The talent for drawing can be not only given by nature - it is easy to develop if you train hard. Begin with simple pictures, for example, butterflies. It can be performed immediately in several techniques using a pencil or watercolor if you need a brighter and juicy pattern.
How to draw a butterfly
step by step Before drawing a butterfly, you need to decide on the stages, because in order to do this much easier, especially for beginners. The sequence for creating a colorful creation image is as follows:
- body;
- upper wings;
- lower wings;
- patterns on the upper and lower wings.
An important point is the coloring of an insect. After drawing the patterns on the wings with a pencil proceed to this process. You can use paint, markers or colored pencils. Although if you leave it that way, the drawing will serve as a coloring page for children who will be able to show their imagination. Another important nuance is the auxiliary lines that will help beginners in the drawing, but they need to be erased by eraser after the end of the picture.
Pencil
Pencil execution has several basic steps. Observing a simple instruction, you will get a beautiful picture. Here's how to draw a butterfly in pencil step by step( instruction for beginners):
- Draw a straight line in the center of the length that will be the body of the insect.
- From above, draw a circle that will serve as a head, and from it on both sides of the straight make 2 wavy - they are the body of an insect. From the circle up symmetrically draw 2 smooth lines with curls on the ends - these are the antennae.
- Construct a rectangle in the center of which will be a previously drawn straight line. Draw the central lines inside the diagonal, and divide the underside into 12 parts. Count on both sides in 2 parts and connect these points with the upper corners - you will get a trapezoid.
- Place the upper wings in the 2 upper rectangles, positioning them diagonally, the lateral edge must coincide with the side of the trapezoid.
- Select the shape of the lower wings, for example, in the form of a rose or a drop, draw them on the same principle as the upper ones.
- Erase the additional lines with the eraser, draw out the contours of the wings at your discretion, and inside them sketch symmetrical veins.
- Circle the outline of the finished picture.
Watercolor
Picture can be left in a pencil form or continue drawing with watercolor. To do this, you will need several tools:
- watercolor paper of the desired format, enough A4 or A3 for the larger picture;
- water jar;
- watercolor paints;
- palette;
- brushes squirrels number 3 and number 8.
For a watercolor drawing you need a pencil base. To do this, follow the instructions above. After completing the picture in the pencil, you can start painting it with watercolor. Here's how to paint a butterfly with colors:
- Watercolor drawings have a transparent structure, so wipe the eraser with not only auxiliary lines, but also a few basic ones so that you can easily distinguish the outline, but they do not show through the paint.
- Brush the wings more blue or any color you like.
- Take a smaller brush, on the palette, dilute the brown paint and cover the areas between the streaks.
- In the same technique, fill the body of the insect.
- Cover the head of an insect with a brown color, and outline the contours of the wings.
- With a fine brush, follow the mustache.
- A semi-transparent brown make the stitches along the contour of the wings to make it look like villi.
- Repeat on the body of the insect to give it shaggy hair.
Photo of butterfly drawings and sketches
If you have mastered the basic lessons, how to draw butterflies, then you can use different sketches and make drawings more complicated. In addition, it is worth trying out ways to paint with oil or even hands, which is especially popular with children: you can hang their drawings on the wall so that the kid prides himself on his work. For easier drawing in the initial stages, sketches and photographs of ready-made pictures will help you as examples.
Video: how to learn to draw a beautiful butterfly
Butterfly is popular not only in simple drawing, it is used for tattoos or decorating walls in an apartment. To do this, you need a higher skill level, so you should practice first on paper. To learn how to draw this beautiful creature in different versions, look at useful videos with step-by-step instructions of the process itself.