How to draw a still life step by step How to draw a still life: a few simple but important tips Step by step drawing a still life with a pencil for schoolchildren

Master - class on drawing a still life for children 5-8 years old "August - asters"

... Colorful hats bloom,
Like a fireworks display.
One hundred shades and varieties
These joyful colors: Pink, red -
The most beautiful!(T. Lavrova)

Legend of the aster

Progress.

1. We start by building a composition. With a simple pencil, we make a sketch of the future still life. Draw a vase (in the form of an inverted trapezoid)

Sketching

First, take a good look at how the fruits are laid out and how the outlines of one of them fit with the outlines of the other. Then take a hard black pastel and sketch out the whole composition. Draw in short, light strokes, remembering that this is a sketch. Don't aim for absolute accuracy.

Applying a background tone

Using the side of a lemon yellow pastel, apply the background tone to all warm-colored fruits, i.e. red apple, orange, yellow banana and pear (except for grapes). Try not to go beyond the contour of each fruit and do not paint over the places where highlights will be painted later. With the tip of the pastel, draw clearer yellow lines to show the bottom bend of the banana and its stem. Color mixing this case color mixing was used very limitedly, as our artist sought to make the most of the possibilities provided by rough surface special paper for pastels. However, this still life was not without mixing at all - this is how the highlights on the grapes were painted, conveying the play of light on the surface of the berries. Intensity white color here it increases as it approaches the core of the flare. By the same principle, the shadow cast from the fruit is also depicted. It is most saturated in the center and gradually blurs towards the edges.

We continue to work

Having outlined the outlines of the objects and covered the fruits with a background tone, you can move on to the main colors and highlights. When separating one fruit from another on paper, use both the flat side and the sharp tip of the pastel.

Shaping an orange

Take an orange pastel and draw a few short crescent-shaped lines inside the orange, following the outline of the fruit. Use both the pointed tip and the flat side of the pastel. Ordinary Orange color mixes well with lighter warm colors so it will partially cover lemon yellow backgrounds.

Let's put green strokes on the pear and banana

Again using both the pointed tip and the flat side of the khaki pastel, add a greenish tint to the pear and banana. Pay attention to the most complex lines, emphasizing the bulges of the pear (in its lower part) and the banana leg.

Add light tones to the apple

To draw an apple, take a light red pastel. Cover the middle part of the apple with even strokes, and then do the same on the left side of the fruit. Then, with the sharp tip of the pastel, it is necessary to enhance the color around the hollow with the handle and highlight the main contour of the apple even more.

Draw grapes

Take a cherry red pastel and paint over the grape berries with short strokes so that the strokes repeat their shape. Leave empty those places where glare will subsequently appear.

We continue to draw an apple and an orange

Let's return to the cherry red pastel again, as well as to those areas of the apple that we have already covered with light red. With dense strokes, emphasize the shape of the fetus. Don't touch the middle left side apples. Go to the orange, shade it with a bright orange pastel, try to repeat the shape of the fruit.

Reveal the darkest tones in an apple

Take a dark purple pastel and with a sharp tip, outline the outline of the apple, as well as the curved recess in which the stalk sits. Then, with the side of the pastel, lightly darken the red spot in the center of the apple.

Now back to grapes.

Using a dark purple pastel, paint over the inside of each berry with very vigorous small strokes, trying to emphasize their shape. Remember to leave light areas where highlights will appear later.

Add dark tones on pear, banana and grapes

With yellow ocher, mark the darkest fragments on the pear and banana peel, as shown in the figure. Use thicker lines where the grapes cast a slight shadow on the pear. To better show the shape of each grape, outline the outer edge of each grape with the sharp tip of black pastel.

We bring the grapes to glare

Take a white pastel and lightly paint over all the still unshaded fragments on each grape. On some of them, make the highlights as clear as possible. In order to properly position the highlights, check your drawing with the photo more often.

Mark a bright khaki spot on the orange and add a white highlight.

Then add white highlights to all the other fruits, as shown in the picture, using the flat side of the pastel for this. Now, with the sharp end of the white pastel, draw those few beveled lines in the recess where the apple stalk sits, and then with dark brown pastel. Circle the edge of the apple with the same color and lightly shade the light brown spots to make them darker. Gently rub the highlights on the grapes with your fingertip.

We finish drawing an orange

Using the flat side of the pastel, make a few light red strokes on the orange, emphasizing its shape and contour. Apply them very lightly. Then gently rub the red pastel with your finger.

Draw the background

With white pastel, make a series of horizontal and vertical strokes around the drawing.

Leave only the areas adjacent to the right of the pear and the left of the orange without hatching - here you can add shadows.

Adding fruit shadow

Make small strokes with the tip of the black pastel to deepen the shadows lying around the grapes. Then, with the flat side of the black pastel, apply a light shadow on the surface of an imaginary table and rub it with your finger so that it gradually turns into White background.

Finished still life

A layered color

Pastel is good because it can be applied layer by layer. Darker tones lay on the light main tone, which helped to add volume to the depicted object.

B Smooth background

Smooth white background sets off well complex shapes brightly colored fruit

IN Blurred shadow

The smooth transition of the shadow falling from the fruit into the white background makes it more natural.

There is a sense of beauty in every person. And one of its manifestations is the fine arts. Drawing pacifies, relaxes and makes it possible to realize creative potential. If you are just taking the first steps in painting, then some recommendations on how to draw a still life with fruits will certainly be interesting and useful.

Such a living "dead nature" ...

Still life - a word of French origin, which translates as "dead nature." This is the essence of such paintings: they are combinations of various inanimate objects. Most often, artists paint vegetables, fruits, that is, what requires rich colors. Another feature of this composition is the image of the fabric. Objects can lie on it or a table can be covered with it, but all artists try to meticulously draw the texture and color of a piece of material.

Still lifes fit perfectly into any interior - this is another reason to learn how to draw them: finished painting you can decorate the hallway or kitchen. And every time you pass by, you can't help but praise yourself for your zeal and perseverance.

Necessary materials

In order for the work to be argued and nothing to distract from drawing, you need to prepare everything you need for sure in advance:

• canvas or sheet of paper. The size can be any, but the quality must be excellent. Otherwise, the lines will fall badly, and because of this, you can completely cool down to the fine arts;
• simple pencils of different hardness-softness. With them, you can easily create various effects, including shadows and volumes;
• nature, that is, objects, fabric - everything that you want to see in the picture;
• good lighting. To draw small details, build the projection of shadows, the lamp must be diffusing and with a powerful light bulb.

Now you can start studying master classes for beginners that describe how to draw a still life with a pencil in stages.

3 simple master classes

You should start drawing with a sketch, a sketch. It is he who determines how easy or difficult it will be for you to work. This sketch is being made hard pencil, and with strokes, not finished lines. Otherwise, after the auxiliary contours need to be erased, traces will remain. All items that are provided in kind are depicted in the sketch using simple geometric shapes. The main purpose of the sketch is to determine the spatial arrangement of objects on the sheet.

"Friendly Company"

Professionals advise starting to draw still lifes from the image of large objects: in small details you can make a serious mistake. Therefore, our picture shows kiwi, grapes, pears and bananas - objects with quite obvious structural details.

Instruction:

1. We start with a sketch. To do this, on a separate sheet, draw the location of each part using a triangle.
2. With chaotic strokes, without strong pressure on the pencil, we draw objects in the form of circles, ovals. Grapes - circles, pears - ovals, lemon - a larger circle.
3. We outline the contours with clearer lines, wipe the auxiliary lines.
4. We make shadows using a hard or hard-soft pencil.
5. We draw the lines of the structure of pears, bananas and grapes using a TM pencil.
6. We detail the kiwi in the context. With a hard-soft pencil we make the core of the berry, depicting it as multi-layered, with seeds.
7. Slightly shade the lines in the center with an eraser to give naturalness.
8. We draw the main lines, wipe the auxiliary ones.
9. We color all the depicted objects - the picture is ready.

Beauty demands... to be eaten

Despite the literal translation of the name of the genre, the main task of the artist is to show the perfection and naturalness of the depicted "goodies", if we are talking about a still life with berries and fruits.

Instruction:

Fruits and berries look very nice in a vase. In this case, you can do without fabric, which means that we do not have to draw extra shadows.

Instruction:

Tricks for beginners

• If you are painting in black and white, do not forget about the shadows: special attention will be riveted to them.
• Don't neglect the background. A wall, a window frame, an old tree - these elements bring a unique atmosphere.
• Get rid of monotony in color images by adding orange, green, cream, blue colors.
• Do not try to combine many elements in one still life.

Rice. 1

This lesson will be useful for beginners who want to paint a still life in gouache. Beginners will learn some secrets of drawing surfaces and textures, they will see in practice the main rules of painting.

What will be required:

1. Paper (A3 format). Whatman is perfect.

2. Brushes. It is necessary to prepare three flat synthetic brushes (small, medium and large), as well as a medium bristle.

3. Artistic gouache. Poster gouache is not suitable for painting - they dry quickly and form stains. Gouache should be good quality Therefore, it is best to purchase paints in specialized art stores.

Stage 1

Composition is created first with a simple pencil with soft grip. It is better to start with the designation of the plane of the table horizontal line. When determining the height, it is recommended to focus on Fig. 1. On the right, the far corner of the table is slightly noticeable - it must be marked with a diagonal line. Then objects are outlined on the table in compliance with the construction rules. Light lines indicate the fabric and its folds. It is important to observe the shape of objects and their location relative to each other.

When the pencil sketch is ready, you can start coloring it. It is better to start with a general background - apply the first coat of paint, making short strokes with a large flat brush. After that, the main tones are thrown on the jug.

Important! There is no need to strive to completely and “perfectly” color the entire background or other object. Main mistake, which beginners allow, is that they first try to sketch the entire background, leaving white places in the picture in which objects will be located. After that, they alternately paint over all the objects, and in their entirety. Or vice versa, objects are painted first, and then the background. This should not be done - the completed picture will look as if objects cut from magazines were pasted onto the sheet. A successful composition will not work in the end. Any picture needs to be painted all at once, gradually. Experienced artists alternately return to one or another subject, sometimes to make just a couple of strokes - and so on until the picture is finished.

Rice. 2

Stage 2

Now you can proceed to the jug - you need to draw it on top of the already applied layer of paint, not forgetting about smooth transitions between shades. A lot can be done with gouache, but it is important not to be zealous so as not to create the appearance of dirt in the picture. During this work, a medium flat brush is used.

Drawing objects must be done taking into account the light divisions: light, penumbra, shadow and reflex. On fig. 3 shows the diagram - it is made in the form of a grid for ease of understanding. The hardest part is understanding the reflex. There should be white highlights on the lightest part of the object - on a glossy surface they are more noticeable and brighter.

Rice. 3

Stage 3

After working out the jug, the main color shades. Do not forget that the table planes (vertical side and horizontal surface) should differ from each other in tone saturation. The vertical plane needs to be made darker than the horizontal, which is better lit.

Rice. 4

Stage 4

Now you can start painting the glass bottle, covering it with the same tone as the main background. It will be transparent, through it you can see the back wall, which acts as a background. For this reason, the main shade of the bottle will be the tone of the background. But we must remember that the bottle still remains visible, it has the size and volume. This can be conveyed in the picture by highlighting the edges of the bottle with light paint. After that, a little cold tones are added to the bottle, with the help of which it will be possible to convey glass on paper. To give volume, a reflex is drawn. At the end of this work, highlights are created. There are various highlights on one bottle: some are pale and softened around the edges, others are bright and noticeable. Before proceeding with the creation of highlights, it is recommended to carefully consider how they look in the author's picture. In general, the presented drawings will help to understand how to draw a still life with gouache.

Rice. 5

Stage 5

Now it's the turn of the pan. First, it is worth recalling the light division grid, and for this we will have to return to fig. 3. Without forgetting this principle, paint is applied to the pan. First, dark gray and light colors are used, and the most dark paint left to emphasize the texture of old, chipped and worn metal.

Read more about how to convey old worn metal in a picture. To perform such a texture, you will need a coarse bristle brush, and dry. At this point, the gray background of the pan with chiaroscuro should already be ready. A dry brush is lightly dipped in gouache, no need to take a lot of paint. According to Figure 6, straight long strokes are made from top to bottom along the darkened side of the pan. The strokes should be rough and full of holes, even during the stroke the paint on the brush should end. Before that, it is better to practice making such strokes on a separate sheet so as not to spoil the picture.

Rice. 6

stage 6

Now we need to finish the pan. Empty spaces are covered with basic tone paint with a small brush. A reflex is drawn on the side of the pan, directly on top of the black texture. Handles are drawn, the outline of the pan is indicated. It is not necessary to heavily detail the subject so that individual parts of the picture do not fall out of the general style. We must not forget about the relationship of objects.

Rice. 7

Stage 7

Now you need to do the drapery around the pan, painting it completely with paint. This is best done with a large flat brush. It is important to remember that the fabric is illuminated unevenly, it looks lighter on one side. In the figure, multidirectional planes should differ in tone from each other: the vertical plane is made darker than the horizontal one. This also applies to the fabric on the table.

Rice. 8

Stage 8

It was the turn of the saucer, its main shade is white. Volume is given to it with the help of bluish-gray and gray paint. Then the rim of the saucer is outlined with blue pigment - it should not be too dark. lower part saucers do not need to be made too light, as it is in the shade.

Rice. 9

Stage 9

When the space of the picture is almost completely covered with paint, the drawings are detailed and refined. First, the folds on the fabric are worked out (this is easy even for beginners). It is recommended to use more lungs tones on the fabric to give the image a natural look.

Shadows are cast from dishes on the table. Next to each of the objects, you need to draw a shadow cast from it using cold shades. Shadows should not be bright and sharp, but on the contrary, look scattered.

10 stage

Now you can move on to the last item - an apple. It is drawn according to the principle of the light division, like other already drawn objects.

From the apple, a colored reflection is cast on nearby objects and surfaces. A pinkish tint is added on the saucer along with the shadow of the apple.

It is important to remember that through color there is an interaction of all objects in the picture. Objects transfer part of their color to each other. By analogy with an apple, the relationships of other objects and surfaces are displayed.

Rice. 10

Stage 11

After the painting was done in in general terms, you need to pay attention to those details that were left without attention. If the sketch made with a pencil has already been erased or has become invisible under the paint, then you can draw the outlines again. Then they will be painted over, because gouache is a thick and opaque paint.

Rice. eleven

12 stage

In order for the picture to acquire depth, volume and solidity, you need to use one artistic technique- at the end of the work, it is barely noticeable to blur the contours of objects in order to soften the line of contact between objects and the environment.

Margarita Akulova

Open class for teachers visual activity in the art studio kindergarten with the children of the preparatory group.

Subject:

"Autumn still life"

(in reverse graphics technique)

Tasks:

1. Continue to introduce children to one of the genres of painting - still life.

2. Get to know the view visual arts- graphics and "reverse" graphics.

3. Arouse in children the desire to make a still life of the proposed items, combining them with each other in color and size.

4. Strengthen the ability to convey in the drawing characteristics leaves, flowers, fruits: shape, structure, size, location.

5. Continue to learn how to work in unconventional technique- drawing with an eraser (reverse graphics).

6. In the process of work, create a joyful mood in children, teach them the ability to enjoy the results of their work and the success of other children.

7. Support the manifestation of imagination, courage in presenting one's own ideas.

Lesson progress:

*Setting up for a meeting in the art studio (in a group):

Guys, our pencil friend is waiting for you in the art studio, he has prepared a lot of interesting things for you.

1.

*Children in the art studio.

Today we have many guests in the art studio, welcome them.

*In the magic window - Pencil.

Guys, we often meet with a pencil, and he became our friend.

*On Screen Pencil & Eraser

Today he came not alone, but with an elastic band. And why did he bring her, you will find out later, and now the Pencil has prepared a video riddle for you, do you want to guess it?

*Video excerpt: “If you see in the picture (still life)

Guys, you guessed what we will talk about today, and if you want, draw (about still life).

I invite you to a video exhibition where we will admire the still lifes of different artists.

* Viewing still lifes (on the TV screen).

Do you like still lifes?

What time of year are these still lifes talking about? (autumn)

What colors did the artists use to convey the gifts of autumn?

Suggested responses of children: bright, warm, golden, sunny ...

Look how bright the works are, what a variety of colors are here.

Before drawing a still life, the artist composes it.

And I also wanted to draw an autumn still life.

I kept oak branches, maple leaves, flowers. We have vases, fruits.

Guys, I'll try to make a still life, and I hope you can help me.

What is our background? (dark) Choose the vase that best suits (dark or light)

(-Dark vase, as if hidden)

* Make up a still life with the children. We admire.

*On Screen Pencil

The pencil has prepared something else for you.

It turns out that you can depict a still life using only two colors - black and white, and this type of fine art is called graphics.

The pencil wants to show you autumn still lifes made in this technique.

* Viewing autumn still lifes (on the TV screen).

**Comment, while watching:

If painting is a colorful art, then the main colors of graphics are black and white. Expressive means graphics - line, drawing, color and shadow transitions, contrast of dark and light.

*On the screen Pencil and Eraser (an excerpt from the song Big Secret ...)

And now the pencil wants to reveal the secret why he came today with an eraser

Often, when we draw a sketch with a simple pencil, we use an eraser. But the eraser not only erases, but can also create a picture itself.

This is reverse graphics or "reverse graphics".

Look through the magic window - these are children's works in technology - reverse graphics.

* View children's work (on the TV screen).

The pencil has prepared tinted sheets for you and invites you to draw an autumn still life as a keepsake of this beautiful time of the year. Do you mind?

2.

Guys, I invite you to take places in our art workshop.

I wanted to draw such a still life in memory of autumn.

*Showing my still life.

If you liked the still life that we made together, then you can draw it.

And you can come up with and depict your own still life.

The same object can be depicted in different ways:

Dark - can be conveyed simply contour drawing or contour highlighting

Light - light silhouette with veins drawn with a simple pencil

*Display three different ways of depicting one object(leaf) and how small round shapes can be depicted.

* Turn on calm music

And now, to the music, you imagine your autumn still life and depict it using the technique - reverse graphics, using an eraser and a simple pencil.

Who is ready - can get to work.

*In the course of children's work I use:

Suggestive questions:

What size should the leaves be so that everyone can see them and admire them;

Can there be leaves from different trees on the same branch;

What part of the sheet can be occupied by a vase.

How can I correct the error - obscure this part;

To draw thin lines, it is better to use an eraser on a pencil, and to draw a large one - with an eraser.

Indirect instructions:

Wouldn't you like to add veins to the leaves...

Reminders:

Did you forget to draw a table or a shelf on which the still life is located?

How interesting you decorated the vase, well done;

I really liked the way you arranged the objects in your still life;

You got carved leaves, wonderful ...

* In the course of work, I offer physical education for a minute to those children who are tired:

Finger gymnastics "Autumn bouquet"

Children spread their fingers to the side and bend them to the beat of the poem, in turn, starting with the thumb:

One two three four five,

Let's collect the leaves. (All fingers are gathered into a fist.)

Oak leaves, (Pull back your little finger)

Maple leaves, (Pull back your ring finger.)

Rowan leaves, (Pull back your middle finger.)

Aspen leaves. (Pull back index finger.)

We will collect beautiful leaves together

(Put two palms together with fingers apart.)

And we’ll carry an autumn bouquet to mom!

3.

Guys, the little bell is ringing now. But as soon as a big bell sounds in our magic window, our art workshop will close, and we will invite all guests to the opening of the exhibition of autumn still lifes.

(-And those who did not have time to finish drawing a little can do it in a group, in their free time).

* At the end - place the children's work at the exhibition

Guys, today at our meeting you learned how to depict still lifes in different ways - both in color and in graphics, and in reverse graphics.

Your autumn still lifes are expressive, interesting and different.

And she helped you create this beauty - an ordinary elastic band and a simple pencil.

You were graphic artists today.

Who has a still life similar to ours? Why did you decide to draw it?

How exactly did you draw the veins. What did you use?

Which branches did you get thin, and from what tree are they?

And your leaves turned out to be alive.

You decorated the vase very beautifully, you picked up unusual patterns.

Guys, let's admire your still lifes and invite guests to join us.