To a person who is not familiar with the basics of painting, it may seem that depicting a potato is quite simple. It is static, has no small details that require careful drawing. However, this simplicity is deceiving. To make the potato look alive, voluminous and realistic, you will have to try.
It is necessary
- - thick paper;
- - soft pencil;
- - eraser;
- - a set of watercolors;
- - brushes of different sizes;
- - plastic palette.
Instructions
Step 1
Consider a potato. Estimate its color, texture of the peel. Depending on the variety, potatoes can have different shades of skin and pulp. It can be yellowish, pinkish, even purplish blue. Young tubers are covered with a thin, slightly flaky skin, ripe ones are denser and darker, but old potatoes are wrinkled and speckled with eyes.
Step 2
Consider the composition of the drawing. You can draw one large potato in the style of elementary art school, draw a whole basket of tubers, or draw a cutaway potato with a half-skinned skin, in the style of the Little Dutch.
Step 3
First, try sketching one potato. You will need a sheet of heavy white or yellowish paper, a soft pencil, and an eraser. Draw a horizontal oval of the desired size in the center of the sheet. Mark the eyes with pencil strokes.
Step 4
Get busy drawing. The tuber should be uneven - mark the bumps and depressions with wavy lines. Don't make them too harsh. Turn the strokes into eyes by drawing small ovals on the thin lines.
Step 5
It was the turn of shading and shading - the volume of the tuber depends on them. The lying potato should be shaded at the bottom. Use light pencil strokes to outline the shadow. With even finer shading, go along the sides of the tuber, indicating the play of light on the bulges and depressions.
Step 6
The finished drawing can be colored. Watercolor is very suitable for potatoes - it perfectly conveys the multicolor of the peel and transitions of light and shadow. Use a brush to cover the design with water. Let it dry a little.
Step 7
Mix yellow, white and red paints on the palette. Choose the proportions depending on what shade your potato will have. For a pinkier skin, increase the amount of red paint to make the skin beige-yellow, add an ocher hue. Dampen the brush and paint on the drawing in large strokes.
Step 8
Do not paint the picture evenly - uneven spots will create a color transition effect and make the image lively. Individual areas can be made lighter by adding water to them.
Step 9
Mix brown, gray and white paints and put a shadow over the drawing. Darken the lower part of the tuber with smooth strokes, add water to the brush and touch the sides of the potato - here the shadow should lie more delicately. With a thin brush, paint in a gray-brown paint and mark the eyes.
