![]() Learning how to draw mountains is quite simple, as once you understand the basic formation of a single peak in a mountain, you can replicate this to create a series of peaks in a single image. Step-by-Step Instructions on How to Draw Mountains We will only need simple materials for this mountain drawing, which make the process a lot easier. In this tutorial, we will see how we can use the concept of light to give the mountain structure a three-dimensional quality, and we can add other features to give a sense of scale to the mountain draw. An HB pencil was used for the background woods, as well as the weeds under the tree and sticking out of the snow.Mountain drawing is adaptable, in that once you understand how to draw basic mountain shapes, you can then add that structure on top of one another to create a variety of mountain peaks. Notice the spaces left between the trees in the background woods, giving the feel of a heavy snow. The snow is the white of the paper, and a B graphite pencil was used for the darks of the tree. To portray a pine covered with heavy snow, find the pattern created by the snow on the limbs and the dark separations between them. The paper was 100 percent rag, 4-ply museum board. When the paper dried, I went over the drawing again with the pencil, accenting the darks and adding more character to the wood. Then I went over parts of the tree with a wet brush, blending the pencil marks into soft gray tones. This locust tree was sketched with an aquamedia pencil. Except for the large pine, all the elements have a soft look accompanied by the kind of quiet found in fields and woods. ![]() I wanted to capture the mood created when the sky and the land take on a warm gray appearance after a storm. The gray sky, with a little white showing, tells us the storm is over and the sky might be clearing. In the drawing below, we see a pine tree in a field after a snowstorm. You can also tell a story with your winter sky. A driving storm would show more snow covering the trunk and vertical wood of a tree a light snow would show much less. The way you portray snow on trees will tell the viewer if it was a heavy snow, a driving storm or just flurries. ![]() It is not necessary to include every limb of the trees the vertical lines spotted around give the appearance of many trees on a snow-covered mountain. A few identifiable pine shapes are spotted throughout, creating the illusion of a mountain range covered with snow and pines. The tree-lengths were varied throughout the picture. The trees were indicated with short lines at the peaks and upper parts of the mountains. All were executed with the same pencil, demonstrating what you can accomplish with one pencil, varying the pressure as you work. I used an HB graphite pencil on a sheet of Strathmore sketching paper. In all three of these sketches, the sky was first shaded, then stomped. As I work to the foreground, shapes get larger and darker, creating a sense of depth and perspective. In the close-up view of Hunter Mountain in New York state (Sketch C), I darkened the tree line on the left, gradually lightening it as it moves to the right. Notice how the tree shapes were used to create designs across the mountain range. It had these beautiful snowy peaks with thousands and thousands of trees breaking through the snow. On a trip to Yellowstone National Park, I sketched this mountain range (Sketch B), which was different from my mountains back home. Vary your angles and shapes to create more interest. Mountain ridges with trees offer many opportunities for creating interesting shapes and designs, but be careful not to make ridges parallel to each other or make trees all alike. I can see part of the Catskill Mountains from my studio window, and when I look at the skyline, I see a line of trees silhouetted against the sky that, to me, resembles the stubble of a beard (Sketch A). Snow-covered mountains present a variety of shapes and patterns to compose beautiful winter landscapes. ![]()
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