One of the easiest ways to draw a landscape scene is to work from front to back after determining the horizon line. Then the detail may be added. For instance, if creating a mountain scene with a lake and a road leading to the water, drawing the foreground first will help put the illustration into the proper scale and perspective.
Instructions
Drawing Your Landscape
1. Determine the horizon line. Measure down 1/3 of the page from the top and use a ruler to draw a light horizontal line across the width of the paper.
2. Draw closest objects next, within the lower third of the page. In the case of a mountain and lake scene, draw a wide road that narrows and comes together as it moves closer to the middle third of the page.
3. Draw the lake into the middle third of the page, with the farthest shore against the horizon line and the closest shore down toward the narrowing of the road.
4. Fill in the horizon line with the mountains using a series of inverted "V" lines in various heights and widths. Make the highest points the farthest away.
5. Fill in the details. This is where all the extra aspects of the drawing will be added. The detail is drawn with better precision for those objects that are closest and more vague strokes as you move into the distance. Make jagged lines toward the mountain peaks. Add trees along the shoreline closest to the mountains. Add rippling water lines to the lake. Draw in grasses and flowers along the closer shoreline. Add boulders, grasses and perhaps a large bush or a fence line alongside the road.
6. Once you are happy with your landscape, darken the lines and add shadowing to give it definition. You can use ink to darken only the lines you want to appear. To shadow your drawing, imagine that the sun is shining in a certain direction or upon an object within your scene, then determine where to add light shadowing.
