Maple leaf template size A4. How to draw leaves step by step
Pencil drawing - exciting activity. By following the advice of the masters, anyone, regardless of age and ability, can learn to create masterpieces.
What do you need to draw with a pencil?
You can draw anything with a pencil: animals and plants, people, buildings, cartoon characters. In general, everything that is enough for your imagination. This article explains step by step,
For successful work, a novice artist should have everything he needs at hand. Prepare the paper good quality, a sharpened graphite pencil of medium hardness, a soft eraser and a reminder “How to draw” Maple Leaf". In addition to the instructions, it is good to have on hand and carefully examine several real maple leaves. At first glance, it seems that drawing them is very simple. However, in reality everything will turn out to be a little more difficult. It has a complex structure of several repeating elements. To help you cope with the work, we will show you how to draw step by step.
Step by step drawing of a maple leaf
Step 1. You need to create a base. To do this, you need to draw a vertical line and intersecting it horizontal line. Then, through the intersection point of these lines, draw 2 more slanted lines left and right. You will get six intersecting lines, as shown in the figure.
Step 2. Draw numerous small “branches” from the large lines. They need to be spaced unevenly, which will make finished work more natural.
At the first stages, a maple leaf is drawn with a pencil without pressure. The instrument should be held in your hand gently, without tension. The lines should be light and light.
Step 3. We have on paper a preliminary frame for the future drawing. Now you need to make the correct contour. To do this, use broken, curved lines to outline a lattice of twigs, as shown in the figure.
Step 4. Using clear strokes, carefully draw the main skeleton and petiole of the leaf. The picture shows that they should be slightly thicker compared to the secondary branches. Their appearance resembles - narrowed at the top and widening at the bottom.
Step 5. Using light, small strokes, add small veins to the secondary branches. At this stage, we already have an idea of how to draw a maple leaf. However, this is just a sketch. To obtain a real drawing, it is necessary to correctly distribute light and shadow across the sheet. Then it will not be just a picture, but the work of an artist.
Step 6 This is the last step. At this stage you need to make the sheet realistic. This must be done by shading the sheet. Look at a “living” maple leaf through the eyes of a master. You should note which areas are darker and which are lighter. We must try to convey this play of light and shadow on paper.
Now you know how to draw a maple leaf. To achieve the best results, here are some more general tips:
- when starting to work on a drawing, do not press hard on the pencil;
- trace the contour with stronger pressure to obtain a clear line;
- shade the drawing gradually, do not immediately make too sharp transitions from light tone to the dark.
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How to draw a maple leaf
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How to draw a maple leaf step by step
Drawings of maple leaves can decorate any autumn holiday. And it’s quite easy to depict them, follow our instructions.
Stage 1
First you need to mark the veins. Draw a vertical line, and then 2 more on both sides of it. You should not use a ruler, because in nature there are no perfectly straight lines.
Stage 2
Draw shorter lines between the main veins. They will need to be erased later, so make them lighter.
Stage 3
Draw an outline maple leaf, as shown in the example. Don't try to do everything symmetrically.
Stage 4
At this point, erase auxiliary lines, complete the tail and core. Then draw small veins with short strokes.
Stage 5
Trace the outline and color the resulting image.
Draw a maple leaf with a pencil
You need to start with something simple, so you must first learn to draw a maple leaf with a simple pencil.
Take a light pencil and draw a sketch. To do this, draw one long line, which will be the base, and from it 4 more shorter ones.
Then place auxiliary points. Use a thick pencil to outline the petiole and base.
Outline the sharp ends, and then the entire silhouette. Draw a jagged outline that meets at the designated points. We remind you that it is not necessary to outline symmetrically.
Take a grease pencil and draw the veins. Erase all unnecessary lines. This is how the pencil drawing turned out.
How to draw a maple leaf for beginners
Even a beginner can easily handle this drawing. Below is a step by step explanation for beginners.
As usual, start with the main and lateral veins of the leaf. They will help you determine the angle of inclination and form the correct contour. And the point of intersection of these lines will be the core.
Now sketch out small veins and color them as you wish. This is what happened.
Example of drawing a maple leaf for children
Drawing develops a child's thinking, imagination and motor skills. Invite your little one to sketch a drawing according to the following diagram.
First draw the base.
Then small veins.
Help your child form a zigzag outline like the picture below.
Color the picture. Drawing is easy and simple, but it turns out beautiful and bright.
Painting with paints
Painting with paints is quite difficult, and without the skills you can smudge the outline. Don't be discouraged if you don't succeed the first time.
You need to start drawing from the main veins. Then create the desired silhouette.
Add small veins and petiole.
Take the paint yellow color and color the entire sheet.
Without waiting for the paint to dry, take the paint orange color and with light brush movements paint along the edges and a little in the middle. There is no need to try to do everything evenly. That's how amazing it turned out!
We hope that you liked our lesson and it worked out for you beautiful drawing maple leaf.
Video tutorials on drawing maple leaves
In this lesson I will clearly show how to draw a maple leaf with a pencil step by step. This is a simple lesson that even a beginner can handle.
Before drawing a complex shape, you should imagine how it works from the inside. For example, a maple leaf is not simple figure. But if you study its structure, it will become much easier. Here is a maple leaf:
How to draw a maple leaf - simple step by step drawing lesson
First, look at the maple leaf in the picture above. Think about what its basic shape is. Look at the stem. Notice how it continues to the tip of the leaf. Look at the “ribs” of the leaf. Think about the angles where they meet the stem. Now you can draw the main shape. Always try to see the basic shape first and leave the details for later. Follow step by step instructions below.
- Draw a square...then draw a stem going through the center.
2. Look at the edges of the leaves. Imagine the angles where they meet the stem. Note that they fold into a "V" shape at the top and sides of the sheet.
3. Now we draw the outline of the leaf. You can use the square you drew in the first step as a guide.
To make it easier for you, the main lines are highlighted in color step by step below:
3.1 Draw a flattened “W” shape at the bottom of the paper. At the top, draw an upside-down “V” shape.
3.2 Now draw 3 letters “J” (2 upside down).
3.3 Now draw the number “7” on the right and the letter “Z” on the left side of the sheet.
4. Now draw the outer fluted shape of the edges of the leaf.
Galina Gavrilina
Master Class
"Maple leaves from crumpled paper"
Each season is beautiful in its own way... Autumn is the time multi-colored paints. Inspired by the arrival of the autumn sorceress, the guys and I decided to decorate our group with this kind of collective work.
It's bright autumn tree gave us her smile and good mood!
The basis for our tree was a paper tree from a purchased design kit. You can also make a tree yourself: draw a trunk and crown without leaves on a piece of whatman paper, then cut it out along the contour.
For work we will need:
A sheet of white writing paper;
Paints (gouache or watercolor);
Brush;
Jar of water;
Maple leaf template;
Felt pen;
Colour pencils;
Scissors.
Sequence of work:
1. Crumble a sheet of white paper into a ball with your hands.
2. Soak in cold water.
3. Gently squeeze it out and straighten it.
4. Cover the wet sheet with another clean white sheet and place it under a press (thick book) to smooth it out. After drying, the sheet should look like this.
5. Take paints and randomly color the resulting white sheet in the colors of autumn: yellow, orange, red, light brown, yellow-green, etc.
After drying, we place the sheet under the press again to straighten it.
The leaf on the left is colored watercolor paints, and the sheet on the right is gouache.
6. Apply a maple leaf template to a dried multi-colored leaf and trace it with a felt-tip pen or pencil (the template can be made by tracing a regular maple leaf).
7. Cut along the contour with scissors.
8. Thanks to the crumpled paper, the leaves already have veins. If desired, you can add large veins with colored pencils.
These are the leaves you should get. We attach the finished leaves to the branches of the tree.
Our autumn tree is ready. The leaves turned out just like real ones!
I wish you creative success!
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The maple leaf is beautiful not only for its appearance, but also healing properties.
Maple, maple leaves: description
Most of the maples are trees 10-40 m high. There are also shrubs 5-10 m high among them.
Maple is mainly a deciduous plant. However, there are also evergreen species (in South Asia and the Mediterranean region).
Description of the maple leaf various types plants may vary.
Maple leaves are opposite, palm-shaped (palmated) in many species. Each blade has 3-9 veins, one of which is in the middle. There are several species with leaves that are compound palmate, compound pinnate, even with pinnate venation or without lobes.
A small number of maple species have trefoil leaves (gray, trifloral, Manchurian and Maximovich maple). The ash-leaved maple has complex pinnate leaves, consisting of three, five, seven and even more leaves. The leaves of the hornbeam maple are the simplest and have pinnate veins, reminiscent of hornbeams.
Places where maple trees grow
Maple is widespread in the Northern Hemisphere (polar regions of Europe and North America, tropical regions of Central America and South Asia). They predominate mainly in temperate latitudes.
In tropical areas only a few species of maple are known, and in the Southern Hemisphere there is only one - laurel. In the very north of Africa, maples live along the coast Mediterranean Sea. In Australia and South America- absent at all.
There are about twenty species of maples in Russia. Norway, field, Tartary and white maples grow especially well. They live mainly in the European part of Russia. They are absent in Siberia. Japanese Maple is included in the Russian Red Book.
In the southern territories, maples are mainly distributed in mountainous regions, and mainly at an altitude of up to 3000 m above sea level in the Himalayan mountains. A small number of species also grow on the plain. In practice they grow singly or in small groups.
Medical and other uses
IN folk medicine Treatment with maple leaves and more is widely used. Young leaves (sap), seeds, maple branches and root bark are used.
And cooking makes extensive use of sugar maple sap. Syrup and sugar are made from it.
The branches, seeds, leaves and wood of this tree are even used in magic.
Young maple leaves produce juice - a tasty and very healthy drink for the body. Perfectly quenches thirst and has good tonic properties. The very first mentions of maple are in folk “healing books”. This dates back to the 16th-17th centuries. Practice has shown that maple sap helps against 45 diseases.
The healing properties of the plant have been known for a long time. Maple (and its parts) is widely used in medicine and healing.
What are the healing properties of maple leaves?
1. Young leaves are sticky, white, a pleasant-tasting juice rich in vitamin C.
2. It has antiscorbutic, tonic and diuretic properties.
3. Seeds and leaves have choleretic, diuretic, antiseptic, wound healing, anti-inflammatory, tonic, and analgesic effects.
4. The bark of maple branches and roots has good astringent properties.
5. Spring maple sap has properties similar to birch sap.
6. Maple leaves (decoction) are used to treat arthritis and blood vessels.
7. This drug perfectly crushes stones in the bladder and kidneys.
8. Klenovka (sweet maple juice) is drunk for scurvy and pain in the lumbar region (lumbago). The juice contains a substance that resembles antibiotics in its properties.
In some areas of Canada and Russia, where people from Russia and Ukraine live, maple sap is used as a remedy for treating shallow wounds. Perhaps this juice also has disinfecting properties.
In addition to the juice, the bark is also harvested in the spring for medicinal purposes.
Autumn maple leaves
In the fall, maple leaves turn yellow and red-orange colors interspersed with the remaining summer greens. Moreover, each leaf vein can have its own color. One small leaf can have about 6 colors.
The maple leaf is incredibly beautiful in autumn. It can be yellow, red, orange. There are motley and spotted ones. During the period when the fantastically beautiful maple leaves fall, it becomes unusually fabulous in the forests and parks.
And how beautiful are the golden landscapes during the bright autumn with maple forests!
Many artists and photographers are expanding their collections of works beautiful works precisely at this time of year: still lifes, landscapes.
