How to draw a pencil picture

Many draftsmen start with small and elementary sketches, but they are afraid to take on big pictures, the more they are afraid to draw them with a pencil. But large scales will only help to improve the stroke and composition. So if you are thinking how to draw a picture, but before you did not use large formats, then you will need some tips for creating a beautiful pencil drawing.

1. You need to start a picture with an idea, often artists are inspired by photographs, sometimes they are copied from them. This is okay if you remember that the pictures drawn in pencil have their own specifics, which means that the photo needs to be changed to a pencil - thoughtless copying here will not do.

2. The basis of any work is composition. It must be taken care of in advance. Draw the very picture You can only accurately and clearly imagine in your head how your idea should look on paper. In advance it is worthwhile to think about what format you want to implement the conceived, because it also depends on the composition.

If you want to achieve the effect of harmony, swiftness, it is better to choose the format stretched upwards. For a dynamic action, a rectangle is suitable. Excessive elongation along the vertical creates a "scroll" effect, and horizontally requires the use of a panoramic composition. For static compositions, a square will fit, it can also be applied if the action "goes" in depth. The format depends entirely on the location of the main composition objects.

3. In order not to make a lot of mistakes on a large sheet, start better with a few sketches, then later, sitting over a large sheet, do not think how to draw - the picture needs to be worked out in advance. On the sketches you can refine your idea, modify it, and then from a variety of variations choose the best outline on which we will draw, drawing a picture. A sketch is needed, even if the picture you are going to copy, since not all photos are suitable for drawing.

4. After you make a suitable sketch, you can start working on a large sheet, only you need to make sure that everything is thought out accurately, and not somehow. To paint a painting for a beginner artist is better with a concrete and meaningful idea. The first thing that is worth doing, transferring the drawing from the sketches to a large format, is to outline the main parts of the picture with lines. It is very important not to enter into details prematurely, but to adhere to the rule: from general to particular. Often newcomers admit the same mistake: they pay more attention to a single subject in the picture, draw it when the rest of the work is still at the initial stage. As a result, you can get a flat pattern, consisting of scattered and differently drawn parts. And in detail it is not necessary to draw objects one by one - you need to paint the whole picture and in the process of drawing keep in mind all its elements.

5. When all the elements are ready, the foreground should be selected for the volume and the background objects "pulled back". This is the only way to achieve a three-dimensional effect. You should never rush with contrasts, it's better to select and make objects of the foreground clearer at the final stage than to use the rubber band afterwards, trying to bluff the background.

Five small tips - and you already know how to draw a picture. A little practice and perseverance - and you will not notice how to turn from a "beginner" into a professional.