This is a free printable how-to-draw ocean waves worksheet,
Here is a lesson that will help give the young artist some direction in drawing a simple ocean wave crashing on the beach. It is one of the projects I often use when creating illustrations for a book or something else.
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PRINTABLE NOTES
BEGINNINGSStart with the horizon (the line where the sky meets the earth), or in our case, the distant sea. The horizon should never be in the middle of the picture; it should be above the halfway point. This is the only straight line you have to worry about.
Draw a line for the top of the wave going across the picture. The top of the wave should curve up and down at least once.
Draw the line for the rollover part of the wave; it will start at the top and curve down in a slight half circle. The line will continue across the picture and meet the other side of the rollover, where it will go up.
Draw a line where the beach and the ocean meet. It should not be straight but curve up and down slightly.
DEVELOPMENT
The crashing wave has foam and splash at the bottom; draw a scribble pattern for the foam. The foam is three-dimensional with a front edge, a middle ground, and a background; design these by scribbling a second and third row of scribbles.
The ocean is darker than the wave, so dark lines go back and forth behind the wave.
Add clouds in the sky beyond the horizon. Shade in the sky for contrast.
DETAILS
The bottom edge of the foam is in shadow and darker. The bottom inside the wave is darker than the top of the inside of the wave.
Use a lot of circular lines to make the foam look foamy.
There are lines at the bottom in front of the wave where the water is going back from the beach to the wave, These lines criss-cross. They are darker on the bottom and lighter on the top.
SHADING
Shade everything except the splash and foam. The water is dark just above the wave and gets lighter as it goes back to the horizon.
I hope you create a masterpiece!
(c) Adron D. 11/16/15
