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.
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. Onadditional 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 area with orange gouache and outline the contours of the sea waves in white. 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.
Today I want to show you how I drew this seascape from nature:
The play of color on the surface of the sea, in reflections, always fascinates me. So many colors there! It seems that it is simply impossible to convey in the picture. The photograph gives only a partial idea of the actual colors. The eye sees more...
We settled down in a quiet harbor, surrounded by reddish-red rocks unusual for France. Their color in combination with the purest emerald water gives a simply amazing combination. And when the sun peeps through, blue reflections from the sky still play on the surface of the water. And all this beauty shimmers, moves, shimmers ... In general, the photo cannot be conveyed!
See photo report from the trip
How to draw a seascape step by step:
1. When I started to draw, the sea was even more calm. Boats and yachts in the bay were reflected in the water ripples, creating an amazingly clear pattern on the surface of the water.
Therefore, I decided to use a reserve liquid in my work, which will not allow the watercolor to flow into the lightest areas of the reflections of the yachts. 
2. When the reserve is dry, I start writing rocks. Since they are not the main thing in this picture, I blurred their shapes.
To do this, I first moistened a piece of work with clean water, and then introduced spots of illuminated and shady sections of rocks in a damp way.
Landscapes with water are simple and complex at the same time ...
Master a number of watercolor techniques and you will learn how to paint wonderful seascapes!
New video master class series “Water and reflections” will help you with this!
3. I turn to the filling of the water plan. I also moisten the entire surface so that it is easy to write this large piece in one fell swoop.
First I apply light shades of blue, orange, emerald. Then, with a thicker composition of paint, I enter dark green spots of ripples.
If the themes of the sea, water, waves
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5. After the layer has dried, I remove the reserving liquid. The areas below it are kept white. 
6. I prescribe small details of yachts: 
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 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
To draw nature, so different and changeable, is not easy. The article will help to depict winter, summer, seascapes with a simple pencil.
Many people like to be in nature, to admire it, to be charged with its energy. To keep positive emotions from communicating with nature longer, you can try to learn how to draw landscapes - images of nature. To do this, you need to master the initial skills, and then you can diversify your drawings, because nature itself is so diverse!
How to draw a beautiful landscape with a pencil step by step for beginners?
First you need to decide what will be depicted in the landscape. You can draw:
- sea, river or ocean
- ravine
- tree standing alone
- road leading into the distance
- exotic island with palm trees
- nature at different times of the year
This is how you can draw pond surrounded by trees:
- It is best to start by separating the horizon line, so it will be easier to distribute objects in the drawing later.
- A pond is outlined with uneven winding lines.
- Around the pond are marked with lines where there will be several trees. In the pond itself, you can mark with circles what will later turn into floating ducks.
- We “strengthen” the banks of the pond by painting parallel lines with the original ones.
- Grass like reeds is drawn in the foreground, and trees are detailed. Let them have trunks of different widths and heights, in some places the trunks will be broken or uneven.
- The stage of detailing has come: ducks are drawn, a light swell is painted on the water, the grass should be thicker, like the branches on the trees.
- Let the clouds be visible in the background.
- The last step will be shading and shading.
Pencil pond: stage 2. 
Pencil pond: stage 3. 
Pencil pond: stage 4. 
Landscape in pencil: a pond. River crossing the forest.
- As always, the drawing begins with the definition of the horizon line. Vertically according to the drawing, respectively, you need to draw the winding lines of the river banks.
- As planned, the river will be surrounded by a forest, that is, trunks of different volumes and heights are drawn. And, before drawing trunks, it should be noted that they stand on a hill in relation to the river.
- Add crowns to the trees so that they make a dense cover of the forest; we strengthen the banks of the river, shade the trunks.
- It is more interesting to draw a river with rapids. With the help of hatching, a current appears on the river.
Landscape with a river in pencil: stage 1. 
Landscape with a river in pencil: stage 2. 
Landscape with a river in pencil: stage 3. 
Landscape with a river in pencil. Mountain Lake
- A sketch is made of the lake and the surrounding mountains and hills.
- Between the lines of the lake and the lines of the mountains, a strip is left on which vegetation or a couple of small houses can be placed.
- Fuzzy contours of vegetation and houses reflected in the water are made.
- With the help of denser hatching, mountains and hills stand out, while on the surface of the lake, let the hatching be barely noticeable.
Landscape with a mountain lake: stage 1. 
Landscape with a mountain lake: stage 2. 
Landscape with a mountain lake: stage 3. 
Landscape with a mountain lake. Island in the ocean.
Many people dream of visiting such an island in the ocean that they saw in the pictures - immense blue water around, yellow sand on land in the middle of it, palm trees that create shade. While we are trying to draw such a landscape with a pencil.
- The horizon line will cross the sheet almost in half. In the middle, we mark the place of the island, for now it will look like pancakes or flatbread.
- There are clouds above the island. You can draw wavy clouds.
- There will be palm tree trunks on the island. Palm trees can be drawn thickly, or only three to five, if desired.
- Under the palm trees you need to draw grass.
- Now you can go to the water surface. It is better to draw it with oblong lines of different lengths.
Island in the ocean: stage 1. 
Island in the ocean: stage 2. 
Island in the ocean: stage 3. 
Island in the ocean. Lonely sailboat at sunset
The expanse of the sea and the setting sun are not difficult to draw, and the sailboat too, and the landscape will turn out beautiful.
- The horizon line is drawn first of all, the contours of the sailboat are indicated on it, because it is sailing somewhere far away.
- The sailboat looks like a triangle, but it is better to shade the sails.
- A circle of the sun close to the horizon will mean that the sun is about to set.
- The final touch is to make the water alive by drawing small waves.
IMPORTANT: The sailboat must be reflected in the water!
Sunset: stage 1. 
Sunset: stage 2. 
Sunset: stage 3. 
Landscape with sunset. VIDEO: How to draw a landscape with trees with a pencil?
How to draw a summer landscape of nature with a pencil in stages?
If you want to draw a summer landscape, then those described above may well come up. And, as an option, you can offer to draw a landscape with a summer house and a garden, where many people go to relax in the summer or tinker in the garden.
- The horizon line is indicated, above it the sun and clouds.
- In the foreground, on one side of the sheet, we will place the trunks of future trees, and on the other, a house.
- The house is drawn from two rectangles, and a roof is placed on top.
- From the schematically marked elements of the picture, you can now move on to detailing. The crowns of the trees need to be made lush, because it's summer. On the house, you can draw a pipe on the roof, a door, windows, including an attic window. At the same time, all unnecessary lines are slowly erased so that they do not distract from the main picture.
- A fence is drawn from the house, and grass is made under it with strokes. You can also draw plain flowers.
- Finally, you can draw a path to the house and some other details that will be nice to depict.
Summer landscape: stage 1. 
Summer landscape: stage 2. 
Summer landscape: stage 3. 
Summer landscape: stage 4. 
Summer landscape: stage 5. 
Summer landscape: stage 6. 
Summer landscape: stage 7. 
Summer landscape: stage 8. 
Summer landscape: stage 9. 
Summer landscape. How to draw a winter landscape of nature with a pencil in stages?
The easiest way for beginners to draw is winter and snow on the hills. This can be done with smooth, uncomplicated lines.
- Since winter is often associated with the New Year, and the New Year is with Christmas trees, let there be Christmas trees against the backdrop of snow-covered hills. Moreover, it is not difficult for beginners to draw them.
- Above the hills, you can draw several clouds.
- The detailing stage includes the drawing of Christmas trees and strokes on the snow, indicating its fragility and uneven surface.
Winter landscape: stage 1. 
Winter landscape: stage 2. 
Winter landscape: stage 3. 
Winter landscape: stage 4. 
Winter landscape. VIDEO: Draw a winter landscape with a pencil
How to draw a landscape of nature with paints in stages?
It is more difficult to draw with paints than with a pencil, but nothing is impossible.
- Paint the sky using blue watercolor paint. From the sky with the same blue paint we will draw lines down, it will be a river.
- Our clouds will be purple or crimson, and the hills will be yellow. In yellow, it is worth drawing the foreground of the picture.
- An interesting combination of colors is already appearing, which can often be observed in nature. Let's diversify it by adding orange color on the banks of the river and slightly shading the sky.
- You can draw several circles on the river, it will create the effect that the water is playing. Also, with the help of additional layers of paint, the yellow surface in the foreground can also be distinguished.
- If desired, trees can be added to the landscape using the green color of the spheres and brown trunks. In addition, trees can be made directly with fruits.
Landscape with paints: stage 1. Picture for sketching: park. VIDEO: Marine p landscape Drawing with a simple pencil
