How to draw an Easter still life

A beautiful and bright Easter holiday is associated with the arrival of spring, good and universal reverence. On such a day he finds special inspiration and wants to create beauty and delight others. You can convey your mood by drawing an Easter still life, displaying in it all the sacrament and holiness of this holiday. You can give a picture to your loved ones or decorate your own house with it.

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Basic rules for drawing a still life

To begin with, you should decide on what actually represents a still life. We can say that a still life is an image of a three-dimensional composition of household items. The artist must be able to depict a three-dimensional shape on a two-dimensional plane.

This technique has its own characteristics, therefore, when drawing an Easter still life, you should adhere to certain rules:

1) It is best to express the shape of objects with the help of properly set light.

2) Only tone colors need to be transmitted in the picture. In order to see them, one should, peering into nature, notice their generalization and merger.

3) Smears should be applied in the shape of the item. More often move away and look at work from a distance.

4) Add others to the main color, mix the shades present in the subject.

still life easter photo

Very often, artists draw an Easter still life from a photograph. A photo, especially of high quality, of course, can also convey the main idea of ​​a still life, but the main lines are still better to draw from nature.

Necessary materials

Easter still life can be drawn using watercolors, gouache, pencil. Gouache is a very dense, hiding paint and is intended for pasty application.

Watercolors lay on the paper with a watery layer, even almost transparent. This paint is designed to mix several colors. You can choose the paint based on the expected result and your own skills.

In addition to paint, you need a sheet of paper A3 or A4 (if you are painting with watercolors, the paper must be special watercolor), brushes of different sizes, a pencil with softness B or B2, an eraser, water. Instead of the usual eraser, a nag is often used, which helps the artist correct or correct the roughness of the sketch.

Easter still life. How to draw?

Before you start drawing, you need to decide which specific objects will act as nature. Still life should convey the essence of the great holiday, with its traditions and rites. Therefore, the best option would be an image of an Easter cake, tied with a ribbon, decorated eggs and pussy-willow twigs. All items should be placed on a towel.

easter still life how to draw

To draw an Easter still life should be in the following sequence:

1) You need to start with a sketch of a pencil drawing. To do this, use a simple pencil to mark the Easter cake, its upper part. Next, add the ribbon with which it is tied. Under the knot, you can add a small flower. Then mark the towel on which the Easter cake is located, and the folds. We draw three eggs on a towel. Behind the panettone, we add a bouquet of willow twigs, scattering leaves and buds on them.

2) Next, we proceed to watercolor painting. Paint should be diluted with water, using a palette. First, paint the Easter cake brown, darkening the left side. Then we darken the glaze and draw a sprinkle. We paint the ribbon with pink or red paint.

3) With a divorced blue color, darken the background around the Easter cake. Then we color the towel and eggs with the desired color, darkening the base of each egg.

4) Each leaf of the willow is darkened with diluted green, and with violet we color the base of each bud that has blossomed.

The final step is to apply additional shadows on each item.

Draw a still life with a pencil

If you need to make an easy sketch, for example, for a holiday card or a child’s school assignment, you can draw an Easter still life with a pencil.

easter pencil still life
First you also need to choose what exactly will be depicted in your drawing. For example, let it be a festive Easter cake on a wicker plate, Easter eggs and a sprig of cherry.

First, sketch the Easter cake by drawing two parallel lines and a hat on top. Then we make streaks of sugar glaze, after which we finish the shape of the plate in the form of a circle around the Easter cake and a few eggs. By drawing the bottom of the plate, you can add a few more eggs on the other side. On top of the glaze we finish the sprinkle in the form of circles and sticks. And since our plate is wicker, we make an imitation of wicker. On the side we draw a branch of a blossoming cherry. You can also add a congratulatory phrase and give the resulting drawing to loved ones.


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