Each aspiring artist often thinks about how it is easier and faster to draw a desired subject. The article tells how to draw two similar objects in stages: a box of matches and an open cardboard packaging box.
How to draw a box?
A box is a small box for matches, most often of a small size, with a mandatory strip on the sides for lighting matches. To draw it, you need to remember the school course of geometry. A box is an ordinary parallelogram figure created from two equal parallelepipeds connected by vertical lines.
- Step 1. If in a simple way, then all the faces of the box are rectangles, slightly flattened in the corners to give perspective and realistic images, in geometry they were called parallelepipeds. Therefore, in order to draw a box, you need to draw such a box. The boxes in the figure will be open, so we divide the figure into two unequal parts. The part that turned out more will be the body of the box, and the smaller part will be its drawer:
- Step 2. Then you need to make a volumetric rectangle from a flat rectangle, for this you need to draw the remaining faces. The bottom same rectangle is located at a small distance from the top, and part of its faces is invisible, so they are not displayed in the picture. However, all internal and external faces that are visible to the eye in the figure should be clearly visible. All lines from the top surface of the box to the bottom should be strictly vertical, and the remaining lines should be parallel to each other.
- Step 3. Inside the box we outline matches. It is desirable that they be the same size, and it is easiest to draw when the matches fit snugly together. Then draw and color the heads of the matches. We completely paint over the side of the box, as there is a rough layer for firing matches. And the box takes on real sizes and shapes. As you can see, drawing boxes is not so difficult.
- Step 4. Finally, add a few shadows, come up with an inscription, and you get a pretty realistic box of matches.
How to draw a box with a pencil. Step-by-step instruction.
A box is a soft box for storing various items. Most often, it is made of cardboard, fabric or plastic. A box weighs a lot less than a box. However, the main difference between these containers is the ability to collapse the box when it is not needed and reassemble if necessary, while the box cannot change its shape and takes up a lot of space when empty.
Similarly, a box of matches can be drawn and an ordinary cardboard box. Consider how to draw a box with a pencil in stages.
- Step 1. The beginning of the box image is the same as in the case of the box of matches: it is a rectangular figure with angles slightly modified to display the most complete perspective.
- Step 2. Next, you need to finish the side sheets of the box, which cover it during packaging, the dimensions of the sides coincide with the dimensions of the faces, and their height is much lower so that the box can be conveniently packed. Consider how to draw an open box.
- Step 3. Again, recall the geometry. The next step is to remove excess lines that cannot be visible to the eye when looking at a real box.
- Step 4. And finally, add some shadow with the help of hatching to give visual volume and realism to our image.
What is the best way to hatch a drawing
- Strokes should be applied with soft, neat movements.
- At the end of each stroke there should not be any curvatures and curls.
- Strokes should be very similar to each other visually in length and thickness.
- Different pressure on the pencil is not allowed when applying hatching on one face.
You can slightly rub the pattern with a fingertip, and then the hatching will be smoothed out, and the box will turn out less angular and visually softer.
Little tricks
- For drawing, it is better to take a soft pencil marked M or 2M.
- Eraser is also better to use more often than less.
- It is better to choose an eraser in terms of softness and quality of pencil removal, and not in appearance.
- Never use eraser on the end of pencils. Most often, they spoil the paper and the picture does not look so neat.