Step-by-step drawing of a tree in the older group. Step by step drawing of trees in kindergarten

Trees may seem like some of the easiest subjects to draw. If you have never drawn, the task may be too simple...

...or too literal:

In none of the drawings do we see anything similar to real objects. The first is just a symbol of a tree, and the second suggests the definition of a tree. Your job as an artist is to paint what we see, not what we know. Drawing trees– a great exercise for developing this skill!

In this lesson I will show you, how to draw oak, pine and weeping willow in a simple and realistic way.

What you will need:

- Several sheets of paper;

— Hard pencil (HB);

— Pencil of medium softness (2B);

— Soft pencil (5B or less);

- Sharpener.

Usually a pair of hard pencils (HB) is enough, but this set is not universal for all drawings. To get dark shadows, we need soft pencils. There is no need to choose expensive ones - I bought the most common ones, and they perform their function perfectly. If you doubt whether you need to draw, then a set of pencils of different degrees of hardness will not be a big loss on your budget, and drawing with these is much easier!

You will also need a sharpener. A dull tip leaves lighter strokes and does not achieve the expected effect. Always keep your pencils sharp and remember that soft pencils wear out faster!

Regarding paper: it can be anything. Regular printer paper will also work. However, you should not draw on a whole sheet - than smaller figure, the less detail you will need to add. In reality, my drawings are about 9 cm in height.

Soft pencils help make shadows darker, which cannot be said about hard pencils. Hard pencils are not as dark, even if you press hard on them!

DRAWING AN OAK

Step 1

The brain is working in an unusual way: first he grabs big picture and then pays attention to details. Therefore, you should not start drawing with details - you will need to create a base first.

Draw the general shape of the tree with a few faint strokes and dots. To do this, use a hard (HB) pencil, do not press on it. These strokes will not be part of the finished image - they will not be visible in the finished drawing; The camera and scanner don't recognize them (I used Photoshop so you can see them!).

Step 2

Draw the trunk. Don't forget - the lower part should expand downwards. The larger the tree, the shorter and thicker its trunk.

Step 3

Draw the branches at the top of the trunk.

Continue drawing the branches, gradually lowering the line as they lengthen.

Step 4

Add other branches to each branch (the longer, the lower they go). The strokes should be light.

Step 5

Using short, sharp strokes, draw the shape of the tree's crown. It doesn't have to be smooth and neat.

Step 6

Using the same method, draw small “clouds” of leaves inside the crown. Leave some areas empty so that parts of the branches are visible - this structure looks more interesting.

Step 7

Add thickness to the branches in places where they are not covered by leaves.

Step 8

Before you start applying shadows, determine which parts of the tree will be bright and which parts will have shadows. You can identify them by simple shading.

Step 9

Take a soft (2B) pencil (make sure it's sharp) and create texture on the trunk. Remember to also leave white areas - this is important for texture.

Step 10

Take soft pencils (2B and 5B) and darken the barrel according to the original light distribution plan. Don't be afraid to click on soft pencil to get the shadow you need, but don't overdo it! The fewer black areas in the picture, the more impressive it looks.

Step 11

Take a hard pencil and sketch out the outlines of the leaves. Draw them in relaxed circles, quickly, with sharp movements.

Step 12

Each branch also has its own small crown (these are the “clouds” that you drew). They need to be shaded in the same way as if they were separate trees.

First, use a soft (2B) pencil to draw darker circles on the dark side. Don't press too hard at first so you can correct any mistakes.

Once you're sure you've got the dark sides right, add shadows and depth to them, and add some transition between the light and dark parts.

Step 13

Use a soft (2B) pencil to add some stray leaves throughout the crown and "little crowns." This will create the effect of additional, barely visible branches.

Step 14

Take the softest pencil and add some dark accents in the darkest places. The crown will be more contrasting. Also make sure that all leaves are darker than the “sky” background - leaves cannot be transparent! You can go over the lightest areas again with a hard pencil.

DRAWING A PINE

Step 1

Again, we start drawing with general outline tree. Take a hard pencil and draw light lines.

Step 2

Draw the branches. Don't try to get them exactly right, just sketch them out.

Step 3

As with the oak tree, draw “clouds” on the branches. This time they should be narrower and even more uneven. Leave plenty of free space between them.

Step 4

Draw the outline of the trunk - long and narrow.

Step 5

Use a soft (2B) pencil to darken the barrel...

...and then a softer pencil to highlight the darkest side.

Step 6

This time there is no need to fill in the “clouds” with circles; fill them instead with sharp and chaotic strokes.

Step 7

Use a soft (2B) pencil to draw needles along the outline of the clouds. They should be thin and sharp.

Step 8

Draw the branches and darken them with two soft pencils.

Step 9

Draw even more needles inside the “clouds” with a soft (2B) pencil).

Step 10

Use the softest pencil to darken the clouds. If you want, you can simply darken them completely - evergreen trees are usually dark themselves.

Step 11

Finally, use your softest pencil to draw in the completely dark “clouds” between the branches.

DRAWING A WEEPING WILLOW

Step 1

We will draw according to the same scheme. Let's draw a general outline of the willow - something like a fountain.

Step 2

Draw the outline of the trunk.

Step 3

Draw the branches away from the trunk...

... descending with length.

Step 4

Draw the outlines of the “clouds”; this time they will look more like curtains.

Step 5

Fill in the trunk and branches with shading using a soft (2B) pencil.

Step 6

Darken the trunk and branches with the softest pencil.

Step 7

Take a soft (2B) pencil and draw ribbon-like lines along the “curtains”. They should form an arc at the very beginning.

Step 8

Darken the "curtains" with darker and wider curling lines in the spaces.

Step 9

Use your softest pencil to draw dark “curtains” on the other, darkened side of the tree. You can also add leaves to the branches to make them more detailed.

Your trees are ready!

As you can see, draw trees- an easy task; you just need to convey their appearance, not their definition. However, this is just the beginning of learning - if you want to become a real professional in drawing trees, take a notepad with you on your walk. Observe the trees you pass by and try to make quick sketches of them. So you can develop intuitive drawing. If you prefer to stay at home, look at photos of trees on the Internet.

Translation of an article from design.tutsplus.com.

Drawing fir trees

Junior group

We draw on tinted paper, on the entire sheet or strip, with paint Green colour, with a wide brush.

Explanation:

We indicate where the spruce grows - I draw an even, straight line from left to right with green paint. Then I draw a straight and beautiful trunk - I draw a vertical line from top to bottom, start painting with the tip of the brush, and then with the whole brush. Now I'm drawing branches. At the top of the head the branches are short and point upward towards the sun. I draw the rest of the branches, starting from the top - I draw a line from the trunk down on one side and on the other, at the top they are short, and then they grow, grow (we draw the line of the branch), and this branch is even longer (grows, grows, grows).

Middle group

We draw on tinted paper, on the entire sheet or strip, with brown and green paint. We give 3 brushes: wide for the trunk, medium thickness for the branches and thin for the needles.

Explanation:

I take a wide ki exist and brown paint I indicate where the spruce grows, draw an even straight line from left to right. Then I draw a straight, beautiful trunk - I draw a vertical line from top to bottom, start painting with the tip of the brush, and then with the whole brush. I take a medium-thick brush, with which I will paint brown twigs. The spruce tree has a crown. I draw 2 small branches that look up at the sun. Now I draw the rest of the branches, starting from the top. The branches at the top are small and look down on one side and the other, below the branches are longer, even longer and the longest. Now I paint needles on the Christmas tree with a thin brush and green paint. They grow on branches on one side and the other.

In winter, you can draw a spruce covered with snow and decorated with lights for the New Year holiday.

Senior group

We draw on two-stripe tinted paper with brown and green paint. We give 3 brushes: wide for the trunk, medium thickness for the branches and thin for the needles.

Explanation:

We don’t indicate where the spruce grows, we immediately draw the trunk. I take a wide brush and use brown paint to draw a straight line at the end with pressure, from top point I draw the same line next to it and so on several times to get a beautiful, straight trunk. Now I paint the branches with a medium brush. The technique is the same as in middle group. At the top 2 are small up, the rest are long to the sides. The spruce branches have “legs” - small branches, I’ll draw them under the big ones (show). Now we paint the pine needles with green paint and a thin brush.

We decorate the New Year tree with a garland and draw a stand under it. In this group we give images of fir trees near and far. Please note that here the branches are not painted separately with brown paint, but the spreading paws are painted immediately with green paint.

Preparatory group

We draw on tinted paper, gouache, palette - on it we will create different shades Green colour. We give 3 brushes: wide for the trunk, medium thickness for the branches, thin for the needles.

Explanation:

The drawing technique does not change. Only when depicting needles do we pay attention to the fact that the upper branches are young, elastic and the greenery on them is bright, the needles on the branches below are old, dark color.

Drawing trees

Junior group

We draw on tinted paper, on the entire sheet or strip, with black paint and a wide brush.

Explanation:

We indicate where the tree grows - I draw an even, straight line from left to right with black paint. Then I draw a straight, beautiful trunk - I draw a vertical line from top to bottom, start painting with the tip of the brush, and then with the whole brush. Now I'm drawing branches. The tree has a crown - I draw 2 small branches up. The spruce branches grow downward, and the tree branches grow upward towards the sun. Raise your hands up, in the same way we will draw twigs on a tree, the brush will show where the twig grows - it grows from the trunk upward (I draw a line), now I draw a twig on the other side - it grows, grows.

Middle group

We draw on tinted paper, on the entire sheet or strip, with paint Brown. We give 2 brushes: wide for the trunk, medium thickness for the branches.

Explanation:

I take a wide brush and use brown paint to mark where the tree grows, draw an even, straight line from left to right. The tree has a straight, beautiful, even trunk - I draw a vertical line from top to bottom, start painting with the tip of the brush, and then with the whole brush. I take a medium-thick brush, with which I will paint brown branches. With the tip of the brush I paint 2 small branches on the tops of the heads, which look up at the sun. The tree has thick branches, and they all grow upward - towards the sun, I paint them with the whole brush on one side and the other of the trunk. And on thick branches there are thin ones, they also reach out to the sun, I paint them with the tip of a brush on one and the other side of the branch.

Encourage children to watch their friend’s work and exchange opinions.

In the middle group you can draw a tree in different time years: covered with snow in winter, in spring, summer, autumn - with leaves, we draw them by dipping them.

Senior group

We will draw varieties of trees. Special attention draw attention to the fact that if children of the older group, even after repeated observations, draw drawings poorly, then transfer this work to preparatory group, because for children this material is very difficult.

Pine

If children have mastered the technique of drawing fir trees well, they can be taught to draw pine trees.

We draw on two-stripe tinted paper, gouache, palette. We give 3 brushes: wide for the trunk, medium thickness for the branches, thin for the needles.

Explanation:

The pine has a beautiful, even trunk of light brown, golden color, because pine really loves light and sun. Create this color on the palette. The technique for drawing a trunk is the same as for spruce. Pay attention to the branches, they grow to the sides of the trunk, alternately on one side and the other, the branches are short at the top, longer at the bottom. There were also branches below, but they all lacked light and sun, and they broke off, leaving only small twigs. Pine needles are emerald, long and fluffy. Using a thin brush, make long strokes from the branch in different directions.

Birch

We draw on two-stripe tinted paper with white and black paint. We give 2 brushes: wide and medium thickness.

Explanation:

The birch has a beautiful trunk - I paint the trunk with a wide brush of white paint, just as we painted the trunk of other trees. The birch tree has black specks on its trunk, we will paint them later when the white paint has dried. Birch is called curly birch. Its branches are beautiful, elastic, and bent down. I take a medium brush and use black paint to paint thick branches from the trunk on one side and the other, starting from the top. And from the thick branches come thin ones, like garlands, descending down. The birch trunk has dried up, now let’s decorate it with black dots. Remember, when we looked at it, we noted that the trunk was very black at the bottom and there were fewer dots at the top.

We draw a birch tree at different times of the year: snow-covered in winter and green in spring (we draw the outline of the crown and the leaves with dots in a raw way).

Apple tree

We draw on two-stripe tinted paper, gouache, palette. We give 2 brushes: wide and medium thickness.

Explanation:

I paint the trunk with a wide brush and dark brown paint. The drawing technique is the same. Now I will paint the crown with a medium-thick brush. The crown of the apple tree is like a bowl. Large branches grow from the bowl towards the sun, and small ones on them. Because the apple tree has such a crown it is called spreading. I paint the leaves of the apple tree by dabbing, with the end of the brush pointing upward.

You can also give the theme “Apple tree in bloom” - with pink paint we paint the flowers with curls, but we don’t paint the leaves.

Drawing varieties of trees in senior group can only be given when children have high technical skills. In case of difficulties in the senior group, it is better to leave drawing a tree according to the method of the middle group and teach drawing a birch; the rest should be taught in the preparatory group.

Preparatory group

We continue to draw varieties of trees.

We draw on tinted paper in two stripes, gouache, palette. We give 3 brushes: wide for the trunk, medium thickness and hard.

Explanation:

The oak is called a giant, its trunk is very thick, I will paint it with a wide brush with brown paint like this - I will draw a central line and “build up” the trunk on one side and the other. The trunk is thick, the oak is mighty, it stands firmly on the ground - the roots are visible. Using a medium brush, I paint the branches with brown paint. The branches have bent from time to time, they are old and thick. The oak tree does not have a crown like other trees. At the top the branches are curved and thick curved branches extend from the trunk. Small curved branches come off from the thick branches; I paint them with the tip of a brush. The oak greenery is transparent, carved, I will paint it as hard glue brush"pokes".

Pine

In this group you can teach drawing pine trees with colored pencils, but for children it is very difficult. Children also learn to draw a young pine tree.

We draw on two-stripe tinted paper, palette. We give 2 brushes: wide for the trunk and medium thickness for the needles.

Explanation:

Using a wide brush with light brown paint, I paint a short trunk. The technique is the same as when drawing fir trees. We pay special attention to the branches. I draw 2 small ones at the top, and then from the trunk I draw 2 branches up to the sun and from here 2 down. Now, with the middle brush, I paint the needles, the upper branches are young - the needles on them are light, bright, the lower branches are older - the needles are dark.

In this group you can show how to draw a crown without branches - with an outline.

Also at this age, children enjoy drawing various fairy-tale trees.

Drawing transport

Junior group

We don't teach you how to draw cars.

Middle group

We draw the transport in parts and immediately paint over each part.

You need green, blue and black paints and a thick brush.

Explanation:

I take a brush and paint the engine of the car with blue paint and paint it over. Now I’m drawing a cabin where the driver sits, it will look like this (show). Now I’ll use green paint to paint the body where the cargo is carried. My body will be large, I will paint it with green paint. All that remains is to draw the wheels, they are round and I will paint them with black paint. I draw one, where the engine is, under it, the second, where the body is, I’ll paint them.

In this group we give types of cars. We don't give you a method. All cars are drawn according to the same scheme, only the body shape changes ( van, milk tankerand so on.)

We give drawing of a passenger car, a bus. First we draw with a simple pencil.

Passenger car

Before drawing we consider in detail passenger car, we highlight that it has an engine, a salon where the driver and passengers sit, and a trunk. Wheels - one is where the engine is, the second is where the trunk is.

Bus

We highlight the features: yes Windshield front and rear, there are several windows in the cabin, two doors, the wheels are located under the doors.

Drawing houses

Junior group

We comment on drawing a house in the same way as we build it from a builder.

You will need yellow and red paint and a wide brush.

Explanation:

I start painting the house from the floor - I draw a straight line from left to right with green paint. Now I’ll build walls near the house - first one - I’ll draw a line from top to the floor, and now the second (show). The walls are ready. Now I draw the ceiling - I will connect the walls with a straight line from left to right. I'll paint the house. Now I will build a roof for the house. I will paint it with red paint. In order for the roof to hold well, I’ll put a beam - I’ll draw a line from top to bottom to the ceiling (demonstration). Now I’ll build a roof from a beam, like this (demonstration). I will paint the roof of the house with red paint. When children learn to draw a house well enough, they don’t need to draw the beam.

Middle group

We draw one-story buildings, fabulous ones, and decorate them. You need red and yellow paint, two brushes: wide and thin. The drawing technique is the same. If children have mastered drawing one-story houses well, in the second half of the year they can teach drawing multi-story houses.

Senior and preparatory groups

We draw houses of different configurations. A simple pencil is provided. Children draw two-story houses near and far. Details are drawn up close, windows in the distance are depicted with brush strokes.

Drawing animals

Junior group

We start drawing animals with a round shape.

Bear

Wide brush, brown and black paints.

Explanation:

I draw a circle with brown paint - this will be the head of a bear, I paint it over. Now I’ll draw a larger circle - this is the body of a bear, I’ll paint it over. I’ll draw two small circles on my head – these are the bear’s ears. It remains to draw the paws, the bear has 4 paws, I’ll draw two at the top of the body and two at the bottom, paint them over. When the paint dries, I will paint the eyes and nose in black.

Using the same method, we draw a bunny, a cat, and a chicken.

Middle group

We teach you how to draw a hare and a bear based on familiar shapes, without a neck, in a static state.

Bunny

Gray, black paints, medium thick brush.

Explanation:

Using gray paint I will draw an oval body and an oval head. The hare's ears are long. The paws are oval, he crushed them under himself. The tail is small and round. When the paint dries, I'll take it black paint and draw the eyes and nose.

Senior group

We teach you how to draw animals in different poses.

Gouache, palette, 2 brushes: medium thickness and thin, a simple pencil for drawing the structure.

Hare sitting

Explanation:

The basis of the explanation is the same as in the middle group. The body is oval, the head is oval. The ears are long, the bunny listens carefully to the silence of the forest. Hind legs long, strong, bent, and he leans on his front ones when he sits. The tail is short. When the paint dries, we draw the hare’s eyes - they are slanted, the nose is a triangle, and there is a mustache.

Squirrel

Explanation:

Oval body, round head with an elongated muzzle. The ears are short and have tufts at the ends. The hind legs are bent, she sits on them, and holds a nut or fungus in her front legs. The tail is fluffy.

The cat is lying

Explanation: too. She stretched out one paw and tucked her hind paws underneath her. The tail is fluffy.

A dog or cat is walking

Children can draw them with 2 or 4 legs. No comments should be made, everyone can see differently.

Preparatory group

Horse

Explanation:

The horse has an oval body and an oval head. The neck is long and beautiful (connecting smoothly). Her legs are long, thicker at the top, because she works hard, they are strong. The legs end in hooves. Beautiful tail and mane. The ears are small.

Using the same scheme, we draw a cow and a deer, but do not forget about the antlers.

After the children have developed the skill of drawing a horse, we give a topic "Fairytale horse"

Drawing birds

Junior group and middle group

Chick

Gouache – yellow and brown, 2 brushes: thick and thin.

Explanation:

I’ll take a thick brush, dip it in yellow paint, and wipe off the excess on the edge of the jar. I'll draw a round chicken body, like a lump. The chicken's head is the same round, only smaller than the body. The tail is small and looks up. When the paint dries, I will paint with a thin brush with brown paint long legs. The chicken has eyes on its head. The beak is short. The chicken has small wings.

Duckling

Gouache – yellow, red and brown, 2 brushes: thick and thin.

Explanation:

I’ll take a thick brush, carefully dip it into the yellow paint, and wipe off the excess on the edge of the jar. I will draw an oval body for the duckling. The head is round, the tail is small. When the paint dries, I’ll paint the legs with a thin brush of red paint - short and wide, so that the duck can swim comfortably. Now I’ll draw a beak, also wide. Using brown paint I will paint the duckling's eyes and a small wing.

Sparrow

Gouache – black and brown, 2 brushes: thick and thin.

Explanation:

The same as when drawing a chicken.

We also give drawings of other types of birds. Birds are different. The explanation is the same as drawing a duck. Change – tail triangle.

From the 2nd half of the middle group

We give drawing with complication.

Explanation:

The body of birds is either round or oval. The head is round, I will draw it a little further from the body, and then I will connect the head with the body - this is the bird’s neck. (Here it doesn’t matter how the child positions the bird’s head - up - looking at the sun, down - looking for a worm) When drawing legs, we turn to the experience of children and remember that when we watched birds, we saw that they had thickenings on their legs - triangle. After the paint has dried, use a thin brush to paint the feathers on the tail, wing, and beak in a different color.

Senior and preparatory groups

Waterfowl

Explanation:

We draw according to the same scheme as in the middle group, but give characteristics. For example, we draw a goose in the same way as a duck, but we pay attention that the goose has a long neck, so we draw the head far from the body. There is a crest on the head. For drawing we give different colour goose and ducks: white, yellow, black.

Cockerel

Gouache, 2 brushes: medium thickness and thin.

Explanation:

The same, but pay attention to the fact that the neck is smoothly connected to the body; the rooster has a strong, powerful chest. The legs are also strong, because the rooster is the protector of the chickens. After the paint has dried, use a thin brush to paint a beautiful comb, beard, and beak. Now let’s draw a beautiful multi-colored tail for the rooster.

Fairytale bird

We teach this topic only when the children have strong, lasting skills. On this topic we give children 5-6 samples, we never give 1.

Explanation:

The base is the same, but we give you the right to choose colors.

Drawing a man

Junior group

We don’t draw a person, we just gradually lead to this by drawing rounded shapes (sun, bun, tumbler)

Middle group

Children begin drawing from the cone-shaped body.

First topic: “Girl in a long fur coat.”

This topic is divided into two lessons.

1 lesson

Gouache – blue and flesh-colored (pink), wide brush.

Explanation:

I take a brush and paint the girl’s head with pink paint – it’s round. Now I will paint the girl’s long fur coat with blue paint. I step back a little from the head and draw a triangle. The fur coat has sleeves, like spruce branches, I paint with one downward movement of the brush. The girl has a hat on her head. To draw eyes, lips, nose, you can give a pencil or felt-tip pen. The teacher himself can draw: “Let’s bring your girl to life.”

Lesson 2

If the children did well, then we give white paint and we suggest drawing the edge of the fur coat and hat. If it didn’t turn out well enough, you can invite all or some of the children to draw a friend for the girl. “You and I have already drawn a girl in a long fur coat, let’s draw a friend for her so that she won’t be bored.”

Lesson 3 – “Bear”

To make it easier for children to draw a naked doll in the next lesson, we first teach them how to draw a bear.

Gouache – brown, black, 2 brushes: wide and medium thickness.

Explanation:

I take a brush and use brown paint to paint a bear with a round head. To make the bear have an oval body, I will draw 2 circles - one under the other and then connect them, I will get an oval - the body of the bear. I will draw small ears on the head. Now I’ll draw oval paws - 2 at the top and 2 at the bottom (show). When the paint dries, paint the eyes and nose with black paint.

Lesson 4 – “Nude Doll”

Gouache - yellow, red, black. 2 brushes: wide and medium thickness.

Explanation:

We draw it in the same way as a bear, but we immediately draw the body oval. Oval arms and legs. Instead of ears we draw hair. Let's draw panties. When the paint dries, we bring the doll to life - draw eyes, a nose, and a mouth.

Lesson 5 – “Doll in a red dress”

Gouache – yellow, red, black. 2 brushes: wide and medium thickness.

Explanation:

We draw it the same way as a naked doll, but we dress it in a dress (triangle).

Senior and preparatory groups

A simple pencil.

We draw a person according to the diagram.

Explanation:

To make it easier for you to learn how to draw a person, I will teach you first to draw a diagram, and then from it - a little man. A person has a round head - draw a circle. Short neck - draw a vertical line. Now I draw a horizontal line - this is the line of the shoulders, it is wider than the head. Now I’ll draw a longer vertical line - this is the line of the body, it is equal to the size of two heads. Below I will draw a line of the hips, it is equal to the line of the shoulders. On the body I will mark the waist line, it is equal to half the shoulder line. Now I will draw a line of arms obliquely from the shoulders to the line of the hips. From the line of the hips we draw the lines of the legs; they are longer than the torso.

Several lessons are devoted to drawing diagrams until all children have mastered it, since this is the basis of the basics.

"Man on the Move"

A simple pencil.

Explanation:

In the first lesson, we draw the same diagram as usual, but mark the bend points on the arms and legs. Then we show how to draw a diagram to convey movement. To convey movement, you can use a child to show the direction of the lines of the arms and legs.

Step by step drawing trees in kindergarten

All kindergarten teachers have long known the truth that a child shows an active interest in drawing already in the 2nd year of life. At this age, toddlers enthusiastically scribble various squiggles and scribbles on paper, and this is encouraged, because in the process of drawing squiggles, the child recognizes a pencil, felt-tip pen, brush and paints and gets used to them.

But not all children come to kindergarten with the same drawing skills. Someone has never held a pencil in their hands and does not know how to hold it correctly, and someone has seen paints for the first time, etc. Therefore, the teacher must explain and clearly demonstrate what a pencil, felt-tip pen, brush, paints are, and how to use them use correctly. The very first drawing lessons in nursery group are aimed at teaching a child to hold a pencil, brush or felt-tip pen correctly in his hand, remembering that it is more convenient for a child to draw with thick felt-tip pens. During your stay in younger group Kindergarten children should acquire more complex skills, that is, master the most basic drawing skills that will be useful to them in older groups.

These basic skills are very simple things, which are the basis of drawing: this is the ability to draw vertical and horizontal straight lines with a pencil, felt-tip pen and gouache. Supreme Craftsmanship for a child to master basic drawing skills is that he learns to draw closed lines: a circle, an oval, an abstract figure with the same tools - a pencil, a felt-tip pen, and then a brush with paints. The ability to draw vertical and horizontal lines, the ability to draw a circle and an oval allow children to draw whatever they want: animals, birds, trees, cars, etc. They will be able to depict everything they like in life using closed and straight lines. And this is not a joke, but the basis of painting.

Here, for example, is how to draw a tree using basic principles painting.

A tree grows on the ground, therefore, the child must indicate the place from which the tree trunk grows, straight horizontal line. He should then use a pencil to mark the trunk of the tree by drawing a straight vertical line perpendicular to the line marking the ground. The tree has a crown, therefore, the child must indicate the boundaries of this crown by tracing the top of the trunk (or the tip of the straight vertical line that he just drew) with a closed circle or oval line. It will turn out something like this.

You will, of course, say that this geometry is not much like a tree. A fair remark, but this is only a marking, a symbolic designation of the essence of the tree. Now we will go further and draw the trunk more realistically, not excluding the three fingers of the root system and the largest branches of the tree. You'll get something like this

The next step is to create a cloudy outline of the tree crown, like this.

This is really the simplest and easy way draw a tree for a child. But not only for the child. Many, much more advanced artists use this simple method of drawing to depict landscape details in their paintings. And in conclusion, you should draw some details in the center of the tree foliage to complete the entire image. This will put the drawing in order and add realism.

Now you need to erase the original pencil markings with an eraser, and then pick up what you like best - a felt-tip pen or a brush with paints, and paint your tree as in a coloring book. Rest assured, it will bloom!

The second way to draw trees

You can draw a tree in a more complex way, as is most often taught to draw trees in kindergartens. This method is more complicated, but it better informs children about the subject of drawing, develops perseverance, attentiveness and develops more motor skills of children's fingers. First, the teacher must create in the children's heads collective image tree, that is, the teacher must explain what all trees have in common. This, of course, is that they grow from the ground, that all trees have a trunk and branches, and on the branches in summer there are leaves. Once children understand what a tree is made of, the drawing process can begin.

Let's start drawing from the very beginning, from the trunk. The trunk is the most main part tree, since all the branches grow from the trunk and are located in turn along the entire trunk from top to bottom. At the bottom are the oldest and thickest branches or twigs, at the top the branches are younger and thinner. But all the branches, both older and younger, are directed upward, towards the sky. The thickest part of the trunk is near the ground, and the thinnest is at the top. The shortest and thinnest branches are located closer to the top, and the longest and thickest are located closer to the ground, to the roots of the tree, to the beginning of the trunk. Therefore, in the middle of a piece of paper, children should draw a large vertical line for the trunk. From this line we will make lateral lines, stretching upward, for branches. Try to explain to the children that there is no symmetry in the nature of a tree, and they should try to make contours for the branches at slightly different distances from each other so that they do not end up with strict symmetry.

Further from these branches, you need to make even smaller branches, of which there are many on any tree. These smallest branches are needed in order to draw leaves on them a little later. But you shouldn’t draw too many of these branches, and you shouldn’t make them symmetrical either. This is the difficulty for a child - to draw asymmetry.

Then the children should begin drawing the tree in more detail. Instead of a straight vertical line representing the trunk, they should draw two vertical lines, connecting at the top to form the top of the trunk. They should also outline the lower branches and large branches of the tree. To do this, you need to do the same as with the tree trunk. Using the preliminary pencil contours of asymmetrically located branches, you need to trace main line two others, but not so smooth, since the surface of a tree in nature is not ideally smooth. We will do the same with the branches, only we will add along one line, since there is not necessarily a perfect similarity. In the middle of the trunk, we need to mark the branches facing us so that the drawing of the tree does not turn out flat. Children often forget about this because they are not yet aware of the concept of perspective.

The next step in our step-by-step drawing of a tree will be drawing the tree crown. To do this, children must outline the contour of the entire crown with a closed line, which can be completely uneven.

And then, within the boundaries of the crown, you need to draw leaves. Drawing tree leaves is the most difficult thing not only for children. Firstly, the leaves of all trees are small. Secondly, there are always a lot of leaves, but there are a lot of them and you need to draw every leaf if possible. What can you do to quickly draw the leaves of a tree, and not draw them for several days without leaving your table? You need to draw small ovals, carefully making sure that they do not go too far beyond the general outline. Landslides should be drawn according to the location of the branches, and do not leave voids between them. It will turn out like this.

After all the children's work, you need to give final completion to the drawn tree and add small details that always accompany all trees: grass next to it, floating clouds, the sun, animals or people.

But drawing animals and people is something else.

Hello, dear friends!

I am sure that almost all of you are interested in the topic of creating landscapes. Landscapes can be very different, showing beautiful and interesting views various corners of our planet, in many of them you come across the task of depicting trees. How to draw a tree that is alive, beautiful and natural is the topic of our lesson today.

Trees are not difficult to draw, but sometimes they come out too drawn or flat.

Basic mistakes

The main mistakes in drawing trees are:

Lack of volume

The lack of volume in a drawing (in color or black and white) is achieved by using paints of different tones and intensity. Even on a cloudy day, some part of the crown and trunk will be more shaded, and some less. The colors are always darker in the thick of the foliage. Think of a tree as a ball (crown) and a cylinder (trunk) to understand how shadows form on this complex shape.

There is a wide variety of trees in nature, as well as a wide variety of animals or birds. All this huge variety is classified according to different criteria. But features are important for an artist appearance tree. And in order to learn how to draw it, you need to observe the shape of the trunk, the shape of the branches, leaves, and the shape of the entire crown of the tree. After all, each breed has its own characteristics. Therefore, we will discuss these features in 6 types of trees - maple, birch, pine, spruce, willow and oak (but I recommend reading first).

Maple.

The maple trunk can bend and branch, which gives it a sinuous shape.
The bark is dark in color and generally similar to the bark of most trees.
The top of the crown of this tree is rounded, but may also have an irregular shape.
The maple leaf is known to have a pointed shape, similar to a star. Large masses maple leaves create a “spiky” texture of the crown surface.
When shading the crown, you can also use longitudinal strokes, but to show the character of maple foliage, it is better to add a “clumsy” or “prickly” textured stroke to the drawing, similar to maple leaves (I wrote about the texture of shading). The same principle should be followed in painting, painting the canvas with strokes that would create the illusion of foliage. Given that leaves and branches combine to form separate groups, the texture of shading and painterly strokes should be varied.

Birch

Birch comes in different varieties. In the middle zone, the trunk of birches is usually straight and “slender”. In other areas, a birch trunk can form a “slingshot”, bifurcating at the root.
The crown of a birch often has an elongated shape, directed upward. However, there are also birches with a spreading, squat crown.
Birch bark is white on the surface. But it has dark “strokes”, which are essentially cracks through which the dark inner layer is visible. The closer to the ground, the more often these “strokes” appear on the bark. “Black lines” are present on the trunk at the base of the branches, i.e. in those places of the trunk from where the branches grow. They can have a triangular or rectilinear shape.
Small birch branches are so thin and flexible that they hang down, rushing down. The leaves growing on these branches form vertically directed rows. The branches bending towards the ground bend, giving the appearance of birches a special awe and lightness.
In pencil drawing or painting, the graceful character of birch trees can be conveyed by longitudinal vertical shading or appropriate strokes of paint. Pencil movements or brush movements can follow the movement of the branches described above.

Pine

The pine trunk is straight. However, there are pine trees with a trunk that bends at the top and have a “stocky” character. Often there are ship pines in which the crown is located at the top of the tree, and the trunk is straight and tall.
The bark of this tree has a red color, which, as it approaches the ground, becomes much darker, turning into gray-brown. In the middle of the trunk, the pine bark resembles a flaky, scaly structure. Closer to the ground it becomes coarser and forms a dense, cracking layer.
The crown of young pines has a triangular, cone-shaped shape. But the crown of mature trees will already be more rounded.
The branches of perennial old pine trees can be twisted and gnarled. As a rule, pine branches do not point very upward. IN to a greater extent they are directed away from the trunk.
Pine needles are longer than spruce needles. Therefore, they create the feeling of a fluffy crown, which needs to be displayed graphically, or painterly techniques, if it is not a drawing, but a painting. It is necessary to use a textured stroke or appropriate strokes in painting. Each branch has light and shadow, so the artist needs to think about how to draw the volume of individual branches in the overall mass of the crown.

Spruce and pine have much in common, but this different trees, with its own characteristics. For example, if the trunk of a spruce tree is as straight as that of a pine tree, then the nature of the branches will already differ from the nature of pine branches. The branches of the spruce are slightly curved upward. IN lower tiers old branches droop down and resemble “paws”.
Spruce needles are shorter than pine needles, so the overall texture of the crown of this tree will differ from that of pine.
The crown of the spruce tree is shaped like a triangle or a cone and consists of tiers.
When an artist paints a landscape, he paints trees in volume. To do this, you need to monitor how the entire tree is illuminated and how individual branches or tiers of branches are illuminated. For example, going inside the crown, the spruce “paw” plunges into the shadow. From the outside, it can remain light because it receives more daylight.
The color of spruce needles is dark and rich. Therefore, both individual spruce trees and the array spruce forest in general, will differ in color from other types of trees.

Willow trees can look different depending on the variety. For example, the weeping willow has branches that are more flexible and flexible than the common willow. Because of this, its branches hang down, rushing to the ground.
Willow is characterized by constant branching of the trunk, as well as large branches.
Willow leaves are narrow and oblong. This greatly affects the appearance of the tree. That's why this feature you need to be able to reflect it through shading or brushwork in painting.
The color of willow foliage is complex. On one side of the leaf the color is green. And on the other - light, gray-green. Therefore, the overall color of the tree is distinguished by gray-blue shades.

The oak trunk is powerful. In old trees at the base it can reach large diameter. But in dry areas, oaks can be less stocky, looking like slender young oaks.
The branches and trunk of the oak tree are twisted and gnarled.
The shape of the leaves is wavy. That's why general form the foliage as a whole will be “gnarled and curly.”
The bark is rough and dense.
The foliage color is dark green, rich.

Here I looked at the appearance features of only six varieties of trees. In nature there are a huge variety of trees and other plants. How can you learn to draw, if not all of them, then at least a couple of dozen varieties? To do this you need to develop observation skills. If an artist has a good eye and good powers of observation, then it doesn’t matter what he draws. The main thing is to understand nature and notice key points. And what points you need to pay attention to are discussed in educational material. For those who want to learn how to draw landscapes with trees well, it will also be useful to study the diagrams and technique called (I mentioned it at the beginning of this article).