It should do, provided you've a good understanding of how contour lines work, and how features like river valleys, ridges, depressions, and cliffs will be expressed in the contours. You'll likely have to make to with discrete colour steps rather than a continuous gradient; note your example uses discrete steps and looks pretty good.

If you want as much detail as the example map, you will need quite a bit of patience to draw them all. Inkscape's fractalize tool will let you add detail if you have a general outline, but it'll still be a fair bit of work.