Local Landscape Drawing Worksheet

Name:

Date:

📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice & Knowledge Check

Learning goals — I will be successful when I can:

- Select a landscape from the local area to illustrate.

- Consider the foreground when composing.

- Use shading to represent tone.

1. Which of the following is the best choice for a local landscape drawing?

A nearby park or riverbank

A bedroom inside your house

A random internet image (not local)

The front of a shopping centre

2. Which element is usually part of the foreground in a landscape?

Objects close to the viewer, drawn larger

Tiny distant hills at the horizon

The sky only

Invisible atmospheric effects

3. Which tool is most useful for creating a range of tones with lines and soft shading?

Graphite pencils of different grades (e.g. 2B, 4B)

Bright acrylic paints only

A permanent marker

A glue stick

4. Which composition choice helps create depth in a landscape?

Overlapping objects and varying sizes

Making every object the same size

Using only one tone across the page

Placing everything at the top edge

5. Check all techniques that help show tone and shading:

Hatching or cross-hatching

Blending with a stump or finger

Using a single flat colour with no value changes

Erasing to create highlights

✏️ Part 2: Short Answers & Drawing Tasks

6. Write one sentence describing which local landscape you will draw and why:

7. List three specific things you will include in the foreground (a, b, c):

8. Create a five-step tonal scale to practise shading. Shade from light to dark in the box below:

9. Final plan: On the box below, sketch a simple composition of your chosen local landscape. Label where you will place the darkest tone (D), mid-tones (M) and lightest tone (L). Use the space below to list the main materials you will use (pencils, eraser, paper, etc.):

Materials list: