How To Draw a Scene Viewed Through a Grassy Foreground

How to draw a picture of a scene viewed through a grassy foreground.

Sometimes, you see pictures like this one where the grass or reeds or something is close and the landscape is viewed through it. I thought it would be a good practice project for some students, so I put together a little handout for it, which became this worksheet below.

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This worksheet is for students, but it is helpful for anyone who wants to learn to draw or practice. Sometimes a teacher or artist just needs a project to get things going and this drawing worksheet is perfect as an activity to start.  

When I created this worksheet, I did not expect anyone to recreate the drawing precisely as I did. I offer this lesson more as guidance. The student may begin with my design and then modify it on their own.

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Start with the horizon. Do not put the horizon line in the exact center it is boring and looks like you cut the picture in half.  

Even though the background scene is going to be part hidden by the grasses you still want to have a fully developed design. Draw this lightly so you can erase parts later when you add the grasses in the foreground.

Use basic shapes like rectangles, triangles, squares, and half-circles to design the farm scene. 

Keep the farm scene interesting by placing one building behind another. Give the second building a different angle.

Develop the background landscape by adding trees, or distant hills. When you draw one row of trees behind the other it gives the picture a sense of distance. 

Do not overdo the design, you just want to have a design so you can build upon it at a later stage. Besides if you do too much work on the background you may feel bad when you place the grasses on top and thereby hide all the work.

Draw some guidelines to start the grasses with, have them bending in the wind. 

The grasses are like wheat and have seeds. The seeds are drawn like ovals pointing inward and downward. Use guidelines to keep them even on both sides of the stalks. They get smaller toward the top. After you draw the seeds, erase the extra lines and add shadows to give them shape.   

Add details to the background but do not overdraw the distant background. Add texture to the trees and light shadows to the trees. The shadows in the distance are lighter than the shadows near the front. 

The fields have grass. Draw the grass in random rows. The distant rows may be only horizontal lines. The rows become more detailed and darker as they progress to the foreground.

Add details and shading to the farm. Use shading and light to keep the structures separate.

Put some clouds in the sky because an empty sky looks incomplete.  

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(c) Adron 3/10/2021

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Free How to Draw the Watermill by the Pond Worksheet and Art Lesson

This is a free how-to-draw worksheet and art lesson for drawing a picture of a watermill.

WATERMILLS

Watermills are a nostalgic thing of a past time. The river moves the wheel and causes the mill to turn inside the building. You do not see them very often except where they have been preserved as a historical site. Often the buildings are old and wooden and maybe a little rundown, so if your drawing has problems with straight lines or getting the perspective correct it is ok because it is telling the story of an old watermill.

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This worksheet took about a week to create I started with inspiration from a calendar and sketched it a few times adding elements and taking elements out of the picture. It takes several drafts of a picture to get the ideas and composition right, so do not get discouraged if your picture does not turn out perfect on the first try, just tell yourself it is a rough draft that you can use for reference when you do the next and final drawing.  

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PROJECT NOTES.

Start by drawing lightly so you can erase later. 

Normally, when you begin be sure to NOT put the point of interest in the exact center because that is boring. 

However, this is not a normal landscape but like a portrait of the watermill so it is excusable to center the structure. 

The horizon where the sky meets the treetops. it is high up in the picture. Just draw it like a wavey line at first, you will come back to it later. 

Use basic shapes to outline the watermill. If you have problems drawing the wheel use the lid from a jar and trace around it. (it is not cheating it is using a tool).

Use more basic shapes to add details like windows. 

Outline rows of trees in the background. Give them some interest and random shapes so they do not look like rows of broccoli.

Outline the shrubbery around the pond They are half circles one behind the other. Outline the fence in the foreground. It is basically a bunch of long rectangles but make them crooked so it looks old. Our fence is not solid but has an opening so the viewer won't feel there is something keeping them out of the picture.

What makes this an interesting picture is all the different textures. As you are adding the details keep focusing on the textures. 

The roof has rows of shingles. Draw some light guidelines across so they stay even. Draw the singles at the same angle as the angle of the roof. Do not draw every single one, Make them random and interesting. 

The sides of the buildings have wood planks but the planks on the one building are verticle and on the other horizontal. Draw guidelines first and then go back and give them a rough look. There is a stone foundation that has a texture of lots of short lines at right angles.

 

Add the texture of the leaves. The shrubs in the foreground have larger leaves shown as dashes or fat squiggles, in the middle ground as thinner dashes, and in the distance as dots.  The leaves around the fence are shaped like the letter "V."  Some leaves point one way and some another.

Take your time as you give the leafy textures and the wood a rough look. 

The far trees are lighter use smaller textures and lighter touches. The trees close by are darker so use a darker texture and a heavier touch. 

Use only a few wavey lines for the water. Don't overdo the water so it stays shiny.

Add shadows, but do not overdo it. Keep the shadows all on one side since the sun is on the other. 

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(c) Adron 2/5/21

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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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Printable How To Draw Worksheet, Mountain Lake With An Island In It.

This is a Free How To Draw A Mountain Lake With An Island In It Worksheet

Here is a free worksheet that offers an approach to creating a picture when you do not have any reference materials to work with.

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Start with a light pencil. Use the scribbling technique to come up with ideas for the picture. Scribble the background mountains. Draw the line for the distant water's edge and use an oval for the island.

Go over the scribble mountains by choosing the lines that make it look like a mountain range with different ridges and shapes. The distant mountains will be lighter and have less detail. The near mountains will have more detail and be darker. Scribble in the rough trees on the island and give some interesting shapes, like rocks, to the island.

Continue to develop the picture by adding more texture and shadows to the mountains, trees, and water. Add the trees on the far shore with up pointing strokes of the pencil. Add darkness to the island and trees. The water is darker closer to the bottom, and lighter by the distant shore.

I hope you draw a masterpiece!

(c) Adron D.11/5/16

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How to Draw A Waterfall Printable Worksheet.

This is a free how-to draw a waterfall art lesson and a printable worksheet. 

This lesson and printable how-to-draw a waterfall worksheet are good ways to draw a beautiful and peaceful scene that can be the background or focus of a beautiful picture.

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BEGINNINGS
Start with the main horizon. First, draw a jagged line for the top of the cliff.
Second, draw the line for the distant pool.
Third, draw the waterfall as long downward-flowing lines. Give a few humps where the water splashes over rocks.

DEVELOPING THE COMPOSITION
The waterfall flows over a cliff. Outline the sides of the cliff with ridges that flow down and inward. Use straight, jagged lines. Add boulders and rocks at the bottom near the water.

Add the texture of plants. Draw "m" shapes for the top edges of the bushes and "V" shapes for the bottom. The plants follow the direction of the cliffs, down and inward.

Add trees above the cliff. The bushes hang over the side of the cliff.

The edge of the water has boulders and boulders stick up from the water. Draw the boulders as rounded shapes like the letter "D" on its back.

Use thin lines going back and forth for the water. Put more lines lower near the front, so it is darker and fewer lines higher near the back edge, so it is lighter; this gives some contrast between the water and the cliffs.

TEXTURE
Keep adding the leaves going over and down the cliffs. Use a lot of scribbly lines and leaf-like shapes. Add more sharp jagged lines for the rough feel of the cliffs.

SHADING
The waterfall is light, and everything else is darker. Put shadow on the side of the rocks and under the plants, and under the trees.

(c) Adron D. 2/27/16 

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How To Draw Craggy Distant Mountains

This is a free printable how-to-draw worksheet for craggy mountains.

Here is a how-to-draw craggy distant mountains worksheet that will help the young artist develop skills at drawing a basic feature of a landscape and push him beyond mere triangles in the background.

There is more than one way to do anything, and I use different methods in my drawings. This method is a favorite of mine and has served me well in creating many pictures.

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How To Draw The Craggy Mountains Worksheet.

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BEGINNINGS
Remember, you are not drawing a mountain but a range of mountains. Some will be in the background behind others, and little hills will be low in the middle ground.

 Use short straight jagged lines to scribble shapes that are slightly triangular in shape. Keep them in different sizes and shapes.  One should be higher than the others it should be near the center if they are all the same height it would be boring.

Draw the middle ground hills as long wavy lines.  Draw the meadow in the foreground as a straight line.

DEVELOPING THE FORM.
Use short choppy jagged lines to work out the many cliffs and folds of the mountain.
Use shorter jagged lines to mark off the snow caps on the tops of the mountains. Do not just make them straight but give them an interesting shape.

SHADING AND TEXTURE
Decide which side the sun is on, and take your time to add the shadows on the opposite side of each mountain. Use dots, small scribble marks and short choppy lines to give the sides of the mountains some texture. The farthest mountains will be lighter and not have much texture.

The rolling hills have trees on top, and the meadow has a line of trees where they meet the hills. Draw these with short up and down scribbly marks. 

(c) Adron D. 1/26/16

Helpful Tips for Drawing Landscape Worksheet.

Tips for drawing a landscape lesson and worksheet. 

The free worksheet at the bottom of this page and the project notes below may be printed by teachers and parents for personal use and classroom instruction.

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INTRODUCTION
There are many ways to draw a landscape these tips are what works for me.

HORIZON
As a rule, do not put the horizon in the middle of the picture. If it is in the middle it just divides the picture in half and looks boring and like the artist does not have imagination. Put the horizon high on the page if you want to develop the foreground or put it low on the page if you want to have more sky.

The horizon may be mountains hills trees city buildings or anything that is where the land meets the sky.

THREE GROUNDS.
To give the picture realism have a background, a middle-ground, and a foreground. The background will be pale and lack detail. The middle ground will have some detail and a few colors. The foreground will have a lot of color dark areas and details.

THE GOLDEN MEAN
In every picture is a place of interest, some call it the golden mean. It is not right in the middle because that would be boring. Imagine the picture is divided in half then the golden mean would be a third way up from the bottom of one half and halfway across.

BRING YOUR EYE IN
Use a road, a river, a row of the fence post, or the curve of hills to bring your eye into the picture. Your eye will follow the strong lines so they show you how to look at the picture.

Pen illustration for how to draw a landscape.

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(C) Adron Dozat 2/9/14

How To Draw Beautiful Clouds Worksheet.

How to draw beautiful clouds, a drawing lesson, and a printable worksheet.

Tips on how to draw beautiful clouds is a printable worksheet that will help the young artist to draw confidently and create interesting skies in their pictures.

Parents, teachers, and home school communities may print the drawing worksheet below for personal and class use. To print just highlight and send to your printer or save to print later.

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How To Draw Clouds Worksheet.

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We will draw fluffy clouds.

Start with the top clouds. They will be the largest.

The bottoms are flat. Draw as a few straight lines.

The tops are lots of circles bunched together. Go over the top edges of the circles to give the cloud shape. Put some inside not just on the tops.

Draw the clouds below the top ones. These are farther away and will have smaller circles and shapes.  Have some of the clouds go up and behind the first ones you did.

The smallest clouds will be the ones near the horizon. Put some peeking up over the distant mountains.

Draw some clouds off the side of the picture for interest and to let people know the scene goes beyond the view.

(c) Mr. Adron 9/9/13

How to Draw a Garden Gate Worksheet

I am delighted to share this how-to-draw a garden gate drawing lesson and printable worksheet with you. 

A garden gate can be an exciting feature in a landscape or rural scene. This project is not difficult and can be rewarding as a confidence-builder.

How to Draw a Garden Gate Worksheet.

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Start with the middle ground and draw a wiggly line for the bushes at the bottom of the fence. Then draw a guideline for the top of the fence. A third wiggly line makes the horizon with a line of distant treetops.

Draw a large "S" for the path. You will erase part of this later, so draw lightly. The path is wider at the bottom and narrower by the gate.

Draw the fence slats as thin rectangles standing in a row. Give them an edge; you can do this with a shadow on one side so they won't look flat.

The gate is open, so the lines get closer by the edge of the gate.

Using a louse scribbling technique, outline the tree behind the fence.

Add details to the fence like the cross beam, the hinges, and texture to the bushes at the bottom.

The bushes across the field are darker, so the fence is in light contrast.

The stone steps are bigger at the bottom of the picture and smaller at the top.

Use different textures on the tree trunk and on the leaves.

Add texture to the distant trees but keep it simple.

I hope you draw a masterpiece!

(c) Mr. Adron 4/28/13

How To Draw A Windmill Worksheet

How to draw a windmill, drawing lesson and printable worksheet.

This free how to draw a windmill worksheet may be downloaded to your device and printed easily.

How to draw a windmill is a fun project that can add interest to any scene or stand by itself.

How to Draw a Windmill Worksheet

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The basic shape is a cone with sloping sides. It has a rounded dome top and a rectangle base. Use a guideline down the center to keep the slope even on both sides.

Draw a circle in the center of the dome top for the hub of the vanes. From the hub, circle draw a large "X" for the vanes. The vanes are thin rectangles made up of smaller evenly spaced rectangles. Place 15 or 20 evenly spaced marks on each vane to help keep the ribs even. Once all are marked then carefully draw the ribs across the vanes. You have options since some windmills have pieces going back and forth for support some have a cloth covering the vanes.

There is a support structure at the back going across the back and down. It is drawn as simple lines.

Add a window or two. The windows have little roofs over them and little shelves below.

Add a walk-around deck with a railing before you do the wood siding or the stone base. The railing is a line going across with shorter lines going down.

The base is stone. Draw the stones randomly without trying to draw every single stone but give an impression. There is a door in the base; it is a double rectangle frame with two rectangles inside.

The wood siding is drawn as a texture, use short horizontal lines, keep them random so it will not be boring or predictable.

Add trees in the background and clouds in the sky.

I hope you draw a wonderful picture!

(c) Mr. Adron 3/18/13

How To Draw A Rural Barn, Art Lesson

How to Draw a Rural Barn drawing lesson and worksheet

This is an easy and satisfying art project. Barns add interest, dimension, and character to any landscape picture.

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How to Draw a Barn in the Country, Drawing Lesson, and Worksheet.

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Start by a quick layout in light pencil. Draw the barn at an angle, it is more interesting and gives you a chance to illustrate two sides instead of just one.  Don't worry if your barn is not straight; many lean over with age, and some have beams holding them up.

Use the vanishing point concept to help get the perspective correct. The vanishing point is the point where the lines appear to touch if they were viewed in infinity. A low vanishing point makes the structure look low like in a valley, a high vanishing point makes the structure look like it is on a hill, and a central vanishing point makes the structure look like it is level with the viewer.

How To Draw A Rural Barn Worksheet. 

The triangle side of the roof is the hardest, find the center of the narrow side and lightly draw a line from the bottom up to where you want the tip of the roof to be. From the top of this guideline draw two lines down and out to the corners of the barn. This triangle will be lopsided because one corner is closer to the viewer.

Some barns are made out of stone or brick, the barn in the example is wood, (but feel free to add stone or brick in your project). The lines of the planks go up and down; leave some gaps and spaces, and keep some planks irregular.

To draw the shingles on the roof use short lines going parallel to the edges to give the effect.  Cross a few of these short lines and make some like the letter "L."

Some barns have windows and some do not, it is up to you. Make the shadows inside uneven, not solid or flat, so it looks like the barn has something inside or light filtering in. The barn door and windows will have the same perspective where the top lines and bottom lines appear to meet at the vanishing point.

Add some other structures like a silo, as in the illustration, sheds, or water tower.

Use a road or fence to "lead the eye" into the picture, this road or fence would start low and look like it is starting from outside the picture then goes up to a point of interest such as the barn door, around behind the barn, or another logical place, this tells people how to look at the picture.

Create a background like a fence, orchard, meadow, or mountains.

A barn might have stuff laying around so add a few crates, tools, wheelbarrow, wagon or tractors to dress your picture up.

Illustration For How To Draw A Barn

(c) Adron

Simple Perspective Worksheet - Distance

This Free simple perspective worksheet is ideal for young students or beginners trying to develop their art skills in landscape and interior drawing. I created this little handout for my young art students.

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Simple Perspective of Distance.
 

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Illustration 1. is some poles beside a road. The poles in the foreground are larger; their tops and bottoms go higher and lower than the ones behind. Each pole in the row is shorter than the one before, its base is higher on the page, and its top is lower on the page. As they approach the vanishing point, they become closer together. The last is the smallest. In the real world, the poles are the same size, but in the plain of the picture, they look smaller as they recede.

Illustration 2. is some steps leading up. The step in the foreground is bigger by being wider and taller than the ones behind it in the distance). The next step is more narrow on the sides and lower on the top, just slightly. Each step becomes more narrow and shorter than the one before (below).

Illustration 3. is some hills. The hill in the foreground dominates the lower third of the example because it is closer. The hills behind it are not so big; this impression is created by the hill be drawn narrower than the one before it, the hill behind is even more narrow, and the last hill is almost on top of the one in front of it. Each hill has less space between it and the ones before as they recede toward the horizon.

(C) Adron 10/4/12

How To Draw A Palm Tree Lesson Worksheet

This is a how-to-draw a Palm tree worksheet that you may print and use.

How To Draw A Palm Tree, is a simple how-to-draw worksheet that will give the young artist confidence in drawing a simple palm tree. It can be part of a larger scene or as a stand-alone picture.  Parents, teachers, and homeschool families will be able to use this at school and at home. It is a perfect project to fill in a few extra minutes of class time or it can be an art lesson all by itself.

Palm trees add interest and scope to pictures of the beach or the islands. They are easy to draw and mistakes are easy to fix.

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How To Draw a Palm Tree Worksheet.

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LESSON NOTES

BEGINNING STEPS
The basic shape is like a lolly-pop with a curved stick. Draw really light so you can erase. Don't make the trunk straight but make the trunk curved or shaped like an "S." It starts out as two lines that are wider at the bottom and narrower at the top but keep it skinny.

LEAVES
Start the leaves by making ten or eleven lines from the top of the trunk outward to the circle of the "lolly-pop." Group them in twos and threes and leave a few gaps to give interest. Draw the leaves by outlining them first; use two lines that go from the top of the trunk to the edge marked by the ten or so lines you drew before, they should look like swords or feathers. Draw them each different; some are going to be turned, some will be twisted, and for some only one side is showing. Erase the extra marks. Finish the leaves with short lines going out from the long center leaf lines. Avoid repeated patterns.

DETAILS
The coconuts are ovals, draw only two or three. They are grouped together at the top of the trunk. Don't make them side by side put one behind and only part showing.

The bottom of the trunk spreads out just a little, its roots are like fingers.

At this point, you may want to go over it with markers or color pencils.

Add shadows to the trunk, leaves ground and coconuts. Add a beach, a boat,  the ocean and maybe a sunset or a seagull.

Don't rush through it take your time and take a few breaks. It will be a drawing you can be proud of.

(c) Adron 6/11/12

How To Draw A Garden Lamp Post

How to Draw a  Lamppost

How to draw a garden lamp is a fun art lesson.

This printable drawing worksheet and art lesson is an easy and fun project that the young artist will quickly master. Drawing a garden scene is easy, and an old-style lamp on a post makes it interesting.


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Printable How To Draw A Garden Lamppost Worksheet

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PRINTABLE PROJECT NOTES

Start by outlining the lamp post lightly in the center of the page or to make it interesting off to the side. The lamp post is just two lines going up and down. The top of the lamp post has the lamp and it is shaped like a diamond.

Add windows and frames for the windows. Add some details like a ball on the top and a little cuff between the lamppost and the lamp. Remember to make it look round by using a shadow that goes from light to dark.

The flowers start as a lot of large circles draw them lightly so you can erase them later. Make a dot in the center of each circle. Starting at the dot draw skinny diamond shapes for the petals of the flowers. Make lots of leaves shaped like spades or hearts.

The bricks start out as three curved lines that go all the way around for the planter. Divide the lines by drawing up and down lines to make individual bricks. Use an alternating pattern for interest. Draw a line for the top of the bricks but do it lightly so you can have some flowers and leaves going over them. Draw grass to cover the bottom. Add a few chips and dots for roughness.

For background, I put in a wall with the same brick pattern but I used bigger shapes.  Make these lighter and use less detail.  Behind the wall, I have a row of trees. I made these with even less detail by just using a few scribbled lines, and shadows.

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Sometimes, it takes me hours to create these how-to-draw worksheets, but I do it so that I can give back. I believe that when you have been given a gift, it is so you can be a gift to others, and I hope these worksheets are a means of blessing to you. You are welcome to print as many as you like.

If you like my example, you can include the path. The grass outlines the path. I used irregular oval shapes for the stepping stones. Make the path curve. A curved path is more interesting and brings the eye into the picture.

How to draw a garden lamp post

(c) Adron D 5/12/12

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How to Draw the Arch Stone Bridge

This is a free printable worksheet for  How to Draw The Stone Arch Bridge.

This worksheet will help give some ideas about how to draw a stone bridge picture.

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How to draw a stone bridge in the woods

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PRINTABLE LESSON NOTES

This project is a little more complicated since it has a structure in a forest.  The arched stone bridge makes a great contrast to the woods, both in shape and texture.

Always start with the horizon, but here we are under the trees, so there is no normal horizon, but I added the light at the edge of the woods and the bushes. You would not put the focus or point of interest in the center, but this time, it works. Draw the bridge as two arches, then draw the "S" curve of the creek with two big "S"s. Sketch the rocks and the tree trunks for the front trees lightly.

Develop the foreground by adding the texture of leaves on the ground. Create shadows and roughness on the rocks with jagged strokes with your pencil. Shade and texture the tree trunks and add leaves.

The bridge is foreground so add stones and shading. Make the stones different shapes. Draw them lightly with a 2b pencil and after they look good, go over them with a darker pencil like a 4 or 6.

Keep the background light by only using a 2b or HB pencil. Don't put in a lot of details in the background. Just suggest trees and bushes with a few outlines.

Build up the foreground with 4b pencils and more details and more leaves. Put a shadow under the bridge and leave the rest of the creek alone, so it is white.

Take your time. A drawing like this can take hours, but it will be beautiful when you are done.

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© Adron D. 11/5/11 

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How to draw a country cottage

This is a free printable worksheet, How to Draw a Country Cottage.

  It is easy and fun to draw.

How To Draw A Cottage 

You can add interest to any landscape or rural scene with this little country cottage; it's just perfect for Granny or the old hermit to live in.

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Printable How to Draw a Country Cottage Updated worksheet

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Sometimes it takes me hours, but I create these how-to-draw worksheets, but I do it so that I can give back because I believe that when you have been given a gift, it is so you can be a gift to others, and I hope these worksheets are a means of blessing to you. You are welcome to print as many as you like.If the image above gives you trouble, then try the PDF below. It should work better. 

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Printable notes.

This is easy to draw using some basic shapes and a ruler for straight lines. The neat thing about a country cottage is they are often old and lean a little bit, so if the lines are not straight, it is OK; even a good thing because it will look like a real cottage that has been in the forest for a long time and about to fall over a little bit. (Somewhere, there is a cottage about to fall over; you might be drawing it and not even know it).

Remember the perspective, things get smaller as they go any distance, so use a vanishing point. That is the point far away from where the lines would appear to touch if they continued. I tried to illustrate this in the project paper below. If you pay attention to this rule, your cottage will look more realistic. If the vanishing point is too low, the cottage looks like you are looking down on it from a hill, or if it is too high, it looks like you are looking up at it from below. Put the vanishing point just a little below the center of the house, and it seems almost normal.

Draw the basic outline first, then look everything over and make any corrections. Now decide where windows and doors and things are going to be. Just outline them and when you have all the ideas in place, add the extra details like shutters or ivy, or hinges. These things are primarily rectangles and triangles.

Add extras like ivy crawling up the side of the house or a brick half wall at the bottom. Do not draw every brick in the chimney or every shingle on the roof, just enough to tell the story of bricks and shingles. For the roof shingles, draw the capital letter "L" all over the place, and it will look like shingles. For the stone around the bottom half of the wall, I draw each stone differently- it is easy to draw circles but boring, so keep changing the shapes and leave a little space between them. The ivy leaves are shaped like hearts and upside-down teardrops. Put a fence in front of your drawing by drawing lots of skinny rectangles.

The secret to this project is to take your time and enjoy the project. Add things like gardens, trees, a fence, a birdbath, or a swing.

Add trees behind and around the house and bushes.

 Below I did an example with some watercolors; it took about 2 and one-half hours. Take your time, and you will be happy with the results.  I sometimes take breaks or work on it for a little each day for a few days. It is worth it to have a finished painting you are proud of.  

Example for How to Draw a Country Cottage (c) Adron 2011

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(c) Adron D. 10/9/11

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How to Draw a Lighthouse,

How to draw a lighthouse.

I am glad to share this free printable How To Draw A Lighthouse Worksheet.

It is a simple picture of a lighthouse and is easy to draw. You only need to know how to draw a straight line with a ruler, how to draw jagged lines like lightning bolts, and how to draw curvy lines.

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Printable How to Draw a Lighthouse Worksheet

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PRINTABLE LESSON NOTES

BEGINNINGS
Draw the horizon first, do not make it too high or too low, and avoid putting it in the middle.

The bluff starts a little above the horizon. The cliff starts as a jagged line. The beach begins as a bent line. Draw a guideline straight up and down for the center of the lighthouse.

DETAILS
The top of the lighthouse is slightly arched upward. The bottom is somewhat arched downward. Draw the top first, then the bottom, use the guideline you drew to keep things even. Lastly, draw the sides- use a ruler for straight lines.  Use jagged lines to fill in the cliff. Add a few more bent lines for the waves.

Draw the light ray before filling in the sky, be careful that you don't draw over it when you fill in the clouds.

SKY
Fill up the sky with dark clouds make the sky dark but keep the light ray white. Use curvy lines for the tops of the clouds and straight lines for the bottoms. Shadow in the back of the lighthouse and the jagged cliffs keep the cliffs irregular and interesting. Make the ocean dark. The sky is darkest at the top and pales at the bottom. Leave parts of the ocean pale for the waves by the beach.
I did this drawing in 20 minutes with ink markers.  If you take your time, yours will look much better than mine.

Example of how to draw a lighthouse

(c) Adron D. 9/27/11

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