Children's master class: how to draw a cactus in a pot. How to draw cacti: different images, step by step

We continue the topic "Indoor plants - drawings" and today we will figure out how to draw a cactus.

This is where it turns out that there are many types of cacti, and they look different! I chose the options that seemed to me the most spectacular.

We draw a prickly pear cactus

Surely you have seen Opuntia - the most common genus. The plant looks like a bush of flat oval cakes on which nests with bristles and spines are arranged in a regular pattern. It is on prickly pear that Charlie (Chaplin) sits down in the movie "Sunny Side", so this cactus is glorified by cinema.

As you certainly know, the green part of a cactus is its stem, not its leaves. Modified leaves are turned into thorns.

But let's draw already, but the drawing will be simpler. We outline the stems with a pencil. If I see that the drawing is good - it looks harmonious and the balance is observed, then the lines can be strengthened.

Now to be painstaking work- we will distribute nests with thorns in regular rows. The bristles are actually white, but I can't show it on paper.

This is how the picture turned out. You can say a drawing-coloring Cactus. So get down to business - paint around the thorns.

But now, we met with prickly pear. Now - we will draw Cereus - a tall cactus of the American deserts similar to a candelabra.

How to draw a Cereus cactus

But our cactus drawing will be more interesting - let's draw a branched bush.

Having made a sketch with a pencil, we proceed to the drawing itself:

The stems of this cactus do not have a flat surface - they are folded or ribbed. It is on these protruding ribs that the spines grow.

Colorize:

Well, we have learned how to draw two types of cacti. The third very common type is a prickly ribbed ball - we will not analyze echinocactus here because everything is described in the article step by step - read.

Marina Novikova told you how to draw a Cactus.

Although this article is in the "drawing houseplants" topic, I avoid drawing potted plants at all costs. Well, I do not like to depict these pots. The plant must enjoy freedom, open ground. If they were domesticated, then it is not a fact that flowerpots and other containers will decorate the image so directly. And yet, I know from experience that if children are given the topic "draw a houseplant", then they will dashingly, quickly and crookedly draw a huge pot that will take up three-quarters of the sheet, and the flower will be utterly reduced. Well, you don't have to choose from evil. Therefore, I draw popular indoor plants, but I don’t plant them in pots, and I don’t advise you.

How to draw a cactus in a flower pot, in the desert.

Low, tall, green, yellow, with and without spines, surmounted beautiful flower or not blooming - it's all about cacti. The lovely plants growing in flower pots on our windowsills remind us of tropical lands where summer lasts forever. Guests of arid deserts sometimes delight their hosts with their exotic appearance and beautiful flowers and deservedly enjoy all the privileges of pets.

A houseplant can be so interesting for children that they want to draw it. Let's try to figure out together how to draw a cactus. The article contains step by step descriptions drawing of a cactus both in the form familiar to us - in a ceramic pot, and in the wild, where they grow to incredible sizes.

How to draw a cactus with a pencil in stages for beginners and children?

Cacti can be found in a variety of shapes: round, like a ball, with long, easily broken off "sticks", or "cakes" flattened from the sides, resembling fluffy white, green, prickly rocks or huge pillars. However, drawing these various forms of the same plant is not as difficult as it seems.

Learning to draw a blooming cactus

For work you will need:

• simple pencil
• blank sheet of paper
• markers or colored pencils

Before drawing a flowering cactus, we outline pencil borders of the future drawing.

• We draw the simplest sketch of a thorny plant: we start with a circle.

• We add shoots down - small individual cacti that easily take root as an independent plant if they are separated. We draw the contour of the cactus with a slightly wavy line, because the plant has tubercles and outgrowths from which needles grow.

• Draw a flower on top of the cactus. To do this, we will depict its base: an inverted cone with strongly rounded corners.

• Let's draw one more detail of a cup of a cactus of an incomprehensible elongated shape.

• We draw a blossoming flower. We show a row of triangular wide petals that are closer to the viewer.

• Add small petals inside the flower: their upper part is also triangular in shape with strongly rounded corners.

• We draw tubercles along the entire cactus, from which spines will grow. Give them the shape of stars.

• On the shoots of the cactus we draw the bases for the needles, but their shape is somewhat different from the one drawn earlier: here it is enough to draw small circles.

• We begin to draw the base of the spines. Look at the photo - they resemble tiny stars, with a lot of processes.

• Add some bases for the thorns on the flower cup.
• Let's depict long thorns - main feature exotic plant. After that, draw the middle of the flower - elongated stamens with twisted tops.

• Delete unnecessary pencil lines. At this stage, you can draw the missing details.
  Coloring the cactus in green and the flower is pink.

Isn't it hard to draw even a blooming cactus? The main difficulty is to correctly depict small spines.

We draw a home cactus in a pot - the way we used to see it at home or in offices.

Required for work:

• compass
• eraser
• simple pencil
• blank sheet of paper

Having decided how much space the pot will take on the sheet and how high the cactus will be, we begin to draw the upper part of the pot - a horizontally elongated oval.

• From the most protruding points of the oval on the sides, we draw two lines down at a slight slope. We connect them with a vertical line. We round off the edges.
• Stepping back a little from the walls of the upper part of the pot, we draw two more lines down, tilting them at a slight angle. We connect them again at the bottom of the straight line.
• We “plant” the cactus in a pot: draw a circle that intersects at the bottom with the pot. If you are not sure that you can draw a circle, then use a compass.
• Delete auxiliary lines at the bottom of the cactus, which is hidden by the walls of the pot.
• We draw grooves on the cactus. To depict them correctly, we recall what a cut watermelon looks like.
• All grooves start from one point at the top of the cactus. We draw curved lines around the entire circumference of the cactus.
• A flower grows from the top of the cactus. Let's draw its middle in the form of a circle and a small petal.
• We continue to draw the petals in a circle until there are 5 of them.
• We draw the second row of petals.
• Along all the grooves we mark with circles the tubercles from which the spines grow.
• It's time to decorate the cactus with thorns. We draw them in the form of stars in random order. First draw large spines, and then add small ones.
• We draw additional lines between the grooves and we can start decorating.

Video: How to draw a Cactus, Drawing lesson for children from 3 years old?

And here is another drawing of a pot with cacti and detailed description how to execute it:

• We draw three different cacti: two of them are round, and the third is an elongated oval. Immediately mark the edges of the upper part of the pot.

• Add shoots on cacti. We draw the lower part of the pot: it is not deep and wide.

• We draw rare leaves on a long cactus, draw vertical grooves on an average cactus. With the help of wavy lines we will show the soil inside the pot.

• We add thorns to our cacti: short ones - on the one on the left, in the form of a group of dashes along the grooves - on the middle cactus, with wavy lines we show the thorns on the highest cactus.

• Refine the shape of the cacti, add lines on the pot.

• A flower flaunts at the top of an average cactus. Let's depict it by showing two rows of petals and a core.

• Add shadows and the cactus pattern is ready.

Another lesson for drawing a cactus in a pot:

• Let's draw a big circle - it will be a cactus.

• From below, under the circle at some distance, we draw a semicircular line - the contour flower pot in which the cactus grows.

• Refine the shape of the cactus, add lines along the edge of the flower pot.

• We draw semicircular grooves on the cactus. We decorate the top of the plant with small flowers.

• We direct the contours of the plant and the pot with a darker color. We wipe the extra lines and give our cactus a natural look: we apply green paint to the cactus, paint the pot brown, and the flowers are purple or yellow.

Such a picture can be framed and hung on the wall. Or draw on a small thick sheet of paper and give it to a lover of thorny plants.

Video: Draw a space cactus

Draw a cactus in a pot with children:

• We draw three inverted pyramids. Their edges are almost vertical. Above each pyramid we draw the upper part of the pot, which resembles an elongated rectangle in shape.
• Now we draw cacti: the first plant resembles many elongated ovals, the second cactus looks like a zucchini with oval processes added on the sides, the third cactus is semicircular with vertical grooves and a flower on top.
• We color the drawing with pencils or paints.
• We direct the contours with a darker color.

How to draw a cactus in the desert?

Draw a cactus in the desert:

• Cacti grow in arid areas, so we will draw the appropriate landscape. Let's depict the edges of rocky cliffs on which cacti grow.

Draw the edges of the rocks

• There are usually a lot of stones on the rocks. Let's draw a couple of pebbles of different shapes.

• Now let's "plant" cacti in the sand of a large desert: some of them are elongated, some are round, but all have protruding processes.

• In the background are mountains of a hot desert. Let's depict them with wavy lines.

• Let's breathe life into our desert landscape: decorate the rocks yellow by changing the shades, cacti - green, and the sky will be clear using blue paint.

Here's how to draw a giant cactus:

• draw the initial lines of all the constituent parts of the cactus
• draw a straight line slightly above the base of the cactus - this is the ground in which the cactus grows
• draw grooves along all parts of the cactus
• draw the thorns
• depict tiny stones on the ground
• color the picture

Another cactus that can be drawn both in the desert and growing in a flower pot:

• Let's draw an elongated oval outline of the plant, adding a pair of drop-shaped processes on the sides, and on them - a couple more outgrowths.
• We draw grooves throughout the plant and processes. Draw spines along the grooves - small frequent strokes. Let's show the stony ground with a few strokes.
• Coloring the plant dark green and light green. The soil is painted over with yellow or light brown.

Cacti are one of the most amazing and mysterious plants on earth. Indeed, it is difficult to imagine a more unpretentious plant. In the wild, they grow in the most unsuitable conditions for life - areas where during the day the air temperature fluctuates up to fifty degrees and there is very little precipitation. Plants of this species are also unpretentious when grown at home - even a novice plant breeder can handle this.

With their unusual appearance, cacti often attract the attention of animators and authors. fairy tales. If you came across this plant on a field trip or watched with your child one of the many cartoons in which the cactus appears (perhaps as one of the characters!), you will probably want to know how to draw cacti. Let's try to understand this issue further.

How to choose a plot for a future drawing with a cactus

It would seem that you can draw with the image of this unpretentious plant? However, in fact, the choice of subjects and ways of depicting is quite large. For example, you may need to draw a room, then adding a potted cactus to the interior will help to better beat the leaf space and add animation to the room.

Or maybe you want to put on paper the impressions of Mexican cactus valleys? Here, their variety of shapes and sizes will help create a truly breathtaking landscape. Not less than interesting plot have drawings depicting this plant as a character, with an investment in them of different emotions and feelings. Alternatively, you can depict a warrior cactus from popular game where plants fight zombies. But more often, when this character is animated, they make him a Mexican merry fellow in a hat or, on the contrary, a sad lover.

Whatever plot you choose to transfer it to paper, further instructions on how to draw cacti will help you successfully implement your plan.

How to draw cacti in a pot

It will not be difficult to depict any flower in a pot. This is especially true for such a simple plant as a cactus.

The variety of their types allows fantasy to play out during creativity, but we will look at how to draw a cactus in a pot with a pencil in stages of the most common form - an oval:

• The image should begin with marking the sheet and determining the location of the plant. In our case, the drawing will be large and will occupy the entire surface of the paper.
• Having decided on the size and position of the picture, we denote the container in which the cactus grows - a pot. It should be small and not very conspicuous. To do this, draw a narrow rectangle located horizontally - this will be the top of the pot, and from it we will draw two lines tapering downwards - these will be the walls.
• Let's draw vertical stripes on the narrow upper element - they will set the volume and serve as decoration.
• Next, proceed directly to the image of the cactus. To do this, stepping back a little from the edge of the pot, draw an arc of arbitrary shape with a pencil. Get the base for the plant.
• The next step is to label the extra shoots that are attached to both sides of the main cactus.
• Finally, let's add the main distinguishing feature of this plant are thorns. Let's mark them with small checkmarks all over the surface of the plant.

If desired, you can add color to your plant using pencils or paints. So we looked at how to draw a cactus in a pot with a pencil in stages. For beginners, this will also not be a problem if you use the above diagram.

How to draw a cactus valley

It may also happen that you need to learn how to draw cacti growing in the wild. To resolve this issue, you can refer to the following sequence of actions:

Cactus - animated character

The images of these plants as animated characters deserve a separate description. Usually in this case, a cactus is drawn, shaped like the outlines of a person or a selected animal. He can also be in a pot, or a pair of drawn shoots will replace his legs. Additional sprouts on the sides are the arms.

How to draw cacti to look like a person? Feel free to add expressive eyes to the hero, other parts of the face and a flower that replaces the headdress. Cute cactus welcomes you!

Not very picky plants, very well suited for people with chronic sclerosis or laziness. We will openly assume that everything with a plant with thorns and without leaves is a cactus. With such a miracle in the house, you save both water and time, and you can scare off enemies if you throw a few pieces at them. It is not strange that their habitat is the arid terrain of America. Well, Madagascar, and it's not strange, you can find everything on this island. But back to the spiked ones. In this lesson you will learn how to draw a cactus. It may look useless in appearance, but every nerd knows that one such plant near the monitor saves eyes from strain, and cactus juice is a real yummy if prepared correctly.

Learn a little more about cacti:

• Soon New Year but how is it celebrated in North America Or rather, in Mexico? There is no Christmas tree, but you can always find a huge cactus and hang balls on it. This is what children do in winter (if they have one).
• For lovers of strong drinks. famous mexican alcoholic drink Tequila is made from the fruit of the Blue Agave cactus. In addition, the fruits of other cacti are very tasty, jam is made from them, they are fried and boiled. A complete food product. Just like we have potatoes.
• Each cactus tree is a real reservoir for water. In it, water is not in pure but like thick syrup. It is very simple to get it - to gouge a small hole and substitute the muzzle. Thousands of lives in the deserts have been saved in this way.
• The unconventionally hard needles of the plant are used for sutures. The method is original and practical if you are torn in the desert, but medicine does not approve and uses other materials.

Enough talk, we need to act.

How to draw a cactus with a pencil step by step

Step one. We will draw not one cactus, but the whole company. Let's start with simple vertical lines that represent a field of plants.
Step two. There are enough stripes, now we draw the rounded shapes of each cactus. Our three main ones immediately stood out against the background, the rest, which is further, we will leave alone, only adding a little density.
Step three. The next step is to highlight each cactus and its branches, or whatever it is, with a bold line. Wavy line in the middle is the top of dense grass.
Step four. We remove the auxiliary lines.
Step five. Shading plants, grass too. Sketch the junctions of the main trunk with the branches a little darker, this creates the effect of shadows.
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Drawings have long been used in psychology as a way to identify the characteristics of a person’s character or his emotional state at the current moment. Usually you want to depict people, houses or trees, but we suggest you draw a cactus. Surprisingly, the interpretation of how you portray this plant can say as much about your personality as other, more intricate psychological testing techniques.

Bright Side. en The entire editorial team passed this test and invites you and your loved ones to follow our example. To do this, take a sheet of paper, arm yourself with a pencil (pens, felt-tip pens, paints will do) and draw a cactus as you imagine it. And then evaluate the interpretation of the resulting picture.

1. Plant size

2. The location of the picture on the sheet

The position of the cactus on the page will tell you how a person is in harmony with himself and with the surrounding reality:

• At the bottom of the page tend to draw insecure, timid and shy people, at the top - people with high self-esteem.
• Picture in the center indicates that its author feels safe and quite well, especially if at the same time several more elements are shown on the sheet and they all look harmonious and proportional to each other.
• cactus location on the right side sheet says that a person is a realist and is used to living “here and now”. A shift to the right can also be a sign that the author is trying to keep his feelings and emotions in check.
• Picture on the left side leaf gives out impulsiveness and impatience, and can also talk about fixation on the past or experiencing the end of a certain life stage.

3. Features of strokes and lines

The strokes and lines of a drawing can tell a lot. about a person's character:

• Well defined cactus pattern with clear lines and moderate pressure gives out a direct and decisive character, as well as the flexibility and adaptability of the personality.
• Vice versa, weak and pale lines they talk about passivity and compliance, and can also be a sign of low vitality and overwork.
• Smooth lines testify to the calmness and poise of the author of the drawing.
• broken strokes and inaccurate lines, which do not fall into the right point, on the contrary, speak of impulsiveness.
• Pronounced internal shading, especially in combination with strong pressure, indicates anxiety, anxiety, and even a state of severe stress.

4. Erasing and correcting the drawn

It is also worth paying attention to whether the author often takes trying to fix my drawing in progress:

• Numerous erasures and redrawing of lines - feature increased anxiety, self-doubt and anxiety. The need for edits is also often manifested when high level requests and inappropriate (reduced) self-esteem, with a tendency to perfectionism.
• If the author erases only some lines in order to improve the image of the cactus, this may indicate its flexibility, desire for order, as well as the need for success.

In general erasure is a common occurrence., it is found in the drawings of even highly adaptable people, although they may also have some anxiety.

5. The degree of detail of the drawing

When interpreting a cactus pattern, it is important to note how detailed the author depicted the plant:

• The richness of various details is characteristic for people with a creative approach to the world and often indicates daydreaming and a tendency to fantasize.
• low detail and sketchiness of drawings typical for a state of reduced activity and may indicate a depressive state, a tendency to escape from reality.
• The processes and flowers that protrude beyond the contour of the stem indicate a sociable character, and “hidden” within the boundaries of the contour, about isolation and shyness.

6. Originality and the presence of unusual details

The unusual shape of a cactus, decorations in the form of flowers and the presence of unusual for a plant, for example, humanoid details (eyes, eyebrows, mouth, etc.), as well as the original presentation of the drawing speaks of demonstrativeness and the desire to attract attention.

7. The presence and number of "children"

Psychologists believe that "kids" on a cactus designate children: either existing or planned in the future. Most often, "kids" are found on "domesticated" cacti, which means readiness and desire to create a family, which manifests itself already at an early age.

8. Thorns and needles

Size, quantity and direction needles indicate the level of aggression:

• A lot of long, large, distinct, densely spaced needles are most likely to be drawn by a person who is irritated and even angry. Wherein aggression may be noticeable in his usual behavior, or it may be hidden.
• If the needles grow up, it means that aggression is directed at people who are higher than the author of the drawing in terms of status, social and financial situation(parents, management).
• Needles stick out to the sides - negative feelings caused by "peers": peers or colleagues.
• Needles grow down - the object of aggression is weaker and more dependent (subordinates, children, animals).

It also happens that the spines are small and short, but there are quite a lot of them. Such a pattern can be interpreted as a sign of a soft and friendly character, combined with the ability to show aggression as a defensive reaction(ability to stand up for yourself).

9. Dominant colors

If the cactus was drawn with colored pencils, felt-tip pens or paints, a lot can be said about its author. selected shades. Generally dark colors point to the dominance negative emotions and a tendency to depressive moods, bright, on the contrary, to positivity, optimism and openness to the world.

Also in psychology, long established base values ​​of the main shades, which can be used for interpretation in this test:

• green - confidence;
• yellow - fear of rejection;
• blue - a feeling of comfort, a calm and satisfied state at the current moment;
• red - strong emotional arousal;
• gray - neutral position;
• black - inconsistency or spoilage.

10. Context

• If the cactus is drawn alone, this is a sign of the test subject's introversion.
• A cactus surrounded by other cacti, other plants, animals, and even people is a sign of extraversion.
• The image of a cactus in a pot speaks of the author's need for family protection, and the more "home" elements around him (tablecloth, window and window sill, curtain, cup, etc.), the higher the value for the subject family relations.
• Image of a cactus in natural environment testifies to the independence of character and a cautious attitude towards family ties.

Figure Interpretation Example

• a person who feels safe (the figure is located in the center), with an objective self-esteem (about 2/3 of the sheet in size), but prone to introversion (one plant in the figure);
• sociable (all details are outside the contour) and non-aggressive (few needles);
• optimistic (calm and cheerful colors);
• has a direct and decisive character (distinct pressure and clarity of lines) with a penchant for perfectionism and a need to achieve success (repetition of lines for greater clarity);
• great importance gives to the family (a cactus in a pot, there is a schematic image of a tablecloth), especially for children.

However, as with any testing, the conclusions should not be taken categorically. The author of this technique, Marina Panfilova herself, warns that the drawing can be influenced by third-party circumstances (for example, the presence of a cactus house of a certain shape). Nevertheless, the effectiveness of the test has been proven by many practicing psychologists, and we hope that the experiment helped you discover something new about yourself or your loved ones.

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