When I think of summer vibes, memories of the beach come to mind. Of course, when it's summer, all you think about is going to the beach. It's such a beautiful place, and beach sunsets are magical. The sun seems to be sinking under the water, creating a downward effect, and the sky turns into a riot of colors—yellow, orange, red, even purple and pink. The sun's reflection seems to blend with the sea, and the birds fly by just in time to join the feast. A beach sunset is a moment of nostalgia because at that hour we have to go home, but we wish we could stay on the beach and live there, surrounded by it. That memory inspired me to draw a beautiful sunset, so with colors and a sheet of paper, I let myself be carried away by the inspiration.
Materiales/Materials
- Lápices de colores
- Hoja de papel blanca
- Sacapuntas
- Borrador
- Colored pencils
- White sheet of paper
- Pencil sharpener
- Eraser
One of the first things I do before starting a drawing is mark the spaces where all the parts of the drawing will be placed. I also learned something new about drawing: replacing the pencil with colored pencil. It's better because colored pencils don't leave marks like pencils do, and because it's colored pencil, it's easier to blend in with other colors without ruining the drawing like a pencil does. So I outlined my sketch with red colored pencil using light strokes.
And since I believe the idea of drawing is to express oneself freely, I decided to start drawing the sunset. When I first applied the colors, it didn't look very good, but I trusted the process and let the color take its course.
With the sunset already approaching, I briefly moved to the area of the coconut palms and the sea, because I was already sketching near that part and the limited space made me move on to that section. But let's continue trusting the process; it's going well.
I got ahead of myself at one point because I got carried away, but then I continued with the sea, leaving the space where the sunset is reflected. Then I drew the water by creating dark shadows with navy blue, and then with light blue I drew the white parts and other parts I didn't add any color to, but I left very little space so that it looked like the reflections of the sea. Then I concentrated on the part where the sun reflects on the water, and I was liking how it looked. And for the coconut palms, I drew the earth first with a green color, and then with a black color I added several lines that looked like grass. I did the same thing with the palm leaves.
I drew the sand using colors ranging from yellow to orange to brown. To try to create the effect, or at least get close to it, I deliberately made marks throughout the drawing because I wasn't aiming for perfection; I was looking for the realism and imperfections of movement that life has in nature.
And as a final touch, I added some birds flying towards the sunset. Thank you all for visiting this post. Have a lovely and happy night. See you soon.
The photos presented in this post are my own. The images have been edited using Canva. The photographs were taken with my Infinix Smart 7 cell phone. The content has been translated using the Firefox translator.