Drawing Nature Capture the beauty of the outdoors using pencils and other drawing materials Stanley MaltzmanART INSTRUCTION Drawing Nature hat better inspiration—and what better studio—than the incredible outdoors? This book will show you how to capture in sketches — and drawings the many faces and moods of nature—cloud shadows playing on majestic mountains...the constantly changing lights of the _ Cumulus skies...clegant birches, tranquil ponds, a sparkling blanket of snow. Grab your i | Clouds sketchpad and enjoy the open-air art of nature drawing! STEP 1: Maltzman lays down the initial STEP 2: Working lightly so he can make STEP 3: Once the shapes are pretty well tone of the sky with a 4B graphite pencil, changes, Malteman gives the cloud mass worked out, it's time to give them more then adds a second layer with a B pencil some dimension. He puts the darkest darks definition by adding a little more tone. The The difference in value—plus the smaller, _in the main cloud shapes, which guide him tree shapes are balanced by the small cloud distant clouds—give the picture perspective. _as to how dark the receding clouds and shape on the right. ‘mountain should be. Winter Leaves rey 424.99 Wolff's pencil on ISBN 0-89134-579-5 900 Brenda Shears. Inveresting textures on rocks are created by brushing water over Whatman paper, 30 charcoal—but don't overwork and destroy this happy accident. Collection of, When drawing water, keep it simple to avoid a labored look. 5 545794 30656 M780891About the Author Stanley Maltzman Maltzman'’s dr living in the Hudsor ngs have been widely jemy of Arts an my of Desi \d the Car students. Maltzman atry, including he America id Letters, the National the Capricor negie Museum of that draw wi t the Hudson River Workshops in Greenville, New York. He has been featured in American Artist and is listed in Wh Wh Art. He is a member of Hudson Valley Art America and the Assc