How to draw a whole forest from afar with a pencil step by step. How to draw a forest with a pencil step by step

The forest can be very different. For example, it may be a small forest in which it is difficult to get lost, or it may be a dense thicket. To better understand how to draw a forest, it is recommended to carefully consider the work the greatest painters on this topic. For example, the canvases of Shishkin are very interesting, who was unusually good at conveying the atmosphere of a mysterious and enchanting forest in his wonderful works.
You can also draw a forest with a pencil from nature. Such a walk, during which you can make a series of sketches from nature, will also be very useful for health. After all, it's not a secret for anyone that the air in the forest is particularly clean and fresh. If it is impossible to go to some forest, then you can learn how to draw a forest using beautiful photos.
Before you draw the forest in stages, you must definitely make sure that all the accessories you need for this, which are listed a little below, are nearby. So, to draw a forest you need:
1). multi-colored pencils;
2). Eraser;
3). Liner;
four). Paper;
5). Pencil.

Now you can learn how to draw a forest with a pencil in stages, and then color it:
1. Draw a horizon line first;
2. Draw the outlines of the tree trunks that are in the foreground;
3. The drawing will look more interesting if the trees are different. Therefore, draw the first tree, making it a Christmas tree;
4. Draw the second tree, which half hides the spruce. Let it be a birch;
5. Now draw more clearly the third tree, which is the largest. Let it be oak;
6. In the background, depict the trunks of other trees, without much detail;
7. In the foreground, draw blades of grass and mushrooms;
8. Circle the sketch with a liner;
9. Use the eraser to erase the preview pencil drawing;
10. different shades Brown paint over the trunks of those trees that are not birches. Paint over the cones on the spruce with a light brown tone;
11. Stroke birch trunks with light gray and gray pencils;
12. blue green paint the outlines of the forest in the distance. Light green and rich green hues paint the grass;
13. Color the mushroom caps in different colors;
14. Shade the sky with a blue tone. Color the leaves of the trees in various shades of green.
Now you understand how to draw a forest with a pencil, and then colorize this picture. Of course, the forest will look most impressive if it is painted with paints.

Trees are almost always the most striking and characteristic indicator of those geographical conditions that are inherent in a particular area. Therefore, it is natural that the artist should approach the vegetation with special attention, and his sketches should be made with particular care. So, for example, if he draws a pine tree, then he should have a pine tree in his drawing, and not just a tree. Let's talk how to draw trees with a pencil.

Trees do not always have such characteristic appearance, which has a pine. Nevertheless, many trees have a fairly typical appearance. The most characteristic trees of our forests are from coniferous spruce, pine and larch, and from deciduous birch, oak, partly Linden. From the southern pyramidal poplar, cypress, palm trees and some others. It is with these, the most typical trees, that we, first of all, will get acquainted.

Children very often draw trees. And the question of how to draw trees with a pencil appeared for many at school or kindergarten.

How to draw a Christmas tree (spruce)

Spruce is so characteristic that it is easy to remember and depict even children preschool age(Fig. 1).

Figure 1 - Spruce in the image of children

Before you know how to draw a christmas tree, you need to find out what is characteristic in this tree? A tall upright trunk, a whorled arrangement of branches, with whorls of branches going almost from the base to the very top, the branches are densely pubescent with needles. All this is arranged in a certain natural order. The branches of the upper whorls are short, thin, and stick out to the sides and even slightly upwards. The lower whorls consist of heavy branching, rather long rays, which, due to their gravity, hang down. A little later we will look at how to draw deciduous trees with a pencil.

Spruce Drawing Examples

Figure 2 - Developed and undeveloped "whorls" of a young spruce

Speaking of character drawing a young spruce, we must recall one more detail. Every year a new whorl grows from above. But not every whorl is preserved. Usually the stronger ones survive and jam the nearest, lower whorls. As a result, between the remaining whorls, quite long distances. From the dead whorls, only traces remain in the form of dried and broken branches. To draw a spruce, it is necessary to depict precisely these features.

Figure 3 - Simplified drawing of an adult spruce

Look at figure 2, how a young Christmas tree is drawn. The rays of her whorls are still light, and they almost do not hang down. Drawing an adult Christmas tree a little different. Heavy lower branches (legs) hang almost to the ground (Figure 3). If we do not know the nature of the structure of the trunk, the nature of the branching of the whorls, then we will not be able to correctly depict the spruce. Any person who hardly knows how to draw will draw a spruce if he only understands the nature of the structure with the trunks of whorls. Thus, before drawing a spruce, you need to familiarize yourself with the "anatomy" of a spruce. This is easily achieved if we think over and draw first a simplified diagram of the “skeleton” of a tree (Fig. 4), then a young spruce (Fig. 5) and, finally, an adult spruce (Fig. 3).

Figure 4 - The skeleton of a young spruce

Figure 5 - More mature spruce

When the spruce is worked out, you can move on to drawing firs and a spruce forest from a distance. (We need these exercises so that later, when depicting landscapes, we do not need to think about how to draw a spruce, how to draw spruce forest and far, and near, and on the plain, and on the slope of the mountains.)

Draw a spruce forest

Spruce forests do not lose their external features even from a distance. They are distinguished by their pointed top. We are no longer talking about the characteristic blue velvet tone, which spruce forest differs sharply from other forests located at the same distant distance. Of course, we do not set the transfer of tone in front of us yet, but we will have to depict the transfer of the nature of the mass of a spruce forest (Fig. 6).

Figure 6 - Drawing Christmas trees at different distances

When drawing a Christmas tree, you have to apply hatching. The distant trees, in which it is impossible to make out the details, can be covered with a simple stroke, the most distant ones - with vertical strokes. Each such stroke should, as it were, emphasize the character of tall and relatively narrow trees. On nearby spruces, not only large whorl branches are clearly visible, but also small, usually hanging down, branches densely pubescent with needles. We cannot draw such details, but by means of vertical hatching we can also convey the character of these hanging branches (Fig. 3). It is clear that there are strokes in various parts spruces are not the same. On the lower branches, they can be thicker and longer, and thinner and shorter on the upper ones. These drawings are initially more convenient to do with a pencil.

How to draw a pine

Pine, like spruce, belongs to conifers, but there is a huge difference between pine and spruce. Spruce is shade-loving. It can grow in dense forest in conditions of almost twilight lighting. Pine, on the contrary, is extremely photophilous. Pine puts up with stone soil, with sands, with a lack of moisture, but dies with a lack of light. Thus, the pine and spruce completely different attitude to the light, and hence the different appearance, therefore, there is a difference in how to draw a pine.

young pines, growing in an open place, are generally similar to spruce, only the rays of the whorls are less frequent and the needles are longer. The rare arrangement of branches is already a consequence of light-loving. As it grows, the lower branches, darkened by the upper ones, die off. And the upper branches, in the struggle for light, develop very unevenly. Strongly developed individual rays of whorls turn into thick branches that grow into wide umbrellas. The weak rays of the whorls perish. We see the remains of these dead branches on any pine tree. As a result of the struggle for light, the character of the crown changes so much that the mature pine no longer resembles spruce, and even the whorled arrangement of branches becomes hardly noticeable (Fig. 7).

Figure 7 - How to draw a pine tree: on the left - a pine tree growing in an open area, on the right - simplified silhouettes of pine trees

Having understood the characteristic ones, we better understand how to draw a pine tree. First, we will deliberately make the most simplified drawings, in which all the most character traits(Fig. 7). It is very useful to see separately growing pines in nature, and then pines in the forest. It is also useful to view paintings by artists. In the paintings of a painted pine tree, everything that is most characteristic is usually expressed.

We draw a pine tree in the forest

So far we have been talking about pine growing in the open. Conditions in the forest are different. There the pine fights with the neighboring pines. The struggle for light leads to the rapid upward growth of some pines and the death of others, which lag behind in their growth. As a result, the pine trees in the forest have a tall cylindrical trunk, almost devoid of branches, and dense at the top. In a pine forest you can always see trees that are different in their vitality. Some have tall and, compared to others, thick trunks, with a richly developed crown, rising above neighboring crowns. These are the "dominant" trees. Nearby there may be weaker pines with a thin, but also high trunk and a less developed crown. Finally, there will also be pine trees with very thin trunks and a poorly developed crown, which cannot break out into the open space. These are “oppressed” trees, dying or completely dead, devoid of green needles (Fig. 8).

Figure 8 - Pine in the forest: a- "dominant" b and in- the oppressed G- dead.

Pine forest drawing

Just as we drew a spruce (first near, then far, then moving on to groups of spruces and a spruce forest), we will draw pine trees. As you move away from the viewer, the outline of the pine tree becomes simpler, and, finally, the pine tree takes on the form that is close to the conventional pine icon used on profiles and some maps (Fig. 9).

A group of pines or a pine forest from a distance seems to be a dark mass, which from above has irregular, sparsely located, rounded teeth of various sizes. Below, if there is no edge, vertically standing trunks are clearly visible. These trunks are most conveniently conveyed by vertical strokes (Fig. 10). In general, it must be said that drawing pine forest and individual pines character strokes has great importance. However, due to the peculiarity of the pine crown, you can successfully use ordinary strokes.

Figure 9 - Near and far pines

Pines in different areas are not the same. So, the pine of the taiga zone is very different from the Crimean pine. The forms of the pines of the Mediterranean countries and Japan differ even more strongly. In the latter, the crown is more developed in width, which gives the pine the appearance of an umbrella with a flatter top. They also differ depending on the conditions in which they are located. Thus, free-standing pines in open areas have a thicker trunk, powerful branches and a richly developed crown (Fig. 7). The pines of mountain gorges, on the contrary, have unusually tall and relatively thin trunks with a small crown at the top (Fig. 11).

Figure 10 - Drawing a pine forest in the distance

Figure 11 - Trees in deep gorges where there are weak winds and low rainfall. Tree trunks are unusually elongated in height (Altai).

How to draw a larch

Larch is especially characteristic of the taiga zone of Siberia. But it is often found within our European territory. Larch differs from other conifers in that it loses its needles for the winter. The last circumstance in a certain way reflected in her appearance. In winter, larch does not have needles - this is already one of its features. Larch branches, devoid of needles, do not hold snow on them. Hence, the branches, devoid of needles and snow, even with their small thickness, very rarely bend down, as we saw in spruce, and more often freely stick out to the sides and even bend upwards in the upper parts of the tree (Fig. 12).

Figure 12 - Simplified "larch skeleton".

Larch has a tall upright trunk and a kind of whorled branching, which differs sharply from spruce and fir.

Let us give, as an example, several sketches of larches made in winter (Fig. 13 and 14). Larches that are far away retain their character well (Fig. 15).

Figure 13 - Simplified image of an adult and old larch in winter.

Figure 14 - Simplified drawing of a larch forest in winter

Larches are characterized by a light, bright green color in summer, very pleasing to the eye, pale yellow or silvery yellow in late autumn and a kind of green haze in spring.

Figure 15 - A highly simplified image of distant larches

How to draw a birch

White bark, peculiar branching and especially hanging thin branches - very characteristics our birch. Examining the branching of a birch, we immediately notice fairly thick branches extending from the trunk at sharp angles, which branch out in a similar way further, turning into thin and unusually long terminal branches.

The similar structure of the branches just determines their drooping. And the drooping of the branches largely determines the peculiar appearance of the birch, which we all know so well. Note that when drawing a birch just as in other cases, the most important is building the base of the tree: trunk, branching, the nature of the final thin branches and, finally, the foliage (Fig. 15 and 16).

Figure 15 - Simplified drawing of a birch without leaves and with leaves

Figure 16 - A series of gradually receding birch trees.

Draw trees: aspen and poplar

Aspen, growing on the site of forest fires and clearings, is distinguished by a thin, tall, upright trunk and thin branches extending sequentially from the trunk, most often at an angle of 30-40 ° (Fig. 17). Thin aspen branches do not hang down, the outline of the crown is simple, in the form of a lancet blade. There are also other forms of aspens with a powerful trunk and thick branches. This form is quite close to our usual poplar (Fig. 17).

Figure 17 - Left: We draw a young aspen without leaves and with leaves. On right: Scheme of branching and outlines of the crown of an ordinary poplar

As we can see, the question of how to draw trees with a pencil, is not unambiguous. Let's look at how to draw a tree like Lombardy poplar. It is very typical for our southern regions, especially for the steppe areas. It grows in small groups near rivers and other bodies of water and is especially common near dwellings. The appearance of poplar is very typical. It is determined by the presence of a tall upright trunk and a peculiar branching, as shown in Figure 18.

Figure 18 - Pyramidal poplar without leaves and with leaves

How to draw a tree with a pencil: linden

The appearance of the linden is such that it can be confused from a distance with some other deciduous tree species. Nevertheless, linden also has its own characteristics, which are easy to notice when compared, for example, with. poplar or oak. Linden is characterized by dividing the trunk into thick large branches, which most often depart from the trunk at sharp angles. The branches reach a great length, densely branching towards the end. This dense branching leads to an increase in the weight of the terminal parts, which in turn leads to some drooping of the apical branches. The drooping is much less than that of birch, but more than that of poplar and oak (Fig. 19).

Figure 19 - Draw a linden tree

From a distance, linden groves and forests are distinguished by soft rounded outlines of crowns, resembling the tops of cumulus clouds.

Let's also look at how to draw trees like oak in pencil.

How to draw an oak

The oak has a different character with its strong and slightly bent branches. In contrast to drawing a tree such as linden, poplar and some other broad-leaved tree species, oak branches depart from the trunk at angles close to right. Branches of the second and third order depart approximately in the same way (Fig. 20). The branches are thick, knotty and densely pubescent at the ends (pubescence consists of thin branches and dense foliage).

This peculiar character of branching is observed not only on large mature trees, but also on young ones (Fig. 20). General outline the crown partly resembles the outline of an oak leaf, but with a secondary, pronounced serration (Fig. 21). Generally appearance oak expresses the inflexibility and strength of a mighty tree. No wonder oak is a symbol of resilience and strength.

Figure 20 - How to draw an oak tree correctly: Left: Simplified depiction of an oak tree with and without leaves; On right: Young oaks without leaves

Oak trees in the forest have a more elongated shape, but the main features remain approximately the same.

Figure 21 - Oak tree outline

Not being able to dwell on the features of our other less common or less characteristic trees, we will touch very briefly on some of the most typical southern trees with which we often have to meet. This should include cypresses, palm trees, baobab and some others.

We draw a cypress

Cypress a very typical plant for the Mediterranean countries, it is also widely distributed as an ornamental plant along the southern coast of Crimea.

Strongly elongated upwards, narrow, slender, with a sharp top, cypress is easily conveyed in the picture. Its strong upward elongation is due to the large height of the trunk and characteristic branching (Fig. 22).

Figure 22 - Cypress trees and a diagram of their trunks and branching patterns

How to draw a palm tree

How to draw a tree like a palm tree is also of interest.

Palm trees are different, but they are characterized by the absence of branching and the emergence of fronds from approximately the same point. The correct transmission of the forms and character of the palm depends primarily on the correct image of this frond exit from one point. The general appearance of the crown is rounded and often fits easily into a circle (Fig. 23). It should be remembered that the upper fronds are the youngest, they stick up, and the lower ones are the oldest, they hang down and die.

Figure 23 - Left: Drawing a coconut tree; On right: Drawing a date palm.

The trunk of a palm tree is most often slightly curved in its upper part. The date palm has a slightly different character.

How to draw a baobab tree with a pencil

Very interesting for drawing baobab tree. The baobab has a very characteristic trunk, branching and crown. The baobab is characterized by a very thick and, in comparison with its height, short trunk. The height of the trunk before branching is usually only 2.5-3 times its thickness. The trunk at a certain height immediately begins to divide into 5-7 (rarely more) thick branches. These main branches immediately begin to branch and lose their thickness very quickly. Unlike cylindrical shaft, they have a conical shape. The baobab has a dense and very wide crown (Fig. 24).

Figure 24 - Baobab without leaves

→ Draw a forest

What you need

In order to draw a forest, we may need:

• Paper. It is better to take medium-grained special paper: it will be much more pleasant for novice artists to draw on this particular paper.
• Sharpened pencils. I advise you to take several degrees of hardness, each must be used for different purposes.
• Eraser.
• Stick for rubbing hatching. You can use plain paper rolled into a cone. She will rub the shading, turning it into a monotonous color.
• A little patience.
• Good mood.

Step by step lesson

Real nature in all its glory can be revealed only if you draw it from nature. It will be much better to draw if you look directly at the forest. If this is not possible, then they can help out regular photos, which are simply in bulk in search engines.

By the way, in addition to this lesson, I advise you to turn your attention to the lesson "". It will help improve your mastery or just give you a little pleasure.

Tip: sketch with as light strokes as possible. The thicker the strokes of the sketch, the more difficult it will be to erase them later.

The first step, or rather zero, is always to mark a sheet of paper. This will give you an idea of ​​where exactly the drawing will be. If you place the drawing on half of the sheet, you can use the other half for another drawing. Here is an example of a sheet layout in the center:

Step one. Let's start with a simple one: draw a horizon line, and draw a path with two vertical lines.

Step two. On the sides of the invented path we draw tree trunks, large and small.

Step three. Let's draw the trunks higher, and sketch their bottoms with a pencil. We will also add some grass at the foot of the trunks.

Sha fourth. Finally, draw the tops with branches, add shadows.

Step five.

Step six.

Save the forest - use paper on both sides (just not in the toilet). But it is better to plant new plants.

So you learned how to draw a forest, I hope it was interesting and informative. Now you can pay attention to the lesson "" - it is just as interesting and exciting. Oh, and buttons. social networks it's not just like that =)

Every 4 seconds, an area of ​​forest is cut down in the world, equal to the standard football field. This is statistics. The fastest rate of deforestation in South-East Asia. The Chinese are multiplying, but they have nowhere to live. And what to do? We need drawing paper! I want to tell you how to draw a forest with a pencil. It won't restore our fauna, but it's worth a try.

Forest Facts:

• Aokihara Forest, or Suicide Forest. strange place deservedly earned its name. It itself is so thick that the light practically does not penetrate there, and the compasses stop working. For some reason, this particular place in Japan has become a favorite for those who want to commit suicide (apparently, some do not have the courage to do hara-kiri).
• There is a forest in the Kaliningrad region, which locals called Dancing, or drunk. No, alcoholics and drug addicts do not gather there. The fact is that pine trees grow on 1 square kilometer, which, for an unknown reason, twisted their trunks in a strange way. Some even wrapped themselves in knots. It was as if they were suffering from pain in the stomach.
• It is generally accepted that tropical forests are full of various sounds and noise. I will disappoint you - in the day the jungle is quieter than a sleeping child. The life of all animals there begins at night, and even then they behave very carefully and quietly.

Let's try to draw.

How to draw a forest with a pencil step by step

Step one. Let's start with a simple one: draw a horizon line, and draw a path with two vertical lines.

Step two. On the sides of the invented path we draw tree trunks, large and small.

Step three. Let's draw the trunks higher, and sketch their bottoms with a pencil. We will also add some grass at the foot of the trunks.

Sha fourth. Finally, draw the tops with branches, add shadows.

Step five.

In this lesson we will look at how to draw a forest, how to learn how to realistically draw a forest with a pencil step by step, more easy lesson drawing forest to be.

AT this lesson we will focus on:

1. A texture that is created by various shading tools and methods, showing the details of the surface of trees and vegetation on the ground.
2. Geometric perspective, i.e. the closer the trees, the larger they are, the further away, the smaller. Also, when trees are removed from the foreground deep into the forest, the bases of the trees are located higher than the previous ones.
3. Atmospheric (or aerial) perspective, which is conveyed by depicting the influence of the components of the atmosphere, such as tiny dust particles, pollen, or moisture droplets. Trees in the foreground are more detailed, with brighter highlights and darker shadows, than trees further away from the viewer. Distant trees are lighter, less contrasted and less detailed due to the presence of more atmospheric components between them and the viewer.

I used 2H, HB, 2B, 4B and 6B pencils (best if you have all 6H to 8B pencils), vinyl eraser and nag, and heavily textured watercolor paper (cold pressed, 90 lb).

Composition planning.
In the picture, 14 trees create the depth of the forest. In the forest, all these trees are approximately the same, however, according to the rules of perspective, they will have different thicknesses in the figure. Compare the following two illustrations to get a better idea of ​​how this drawing was created. To help you identify which trees are closest to you, each one is numbered so you don't get confused.

The tree number 1 is closest to us, the farthest tree is 14. You can see that the closer the tree, the darker it is drawn, the further it becomes lighter.

Trees that are closer to us will be more detailed, their highlights will be brighter, and their shadows will be darker.
The light source is on the right rear. On the left, the trunks of each tree are shaded a little darker than in other areas, because. the light falls from behind on the right, then the darkest areas will be on the opposite side, i.e. front left.

The arrangement of trees in the forest in the figure.
Before you start shading, you must draw the outlines of all 14 trees, also remember to place the base of each tree a little higher with increasing serial number of trees. In addition, the trees should gradually become smaller, while their serial number increases.

1. thin lines mark the area for the drawing with approximately the same proportions as mine.
My drawing is 4 by 6.5 inches (about 10 by 16.5 cm). Other options may be 6 by 9.75 inches (approximately 15 by 25 cm) or 8 by 13 inches (approximately 20 by 33 cm).
2. Draw the outlines of the three trees that are closest to us.
Tree #1, the largest tree, is the focal point of this drawing. Notice its location is to the right of the center of your drawing area. Its base is located below all, close to the bottom edge of the picture.
The sketch of tree 2, the second largest tree, is moved to the left of the drawing and is smaller than the first tree. Its base is slightly higher than that of tree 1.
Tree 3, the third largest of the trees, is on the right side of the picture. Its base is slightly higher than tree 2.

3. Draw the trees numbered 4, 5 and 6. The trees that are in the foreground sometimes coincide with the trees behind them, providing the effect that one tree is located in front of the other. Notice how tree 4 is perceived to be in front of tree 6. Also, trees get smaller the farther they are from you. Conversely, the closer they are to you, the bigger they look.
Tree 4 is not as big as 1, 2 or 3, and its base is located in the picture above.
The sketch of the 5th tree is located slightly to the left of the 3rd.
Tree 6 is slightly behind tree 4 (closed by its trunk), so all you need to do is draw its right side and base.

4. Draw trees 7, 8 and 9. Tree 7 is located just to the left of the 1st. Tree 8 is located to the left of tree 7 (and there is space between them). The base of tree 9 is higher than the base of tree 8 and its trunk is sketched in one vertical line to give the illusion that the tree is behind tree 7.

5. Draw trees 10 to 14. Remember that each subsequent tree is drawn slightly higher than the previous one and becomes smaller than the previous one. Now compare your drawing with mine and make any changes you want. Check the location of the bases of all fourteen trees, starting with tree #1 (largest tree) and sequentially through all the numbers up to tree #14 (smallest tree). Make sure each base is drawn slightly higher than the previous one.

Creation of various textures.
This section of the tutorial is about creating different textures.
"teeth" highly textured watercolor paper(meaning the surface features of this paper) can help create the texture of trees and foliage. When you are shading, hold your pencil sideways and use gentle circular motions.

Don't press too hard on the pencil! The excellent texture of this paper can be easily smoothed out, i.e. destroyed by this pressure, and on a smooth surface you will no longer get the desired imitation of, for example, tree bark).
Remember to leave patches of white paper between the trees and on the lighted sides of the trees.

Below is a scale of gradation of shades of shadows, depending on the softness of the pencil. well if you have the whole set, this table will help you choose the right shade ratio. Also in this lesson, hatching with curls is used, look at the lesson on it (the farther the coils and the pencil are harder from each other, the lighter the area turns out, the denser and the pencil is soft, the darker the area you get). Note the wide range of light and shadow ratios used to convey the texture of vegetation on the ground.

Adding textures and depth to the forest.

Here we will create the 3D space of the forest using shading.
6. Shade the areas behind the smaller trees, creating a smooth transition from white at the top to darker towards the bottom.
7. Add shadows to trees 11, 12, 13 and 14.

8. Add shadows to trees 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. See the next three drawings. Do not forget that each tree is darker on the left and the lower the tree number, the darker the shadows need to be.
9. The texture of the vegetation on the ground, which is located far away, is drawn using a combination of normal hatching and hatching with curlicues. Also add some dark shadows to the bases of the trees.

10. Darken all the trees except the first one, while using the pencils that suit you best and add, referring to the original:
- more textured shading on the base of the trees, which will look like vegetation in this place;
- enhance the contrast on tree trunks;
- draw some small branches (growing down) at the top of some trees in the foreground and background of the picture.