Learn how to create stunning black and white scenery drawings using oil pastels and acrylic colours with this step by step guide. Discover essential techniques, tips, and tricks to enhance your drawing skills and create visually captivating artwork.
Lonely Men Sailing Boat in River: Step by Step Guide
In this drawing tutorial, we will explore how to create a beautiful piece of art using black and white oil pastels and highlight with acrylic colour, depicting a lonely man sailing a boat in a river.
Materials you will need:
Oil pastels (grey, black and white) 👉 Buy Now
Acrylic paints (black and white) 👉 Buy Now
Paintbrushes (small, medium, and large) 👉 Buy Now
Canvas or drawing paper 👉 Buy Now
Step 1: Sketch the Outline
Start by rough sketching the outline of the man and the boat using a pencil on the canvas or drawing paper. You can use a reference image to help you with this step.
Step 2: Add Black & White Oil Pastel
First using grey oil pastel & white oil pastel to fill the hole drawing for deeper and lighter shade, when its complete. Use the black oil pastel to create depth and shadows in the water around the boat as well.
Step 3: Blend the Oil Pastels
Using your fingers or tissue paper for blend the black and white oil pastels together. This will create a smooth transition between the light and dark areas in this drawing.
Step 4: Add Black Acrylic Paint
Using a large fan brush, add some trees and branches using black acrylic colour, at last we used white acrylic colour for highlight to add small waves and ripples in the water around the boat as well.