Caskets and chests appear in many literary works. The box is a symbolic thing, it is a kind of storage that can hide a variety of things from treasures to all the sorrows of humanity. As was the case with Pandora's box. Drawing boxes is not so difficult - they mostly have clear geometric shapes and are made from a wide variety of materials. For example, one of the most famous is the malachite box from Bazhov's tale.
It is necessary
Paper, pencil, eraser, ruler, coloring materials of your choice, images with malachite products
Instructions
Step 1
The box can be of any shape - a parallelepiped, a cylinder, a truncated pyramid, and even a ball. The most traditional form for the image of a malachite box is a parallelepiped at the base and a truncated pyramid-lid.
Step 2
Draw a straight horizontal line - this will be the line of the table on which you will place the box. Then draw a parallelepiped from whichever angle you like best. Don't forget about the laws of perspective.
Step 3
Now we need to draw the lid. You can make it simply flat, in the shape of a parallelepiped, a truncated pyramid, or semicircular - in the shape of a half cylinder. It can be closed, slightly opened or folded back. If you are drawing an open lid, remember the laws of perspective and shadow.
Step 4
Use shading and feathering to paint shadows. Now it's the turn for the malachite pattern. Consider images with malachite products - the pattern on the stone can be different. Sometimes it is located in circles, like on a cut of a tree trunk, sometimes in stripes, sometimes in mosaics.
Step 5
Draw small details - accessories, decorations. Cameo - lizards are often depicted on malachite boxes in order to bring the product closer to Bazhov's tales.
Step 6
And now the fun part is coloring the picture. Pay attention to what colors malachite has - light green, emerald green and other cold shades of green alternate, form patterns, veins. The ideal option for painting such a box is watercolors, although gouache will also work. The sketch can also be colored with colored pencils.
Step 7
You can draw any other boxes - wooden, beaded, decoupage or papier-mâché. You can experiment with colors, materials, shapes.
