The Complete Book of Drawing Techniques

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TEXTURAL LANDSCAPE DRAWING

After completing your many studies from
nature, you should be able to now move out
into the landscape and make a more
comprehensive study of the subject. As with
the other drawings you first need to establish
your composition - do this using your
viewfinder or window mount. Draw in lightly
the outline of the composition. Once you are
happy with the structure of the drawing you
can now go over it with conte crayon. Now
you need to place in the texture. Here is an
explanation of the type of textures that we
have encountered in this drawing:

1/A series of oblong shapes with some

indication of shaded texture to give the

implied texture of stone.

2/ The roof tiles on the side of the house

are layered over each other, with the

underside of the tiles being drawn in

slightly dark, and heavier than the top of

the tiles this gives the impression of the

shadow being cast by the tiles. This in turn

brings a three dimensional quality to the

drawing as well as a sense of the texture.

Also in figure 2 we can see the brick is

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