How to Draw a Landscape with a Covered Bridge Worksheet and Lesson

Free how to draw a landscape with a covered bridge lesson and worksheet for the young artist.

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This is a free printable worksheet and drawing lesson that will help the beginner artist.  It is a little difficult but will help the beginner try a few things.

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How to draw a landscape with a Covered Bridge Worksheet and Lesson.

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BEGINNING
First, determine the horizon. In this case, it is the hills in the background. The horizon should be high on the picture but leave room for the clouds.
Draw lightly at first so you can erase later.
Use simple lines to sketch a few hills, the far river banks, and the curved road. Keep in mind you are creating a background, middle ground, and foreground.
Use basic shapes to design the covered bridge. Use a rectangle for the side, and front a triangle for the front top a parallelogram for the roof. You are only doing the design at this point. You will do the details later. It is ok to use a ruler or straight edge to draw the bridge; all good craftsmen know when to use tools. The straight lines of the bridge will give an interesting contrast to the picture
Do not put the covered bridge in the center. That is boring; put it between the center and the edge of the picture that makes it interesting.

DEVELOPING
The clouds are the big summer ones that go up high from the horizon. Start by lightly drawing the fluffy humps of the cloud, then draw the bottoms going across. Draw one cloud behind the other, it will make them huge.

Add detail to the bridge by drawing the post that holds up the roof use three verticle lines. Next, draw lines from the top of one to the bottom of the next. Draw around the lines to make them thicker like huge beams. Draw one verticle line and two slanted lines for what is showing through the entrance of the bridge.

Use a lot of long lines back and forth for the water.
Very gently add shadow to the clouds.

This next part takes a lot of time to do well, so do not rush it. Add texture to the trees and bushes by drawing lots of tiny rounded "M" and "N" shapes. Add texture to the bridge by drawing lines for the wood. Use dashes across and more at an angle for the shingles for the roof.
Add rocks to the water and the road.
Give the river bank texture by drawing choppy lines down at an angle.
Use shadow inside the bridge and under it.

Use erasers to clean up your picture.

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(c) Adron 6/2/19

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