Volcanoes are unique geological formations that look like ordinary mountains. But at their top is a crater, from which lava, stones, gas and ash sometimes erupt. Natural disaster looks majestic, especially if you watch it from afar. Fire lava streams down black stones, destroying everything in its path. A cloud of ash escapes from the bowels. All this is often accompanied by lightning and heavenly illumination. If an artist lives in your soul, then he will surely reach for pencils and paints. How to draw a volcano in all its glory? Let's talk about it.
Preparatory work
To get started, stock up on all the necessary accessories. You will need paper, pencils, eraser, paints. If you consider yourself a budding artist, strictly follow the instructions below. Then you will definitely be able to draw a volcanic eruption, and not a smoking geyser or a fire on top of a mountain.
It is better to place the image at the bottom of a sheet of paper so that there is room for a column of fire and puffs of smoke. Do not forget to save some free space for drawing the surrounding area, so that our volcano does not seem to hang in the air. Now we take a pencil and get to work.
How to draw a volcano in stages
It is not difficult to do this if you proceed according to plan:
- Draw two slightly rounded lines representing the contours of the future volcano.
- Connect them with a semi-oval. It is the top of a mountain with a crater.
- In a zigzag line indicate the foot.
Our volcano is ready. How to draw an eruption, we will describe below.
- Draw a pencil of lava flowing from the vent. This can be done using a wave line. Let the lava go a little beyond the edges of the volcano.
- Erase excess lines.
- Depict a few straight lines escaping from the mouth of a volcano.
- Above them, draw puffs of smoke.
- Outline the surrounding landscape: hills, hills, forest, ponds. Do not forget the laws of perspective.
- Add small details. For example, lava splashes or stones flying out of a volcano’s mouth.
Colorize the picture
How to draw a volcano in color? We will need paints or colored pencils. The volcano itself will be brown. Black lines in some places depict grooves, protrusions. Designate the play of light and shadow. Paint the lava bright yellow. With the help of orange stripes, finish the twisting fiery streams, circle the contours, creating a feeling of fluidity, dynamics. Flames, red burning sprays, should burst from the mouth of the volcano . Reflections from them fall on the nearest slopes of the mountains, tree trunks.
Pay special attention to the sky. A violet-gray cloud of smoke and ash rises into it. Just below the dark clouds, a glow burns. It can be drawn with the help of yellow, orange and red shades, which smoothly pass one into another. In clubs of gas, portray sparkling lightning. They are often observed during the eruption. They look not so much like zigzags, but rather like thin, winding branches of trees. Paint them shining white.
Now pay attention to the landscape around the volcano. Bright greenery, not yet burnt by lava, looks contrasting.
How to draw a volcano if you are not friends with pencils and paints? Very simple. Follow our instructions and the result will surely please you.