How to Draw Waves

How to Draw Waves How to Draw Waves Waves are the most important part of a shoreline or beach. They are in motion for twenty four hours a day. They are the most beautiful part of water front which delivers peace to a broken heart or soothes a weary soul. The wind ripples the water and then it turns to waves that break down on the shore. Generally drawing waves are really difficult and high imaginative power is required to give it a form. However, if you want, you can use your imaginative power to play its part and try to implement your intelligence of art on a paper to draw the beautiful waves of the sea. Here are some drawing instructions mentioned in steps to help you with the sketch.

Try with both rolling waves and surfing waves. Both the styles are very simple to draw and also easy to learn. Firstly you will have to draw the outline of both the waves. Always start at the top and move down. The straight lines will be at the left and the bumpy lines will be at the right.
Now you may face trouble giving the form of water as it is really difficult to draw. When you sketch the strokes of the wave the bubbly curls will be at the top of the waves whereas the curvy lines will be under it.
Add sudsy looking swirls to detail the waves. This will bring out the real look of the waves and also will give the soapy look. The body and the texture of the waves should be very realistic.
Press the sketch pencil lightly to fill the water lines with bulging looking lines. Give time to this step as you have to draw more and more ripples and start with the filling in procedure.
The technique of pencil stroke will give the details and definition to the body of the water and you will get the realistic look of the ocean waves.
If it is only a sketch, then darken the shadowed part of the waves to give it the originality of the nature and on the other hand if it is a colored sketch then the combination of colors should be natural enough to give it an essence of the vibrant ocean.
You can use water color to color the image and it will bring about an awesome sketch.
Lightly shade the base of the waves and the foams. Shade the sky to explain the horizon.

If you follow the instruction correctly and give it a try, then you will surely enjoy learning how to sketch the image of waves. If you are bored drawing the same waves again and again then you better try to draw them in different angles. So let’s hope that these steps will help you modify your discarded wave doodles into actual convincing art work that you will keep alive in your memory throughout your life.