In order to learn how to draw well, it is not necessary to be a real artist. And even possess special talents is not necessary. It is important to simply be able to hold pencils / brushes / pens in your hands and master several basic techniques for transferring an image onto a paper plane or any other surface. In fact, you just need to learn how to copy the drawings of others, observing the proportions and lines of the original.
Copy-rescue
You can draw pictures in different ways. For example, elementary through a carbon paper. Of course, in this case, the image format will have to completely match, you can neither reduce it nor increase it. Options are possible only, for example, in coloring, coloring. But this allows you to draw pictures in such a way that even the smallest, most intolerable elements are preserved. The technology is pretty simple. Take a blank sheet of paper, put a carbon copy on it with the sticky side down, top, front side, the very image that you need to draw. Gently circle the pictures along all the lines with a simple pencil with a finely honed stylus. Just do it slowly. Circle small areas of the pattern especially carefully.
Cons and pros
As you understand, drawing pictures is easy. The disadvantage of this method is that your drawing will be stained with ink from
carbon paper. If we discuss the color of carbon paper, it is better to take black or gray. Well, of course, when you start to color the image, you won’t be able to remove the contours with anything - unless you work with oil and gouache paints, and this is more difficult than just drawing pencil drawings for beginners. And the watercolor will have to be applied in thick, thick layers so that the base does not shine through. Its transparency, ease in this case will not be transmitted. What is the plus of such a way to draw a
drawing with a pencil? You can apply it not only on a Whatman paper, album, cardboard or notebook sheet, but also on smooth, for example, white chintz fabric, well-processed plywood.
Quick mesh cage
You can transfer the picture from the original to your drawing using the “cellular” method. What does it mean? First apply a grid to the sample. Use rulers to set aside centimeters and millimeters. Then, in the same way, draw a surface on which your drawing will be. And transfer the image, as they say, from cell to cell. What can be copied in this way? Quite complex paintings with many objects of various shapes located at different levels: landscapes, still lifes, even portraits. The convenience of this method compared to carbon paper is that your drawing is clean, the pencil lines are then cleaned with an eraser, there are only paints,
colored pencils and so on. And in your drawing you can convey the necessary airiness, subtlety and richness of shades and all those color nuances that are inherent in the original.
Professional mesh
In approximately the same way, you can draw a picture in stages, only by acting in slightly different ways. They are more painstaking, but the result is more accurate. Take handy materials such as a piece of clear film or a sheet of tracing paper. Next, you will need a ruler and a thinly fixed simple pencil, as well as the actual paper for drawing and the sample from which a copy will be made. I would like to note that often professional artists do the same if they order copies of famous canvases.
Work order
Where to start using all of the above tools? Draw a film or tracing paper to make a grid. Use better not with a centimeter, but with a millimeter scale, especially if the original has a lot of complex and small elements. If the drawing is quite simple, then cells 2 cm by 2 cm in size will do. When the film is prepared, it must be applied to the sample and the drawing transferred. For greater convenience, so that the grid does not move, fix it with the buttons. Apply the image with a thin marker to the film - using a pencil, this is quite problematic. And the alcohol marker dries faster without smearing at hand. Now draw the blank sheet using the same pattern. If the new picture should be in a larger format, increase it proportionally. And number the cells, as in crosswords, diagonally and horizontally. And only then copy the lines from the cells into your drawing.
Useful Tips
When working with a grid (tracing paper), begin to redraw the main contour lines, at first longer. Go from the edges to the center. Then grab the small strokes and start working on finer details. When copying is finished, specially grind those lines that turned out to be too straight, angular. Give them the necessary roundness, smoothness, volume. If your work should be in black and white, then now proceed to the hatching. Start with light, pale shades, gradually deepening and complementing the shadows. Emphasize the shapes and bends, so your drawing will become realistic.
Make sketches
If you are faced with the task of “how to draw from a photograph”, you should go the other way. For example, you need to portray your favorite pet. Choose a photo so that the pet is in a simple, convenient position for sketching. Draw the coordinate axis on the sheet. The intersection point of X and igreka is the center of the muzzle. Make the same axis in the photo, only lightly, without ruining it. Next, first draw the silhouette of the animal, focusing on the axis. Then the details. On the face - eyes, nose. Ears. Paws, the way your four-legged friend holds them. Do all the strokes without especially pressing the stylus on the paper, because a lot will have to be corrected. Be sure to observe the proportions. See that the body or head is not too small or elongated. The coordinate axis will also help you with this.
From blank to painting
Now deal with shadow and light. Gently hatch the shadows. This is wool, for example, specks, stripes. Or unlit places. Gradually delve into the subtleties and details. Those elements of the picture that are key, the most important, should look brighter, and make the background a little dimmer. Details are emphasized that the viewer should pay attention to. In particular, the face of the animal, and on it - eyes, nose. It is worth adding that the same rules are used if not the appearance of the animal is drawn, but the portrait of a person is written off from the photo. Contrast should be focused on the eyes and nose.
Finishing touch
What is now left to do for a novice artist? Clean up the dirt. Soften certain parts of the picture, shade something, shade it somewhere. Combine with shadows, write out the necessary details, hint at the presence of a plane, so as not to give the impression that the animal is floating in zero gravity. You can draw a shadow from the shape. And that’s it, your art is ready!