First Year Drawing by D. R. Augsburg First Year Drawing by D. R. Augsburg    

Lesson 31: The Colorful Wigwam (Color Drawing)

lesson image


Recreate the lesson image using the colors as described below. With a free, even stroke, wash in the sky, making it even and as smooth as possible. With a heavier stroke, wash in the land part, and then with a still heavier stroke, wash in the wigwam covering and posts and last the wigwam opening. The plan is to make the sky a light even wash, the ground a heavier wash, the wigwam still heavier wash, and the posts and opening heavier still.

  1. Recreate the drawing entirely with black.
  2. Recreate the drawing entirely with violet.
  3. Place a wash of yellow over the wigwam and ground, and then a wash of violet over the sky. Mark in the details of the wigwam and ground with violet.
  4. Place a wash of yellow over the whole drawing, then go over the wigwam and ground with violet, marking in the details.