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

Lesson 32: The Colorful Cabin (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 cabin and tree. The plan is to make the sky a light even wash, the ground a heavier wash, and the cabin and tree a heavier wash. Add a puff of smoke escaping the chimney if you wish.

  1. Leaving the sky the color of the paper, wash in the land, cabin, and tree entirely with black.
  2. Place a strong wash of yellow over the whole sky, tree, and ground. Color the tree, cabin and ground with violet.
  3. Place a strong wash of orange over the whole picture. With the blue, mark in the cabin and ground and then add the tree. Make the ground, cabin, and tree dark.
  4. Place a light wash of blue over the whole picture. Color in the tree, cabin and ground with brown.
  5. Place a light wash of blue over the sky. Add a strong wash of orange over the tree, cabin, and ground. Use blue to color the tree, add the details to the cabin, and color the ground.