Landscape Drawing with Charcoal and Soft Pastels: Beautiful

Learn to create expressive landscapes using charcoal and soft pastels with minimal tools

Created byMary Jensen

Last updated 11/2025

English

What you'll learn

Learn to create an initial sketch using simple, easy methods
Combine charcoal and soft pastel techniques for beautiful results
Use materials most people already have at home to create art
Practice shading, texture, and depth in landscape drawing
Create a complete landscape artwork using mixed techniques

Course content

1 section • 9 lectures • 1h 30m total length

Course Summary0:23
Fundamental training in initial model design13:38
Required Tools for the Course:
Fabriano Elle 220g cardboard or Stenbach paper
Graphite pencils (regular pencils)
Natural charcoal (or compressed charcoal if you want your drawing to be darker)
Soft pastels (chalk pastels)
Tools for blending shadows:
Medium-sized blending stump (tortillon) or medium-sized brush or cotton swabs and cotton
Tools for adding details:
Conte (medium grade)
Erasers:
Kneaded eraser, regular eraser, or mechanical eraser
Training in charcoal drawing and blending techniques18:40
Training in drawing lines with charcoal and blending techniques5:52
Instruction on how to integrate soft pastels with charcoal10:02
Techniques for drawing clouds using different tools10:28
How to create details with conte10:31
How to create light effects8:38
How to fix the artwork with fixative12:40

Requirements

No prior drawing experience is required. You only need a few simple materials such as charcoal, soft pastels, suitable paper, cotton, and cotton swabs. All steps are demonstrated clearly so that even beginners can easily follow along and create beautiful artworks.

Description

Create expressive and beautiful landscape drawings using only a few simple tools!
In this course, you will learn how to combine charcoal and soft pastels to add depth, texture, and vibrant color to your artwork—without needing any expensive or complicated materials.

Step by step, you will discover how to:

Plan and compose stunning landscape scenes
Use charcoal techniques to create form, contrast, and atmosphere
Layer and blend soft pastels to achieve natural light and color effects
Combine both mediums in simple and effective ways
Finish your artwork confidently using minimal tools and maximum creativity

This course is ideal for beginner and intermediate artists who want to improve their landscape drawing skills in a relaxing, enjoyable way. You will learn how to understand the relationship between light, value, and color—and how to use them to create mood and feeling in your artwork.

By the end of the course, you’ll be able to create expressive and atmospheric landscapes using nothing more than charcoal, pastels, and your imagination. Each project is designed to help you build confidence and develop your personal artistic style.

Join now and start creating beautiful landscapes with simple tools and powerful mixed-media techniques!… Each project is designed to help you build confidence and develop your personal artistic style.

This course will help you develop a deeper understanding of artistic fundamentals while enjoying every step of the creative process.

Join now and start creating beautiful landscapes…

Who this course is for:

This course is ideal for anyone who loves drawing and wants to learn how to create expressive landscapes using charcoal and soft pastel techniques. It’s perfect for those who prefer to work from home with simple, accessible tools.