“Valentines” can be given not only on Valentine's Day, but also on any weekday. After all, the meaning of this miniature card is to remind your dear person of how sincerely and dearly you love him. And do not constantly buy postcards at retail outlets, it is better to present those that are made independently. How to draw a “Valentine” will be discussed in this article.
The simplest painted valentines
The easiest way is to depict a heart with hearts on a piece of cardboard, even a child can cope with such a task. You can even make such a card using the applique technique.
Since you can draw a “Valentine” in a complicated version, using, in addition to a heart - a symbol of love, butterflies, a flower, a smiling sun or birds flying in the sky.
The smiling sun, in which the rays consist of small hearts, will look charming on a postcard. After all, love is warmth, kindness, delight and joy. And this is exactly how people perceive sunlight.
Cute animals in a postcard plot.
Very often in “valentines”, the heroes of postcards are animals who give flowers, hearts to their chosen ones, carry gifts and sweets. Therefore, in order to draw a “Valentine” with one's own hands, sometimes it may require the skill of an image, for example, puppies or kittens.
You can simplify the task by "putting" the animal baby in a boot, bag or hat. Then it will not have to be depicted completely, just one pretty face will be enough.
Fantasy - the first assistant to a novice artist
Well, even if to portray the beast's face - an impossible task? Then the draftsman will be rescued by fantasy! And you can use it quite creatively, since you can draw a “Valentine” very cool, using as the heroes in the plot the simplest living creatures in the image: octopuses, chickens, bees. Yes, and you can draw them in a childish style or schematically, from the series "dot, dot, comma" or "circle, square, wand."
Actually, the figurative meaning of "valentines" allows love even between worms! True, a creative outlook on the problem is also needed here: the “girl” -worm needs to “tie” a bow to the head, and the “boy” is recommended to dress in a bow tie, a crucial moment!
Master class "Bear gives his heart"
If the donor decided to draw a “Valentine” with a pencil, then a simple step-by-step instruction will help him to do this. As the main character, you can use a cute rush. Below you will learn how to draw a “Valentine” in stages.
- On a piece of cardboard, a circle is drawn for the head, divided into 4 parts.
- From below, a deformed circle is attached to the circle, slightly flattened at the base and in the area of ​​connection with the circle.
- The upper circle is formed in the head: large ears are attached, and whiskers are located just below them.
- A seam is formed along the vertical line of dividing the head, and the bear’s nose is depicted in an oval arc. It’s not difficult to draw a smiling mouth and nose, on the ears to separate the inside from the outside. Round eyes draw slightly above the nose.
- Since you need to draw a “valentine” using the symbol of love, at this stage you should depict exactly the heart that the teddy bear holds in its front legs.
- Now the hind legs of the bear are finished.
- Eraser must erase all auxiliary lines.
Valentine's card in color
If desired, the teddy bear toy can be painted yellow or red, the nose, the inside of the ears, the lower part of the tummy and the feet of the hind legs need to be made several tones lighter than the rest of the fur coat. In the eyes make out the iris and pupils. They also make a glare of light in the eyes with two open circles of different diameters.
The background can be painted over with one color, or you can make it with a gradient or striped. Pink hearts of different sizes scattered around the background field look very nice.
Cool "valentines"
If the artist is still thinking about how to draw a beautiful “valentine” creatively, to make it unlike all the others, then he can recommend the option of a card with a cute dinosaur in love. The fact that the dinosaur is in love, says the book in his arms and legs, the cover of which is decorated with hearts. Perhaps this is a collection of poems that the ancestor of our modern crocodiles and lizards reads to his beloved, he even opened his mouth, and his eyes glow with love!
To give more creativity, even pupils can make a dinosaur in the shape of a heart, a smiling sun, tender, fluffy clouds floating in the sky.
And if someone doesn’t like the option with the ancient pangolin, then he always has a choice. A cute horse in the apple orchard, to which a bird hurries with a declaration of love, a heart in her beak testifies to this. Perhaps the feral only works as a postman in their fairy-tale magical world? This is not so important. The main thing is that the “Valentine” style is sustained in the plot composition: there are hearts, there is a recipient - a chosen one or a lover.
However, if you can’t draw a horse, you should not be upset about this at all! Even one bird with a love message in its beak is fully consistent with the task set for the draftsman.
The last chord will be the inscription on the “Valentine” card: “With love!”, “To you, darling!”, “With all my heart!”, “The whole world is at your feet!” Actually, each lover himself knows what words to express his feelings with.