Many artists have created their works that feature sunflowers. The most famous painting of the same name belongs to the brush of Vincent Van Gogh. Sunflowers are very bright large flowers that are easy enough to draw. It is with them that you can begin to comprehend the art of drawing still lifes.
It is necessary
- - Soft pencil.
- - Round brush # 6.
- - Paints.
- - Paper (preferably Whatman paper) or canvas.
Instructions
Step 1
Stretch the canvas or secure a piece of Whatman paper. First, you need to outline the general contours of the composition. If you are drawing a sunflower in a garden, then make a few strokes that indicate the head of the flower, its stem and leaves, in the background mark the fence, field, horizon line. If the drawing involves a sunflower in a flower arrangement, then draw the outline of a vase, table, drapery, and other colors in the composition.
Step 2
Now you need to work out the background with paints. If you are painting with watercolors, make the background using the "wash" method, tilting the sheet at an angle. If you are painting in oil, then the background can be worked out after creating the flower itself.
Step 3
Start drawing a sunflower from its core - a black oval, guided by the previously outlined lines. Since the core of this flower is convex, with a small depression in the center, this must be shown by making the convex areas lighter.
Step 4
Now we need to draw the bottom row of petals. It should be the darkest of the whole range that you intend to use. To do this, add brown to the yellow paint. Don't be afraid to overdo it with brown. Do not forget about perspective - there are more leaves in front, slightly less in the background. To paint each petal, place the brush on the edge of the black oval and drag to the side, twisting the brush slightly to reduce the thickness of the petal to nothing.
Step 5
The second row should be lighter. Add a slightly white paint to the paint that you stirred for the previous row. Draw the second layer of petals between the petals of the first row. Draw the third and fourth layers in the same way, decreasing their size with each row. The fourth layer should be almost white.
Step 6
Now tint the petals, giving them some volume. To do this, make the middle of the visible petals a little darker. Also, do not forget that the further the object is from the viewer, the darker it is, therefore, the petals that are drawn in the background should be darker than the petals of their row, painted in front. Also, don't forget to paint light spots on the black core of the sunflower to indicate the seeds.
Step 7
Add green color to the stem and leaves. The sunflower is ready. It remains to work out the background.
