The top will be blue, then pink and then yellow is applied. With a wet, 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 zone and the beach itself. Blur the transitions again without touching the middle line. We designate clouds with white gouache and paint over the top with pink, the bottom with dark blue. Remembering our drawing with a pencil, we draw rocks, taking gouache of a brown tint. Draw the relief, shadows and blur them along the top edge. We emphasize the line of the beach zone with orange gouache and in white we denote the contours of the sea waves. With 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 strokes of blue.
So 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.
Art supplies:
- The original picture of the seascape and the lighthouse on some background with which you will copy. You can print the image from the link
- Cold pressed watercolor album Arches, 252 g/cm2 (140lb), format 405x305 mm (16? x 12?)
- A piece of scrap paper or a sketchbook
- Two L-shaped paper or cardboard corners (as a viewfinder)
- Adhesive tape (25 mm wide)
- Simple pencil HB
- klyachka
- Palette
- Glass of water
- Towel or rag to lay brushes on
- Piece of cloth or paper towel
Pigment colors (from the Holbein Artists "Water Colors" watercolor set)
- Cadmium yellow dark (Cadmium Yelllow Deep);
- Cadmium yellow-orange (Cadmium Yellow Orange);
- Cadmium red dark (Cadmium Red Deep);
- Alizarin crimson permanent (Permanent Alizarin Crimson);
- Permanent purple (Permanent Violet);
- Ultramarine dark (Ultramarine deep);
- Cobalt blue (Cobalt Blue);
- Cerulean Blue;
- Iridescent blue (Peacock Blue);
- Herbal greens (Sap Green);
- Green Hooker (Hooker "s green);
- Ocher yellow (Yellow Ocher);
- Sienna burnt (Burnt Sienna);
- Burnt Umber;
- Sepia (Sepia);
- Payne's Grey.
Brushes:
- "Mop" flat one inch
- Fibonacci Kolinsky-Sable: Kolinsky Round No. 12
- Escoda Kolinsky-Sable: Kolinsky round No. 6
- Synthetic Round No. 8
- Synthetic Round No. 4
- Synthetic Round No. 2
- Synthetic Round #1
- Synthetic Round Cotman #1
Stage 1
If you don't have a viewfinder, you can make your own using two L-shaped corners (Steve called them "corner bars"). Their width and length must be sufficient to fit the original image. Put the corners on it in such a way that only those elements that you will redraw are in the center of the formed rectangle. Attach the corners to the picture with tape. Consider the composition of the finished drawing and the way the lighthouse is depicted. Now you can take an unnecessary sheet of paper or sketchbook, and proceed to create a tone sketch of the composition. To do this, you need to determine the light and shade characteristics of each element of the picture and apply them accordingly. In our case, the light tone will be for the clouds, water splashes, spotlight and the illuminated side of the lighthouse. The sky and rocks are semi-dark. Images of falling shadows and the depths of the sea will be dark. Use the original image as a guide. This should be a quick sketch.
The figure below shows a rough tone sketch of Steve.
Stage 2
Having thought over the arrangement of the elements of the picture on the sheet, transfer the compositional sketch to the Arches cold-pressed watercolor paper. But this time, do not include the tones in the sketch. Just outline the main contours with light lines. Do not press on the pencil so that you can easily erase it later. The sketch should not occupy the entire sheet, step back from the edge by about 5 cm. You can draw borders under the ruler.
Below you can see an example of such a sketch.
Stage 3
Using a #14 sable round brush, prepare a wash of Ultramarine, Cerulean and Peacock Blue with a dash of Alizarin Crimson on the palette. Then, with a "mop" brush, apply clear water to the area of the sky, including the clouds. Handle the areas around the lighthouse and surrounding houses with special care, because they should have a clear outline. Before the paper is dry, apply the wet technique, covering the sky with a watery wash. In doing so, start at the top of the drawing and work your way down to the horizon line. At the top of the painting, the sky tone is darker, so use more Kraplak Red. When painting around the clouds, add more Sky Blue and Iridescent Blue. Remember to smooth out any harsh transitions with a clean wet brush. You can also use a paper towel to blot the excess paint in the cloud area so that it doesn't run and flood them. But don't overdo it.
Stage 4
Add Cobalt Blue to the finished sky wash, and with the resulting shade, depict the shadow below the clouds. Next, add a hazy effect to the horizon with deeper blue tones by mixing Ultramarine Blue with Alizarin Crimson. Continue smoothing out the outlines of the clouds using a clean, wet brush and paper towels. You can also add a deep blue tint to the bottom of the clouds by making a mixture of Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue with a dash of Payne's Grey. So the clouds will turn out to be more voluminous and more structured. Once done, let the painting dry thoroughly. Then proceed to the next step.
Stage 5
Determine the lighted and shaded areas on the adjacent houses and the lighthouse. Prepare a watercolor wash for the shadow image by mixing Ultramarine blue (Ultramarine Blue), Kraplak red (Alizarin Crimson) and a drop of Payne's Gray (Payne's Grey). The resulting color should match the hue of the dark area of the sky, as shadows tend to reflect adjacent tones. Work with the #2 brush, switching to the #0 brush when painting small areas. With the same shade, draw a shadow on the lighthouse. This building has a rounded shape, so be sure to add partial shade, smoothing out the sharp edges of shading as you transition to the illuminated surface. So you get a gradation from shadow to light. The lighthouse can merge with the rest of the buildings, so you can mix Cadmium Yellow Orange and Yellow Ocher in small amounts into this wash. With the same mixture, you can show light in the shaded areas. The final touch will be the display of the falling shadow of the lighthouse.
Stage 6
Let the shadows dry, and in the meantime, begin to draw small elements of the lighthouse and houses. To paint the balcony, roof and windows of the lighthouse, add Payne's Gray to the blue-purple watercolor. Before rendering the windows, check if the shadow is dry. Test the paint by touching it with the back of your hand. If it is cool to the touch, then the watercolor is still damp. After making sure that the drawing is dry, add details to the surrounding houses, but do not touch the roofs and windows yet.
Stage 7
While the houses and the lighthouse are drying, start painting the ocean. It will take a lot of washes, as you have to cover a large area. Take Ultramarine, Cerulean, and Peacock Blue, add Cobalt Blue, Hooker's green, and Sap Green, and a grain of Payne's Gray Since the sky will be reflected in the ocean, their shades should also match.Using brush No. 14 of sable pile, blur the horizon line with clean water, and take a round brush No. 8. In the prepared mixture of watercolor, add a little more Payne Gray and Green Hooker, and start working on the surface of the ocean, moving from top to bottom.Try to connect the ocean and sky, smoothing the transition between them.
Stage 8
As you get closer to the foreground of the painting, you need to use deeper tones, adding more blues and/or greens. This shade can be applied around rocks and sea foam, and other areas of the ocean that need to be darkened. To make the tone less harsh, mix in Burnt Sienna and Alizarin Crimson. Try brushing in the direction of the waves without painting over the surf. Where the water foams, blur the outlines of the wet watercolor with a #0 brush. Paint over the entire ocean, alternately blurring and softening its edges with water.
Stage 9
Let the ocean dry up, and in the meantime you can start painting the roofs of buildings. Prepare a wash using Yellow Ocher and Cadmium Yellow Orange. Now with brush number 2 Cotman, fill in the roof areas with the resulting mixture. The watercolor is quite transparent, so you can layer it on the shaded areas if necessary. So the drawing will come out more harmonious and deeper. For tiles and rust, take some Cadmium Red Deep and add Cadmium Yellow-Orange and Burnt Sienna to it. Work on finer details with brush number 1. To convey the deep purple color of the shadows falling on the roofs, mix Alizarin Crimson and some Ultramarine Blue into the wash. With the same shade, write thin stripes of shadows under the roofs. Paint the rest of the houses, such as the windows and the wall texture, using a mixture of Payne's Grey, and a blue wash. But don't make them too saturated. To do this, blot excess watercolor or water from the brush with paper towels. Continue to refer to the original image and tone sketch if in any doubt.
Stage 10
Wipe the palette with a damp cloth or paper towel. After finding areas of light and shadow on the rocks, determine their overall hue. Hover a mixture of Yellow Ocher, Cadmium Red Deep and a drop of Permanent Violet. Add water to lighten the watercolor (do not use white for this purpose). Cover the surface of all the rocks with the prepared wash, without affecting the foam areas and splash images. Smooth out the edges with a wet brush in areas where water runs up against the rocks. Feel free to use the resulting shade as the base layer, because both the illuminated and shadowed areas of the rocks include this tone. To give the rocks at the bottom of the picture picturesque, and make the picture deeper, you can add Cadmium Yellow Orange or Cadmium Red Dark in slightly larger proportions here and there.
Stage 11
After the base coat has dried, add a drop of Burnt Sienna and a blue wash to the orange mixture. Write with this shade the penumbra of the rock in the center of the picture. You can draw gaps and other texture elements on it. The main thing is not to overdo it, because it should set off the main object of the picture, and not draw all attention to itself. Where the water washes the rock, its tone will be darker. This area can be filled with the color obtained by mixing with the base shade of the rocks Burnt Umber, Ultramarine Blue, Permanent Violet and Payne's Grey. Apply this wash with brush #1. Keep the sea foam and surf line intact.
Stage 12
In order to depict splashes of water on the rocks, where waves break on them, you must first moisten this area with a #2 Cotman brush. Then remove some paint at the bottom of the rock where the splashes will be. The resulting effect of light clarification will be like water dust. If the color is still too dark, blot the paint with a paper towel. Draw some more splashes. Be careful, because too many of them will make the picture implausible. Mix in more Burnt Umber and Sienna to make a light and shade transition. With the same shade, write down the cracks and other irregularities in the surface of the rocks. In this case, the rocks in the foreground should be depicted in more detail.
Stage 13
Let's move on to painting the lawn. Using brush #1, mix the Sap Green and the Cadmium Yelllow Deep. This will be a shade of illuminated green. Use it to cover the rocky surface of the island at the foot of the lighthouse and houses. Try to convey as accurately as possible the contour, shape and angle of the vegetation on the high rock. After that, add Burnt Sienna to the wash, and write with this tone the shadows and grass areas at the roots. So the meadow will become more voluminous.
Stage 14
Now let's focus on the area below the lawn, where waves roll on the coast of the island. Paint shadows on the rocky surface using the same shade as for the shaded parts of the rocks. When depicting shore plumbing, apply strokes unevenly to better convey the texture. Focus on the light and shadow, referring to the original picture. You can decorate the part of the coast that comes to the fore with crevices. But remember that writing down every little detail is not as important as accurately conveying the shadows. At the line of contact between the ocean surface and the foot of the sheer shore, add more Cerulean Blue to the wash. Those parts of the rocks that are always wet will be the darkest. To get this color, combine Burnt Umber and Permanent Violet. Use this tone liberally when working in the foreground. In this way, the aerial perspective is best conveyed, i.e. when objects that are close are painted over with a darker shade than distant objects. In no case should you take black. It will immediately make the drawing dull and lifeless.
Stage 15
In some places, when working on the shadows, you can add Cadmium red dark (Cadmium Red Deep). Don't forget to remove sharp edges from the surf line. For splashing waves crashing against a rocky shore, use the same paint stripping technique as in Step 12. For the darkest areas, don't be afraid to apply a lot of Permanent Violet, Burnt Umber, and Sepia. . Carefully write down the cracks and irregularities. The rough surface of rocks can be rendered using the "dry" technique. To do this, you need to blot almost all the watercolor from the brush before applying strokes. The grainy surface of the paper will only partially be covered with paint, creating the illusion of roughness and rockiness. First, you can practice on an unnecessary sheet of watercolor paper, and only then proceed to depict the texture of the rocks in the foreground.
Stage 16
As finishing touches, you can add more splashes, foam, and other details. However, try not to overload the picture. Otherwise, the drawing will lose its individuality, and there will be no signs that distinguish your unique artistic style. However, with proper planning of work at the initial stage, in the end you will not have to make additional improvements or corrections. At the end of the work, when all the paint is dry, go over the drawing with a nag, erasing all visible traces of the pencil. Pay special attention to white and light areas. If the picture does not have too many layers of paint, then the pencil will be erased very easily. When finished, you can safely sign the picture, come up with a name, and frame it to the delight of others.
