Father Frost and his granddaughter Snegurochka often feature on postcards and all kinds of Christmas tree decorations. However, there are other wonderful and good heroes. For example, a snowman. You can draw a snowman not only in the form of three circles, but also make interesting illustration. In it we beautifully place the main character on this album sheet. We “dress up” him with a hat and scarf. IN right hand We place a gift, and on the left - a broom. Complementing the drawing small elements and paint it with bright colors. This is how we get the drawing of a snowman on New Year 2018.

The sparrow is a very small bird that does not stand out very much in its feather color or singing. However, this is a very common bird in the forest, in the park, in yards or in your own garden. That's why you've probably seen such a small sparrow.

Learn to draw a sparrow

To learn how to draw a bird, you should determine its main features and be sure to capture them on paper in the sketching stages before applying strokes with colored pencils. When drawing, do not forget that it is small in appearance, it has a short tiny beak and small legs. In addition to the correct proportions, you should give due time to coloring the picture so that the color turns out natural, like a real bird. To do this, select as many different shades of brown pencils as possible. Take the black one with you too charcoal pencil, which will help color the eye, some fragments of feathers and give a stroke.

Necessary materials:

Pencils have been familiar to us since childhood. And we don't take them seriously. However, look at the masterpieces artists paint.

Colored pencils are wonderful graphic material! They are easy to control, which means they can achieve a variety of effects.

Works with colored pencils Susie Ruby, Katy Ferreira, Teresa Mallen

Do you want the same?

Then you should master basic techniques drawing with colored pencils. Read and practice!

7 ways to draw with colored pencils:

1. Hatching

You can work with a pencil in different ways: by placing loose strokes tightly together to create an even color, or by making strokes with the tip of a pencil, leaving small gaps between them.

Both methods are good, what matters is where they are used.

Perform even movements with your hand in one direction. Make sure the distance between strokes is the same.

Knowing how to make colors of different lightness is a very important skill. It is even more important to be able to make a gradual transition in the lightness of the shade.

You can change the shade from light to dark by changing the pressure on the pencil.

Try shading the strip, first barely touching the surface of the paper, and then increasing the pressure on the pencil more and more.

What you need to be able to do in order to shade well with pencils, see this Periscope broadcast:

3. Changing Hue

Colored pencils provide transparent layers of stroke. If they are placed one on top of the other, the color will be optically mixed. This is used to change the shade of a color.

Thus, even with a small set of pencils you can get complex color shades by superimposing one color on another.

The same effect will be achieved with freer shading. Only in this case the structure of the stain will be more airy and textured.

To make the shading look aesthetically pleasing, do it uniform movements with the same pressure force and direction.

It is better to apply two different color layers at an acute angle in relation to each other. However, sometimes the angle of the strokes can be absolutely the same.

4. Infusing color into color

It will work if you combine 2 techniques: light stretching (point 2) and changing shades (point 3).

As a result, you will achieve a more varied gradation of color tints.

More interesting and useful information about drawing
from the artist Marina Trushnikova
You will find in electronic journal“Life in Art.”

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5. Decorative techniques

On top of large light spots you can apply patterns, ornaments, and smaller specks of color.

The main thing to remember is the law of optical color mixing. If you put opposite colors on top of each other: yellow and purple, red and green, blue and orange, you get a gray or dirty shade.

6. Accepting white line reservations

This technique has been demonstrated. Christina uses this technique to sign her works.
It's very simple and effective.

Take a non-writing pen and draw something with it, pressing down on the paper. The pen leaves a mark - a groove, into which the color does not fall during further shading. A white line remains. This method can create thin light patterns:

I think you have been familiar with this technique since childhood. You need to take an object with a relief surface, place it UNDER a sheet of paper, and then make shading on top with a pencil where the object lies.

Hatching will reveal the relief of the convex surface. I used what I had on hand: a flat comb and coins.

But you can also find other surfaces: wood, stone, brickwork and other things. The main thing is that the sheet is not too dense and is pressed when shading.

I spoke in more detail about the frottage technique in the Periscope broadcast:

Master classes

Dear friends! In my last article, I talked about the features of working with colored pencils, but now it’s time to put this wonderful artistic material into practice. In this step-by-step drawing lesson, using the example of drawing peonies, we will learn how to do outline drawing, learn about the features of working with colored pencils, learn how to select and mix colors.

Required art materials

✔ Thick sheet of A4 format (I use whatman paper, density 200 g/m); ✔ Ruler, sharpener, eraser; ✔ Simple HB pencil (I prefer to work with an automatic pencil); ✔ ; ✔ Set of Faber-Castell colored pencils. To work on each element, we will choose 2-3 primary colors, and several colors to add accents in the end. For example, to draw leaves, we need three shades of green: light, dark and in between. An intermediate color is needed to smooth out the transition from light to dark. I will use the following colors of Classic Color Pencils, Faber-Castell: - for petals and bud: 330, 319 and 325, 327 - for leaves: 370, 359 and 357 - for color accents: 327, 383, 378, 392 - for stamens: 309.

The next stage of work is the selection of references. If you already have artistic experience, then you can draw peonies from life, but for beginners I would recommend finding a photo on the Internet first. It will also be useful to see how other artists depict flowers. You can choose one photo and draw from it. But for the drawing to be interesting and not an exact copy, we'll pick it up different photos and we will put together our own original work from this. It is not necessary to copy the entire image; somewhere we can spy a beautifully curved leaf or notice a picturesque petal. Look for interesting angles and details.

Step 1: Draw a sketch of the peony with a pencil

Let's start drawing our peonies with a pencil. Take a sheet of A4 format, using a ruler and a simple pencil find the middle of the sheet and draw auxiliary lines. Now we know exactly where the center of our future composition is. Next, we very schematically outline the image of the peony. I decided to draw large flower, with several leaves. So that the flower does not feel lonely, I will add a bud to it. Such details are very important; they will make your work look more interesting. When making a sketch, we remember that it is better to place large elements at the bottom and leave more air at the top. This is why we determined the center of the sheet.

Step 2: Working out the details of the peony with a pencil

So, schematic drawing We have a peony flower in pencil. Now we understand where and what we will have. Our next step step by step lesson drawing will be more detailed. To do this, we carefully study references or nature. We draw the petals, leaves, bud, outline the stems. We try not to press too hard on the pencil, soft pencil We also don’t use it so as not to spread dirt on the sheet. We should get a pretty detailed one, but easy sketch.

Step 3: Outline the pencil sketch of the peony with a liner

Now let's start working with liners to get a beautiful finished contour drawing. To begin with, let's take a liner with a thickness of 0.3 mm. Slowly, very carefully trace our sketch along the contour. We try to keep the line straight. As a result, our drawing will have a clear, complete outline.

Step 4: Draw the details of the peony flower with a liner

Our drawing lacks liveliness, so now we will add details. We take a liner with a thickness of 0.2 mm. If you are not yet very confident in your abilities, then you can first draw small parts pencil. We draw the stamens of our flower. We add veins to the leaves to make the design look even more interesting. Add some touches to the leaves and petals. When you have drawn everything, take an eraser and erase the entire pencil.

Step 5: Color the peony petals with colored pencils

The main principle is this: first we put a light shade, then a dark one and make a smooth transition using an intermediate color.

Ksenia Oskolkova

Now we will learn how to draw a peony flower with colored pencils. Let's start by drawing the peony petals. Using one petal as an example, I will show you how to work with colored pencils. Main principle like this - first we put a light shade, then a dark one and make a smooth transition using an intermediate color. Take the lightest shade that you chose for coloring the petals, I use a 330 pencil. Carefully paint over it most petal, while adjusting the pressure of the stylus. At the top we can put the color more densely, towards the bottom we try to loosen the pressure of the lead, due to which the color will lie a little paler. Next, take the shade that you chose for the dark areas. Take a 319 pencil and paint over the dark area. We are not afraid that one color overlaps another, that’s how it should be. The border between colors will be rigid for now. To soften the border, take the light shade number 330 again and add several layers over the entire petal. We work carefully, trying not to apply too much pressure. Our first petal is ready. As you can see, there is nothing complicated, you just need to be patient! Guided by the same principle, we paint over all the remaining petals, with the exception of the inner ones, we will make them darker.

Step 6: Draw the inner petals of the peony with colored pencils

Now in our step by step drawing lesson we will draw the inner petals of a peony flower. We take a 319 pencil, which we used to draw the dark places on the petals. Paint the inside of the petal with this color. Next, take the darkest shade 327 and paint the bottom of our petal with it. Do not forget that at the very bottom we apply more pressure to the stylus; the higher we rise, the weaker the pressure of the stylus. To even out the color, take the lightest shade 330 and paint over the entire petal. We use the same principle with all the other internal petals.

Step 7: Draw peony leaves with colored pencils

We'll do things a little differently with leaves. First, let's put the main color, then select the light and dark areas and make a smooth transition.

Ksenia Oskolkova

Now it's time to draw the leaves of our peony. We'll do things a little differently with leaves. First, let's put the main color, then select the light and dark areas and make a smooth transition. I decided to make the leaves a rich grassy color. Therefore, my main shade will be 359. You take the color that you chose as the main one. We paint the entire surface of our leaf with it. Next, take a light shade, mine is 370, and paint the light areas of the leaf with it. We use the darkest shade to work on the dark areas of the leaf, I use 357. We see that the border is quite clear, now we need to soften it, make a smooth transition. Let's return to the main shade, let me remind you that mine is 359, and in our usual manner, apply this color over the entire surface of the sheet. We make several layers to smooth out the color transitions well. Our beautiful leaf ready! In the same manner we paint the remaining leaves of the peony.

Step 8: Draw the stamens and bud of the peony with colored pencils

We continue to detail our peony. Let's take it yellow, I take 309, and paint over the stamens. Our flower is changing more and more. Now, using the same principles that I described above, we draw the bud of our peony. Take the lightest shade 330 and paint most of the petal with it. Next, use pencil 319 to paint over the dark area of ​​the petal near the leaves. Use a light shade of 330 to soften the border between colors. We do the same with leaves. We paint the entire surface of the leaves with pencil 359. We paint the light areas of the leaves with shade 357. To make a soft transition between colors, we return to the main shade 359. We apply this color over the entire surface of the leaf. Our bud is ready!