All the visible features of an area of countryside or land. Landscapes All the visible features of an area of countryside or land.

What is a landscape drawing? A landscape painting or drawing refers to an artwork whose primary focus is natural scenery, such as mountains, forests, cliffs, trees, rivers, valleys, etc

Background Horizon Line Middle Ground Foreground

Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch Post -Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.

Drawing Trees

Draw the tree trunk first Draw the tree trunk first. This gives you a solid ground to work from, and you can “hang” everything else over it. A common mistake artists make is that the tree trunks and their brunches are too linear and don’t curve enough. It’s also important to vary the thickness and length of each branch: they are always thicker in the beginning and thinner at the top.

Drawing Houses

Grant Wood was an American painter best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest, particularly American Gothic, an iconic painting of the 20th century.

Grant Wood Inspired Landscape

Start by drawing a horizontal line that is curvy and bumpy Start by drawing a horizontal line that is curvy and bumpy. It should be near the top of your paper. (Think thirds)

Next, fill in the bottom of the page with multiple hills.

Fill in each section of hills with patterns and different shades of green, browns, and yellows.

Watercolor Sunset

*TIP* Securing the paper onto a non-fixed surface, such as cardboard or a clip board, allows you to manipulate the movement of the paint if needed. It also keeps the paper from buckling. Step 1 Tape down the edges of the watercolor paper onto a sturdy cardboard, wooden board or clipboard.

Step 2 Lightly draw a horizontal line across your paper to mark the horizon. Drawing the horizon slightly above or below the center of the page adds interest to the composition.

Step 3 With your flat brush, brush the paper with clean water above the horizon line.

Step 4 While the paper is still wet, dip your flat brush in BLUE and paint the very top of the paper. Use loose strokes to create movement.

Step 5 While the paint is still wet, dip the flat brush in RED and paint loose strokes right under the BLUE. Don't be afraid of the colors mixing. It's the various irregular colors of sunsets that make this color wash interesting.

Step 6 While the paint is still wet, dip your brush in YELLOW and fill in the rest of the paper to the horizon line, again with loose strokes.

Step 7 Repeat Step 3 and brush clean water onto the lower part of the horizon line using your flat brush. Now repeat Steps 4 through 6 but in reverse order. In other words, you will mirror the colors from the top of the page by painting yellow first, followed by red, and lastly blue.

Step 8 You will now use a method in watercolor painting called "'lifting," to draw in the sun.  Dip your clean brush in water and draw a circle where you would like the sun to be. *TIP* The term "lifting" means taking paint away or lifting it off the painted surface by either using a wet brush or other absorbent materials such as a paper towel, cotton or even salt.

Step 9 Use a paper towel to absorb both the paint and water inside the circle. You can see the paint has been removed, leaving a light circle to represent the sun. You might need to repeat painting the sun with more water and lifting more paint, if you would like a more pronounced sun.

Step 10 Dip your brush in BROWN and use organic lines to draw land along the horizon.

Step 11 Using the "lifting" method again, use water to draw an irregular vertical line in front of the sun using your No. 8 round brush. Absorb the water and paint with a paper towel.

Step 12 Make a 2:1 mixture of BLUE and BROWN on your palette and use your brush to paint several horizontal lines on top of the blue. This will give the painting more dimension and movement.

Step 13 You can add more detail to your painting by painting a grassy silhouette in the foreground using your brush dipped in BLACK.

Let dry. Peel the tape off and you should have your finished master piece!