Free to print how to draw a lighthouse on the bay worksheet.
In this lesson, we have a lighthouse on an island in the bay. Lighthouses are very popular subjects and fill us with a lot of romantic feelings for the lone sentimental guardian watching over the lives of the seafarers as they approach the dangerous rocky coast.
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Start by drawing lightly so you can erase with more ease later.
Your first line should be the horizon. It will determine the viewer's relation to the features of the picture. Do not put the horizon in the middle of the page, it will divide the picture in half and that is boring. Place the horizon about 1/3 of the way up from the bottom. Use a ruler or other straight edge to keep it straight and level.
Use basic shapes to develop the house. The near corner is slightly higher than the far edges.
Most lighthouses are cylinder-shaped, but this one is square so use a line to show the corner. It is slightly wider at the base.
There is more than one technique to work out the design for the rocks of the pier that the house is built on. For this picture use the SCRIBBLE TECHNIQUE but don't over-do it. Lightly scribble randomly to get the basic texture and shape of the rocks. You will come back to them and give them more work later. Use the SCRIBBLE TECHNIQUE to design the land across the bay.
Once you have laid out the design of the house the way you like it erase any extra lines and go over the lines that you want to keep.
Go over the random scribbles of the rocks and decide on what you like and go over those parts you like. Erase anything that you don't like. It should look random but interesting. This is going to create a contrasting texture to other elements of the picture.
Use basic shapes to add details like windows and doors.
Use shading carefully at first. Make sure the roof is darker than the shadows of the sides but not black.
The shading on the rocks should be darker than the shading on the house.
The bay has peaceful waters so use long lines going back and forth horizontally to show the gentle rolling waves. The lines are thicker and darker in the foreground and thinner, shorter and lighter in the distance. There should be darker waters at the edge of the rocks.
Make the land across the bay as a silhouette but not too dark.
The sky should have clouds or the picture will look unfinished. The clouds at the horizon are the smallest. The clouds in the middle of the sky are medium-sized and the clouds at the top are the biggest. The different sizes of clouds will give an appearance of distance.
Four clouds you can use the scribble technique and LIGHTLY draw some random circles of different sizes that overlap one another. Go over the parts you like and erase the rest.
Sign and date your art about an inch from the bottom so there is room for a frame.
I hope you draw a beautiful picture!
