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

Lesson 34: Dark Sky - Bright Land (Color Drawing)

lesson image


Draw a margin around each work this week as described in Lesson 33. Recreate the lesson image using the colors as described below. With a free, even stroke, wash in the snow, making it even and as smooth as possible. With a heavier stroke, wash in the sky, and then with a still heavier stroke, wash in the trees. Draw in the remaining details, such as animal or human tracks and grass peeping through the snow.

  1. Recreate the drawing entirely with black.
  2. Recreate the drawing entirely with blue.
  3. Recreate the drawing entirely with blue. Use brown to mark in the details of the tree trunks and young tree.
  4. Recreate the drawing entirely with violet. Rub yellow into the tree trunks and young tree.
  5. Recreate the drawing entirely with black. Rub red into the trunks and young tree.