Drawing a Beach Scene with Sun and Sand

In this tutorial we'll draw a beach using basic drawing tools and custom shapes tool etc.
To add finishing touches we'll apply some soft gradient.

Draw a big rounded rectangle of almost canvas size.

Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown.
 Create a shape using pen tool as shown.

Have a look at the flash clip below to see how we did this.
 Create a circle using elliptical shape tool.

Now select direct selection tool, right click and select delete bottom anchor point as shown.
Now reduce the opacity of semi circle to 77% as shown.
Create a rectangle using rectangular shape tool.
 Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown.

Select custom shape tool (U). From the preset flyout menu at the top select bird2 as
shown below.
 Draw a bird shape with white color and place it as shown.

Press Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer. Place it another postion in the sky

Select the pen tool. Draw a shape as shown below.

Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown.
 Press Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer. Move it downwards.

Repeat the above step to create another duplicate and move it a few pixel down.

Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown.
Select pen tool and create some shapes thtat look like waves. Fill the shapes with
diffrent shades of yellow and orange.
 Create a pebble shape using pen tool as shown below.

Populate the sand area with small pebbles of diffrent shapes and sizes. Fill with diffrent
shades to add variation.