Even such a bird as familiar to our eyes as a goose can become an interesting object for drawing. The color of his feathers will make it possible to make an expressive image in terms of graphics.
It is necessary
- - paper;
- - pencil;
- - eraser;
- - ink;
- - feather;
- - brush.
Instructions
Step 1
Place your watercolor paper horizontally. Choose paper that is not very textured, almost smooth, but thick.
Step 2
Mark the boundaries of the space that the object will occupy on the sheet. You can make a rough pencil outline. Leave free space above the goose's head, on the sides and bottom of the sheet.
Step 3
Calculate the proportion of the bird's body parts. To do this, as a unit of measurement, you can take the length from the top of the head to the base of his neck. Attach a pencil to the photograph or, if you are drawing from life, extend your hand with the pencil forward, "placing" it on the object in front of you. Record the length of the head and neck on a pencil, and then measure how many times this distance fits in the rest of the bird's body.
Step 4
Draw an oval body of the goose, its length will be twice the selected unit of measurement. The width of this oval is practically equal (slightly exceeding) the distance from the crown to the body. Draw the legs of the goose - they are half that distance. If you increase the length of the legs by one and a half times, you will get the width of the goose's head from the tip of the beak to the back of the head.
Step 5
Use thin lines to outline the border of the leathery part of the beak and draw the bird's eyes at the top of the head. Refine the shape of the torso, neck and legs and erase all construction lines.
Step 6
Color the goose with ink. The drawing will look good both in black and white and in color. Use black and brown mascara for feathering and red and orange for paws and beak.
Step 7
Use a thin brush to paint over the beak. Apply base orange and, while it's still wet, a little pink on the tip - the shades should blend. Note that the orange is more intense at the base of the beak.
Step 8
Fill the goose paws with pink. In shaded areas, add some blue watercolor or diluted mascara.
Step 9
Apply a thin layer of gray-brown to the goose's head and belly. Next, with a pen and a thin brush, draw in detail its plumage. Color each feather individually. Leave the border of the feather blank, fill the remaining space with dark brown and immediately apply a strip of black in the center. At the top of the pen, blur the paint layer to leave a muted gray. When approaching the lightest part of the goose's body (back), tone down the black and use more brown.
