The sketch is ready, we begin to refine the shape. At this stage, you need to make the bird’s neck longer and its body more graceful. Let's give the bird a tail and make its legs thicker. All that remains is to add feathers to the wings and work out the details of the head.
Crane preparing to take off
We will draw the bird according to the same scheme as we worked in the previous paragraph. First you need to draw a crane as an outline. We also immediately outline the water in which the bird is standing. At the second stage, when we move on to clarifying the details, a problem may arise with the image of the wings. It's hard to draw them the same. You shouldn't strive for similarity. The feathers on the wings may well lie in different ways. And remember, the wing that is in the distance, behind the crane’s neck, will be 2 times smaller than the one that is in the foreground. It is not necessary to draw the water; just marking it is enough. And lastly, we work out the details. Here you need to outline the lines separating the wings from the body, draw the feathers, and also draw the details of the head: beak and eyes.
Stylized crane
If you are not faced with the task of drawing a realistic bird, then you can dream up. For example, draw a crane in a stylized form. How to do it? First you need to draw the outline of the bird. Even though it will be unrealistic, the silhouette should still be recognizable. After the outline is ready, we begin to fill it. To somehow separate the parts from each other, use different type tilting patterns. For example, zigzags can be positioned evenly on the body, but on the wings and tail they should have a different arrangement. Special attention pay attention to your neck. There is no need to shorten it, because it may turn out not to be a crane, but a duck. We draw the paws with thick sticks with sharp tips. Don't forget to mark the line of the knees. We draw the eye and beak, and also add small details in the form of dots.
Crane soft material
Before you draw a bird with charcoal, you need to make a sketch. We discussed how to draw a crane with a pencil step by step in the first paragraph, and now we’ll see how to work with soft material. You need to work quickly so as not to get dirt on the sheet. Let's start drawing from top to bottom. We depict the head, beak and neck. First, we barely press on the coal, and then we outline the resulting outline with a thick line. We outline a crest on the head, and a shadow on the neck. To give the drawing volume, rub the charcoal a little with your finger. Let's move on to the body image. First, we make the entire body of the crane gray, and then draw the wings and tail with clear strokes. Using strokes we can show the feathers on the chest and neck. We outline the legs with two thin lines. The last step is to depict the surface of the water.
We depict the bird with spots
In order to draw a picture, we do not always need to draw absolutely all the details. Sometimes it is enough to outline the most important parts of the bird. The brain will complete the picture on its own. Let's try to draw a crane using this technique. If the image method is unfamiliar to you, do not despair; you will still have to start by completely drawing the outline of the bird. After all, otherwise the proportions may go wrong, and then the brain will not be able to complete part of the work for you. After drawing a sketch, you can start applying stains. You need to start from the very beginning light color, in our case gray. We draw with them inner part wings and outline the tail. Now take a black pastel or charcoal and outline the outline. The line should be soft, it may even be interrupted in some places. In our case, we do not draw the lower part of the bird, but we denote the legs. The final action is the placement of color accents. Pink color We put spots on the head, paws, wings and rub a little pink into the body. Remember that there should be one color accent and it is advisable to make it on the head. All other spots should not be knocked out, they fade into the background. If desired, the muzzle can be made even more realistic by adding eyes and a clearly defined beak.
There are many beautiful legends and stories associated with cranes. In Japan, the crane is a symbol of happiness and longevity; the ancient Chinese believed that these birds were messengers of God; in Rus', seeing a crane was considered extraordinary luck and a sign of a rich harvest. In many beliefs, a pair of cranes still represents fidelity, love and happiness. They were embroidered on towels for the wedding day, painted, made into figures and given to loved ones. The Japanese say that if you make a thousand paper cranes, you will become the largest one. cherished dream. How to draw a crane? There are many varieties of these amazing birds, the most unusual species is the one with a red “cap” on its head. Let's try to draw a crane step by step.
- Let's show a crane in flight; it is especially beautiful in motion. We draw a flying bird in watercolor, which means we need thick special paper, a pencil for a preliminary sketch and an eraser. You will also need a soft cloth that absorbs water well to remove excess water from the brush. Let's depict the body of the bird as an elongated oval, like a grain. The right wing will visually look larger, because the left one is at an angle to the viewer and appears shorter. Let's draw a curved, graceful neck; it will be approximately equal in size to half of the body. We finish drawing two graceful paws folded in flight.
- We draw magnificent huge wings and a head. Notice how flat the left wing seems and where it is “attached” to the body - above the middle, closer to the back, at the same angle.
- Carefully remove the auxiliary lines with an eraser and draw feathers. They will be large and hard around the edges. They seem to fold like a fan and at the highest point of the wing there are the widest and largest feathers, this allows the bird to easily soar in the air. Look at how they are located - the top feather is at an angle of almost 90 degrees, and the lower feathers are turned in the opposite direction and gradually become smaller in size. We mark the border of the bird's colors on the neck and head.
- Let's start painting with watercolors. Take more water and different shades of blue. You can add a little purple and pink. Be careful with warm colors - yellow, ocher, brown - otherwise it may turn out dirty. Put a little paint on the brush, paint in light and transparent layers, add water, but in moderation. The paper will absorb it, mixing all kinds of shades, and you will get wonderful picturesque stains. Where we want to make an accent (and this will be the crane’s head), we add rich paint, highlighting this fragment. Be sure to wait until this layer is completely dry before moving on to the next step.
- Using a thin brush we paint the neck of the bird, and with a wide brush we add a transparent gray-blue tint to the body of the crane. We will leave the edges of the wings and the back pure white, and do not paint over the paper in these areas at all. Using the same gray-blue paint we will make a shadow on the bird’s abdomen. This layer should also dry well.
- We add details to the final drawing with a thin brush. In the picture the neck and feathers look black, but in reality the color used is dark gray with a deep blue added. Remember that pure black does not exist in nature; it is obtained by mixing different colors and can have cold and warm shades. Therefore, if you are painting a landscape or an animal, then do not use only black paint, it will not look entirely natural and rough. We draw the bird’s paws, a dark red beak and a bright “cap”. Using a cool shade of gray, in short strokes, draw the feathers on the wings, under the black row. Now move a little away from the drawing and see how it is perceived, is the picture complete? To further highlight the beautiful snow-white wings, you can add a deep blue tint to the area of the sky near the crane's neck.
In this lesson we will look at how to draw a crane with a pencil step by step. The gray crane is a bird that lives in Europe and Asia, it is large, its height is about 115 cm, and its wingspan is about 190 cm. Cranes are monogamous, they find a mate for life. But if something happens to a partner, for example, they die, they can find someone else. Cranes feed on both plant foods and caterpillars, beetles, pockmarked fish, etc. To take off, they run across the water in the wind and flap their wings, their necks are elongated in the field, like storks. So that they are not visible when incubating the nest, they cover their feathers with dirt and silt. They settle above or near water.
Draw the shape of the head, which is shown in the picture, then draw the beak and eye. The head should be small, I just showed it here in an enlarged version.
Then we draw the neck and sketch out the shape of the body.
We sketch the legs, they are quite long on the crane, now we draw the shape of the body using a smooth curve, draw the leg and the main lines of the feather on the tail.
We draw the second leg, feathers, then add more feathers on the tail. Drawing the boundary of the department different colors feathers on the head and neck of a crane.
We paint over dark areas, imitate feathers and for more realistic image, apply shadows to the body and tail. The crane drawing is ready.
Sometimes a person wants to do something unusual, for example, draw a crane. But satisfying your desire can sometimes be very difficult. After all, you don’t have the necessary skills, and you don’t always know where to start. In this article we will tell you how to simply, and most importantly, quickly, draw a crane for a beginning artist or child.
Drawing with children
The child has his own vision of the world, and this must be understood. But still, in his work he should not neglect the canons of image. How to draw a crane step by step? This is what we will look at. The first step is to outline the bird. This can be done as an oval or just draw an outline. Don't worry if your neck is too long or your legs are too thin. This will be fixed in the future. When the main outline is ready, we outline the details: wing, tail feathers. This is necessary in order to draw a crane realistically with a pencil, because if this is not done, a situation may arise when the wing simply does not fit into the body.
The sketch is ready, we begin to refine the shape. At this stage, you need to make the bird’s neck longer and its body more graceful. Let's give the bird a tail and make its legs thicker. All that remains is to add feathers to the wings and work out the details of the head.
Crane preparing to take off
We will draw the bird according to the same scheme as we worked in the previous paragraph. First you need to draw a crane as an outline. We also immediately outline the water in which the bird is standing. At the second stage, when we move on to clarifying the details, a problem may arise with the image of the wings. It's hard to draw them the same. You shouldn't strive for similarity. The feathers on the wings may well lie in different ways. And remember, the wing that is in the distance, behind the crane’s neck, will be 2 times smaller than the one that is in the foreground. It is not necessary to draw the water; just marking it is enough. And lastly, we work out the details. Here you need to outline the lines separating the wings from the body, draw the feathers, and also draw the details of the head: beak and eyes.
Stylized crane
If you are not faced with the task of drawing a realistic bird, then you can dream up. For example, draw a crane in a stylized form. How to do it? First you need to draw the outline of the bird. Even though it will be unrealistic, the silhouette should still be recognizable. After the outline is ready, we begin to fill it. To somehow separate the parts from each other, use different types of inclination of the patterns. For example, zigzags can be positioned evenly on the body, but on the wings and tail they should have a different arrangement. Pay special attention to the neck. There is no need to shorten it, because it may turn out not to be a crane, but a duck. We draw the paws with thick sticks with sharp tips. Don't forget to mark the line of the knees. We draw the eye and beak, and also add small details in the form of dots.
Crane soft material
Before you draw a bird with charcoal, you need to make a sketch. We discussed how to draw a crane with a pencil step by step in the first paragraph, and now we’ll see how to work with soft material. You need to work quickly so as not to get dirt on the sheet. Let's start drawing from top to bottom. We depict the head, beak and neck. First, we barely press on the coal, and then we outline the resulting outline with a thick line. We outline a crest on the head, and a shadow on the neck. To give the drawing volume, rub the charcoal a little with your finger. Let's move on to the body image. First, we make the entire body of the crane gray, and then draw the wings and tail with clear strokes. Using strokes we can show the feathers on the chest and neck. We outline the legs with two thin lines. The last step is to depict the surface of the water.
We depict the bird with spots
In order to draw a picture, we do not always need to draw absolutely all the details. Sometimes it is enough to outline the most important parts of the bird. The brain will complete the picture on its own. Let's try to draw a crane using this technique. If the image method is unfamiliar to you, do not despair; you will still have to start by completely drawing the outline of the bird. After all, otherwise the proportions may go wrong, and then the brain will not be able to complete part of the work for you. After drawing a sketch, you can start applying stains. You need to start with the lightest color, in our case gray. We use it to draw the inside of the wings and outline the tail. Now take a black pastel or charcoal and outline the outline. The line should be soft, it may even be interrupted in some places. In our case, we do not draw the lower part of the bird, but we denote the legs. The final action is the placement of color accents. We put pink spots on the head, paws, wings and rub the pink a little into the body. Remember that there should be one color accent and it is advisable to make it on the head. All other spots should not be knocked out, they fade into the background. If desired, the muzzle can be made even more realistic by adding eyes and a clearly defined beak.
The crane is a beautiful bird, found in different countries. It turns out that cranes have different colors. For example, the white crane can be found in warm countries, while the gray crane is found in Europe. The wingspan of an adult bird reaches 1 m 90 cm, and its height is slightly more than a meter. A crane in flight is beautiful and you can remember these moments in your memory if you draw a crane.
How to draw a crane. Picture 1
The easiest way to draw a bird with a simple pencil. Gradually, slowly, step by step, add more and more new lines to make it beautiful drawing.
How to draw a crane step by step:
- First you need to mark the size of the bird on a piece of paper. Visually divide the field into 4 segments.
- Draw a bird in flight, starting with the outlines. IN in this case a pencil drawing is several straight or curved lines. Therefore, first you need to draw a vertical line in the center of the sheet.
- The next step is the wingspan - and again you need to draw 2 lines horizontally, and then indicate the size of the wing, also drawing a thin line with a pencil.
- The sketch is still rough; the head, body and wings need to be outlined more clearly.
- The silhouette of a crane is almost recognizable if you use colored pencils and make a contrasting background. It is advisable to shade the bird with a black pencil, adding light “strokes” with a simple pencil. Background is your choice.
How to draw a crane. Figure 2
And again, a simple pencil will come in handy to draw a beautiful bird step by step:
- We start the drawing by drawing the head and beak. Immediately draw the eye;
- the next stroke is the outline of the neck and the designation of the size of the torso;
- every pencil sketch gradually turns into the figure of a bird. Let's continue drawing and make sketches long legs birds. Then, drawing a smooth curve, we denote the body, and also draw the feathers on the tail;
- a few touches and the bird is ready. We recommend drawing the sketch with a simple pencil, darkening areas to make the image realistic.
How to teach a child to draw a crane
The crane bird is unusual, with interesting habits. You can meet a crane in a swamp, on the outskirts of villages, when the crane is building a nest or in flight. Cranes fly high and it is very difficult to see the bird in detail in order to draw a beautiful picture. But for a child this is not necessary yet, because the main thing is to learn how to draw the silhouette of a bird. And then, gradually, you can move on to more complex tasks.
Draw a crane with your child:
- on a piece of paper draw a large number “9”;
- the head of the number will be the head of the bird;
- you need to teach your child how to draw a beak;
- ask the child to show where the bird’s eye will be - let him put a dot with a pencil;
- Tell an older child that the tail of the number “9” can turn into a beautiful bird, and offer to finish drawing three feathers;
- Perhaps the drawing is almost ready, you just need to finish drawing the legs - these will be 2 straight lines, and then draw the swamp in the form of an oval.
