How to Draw a Sunset
I am glad to offer you this drawing lesson in which you will learn how to draw a sunset. You will definitely enjoy this lesson!
In this drawing lesson, I would like to tell you how to draw a sunset step by step. You will draw this drawing amazingly beautiful if you follow my recommendations. I am sure that drawing a landscape will be a great workout to improve your artistic skills.
Sunset is the daily disappearance of the Sun below the horizon due to Earth‘s rotation. During sunset, the sky often becomes very beautiful and is painted in bright colors, and also creates a beautiful reflection in water bodies.
During this drawing lesson, you will draw a pretty sunset in the background of a mountain landscape. First, you draw the outlines of the mountains, the sun, and the water body, then add the decorative elements and color the drawing. So, you can start drawing right now!
Materials
- Pencil
- Paper
- Eraser
- Coloring supplies
Time needed: 20 minutes
How to Draw a Sunset
- Draw the outline of the water body.
Depict one straight horizontal line to complete this simple step.
- Add an outline of one mountain.
On the right side, draw one mountain using a curved line.
- Add the outline of the second mountain.
Picture this mountain on the left side using the curved line.
- Draw the sun.
Between the two previously drawn mountains depict the arch to represent the sun.
- Add the elements to the surface of the water.
To draw the surface of the water, draw several straight lines of different lengths.
- Draw the reflection of the sun in the water.
On the surface of the water, draw an arc using a thin curved line.
- Depict the birds.
Over the previously drawn mountains and the sun, add the outlines of birds using curved lines.
- Picture the clouds.
On the sky, draw two clouds using straight, curved, and wavy lines.
- Color the drawing.
To color this drawing, use blue, gray, green, yellow, and shades of orange.
Traditionally, I have prepared a short PDF version of this tutorial for your convenience. Download this file to come back to this lesson when you want to draw again.
How to Draw a Sunset: Additional Instruction
This instruction will help you to greatly improve your skills as an artist, as you will be able to draw any natural or urban landscape using a sunset image in the future. To make this drawing look neater and more interesting for you, I suggest you draw it in a frame.
In this instruction, you will first draw a frame, a horizon line, and then a road and a sun. It is at the stage of coloring this drawing that you will be able to fill this drawing with meaning and depict the beauty of the sunset with the help of bright colors.
Very easy and simple I love it