How to Draw a Summer Lake Using OIL PASTEL (Landscape Tutorial)

I get back Into OIL PASTELS!! This is what I am really known for on YouTube. In this video I show you how to draw a simple landscape scene using a simple sketch then going over it with oil pastel to add color and vibrance to the piece.

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In this drawing, I started off with a very rough pencil sketch using an HB pencil. I roughly sketched out everything that I wanted in the picture with minimal detail. So for the mountains the the background, I just drew simple outlines for them showing very small details that I would fill in later with oil pastel. The beach line was similar to this as well, I only scribbled in a few lines showing the movement and flow.

Once I had a very basic sketch placing all the objects to my liking I then broke out the oil pastel. When it comes to landscapes, I almost always start with the sky because it is the furthest object in the background and all other objects are usually placed over it. I started with the bottom of the sky nearest the mountains and made the sky with a very light blue color and made it darker as it went up. I also left space open for clouds. I added in white oil pastel even though the paper was white because it still makes a difference and makes them look more puffy. I then added some blue and tan into the clouds to add a bit of warmth and definition to them.

Moving down the landscape the next object that was worked on was the mountains. I wanted them to really feel like they were being pushed into the background so I added a lot of blue with them. Like I was saying the video, blue helps to add atmospheric perspective into the drawing helping to push them back and add depth to the picture.

After this I added a little bit of every color I used for the sky into the water. I wanted to keep the water very light in color as well. I did not want to have a very strong blue. I kept it light by adding in a lot of white and blending it horizontally with a blending stump.

After I got a lot of the water finished, I started to add in the foreground details. I added in some of the rocks that went into the water and the trees on the banks. I used a few shades of yellows and greens for the trees and just used a tapping movement with the oil pastel to make the leaves on the trees. This helped to add depth and show form.

all that was left was adding some minimal details to the rocks and adding in a tan color for the sand. After blending in the tan color, I took a warm brown and put that down where the water met the sand to give it a "wet" look. that brought the whole thing together.

This was a simple landscape drawing I did that hopefully a lot of you viewers can follow along with. If any of you plan to make a replication of this please be sure to share it with me by adding it as a video response to this video or by sharing on my facebook page.

I hope you all enjoyed this drawing as much as I did. Have a wonderful day!!!

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The song in this video is called Time by Darkroom

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"Time" by Darkroom (feat. SackJo22)
http://ccmixter.org/files/mactonite/29957
is licensed under a Creative Commons license:
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