Carnation — a strict, noble and beautiful flower. It is equally appropriate on a city lawn, a wedding or anniversary. Not without reason ancient Greeks called this flower divine. It is Zeus's flower. The cut-off carnations live in a vase much more of other flowers therefore at you will be enough time to consider it before beginning to draw. The carnation drawn with paints will look very well on a self-made card even in case more no flowers are near. Perfectly also the carnation made in technology of applique of velvet paper looks. But regardless of in what equipment you will do a card, it is necessary to execute the sketch at first.
It is required to you
- Sheet of paper
- Pencil
- Watercolor paints, gouache, pastel or wax crayons
Instruction
1. Think how you arrange a flower. At a garden carnation a long, strong and knotty stalk with small, but quite long leaves. The stalk is decorative also in itself therefore it is better if the tone is in the drawing too. Draw a thin straight line, having defined thus the direction of a stalk.
2. Consider what the carnation flower is similar to. Pay attention that it has quite long extended pedicel, and all flower very much reminds a low glass with the uneven upper edge. The bottom at such glass is wider, than the top part. Outline a flower form, without having forgotten about a pedicel.
3. Pay attention that petals of a carnation are located layers. If mentally to group them, the flower of a carnation is very similar to a puffy skirt with a large number of frills. Trace layers of petals — usually them 3-4. Layers have to be rather large that everyone could be divided into several petals. Pay attention that deckle-edged "frills".
4. Trace petals. Distinctive feature of petals of a carnation — small cloves at the edges. It is possible to trace petals softer pencil or even a wax crayon. If you are going to paint a carnation with colored pencils or paints, pay attention to a treatment of light and shade. That petals seemed volume, trace concave parts of a flower more dark paint or more dense shading, and make external parts of petals lighter.
5. Trace a stalk. Carry out two it is not necessary to use, the natural curvature will be very appropriate. Make several small knots from which at a carnation leaves grow through approximately equal intervals. Draw long thin leaves.