Spruce is a beautiful, slender plant with fluffy branches. It can be found in coniferous and mixed forests, as well as in the city. For the New Year, it is this tree, decorated with tinsel and shiny balls, that creates a festive mood. Children and adults are wondering how to draw a Christmas tree. Consider several ways.
By pattern
Toddlers love to be creative with mom or dad. However, scribbles most often come out from under the pencil. How to draw a Christmas tree for a two-year-old artist who is just learning to hold a brush in his hand? Here you can’t do without the help of an adult.
Take the album sheet, draw a large triangle in the middle, cut it with scissors. Attach the resulting template to the base on which the baby will draw. Hand him a sponge, let dip it in a container of green paint. Now you need to put a lot of spots to make the triangle color. When you remove the template, you will see a simple green Christmas tree, which must be decorated with balls. To do this, you can use stamps cut from vegetables or fruits.
We draw a Christmas tree with a preschooler
Older children can already depict a round sun, a house of a square and a triangle, a man of sticks and ovals. How to draw a Christmas tree for a young artist familiar with geometric shapes? As a basis we take an ordinary triangle. Let the kid draw it in the middle of the album sheet with a pencil.
Now, starting from the top, we draw protruding wave-like branches. They do not have to be symmetrical. However, the tree will look more elegant if the tiers of the branches are made narrow. Having drawn the bends on the lateral borders of the triangle, do not forget to draw the bottom. Then the auxiliary lines can be erased.
Draw a tree trunk protruding from under the lower branches, outline the arrangement of garlands and Christmas decorations. When the drafts are complete, you can move on to the details. Circle the contours with thicker lines, draw garlands of small beads, mark glare on the balls. Do not forget about the shining star on top of the fir tree and gifts carefully planted by Grandfather Frost.
We complicate the task
The next option requires a developed eye. How to draw a Christmas tree with a pencil without auxiliary lines? Let's start from the top. First we decide where the center will be, and then we separate two lines from it - one to the left, the other to the right. Wavy lines indicate the lower contours of the branches. Again, we part in the sides of the line, drawing the next tier. Remember that the crown is the thinnest, and then the branches grow wider and wider. The main thing here is to observe symmetry.
When the tree is ready, the trunk is drawn. Now you can move on to jewelry. Balls, stars, garlands, tinsel - it all depends on your imagination. For the picture to be bright, it needs to be painted.
Realistic image
We continue the conversation on how to draw a Christmas tree with a pencil in stages. This time we will be transported to the summer forest. From the materials we need a landscape sheet, an eraser and a high-quality pencil of medium softness.
Sketch the trunk first. Designate the grass in which the tree grows. Starting at the top, draw the branches. We fill them with needles in the form of sharp strokes. It is not necessary to make branches even. In nature, almost perfect symmetry is not found. But the needles should fit snugly together. Again, avoid underlined straight lines. Enough general impression.
When you draw the branches to the bottom, take up the land. Draw prominent blades of grass to make everything look realistic. Volume can be added to the picture with darker shading. Put shadows on the trunk, the lower part of the branches, walk a pencil on the grass. And enjoy the result.
Take paints
How to draw a Christmas tree in stages with watercolor or gouache? Consider the easiest ways that are suitable even for kids. The first of these is tentatively called a “panicle”. We begin to draw from the top, depicting fluffy bunches. The closer to the bottom, the more magnificent the tiers become, the wider the strokes. If you are unsure of your abilities, first draw a straight line as a guide. She will become the trunk of the future tree.
You can apply strokes not only down from the trunk, but also up in a semicircle. In this case, they begin to draw from the lower branches, gradually rising up. When the tree is ready, the paint is allowed to dry. Then you can start drawing New Year's balls. To make the picture more believable, on top of the toys portray the needles with thin strokes.
If desired, you can draw a winter spruce. On the branches with white paint we denote snow. To make it look voluminous, we shade the lower part with blue or lilac flowers. In watercolor paints there is no white shade. In this case, snow can be depicted by mixing in different proportions blue, lilac and blue colors.
New Year's Eve Magic
How to draw a beautiful Christmas tree that glows in the dark? Draw a triangle with thin lines. Short pencil strokes indicate the trunk and branches, without drawing them in detail. The main thing is to create the impression of a magnificent crown. At this stage, it is still difficult to guess the future Christmas tree in the tree.
The next step is to work with paints. To create a feeling of glow, apply a yellow color to the silhouette of the tree. When the paint dries, apply horizontal dark green strokes. With their help, we display the wide legs of a spruce. Then we add light green strokes for credibility, washing them out with water. The result is a Christmas tree glowing from the inside. It remains to depict the evening landscape around, falling reflections in the snow.
How to draw a Christmas tree? In fact, this is nothing complicated. Even a two-year-old baby will cope with such a task, if he is helped a little. Create beautiful pictures and let them remind you of the holiday on gray weekdays.