You can look at water, as well as at fire, endlessly. If there is no way to go to nature, then depict a lake, pond or river on paper in order to sometimes imagine yourself next to these objects. If you draw the water correctly, it will look realistic.
Pond and lake water
Drawing is akin to magic. With the help of paints and a brush, you can create a realistic picture on a sheet of paper, where everything on it will look like real. Looking at such a natural landscape, it seems that a stormy mountain river is about to overflow its banks, and a mermaid will emerge from the calm surface of the lake.
In such pictures, it is necessary to realistically draw water. After all, it is she who plays the leading role on the canvas. The easiest way to depict calm waters, which are filled with ponds and lakes.
First, select on which plan the similar object will be located. Draw its borders with a pencil, depicting an oval and a circle. They will help to draw water with realistic paints: blue, blue, black. At the edges of the lake, the pond is shallow. Therefore, this part is recreated using blue paint. The further to the middle of the object, the darker the shades should be.
It is not necessary to depict great depth in the middle of the lake. Paint some round dark spots in different parts of the pond. Paint in dark blue and white will help you see the circles spreading through the water. And the drawing will be more realistic.
You need to think about which side the light source will be in order to draw shadows and reflections of the sun on the surface of the water. The latter will be rendered well by white or silver paint.
River water
In the river, water does not stand still, but flows. If this is a seething mountain stream, then you need to convey the direction of the river with the help of a drawing, show that it is restless - raging and foaming.
Draw a small mountain first. Let the drawn river originate from its top. Use two pencil lines to mark the right and left boundaries of the reservoir. Then, with lines that run almost parallel to these, show that the water is falling down.
Draw several splashes near the foot of the mountain so that you can see with what force this water stream falls from above and flows on.
If the river is not mountainous, but calm, then depict ripples on its surface with the help of several wavy lines. Let the combs shine in the sun. Gold or silver paint will help to achieve this effect.
You can use another method. After you have painted the river with blue, blue paint, rub the crests of the waves with the wax candle. Cover them in dark blue. When the paints are dry, take a knitting needle or toothpick and scratch the small rippled areas. It will be seen how it sparkles and sparkles in the sun.
