How to draw a still life sketch?

1: The significance of still life sketching Still life sketching expresses the texture of the body, mainly relying on the contrasting changes of brushstrokes, lines and tones. For example, when expressing hard and smooth objects such as ironware, pottery, glass, etc., tight lines, uniform tones, and non-obvious brushstrokes should be used; when expressing soft objects such as woolen products, cotton products, etc., looser lines should be used and the tones should not be too obvious. If it is too uniform, the tones should have brighter and more trivial brushstrokes; when painting silk and satin, the brushstrokes and tones should have a sense of jumping to express its shining characteristics, but during the jump, the transition of brushstrokes and tones should be soft to express its sparkle. Smooth and soft characteristics. Learning to express the texture of different objects can enrich expression skills and improve sketch modeling abilities. However, due to the limitations of sketching tools, the texture can only be relatively realistic. 2. The principle of still life combination (1) embodies the breath of life and is reasonable. This is the most important point. If it is full of life, it can produce natural beauty, and if it is reasonable, it can produce a certain mood or meaning. Therefore, you should have an idea before choosing a still life, and do not blindly piece together a bunch of still lifes. (2) There is center, change and contrast. When arranging a still life, you should first choose a main still life, which is generally larger in shape, that is, larger than the subordinate still life. It occupies the main position of the composition and plays a decisive role in the conception and tone. Choose subordinate ones, that is, supporting character still lifes, whose shapes should be smaller or lower than the main still lifes. The matched still life can be one or more. Their changes in size, height, radius, depth and texture should be considered. Do not be too single or too messy, so as to achieve a central order and contrasting changes. ideal effect. 3: Rules of formal beauty in still life composition No matter what kind of still life you choose and what mood it embodies, if you want to create a more ideal combination and draw an ideal composition, you must understand the general rules of formal beauty in composition. Still life sketches are rich in images and are a good opportunity to cultivate composition skills and understand the beauty of composition forms. Attention should be paid. Generally speaking, a better composition must comply with the laws of beauty, and its advantages are as follows: 1: concentrated but not monotonous; 2: stable but not dull; 3: full but not stagnant; 4: lively but not scattered; 5: rich There are degrees of mastery; 6: far and near; 7: sparse and dense; black and white are consistent; 8: consider the momentum; 9: do not divide the picture. All the above points are relatively easy to understand except "considering the momentum". Still life is in a static state, but due to the effect of visual psychology, under certain circumstances, still life will also produce some kind of momentum, giving people a certain sense of movement. This feeling of movement includes the sense of direction and strength of momentum, etc., which affects the formal beauty of the composition. If a teapot is placed on the table, then the direction of the teapot spout is the direction of the momentum of the teapot. Placing the teapot on the table with its spouts facing in the same direction can strengthen the sense of momentum and create formal beauty; if the spouts face in different directions, different dynamics and formal beauty will be produced. When a fruit knife is placed on the table or on a plate, the direction pointed by its tip constitutes its momentum direction; if two fruit knives are placed together, different placement methods will produce different momentums for a round jar. and an apple. If you look at any one of them alone, they will not produce a certain direction of momentum; if you put them together, they will produce a certain momentum. Generally speaking, the position of the smaller object is that is the direction of the momentum of this group of objects. If a smaller object is placed in front of the smaller object along this direction, the momentum will be stronger and form a one-sided momentum form; if in the opposite direction Putting an object will offset this momentum and form a certain momentum balance. In the still life composition, the background cloth will also form a certain momentum. If the lining cloth is vertical, the momentum will be the most stable. If it is inclined, or its folds are inclined, it will form a certain momentum and have directionality. If this directionality is consistent with the direction of the still object's momentum, it will strengthen the sense of momentum of the still object; If it is the opposite, it will weaken the sense of movement and create a certain visual balance. The above are just the most basic principles of composition, which should be used flexibly in practice. It can be said that the process of organizing and placing still life is the process of artistic practice. , is the process of learning and improvement. Therefore, you should learn to organize still life to draw more ideal works 4: Techniques for expressing still life texture Still life sketching mainly relies on contrasting changes in brushstrokes, lines and tones to express body texture. For example, when expressing hard and smooth objects such as ironware, pottery, glass, etc., tight lines, uniform tones, and non-obvious brushstrokes should be used; when expressing soft objects such as woolen products, cotton products, etc., looser lines should be used and the tones should not be too obvious. If it is too uniform, the tones should have brighter and more trivial brushstrokes; when painting silk and satin, the brushstrokes and tones should have a sense of jumping to show its shining characteristics, but during the jump, the transition of brushstrokes and tones should be soft to express its sparkle. Smooth and soft characteristics. Learning to express the texture of different objects can enrich the expression skills and improve the sketching ability. However, due to the limitations of sketching tools, the texture can only be relatively realistic.

1． Establish composition

Consider the arrangement of the composition so that the objects on the screen have an appropriate priority, the composition is balanced and varied, and avoid problems such as scattering, chaos, empty space, and congestion.

2. Draw large body structures

Use long straight lines to draw the physical structure of the object (the invisible parts of the object should also be lightly drawn), requiring the shape, proportion, and structural relationship of the object.

precise. Then draw the shape and position of each light and dark level (highlight, bright part, middle color, dark part, shadow and light and dark intersection line).

3． Gradually in-depth shaping

Through the description of the light and shade of the form (from the whole to the part, from large to small), the volume of the object is gradually shaped in depth. important to the text, critical

Details should be carefully carved.

4. Adjustment completed