What to do in your free time? There are a lot of options: you can read, solve crosswords, embroider a cross, and burn through a tree. And you can learn to draw. This is an incredibly exciting activity that not only diversifies leisure, but also brings a lot of benefits. Drawing improves fine motor skills, eye, coordination, and promotes the development of mindfulness and visual memory. And do not worry that you do not have enough talent. Everyone can master this science, regardless of age. Following the advice of the master, step by step you will create real masterpieces. For example, today we will look at how to draw a bump.
Workplace organization
The basis of almost any painting is a pencil sketch. Therefore, for starters, you only need white rough paper (not glossy), a soft eraser and a few simple pencils of different markings (hard, soft, medium) to create tonal spots, effects and lines of varying intensity.
In the future, when you master the pencil drawing, you can proceed to the color scheme. At this stage, watercolor paints and gouache, brushes made of natural hair (squirrel or pony hair) of various thicknesses and shapes, as well as an easel, will come in handy. All these accessories should be bought only in a professional art store.
Where to begin
It is best to create a drawing on the theme of nature in a natural setting, that is, on the shore of a lake, in a forest, in a meadow or in a field. So the subject of your creativity will be always in front of your eyes, and you can most accurately convey its shape, texture and color. But you can draw a cone at home, if it is at hand. First you need to carefully consider it from different angles, then put it in front of you on the table and try to capture it on paper. This is much easier to do than it seems, which proves the lesson described below.
How to draw a pine cone: a step-by-step workshop
Any sketch always begins with a sketch of the general shape of the subject. In the process, the sketch is detailed, at the final stage, small elements, light and shade are drawn, hatching is performed to give the image volume. A drawing on the theme "Pine cone" is created according to the same principle.
General form
Draw a narrow oval on paper, slightly narrowed down and tilted to the right. What does he look like? A drop of water or a tear, a chicken egg or almonds.
Detail drawing
Now the oval needs to be filled with triangular scales. They look like fish scales, only slightly pointed below. Triangles should not be near, but overlap each other. Above and in the middle, the cones of the scales are the largest, and below them are smaller. To correctly draw a cone, you need to know that the ripened fruits open, so several upper scales should protrude to the sides. For clarity, we suggest focusing on the example above.
We give the work naturalness
Now, with an eraser, carefully remove all excess lines, with a well-sharpened pencil, clearly outline the outline of the drawing. In the middle of each flake, draw a seed in the form of a small narrow oval, located horizontally (see how a professional artist depicted the seeds). To make the pattern look natural, apply a light shading around the perimeter of each flake. If you did everything correctly, then your sketch will be similar to the example above.
A little color doesn’t hurt, so color the pencil drawing. This can be done with colored pencils, felt-tip pens or watercolor paints. The choice of shade is left to the performer. The natural cone is painted in brown, green or brown tones, but no one forbids fantasizing, so blue or raspberry colors are also suitable. You decide!
Now that you know how to draw a bump in stages, it is worth listening to the wise advice of the master.
Tips from an experienced artist
Be patient and move forward in small steps. Art is in no hurry. First, try the simplest step-by-step master classes. When you can confidently draw a cone or a bow, then you can move on to more complex topics and master the image of a butterfly or grasshopper.
At the next stage, proceed to sketches from nature, which is a very important point for each artist. The main thing is to train every day. And soon you will discover how good your sketches have become.