Of course, you want to master the initial skills of the urban landscape, since you are on this page. Well, you are at the right place. It is here that the most detailed instruction on how to draw a city. Moreover, the first part of the master class is devoted to two-dimensional drawing, and the second gives the basics of the three-dimensional image, as is now customary to say, in 3D format.
The secret ... in geometry
Have you ever wondered why even the most inexperienced viewer is mesmerized by the sight of the painted city? There is no mysticism in this. The secret is that the human brain loves order, system, repeatability of lines. It seems to him bewitchingly beautiful. The urban landscape fully corresponds to this rule : symmetry and asymmetry, severity of lines, smoothness of circles and accuracy of angles. Geometry, in a word. You will do the right thing if, in addition to a pencil, an eraser and a thick sheet of paper (for drawings), you stock up on a ruler.
Lesson 1: High Rises
To understand how to draw a city, just follow the illustrations. Repeat the details of each step. Gray lines will “prompt” new shapes that should be drawn at the moment.
Step 1
Only two rectangles of different heights (future skyscrapers) - and the beginning of the picture is laid:
Step 2
Draw a couple of skyscrapers:
Step 3
Add the rectangular elements of the facades of the buildings of the background:
Step 4
Depict the most remote home paintings from the foreground:
Step 5
Pay attention to the most inconspicuous components of the architectonics of the picture:
Step 6
Draw some small fragments, focus on the details:
Step 7
Despite the fact that the windows in the figure are the smallest details, they are far from secondary in importance. Carefully, under the ruler, draw each of them, and you will not regret the time spent:
Step 8
Remove all excess lines. Here is what you should end up with:
Like? It's only the beginning! 3D Graphics Ahead!
Lesson 2: How to Draw a City with a Perspective
To achieve a volumetric effect, you need to follow the simple rules of perspective. To make the picture dynamic, you first need to determine the horizon line - the place where the sky meets the earth, and the convergence point - the area in which objects disappear as they decrease.
Here, take a look at the sketch of the drawing, in which the perspective “runs away” into the distance:
And here is the drawing and the final version, where the perspective tends to rise:
And the master class will show you how to draw a city with two points of convergence:
Step 1
Divide the sheet in half with a vertical line. Mark on the horizon the points of convergence equidistant from the vertical on both sides. Pull the steep working lines from them to the central part, as shown in the figure:
Step 2
Lightly mark the barely noticeable auxiliary lines. Add three parallel features, and you will see the outline of the first, key building:
Step 3
Pay attention to how buildings are located, moving away from the viewer to the horizon. Label each:
Now is the time to finish the doors, windows, signs and other significant details. Remember, the more elements (poles, sidewalks, footpaths, even traffic lights), the more realistic the picture. At the end of the work, erase all unnecessary lines, carefully outline the contours. Add shadows and your drawing comes to life. Remember to consider the direction of the sun when hatching. The brightest spots should be least painted over.
That's how you learned how to draw a three-dimensional city. In fact, there can be not only two points of convergence, but also more. Five, for example. Then your picture will be as if the city was shot with a fisheye lens. In this case, the image takes on a convex appearance, as if the houses had the intention to jump out of the drawing.
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The more unexpected the foreshortening and angle of view of the artist when looking at the urban landscape, the more exciting and lively the picture turns out. No less interesting are the motives on the topic of the future. How to draw a city of the future? There can be no definite answer to this. For the created landscape is a figment of the artist’s imagination. Who can know which pictures stand before his mind's eye? But the basis is one, and we just told you about it, and we showed it. Try it, do it! And who knows, maybe this will turn out to be not even fiction, but a prediction ...