Drawing Realistic Coastlines

[Trinc3ss]

I have to admit, I'm a little embarrassed having to ask this question.
However, I am quite the newbie to real-deal mapmaking, and one of the first trouble areas I've come across is drawing realistic and natural coastlines. I'd really appreciate some suggestions here.
I do hand-draw my maps, if that makes any difference; I have looked at the tutorials forum but it seems most of the coastline tutorials there are for digital map creation.
Thanks so much for any help!

[El Tau]

Hi Trinc3ss! I've had some good results with hand-drawn coastal lines in a regional level, but It would be easier to help if you post your WIP so we can see what's the problem.

[MistyBeee]

Hi there

Just found your post today ('must confess it's the first time I come in this part of the forum ^^'), but can I suggest you to give a look to this great blog post by the amazing Jonathan Roberts here ?
What is very great on his small step by step is how to use a first general shape and then refine it in several steps to get something detailed : the first shape will help you to determine if the global aspect is consistent.

Also... Maybe it's an obvious tip but I always think the very best way to get better in this specific point is to just spend some time to look at real world coastline : observation always helps a lot for understanding both how rivers/mountains/sea works together, etc. and how to give the proper feeling depending on the scale.

Hope it helps a little