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Today I am going to show you how to draw 3 kinds of mountains and 3 kinds of trees!
You can use these drawings in your bullet journal or anywhere your heart desires!
Before we begin, I do want to mention that if you’re interested in how I find inspiration
or want to see a behind scenes to my illustrations even if you’re not into journaling, please
check out my last video, the link is in my description and in the upper right hand corner!
The first mountain is inspired by the ones I've seen in traditional Chinese paintings
and by ranges of the Yellow mountain also in China.
They are flat compared to what we normally associate with mountains but this is proof
that mountains have so many variations.
Start of with the top outline after you’ve determined the placement by penciling in a
rectangle the size you want your mountain to be.
For all of these drawings, I am starting off the same way with pencil to make sure I like
the size and look of it before I ink.
Don't worry too much about following my lines perfectly as long as they are a little rough
and have some peaks.
Now go through and add vertical lines on the peaks or wherever you want there to be shadow.
Add in outlined areas to be filled in representing the different levels of rocks.
Put in some additional shadows wherever you want and add in more rough lines and you’re
pretty much done.
So, if you’re wondering how I decide where to put the shadows, here’s a little example.
Mainly the shadows are determined by your imaginary sun.
So if the sun shines on your right, then the shadows should mostly be on the left.
The best way to understand the concept is to take a flashlight and shine it on an object
and mess around with the angles of it.
With mountains since they are made up of many uneven areas, you can get away with adding
in more shadows when you want to and you can make it up as you go.
So, play around with it and remember to have fun with it.
The second mountain is inspired by the Teton ranges as part of the rocky mountains.
These have very pointy peaks versus the flatter ones in China.
Again start off with the top line determining the peaks.
And then where the peaks are, add in your semi vertical lines and areas where you think
may have shadow.
For now you can follow along with me to get the hang of it, but I am pretty confident
you guys can eventually start making up your own mountains!
Add in the diagonal lines, making sure they are somewhat similar in direction, to create
the dimension.
A little tip for this part is that the lines do not need to be the same length.
Mess around with shorter and longer diagonal lines to indicate where the shadows are darker
or where they are a little lighter.
And you can also go back and add in another layer of lines to make the darker shadows
even darker.
The third mountains have more subtle peaks than the first two but you can do draw these
the same exact way as the first two.
Start off with the top outline to determine your peaks and then go from there, using your
creative intuition to design the mountain ranges the way you want.
Experiment with the placement of your shadows, details, and outlines to see what works and
what doesn’t.
The beauty and joy of drawing mountains is that it doesn’t take much to make them look
like good, so make sure you keep your pen and pencils lose and draw how you feel.
Next I have 3 different styles of trees that you can use depending on if you want them
more stylized and simplified, decorative, or realistic.
The first tree is very simplistic.
Start off with a centerline and then add an arrow head to the top, and then more arrowheads
down along the centerline making them larger as you go.
Play around with the adding in thicker lines if you want to make it a little bolder.
The second tree is a little more decorative. Start off with the same centerline
and then add in random lines and extensions of those lines to form branches from the centerline.
Finish off with different sized circles on the tips of the branches and anywhere else you want to fill in the tree
Experiment with this one by adding in leaves or flowers.
And then finally the last tree is a little more realistic, mainly using diagonal and scribbles to build the details of the branches,
making them slightly larger as I go.
The one thing I love about drawing and art in general is that there is so much freedom in creating.
Yes there are realistic accurate drawings but you can also choose to be unique and make trees out of triangles
or circles or even turn a leaf into a tree and putting those into a landscape.
When I first started out, there was this need to be accurate, but as I kept creating,
I realized that I had so much more fun expressing my imagination into reality.
Why draw what a photograph can capture when the only thing that can capture your vision, is you? So don’t be afraid to push boundaries and create.
I wanted to show you how you can use these drawings in an actual ink drawing, just to
give you an idea of how they would look and give you some ideas for how to piece them together.
Think of all of these tutorials as pieces of a puzzle and it's up to your imagination
to create the whole puzzle!
Every drawing, every painting, every bullet journal setup, all start with a simple shape
or line and then its built into something unique to you and that makes it a masterpiece.
So here, I’ve created some pointy mountains to set my scene and am adding in realistic
trees to the rolling hills.
Since they are so small, I just scribbled in the shapes of the branches, not very worried
about defining each branch but making sure the overall shape still looks like a tree.
The two fields are separated by a strong but calm stream flowing towards the viewer and
all of scene is encased in a simple leafy crescent wreath creating a very serene landscape
purely from my imagination.
I hope this tutorial helped you find a little inspiration and helped you with your journal
setups, stickers, or anything else you’ll want to create!
Remember to check out my behind the scenes video and come join me on instagram!
Thank you so much for watching and I sincerely hope you have a wonderful day!
I’ll see you next time, bye!