Often children who do not yet know how to draw on paper what they want are asked to do so by their parents. What if the child asks to draw a thunderstorm? First of all, he wants to see lightning and formidable heavy clouds on a paper sheet. This article will teach you to draw lightning, clouds, thunderstorm in stages with a pencil.
Draw a cloud with a simple pencil
To get started, prepare the workplace. Take a blank sheet of paper and a simple pencil (preferably sharpened sharply).
In the middle of the sheet, outline the contour of the oval - this is the future
thundercloud. If you can’t draw an oval on your own, do it this way. Divide the sheet in half with a vertical and horizontal line, you get a cross. Now round this shape, an oval will come out. Now, at the borders of the silhouette, we accurately depict the edges of the cloud. They should resemble a lamb. Keep the distance between the roundness of the cloud about one centimeter. You will get a volumetric thundercloud.
How to draw a zipper?
Now that the cloud is ready, it's time to portray the lightning coming out of it. It’s easy to do this - on the bottom of the cloud put a few broken lines on the paper (for sure everyone knows what lightning looks like). Now, next to each of the lines, draw a parallel line so that their ends converge at the bottom. You will get a great lightning that makes a baby happy. Now it's time to complete the drawing - decorate the cloud. This can be done using light wavy and semicircular lines inside the cloud. Now you and your child know how to draw a zipper with a pencil. If desired, add colors to the drawing or darken the shade with a simple pencil.
Such a lightning and a cloud can become either a separate drawing or an element of an interesting landscape.
How to draw a zipper on a computer?
Many people tried to catch lightning in the frame, but this is not very simple. Photos of thunderstorms and lightning look mysterious, bewitching and very beautiful. You can draw a zipper using the most common Photoshop. How to do it?
- First you need to find a photo for the basics. The sky on it should be gloomy, gray, it is good if heavy clouds are present. Open the photo through the Photoshop editor.
- Create a new layer.
- Open the "Tools". Select the Rectangular Area button. With this tool, select a wide area on a new layer.
- Fill this area with a gradient. Do it carefully, as pouring is an important step in your work. The appearance of the future lightning depends on how you make the gradient fill.
- In the "Filter" menu, find the "Rendering" submenu. There, click on the button titled "Clouds overlay."
- Then, in the "Images" - "Correction" menu, click the "Invert" button. After completing this step, you will receive a white zipper.
- Move the appeared flags, observing the change in lightning.
We continue to draw lightning in the editor
Lightning in the sky, drawn with the help of the editor, looks just like real. We continue to learn to draw it.
- Enter the “Images” menu again, click the “Color Background” button. Then press the "Toning" button. Try different color variations suitable for you.
- Hold down the keyboard keys Ctrl + T and reduce the zipper to the desired size, while holding down the Shift key. This will keep the proportions.
- Change the mode to "Replace Light."
- Find the Dodge Tool. With it, you need to illuminate the place where the lightning goes. Point the tool to the desired place and move the mouse on it. Do not release the mouse button.
Now you know how to draw lightning with a simple pencil on paper, and also learned how to draw a thunderstorm using a computer editor. It is very interesting for both children and adults.