Do you like to draw? If yes, then let's try to draw on paper something beautiful and unusual, such as a violin. Well, and, of course, when drawing this musical instrument, it’s necessary to place a bow nearby, because it is one indivisible whole. So, get to work and do not think that you will not succeed.
How to draw a violin? First you just need to introduce her. It’s good if you have it in kind: as a toy or a real tool. You must agree that it is pleasant and magical to touch the strings and extract from it, albeit not very correct, but amazing sounds.
How to draw a violin
You ask how to draw a violin with a pencil? Easily. For the image of this tool it is enough to have the most ordinary simple pencil. Nevertheless, it is better if there are several of them, differing from each other in the degree of softness and hardness of graphite itself. The drawing will turn out to be more expressive if you apply hatching and shadows. Sometimes, to give the painted violin the necessary proportions, shapes and sizes, you can also use a marker.
Steps for drawing a violin
How to draw a violin in stages, consider in more detail.
▪ First, we determine the approximate value of the tool: the thickness of the body, the main length of the deck, neck, as well as its width. With horizontal straight lines from the beginning of the violin to the upper edge, its neck, we outline the outline. We estimate the width both above and below and draw the wrong rectangle.
▪ Next, we try to smoothly bend the lines along this contour to depict two semi-arches on both sides resembling something like the English letter “S”.
▪ Now, having reached the middle, you need to make two arches that connect the semi-arches, and direct one to the right, the other to the left.
▪ Next, we draw the violin its “neck” in the form of a long thin vertical rectangle, tapering slightly above. In the center it should be as even as possible, because here, on the so-called deck, we will draw the exact location of the stand for the instrument strings.
The proportions are met, the outline is indicated, which means the main part, that is, a sketch of the violin, is completed.
Learning to hatch
You still do not quite understand how to draw a violin? Then continue.
▪ Already with another simple but softer pencil we clearly draw the small details of the instrument.
▪ Using shading, apply shadows to the side of the main body of the violin. We also carefully work out the visible part of the neck. In the course of the necessary hatching and shading, we emphasize the main forms of this object in our foreground, as well as in the shadow.
▪ Next, we draw a rather short hatching of the characteristic actual volumetric elements of the violin.
▪ Soft lines highlight the S-shaped holes on the case. Using the chopping method, gently soften the main form of the violin and the upper part of the neck itself.
▪ Next, we clearly draw the visible foreground, make bastings on the strings.
▪ To more clearly express the natural volumes, the depth of the shadows, you can use the marker.
Everything, part of the work is completed, half of the work done is done. How to draw a violin, we now know. But that is not all. What a violin without a bow?
Learning to draw a bow
Probably everyone knows what a bow is. Without this component, playing the violin is impossible. This is a thin stick made from a special kind of wood, with its help sounds are extracted from the instrument.
With the correct drawing of this stick, a musical instrument so necessary, it is necessary to observe proportions. It, of course, should not be longer than the violin itself. Let's try to draw it.
Our main musical instrument is depicted lying horizontally. The bow, for greater persuasiveness and to preserve the completeness of a beautiful and correct figure, is positioned in relation to the violin at an angle of forty-five degrees.
▪ Draw a small line, slightly less than the size of the tool itself. Next, use a simple soft pencil or a marker to circle it several times.
▪ At the ends of the future bow, draw two loops through which we draw another thin line from one end to the other. It will be an imaginary string.
The case is completed. And now we know how to draw a violin with a bow. The drawing turned out beautiful, isn't it?
You should know it
In this article, we tried to clearly and stage-by-stage talk about how to draw a violin. If you are still not clear, here are some tips to make it easier to learn how to do this.
▪ Draw slowly, slowly, as if you were playing this very violin.
▪ Watch the videos, where a skilled specialist in all details will tell you how to perform such work more accurately and correctly.
▪ Do not step back from what you started. Maybe the first time not everything will turn out beautifully, but the next one will certainly be much better.