How to Draw Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls
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Start out by picking your pencils. I used a 4H pencil for light shading/lines, a B pencil for general shading/lines, and a 2B pencil for dark shading.
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Start out by roughly shading using a 2B pencil. Shade lightly in a cross-hatch pattern.
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Blend in your shading with a paper towel or blending stump.
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Smooth out your shading as much as possible then lightly erase in the basic form of the waterfall. Try to use a white eraser to erase.
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Now use a kneadable eraser to dab out the cloud cloud shapes.
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Use a white eraser to add the main highlights of the clouds.
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Use a 2B pencil to sketch in the forms above the waterfall.
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Now sketch in the rest of the dark forms around the waterfall and in the foreground.
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Now use erasers to define the waterfall some more.
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Now start finalizing the sky. Use blending stumps and a kneadable eraser to smooth out the clouds. You can use a 4H pencil to define the cloud outlines. Work from left to right.
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Finish up the sky details.
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Next up use B and 2B pencils to define the trees and forms above the falls. I chose not to go into too much detail but you can if you want to.
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Fill in the cliff and rocks on the left using 2B and B pencils.
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Use a blending stump and erasers to define the waterfall itself some more. Use a 4H pencil for any light details that you need to draw in. Make the steam rising from the base of the waterfall as smooth as possible with a blending stump.
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Now smooth out and define the water beyond the waterfall some more. Use an eraser to make the water look foamy. Use a 4H pencil for any light details.
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Finish up the drawing by drawing in the rock and plants on the right side of the drawing with B and 2B pencils. That's about it for this tutorial, let me know if you have any questions!
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February 21, 2012
Description: Hey everyone, here's a tutorial on how to draw Niagara Falls, specifically the Canadian Horseshoe falls. This amazing landmark is definitely on my list of places to visit some day!
