Drawing with wax crayons step by step. Master class on drawing “Autumn stars - asters

We offer detailed instructions for painting an autumn landscape in gouache. The finished painting will be a wonderful interior decoration, especially if framed in a baguette.

This creative master class will help you improve your skills in working with gouache, learn how to draw the reflection of trees in water, develop a sense of composition and the ability to reflect the beauty of nature in a drawing.

You will need: gouache, watercolor paper, brushes.

Execution steps:

1. Draw the horizon line with light blue.

2. Cover the upper part of the sky with dark blue.

3. Add white gouache and paint over the rest of the sky up to the horizon line.

4. Draw the water, painting the background light blue, turning into dark blue.

5. Draw clouds with white gouache.

6. Draw the earth with small strokes of brown, light brown and yellow.

7. Draw a tree in the background

8. Against the background of water, draw a mirror image of this tree

9. Draw a few more trees in the same way

10. We paint the crown of the tree with bright autumn colors using a semi-dry brush using the poking method, and in the reflection of the water we use less saturated shades.

11. Using the same principle, we draw the remaining trees.

12. We can finish drawing the Christmas tree and bushes.

13. In the foreground we draw a pine tree trunk and branches.

14. Paint the pine crown with green paint using horizontal strokes.

15. Draw horizontal stripes against the background of water with a semi-dry thin brush using white gouache. We draw a couple more trees next to the pine tree.

16. Using a semi-dry brush using the poking method, we paint tree crowns, fallen leaves with small strokes of the same colors and grass.

Your work is ready! Now you can decorate it with a baguette and decorate the interior, or you can give it as a gift.

Of course, it is not necessary to draw exactly as shown in the master class, because this is a creative process.We wish you inspiration and success!

You will need

Wax crayons or pencils, thick and smooth (preferably coated) paper, a knife for sharpening crayons. The sgraffito technique will require either a palette knife, a utility knife, a craft knife, or an engraving stacker. The encaustic technique requires an iron with a solid soleplate. For stained glass painting you will need: a porcelain plate that can withstand heat from candles, a metal tray or baking sheet; warming candles; stand for placing a plate or tray above the candles.

Instructions

Drawing with wax crayons requires the artist to know the basics of pencil drawing. In pastel, as in working with simple, there are concepts of perspective and proportions. The shape and texture of drawing objects are conveyed using light, shadow, color gradation and direction of strokes. First you need to understand how wax pastels behave on paper. Try painting different types of paper (whatman paper, watercolor, pastel, cardboard or coated paper) with the same color. This will give you an idea of how wax crayons behave on different materials. Mix several different colors by applying them to paper and rubbing them together. This way you will understand how different colors are mixed, as well as what results you can get with. Wax crayons are sharpened with a knife, like regular pencils.

Drawing with wax crayons begins with a sketch, which is done with light strokes. The sketch can be made with a simple pencil or chalk in the dominant color of the future painting. The sketch indicates the outlines of objects that will be depicted in the drawing, as well as the outlines of white or light areas. The next stage of the drawing is filling the sketch with color. Wax crayons, like oil crayons, are applied to the drawing in layers, from dark to light colors. If you need to mix two colors, then: first apply a darker color, then a light color, then mix the colors by rubbing them into the paper with your fingertips. Before you start mixing the tones in the drawing, mix them on another piece of paper. This way you won’t go wrong with the choice of tones to mix. When you have distributed all the colors throughout the sketch, according to the intended composition, you need to rub them into the drawing paper. Shake off the crayon crumbs and gradually add color as needed. Wax pastels should have a smooth, glossy surface through which the texture of the paper does not show through. In the end, the work is brought to perfection by applying highlights and shadows, drawing finer lines and small details. When finishing the work, you need to remember that by excessively pressing on the chalk used to draw on the erased background, you can move the wax already lying on the drawing. Apply the finishing touches lightly and carefully.

There is also a method for creating wax pastels called sgraffito. This is translated as “scratching”. For this method, you will need, in addition to paper and, either a palette knife, or a stationery (craft) knife, or a special stack. Wax pastels are applied to the paper in dense layers. First light pastel, and then dark. Next, a drawing is scratched onto the surface using a stack (or other tools). Such a drawing will resemble an engraving. Using the scratching method you can create both two-color and multi-color works.

The following method of drawing with wax crayons is original and easy to perform. It is called “stained glass enamel”. To master it, you need to place a metal or porcelain surface that can withstand the heat of teapots on a mesh stand under which lit tea candles are placed. Even a metal sheet intended for baking dough or a ceramic flat pan will do. A sheet of newspaper is placed on a warm surface, followed by drawing paper. Next begins the magic of drawing with wax crayons, which melt on a warm surface. Such work will have the appearance of bright and rich enamel.

The next technique of drawing with wax crayons is called “encaustic”. To do this, you need to take an iron with a solid soleplate (i.e., without holes for steam) and set its heating to minimum. You will also need wax crayons and thick cardboard with a smooth surface. Turn the iron, which is slightly heated, upside down and apply a design on it with wax crayons. Then we sharply turn it over and move it along the cardboard. We get fantastic abstract wax stains, which can then be brought to perfection by drawing more subtle and precise details. Masters can not only “stamp” abstract drawings, but also create real masterpieces by drawing details with the edge of the sole of the iron.

Another method is to wash the wax with turpentine or white spirit. Light strokes of wax crayons create a design, and then the wax is blurred with turpentine and a brush. Synthetic art brushes will come in handy here. You will get a surprisingly light, transparent like watercolor drawing.

Kaluga Elena Nikolaevna, methodologist of the MBOU DOD Center for Children's Creativity in the city of Surazh, Bryansk Region

The drawing can be done with children 7-10 years old.
The master class will also be useful for additional education teachers, fine arts and primary school teachers, and enthusiastic and creative parents.
Purpose of the master class: The lesson can be included in a course for beginners to paint with watercolors; the drawing is framed in a passe-partout and the frame can be used for a gift or interior decoration.
Target: draw autumn flowers, conveying their texture and characteristic features
Tasks:
Learn to combine watercolor techniques and wax crayons in a drawing
Develop composition skills
Cultivate a love for nature
Develop aesthetic taste
Get the joy of creativity

Asters
The sun in the sky was surprised:
- What a miracle happened?
Maybe the stars were lit?
The asters have bloomed!

The whole earth is an elegant carpet -
Bright, colorful, ceremonial.
Variegated caps are blooming,
Like festive fireworks.

One hundred shades and varieties
These joyful flowers:
Pink, red -
The most beautiful! Tatiana Lavrova

Materials and equipment
. A4 sheet of paper
. Wax crayons
. Simple pencil
. Watercolor paints
. Container with water
. Squirrel brush No. 6

Sequence of work:

We draw ovals on a sheet of paper with a pencil - we outline the size and location of the asters’ flowers. We draw without pressing hard on the pencil so that the lines are barely visible. Asters should be approximately the same size. In order for the composition to be harmonious, 2 flowers should not be placed on the same line vertically or horizontally. Inside the large ovals we draw small ovals - the centers of the flowers.

Use yellow wax crayon to paint over the centers of the asters. To do this, draw a spiral in a small oval. There is no need to completely paint over the oval; you need to leave some space for watercolor.

Using wax crayons we draw the petals of asters. To do this, draw lines from the middle of the flower to the edge, like the rays of the sun. Draw with chalk and apply pressure so that the line is bright and bold. Asters can be painted in any color you like. For this pattern it is better to choose 2-3 colors.

Draw leaves using green wax chalk.

To make the composition complete, we add small flowers to our bouquet. Draw small snowflakes on the free space of the sheet with yellow wax chalk. We draw them, combining them into inflorescences of several pieces. We work with chalk in the same way, with pressure.

Now let's start working with watercolors. We paint the background of the picture with ocher. We apply the paint completely to the sheet, excluding only the places where asters are painted. Add green spots between the asters. Where on the sheet the elements of the design are drawn with chalk, the paint will not adhere, since the chalk is waxy and greasy, that is, it is simply impossible to paint over the line with watercolors.

After the background has dried, draw the asters. We take paint of the same color as the asters, but a more saturated shade so that the paint does not merge with the wax chalk and apply strokes from the middle to the edge on top of the petals drawn with chalk. We paint the middle of the flower with yellow paint.

We paint the leaves with green paint.

We paint small flowers with orange paint. On top of the yellow snowflakes we apply watercolor strokes in the same direction in which we painted the snowflake with chalk. We also apply an orange stroke from below to the middle to give it volume.
The drawing is ready. All that remains is to arrange it in a passe-partout.

Works of my students

1 page. Take any white sheet of paper. We start drawing with the layout. We outline, without pressing the pencil, the horizon line, then the foreground ground, tree, etc.

2 pages Now, before you start working with color, it is important to learn about the properties and technique of using the material! Wax crayons contain wax, so the stroke will be intermittent (the intermittency of the stroke depends on the pressure). This material does not have a thin lead, which speeds up work, but at the same time complicates detailing. When drawing with crayons, you need to use the stroke technique. Attention! We will shade not one detail at a time, but a colored spot, from light to dark and without pressing on the chalk, i.e. First, take red and add it little by little to those places in the picture where it is needed. Then green, etc.

3 pages. Very good! In the previous stage we showed the general color tone of the landscape, and at this stage our task is to make it brighter, more detailed and more contrasting.

4 pages Once we have specified the details of the water and sky, we move on to the front hill and tree. After this is done, we take purple, blue and black colors, with which we must emphasize (circle) the most beautiful and important elements of the landscape. Important! If your sunset turns out to be light, take blue and purple and paint it from the sides of the sheet to the center, this way we will make the central sunset brighter!