Master class on drawing a still life with lilacs.
Municipal budgetary institution of additional education
"Center of children's creativity"
155900, Ivanovo region, Shuya, pl. Lenina, 3
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Master class on drawing a spring still life with lilacs.
Compiled by:
Shesternina Alena Sergeevna,
additional education teacher
List of materials:
- Paper
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Gouache
- Brushes
- Palette
- Sippy cup
- Rags
Progress:
1. We outline the window sill using straight lines. We use a vertical line to indicate the location and height of the future vase. We don’t make it very large so that there is enough space for a bouquet.
2. On one side we outline the edge of the window.
3. Mark open window sashes.
4. Add frames to the windows.
5. Give the frames thickness.
6. Outline the shape of the vase. Make sure that the vertical line is clearly in the middle.
7. Add volume to the vase. We draw ovals in the neck, bottom and widest part of the vase.
8. With a barely noticeable line we mark the location of the bouquet. Inside the bouquet we mark clusters of lilacs.
9. Outside the window we draw a simple landscape with a field, forest and bushes. We hang the curtain. We remove all unnecessary lines.
This completes the first stage of drawing a spring still life. We have already completed all the necessary constructions, now it is time to work with paints.
We will draw with gouache in the following sequence:
1. Let's start working with the background. We fill the sky with strokes of blue shades.
2. Continue working with the background. We make the forest in the distance with slightly whitened shades of green. On the field we make a stretch from yellow to light green. We paint the bushes and crown of the nearby tree with more saturated shades of green. Here and there we add yellowish tints to create the effect of sunlight in the foliage.
3. When the background has dried, you can begin painting the window frames and window sill. We try not to use pure white, but add a few other shades to it. For example, in the shadows you can add blue, purple and even brown. And in the light - yellow, ocher, pinkish shades.
4. Next, paint the vase and curtain. We try to convey volume through the use of light and dark shades.
5. We do the first thing in painting the bouquet. We carry out the work with strokes of different shades of lilac. In those places of the bouquet where there are no flowers, paint over with greenery.
6. When the first layer has dried, we begin to apply lighter strokes. We only do them in the light.
7. Using dark shades, add brushstrokes in the shadows of the grapes.
8. Draw the foliage in the bouquet. We make some leaves light, light green. And somewhere, on the contrary, we add dark shades of green.
9. We place the final accents with white colors. On the lilac clusters in bright places we add a few traced flowers, on the curtain we add a lace pattern, and we add highlights on the vase. Next to the vase, on the windowsill, we drop some flowers and petals.
We draw lilacs in an unconventional way
Useful tips
Watch the video if you are too lazy to read
Watch the video if you are too lazy to read
The talent of drawing is not given to everyone. But almost everyone has the desire to create some beautiful drawing at least once in their life. But, unfortunately, repeated attempts to draw some, even the simplest, plot with your own hands end in failure, and all desire to continue to engage in this type of creativity instantly disappears.
Today we will introduce you to one of the unconventional drawing techniques, with the help of which not only an adult, but even a child who absolutely cannot draw, can easily create a wonderful composition depicting lilac flowers.
To complete this drawing we will need:
- drawing paper;
- sponge for washing dishes;
- container with water;
- paint brush;
- saucer for paint;
- watercolor paints;
- gouache;
- wooden insert from a toy;
- cardboard for frame;
- multi-colored yarn;
- scissors;
- hot melt adhesive.
So let's get started!
To begin, we will need a sheet of white drawing paper, a washing up sponge and a container of water.
Wet the sponge in water and squeeze it lightly so that the water does not drain from the sponge, but simply saturates it well.
Using light pressure on the sponge, coat the entire surface of the paper with water until the sheet is evenly damp.
We take a painting brush, apply blue watercolor paint to it and begin to apply it in large strokes onto the moistened paper.
By constantly adding blue paint to the brush, we create a kind of blue background on our sheet of paper. Clear uniformity of paint application is not required at all, since our future painting will most likely belong to the genre of impressionism, where, as a rule, clarity of lines is not the final goal of the finished work.
Now let's get started with drawing lilacs.
Let's start with the leaves.
Take a small saucer and put a certain amount of green gouache on it.
Next, we will need some kind of wooden mold, with which we will make impressions on paper that resemble the shape of lilac leaves.
For this, for example, a wooden insert from a toy might be perfect.
Dip the bottom surface of the wooden liner into gouache.
We apply several green prints to our future drawing, which will depict lilac leaves, and give the drawing time to dry a little.
While the painted leaves are drying, let's prepare to draw the flowers of our lilacs.
Place purple gouache on a saucer.
Now let’s prepare a device with which we will apply our flowers to the drawing.
To do this, take a piece of white paper and knead it thoroughly in your hands.
In the end, we should end up with this kind of paper swab, with the help of which we will apply our lilac flowers to the picture.
Dip our paper swab into purple gouache.
Using light touches, we begin to apply purple prints to the drawing.
During the process of applying prints, we constantly dip our paper swab into gouache and try to apply as thick a layer of paint as possible to the drawing.
The first layer is ready.
Now we need to let it dry a little, but for now we’ll prepare pink gouache and a new paper swab for applying the next layer of flowers.
When the purple layer dries a little, dip a new paper swab in pink gouache.
We begin to apply pink prints on top of the purple layer.
When this layer of paint dries, the drawing can be considered almost complete.
All that remains is to make an original frame for our drawing.
To do this, cut out a rectangular frame from a piece of cardboard with scissors and wrap pieces of multi-colored yarn around the entire perimeter of it.
This is the frame we end up with, quite original.
All that remains is to attach our drawing to the frame.
Please note that the frame overlaps a few centimeters around the perimeter of the picture.
We apply hot glue around the perimeter of the picture and glue it to the back of our frame.
That's all! Our composition is ready!
If you missed something or wanted to clarify, look at how the whole process of this unconventional drawing technique looks in the video.
How to draw lilac? Tips for beginning artists:
Flowering lilac bushes decorate courtyards, summer cottages and parks in late spring, spreading a subtle and delicate aroma around them. When lilacs bloom, it seems that even the air is filled with its wonderful mood.
Fragrant and fluffy inflorescences, consisting of tightly fitting small flowers, never cease to amaze with their beauty. Poets have always praised the “lilac beauty” in their poems. Quite a lot of artists have depicted this spring flower.
We will tell you how to draw lilacs simply and beautifully. Let's try?
How to draw lilac: step by step for beginners
- Be patient, and the amazing world of art will open before you.
- Today you will “touch” a very popular topic in painting and also learn how to draw a lilac with a pencil.
- Initially, you need to create the shape or base of the lilac branch.
Next, draw flowers, leaves and other details.
Next, we will tell you how to draw a lilac with a pencil step by step. For beginner children, you can simplify this technique:
- Step 1. Mark the future shape of the inflorescence in the center of your leaf. It should somewhat resemble a triangle. Draw several large leaves from it below. And from under them there should be a thin stem peeking out.
- Step 2. Give your leaves a shape: outline with a smooth, curved line and draw a sharp tip, indicating the axis. Draw the stem, or rather the branch itself. Outline the inflorescence with a barely noticeable but very sinuous outline without corners.
- Step 3. Inside the main shape, draw small flowers with four petals and a quadrangular middle. Perhaps there is a flower with five petals lost somewhere.
- Step 4. Continue filling in the empty spaces with small flowers. Their density and location may vary. It is necessary to draw characteristic veins on the lilac leaves.
- Step 5. Do shading in the voids and on the leaves between the flowers.
What do you need?
To work you will need:
- A thick white sheet of paper (from a regular notebook or landscape paper to designer parchment).
- A well-sharpened simple pencil.
- Eraser.
- Any convenient work surface: folder, table, book.
- Colour pencils.
Drawing a “May flower”
Now you will learn how to draw a lilac step by step. For beginners, this will be easiest to do with a pencil. This lesson is quite easy, even a child can handle it.