Unlike flowers or animals, water is transparent and has no color.
So, how do you sketch this ambiguous compound?
All you’ll need is apencil,eraser,pen, and somepaper.
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Ready to get started?
Then, let’s draw water!
Step 2:
Complete the water dropby drawing the other half.
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Step 4: Go over the drawing in ink
Lastly,go over the drawing in ink.
After the ink is dry, erase any remaining pencil marks, andvoila!
You’ve drawn a drop of water.
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Consider using a reference photo to help you out.
Step 2: Add an oval
Add a narrow ovalwithin the glass.
Its location will depend on how full you want the glass to be.
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It is about halfway full in the drawing above.
Lastly, it is time to finish the drawing bygoing over it in ink.
Using the pen of your choice, carefully trace over the pencil lines.
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You’ve drawn a glass of water.
This can be as realistic or stylized as you want.
you’re free to use the instructions from the first tutorial to complete this step.
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Lastly,go over the drawing in inkand add any necessary texture.
So, draw a curved tube shape and cap it off with a square head.
Step 3: Add texture
Fill in the faucet and water with texture.
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you could use a mix of hatch marks and crosshatching to do this.
Use the pen of your choice to carefully trace over the pencil lines.
Step 3: Finish adding texture
Keep adding textureuntil you’ve filled the body of water.
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Lastly, it is time togo over the drawing in ink.
Then, when the ink is dry, erase any remaining pencil marks.
You’ve completed an illustration of the ocean!
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Step 2: Draw another narrow oval
Next, draw another oval thatintersectswith the first one.
you’ve got the option to use wavy lines that follow the curvature of the puddle.
Feel free to add texture to the surrounding environment as well.
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Stippling is great for rendering dirt, for example.
You’ve drawn a puddle.
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