How to draw an illustration to a fairy tale with pencil and paints

Many parents, whose children go to school, ask the question "How to draw an illustration to a fairy tale?". At an IZO lesson in a general education school or in a lesson, compositions in art school are often asked to draw fragments of fairy tales. The hardest part is to come up with a story. Graphic embodiment of problems is not. The main thing is to fill your hand and arrange all the illustrations for one work in the same style.

Features of the illustration

The most difficult thing in illustration is to choose from the piece those pieces that will be depicted in the book. Artists usually paint the main parts of novels: the beginning of the work, the climax and the conclusion. But, of course, it is possible to illustrate the remembered and loved moment.

How to draw an illustration to a fairy tale as much as possible and more clearly? Before creating a sketch, you need to read the product at least twice. For the first time a person gets acquainted with the plot, and in the second - he remembers the details that are not evident at first reading.

What you need to pay attention to illustrating the work:

• Appearance of the characters. Before you portray the antagonistic heroes, you need to remember the distinctive features of their appearance. Mole on cheek or scar on forehead must necessarily be drawn, otherwise the main character will lose his individuality.
• Clothing characters. It's strange, but few people remember the description of the clothes of even the main characters. Therefore, before you sit down at the drawing table, you need to re-read the passages that describe the clothes.
• Interiors or exteriors complement any illustration, so the description of furniture or wood is of great importance. It is worth paying attention to even such trifles as the bumps under the feet of the main characters or a worn carpet adorning the center of the room.
• Minor characters need less drawing, but do not forget that the friends of the main characters must be recognizable.

Graphic illustration

How to draw an illustration to a fairy tale in a graphic style? There are several techniques:

• With the help of a pencil;
• With the help of the carcass;
• With the help of a soft material (coal, pastel, etc.)

Decide what style the illustration will be made. If you are planning to painstakingly draw the smallest details, then take a pencil. If the picture is more like a sketch, a soft material will do.

Graphic works are difficult to make as effective as color ones. To achieve a good result, you need to draw an illustration of the story in stages.

1. First of all, a sketch of the tale fragment you like is executed.
2. The second step is the layout. It is necessary to ensure that in future all parts of the picture fit into the limited space of the canvas.
3. The next step is to study the details. This is a responsible mission and if the picture is drawn by children, parents should monitor this process.
4. The final part is the application of light and shadow to the figures and objects. The main thing is not to forget that the foreground with the main characters should be darker than the back.

Illustration using paints

How to draw an illustration to a fairy tale with the help of paints? This is not difficult, if you analyze the whole process in stages. For example, we need to draw an illustration to the fairy tale "The Snow Queen". To do this, we split the work into parts:

• First of all we find the moment that needs to be illustrated. For example, take the story: The Snow Queen sits on the throne, and Kai plays at her feet.
• Identify with the appearance of the characters: long or short they will have hair, snub nose or what color eyes. It is advisable to re-read the description of the heroes in the fairy tale.
• Draw a sketch. Choose the poses in which the Snow Queen and Kai will sit.
• Now the most interesting: think over the clothes in which the main characters are dressed.
• The last step of the sketch is the drawing of the interior. Look through the tale, be inspired by the atmosphere of the cold palace, find clues.
• After the sketch is done, transfer it to the cleanup. Remember that paint will be applied over the pencil. This is important if the illustration is performed in watercolor, so sketch the final sketch with watercolor pencils.
• The final stage is coloring.

Combined technology

If you want to draw with several materials, you will have to combine several techniques. How to draw an illustration to the fairy tale "Ugly Duckling"? First you need to do everything by analogy with the plan for creating an illustration for the "Snow Queen". When the drawing is ready, paint the details and shadows in the ink. Pay special attention to the foreground. If the story is illustrated by children, it is better to leave the faces of the characters unmarked.