How to Draw Autumn - the main colors, sad and bright motives of autumn

An easy way to draw an autumn drawing

For the youngest beginners, a way to draw with your hands is available. You will need a sheet of paper and paints for this technique. The color palette should correspond to the real colors of autumn.

To create a picture, you can help your child a little by depicting a brown tree trunk on a scrapbook sheet. Prints of small palms will help to depict the bright maple leaves on the tree.The creative process will certainly please the child.

It's easy to diversify techniques, using real autumn leaves for drawing. They will leave great prints on a sheet of paper if their surface is covered with bright autumn colors.

Older children can be asked to trace the autumn leaves and color them independently with colored pencils or paints.

Drawing with a simple pencil

The autumn theme is very broad and involves not only a bright landscape with golden leaves, but also the sad season of late autumn. A simple pencil is great for depicting this time of year.The step-by-step drawing lesson will help even those who don't have the talent of an artist cope with the task.

For drawing you will need:

• A scrapbook sheet,
• eraser,
• a simple pencil.

Autumn landscape in pencil

The order of drawing.

1. First of all on the scrapbook sheet it is necessary to draw the horizon line and to specify the perspective in the form of a conventional diagonal line.
2. In the foreground it is necessary to mark the trunks of trees with confident lines. It is important that the trunks are of different sizes and have a slight slope. As in nature.
3. To make the drawing more realistic, it is necessary to indicate the bank of the river, going into the distance. Another option would be a path or a road. This method allows you to create perspective.
4. The next step would be the image of the second river bank or the edge of the road.
5. In the picture, the smallest details are important. The base of the trunks should be marked with wavy lines. These knolls will help visually tie the trees to the ground in the picture.
6. The image is supplemented with small branches on the trees and bushes of grass near the river bank.
7. Fallen leaves are drawn in detail.
8. Shadows at the base of the trees are shaded.
9. When depicting late autumn, shading should be given special attention. The drawing should have a blurred background, as in late autumn it is very damp and overcast. And details in the distance are not visible, but are covered by a light haze of mist.
10. Heavy gray clouds should be marked in the sky.
11. Check marks to indicate a flock of birds flying low over the ground.
12. Additionally, shading should indicate the river bank, shadows on the ground from hills and grass bushes.
13. The trunks of trees are made dark, they should stand out against the main background as in nature. In late autumn, the bark is saturated with moisture and thus becomes a darker shade.

A simple pencil sketch with an autumn theme does not have to depict an autumn landscape. A thematic sketch may contain a drawing of a bouquet of autumn leaves, a still life of vegetables or fruit, mushrooms in a basket.Sketch of an umbrella on a bench in an autumn garden looks original.

Sketch on an autumn theme

Based on the step-by-step description of the work, it is not difficult to draw an umbrella on a bench.

1. The first thing you need to depict the bench with straight lines, placed slightly at an angle to create perspective.
2. After that, an oval marks the dome of an umbrella lying on the bench.
3. The umbrella is completed by tracing the handle and spokes.
4. The bench is "set" on legs.
5. The spokes have to be drawn on top, too, indicating that they pull the dome material.
6. Trees and lantern are to be drawn in the background.
7. On the ground, use strokes to indicate puddles and depict the fallen leaves.
8. Then you must perform detailed shading of the drawing.
9. What is in the foreground must be clearly marked. Make the background more blurred.
10. Additional sharp strokes can depict rain.

How to Draw Autumn in Gouache

Children's creativity is difficult to imagine without drawings made in gouache. The advantage of gouache is that it allows you to highlight additional details over the main background.

To work it is necessary to prepare

• a sketchbook page,
• gouache,
• brushes,
• a cup with clean water.

This master class will help you to master the art of displaying the beauty of autumn nature on paper.

1. The first thing to do is to draw the horizon line, using blue paint. To paint the sky blue, too - the upper part should be a darker shade.
2. The rest of the background must be painted in light blue. It will be the river.
3. At the top of the sheet with rounded strokes indicate white clouds.
4. At the bottom and in the middle brown and yellow colors, draw the earth, leaving the blue river band in the middle.
5. Draw the trees in dark brown.
6. Draw the reflection of the trees on the surface of the river.
7. Paint the leaves on the trees. Apply paint in dotted strokes.
8. Gouache makes it possible to make a bright multi-layered drawing. Therefore, the crowns of autumn trees can be made in two shades, combining yellow with red, orange or brown.
9. Trees can also be drawn in the foreground. A bright green spot may be used to indicate a Christmas tree.
10. Against the background of the river indicate the ripples in white, thin strokes.

Autumn in watercolor

To draw an autumnal picture in watercolor, you can start the creative process with a pencil sketch.With light lines you can outline the perspective, the horizon line and the alley, framed by trees and going into the distance.

For work it is necessary to prepare:

• a sheet of sketchbook or watercolor paper,
• paints,
• pencil,
• a brush,
• a cup of water.

Order of work.

1. Sketch the main lines of the future drawing with a simple pencil. For convenience, you can draw the details in more detail.
2. Below the horizon line, paint the background in gray, overlaying the helmet with irregular strokes. The middle of the picture should be lighter.
3. The background should be in darker color, indicating the forest area. No need to paint over the details, to imitate the limited view because of the autumn fog.
4. Use black paint to outline the tree trunks framing the alley in the distance.
5. The further away the trees are from the observer, the lower and less clearly painted.
6. Paint strokes in yellow to indicate the crown of the trees.
7. After the drawing has dried, use light strokes to indicate the reflection of the trees on the wet pavement of the alley.

Autumn theme for drawings is very diverse and is an inexhaustible source of inspiration. You can embody the artistic idea with paints, colored or simple pencils. Basic drawing techniques will help bring creative ideas to life.

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