Starting with an HB pencil, begin to lightly sketch the outline of the top of the mountains. I am using the reference photo to try to closely match the shape of the peaks, but if you wish to change the shape or height of your mountains, that is perfectly fine too.

For the purposes of this tutorial, I have identified specific peaks that we will focus on throughout the course. There is a tall peak to the left, three shorter peaks in the middle, and two taller peaks on the right. The peak on our far right will not be completely in our view. There will also be another mountain on our left in the foreground, but we will not see its peak either.

Now sketch the outline of some clouds. In this picture, there will be a band of clouds going across the sky. Make sure to sketch very lightly. We want to identify the shape of our clouds with these sketched guidelines, but we don’t want to leave the outline of the clouds in our final picture.