If you want to make the congratulation creative and unlike any other, then it is best to think about how to draw a card yourself. How to do this will be described in this article.
What to draw on a postcard
Pondering the plot of the postcard, many are inclined to portray a cute cub of an animal. It can be cubs, squirrels, hares, even frogs.
The animals in the picture are usually stylized either as cartoon characters or as children's drawings. Usually, the artist hands hearts, bouquets, boxes with sweets or cakes to the heroes of the plots of postcards.
A smiling baby elephant with a flower in the trunk can be a good option.
Draw a baby elephant
Since you need to draw a card in stages with the animal, you should first consider the stages of the image of the elephant.
1. Work begins with additional construction. These will be two circles superimposed on each other in some parts. They should vary in size.
2. In the middle of a smaller circle, a trunk is depicted, along the width its base occupies a third of the diameter of the circle. A little higher than the base of the trunk on both sides of the trunk, the artist paints his eyes - large ovals, and eyebrows - arches.
3. Under the trunk, draw an open mouth, and then change the line of the outlines of the cheeks of the elephant with curved lines.
4. The ears of the animal are large, smooth lines are used in their upper part and wavy below.
5. In the lower part of a large circle draw legs.
6. On the legs, the artist makes sketches of the folds - knees and nail plates.
7. The tail of the elephant is drawn in two curvy lines, at the end you need to depict a brush.
8. The eraser needs to remove additional constructions, and thoroughly circle the main lines.
Postcard in color
Since it is best to draw a card with your own hands using bright colors, you should start painting it with the main character - an elephant. You can use the most unexpected colors: blue or green, lilac or yellow.
The most creative artists use options elephants in polka dots or stripes, in a box or in a flower.
In this master class, the elephant is offered to be painted in pink. Eyebrows and nails can be painted in a different shade, less bright. And the inside of the mouth is best made red.
Since the artist wants to draw a postcard as bright as possible, it is worth taking care of its background. It is supposed to be done in warm colors in order to arouse warm feelings and optimistic mood in the gifted person. You can paint the background with paints such as watercolors or gouache. But since you can draw a postcard with a pencil as beautifully as with paints, decorators usually use the following method to apply the background. A pencil rod is finely planed onto the surface where the drawing is placed, then a colored pollen is rubbed with a piece of paper. The background in this case lies flat, without a trace of a pencil.
Finishing touches
Since drawing a card with just a baby elephant is not the best option, the artist should “reward” his protagonist with some distinctive sign indicating a festive mood: a gift for the holiday, flowers, butterflies, sweets, serpentine, confetti, a bright congratulatory letter or telegram.
Cool pink elephant can put a purple tulip in the trunk. It is absolutely not necessary to observe real proportions when designing a postcard, so the flower can be quite large, especially since this detail is leading, semantic, which is worth paying attention to.
Surprise Cards
How to draw a surprise card will be described here. The design principle of such a congratulation practically does not differ from the above - you need to depict a plot picture on cardboard.
Then the card is issued with a congratulatory inscription. And then one of the heroes of the plot is given a surprise - a real candy, a small envelope with a banknote, a bag or a box with a small gift. In the latter, for example, there may be earrings or a ring, the key to a car or an apartment - it depends on the capabilities of the donor. Although you can put a note in which to indicate the place where this gift is hidden.
Having pierced the card with a needle with a thick thread, you need to tie the knot from the inside out so that it does not slip through. You can glue a small piece of paper on the back of the picture in place of the tip of the thread or secure it with tape.
From the front side, the gift itself is tied to a thread: a bag, box, envelope or candy.
A gifted person, having received such a congratulation, will be pleasantly surprised: together in a postcard drawn by the donor himself, he will receive a surprise. With surprise, having opened a bag or opened a box, printed an envelope or unfolded a candy, a person will undoubtedly be happy to receive a souvenir or even money - this will be original and creatively decorated, so it will bring unexpected joy.