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RE: Landscape drawing exercise

in WORLD OF XPILARlast year

Hi,
Beautiful work.
I would make the far trees with lighter brightness value than the foreground tree.
Due to atmospheric perspective (the amount of atmosphere particles with distance), things get lighter with distance, with less contrast and details. Even their edges may become softer, and their color is less saturated, and becomes a bit like the sky color.
So, I'd suggest drawing most contrast and details in the foreground tree, making its dark areas darker than the background trees, and its light areas lighter than the background trees.
The same thing works for the ground.
Look in the next example how background mountains become lighter and with fewer details:

seashore-oil-painting.jpg

Same effect here. Look how the foreground trees are sharp and with details, while the background trees are with soft edges, less contrast and details:

path-in-forest-oil-painting.jpg

In addition, I would draw the foreground clouds bigger.
Background clouds are lower toward the horizon, like background trees are higher toward the horizon.
This will demonstrate that:

horizon-for-depth-when-drawing.jpg

I really like your drawing. It has a sense of depth. The foreground tree overlaps the tree behind it, which makes the illusion of depth even better.
Great job.

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 last year 

Thank you very much for your detailed answer. I will try again! I always draw single objects or some little composition, while I find landscapes very difficult. Your drawings are great!

 last year 

It is difficult, yet doable.
With practice, everything becomes easier.
The more you get out of your comfort zone, the more you learn.
And feel free to ask anything you want.
Here are some quick tips:
How to draw with a sense of depth.

 last year 

Thank you! I have months of exercises just with this guide! 🎨

 last year 

:o)

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