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Skip to contentAre you a beginning artist looking to build your skills with digital drawing? This step by step video tutorial of a 1980’s inspired landscape with 1 point perspective is a great activity to develop your skills. This tutorial shows how to use layers, a variety of tools, and more! It’s fairly easy, yet produces a really cool result! So let’s make some digital marks…*&nbsp;Hey educators! Scroll below to purchase this ready-for-class&nbsp;instructional&nbsp;lesson.*What materials will I need?&nbsp;In my tutorial, I will be using a free web-based drawing program,&nbsp;www.kleki.com. I love this program for beginners because it is so user friendly and focuses on the essentials. However, you may use any digital drawing program of your choice. I also highly recommend if you are a newbie to digital drawing that you invest in a digital drawing tablet. My personal favorite is the Wacom Intuos. The set up is easy, it’s petite but effective, and the stylus has a great feel on the tablet surface. There are lots of pressure points and I just love the response of my marks to the computer.Step by step instructionsBelow are step by step photos with instruction of how to a 1980’s inspired landscape. A creative challenge to task yourself with for this composition is to use ONLY 2 COLORS! Within the color scheme, you can explore tints, shadows, and tones of the 2 colors.Use these photos to go at your own pace….Step 1:Go to the ‘layers’ tab &gt; add a layer by clicking the ‘+’ sign &gt; rename your layer ‘gradient sky’Step 2:On the tools tab, select the drop down to select the ‘gradient’ tool &gt; choose the linear gradient &gt; create a gradient that fades from dark to light.Step 3:Add a layer &gt; rename it ‘sun with lines.’Step 4:On the tools tab, select the drop down to select the ‘shapes’ layer &gt; choose the solid circle tool &gt; check the box for ‘fixed 1:1’ &gt; draw the circle in the middle of your canvas. Choose a bright contrasting color.Step 5:Select the lines tools &gt; Use the eyedropper tool to find the value of the background color to match &gt; Explore the line width to create lines in the sun.Step 6:Add a layer &gt; rename it ‘mountains’Step 7:On the tools tab, select the drop down to choose the ‘brush tool’ &gt; Choose the ‘chemy’ brush &gt; Click the ‘symmetry’ tool (if you wish) &gt; and draw some mountains. I recommend making these similar to the darkest value in the sky.*You may want to add some palm trees or some other creative details*Step 8:Choose the ‘sketchy’ brush and add some highlights on the mountains that are the same bright color as your light source/sun. Consider what side the light would hitting (left or right).Step 9:Add a layer &gt; rename it ‘gradient ground.’Step 10:Use the brush tool to draw some large lines that go from the color of your sun to the dark value in the sky.Step 11:Click the ‘edit’ tab &gt; choose the ‘triangular blur’ tool to make your lines blend into a hazy glowing gradient.*Tip- you may want to use the eraser in your brush tool to clean up the horizon line.Step 12:Add a layer &gt; rename it ‘1 pt lines’Step 13:Go to the ‘edit’ tab &gt; choose the ‘vanishing point’ tool &gt; move the center point to where the horizon line meets the sun.*TIP- Explore the color of the line, # of lines and the line width to customize the look of the lines.Step 14:Choose the ‘brush’ tool &gt; select the eraser setting &gt; remove the lines on the upper half (if you wish).Step 15:On the tools tab, select the drop drop to choose the ‘shapes’ tool &gt; Choose the line tool &gt; Draw horizontal lines that gradually get closer together as they reach the vanishing point.*TIP- the line width can get smaller as it fades off*Step 16:Add a layer &gt; rename it ‘stars’Step 17:Choose the brush tool &gt; add light colored stars in the sky.*TIP- Vary the size and opacity of the stars to customize.**Hey teachers!*&nbsp;Click here for my TpT shop&nbsp;if you’re interested in this lesson, which features a full slideshow presentation and a project specific grading rubric.&nbsp;Thanks for checking out this blog post. I would love to see your creation if you use these steps to make a landscape painting using coffee. Feel free to&nbsp;tag me on Instagram&nbsp;and possibly get featured in this site! Also, please&nbsp;follow Make a Mark Studios on Facebook&nbsp;to keep up with the latest posts! Thanks in advance!-Stephanie Villiotis, creator of Make a Mark StudiosPRIVACY POLICY Click here to view Make a Mark Studio's full privacy policy and disclosure statements.

Skip to contentAre you a beginning artist looking to build your skills with digital drawing? This step by step video tutorial of a 1980’s inspired landscape with 1 point perspective is a great activity to develop your skills. This tutorial shows how to use layers, a variety of tools, and more! It’s fairly easy, yet produces a really cool result! So let’s make some digital marks…*&nbsp;Hey educators! Scroll below to purchase this ready-for-class&nbsp;instructional&nbsp;lesson.*What materials will I need?&nbsp;In my tutorial, I will be using a free web-based drawing...

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