I hate trying to draw landscape

[Iaartist]

I have been working on this for some time now and today I did the grass and ground and I don't like it. I tried many different ways to do it and it just don't work for me. I am almost finished with this one. There is lettering on the trains, but I can not for the life of me see what it says on the reference photo.


http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/10-Mar-2008/75586-DSC00109.JPG (http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/Uploader/upload_image_save2.php#)

[SQuiP]

Don't enjoy drawing landscapes either, but yours looks pretty good from here :)
Maybe you have a close-up of the grass?

Personally I like using dark graphite, a smudger stick and a very sharp erasor for grass/hair, but generally try to avoid it all together!
A student of mine is busy with a grassland that fills almost the entire page and I certainly don't envy her!!

[Iaartist]

this is more like small bushes, Thats how I did it too and then lifted graphite in area's to highlight. I will post a close up.

[Iaartist]

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/10-Mar-2008/75586-DSC00110.JPG (http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/Uploader/upload_image_save2.php#)
The ground is sort of rocky or light hard ground with pebbles. It's a gypsum mine.

[*Deirdre*]

Hi Linda...this is looking good! Mike Sibley does a good tutorial on grasses...but I've lost everything on my harddrive so I don't have the url I think it's Mikesibleyfineart...:confused: That was nearly it...I googled it.. (http://www.sibleyfineart.com/).:D

[visualmusic]

For someone that doesn't like to draw them, you sure are good at them! :)

Julie

[Iaartist]

Thanks Deirdre!
Thanks for all your kind comments everyone.

[loralee55]

I think your grass looks great. infact the whole picture is wonderful. i like landscapes ad enjoy drawing them. maybe i'll post one some time:wave: