![]() NPS Make Your own Simple Sketch of a Dune!Sketching dunes can be a freeing experience for artists of every ability level. Unlike a portrait, where the features have to line up in proportion to look right, you can let your hand be like the wind when drawing a dune. It's a unique way to connect with the dunes and their formation. ![]() First, as you look at these dune shapes - can you tell which is the predominate wind direction? It's left to right, or southwest to northeast. Sand has been carried by the wind from the valley floor toward a low, curved pocket of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. It bounces up the sunlit side of these dunes, then gently avalanches down the shadowed slipface side. NPS/Patrick Myers ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() These are suggested steps to create a simple dunes sketch, but art is individual! Use color and strokes as you wish, whether bold or subtle. There's no right or wrong way to express yourself in art! NPS/Patrick Myers |
Last updated: May 1, 2020