Learn how to draw a mermaid, fairy, flowers. In the article you will find detailed description how to make frames with your own hands to frame drawings with them.
How to draw a fairy?
Children love the animated series "School for Witches", so why not show them how to draw a fairy. She may look like one of the heroines of this cartoon, or she may turn out a little different, thanks to the artist’s imagination.
This flying sorceress is depicted against the backdrop of fabulous nature, which makes the picture even more mysterious and interesting.
It is better to start drawing such a fairy tale from the main geranium. When children learn to paint it separately, then they can easily transfer it to the canvas, where the background will also be depicted.
We begin to draw a fairy with a pencil by drawing a diagram. On the left, draw an oval, which will soon turn into the head of the heroine of the canvas. As you can see, the segments at shoulder level and the pelvic line are almost the same size and parallel to each other. Draw small circles on either side of these lines. Draw the same ones in the area of the elbow and knee bends, in place of the palms and feet. Draw a diagram of the torso, arms and legs using straight lines.
Next, the magical girl is drawn with a pencil step by step as follows. Draw rectangles around the body and pelvis. Keep your waist thin. Draw a hairline on your head. Next, below, draw 3 more slightly rounded lines. They will help depict facial features. 4 segments behind the back will tell you how to draw wings.
After all, at the next stage you will depict 2 upper and 2 lower wings, outlining these 4 segments behind the back of the sorceress. Also outline the arms and legs, based on the previously created diagram of these limbs.
Draw the palms and the flower she is holding with them.
In the next step draw her tight clothes, hair, facial features and see how to draw the wings next. The veins will help them become more realistic.
In the next step, erase the auxiliary lines and draw on the main ones if you accidentally erased them.
The final step of the fairy image is coloring. Children really like this stage. If it is difficult for them to draw a fairy with a pencil, then they will color it with pleasure.
Looking at the following photo, draw intricate lines. They will help us correctly place objects in the foreground and background.
We draw large mushrooms on the left, large tree- on right. Here we will leave the place where our main character. Before this, you have practiced depicting it, so this should not cause any difficulties.
Drawings of fairies from the animated series Winx School, familiar to children, may be the same. Draw the proportions of their body in the same way. Are different fairy girls from each other only by hair color, clothing, facial features.
In the next step, draw mushrooms, trees in the background and on the sides. So that you can clearly see how to do this, the following hint drawing was created using a red and blue felt-tip pen.
You will have it in a pencil. By erasing the auxiliary details, you will get this or a similar result.
All that remains is to paint the canvas and admire the end result. Here's how to draw Winx and other fairies from the famous cartoon.
Step-by-step drawing of a mermaid in pencil
The end result could look like this if you colorize your sketch.
And the work begins with a simple drawing, with the help of which we will create the basis of the body parts. Since Ariel is sitting on a rock, we need to create a line of curves to show this. Draw it as shown in the photo, marking the lower part of the tail with two lines.
Create shoulders using straight section. Apply similar lines to the face of the aquatic beauty to then draw facial features here. To make them symmetrical, draw a vertical segment.
The next photo shows how to draw Ariel's eyes, nose, lips and upper part of her clothing. Make her hair flowy with a few strokes of the pencil.
At the next stage, the extraordinary girl has a tail, a body, and arms. We outline the stone so that we can see what she is sitting on. All that remains is to erase the unnecessary lines of the diagram and leave the drawing as is or decorate it.
Now the fruits of creativity can be placed in a frame made by yourself, placed on a table or hung on a wall.
How to make a picture frame from cardboard?
You will make this one from scrap materials, taking an ordinary cardboard box the right size. You can make a photo frame in the same way.
Below is a list of what is needed for this craft. This:
- cardboard box;
- stationery knife;
- glue.
If you want to decorate your creation, use colored paper. Pasted with it ready product, on top of which you can glue buttons, coffee beans, shells and even pasta.
Take the box, lay it out, cut the corners as shown in the photo.
Now fold its four edges, also relying on visual cues. Glue a strip of cardboard on both long sides.
Fold the edges down so that they become voluminous and glue them.
You need to cut a rectangular hole in the center of the cardboard box so that you can then insert the design into it. But it should be a little smaller than necessary, since you will wrap the edge of the cutout inside.
Now glue the frame to the cardboard box, and your DIY picture frame is ready.
You can do it differently - create a border for the picture from a solid box. Then unfold it, cut three sides shorter, and the fourth (E) just a little, on which you will place the design.
Fold the sides as shown in the photo, glue the parts, and another DIY picture frame is ready.
DIY baguette frame
Picture frame made from ceiling plinth - great option for those who still have after repair this material. From the remains you need to cut 4 strips - 2 of the same size in a mirror image.
Please note that the joints are cut at an angle of 45° so that when glued together they form a 90° angle.
Assemble a picture frame from plinth, put a picture in it, and glue a cardboard base.
You can leave the frame as is or decorate it, for example, by covering it with spray paint.
But unprocessed ones also look great. Allocate a wall space for children's drawings and hang their pictures, framing them in frames.
Not only images of cartoon heroines can hang on the wall, but also flowers that will decorate the space and look good in light frames.
How to draw flowers step by step?
It will be easy for kids to draw a sunflower if an adult shows them how to do it.
Have them draw a circle. It’s easier to do this by outlining an object of this shape, for example, a coin.
Next, the circle is framed by petals with a sharp outer edge.
First on one side, and then on the other side.
This was the first top row of petals. Below it, in a checkerboard pattern, draw the second tier.
All that remains is to mark the stem, leaves with a pencil and color the sunflower.
And here is how a rose is drawn with a pencil and then painted in a bright color.
We will depict 2 blossoming buds, for this you need to take:
- paper;
- pencil;
- eraser;
- compass;
- paints.
Now you know how to draw a rose with a pencil and you can teach it to your children. Let dad act as a teacher, then the son or daughter will create such a drawing and present this gift to mom for her birthday or on March 8th.
They can also give their other creations, for example, to grandparents, and parents will first frame the drawings, placing them in frames that are quickly made from scrap material.
From the presented videos you will learn how to draw the characters of the cartoon “Smeshariki” a hedgehog and Nyusha, quickly make beautiful frame from cardboard for framing children's canvases:
This is an average difficulty lesson. It can be difficult for adults to repeat this lesson, so I don’t recommend drawing a frame based on this lesson for young children, but if you really want to, you can try. I also want to note the lesson “” - be sure to try it again if you still have time and desire to draw today.
What you will need
In order to draw a frame we may need:
- Graphic editor GIMP. You need to download GIMP for Windows and install it.
- Download brushes for GIMP, they may come in handy.
- Some add-ons may be needed (instructions on how to install them).
- A little patience.
- Good mood.
Step by step lesson
By the way, in addition to this lesson, I advise you to pay attention to the lesson “”. It will help improve your skill or just give you a little fun.
Tip: Perform different actions on different layers. The more layers you make, the easier it will be for you to manage the drawing. So the sketch can be made on the bottom layer, and the white version on the top, and when the sketch is not needed, you can simply turn off the visibility of this layer.
As you complete this lesson, please note that due to differences in software versions, some menu items and tools may have different names or be missing altogether. This may make the tutorial a little difficult, but I think you can do it.
I took this lesson from the wonderful book by Sergei Timofeev “Working in graphic editor GIMP." I just modified the lesson a little so that beginners could follow it.
In this tutorial we will learn how to beautifully frame an image. We'll consider general order creating a frame on specific example, and in the future you will be able to draw on your own. Let me remind you that among the GIMP filters there is an Add Frame filter.
It allows you to automatically add a frame to an image, but only a strictly defined, simple frame. We will learn how to draw beautiful frames by hand. Here's how it's done.
1. Open the photo for which you want to draw a frame. To do this, select Open from the File drop-down menu. In the window that appears, open the desired folder and select the file containing the required photo. Next, click on the Open button.
2. Once the image is open, we must increase the canvas size. The fact is that creating a frame requires an additional area, otherwise the frame will block the image itself. From the Image drop-down menu, select Canvas Size.
It will require canvas size parameters - Width and Height. First, click on the button with the image of a paper clip to the right of these options to be able to independently edit the width and height of the image. Now increase the value of the Width and Height parameters by exactly 100 pixels each: for example, the parameter values were 330×500 pixels, and now we set them to 430×600 pixels. After this, you need to click the Center button to place the existing image in the center of the enlarged canvas. Click the Resize button at the bottom of the window - and we get our image on an enlarged canvas.
Clue. You realize that by increasing the length and width of the canvas by 100 pixels, we make the border thickness equal to 50 pixels, since there are two border slats in both directions. If you have a large image (for example, 2000x1500 pixels) or you just want to make the frame wider, you should increase the canvas by 200 - 400 pixels rather than 100 pixels.
3. We have received an additional area that allows us to create a frame within it. In the Layers panel, create a new layer with standard parameters (to do this, click the Create a new layer button and add it to the image, and then in the new layer parameters window that appears, just click OK).
Let's move on to editing the newly created layer, select the Rectangular Selection tool and carefully select the contours of the original image (I emphasize that you need to select not the entire canvas, but only the contours of the original image in the center of the canvas).
For accurate selection, you need to enlarge the image. This can be done using the Image Scale Selection List, which is located in the lower area of the main window. To navigate around the enlarged image, use the Navigation Bar icon located in the lower right corner. Hover your mouse over its icon, press and hold the left mouse button, then move the image in the desired direction. Edit the selection boundaries.
Advice. To edit the selection, try using the Navigation Panel itself, which controls zoom and movement around the image. To do this, you can add it to the Dialog Panel Window. This is done by clicking on the Configure this tab button, find the Add tab item and select Navigation from the drop-down list.
After that, in the Selection drop-down menu, select Invert (it allows you to invert the selection, make unselected areas selected and vice versa). Thus, we have selected the frame area without affecting the image itself.
4. Now you need to create appearance framework. From the toolbar, select the Gradient tool. For the gradient blend colors, set the Foreground Color to dark gray and the Background Color to light gray. To change the color, simply click on one of the squares and select in the window that appears desired color(the top square is the foreground color, and the bottom one is the background color). Click OK. Go to the Layers panel, set the gradient type to Main to Background (RGB).
Swipe vertical line from bottom to top, across the entire height of the image - so that the gradient looks vertical and stretches across the entire picture.
For convenience and to ensure that the line is straight, you can add a vertical guide. In the Image drop-down menu, select the Guides submenu, and then Guide (in %). Draw a gradient line along the guide. The line will stick to it and will not bend.
If you did everything correctly in step 3, then the gradient should appear only on the image frame, and the photo itself should not be covered by it. The resulting image should look like this:
Deselect the selection (in the Selection drop-down menu, select Remove), and delete the guide (in the Image drop-down menu, in the Guides submenu, select Remove Guides).
5. Let's make the frame textured. In the Filters drop-down menu of the Simulation subgroup, select the Canvas filter with the following parameters:
Having set the necessary parameters, press the OK button and get an image as in the figure.
6. Let’s create a light visual image of the frame. In the Filters drop-down menu in the Decoration subgroup, select Add chamfer. In the filter settings window that appears, set the Thickness parameter to 14, and also uncheck the Work with copy option (to continue working with the main image).
7. After completing the above steps, we get the image in a beautiful frame.
Close the image, export and save.
By analogy, create your own frames using a variety of filters. For example, the image below shows a frame using the Weave filter instead of the Canvas filter.
So you learned how to draw frames and I hope that you were able to repeat the lesson. Now you can pay attention to the lesson “” - it is just as interesting and exciting. Share this lesson with your friends on social media. networks.
02/07/14 96.4KQuite often there is a need to visually separate an image from the surrounding text on a website and decorate wedding photographs.
There are many applications on the Internet for creating frames, but you can do it in almost any graphics editor. How to make a frame in Photoshop?
Let's look at a few of the simplest methods.
Ways to Create a Frame in Photoshop
Method number 1: stroke
Open a photo in Photoshop and select the image using the keyboard shortcut ctrl+a or using the selection tools by going to the "Edit" menu and clicking on the item " Stroke»:
Select the color, thickness and position of the stroke:
If the outer stroke position is selected, the image size can be reduced using the command " Free transformation", moving the dotted line, or increase the size of your canvas by the desired amount.
Method number 2: frame around the picture as a background effect
Let's assume that the frame we need has a thickness of 2 pixels. If a picture opened in Photoshop has only one layer, then it is the background layer.
Press F7, double-click on the background layer, and when the Layer Style window opens, select the Stroke panel. The “Outside” selector must be changed to “Inside”. Having specified all the parameters you need, click on “OK":
Method number 3: using a brush
In order to make an arbitrary frame for a picture or a separate part of it, you can use a brush. Select a brush using the B hotkey and specify its thickness:
The frame color will be active in this moment color. Click the brush in the place where you will start drawing the stroke, hold down the shift key and, without releasing the button, draw a straight line.
Repeat this action three more times on all sides of the picture, and you will get a simple stroke. Unsuccessful actions can be undone using the ctrl+z combination. The end result differs little from the first method, however, you can make such a frame not only along the edges of the image, but also in any part of the picture:
Method number 4: transparent frame
Open the image and duplicate the background layer twice using the keyboard shortcut ctrl+j. Turn off the top two layers by clicking on the eye icon next to each:
While on the first layer, select "Filter", "Blur" and " Gaussian blur" and blur the image:
Then in the “Filter” window, click on “Noise” - “Add noise”. In the layer blending options of layer 2, in the already familiar way, make a one-pixel black or white stroke.
Turn on the visibility of all layers and layer 2, using Free Transform, reduce it along the contour by the required amount.
You will get a frame like this:
By experimenting with layering and blurring, you can create a beautiful and effective photo frame. However, sometimes it is necessary for a photo to have a more complex or thematic frame.
In order not to reinvent the wheel, on the Internet you can easily find many different free .psd or .png files into which you just need to insert an image. How to do it?
How to insert a photo into a finished frame?
Step #1
Open the downloaded frame and photo in the same Adobe Photoshop project:
Step #2
Using the Move tool, drag the photo into the frame window. In order to synchronize images, in the "Edit" menu, select " Free transformation" and, holding down the shift key, resize the image to fit the frame and rotate if necessary:
Step #3
In the Layers window, place the frame layer higher than the photo layer, as shown in the picture.
Are you thinking about how to beautifully design a picture or text? Frame it. Thanks to this, visual completeness will appear, and the work will sparkle in a new way. How to draw a frame different ways read below.
Everything ingenious is simple
How to draw a frame with a pencil? Most easy way create it using lines. You can simply frame the picture with a rectangle or square. To prevent it from looking too primitive, it is better to duplicate the line. You need to draw a frame soft pencil. Then it will not get lost and will organically complement the image. If you think the line is too simple, then experiment. For example, enrich it with dots, circles or triangles.
How to draw a frame without it looking too simple? You should draw two straight lines on each side of the picture, and draw hearts or stars at the corners. Another interesting option- draw a looping line. A zigzag will look sharp, but a wave will quite organically complement any image.
Ornamental geometric idea
How to draw a frame so that it does not look primitive? Create it from an arbitrary complex element. This could be a stylized flower or any other motif taken from the work of cabinetmakers. Such an image should be applied at the top and bottom of the picture, and on the sides you can add drops to the frame. The frame will not be seamless, but visually it will still bring the picture together. It is worth remembering that an ornament looks organic if its elements are repeated. Therefore, you need to take some shape from the bottom and duplicate it on the side. It doesn’t have to be something complicated; you can get by with simple circles or squares.
Inspiration for platbands
Since ancient times, people have paid great attention to framing and decoration. This is exactly how window frames appeared. The carvers took motives for their creativity from nature. That’s why we so often see images of flowers and plants framed on windows. When thinking about how to draw a frame, you can use artistic experience generations. A simple drawing, framed based on platbands, will sparkle with new colors. Difficult artistic works This kind of framing is not suitable. But with a simple pencil handwriting or illustration it will look quite organic.
Framing in an oval
Drawing such an image will not be a problem even for a person who rarely holds a pencil in his hands. How to draw such a frame? First you need to outline the oval and give it volume by duplicating geometric figure. Now in the lower part we depict a flower and a grid. And on the right and left we draw decorative leaves that are stylized as a wave. At the top of the frame we create a similar, but simpler image. You can copy our version, or come up with own pattern. All that remains is to add the mesh and flowers. The resulting frame will be interesting frame for text or small art project. It is also good for decorating a small portrait.
Frame with blurred edges
Does the design have no clear boundaries, but still fits well into a square? A frame of peonies can complement it. But keep in mind that such a light frame is suitable for a rich picture. The linear image will simply be lost here. How to draw such a frame for a picture? First of all, we draw two squares - an outer and an inner contour. Now fill it with colors in random order. It is advisable to combine open flowers with buds. Free space should be filled with leaves. Don't worry if you go beyond the inner edge of the drawn square, because at the end of the work you will need to erase it. People often place large flowers around the edges of the frame. This should not be done, then the floral composition will become trivial, and, moreover, ponderous. A large peony can be placed on one, maximum two corners.
Floral frame
If you don’t have time to draw something complex, you can get by with a regular linear frame, which will be decorated in the corners. Decorating a rectangle will work well with a pattern or flowers. How to do it? Select two opposite corners. Remembering that there can only be one center of the composition, it is worth drawing two and four (or five) flowers exclusively from opposite sides. You can depict the most ordinary daisies or cornflowers. How to do it? In the center we draw a circle, and from it petals in random order. It is desirable that they have a complex shape, rather than a simple semicircular one. If a frame with flowers seems too boring, then you can draw a stem and leaves from the top corner down. What to add to such an image? This decoration method can become a frame for a picture or for text. A complex image should not be decorated in this way.
Scroll
How to draw a frame on a piece of paper? The image of the scroll looks very original. This decorative element can even be an independent design. How to portray it? Contours should be outlined on the right and left. Now we need to give them a wave shape. We also depict from above curved line. From the right edge it needs to be continued and twisted like a snail’s shell. Now you need to connect the bottom of the curl with a short line to the frame. To age the scroll a little, you need to draw zigzags along its edges. They represent the tears that form on paper over time. We decorate the bottom of the scroll with a rectangle that has a depression in the middle. We twist the lower right corner in the same way as the upper one. To make the scroll look more interesting, it should be supplemented with flowers on the left and right sides. And don’t forget about the rules of composition: there should be a lot of buds on one side and few on the other. This image is most often used as a frame for text.
