No holiday is complete without the most important thing - gifts. What can we say about the New Year? This is one of the biggest holidays, when everyone is busy looking for gifts for relatives and friends. Whatever the chosen gift, it must be beautifully packaged. Packages come in various types, sizes and colors, but today we will talk about the usual box with a beautiful bow. We'll find out how to draw a gift for the new year and to make the composition look more attractive, we will decorate it with a sprig of spruce and two balls.
Tools and materials:
- Graphic tablet and pen (Wacom Intos Draw was used, but any will do) connected to a computer or laptop.
- Adobe Photoshop software.
You can also use a simple pencil, eraser and paper.
Stages of work:
Step 1. Create a new surface in Adobe Photoshop: File - New. Set the dimensions of the new document in pixels: width - 850 pixels. and height - 595 pixels. You will get a white surface on which we will draw our illustration. For the brush, set the main diameter to 5, and the color to dark gray:
Step 2 We draw a rectangle from which we will build on when building a gift. Its width will be slightly larger than its height:
Step 3 Draw a vertical line through the center, which is shifted slightly to the right:
Step 4 Now you can draw the sides of the gift and its box, but draw only the foreground. Leave the background blank for now, because there will be a big bow that will cover it:
Step 5 Let's erase the lines that helped in the construction with an eraser. Now we don't need them:
Step 6 On the gift, we outline the general lines of the bow, and on the sides it will be held by a ribbon:
Step 7 In front we will draw two circles - Christmas decorations that will touch inside. We don’t draw the circles a little to add them later in this place of their attachment (Christmas decorations):
Step 8 From above on the Christmas tree balls we will draw fasteners, and on the bow we will draw the bends of the ribbon:
Step 9 In the background we will place the branches of the Christmas tree, so now we outline their bases (from which the needles will grow):
Step 10 Reduce the main diameter of the brush from 5 to 3 and draw small needles. They should be slightly curved towards the edge. The strokes must be applied very tightly so that the branch is more fluffy:
Step 11 We correct the drawing by removing extra lines where they are not needed, and adding in places where they are missing:
Step 13 Make the gray tone a little darker and apply on top, but this time the volume of the shadow will be less than the previous one. Such a change in tone will help make the transition of the shadow smoother:
Step 14 Again we make the tone darker and apply it to our drawing:
Step 15 The next step to apply the shadow will be with a darker gray tone, and place it all on a smaller surface:
In order to draw a gift, it is very important to first draw a cube. It consists of four faces. After drawing it, you can draw a beautiful wrapping package on it or a ribbon with a bow. It always looks spectacular and bright, especially if such a drawing is painted with bright New Year's colored pencils or paints are used.
Materials for drawing a New Year's gift:
- free sheet of paper in the album;
- pencils for sketching and coloring;
- eraser to remove;
- black marker for stroke.
How to draw a gift box step by step
1) Draw a vertical line. From the top and bottom points we draw side lines at an angle.
2) Then add two more vertical lines to form the edges of the box containing the New Year's gift. We will also draw the last fourth corner, which is located in the background.
3) We draw a circle at the top in which we will draw a magnificent bow to decorate the gift. On all sides of the box we draw lines of a satin ribbon.
4) Draw a chic lush bow in the middle of the circle. We lead two short strips of ribbon from the center of the bow. We create the edges of the box without sharp corners, and we also create the lines of the tape smooth on all parts of the picture.
5) We get a beautiful drawing of a gift that needs a neat stroke with a black marker and painting over with colored pencils. We are doing the first one right now. You can also add small strokes and highlights on objects.
6) We paint over the satin ribbons and a chic bow with a red pencil, which serve to decorate the New Year's gift.
7) The box in which the gift is placed is created with green shades of pencils.
Everyone loves gifts, and whoever says he doesn’t love them secretly buys them himself and gives them to himself. Winter time is a paradise for gifts of different sizes and purposes. It is in winter that you will spend more money on gifts than you could spend not on gifts. And if you are a child, then you are in paradise at all, since you don’t even need to do anything, just write a letter to no one and hand it over to your mom or dad. And here we find out how to draw a gift with a pencil. After all, there is a good excuse: the best gift made by yourself.
A gift is something wrapped in paper, often provoking outbursts of happiness, fear, bewilderment and various forebodings. In addition, a gift can be completely intangible, such as hitting a bag of potatoes from around the corner or a free trip to the Caribbean for. Most often, a gift is of no value, and its vocation is to give pleasure from observing the reaction of the one who received it. It is best to give a gift that you can then use yourself (racist Jewish proverb). And it is even better to give food, because according to the unwritten laws of God, with a probability of 98%, such a gift will be shared with you. Also, a gift is a way to raise your status, as effective as the most expensive invisible underpants in the world or an uncharged magic wand. And lovely women know a lot about gifts. They do not clearly know what they want, but they are sure that others should know it.
What can you give, unusual gifts:
- Your place in the cemetery;
- Your phone or wallet (sometimes they are taken by force);
- A box of air (although it’s better not to give such a creative to someone who cannot appreciate the beauty of this gesture);
- Marked money (to bribe-takers);
- Licensed software (for computer scientists);
- CD with a set of the best blatnyak of the 90s (for cool guys on );
- Venereal diseases;
- Machine (economic option: washing or sewing);
- Give warmth and joy (recommended by doctors for relatives and loved ones);
- What gifts do you usually give? Answers in the comments!
In the meantime, I'll show you the drawing instructions.
How to draw a gift with a pencil step by step
Step one. I don't see the point in commenting. I think everything is clear from the pictures. 
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I recommend trying to draw more such things.
Let's make this task a little more difficult. In order to teach you how to really feel and control this empty flat piece of paper, I want to introduce you to complex but interesting objects - empty boxes.
1. So, draw a cube.
2. Then draw a slightly slanted two parallel lines.
parallel lines- These are two lines going in the same direction and located at the same distance. When I say the word "parallel" I imagine 2 lines in one word.
Perpendicular lines are two lines that intersect at right angles. For example, in this line, you see text that is perpendicular to the edge of this page.
3. ATTENTION! See how this top edge of the box lid is drawn, following all the slanted lines, sloping slightly upwards to the left. I will refer to this corner as the northwest direction. Imagine a compass.
The four most commonly used directions that I will refer to throughout the lessons will be the directions: northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast. Take a look at this compass.
Now I'll flip the compass. Again, perspective distorts and flattens the object, creating the illusion of depth by bringing one edge of the object closer to the viewer.
Pay attention to this drawn tilted compass and the four indicated directions - NW, NE, SW and SE - all of these lines coincide with the lines of your cube.
I call it "3D compass". This is a marvelous tool for correct consistent alignment of lines. Without properly constructed corners, your drawings will look askew.
4. Draw a lid on the other side of the box using two parallel lines.
5. Using the bottom line of the box in the CB direction, draw the top of the box lid in the same direction (CB).
6. Draw slanting lines representing the flaps of the box in front at the bottom.
7. Once again, using the bottom edges of the box as guides, complete the box lids by drawing lines in the NE and NW directions. I will repeat this over and over: use the drawn lines as a guide to draw the next ones. By always referring to the 3D compass angles already built, your drawings will look solid, focused, and most importantly, three-dimensional.
8. Draw short, peeking lines on the back of the box. Notice how one small line affects the overall 3D illusion of the drawing. That little line on the back of the box makes "BAM!" and at this point our drawing turns from a two-dimensional sketch into a three-dimensional object.
9. Draw a horizon line and determine the position of the light source.
10. For the correct drawing of the falling shadow, use the 3D compass. Draw a guide line across the bottom of the box in a SE direction. ATTENTION! This is the most common mistake that beginners make - they start to drop the shadow below the guide line. Note that the shadow must be in line with the guide.
11. Darkening under the two covers of the box gives reality to the image. These are wonderful little details that successfully showcase volume, refined detail, and boundaries. In this example, these shadings help pull the lids out towards the eyes, pushing the box deeper into the picture.
12. This is the most effective step in each lesson. Clean up your sketch with an eraser, removing extra lines, and sharpen the edges of the drawing with an outline stroke. This will move the image further away from the background. Finish the cast shadows on the left side of the box and inside the box, away from the light source.
I always encourage you to have fun with the tutorial by adding as many extra details, neat little ideas as your creative imagination can bring to life. I put a few small items in the box so they are barely visible. Pay attention to how even these small details add zest to the sketch.
LESSON 5: PRACTICE
Speaking of extra details to enhance your drawing, let's modernize the cardboard box tutorial, shall we? How about a treasure chest overflowing with pearls and coins? We are so dissatisfied with today's economy, mortgage payments, loans and taxes.. So let's picture our own wealth!
1. Let's start with a basic cube shape, just tilt the sides a bit. Now indicate the guide lines and label them for better memorization.
2. Draw two parallel lines, slightly opening the lid of the treasure chest.
3. Using the lines already drawn as a guide (sound familiar?), draw the top edge of the lid in a northwesterly direction.
4. Now draw the near curved edge of the lid.
5. With the help of the lines already drawn (am I repeating myself?), draw the top edge of the lid in the direction of the northwest, but slightly lower. This is necessary so that, ultimately, all these lines of the same direction converge at one point. I will explain this vanishing point concept in great detail in one of the next tutorials. Now just repeat after me and tilt your lines a little lower.
6. Now draw two inner lines. This is our BAM! 3D effect, you must like this moment!
7. Diversify your drawing. Erase all unnecessary lines, place a light source and shade the opposite surface, the inside of the chest and add a drop shadow. Enjoy drawing additional details. Fill your chest with money, gems, pearls and whatever your heart desires!
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