Today our task is to figure out how to draw a swan with a pencil. Please note that the outlines and shape of this bird are defined by its feathers, therefore, when drawing them, you need to pay attention to shadows, texture and light.
We will talk about how to draw a swan in stages. The general principle of this process is to generalize nature. This bird is easy to draw: its shape can be decomposed into two ovals, representing the head and body, as well as the neck and wings, which can be defined by gracefully curved curves.
Getting to the study of how to draw a swan. At the first stage, we determine the location of his figure. We draw the center line of the sheet, it will be the axis of our drawing.
Below we draw an egg-shaped oval. Make sure you have enough room for your neck and head. Point the narrow end of the oval slightly down to the right corner.
From the oval up, draw a gracefully curved line of the neck. On its upper part, draw another small oval - a sketch for the bird's head. Draw the second line, shaping the neck of the swan. Note that the lower neck is wider than the top.
Draw two elegant lines for outstretched wings. Draw the lower contour lines to the upper ones to get the wings of the desired shape. Outline feathers at the same time.
Mark the position of the swan's legs: the hips in the form of small ovals and paws.
Mark the eye and draw the beak. Swipe the drawing lightly with an eraser, making sure that the lines are barely visible and do not interfere with your future work.
The next stage of work is detailing.
Now it's time to think about how to draw a swan so that it looks realistic.
To do this, the image needs to be made more specific: to clarify individual details, to draw contours with smooth lines. It is necessary to round off places in which the shape of the swan's body changes: connection of the head with the neck; transition from chest to body and from trunk to legs.
In more detail you need to draw the wings of a bird. Perhaps this will take a lot of time, because you need to pay attention to each feather. Having drawn the main feathers, you can outline the fluffy small feathers under the wings and on the stomach. Work out the shape of the beak, do not forget about the membranes on the paws.
The next step is hatching. How to draw a swan so that it turns out as if alive? Assuming that the light source is located in the upper right, we begin to hatch the bird with lines of different lengths; for light tones we use a 2H or HB pencil, apply hatching in curved lines, repeating the shape of the body. We draw feathers on the head, neck of the swan, remembering that the light source is at the top right.
We track the glare on the cheeks and on the head, make sure that the shadows outline the shape of the head. Using a contrasting hatching, we draw a beak, obscure the eyes in the upper part, leaving a white highlight.
Add dark colors to the wings, to the neck, to areas that are in the shade. We use a pencil 2B and HB. Please note that the feathers on the lower part of the neck are larger than those at the top, so the strokes here must be made longer, more curved and keep a greater distance between them.
Now you know how to draw a swan. If you didn’t succeed right away, don’t be upset! Practice - and the swan will surely come to life on a leaf!