Drawing
Nature
Capture the beauty of the outdoors
using pencils and other drawing materials
Stanley MaltzmanART INSTRUCTION
Drawing Nature
hat better inspiration—and what better studio—than the incredible
outdoors? This book will show you how to capture in sketches
and drawings the many faces and moods of nature—cloud
shadows playing on majestic mountains...the constantly changing lights of the
Cumulus skies...clegant birches, tranquil ponds, a sparkling blanket of snow. Grab your _
Clouds sketchpad and enjoy the open-air art of nature drawing! |
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STEP 1: Maltzman lays down the initial STEP 2: Working lightly so he can make ‘STEP 3: Once the shapes are pretty well
tone of the sky with a 4B graphite pencil, changes, Maltaman gives the cloud mass worked out, it’s time to give them more
then adds a second layer with a B pencil some dimension. He puts the darkest darks definition by adding a little more tone. The
The difference in value—plus the smaller, _in the main cloud shapes, which guide him _tree shapes are balanced by the small cloud
distant clouds—give the picture perspective. _as to how dark the receding clouds and shape on the right.
‘mountain should be.
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charcoal—but don’t overwork and destroy this happy accident. Collection of
‘When drawing water, keep it simple to avoid a labored look. Teens Shears
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30656 M780891About the Author
Stanley Maltzman is a naturalist artist
years of living in the Hudson
Maltzman’s drawings have been widely
exhibited in museums and galleries around
ntry, including the America
jemy of Arts and Letters, the Natic
ny of Design, the Capricor
id the Carnegie Museum of
g belief that good painting
1s from the ability to draw well leads
workshops for high school and adult
students. Maltzman
t the Hudson River Workshops in
Greenville, New York. F
in American Artist and is listed in Wh
Art. He is a member of
Pastel Society of America and the
Hudson Valley Art Association.