How to Draw - Mountains in the Mist w/ Commentary
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
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In this video, I will show you the tools and tell you the steps that I took to complete a realistic mountains in the mist landscape scene done in graphite pencils.
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Supplies and general information about video.
Time to draw: About 3 and a half hours.
Paper: Canson 90Ib Drawing sketch book
Pencils: Mostly HB. Also used 4H, 2H for highlights and 2B 4B for shadows.
Erasers: Tuff Stuff Eraser Stick (mechanical eraser) Kneaded eraser
Welcome back everybody to another drawing tutorial. This time I decided to draw one of my favorite subjects which is a mountain landscape. I have done many mountains in the past but I do not believe to this amount of detail.
I start off every mountain sketch in the same way. I will usually sketch the general placement of the mountains and will usually divide them up as to where the highlights and shadows will be placed. I then will usually jump right into the sky.
When I draw the sky in, I picture where I want the clouds and will leave those areas white. I will first shade the sky in with a 2H or HB pencil in a single hatching motion. Try not to vary the angle too much because it will put too much texture into the sky. I will then go over that area with a 2B pencil and make the sky rather dark. After the shading is completed, I will go back into the sky with a blending stump and will blend the bottoms of the clouds with the sky to make them fade. Then using the kneaded eraser, place it on the tops of the mountains and give it a small twisting motion. This will give the clouds a wispy look to them. It helps to convey movement. Then using the dirty blending stump, start to shade the clouds in a bit. Then using any eraser, erase out parts of the clouds again to create volume. I wanted puffy clouds in this picture so I did this several times over to give me the desired effect.
After the sky is finished up. I then go in to the mountains. I will usually divide them up between which side will have highlights and which side will be shaded. I will save the H pencils for the highlight side and use B pencils for the darker side. I start off light then progressively go darker when I am more confident about how I want the mountains to look.
Moving down the drawing. I decided to add in a layer of clouds or mist. I prepared for this by blending out the bottoms of the mountains and carrying that blend line quite a ways down the page. I then did the same procedure for the clouds and started to erase out clouds. Then going back in and adding more shadows again to enhance them and bring them out more.
Going down the page further I drew in a river with some trees lining the shoreline. I wanted to make this tree line interact with the layer of mist. I achieved this by using very light 4H pencils and making very simple verticle lines. With them being so light, it looks like the mist is interacting with them. I also made more lines using darker pencils to make a layering effect. I also put in some details for individual trees to add visual interest.
The next step was the stream. That was rather simple. Just used a darker pencil for the reflections and used an H pencil for the rest of the water. Blending it with a blending stump. The erasing here and there for some white water.
The final piece of the drawing was shoreline closest to the picture plane. I added in some larger trees. I used a total of 3 different pencils for those. 2H for the first layer then an HB and 2B for the shadows to give them depth and volume. The last stages was the shoreline and adding details to the rocks. I also added in some detailed grass at the end.
Hope you all enjoyed this one and I will see you all again soon with another tutorial!
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I have been creative most of my life but never really got serious about drawing until I was in my high school years. Now that I have this drawing channel, it has given me a lot of inspiration and has driven me to become better. Thanks a lot for the comment!
This drawing was quite a bit of an experiment. I had never drawn a tree line in such complex detail before and I am quite surprised by the effect it had overall in the end. That is what I love most about creating landscapes from memory. You never know how it will turn out and it is always a surprise. Thanks for posting!
I am glad that you are sticking around. The channel has been steadily growing over the past year and I am actually surprised by how much bigger it has gotten recently.
It is just something that I picked up over time. I did take a few classes a few years ago but it is just something I kept up with over the years. I have been drawing for most of my life but have been taking it seriously for the past 3-5 years.
Thanks bud! I an honored to have you comment on my video and I am even more so happy to hear that you enjoyed it! Thanks for taking the time to do so! Drawing landscapes does take time to get down and even longer to create cool and interesting subjects doing so. This one will always be one of my favorite ones.
since i was a kid nothing has ever relaxed me more than watching people draw..awesome!
You are not alone there. I prefer it myself especially when I am trying to learn myself. I am finding that the time lapse is more for the ones that like the brief overview of what was done just to see, observe, and take some ideas from it. There is always something to be learned. This video's popularity inspired me to make a real time series about it which is helping out a lot of people.
Haha yeah I remember watching his stuff growing up. I find his positive attitude and passion an inspiration to continue with my work. Thanks for posting!
Great drawing Tyler. I liked the way you made the transition from mountain to river using trees. The layered details of trees there added a mystic appeal to the drawing. Thanks for sharing.
Hey Thanks! It is always good to experience new types of drawings. It really does help to fill the gaps of where you are lacking in other areas. I am glad to see that you stumbled upon my videos! Thanks for stopping by!
Thank you very much! I am very glad to hear that you enjoy what I draw! Thanks for posting!
Don't worry. My older tutorials are very much outdated now and I need to re do them using new techniques and skill that I have acquired over the year. I will start to work on them soon. and I hope those will be able to get you to draw much more than the beginning stages of the drawing. Thanks for posting!
now that is what I call a drawing! I do lots of pen and ink work and I love drawing landscapes. There has been two so called artists who think they can draw and their trees end up looking like flipping mushrooms on tree trunks. Your work is amazing.
Great drawing Tyler. And i really love the mist working its way into the trees on the opposite shore. That was magical.
Yeah they are quite a lot of fun. I used to do a lot of work with them myself! I am glad to hear that you are getting good use out of them!
This is totally insane work! I mean look at the amount of great detail that's in there? It's just incredible... awesome work mate!! I'm speechless! WOW!
I love how you work so traditionally. Great skill!
There are 2 things that took me a long time to get good at drawing: Trees and clouds. Both of which require a similar style and technique but pine trees especially because of their diversity in the shape and size of each branch. But practice makes perfect and I can see myself that I have gotten a lot better at it. Thanks for posting! It is always good to hear from you!
Sounds like a great time to pick up drawing to help pass the time along. It is quite calming really. I really enjoy sharing my learning's with everyone here on youtube. It is comments like yours that inspire me to keep going. Thanks for posting!
Wow, this has really helped me to see how someone else handles the pencils, I have been having some troubles with my shading recently and it is nice to see another artist's technique. I will definitely keep watching, thank you for sharing!
Thanks a lot! I prefer landscapes over pretty much anything else now and it is just what I stick to mostly. Thanks for posting!
I just acquired a knack for them over time. I also did watch a lot of bob ross when growing up. So that must have helped lol. But other than that, it has just been practice and watching other people's videos here on youtube. It is truly a great recourse!
I started small and worked my way up. A while back I took a step back from drawing full scenes and just drew a lot of individual aspects of a landscape. Things like mountains, trees, and general land formation shapes and drawings like that. Everyone learns differently. It just takes patience and see what works for you.
These are the questions that get me thinking. I love to teach my followers on youtube and I try to teach them in the best way they can understand but I find that simple tasks like this can be hard to get the message across. They way I always thought of it is imagine that you can walk in your image or atleast have a scale model of it. Have a light source and imagine how the light would change as you rotate the scale model of it. That is the basics on how I go about doing it. Hope it helps!
I really liked how you reflected the trees on the water , it gave it a nice look.
Thank you very much Sycra for stopping by!! I am honored!!
Fabulous! I really like how you did the mist. Never would have thought of that. Very effective. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you very much! I am glad you enjoy my drawings! Thanks for posting!
I am glad to hear that you enjoyed it! Thanks for posting!
Just awesome!!! I can't believe that anyone can draw so beautiful things!
Awesome! I am happy to hear that you are drawing again. Always inspiring to hear such things. Thanks for taking the time to post!
this is absolutely amazing...im tattoo artist and wanted to branch out and do something more unique so i wanted to do landscape tattoos and your tutorials are helping reach my goals .....so for that i thank you
I am glad that you enjoy it! I really enjoy it myself. I think I actually have an attachment to it! I need to do something nice for it!
Normally I don't really bother to comment videos, but this time I'll make an exception. This was both really well made and helpful at the same time. Thanks man!
Wow!! Excellent sketch. Really like how you explain yourself. I haven't drawn anything in quite awhile but this video makes me want to start again. Sitting at home on workmans comp from a hernia operation plenty of time in the world now.
You are awesome at drawing! Artist like you help me keep up my work so I can improve more. Keep up the good work!
Reminds me of a 'Bob Ross' painting. He loved mountains and water. Awesome detail. Keep up the good work on here!!
Thanks! I love making highly detailed works in pencil. It is a very versatile medium and remains my favorite to use. Thanks for posting!
Also, I've been searching for a very long time these types of drawings.. that have awesome views with very good detail in it and I couldn't find anywhere until I found you!! So, for that I'm thankful because your work inspires me a lot and makes me wanna do drawings of nature to a very high standard level like yours! Thank you once again!! :)
Awesome!! I am glad that you decided to stick around!
Brilliant. My plan is to learn to become half this good. Then the next plan will to become better. Thanks for the good tips. Can't wait to watch step by step version.
superb m8,i have been drawing for 6 mnths and have been drawing faces and animals and i thought i would take a go at one of these mountain sketches and enjoyed doing it and picked up some nice tips,good job
Been drawing most of my life really. I just haven't always taken it so seriously until I got into highschool. Then even more so when I started my account and making videos. Thanks for posting!
Great work, please zoom in more. I'm really impressed by the shading and landscape choice.
I am in love with this picture! I love nature. So, thank you so much for showing me some techniques! You are so talented!
It is hard to say. Every artist is different on how they learn things. I have always loved landscapes and nature in general. I haven't really taken any classes but I am looking now for classes just to help reinforce my knowledge in drawing. Other than that. I used a lot of reference images and things that inspired me. It is really all practice. You will learn and see things over time.
Ooo thank you! I wanted to do something that would show everyone what I would be drawing before I even started it. I think this intro does it well.
I love it!! I enjoy watching your videos. You take the time to explain what you are doing. Thank you for sharing!!!
About 3 and a half to 4 hours to do something in this much detail. Thanks for posting!
your very gifted. I enjoyed seeing you sketch, plus, you have a comforting way of making it look so easy.
This video was absolutely amazing and got me out of a block I haven't drawn in about a month and after this it got me inspired and started drawing again thank you c:
Wow. Master of mountains! Yours are amazing.
your sketching skill is too proffessional and watching it gives a great joy and lesoon for me...thanks for uploading..,
Thanks a lot for the feedback. What you said here pretty much sums up why I make drawing videos. I like to try and inspire others to pick up the craft and with a little bit of time and enjoyment, others can have a great experience. It is a lot of fun. Thanks a lot!
Wonderful! I am happy to hear that it has helped you out! Thanks for posting!
Hey Bud! I am glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for posting!
You know, I do the same thing. I will watch a lot of podcasts with music in the background while drawing. I just enjoy listening to people talk about things while drawing. It helps me to focus myself on drawings. Not sure why but it just does haha.
That was awesome, you have opened my mind to the possibilities.
Wow! I'm SO glad I stumbled across your videos. I've been wanting to learn how to draw nature for quite a while, and be better with details in general, your videos are just great! :) :) Thank you! :)
Thanks a lot for the support! A drawing like this usually will take me around 4 hours give or take to complete.
Amazing picture. Your eye and skill for detail are first class. I'm already learning from you. Keep it up mate
I really enjoy your videos Tyler and the way you talk us through what, why and how you're using the various media. I'm assembling my sketch box based upon your video on that subject - using amazon, Utrech and Pearl here, in South Florida. Can't wait to get started. You are a great motivator!
That's awesome! I draw a lot because it's one of best talents. But I am always drawing animals, so I asked my dad to give me something new to draw. He said mountains, so I looked up different mountain drawings to get the gif of drawing them. I love this, .This is really really good! Thanks a bunch!
love it when you do such amazing art in tonal
i have just finished this drawing after watching your video....((but surely yours is much better))...i just wanna thank you for your effort & these amazing videos :) ........ hope you all the best
Absolutely beautiful artwork
Thanks for this. I got the chance to visit Alaska this spring and I have tons of pictures of misty mountains and I had no idea how to convey the mist.
smiles, yes it is easy to get attached, ty so much for your kind responses to all my questions...you are a great person...
Absolutly A.M.A.Z.I.N.G!! Love thisss!!
Just so enjoyed watching this, so clever, and inspiring
Yeah, I plan to in the future. It is very difficult to do it with drawings like this because it took me over 3 and a half hours to draw but I plan on doing basic aspects of landscapes.
lol you had me going there for a second. I picked up the hobby a while ago and just sort of worked at it. I didn't take too many classes for it. I have a lot of artists in my family as well which may have something to do with it.
I love ur techniques and artistic style...ur simply amazing...
I love this and it's helping me my drawings have gotten so much better since I found these videos I love it thank you
Thanks! Yeah and you were there since the beginning! I was recently looking at some of my older videos and yeah, I have grown a lot. It is just practice and persistence! Thanks for the continued support!
They are both pretty similar mediums for drawing. They both have a range but pencils have a wider range of tones. A lot of oil painters will use charcoal to mark out the painting. Charcoal also can go pitch black while pencil can only go so far. Pencil will also have a lot of shine when you make dark lines while charcoal has almost no shine at all. Pencils and charcoal are pretty much the base materials used for drawing. There is also white charcoal which really comes in handy.
Just takes a bit of practice :) Thanks for stopping by!
It's amazing! You are very, very talented and if I ever start drawing in such detail it will be thanks to you! The mist effect is incredible!
Thank you for sharing your work!
Thanks a lot haha. happy to hear that you enjoyed it. Thanks for writing!
This is amazing!! You are extremely talented! Keep up the great work.
This is amazing. You are an outstanding and aspiring artist
Thank you very much! Thanks for leaving an awesome comment! Feel free to stop by anytime!
The supplies are working great! I have especially enjoyed the white charcoal pencils. I've been doing a lot of artist trading cards with them (on black paper). Really a lot of fun.
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Its So magical what we can create. Much luv from Washington.
Thanks for the tips that I can use. I like doing landscapes. Amazing work.
I will always have a special place for this picture. It is by far one of my favorite ones. I also do think that it is quite magical on how it came out. Thanks for the comment!!
I have considered doing spray paint art. Although I do not have any. My main reason for not really getting into it is the short drying time and the possible lack of control. I think I would have a greater interest in air brushing. Maybe in the future but either method is quite expensive to get into. Thanks for posting!
woah. seriously, your drawings are AMAZING. plus thanks for all the pointers that helped me out!
Glad that you are really getting yourself into it! Thanks a lot for the comment.
I love the fog effect. Beautiful!
Thanks for the awesome comment! I am happy to hear that you also were able to replicate what I did. I hope it came out well! Thanks for posting!
Woah dude, I was just looking at a video from like 6 years ago, you've really improved
Fabulous! A real talented artist!
Talent is a step forward but hard works and skills is the best moving forwards.
Beautifully done. Thank you for sharing your drawings and technique.
Amazing drawing! I've been drawing on and off since I was 2 years old. I've gone years without drawing, but i never seem to loose the ability so that's good lol. Since this pandemic, I've had a lot of time to draw and so I've been drawing more often than I usually did in the past. It feels amazing! I've been watching RUclips videos to get some more tips on different techniques. I used to not be so good at mountains, but this helps a lot so thank you!
This is an amazing drawing! I watched all your videos in full time. I'm really pleased on how my drawing came out. Thank you so much for explaining how to draw this!
smiles, yes it is easy to get attached, ty so much for your kind responses to all my questions...you are a great person...i went to look for them at hobby lobby, they didnt have the sennelier, i did find the fixative i will get that soon... i hope lol...you have helped me out a great deal with all the info u shared to help me get mine started, i wish you the best of luck... elizabeth
Awesome! glad to hear that you enjoyed it! And I hope your drawing comes out well!
Oh dear I loved this. This was a really really good and helpful video! Thank you so much!