How to draw a faceted glass with a pencil step by step. How to draw a glass vase and other glass objects

In this article I’ll tell you a little about such a complex matter as glass.
Glass objects, cups, vases, glasses, are very interesting to draw, although not easy.

What scares us about glass? - Yes, nothing is clear. And it’s clear why nothing is clear: the glass shines, rattles, there are a lot of all sorts of reflections, dashes, glares in it, plus there is no chiaroscuro in our usual understanding, as on other more matte objects. And there is a ton of transparent glass.

To depict glass realistically, in any case you will have to delve into these dashes, dots, highlights, lines, carefully look at the very smallest details, study everything in great detail and in detail. And therefore, it is impossible to draw glass according to the formula: “do this, draw this way, and you will get one hundred percent glass.” Plus more in different options, under different lighting, glass can look completely different.

Chiaroscuro on glass objects

As I already said, chiaroscuro on glass, in our usual understanding, does not look the same as on other objects.

Because the glass shines and reflects light with bright, piercing reflections. There are no clear gradations of chiaroscuro - penumbra, own shadow, reflex.

Volume is created by glare, reflections and spots in the thickness of the glass. In general, the glass effect is based on glare. They show the direction of light and emphasize the volume and shape of the object.

Here's a glass.

The reflection of the window in the glass shows us that the light is coming from the right. The shape of the reflection hints at the shape of the glass - curved, rounded.

The glass is transparent, that is, in addition to the surface, we also see the insides - the bottom, it is visible, as if we were building right through. Since the thickness of the glass distorts the shape of the object, we see the bottom not even and clear, but slightly deformed and blurry.
On the back wall we see a white flare again - this is a flare reflected from the front wall.

That is, the rear glare is the same as the front one, but we see it through the thickness of the glass, so it is again distorted in shape and not so bright.
Now let's try to look at the elements of the usual chiaroscuro on this glass. It doesn't work out - right? Well, that’s right, because it doesn’t exist. In general, the glass is gray, and everything is generally dark in relation to the glare. But...if you look closely, you can see from the top of the glass that from the light side the inside of the glass is dark, and from the shadow side it is lighter. Just like on a regular item.

The rest of the volume shows the pattern of glass thickness, reflections and highlights. You can also note that top part the glass is darker, and the bottom is lighter in tone.

When looking at the glass, I advise you to squint so that everything merges and becomes cloudy in your eyes. And you can immediately see how generally gray or even black everything is, only the bright highlights glow white.

How to draw a glass (sketch)

We've roughly looked at it, now we'll draw. For clarity, I will make a sketch on tinted pastel paper - it seems to imitate the main one gray tone, which is the most. I place the darkest spots - these are the contours of the glass, the bottom, darkening the places where the glass is darker in relation to the general background tone.

And glare...white bright glare. I did them with a white pastel pencil.

As soon as they appear, we immediately see that this is really glass. Of course, in order for the drawing to become effective and more alive, it is worth delving a little into the details, looking more carefully at everything interesting places and try to portray them. But I will do this in more detail in another drawing.

And now that it’s clear that everything is quite simple, everything is broken down into certain pieces, let’s draw on a regular sheet with a simple pencil.

How to draw a glass with a simple pencil

I drew this glass on plain paper, all that remains is to outline the highlights and other spots with well-defined contours.

You don’t have to draw it all, you can work in tone right away, but it’s calmer this way. I'll erase the contours that are a little too bright and now I'll cover everything with tone, leaving only our white highlights untouched.

To make it more realistic, try not to be rough with the shading; the smoother and more uniform it is, the more it will look like glass - glass is smooth and even.

Now I will clarify the darker places, that is, I will introduce the darkest tone. These are the sides, bottom and top oval of the glass.

Now I compact the places where it is needed.
First of all, I darken the areas around the highlights, because as long as they are on a background with insufficient contrast, they do not look bright.

The main thing is to avoid such a bad visual mistake - darken the tone only around the highlights, they should not look outlined, like an edging, the tone around them should be generally dark. But you don’t need to make the tone too dark, otherwise the glass may turn out tinted or even dirty.
In the visible upper part of the glass, everything is simple: the illuminated side is darker, the shadow side is lighter.
You can see the thickness of the glass from above - it looks like a light stripe in the photo. I lightened it with a thinly cut eraser and smoothed it out with a pencil.

Now I’ll delve into the details a little and design everything as a background. This is how the glass turned out.

How to draw a glass vase

Now I will try to draw a glass vase like this.

On this vase in this lighting there are no large reflected glare from the window, for example. But in the thickness of the base of the vase there is a continuous mosaic of white and dark spots and stripes. Again, the glass is generally gray in relation to the shiny spots of light. Again, stripes of different colors show the shape of the bottom of the glass. Plus we have a table line, which the thickness of the glass refracts. There is nothing left to do but look at it all carefully and try to depict something similar.
I drew a vase on plain paper with a detailed drawing of the bottom pattern.

Now I'll start applying the tone from the darkest places.

I don't try to copy every stripe and dig into every speck. The main thing is that it is in character - direction, location.

As in my other works, I correct everything with a thinly cut eraser. The highlights here are very subtle and small - it's hard to leave them untouched, but I try.

I constantly change the pencil from 2B to 4B. A softer pencil for dark areas, and everything else I do with a 2B pencil.
As with the glass, everything in the vase has a tone in relation to the white highlights, so I cover the entire vase with the tone, leaving only the highlights.

At the final stage of work on the vase soft pencil adding details to the day. Adding a background.
The vase has a very beautiful falling shadow - you definitely need to depict it. And at the end I clean the highlights with an eraser, otherwise they got a little worn in the process, but I need them to shine clean.
And the finished vase.

Vase in another technique

The same vase is made using the technique in which I made the sketch of the glass. Everything is done with a simple pencil, only the white highlights are drawn with a white pastel pencil.

This technique is very convenient for drawing glass; in addition, it is easier to work with than making a completely hatched drawing. On pastel paper, the pencil softly spreads, the strokes merge, which allows you to make the tone more uniform and neatly applied. And the white highlights look more luminous and bright, which definitely enhances the effect of the glass. Be sure to try it.

In this article you will find basic rules for working with transparent objects that will help you achieve the desired result with ease:

1. Use a basic nine-point shadow scale, where 0-1 are the lightest areas (highlights and reflections of light), and 8-9 are the darkest (furrows and massive areas of glass)
2. Remember that glass is not completely flat. Therefore, when drawing the shape of an object, do not forget to also work out the thickness of the glass.
3. A shadow falls on the glass. You read that right, even transparent objects have shadows. Very often beginners forget about this.

Let's try to draw together transparent object. Today it will be a glass with quite complex shapes. Stick to it step by step instructions- and you will certainly succeed!

Step 1

Let's start with sketches. To make it easier to navigate later, mark the places where there will be glare.

A little life hack on how to indicate the main highlights on glass. When light hits an object from a single source, there are usually two main highlights at the edge of the ellipse, as shown in the figure.

Step 2

Apply masking fluid to all areas where light reflects on the glass. In the picture you can see green spots, this is the masking liquid.

Step 3

Make the first fill. Once the masking fluid has dried, wet the entire surface of the paper with the brush. clean water. Without waiting for the paper to dry, use a grayish-blue color to paint the shadows on the glass and the shadow that the glass casts on the surface. Wait until the paint is completely dry.

Step 4

Apply a second coat of fill. This time make the cast shadow darker, fill the glass itself with gray warm shade, apply a little yellow to the front of the glass to show that light is falling on it. Let the paint dry.

Step 5

Fill the background. Wet the background part of the design with clean water, then fill the background with turquoise blue.

Step 6

We are working on the inside of the glass. Essentially, the inside of the glass is a distortion of the front and back of the background. Using thin brush, fill the inside of the glass. Use the same shades of blue that you used before, because if you use other colors, the glass will look rough and alien.

Fill the bottom of the glass using the same color as the table.

Step 7

Fill the inside of the glass with a second layer using more dark shade than last time.

Step 8

Fill the last layer. Using colors that correspond to 8-9 on your shade scale. This color scheme will give the glass the necessary shapes and make the thickness of the glass more expressive.
After the paint is completely dry, remove the masking fluid.

Step 9

Apply a light coat of fill to the reflections that are on the shadow side.

After removing the masking fluid, these areas may be too noticeable against the background of the shades used. To make the reflections look harmonious, fill them with diluted bluish-gray paint, as if muting the color.

This is what your painting will look like when completed.

In this tutorial we used masking fluid to maintain the effect of transparency and create clear highlights on the glass created by reflecting light. Following three simple rules and step-by-step instructions, you will be able to realistically convey transparent forms, correctly placing emphasis on highlights and more massive areas of the transparent surface.

To learn how to draw various objects, animals, you first need to try to draw simple objects, such as a mug, a glass or a glass. The drawing of an ordinary tea cup will become good educational material to study symmetry and perspective, creating volume in a two-dimensional image. A mug or cup looks very simple just in the picture; in fact, when drawing these objects you need to follow the rules of symmetry, proportions, and perspective. You need to be able to use shadows to make a two-dimensional image of a mug three-dimensional. Therefore, be sure to try to draw a cup with a simple pencil. This will be a good lesson for acquiring initial skills in drawing objects using the pencil technique. To make it easier for you to draw a mug, we will perform the drawing in stages. Let's try it step by step draw a cup and learn to draw simple-looking mugs and glasses.

1. Initial marking of the cup design

Draw vertical and intersecting lines horizontal line. Make a rectangular preliminary marking of the neck at the top of the mug. The neck of the cup will be the most important part of the design, so pay more attention to this element. Draw the bottom of the mug.

If you draw a glass or glass, you also need to do the first step in exactly the same way. Only a glass can have a much longer stem, and, of course, other differences.

2. Preliminary outlines of the mug

Connect the neck of the cup to the bottom with lines that taper slightly downward. Perhaps your mug has a different shape, draw it differently. This lesson only tells you how to draw step by step and where you can make a mistake. It is precisely at this step that you need to make sure that both sides of the mug are symmetrical. Even in my drawing you can see that the left side is slightly narrower than the right. Mark the places where the handle will be.

3. Preliminary handle contours

Using the previous contours, draw the approximate outline of the handle of the cup. To prevent the handle from turning out crooked and uneven in thickness, do not be lazy to make preliminary markings.

4. Clarify the general outline of the mug

Now let’s clarify a little the neck and the basic shape of the mug along with the handle. The walls of the cup have a certain thickness and therefore you need to draw an additional outline inside the neck of the mug. Having discovered a discrepancy in the symmetry of the sides, you can correct it, for example, in the same way as I did. Complete the entire drawing of the cup handle.

5. Cup drawing, finishing touches

Remove all unnecessary contour lines and check again that you have drawn everything correctly before moving on to coloring the mug with a simple pencil.

6. Using shadows we will make the cup voluminous

Always, before applying shadows with a simple pencil on an object in a drawing, imagine from which side the light will fall. In places further away from the light source, the shadows will be “thicker” and vice versa. Pay attention to the neck of the mug. Inner part I did not shade the neck of the mug, shade it yourself if you consider it necessary. Well, after the drawing of the cup is completely completed, be sure to try drawing a saucer, teapot and other cutlery next to it.

All students take the lesson “How to draw a vase” with a pencil art school. A vase, mug or glass is a classic educational material for studying perspective, symmetry and techniques for creating volume in objects.

In this lesson we will try to draw a rose step by step. If you can already draw a beautiful glass or mug, then it’s quite possible to take on a more difficult task.

A chamomile, like a cup drawing, is not as easy to draw as it might seem. If you need to draw this flower beautifully, then try to do it in stages.

Castle drawing is good lesson for learning to draw buildings and houses. Using an ordinary pencil, you will gradually learn to draw the proportions of a building, create a perspective for the landscape surrounding the castle, and learn to add volume to the walls and towers of the castle using shadows and lines.

A house is an architectural structure, so when drawing it step by step, you first need to build a drawing of the house, and only then start adding details to the picture of the house. When making a drawing of a building, you cannot do without a ruler, and of course a pencil. The house should look symmetrical, so you need to accurately mark the dimensions of height and width using a ruler.

Nowadays, graffiti is very popular among young people, but not everyone can draw graffiti beautifully and stylishly. Let's try to learn how to draw graffiti on paper with a pencil, then color the resulting inscription with paints or colored felt-tip pens.

Instructions

Place it so that it is at some distance from you and, moreover, slightly below your eye level. This way it will be more convenient for you to consider its proportions, especially to understand some of the laws of perspective that in this case are especially important. Consider cup. If you look closely, you can very clearly see that the top line is an oval. The lower in relation to your eye level is cup- the wider this oval will be. Bottom line cup and is also an oval, with the front line clearly visible, and the back line blurred because it is behind. If cup filled with something, the surface of the liquid also appears oval.

Get started cup With center line. Place the sheet vertically. Draw approximately in the middle vertical line, equal to height cup A. Draw a perpendicular to its lower point and put on it in both directions segments equal to half the width cup and in its lower part. Do the same at the top cup A. These auxiliary lines must be very thin. Try to plot the segments more precisely, because cup must be symmetrical.

Draw the top line cup A. You have already noticed that it is an oval. Top line cup but is the same throughout the thickness, and it is better to thin it first. Draw an oval at the bottom. Depending on the shape cup and it can either be exactly the same as the top one, or smaller and narrower. If you are drawing cup with straight walls, the ovals will be the same. If it gradually tapers downwards, the ovals will be the same in shape, but different in size. U cup and the oddly shaped lower oval will most likely be narrower than the upper one.

Draw the walls cup A. At or smoothly tapering downwards, simply connect with straight lines extreme points ovals. Side lines in this case they will be parallel, in the second case (smoothly tapering cup) they converge downwards. If cup bizarre shape, try to convey the curvature of the lateral line as accurately as possible. Outline the visible parts of the object with a thicker line.

For drawing it is best to take. Apply the first even layer of something light - bluish, pinkish or yellowish. Make the second layer thicker. It doesn't completely cover cup, but only on the sides, about a third of the width. The middle should remain lighter. The brush moves parallel to the bottom line of the oval, alternately in one direction and the other. Apply the third layer of paint in shorter lines, about a third of the stroke of the second layer. U cup and, tapering downwards, the strokes will be longer at the bottom, and near the bottom they may even merge. Draw a thin outline.

Drawing a mug is not as easy as it seems. It has its own form, which you need to be able to convey. This will require basic drawing skills and knowledge of perspective. Imagine that the mug is a cylinder. Try to look through it. You will see ovals that are at the bottom and at the top. Also, light and shadow fall on the cylinder, which is darkest at the border. And there are reflexes that form at the junction of an object and paper.

Learn how to draw a mug with a pencil step by step using simple drawing skills. Sharpen your pencils, let's begin!

Drawing details

First of all, outline the main proportions. Draw a line that runs down the center of the mug's cylinder (that is, not including the handle).

Draw two ovals to represent the edges of the mug and saucer. Notice that the oval at the bottom is wider than at the top. This arises due to the nature of perspective. That is, the ovals are not symmetrical.

Inside the top oval, draw another one, 3-5 mm smaller in size. This forms the neck of the cup. Smooth lines show its shape. But what if you get it wrong and you can’t understand why or how?

It's easy to draw a mug with a pencil. To make the lines as even as possible, it is better to draw from top to bottom - it’s more convenient. Guide the pencil firmly. Be sure to sharpen the lead.

1. Draw the bottom of the cup to show its volume.
2. Afterwards, during the work process, this oval will not necessarily be erased.
3. Outline the guideline for the handle, leaving an oval to which it will be attached.
4. Draw a small oval inside the other one, which is intended for the saucer (this is important even in how to draw a mug). This will show its thickness. It will be clear that the mug is not standing on a napkin, but has some kind of voluminous plate.

Draw the shape of the handle. Check curved line at the bottom, which will mean that a handle will be attached there. The cup has a stand attached to the bottom. Show this with an oval.

Complete the shape of the handle, and also show another oval inside the cup, which will indicate the level to which it will be filled with the drink.

Draw the details at your discretion, compare the proportions. Erase the guide lines.

Hatching

Drawing light and shadow is the main job. It's worth paying attention to Special attention, if you want to draw a mug step by step. The sketch should take no more than 15 minutes. And to shade correctly, beginners need half an hour. Apply strokes horizontally in a semicircle, then you can easily convey the cylindrical shape and volume of the mug.

Light and shadow

Can't make the image look realistic? How to draw a similar mug, knowledge in drawing light and shadow will help you. The latter may occupy half or less of the image. Also, a shadow can cover an entire object. Its location depends on the lighting.

In high light, the shadow on the subject will be slanted. The cast shadow will lie on the surface closer to horizontal position, but to a vertical one, but still with an inclination in a certain direction.

If the light source is on the side, then the shadow will be vertical on the cylinder and occupy a certain part. And its size will depend on the angle from which you draw. The cast shadow will lie horizontally.

If the light is behind the subject, the shadow will completely cover it. Contrasting outlines will appear. But the gradient and cast shadow will also remain. In this case, it is more difficult to draw - you need to try not to make the cylinder too dark, especially if it is made of plaster. Otherwise, the texture will appear metallic. And instead white another, darker one will be visible. Now imagine how difficult it is to transfer a bust to paper, while drawing a mug is as easy as shelling pears.

Gradation

From light to dark the gradation is more gradual, and from high light gradually increase the tone, which increases the strength of the shadow of the object, and gradually becomes a shadow. In this case, the shadow also becomes darker from bottom to top. At the junction with the surface it is the lightest.

The drawing imperfectly represents gradation in which there are no sharp changes from one element to the next. In the base light, shadows usually appear where they come into contrast with the highlights. Also, in any lighting conditions there are gradations. At the junction with light, the shadow is darkest in tone. After this junction, the shadow is softer and darkens again towards the edge of the cylinder, but does not become the heaviest in tone. This knowledge even helps in how to draw a mug, because it also has a cylindrical shape.

Cast shadow

The shadow is not completely horizontal. She walks with an upward slope. But it can be positioned differently, depending on the lighting. The shadow that is closest to the cylinder is the darkest. And it also has a gradient - from the object to the junction with the wall. Shadows soften as you move away from the subject. The shadow also has an outline. When you show it, try to make an outline, not a stroke. The shadow that falls on the wall is darker than even a cylinder.