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Lesson 23b: How to Draw a scene called
"Prince on Mountain Top" continued

 

In the two images below we can see that the artist is starting to take some serious steps. He continues to add details and starts on the all important step of shading.

detail and shading

 

closeup of the axe

 

Here is what he has to say about the axe shown in closeup at left.

"The axe is a combination of a solid dark line with very light shading that I like to use for metal objects".

Note from Will: This is an excellent little tip and you should practice making metal weapons and objects like this. Notice too the great look of the hand and fingers.

 

 

 

adding the background elements

Here I started adding the background elements. For the haze or cloud look I lightly penciled in an area and then rubbed it with my finger.

 

The keep in the background

The Keep in the back is just a
dark pencil silhouette.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adding the mountain

I start drawing and detailing the mountain area here. I use a photo of a mountain I had taken while on a hike to use as reference for modeling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let's continue and see the large final image

 

 

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Fantasy Art Lessons

  1. lesson 1 - Holding the pencil and getting a feel for it and warming up with lines
  2. lesson1c how to draw a straight line
  3. lesson 2 - Drawing some simple geometric shapes
  4. lesson 3 - Understanding and using Perspective
  5. lesson 4- foreshortening in perspective
  6. lesson 5- Drawing depth and distance
  7. lesson 6-Using lines of varying thickness
  8. lesson 7- drawing form and shape with a medieval mace
  9. lesson 8- Drawing metal - We draw a medieval helmet
  10. lesson 9- drawing our first human form
  11. lesson 10- Distorting the human form to create fantasy creatures
  12. lesson 11 - doodling and creativity break
  13. lesson 12 - a Morning star mace - drawing textures
  14. lesson 13 - how to draw chainmail
  15. lesson 14 - How to convey action in your fantasy drawings
  16. lesson 15 - How to draw sword shapes
  17. lesson16 -draw an armored knight
  18. lesson 17 - Draw a fantasy dagger using the Five-S method
  19. lesson 18 - Creating space in your drawings - A Dragons Lair
  20. lesson 19 - Practice by drawing dragons
  21. Lesson 20 - Drawing from Memory
  22. Lesson 21 -Draw a Catapult
  23. Lesson 22: A Guest artist discusses pencils, his technique and building a library of images
  24. Lesson 23: A guest artist shows us how to draw a prince warrior with an axe from start to finish

Fantasy Art Lessons from Guest Artists

  1. How to draw a magical genie using Corel and Photoshop
  2. Lesson 22: A Guest artist discusses pencils, his technique and building a library of images
  3. Lesson 23: A guest artist shows us how to draw a prince warrior with an axe from start to finish

 

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