Landscapes and seascapes

Drawing seascapes is as simple as drawing seascapes. The techniques used are more or less the same.

Most artists enjoy sketching rolling waves, sandy beaches, boats or majestic rocks. A scene of a seashore may at first glance, seem to contain very little detail. Notice the drawing of the seashore I have done in Figure 1. There is a huge rock along with a line of distant cliffs and a few seagulls.

A pale sun which sets off an unusual pattern of clouds can also be seen. The rock featured is one of the important subjects which adds life to the picture. The rock becomes a useful study of dark and light. At first an outline is drawn; vertical lines to shade and dotted strokes to show the deeply shadowed side of the rock. I have also added a small dash of ripples on the sea, a few patches of seaweed and four sea gulls. I began drawing this picture with a line for the horizon and then added the rocks.

I was careful to leave the rock edges bare, to show where the sunlight was reflected. For the waves and breakers. I used different thickness of line. I also made extensive use of wavy lines, dashes, and dots and created seaweed with a controlled scribble pen. Note the four sea gulls with rough oval shaped bodies with stretched necks. The beak is drawn short and slightly curved at the tip.

The eyes are set fairly high in the head. I used light shading to differentiate the (grey) wings: Practice drawing this picture a few times until you are able to draw by memory a perfect black and white drawing.