Children's Drawing Tutorial｜Recommended Creative Line Courses - White Swan in the Moonlight

Children, you must have heard of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tale "The Ugly Duckling". In the story, the ugly duckling was laughed at by his farm mates because he looked different from the other ducklings. He left the farm sadly and grew up slowly after all kinds of trials and tribulations, shedding his gray feathers and turning into a beautiful white swan.

So, have you ever seen a white swan in your life? The swan is a wild goose waterfowl, belonging to the national second-class protected animals. It has a long head and neck, slender body, a white fluffy feathers without mixing a little color, like a fairy in white.

The swan likes to inhabit the lakes and swamps, mainly feeding on aquatic plants. In the blue-green lake, they or quietly rest, or elegantly play, white feathers wet lake water at the moment, a circle of sparkling ripples, in the blue sky, blue water, blue grass under the background, looks particularly beautiful.

Children, I do not know you you have no doubt: swans float in the water most of the time every day, why the feathers will not be wet? Well, let me tell you the little secret of it: it turns out, like ducks, swans, a class of waterfowl tail have a tail fat glands, they will spend a lot of time every day combing feathers and wings, tail fat gland secretion of oil coated to the feathers, so that their feathers are not only waterproof, there is also a very good effect of warmth Oh!

Swan in most national aesthetics, are beautiful and elegant symbol. For example, Shakespeare's nickname is "Avon's swan", Saint-Sa?ns's "Death of a Swan" and Tchaikovsky's dance drama "Swan Lake" in the swan noble, holy image, the constellation in the starry sky also has a swan's silhouette, swans all over the world named after the name of the place names are innumerable, and many artists have swans as the theme of the creation of a number of heirloom art works.

In today's world, the swan is the most important symbol of the world's history.

In today's art lesson, let's draw a beautiful white swan. In the drawing, learn to depict the elegant shape of the swan, decorate its feathers beautifully, and add color and environment to make the picture rich in details and beautiful. Take a look at the tutorial for reference!

Description

Calm lake, a bright full moon rising, the moonlight sprinkled on the surface of the lake, a swan is quietly perched in the soft water, seems to be intoxicated by the beauty of nature, but also seems to be appreciating the surface of the water on their own elegant reflection, it is really a beautiful and touching picture!

After-class evaluation reference

1. In today's art course, learning to use decorative lines and the tranquil and dreamy tones, depicting a white swan in the moonlight, cultivating students' observation and expressiveness of lines, and learning to use tones to create the atmosphere of the picture.

2. In the creation, the children through careful observation, the use of simple and smooth lines, summed up the elegant appearance of the swan, in the details of the swan decoration, the lines are rich and varied, full of dots and lines and surface of the rhythm and sense of beauty; in the background of the picture, the unity and harmony of the blue tones to create a quiet and serene atmosphere of the picture, the whole piece of work to give a person the enjoyment of beauty.

The key points of teaching

1. Observe the material picture of the swan, analyze the structure and dynamics of the swan, and summarize the appearance of the swan by using smooth and concise lines and focusing on the decoration of the feathers, showing the contrasting relationship and rhythm of black, white and gray.

Prepare pictures and videos of swans and expand them. The swan has a long neck, a flat beak, a short tail, and white feathers that look very beautiful. In the drawing, we can summarize the characteristics of the swan's beautiful appearance by observing the pictures, and we can show the different dynamics of the swan, such as singing, lying down and playing in the water with their wings spread out. ...... And focus on the feathers of the swan point, line, surface decoration, through the sparse and dense changes in the lines, showing the beauty of the picture black, white, gray rhythm.

2. Through the halo of colors to show the quiet atmosphere of the picture, and through the richness of the details of the plants, the moon, reflections, etc., so that the picture is full of content and beautiful mood.

Swans like to live in lakes and swamps, mainly aquatic plants for food, white feathers wet lake at the moment, a circle of sparkling ripples, in the blue sky, blue water, blue grass, under the background, it looks particularly beautiful. Children can through the use of warm and cold colors, to reflect the different atmosphere of the picture, such as the use of warm colors, the performance of the sunset; through the cold colors to express the early morning or night. In the coloring background, around the swan to add water plants, reflections, etc., so that the picture is more full, vivid.

Painting Tutorial

Prepare a round piece of sketch paper

and two watercolors, dark green and lake blue

Wet the paper with water

Dilute the watercolors in a mixing bowl and spread out the background

The moon can be used with white-out adhesive, or you can cut and paste a white circle

The moon can be used with white-out adhesive or cut and pasted directly.

Prepare a piece of sketch paper

Draw a swan of the right size on the paper

Add the details of the swan

Enrich the wings with dots, lines, and surfaces

Cut out the swan and fix it in place with a stick of glue

Prepare the white paint stick

Use a long, thin strip of watercolor glue to make the swan look like an oil painting.

Draw the reflection of the water around the swan with short and long lines

Add the silhouette of the water plants in the lower part of the picture

Add the silhouette of the water plants with a black marker pen

Dip the pen into the thinned white gouache

Splash the sky with stars

Finally, adjust the overall picture and the details of the painting

Complete the picture with a more beautiful look

Make it more complete and beautiful. to make the work more complete and beautiful