Sketching is an action word, and you can only learn this skill by actually sketching. In this lesson, I first offer suggestions for putting together a portable studio for your outings. I then take you step-by -step through the process of rendering a sketch of an outdoor scene.

Preview lesson F08 - Sketching Outdoors

Brenda, this is my favorite lesson. You have explained how to draw in just this one lesson! You have made the basics of drawing so clear for me. This is gold! I have referred back to it many times to refresh my mind befor I draw something. No one had ever been able to explain it like this to me before! This should be a requirement of elementary art class!

Because of this lesson, I am going to upgrade! I want to keep a hard copy of this.

Kristi

Like the lesson, but I have not used it in practice.

Thanks for the lessons. I had no plan to practice drawing althought I always loved to. After finding your site (by accident) I bought the tools and I am planing to follow your lessons one by one. So far I am enjoying every lesson.
Although I am happy about the result I sometimes wonder how you mange to do hatching so elegent. The lines seem all to be perfectly parallel with no crossing despite being some time very long. How often do you sharpen the penciles?
Ok, I go back to drawing and I am excited about it.
Thanks again
Reza

Well, thank you so very much!

"Elegant" (I love that word) hatching skills are acquired with practice - lots of practice. Throughout each day, when you take a break, have a sheet of paper and a pencil close by and draw lines - lots of lines.

I mostly use mechanical pencils for hatching. Each line is the same width and you don't have to stop every few seconds to sharpen the pencil.

Have fun!!!

Brenda

I did this lesson! Its was so wonderful..
Thank you from Russia with love! =)))))

I am always wanted to draw some kind of landscape. And my wish came true
Mine came a little bit different than original. Mostly because I hatched it in my style
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last drawing of the day: i think i have learnt soooo much in just 1 day!! Landscape and nudes are what i really wanna draw, so the techniques giving in this lesson were really helpful. another 2 or 3 and i'll leave on my own in the wilderness to draw real subject!!!

I chose not to go out for fear of someone watching me.

my first lesson. what are the specific pencils used to make the different lines

I enjoyed this lesson, but probably raced through it too fast. I will try it again soon, perhaps actually outdoors! And I will give mechanical pencils a try. Thanks Brenda for that information.
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I really need to work on my hatching, I loved this tutorial.

Thanks u very much

I`ve always wanted to draw landscape and now I can
I can do it on my own way but it`s definitely better than I used to draw

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and here is mine

It's great you've done it by yourself!


P.S. Thanks for the lesson!!!

I haven't even looked at the lesson yet and still...just by you guys' reply, I can't wait to start the lesson. I am 14 years old and I am writing a book. Though I not only want to write the book, I want to illistrate the book. It is a fantasy book that so far, I am about 50 pages into it. It is my dream to someday have my book published and become a best seller.

You are just like me!!! I am about 44 pages. And i have one funny book too. Wright me PM ,pls.

That is cool. My book is fantasy. What kind is yours? My name (IImnehth) is one of the main characters of my book. He is an elf king. I hope to chat more.


P.S.: add me to your friends list

You want to draw NUDES!?
Why do you want to draw nudes?

I did good I suppose. Nice easy sketch.

I agree with the first poster. This is a good lesson. It made me look at sketching differently.

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Ithink it's an advanced sketch and easy lesson for practicing , it's help us to remove to draw a real landscape if we join some

details to it ,thanks for a wonderful brenda .... fadia

and this is my drawing.

The outside scenery took me well over 5 hours, believe it or not. I also added the cone under this one since there is no place to put it. Together, I finished at 12 midnight on the dot.

fantastic lesson...
i tried it too..

Another great lesson

Alot of great results in this toturial. I added colors to mine.

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My attempt...please comments arw welcome!

Beautiful drawings you all draw!!!!
this is mine:


i don't like it. tips are more than welcome!!!!

You can really motivate an aspiring pseudo artist, Brenda!

Thank you!

Thank you this helped me alot but i get angry and give up easily making art realy hard for me .But you are so good at teaching i actualy completed =)