How to draw a lantern sketch

How to draw a beautiful and simple sketch of a lantern:

1, first draw the outline of the lantern.

2, then draw the supporting skeleton of the lantern.

3, then draw the lantern knot at the bottom and the carrying handle at the top of the lantern.

4.Finally, paint the lantern red and yellow.

Chinese lanterns, also collectively known as lantern colors, are an ancient traditional Han craft. After thousands of years of development, lanterns have developed different regional styles, each with a unique form of artistic expression. Every year around the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, people hang up red lanterns symbolizing reunion to create a festive atmosphere.

Lanterns synthesize the crafts of painting, paper-cutting, papier-maché and sewing, and are closely linked to the lives of Chinese people. Lanterns have become a symbol of festivity for Chinese people. After generations of lantern artists inheritance and development, formed a colorful varieties and high level of craftsmanship.

From the types of lanterns: palace lanterns, lanterns, chandeliers and so on. From the modeling points, there are figures, landscapes, birds and flowers, dragons and phoenixes, fish and insects, etc., in addition to the horse lanterns for people to enjoy.

Lanterns, is a cage-shaped lamps. Its outer layer of thin gimlets or wire and other skeleton, and masked with paper or gauze and other transparent things, inside the light candle. For lighting, decoration or play. Lanterns synthesize the painting, paper-cutting, papier-maché, stitching and other crafts, and the Chinese people's lives are closely linked to the temple, the living room, everywhere there is the figure of the lantern.