Drawing a beach scene with sun and sand ↓

In this tutorial we'll draw a beach using basic drawing tools and custom shapes tool etc. To add finishing touches we'll apply some soft gradient.

Let's start by selecting rounded rectangle tool (U).


Draw a big rounded rectangle of almost canvas size.




Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown.








Create a shape using pen tool as shown.



Create a circle using elliptical shape tool.



Now select direct selection tool, right click and select delete bottom anchor point as shown.



Now reduce the opacity of semi circle to 77% as shown.





Create a rectangle using rectangular shape tool.



Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown.








Select custom shape tool (U). From the preset flyout menu at the top select bird2 as shown below.





Draw a bird shape with white color and place it as shown.



Press Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer. Place it another postion in the sky



Select the pen tool. Draw a shape as shown below.





Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown.







Press Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer. Move it downwards.



Repeat the above step to create another duplicate and move it a few pixel down.



Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown.





Select pen tool and create some shapes thtat look like waves. Fill the shapes with diffrent shades of yellow and orange.





Create a pebble shape using pen tool as shown below.



Populate the sand area with small pebbles of diffrent shapes and sizes. Fill with diffrent shades to add variation.