Looking at the paintings of famous artists, you involuntarily admire their creativity, the ability to depict the world around us in bright colors. Each of us can also try to master the art of drawing and make this hobby our favorite pastime. Here are beautiful gouache drawings for beginners, they will allow you to test your talent in painting and master the technique of drawing with paints.
To master the gouache painting technique for beginners, you must have for work:
- A set of gouache paints of twelve colors.
- Paper.
- A pair of flat hog bristle brushes.
- Palette and dishes with water.
The aroma of gouache paints is familiar to everyone since childhood. How to draw with gouache is not difficult to understand, the technique of such drawing is quite simple. It is necessary to draw, starting with a sketch of a drawing with a pencil.
A palette knife is used to apply paint and mix it. With it, you can apply paint with even strokes.
From an early age, we draw in gouache in the album a simple, unpretentious landscape. But, you can draw patterns, flowers, mountains, and even city buildings with such paints. For beginners, working with gouache is just an ideal option.
Drawing a sketch with a pencil, you can avoid mistakes and do the job neatly. If you smear and mix paints directly on the canvas, you will get just dirt in the picture. Therefore, you can add a little water to gouache and it will turn into watercolor.
To learn how to learn how to draw beautifully with gouache, you need to get acquainted with the step-by-step technique. This technique lies in the fact that in the course of drawing gouache is applied only horizontally.
First of all, let's draw the dark fragments of the picture, and only then we depict the highlights with a light color. As a result, we get the desired color without traces of dirt.
Gouache painting techniques
Among the gouache painting techniques known to artists, the following are common:
- A wet layer of paint on a layer that has not yet dried. In this case, the paint lays down tightly and dries for a long time. This method is more suitable for watercolor painting.
- With a dry brush, gouache paints are applied to the dried layer.
- With the help of a sponge, a textured picture is created. This technique is ideal when we paint an autumn landscape, it is easy to depict the bright colors of golden autumn.
- A beginner will cheer up and help overcome the excitement of the technique of splashing paint on the canvas. It is enough to moisten the brush in paint and spray gouache on paper or canvas. It turns out a bright and beautiful painting. Be sure to learn this method of applying paint, which helps to train your hand.
Of course, we can't paint a picture without the right brush. It is advisable to choose brushes made of nylon, goat or pig hair.
On the video: how to beautifully draw the sky with gouache.
Types of gouache
Gouache is suitable for drawing on cardboard, paper, canvas and other surfaces. But not every gouache has such universal properties. Consider the main types of such paints:
- Suitable for application on surfaces intended for painting only. It is absorbed into the material and allows you to apply a second layer, making the colors in the picture more saturated and bright.
- It has a more saturated pigment and bright coloring abilities. She decorates theatrical scenery. Children's gouache contains PVA glue in its composition, so it dries quickly. It is convenient to work with such gouache on plywood, ceramics or canvas. But acrylic paint fits perfectly on any surface, and after drying it is not washed off and does not lose its original color.
- Fluorescent gouache. Amazing in its properties and quality. Under the influence of ultraviolet rays, it glows. The color is too bright, which gives the drawing a special beauty.
A step-by-step method helps to comprehend the basics of gouache drawing even for children. Such lessons will allow you to master this wonderful art and learn how to draw in a certain sequence, choose the right colors to reflect the real beauty of nature, representatives of the flora and fauna on canvas.
It is necessary to create pictures of nature, like drawings on any other topic, from a pencil sketch. The easiest way to draw is to start at the top of the canvas or paper. As a rule, the sky is at the top, which is painted blue along the pencil contours.
Clouds are painted with whitewash, brushing white highlights across the blue sky.
The mountains are depicted in brown colors, and the vegetation in green tones. The trees below are depicted in lighter or darker green gouache. The main thing is that the colors in the picture look like in reality. Paints can be mixed directly on the sheet, periodically changing the water. For the image of fine lines, you need to choose the right brush.
When using gouache, you must adhere to the following tips:
- You can buy gouache in tubes or in jars, everyone chooses the most convenient packaging for themselves.
- The colors you need to choose are those that will be needed to work on the picture.
- Samples need to be done on the palette, only picking up the right color, transfer it to the canvas.
- If the paint cracks, a little gum arabic is added to it and mixed thoroughly.
- To apply the next layer, you need to wait until the previous one dries.
- It is advisable to cover the picture with varnish after drying.
Having comprehended the technique of drawing, you can achieve success in artistic creativity. Moving step by step, from simple to complex, novice artists gradually master the technique of gouache painting. Below are video tutorials, the task of which is to help depict the selected plot on the canvas as accurately as possible. This step-by-step approach allows you to quickly learn how to work with paints such as gouache.
Gouache drawing lessons for beginners (2 videos)
More ideas for drawings (27 photos)
Not all children, picking up a pencil for the first time, draw masterpieces. And the point here is not at all in talent, because every child initially has it. Where to begin?
It is important how to draw drawings in stages to get a good result.
You can start this already at the age of 3-4 years, when the child is already consciously related to classes. To begin with, you should choose simpler pictures, which clearly describe how, for example, a pig or a turtle can be obtained from the simplest geometric shapes. The last stage of drawing is also important for kids - coloring the picture.
How to draw children's drawings?
When the child already knows how to draw individual objects, you can already try to compose them. Before you draw a simple drawing, you need to discuss what exactly the child wants to depict on it. After that, on the sheet you need to determine the location of individual parts and proceed directly to drawing.
It is enough just to draw a well-known kolobok on a forest path surrounded by flowers and berries. The sketch is done with a simple pencil, and then painted with paints or felt-tip pens.
How to draw cool easy drawings?
Older children already want to portray funny cartoon characters, and there is no difficulty in this. With the help of all the same geometric shapes (oval and circle), the body of the animal is drawn, and the rest of the details - the fluffy tail and muzzle are made in the form of hatching. It remains only to color the drawing in any convenient way.
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With a simple pencil, you can easily draw your favorite animals. Girls are very fond of depicting a horse. This graceful animal is already in the toy collection. To begin with, you should outline the head and muzzle of the animal with light strokes, and after that proceed to drawing such small details as the eye, ears and mane.
How to draw easily step by step and by cells?
Using a simple step-by-step drawing technique, even novice artists can draw beautiful animal figures. Here's how to draw a funny puppy.
And so with the help of geometric shapes you can draw a cow.
The chicken that sits on the eggs begins to draw from the circle. Gradually draw the beak, eyes, wings and tail.
And after the chicken has hatched the eggs, you can draw chickens.
Drawing a bat at first glance seems difficult, but if you use the step-by-step drawing technique, then this cute bat will appear in your album in 5 minutes. Also two circles, but a larger one at the bottom, and a smaller one at the top will help draw a cat.
Birds are hard to draw, and parrots are even harder to draw. But three circles of the same size will help to cope with this task.
And so you can draw a mouse.
The very cute Cat Lady is drawn with a pencil, the auxiliary lines are carefully removed and the cat is painted with watercolors.
The drawing of an elephant and a horse can be drawn by everyone who knows how to draw circles, ovals and rectangles.
The difficult task of drawing a camel only seems difficult. But in the technique of phased drawing, nothing is possible.
Domestic animals sheep and pig are drawn a little differently. In a pig, the muzzle is first drawn, and then the torso. In a sheep, on the contrary, first the body and at the end the muzzle.
A non-flying bird of the cold seas, a penguin and a forest bird, an owl, are drawn in stages and painted with watercolors.
Drawing a snail is easy to do if you draw a circle, then draw the body of the snail and finish the curl on the shell, eyes and antennae.
To draw a duckling, it is enough to draw an oval to the circle and finish the tail, beak and eyes and wings.
And so you can draw kids.
It happens that girls draw in albums, but do not know how to draw a face beautifully. A simple scheme will come to the rescue, where the correct proportions of the face are observed.
You can not puzzle for a long time what hairstyle to draw for a girl in a diary, but simply choose the one you like and draw the same one.
Flowers in albums can also be drawn in stages. In order for the flower to have the correct shape, it is enough to make a circle or an oval and draw the center and petals.
Beautiful and easy drawings by cells for sketching in a notebook and a personal diary for girls 5 - 12 years old
The easiest way to draw on the cells. Of course, if you have a lined drawing. These cute kittens can appear in the diary if you draw them in the cells.
For pages in a diary about love, a drawing with a boy and a girl who exchange hearts is suitable.
Another drawing on the theme of love is not difficult to redraw, but very interesting.
A bear holding a heart will decorate the pages of the girls' diary, and the cells will help to draw it.
A smiling dog in flowers is suitable for those who like to communicate with dogs and draw them.
Drawings of girls in anime style will decorate the pages of the diary. They are easy to redraw in the cells and paint with watercolors or felt-tip pens.
The drawing is more complicated with a girl, a butterfly and a strawberry. However, if you carefully count the cells and draw on them, success is guaranteed.
An anime-style portrait of a girl in profile is also suitable for girls' diaries. The drawing is transferred to the cells, the color of the hairstyle and eyes of the drawn girl depends on the wishes of the owner of the diary.
Bear-boy and bear-girl will remind you that friendship happens both between animals and between guys.
Beautiful and easy drawings by cells for sketching in a notebook and a personal diary for boys 5 - 12 years old
Both boys and girls love to draw cats. Such a funny cat will appear in an album or notebook if you draw it in the cells.
Boys love to draw motorcycles. They may not have a motorcycle yet in real life, but you can always draw it in the cells.
The space theme is also relevant for the drawings of boys and the astronaut cat may be to their liking.
Cell drawings are beautiful and easy for girls and boys: ideas, photos
A lion with a red mane, drawn in the cells with its fiery mane, will decorate any diary.
The whole picture can be drawn by cells. A lion, a zebra, a giraffe, an elephant and a hippo sit on it in dense thickets.
These animals can be drawn separately. Blue elephant for sketching by cells
And so you can draw and color a butterfly. She can decorate girls' albums.
If you finish the pond and reeds, you get a picture with funny frogs in the center.
A checkered fox cub can be drawn on fabulous pictures, or you can add flowers and grass and decorate a diary with such a picture. Tree for sketching by cells
A cheerful dragonfly will surprise you with bright wings.
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In order for a portrait of a person to have the maximum resemblance to the depicted person, first of all, you need to correctly draw his eyes. In this lesson, you will learn how to draw a person's eyes in stages with a simple pencil.
If you are going to draw someone's portrait, even with a simple pencil, get ready for the fact that you will have to make several sketches and ruin a lot of sheets of paper.
On New Year's Eve, the drawing of Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden becomes very relevant. I hope this step-by-step lesson in the technique of a simple pencil will help you draw Santa Claus correctly.
When drawing a portrait, it is often enough just to correctly draw the eyes, lips and nose, and a certain similarity of the posing person will appear.
The nose of each person has unique features, so it is impossible to give accurate advice on how to draw the nose of a girl, child or man.
Drawing a hand is not difficult at all, especially life-size. To do this, just draw around the contours of your hand with a pencil.
Do not complicate the drawing of comic characters. The image of the figure and face of people should be without much detail, almost schematic, slightly in a cartoonish, comic tone.
If you know how to draw a human face, then drawing a mermaid will not be difficult, because instead of legs, a mermaid has a fishtail.
The eyes of the girls, drawn in anime style, are unnaturally large, with long eyelashes and huge black pupils.
The lesson on how to draw a cartoon character Sonic is designed for very young children. The lesson is made with a simple pencil, but you can draw with felt-tip pens or colored pencils.
Drawing Winnie the Pooh in stages is not difficult at all and the picture of Winnie the Pooh will definitely turn out well.
This drawing of Spider-Man is done with a simple pencil, but you can draw it with felt-tip pens or colored pencils.
If you draw Iron Man in stages with a pencil, you will definitely get a beautiful picture of this hero. To make Iron Man more spectacular, be sure to color the drawing.
This manga style drawing is done in pencil, but there is almost the same color drawing on the site, done on a graphics tablet.
The hero of this lesson was the character of the famous cartoon about Pokemon. The drawing is made step by step, so even small children can handle this task.
Since Patrick is a starfish, the shape of his body resembles a five-pointed star. This lesson is intended for the youngest visitors to the site.
Another lesson is for children. I hope it will not be difficult to draw SpongeBob even for small children who are just starting to learn how to draw.
This doll looks more like a little princess with a high collar and lots of lace on her dress.
There are many Smeshariki and they all look alike, because their body resembles a ball or a ball. Try to draw Smesharik Krosh in stages with a pencil.
Smesharik the Hedgehog differs from Smeshariki Krosh only in that you need to draw needles along the contour of his body.
In this lesson we will draw a chimpanzee monkey step by step. If you need a drawing of a different species of monkey, you can draw it from a photograph.
Try to draw this graceful cat called jaguar. Of course, such a "cat" as the Jaguar only looks like a domestic cat and hunts not for mice, but for artiodactyls.
If you like to draw animals, be sure to draw this cute and cute Koala bear in stages with a pencil.
The bear in children's drawings has a friendly and peaceful character. In the wild, it is a dangerous and aggressive animal.
The fox looks like a dog, but in addition to a lush tail, the original bright red color of the fur has a number of other differences, for example, a narrow and long muzzle.
An elephant is very easy to draw. You will be convinced of this if you try to draw an elephant with me in stages with a simple pencil.
If you tried to draw a snake and a bird, then drawing a dragon will not be difficult for you. A drawing of a dragon made in black and white pencil does not even need to be painted.
When drawing a camel, be sure to draw the surrounding desert landscape. It's easy to draw sand and a bright sun, but you get a real picture.
The drawing of the spider does not have to be painted. It is quite enough to shade the spider with a simple pencil, and for realism, draw a web around the spider.
The snake inspires panic fear in many, since some snakes are very poisonous. But in fact, this is an ordinary animal from the reptile family, using poison for self-defense.
Drawing for children with a simple pencil is best done in stages, at first outlining only the general contours of the frog. And then, step by step, draw the whole picture.
The most difficult thing to draw a bee is transparent wings with veins. I think with the help of this lesson you can easily cope with it.
A black and white drawing of an ant made with a simple pencil will look quite realistic.
The main thing is to correctly draw a long and narrow muzzle of a hedgehog. Numerous hedgehog needles are easy to draw. To make the hedgehog look more realistic, draw nearby mushrooms or fallen apples that the hedgehog picks in the fall.
What only unusual animals are not on our planet. The panda bear is an extraordinarily beautiful and unique animal that lives only in China.
Draw a crocodile with an open mouth. So it will be easier for you to express in the drawing the ferocious and predatory nature of this most ancient creature of our planet.
A squirrel can be drawn "from life", because in any park you can meet this wonderful animal and even feed it from your hand.
No one knows exactly what a dinosaur looked like. It may have looked exactly like the picture.
Outwardly, the scorpion is somewhat reminiscent of cancer, only the claws of the scorpion are smaller, and on the edge of the tail there is a dangerous poisonous sting.
Think you can't draw such a beautiful dragonfly as in my drawing? And you try. The main thing is to take a sharper pencil so that the lines are thin and clear.
All dogs are similar to each other and at the same time no two dogs are the same. Let's draw a very cute and good-natured St. Bernard dog rescuing people caught in snow avalanches.
Many children keep hamsters at home, funny and cute animals. Take a piece of paper and a simple pencil and let's try to draw your pet step by step.
If you need to draw a pony, this cute little horse, then this lesson will help you do it step by step.
The donkey is very similar to a pony, but why does he need such long ears? However, it doesn't matter. It is only important that you can draw a donkey correctly and beautifully with the help of this lesson.
Beginning artists draw the horse's hind legs in the same way as the front. Don't make this standard mistake. Look carefully, the horse's hind legs are bent backwards.
I really like this assignment lesson. It is very simple, and at the same time allows any person to accurately draw a horse's head.
In this lesson, you will learn how to draw a rabbit in stages with a simple pencil. With the help of simple steps, you can quickly and easily draw a rabbit, try it.
Drawing a kitten is exciting, especially when the drawing "succeeds". Try to draw a kitten step by step according to this lesson.
Do you need to draw mushrooms? Then take this lesson. Step by step, you will draw the most popular white mushroom among mushroom pickers.
The maple leaf is very beautiful, especially in autumn when it changes its green color to shades of yellow and red.
This lesson is quite simple, you just need to correctly draw the "house" of the snail. To make the snail drawing more realistic, also draw a leaf of grapes.
What kind of patterns does not happen on the wings of a butterfly. The wings of even an ordinary cabbage butterfly are like an artist's palette with multi-colored spots of paint.
It is not difficult to draw a sea landscape, but it is much more difficult to convey the depth of color that breaks against the rocks of the sea waves.
Often we do not notice what surrounds us and what we cannot live without. Trees and plants are the basis of our nature. Protect the environment!
Flowers, green grass, tree leaves not only purify our air from harmful impurities, but also decorate our lives. Look around with "other" eyes and you will understand how carefully we need to treat our nature.
You may need a drawing of a Christmas tree closer to the New Year. In addition to drawing a festive tree, the site has a lesson on how to draw Santa Claus.
There are no identical snowflakes, so you can come up with any shape of a snowflake, the main thing is that its "rays" are absolutely symmetrical.
A ladybug must be painted with colored pencils or paints, or even better, draw it against the background of the nature surrounding it: green leaves, bright flower buds.
Against the backdrop of space darkness, the Shuttle will look especially impressive. This spacecraft can turn into a plane and, after descending from orbit, will land on its own on Earth.
Helicopters, like airplanes, are civil and military. In this lesson, you will be able to draw the most common brand of civil helicopter in our country in stages.
Drawing a military aircraft you will definitely turn out beautiful if you can draw the wings correctly and symmetrically.
Drawing of an English military fighter from the Second World War. The lesson is made with a simple pencil.
Drawing a car will be much easier for you if you do it in stages. First you need to mark up the body, and then, step by step, finish drawing other parts of the car.
Drawing is a great opportunity to get rid of boredom, the monotony of every day, as well as develop creative abilities. This applies not only to children, but also to adults. To draw any object or landscape, it is not at all necessary to skillfully use a pencil or a brush. The main thing is that the process itself should be interesting. It is enough to stock up on the necessary supplies, connect your imagination and start with the simplest strokes that will grow into the whole picture.
Favorite characters from fairy tales, cartoons and TV series help children to get rid of boredom. Their kids draw with great pleasure. They do this by looking at available samples or from memory. It all depends on the ability of the child.
The prerogative of the boys are all kinds of cars, tanks, locomotives, rockets, motorcycles. Girls are more interested in drawings depicting dolls, flowers, vases. If the child is fed up with such drawing, then adults should join the company and offer to draw two identical drawings, and then find 5 differences in them.
What to draw for adults when bored? You can portray a pet, if you have one, or a fictional animal that you like more than others. It is no less interesting to draw a favorite object on paper or the weather outside the window. Perhaps it will be a face with a smile to cheer up.
A good solution would be a celebrity figure on paper if the artist has good drawing skills. In order not to be bored, it is recommended to depict some bright event from your life. Better yet, draw your dreams. Perhaps someday they will come true.
Drawing by interests
When a person is bored, he usually turns to his favorite thing. Even if drawing is not your hobby, turning it into a hobby is not difficult - the main thing is to draw what you love. If you are a lover of flowers, no matter what - indoor or garden, draw flowers.
It can be a flower meadow, a bouquet of peonies, a lilac bush - everything that you see around or imagine in your imagination. Such a picture will be a wonderful decoration of the room.
Those who prefer animals to nature and flowers can paint them. Dogs, cats, rabbits, birds - create a portrait of your pet. This painting is sure to take center stage in your home.
Mastering new techniques
When bored, drawing lovers can take up the development of new artistic techniques and techniques. Have you always dreamed of drawing anime, or maybe you were attracted to products made using the batik technique? It's time to try your hand at these techniques. Perhaps someone was attracted by miniature painting, painting in the style of folk crafts. When you are bored, you can start sketching your future creations.
Drawing with children
Most often, the question of what to draw when bored is asked by parents. Young children need to constantly be occupied with something: play, walk, draw. That's just drawing and can be a salvation for young dads and moms. If a child is carried away, he will completely forget about boredom, and will create with pleasure.
What can you draw with children? There are countless options here. You can draw characters from your favorite fairy tales and cartoons with your children and even put them all together in one picture. You can make a real cartoon comic with your child by drawing several scenes in a row. Children's drawings will decorate the room, and your child will be proud of his ability to draw.
The drawing process involves not only the use of colored pencils or paints with brushes, you can draw with children with multi-colored crayons or paints using your palms and fingers.
Drawing with children is useful both for the children themselves and for the parents. This is a great option for spending time together when both small and large are bored.
Creation of ornaments
Probably, each of you remember how at school he painted the margins of his mathematics notebooks with ornaments. For some it was a long time ago, for others it was just recently. In fact, the creation of ornaments is a whole science, which you can do when you are bored.
Initially, this requires a minimum of materials: a checkered sheet and colored pencils or felt-tip pens. You can create ornaments from geometric or floral elements, paint them in the same range or combine several opposing colors.
Where would such an ornament come in handy later? Needlework lovers, maybe there are some among your friends or relatives, they can easily transfer such ornaments to embroidery, a patchwork product, a beaded or leather bracelet, they are used when sewing clothes or knitting. Finally, the idea of ornament can be used later in creating the interior of your apartment.
Drawing by numbers
Drawing pictures by numbers is a great idea for those who are bored. Absolutely everyone can draw such pictures, they will turn out even for those who do not have the ability for artistic art. Paintings by numbers come in different sizes - there are small ones, there are quite impressive ones, there are whole sets of such paintings - when you need to color each one, and then place them side by side on the wall, getting one image.
Drawing by numbers is suitable for both adults and children. For young artists, there are paintings with cartoon characters and animals - this is a kind of large coloring book, which is a pleasure to color.
For adults, there are paintings by numbers in the form of beautiful landscapes - autumn, summer and city. Coloring such a picture, a sunny embankment of the Italian coast or a magnificent autumn landscape with a house by the lake. Separately, such paintings are made for lovers of animals, flowers, street art - each of you will be able to choose an option to your liking.
