Drawing Trees and Terrain | New Masters Academy

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Instructor: Steve Huston
Subjects: Drawing
Topics: Landscape
Mediums: Marker
Duration: 58m 1s

In this lesson, instructor Steve Huston will show you how to draw complex natural forms in the landscape by simplifying them into boxes, spheres, and other mass conceptions. You will learn to break down trees, rocks, cliffs, and other terrains while focusing on clear, readable value masses.

This lesson belongs to the course Introduction to Landscape Drawing. In this crash course, Steve Huston will overview the principles of landscape drawing. You will learn how to use the concepts of gesture and structure in landscape art. You will explore the basic strategies to achieve effective compositional designs. Steve will show you how to apply the laws of light to drawing landscape scenes. After this course, you will be able to make strong design choices in your artwork.

Throughout this course, you’ll have access to the NMA community for feedback and critiques to improve your work as you progress.

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