This list of 100 best nature scene drawing ideas can help you improve your drawing skills quickly. Drawing backgrounds in nature can be tricky without the right reference photos. You’ll find lots of ideas to practice making a beautiful nature drawing.
I’ve sorted them into 4 main categories night scenery, sunrise scenery, sunset scenery, and forest scenery drawing images.
The best part is that you’ll get a printable list of reference photos for each category. Just click on each to get the list and print it for free.
Before you start your drawing exercises, spend a litle time thinking about ways to improve your skills. A little prepartion goes a long way.
What is nature drawing?
Nature drawing is drawing that is insprired by the things found in nature. It can be done outside, in the middle of nature, or inside, using a reference photos of nature.
Drawing that is only done outdoors is known as plein air drawing. The term “plen air” is French and means “outdoors”.
A plein air drawing is likely to be more spontaneous because the outdoor conditions change quickly. A light breeze or flying animal can completely change the look of the scenery at any moment.
It’s really great it you can be in the setting that you are drawing. If you are in a field or a park, you can pull out your sketchbook, pick a part of the scenery and start drawing.
But what if you don’t have access to the scenery that you want to draw. Well then, your second best bet is to use a nature scene photograph.
Just know that you don’t have to be oustide to make a nature drawing.
Is Drawing a Skill or a Talent?
We think every great artist is born with natural talent. The truth is, all great artists start with some level of talent but they improve that talent by practicing their skills.
If you have talent but never practice, and you never take the time to sharpen your skills, you will eventually lose that talent.
How Can I Make a Good Drawing?
When you’re first starting out, you just want to make a good drawing. The question is how can you make a good drawing? Here are tips that will allow you to get good results.
- Have a list of ideas for inspiration
- Use simple quality supplies
- Find good simple references images
- Take a basic drawing course
- Practice often
What Supplies Can You Use for Drawing?
Pencil
Oil pastel
Charcoal
Colored pencil
Conté
Wax Crayon
Graphite pencil or stick
Marker
Pastel
India ink
How Do You Get Good at Drawing Fast?
As I mentioned above, you get good at drawing fast by combining the following things,
- Talent
- Repetition
- Knowledge
The raw talent mixed with a good set of art lessons will help you understand the basic principles of art. Once you gain more knowledge, it’s just a matter of applying what you learned and practicing and repeating it often.
How to Find Drawing Inspiration
Sometimes you get bored and you may run out ideas for things to draw. How do you find inspiration in times like this?
Change your environment. Staring at a blank sheet of paper is not the best way to get inspired. So instead, get up, go outside and observe your surroundings.
Choose a new route, this will help you see new things to get inspired.
Write. Take a notepad or small sketchpad with you so that you can jot down or quickly sketch new ideas.
Get started by checking out each set of scenery drawing ideas below.
100 Best Nature Scene Drawing Ideas
Get inspired to practice and improve your drawing skills with these 100 best nature scenery drawing ideas.
Sunrise Scenery has inspired artists for centuries. Maybe the start of a new day represents the unknown future and all it's possibilities to make a fresh work of art.
Night scenery has been the source of mystery and magic in many art forms. So it's no wonder that artists like to use it for fantasy-based art.
A lush green forest as far as the eye can see is a great place to start a peaceful and serene drawing. You can use a jungle to make a tropical forest setting or a deeply wooded area for a fairy tale setting.
From beautiful tropical island backgrounds to sub-Saharan savannas, you'll find plenty of eye-catching sunset landscape drawing ideas here. The strong firey, earthy colors are great for capturing emotion in a drawing.
If you like these tips, pin it to your favorite drawing board on Pinterest for later.
