Drawing is a fun and rewarding activity that can distract a child from gadgets and an adult from their daily routine. So why not draw a tiger on New Year's Eve 2022?
Let this drawing become a kind of amulet for the period that will pass under the auspices of this beautiful and noble animal. To simplify the task, we bring to your attention tips on choosing materials and tools for drawing, as well as step-by-step diagrams of varying complexity and tips for working with them.
How to choose pencils for drawing?
Pencils are the most popular drawing tool. It is convenient to take them with you on the road, a wide palette of colors makes it easy to create bright and beautiful patterns and scratches of tigers in different techniques. It is convenient to work with a pencil not only for adults, but also for children of kindergarten age, provided that the drawing tool is selected correctly.
In shape, pencils are:
- round - not the best option, since they will constantly roll and fall off the table;
- triangular - they are comfortable to hold in the hand of small children;
- hex - suitable for adults and older students.
Depending on the material from which the writing rod is made, one can distinguish:
- classic colored pencils that differ in color and quality of the lead;
- watercolor - combine the qualities of crayons and watercolors; if you draw a damp brush over the finished drawing, it will look like one drawn with watercolors;
- wax - made from food colors and natural wax;
- pastel with very soft leads, which are very convenient to work out the small details of the drawing.
If a child is to draw a tiger, then the diameter of the pencil body can vary from the standard 7 mm to 1 cm. The lead should be soft, because children have to make more efforts to draw a bright line.
What to look for when buying markers
With the help of felt-tip pens, you can draw a tiger beautifully and quickly, while the symbol of the New Year 2022 will turn out to be very bright. But the choice of this tool for drawing a tiger must be approached thoughtfully, paying attention to the nib, ink, cap and body.
The main shapes of the nibs and their characteristics will be as follows:
- Wand - the cheapest and not the most convenient nib, as it can fall into the body. Its width is usually 1–2 mm.
- Fungus - does not clog inward due to the convex shape, allows you to draw bright and soft lines. This is the widest knot - from 3 to 6 mm.
- Brush - a universal shape that allows you to draw lines of different thicknesses, while the thickness of the brush ranges from 1-4 mm.
The markers themselves are usually made of fiber or nylon. The latter option is preferable because it does not squeak during work and draws softly.
The ink is most often alcohol-based or water-based. The former dry faster, and the latter are more environmentally friendly and safe for children. In addition, flavored, fluorescent and color-changing inks can be found.
The younger the child, the thicker the body of the felt-tip pen should be, and if its cap is ventilated, then such a writing instrument will last longer.
A few words about paints and paper
To paint a tiger with paints, you will have to take the process more seriously: prepare a comfortable workplace, protect your clothes by wearing an apron and oversleeves, and prepare all the necessary tools and materials.
As for paints, there are no ideal ones among all existing ones, each type has its own advantages and disadvantages:
- gouache - suitable for children's creativity, suitable for drawing on paper and wood, but fades a little when dry and is washed out with water;
- watercolor - used to create illustrations and still lifes on paper or primed canvas, however, it behaves unpredictably, it is almost impossible to correct what has already been written;
- acrylic - suitable for painting on anything, dries quickly and does not wash out with water, so it will be impossible to fix the previous layer.
You can draw a tiger in a regular sketchbook, but if you want to make a larger drawing, then you can use a Whatman paper or a more expensive version - watercolor paper. For artistic research, in principle, any paper with a density of 200-300 g / m2 is suitable.
How to learn to draw a tiger in stages
Below is a selection of simple schemes on how to draw a tiger in stages. Those who have already drawn according to such schemes can skip the next text and go straight to work, and for beginners it is better to familiarize themselves with the rules for working with step-by-step schemes.
Tiger patterns are different. Those who do not have a well-developed artistic eye should immediately abandon lessons in which drawing begins with details. First, you need to split the image into primitives. This is how the simplest figures are called: a circle, a triangle, a rectangle, an oval, a square. Only after drawing the shape and maintaining all the proportions, you can proceed to work on the details.
The main mistake novice artists make when creating a pencil sketch is that they hold the pencil incorrectly, exactly the way they hold a pen while writing.
But for drawing lingering lines it is better to use the lower grip, for hatching - the upper one. Holding the writing instrument like a pen is convenient for drawing details.
While developing your artistic skills on your own, it is important not to fall into despair because you did not manage to draw a tiger the same as in the step-by-step diagram. Drawing skills will not appear after a couple of sketches. There will be a lot of trial and error on the way to achieving the goal.
