How to draw a gift for mom?

Drawing - the most common version of the gift for the mother of children. But if the kids are not very worried about the quality of the work, then the older guys want to do it “perfectly well” so that they are not ashamed to give. In fact, it is not so difficult, the main thing is to think over the topic of work and carry it out step by step, gradually, moving from large parts to smaller ones.

The question of the topic of work often confuses, especially inexperienced artists. Here you can build on the occasion of making a gift - New Year, birthday, March 8. And you can proceed from the personal preferences of the mother. A drawing depicting flowers, cute animals or soft toys will be a good birthday present.

If there is little experience in drawing, or in general this kind of creativity causes difficulties, you can stop at an abstraction or a landscape. These genres do not require a clear drawing of details, strict compliance with reality, they are much easier to portray an inexperienced artist. In this case, you can use any graphic tool - a pencil, watercolors, gouache, wax crayons.

To make a beautiful drawing as a gift to mom, you need the following.

1. Thoroughly consider a composite solution. Composition - one of the most important stages of creating a picture, its proper construction will allow you to perform the work as competently and accurately as possible.
2. Develop a sketch. To do this, you just need to lightly, without pressure, with a pencil to outline the contours of the future drawing, without drawing small details. This is a kind of "canvas", which later will be easier to draw.
3. The final stage is the adjustment, adding color, shadows, volume to the drawing. The main thing is not to overdo it, otherwise you can ruin everything.

The topic gives a basis from which you can build on the composition, if you can not imagine the end result, then at least understand what to start when choosing a plot, style, technique and performance design.

You can draw a gift for mom with anything you want - with a pencil, paints, crayons, oil. It all depends on what is more comfortable, familiar to work with. But in any case, you need to comply with the phased work. In the case of a pencil, it is better to start with an image of simple geometric shapes, from which the depicted object subsequently emerges.

For example, when depicting a teddy bear, you first need to draw ovals, schematically denoting its head, torso and legs. Then smaller details are gradually worked out - ears, muzzle, eyes, hair. The next step will be the addition of color, shadows, the final revision of the picture.

With a simple pencil, you can create a 3D effect by carefully drawing the shadows and adding volume to the image. When working with paints (watercolor or gouache), the first steps are the same as when using a pencil. But you can simplify the work. For example, when depicting a branch of a flowering cherry tree, you can skip the creation of a sketch and immediately proceed to the color of the work. For this, black or dark brown paint depicts curved lines connected to each other - this is a sprig directly.

The next step will be the image of flowers. To do this, you can use such life hacking. An ordinary plastic bottle is taken, paint of the desired color is poured into the saucer. The bottom of the bottle is dipped into the paint and applied to the piece with the depicted branch. It is not necessary to hold the bottle for a long time, otherwise the paint will spread and you will simply have a stain instead of a flower. Flowers should be arranged sequentially, in a staggered manner, but not too often.

There is a lot of drawing technique, it all depends on the materials used and the level of complexity of the work. Of course, for a mother, any gift made by children’s hands is the best, but it should be carried out as accurately and accurately as possible so that it is a pleasure to give. Small children most often use colored pencils, felt-tip pens or watercolor paints. There is a small selection of techniques, especially when it comes to children under 6-7 years old.

Starting at the age of 7-8, children can already figure out how to mix colors in order to get the desired shade, they have an idea of ​​the geometric shapes that are the basis of any pattern, they are more or less given a hand, they can draw a relatively flat, straight line. And this means that it will be easier for them to carry out a neat, compositionally correct and believable drawing.

Not as popular material as the same watercolor, but providing much wider opportunities for creativity - it is wax crayons. Very interesting effects gives the use of iron. This technique is called "encaustic." It is quite simple, you only need to practice a little to get a hand. In addition, you will need to stock up on a towel (so that the iron goes softer), thick paper and napkins - wipe the sole of the iron.

The device itself should be as simple as possible, the presence of holes, new-fashioned functions of steaming is unacceptable. It is necessary to work in the heating mode "nylon" or "nylon". In the encaustic technique it is best to perform landscapes, abstractions. They are very distinctive, spectacular, beautiful.

To get started, you need to prepare all the necessary materials, put a sheet of paper on the spread towel, turn on the iron. It is not necessary to make a sketch, still it’s impossible to work on it, relying on it. Encaustic - this is often improvisation, and unexpected. It is impossible to predict what the final result will be. You can only imagine what will happen in the end.

After all the preparations are completed, you can begin to work. Chalk of the desired color is applied to the heated iron. After it warms up (becomes liquid, but will not spread), the iron turns over, they, barely touching the paper, are carried along it in a horizontal direction.

Then the sole of the iron is wiped, a new color is applied. Actions are the same as when working with the first color. Or you can depict the hills, moving the iron wave. To draw greens, you need to attach the sole of the iron to the paper and abruptly removed. You can work on the grass in more detail with the help of the spout or the edge of the device, simply moving it over the uncured paint.

When the picture is finished and the crayons dry, they proceed to the final stage of the work. It consists of rubbing wax with a microfiber cloth. After this treatment, the drawing will acquire a beautiful shine. Work with wax crayons is not limited to one technique. There are several of them.

1. Smoothing - when the sole of the iron is carried out, barely touching, on the paper in the horizontal direction.
2. Reprint - you need to attach the iron and abruptly remove it. Depending on how hard it is to press on the paint and how fast to pull the iron off, the print will be sharper or smoother.
3. With a spout draw thin lines.
4. Rib depict long continuous stripes.
5. Unusual, interesting effects gives the use of a hair dryer. You can use both ordinary household and special - it is called embossing.

Also do not forget about the correct design work. A beautiful frame, correctly chosen both in size and color, will emphasize the peculiarity of the pattern, will give completeness to the whole composition and will become a worthy frame for the picture.

For more information about creating a pattern in the encaustic technique, see the video below.