The technique of drawing a vase is one of the stages of teaching academic drawing in art educational institutions. Students of similar schools draw mainly marble or gypsum vessels. If you are a beginner artist, choose a vase of the simplest form.
In this case, it is better to draw on a vertically arranged sheet of paper. However, if you have a low wide vase, the leaf may be horizontal.
At the first stage, getting down to the task of how to draw a vase, we determine the axis of our drawing. To do this, in the middle of the sheet, mark a vertical line and, drawing a perpendicular to it near the lower edge of the sheet, set the position of the bottom of the vase. From this point upwards along the vertical line we determine the height of the vase. In this case, trace to the top edge of the sheet should leave room for flowers.
To understand how to draw a vase, you need to figure out what parts it consists of. It may have a convex part, a neck, some other details. In our example, this is a spherical convex part and a cylindrical neck. It is necessary to determine at approximately the height at which the neck begins and ends, where the most convex part is located, and draw light horizontal lines through these points. These are auxiliary lines, and it is better to draw them with a hard pencil without pressure.
Next, you need to find out the ratio of the width of the vase and its height in different parts, as well as its individual parts in thickness among themselves. Mark on horizontal lines segments approximately equal to the thickness of the neck of the convex part. Now you need to connect the end points of these segments with a thin line, observing the symmetry of the right and left sides of the object.
We figured out the contours of the vessel. Now you need to think about how to draw a vase so that it looks realistic. The bottom, neck of the product and the junction of the cylindrical part with the spherical, according to the laws of perspective, are usually drawn in the form of an ellipse. Delete the excess lines that you used to build with the eraser and circle your outline.
How to draw a vase so that the volume of an object is visible? Features of the shape of the object are transmitted light chiaroscuro. Always, by casting shadows in the drawing, first decide which side your light falls on. Places farther from the light source appear darker, and vice versa. The same can be said about the concave and convex parts of the vase. When hatching, try to follow the lines of the subject with lines, although direct hatching in different directions is also possible. First, designate the most concave and most convex parts of the vessel by chiaroscuro and only then begin the detailing.
Pay particular attention to the neck. Here you need to put a shadow so that it is clear that flowers can be placed in a vase. Since there is little light inside, make a darker shadow in this place.
And finally, after finishing this part of the drawing, you can think about how to draw a vase of flowers. It is not very difficult if you outline each flower in the form of a circle, inside of the contour of which there will be a bud.