Introduction
Charcoal may not be the first drawing medium that will come to your mind when you plan on drawing a landscape, but it’s certainly a unique approach that not everyone can do justice to. That being said, you should know that drawing a landscape using charcoal is indeed a bit tedious, which is why I’ve listed down a selection of amazing tutorials that can help you get started with charcoal landscape drawings.
To draw landscapes using charcoal, you need to ensure two main things. The first is the cleanliness of your drawing, and the second is proper shading effects. This way, you’ll have a clean drawing that has a good transition in shades, making your charcoal drawing stand out. Other than this, you should also give attention to detail if you’re going for a realistic appeal to your drawing.
River Landscape in Charcoal
This is a serene drawing of a river landscape done in charcoal. Here, the artist uses the variation in tones to highlight the shades, and different details in the landscape. If you notice carefully, you can even see the outline of the clouds, which is frankly quite amazing. It’s not at all an easy thing to do. This was one drawing I really enjoyed working on, mainly because it offers so much in terms of knowledge and ideas.
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Easy Mountain Range in Charcoal
If you’re new to landscape drawing with charcoal, you should start with this. This is by far one of the easiest landscape drawings on the list. It requires minimum effort in terms of drawing as well as shading. There aren’t too many elements in this artwork, hence you don’t need to worry about the composition that much. It’s quite a plain drawing, and you can get it done within a good 30-40 minutes.
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Simple Composition of a Lake and Mountains
This drawing is the simplest one on this list. It lacks details, shades, and smoothness. I even found it to be a bit dirty. But, what it does show you, is how perspective works, and how you need to get your composition right in order to make the drawing look good. You should approach this artwork only for getting a basic idea on how to arrange the elements in your charcoal drawing, and how to ensure a proper composition.
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Serene Sunset over a Grassy Landscape
Minimalistic landscape drawings look amazing on charcoal. There’s this simplicity in these drawings that makes you want to hand them on the walls of your living room. This particular minimalistic landscape drawing shows a grassy landscape overlooking the sunset. As serene and beautiful it is to look at, this drawing is also quite easy to do. Beginners will enjoy working on this piece, and will also feel quite satisfied once they’ve completed it.
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A Village Scenery in Charcoal
In this video tutorial, the artist will show you the process of drawing a gorgeous village scenery using charcoal pencils. Beginners with a bit of experience in charcoal drawing can easily get this artwork done. This is in a way a test for them to judge their own skills. If you’re able to do justice to this drawing, you can go ahead, and try more difficult techniques and artworks.
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Seashore Charcoal Drawing Study
This landscape drawing of the seashore is one of the best examples of understanding depth in charcoal drawings. As you should know by now, charcoal doesn’t give you many options in the color department. Hence, for such sketches or drawings, you only have one particular color to rely on. Thus, it becomes hard to add depth to your work. But a true charcoal artist can add depth no matter what, and they do so with the help of precision shading, which is exactly what this particular drawing focuses on.
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Realistic Snowy Mountains
I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again – drawing realistic landscape images with charcoal is extremely difficult. But, there are a few professionals who’re able to do it with easy, and even make it look easy. This drawing of a snowy mountain for instance, is a clear example of how amazing such drawings can be. Notice how the artist managed to show snow on top of the mountains. The work of depth in this drawing is breathtaking. If you’re confident with your charcoal drawing skills, this is a challenge you’ll love to take.
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Stunning Waterfall Drawing
In this video tutorial, we explore the steps you need to follow to draw a stunning waterfall. Much like the previous drawings, this too has a good work of depth and shading. From afar, the drawing looks quite smooth, and that’s mainly because the artist didn’t overdo the pencil strokes while making this. Truly an amazing piece of art!
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Scenic Mountain Drawing
I understand if you’re tired of seeing so many mountain drawings in this list, but they’re here for a good reason. You see, each of these mountain drawings have something unique to offer. For this one, we look at the depth, and the use of a three tone shade variation in the drawing. Three tone refers to the use of a dark shade, a greyscale shade, and an even lighter grey shade in certain areas. These tones are of course the result of a single pencil that’s very accurately manipulated to create those shades.
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Tree on the Edge of the World
This video shows the process to be followed if you’re looking to draw something aesthetic and soothing with charcoal. The drawing shows a tree hanging over the edge of a cliff. It’s not that difficult, but will still require plenty of effort from your end if you want to make it look this good. Follow the approach the artist takes in this video, and you’ll do just fine.
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By Jimena & Iñigo
The Navarro-Rubios
My husband and I are learning how to draw and paint. We wanted to share this learning process with the world and have fun! That's why we created this blog. We'll have drawing contests every week and you'll decide who won that week! Follow along and learn with us!
Jimena & Iñigo
The Navarro-Rubios
My husband and I are learning how to draw and paint. We wanted to share this learning process with the world and have fun! That's why we created this blog. We'll have drawing contests every week and you'll decide who won that week! Follow along and learn with us!
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