Scroll - a piece of paper or papyrus on which important information was recorded in ancient times. Scrolls rolled up for better storage.
Why you need to be able to draw scrolls
Knowing how to draw a scroll will come in handy for making an original postcard or invitation to a festival, or just for decorating a wall.
Be careful, learning to draw these ancient rolls, you will draw them at every suitable occasion. And all because they look very beautiful and mysterious.
Learn how to draw a scroll by following the simple tips below.
How to draw a scroll on your own
You will need a blank sheet of paper, a blank pencil and an eraser.
- Hand-draw two cylinders of the same size. The distance between them should be neither large nor small.
- Connect the upper and lower edges of the coils with slightly curved lines.
- The next thing to do is to erase the excess lines, and twist the upper part of the coils with a spiral.
- Draw all the visible lines more clearly, add the lines that should be present behind the front edge so that the picture looks complete.
- Now add shadows to make the scroll look voluminous and realistic. From the bottom left, draw a shadow that parchment casts. Use a simple pencil to darken the left edge and the inner parts hidden behind the front. The right edge should also be slightly darkened, but to a lesser extent than the left.
Here's how to draw a scroll with a pencil quickly and easily.
Draw a scroll with advanced difficulty
To better master the process of drawing ancient parchments, try depicting the following image.
How to draw a scroll volume and make it `` like real ''? To do this, you need to practice a little and fill your hand, having worked with shadows, layouts and proportions.
- Start drawing from the sides of the scroll.
- Then draw three straight lines on top and bottom and connect the side parts horizontally. At this stage, the scroll is as if transparent, all of its sides are visible.
- Only following the previous steps can you erase all unnecessary lines that should not be visible.
- Using a soft, simple pencil, use the hatching method to create a dimming that will add volume to the image and make it `` live ''.
Here's how to draw a scroll for more advanced artists. The resulting scroll can be decorated. You can give it a tan. And for greater credibility, make torn edges to make the scroll look ancient. Approximately as shown in the figure below.
In general, drawing scrolls is not such an easy task as it might seem at first glance, and requires knowledge of at least minimal artistic concepts and principles.
So if you are a beginner, do not be discouraged if you do not succeed in what you planned the first time.
The scroll is a drawing of medium complexity, but as soon as you understand the principle and practice a little, you can recreate them without much difficulty.