Of course, I'm no artist, but to depict undersea world Can. Especially, I like to convey the underwater world “from my head”, what I really saw. The process of drawing, in addition to pleasure, also brings me benefits. For example, during the process of drawing I calm down and can even make important decisions. Drawing has become for me a kind of psychologist that restores and heals my nerves.

How to paint the underwater world with paints

If I start drawing, then only paints. I believe that only paints can truly convey the color of sea water and the underwater world with its inhabitants. Preparatory activities, what you will need for drawing:

• thick album sheet;
• paints;
• tassels different sizes;
• additional decorations for fish and octopuses.

For drawing I use gouache. These are the paints that dry very quickly. So, first you should depict the sea, painting the entire sheet with blue, blue and turquoise paints. After the paint has dried, you can start painting fish, jellyfish, turtles and other living creatures. My drawing, in the end, turns out to be simple. It only takes me 30 minutes to draw. But I'm recovering. After this kind of art therapy, I can freely keep working, think.

How to accurately convey the underwater world

Of course, drawing lovers like me can draw the underwater world from the top of our heads simply by using our imagination. But in order to to To truly convey all the beauty of the sea, it is imperative:

• visit the sea and see what the underwater world looks and lives like;
• look at photos on the Internet;
• watch a documentary.

The best thing go diving. This is both pleasant and useful. After seeing the beauty of, for example, the Red Sea, there will be no free space left in the drawing in just 10 minutes. It’s not without reason that I started talking about the Red Sea. And all because this sea is considered the richest and most diverse. There are more than 3 thousand species of fish alone. Every year on sea ​​world Thousands of divers come to watch.

In this world it is quite difficult to imagine anything more romantic than a sailboat sailing alone on the waves towards the unknown. Of course, traveling by sea is romantic in itself, but a sailboat is simply the pinnacle of all romantic dreams.

We dream of sailboats with early childhood, reading Jack London, Vladislav Krapivin or Jules Verne. But sailing even on a tiny sailing yacht will definitely not leave an adult indifferent. When a large real sailboat with several masts and a full set of straight and oblique sails appears on the horizon, it is simply breathtaking.

Long before the Titanic sailed sea ​​bottom, people mostly moved on water on ordinary boards with sheets attached. The unique tradition of sending sheets into the sea has remained to this day, albeit as entertainment. Nevertheless, the topic is interesting, so in today's lesson you will see how to correctly draw a sailboat with a pencil. A sailboat is a watercraft that uses wind power to move. Brilliant and simply angry and cheap, but in complete calm it is extremely inconvenient.

The whole truth about life:
— A sailfish is also a fish that for a long time lived among ships and her upper fin simply mutated into a sheet.
— The best way The famous way to catch seasickness is to run backwards on the deck during a storm.
— Black work force appeared when the first ships sailed to the shores of Africa. There were real problems with the wind, but the ship still had to move. Therefore, the peoples of Africa were given oars and the meaning of life.
— A sailboat usually does not float on land, but when it does, we can expect a lot of casualties among civilians.

Drawing a sailboat is easier than building or buying, but it will still look beautiful.

In this master class, we will learn together how to draw the sea in gouache with a sailboat. So, the drawing technique is gouache.

Haven't held a brush in your hands since school? It doesn't mean anything at all. Gouache drawings are a great start for beginners.

Why this particular technique?
Gouache is the optimal material to start with.
First of all, it is very affordable and can be purchased virtually at every step (compared to acrylic or oil).

Secondly, the water base of this type of paint makes it possible to easily vary the thickness of the paint, the level of its application, as well as the formation of textures on the canvas.

Thirdly, the fact that gouache is a completely non-toxic paint is very important. Thus, gouache lessons are completely safe for children and people with certain diseases and various allergic reactions.

Fourthly, this paint quite flexibly combines some of the qualities of watercolor and, in some cases, even oil paints Therefore, painting with gouache will provide an opportunity to develop practical skills in other techniques.

The thick consistency of the paint allows you to layer different layers on top of each other, while painting light areas with darker ones or vice versa. This allows you to make many changes to the image before it dries. At the same time, it is also possible to blur the paint, diluting it with more transparent layers, which makes the drawing more realistic.

It is in connection with the important advantages described above that this lesson we will use gouache type paint.

Place the paper you are going to draw on vertically and divide it roughly in half. Let the top of the sheet be a little larger. Using a large brush, start painting the sky.

Use white gouache to draw a small moon. It is necessary to outline the border with bright yellow. You can also add a little orange.

While the gouache is still wet, add more dark color around the edges. To do this, simply mix black and blue paint on the palette.

Draw the outer edge of the clouds.

Mix blue, white and a little black paint. Add it to the clouds so that you get a very smooth transition from the light part near the moon.

From the inside of the picture, you should draw lighter clouds, since they reflect the light of the moon. As long as the paint is wet, mixing colors is fairly easy. You can take a clean brush and use it to mix two colors in which you want to get an even and smooth transition.

For the stars, first mix some bluish paint on your palette and draw a small circle. When the paint is dry, use a thin brush to make a small dot of white paint.

Then you should carefully sketch out an image of a sailboat with a pencil.

We draw the sea with gouache step by step. The sea should first be painted over with uneven, long horizontal strokes, alternating dark blue, light blue and turquoise paint. In the foreground, paint a large wave with blue-green paint.

Continue drawing the sea. Use bright blue paint to paint small waves near the ship itself.

Use white gouache to paint highlights on the waves. Paint the sailboat with gouache. Please note that the sails should be drawn with a very smooth transition from blue to white, from left to right.

All that remains now is to paint small wings of foam on the waves, and also apply highlights of light with a thin brush. I sprayed the foam with gouache using a hard brush. First, it is better to practice on some piece of paper.

The result is this work - a sailboat sailing home through a mysterious moonlit night.

Drawing waves

We have already drawn the waves in the sailboat example, but we want you to look again step by step at how they are drawn.

Stage 1

Olga Kudryavtseva
Fine art lesson on the topic “Underwater World”

Abstract classes in fine arts

Subject: Undersea world.

Group: older (5 – 6 years).

Methods and techniques: Use of ICT (slides with illustrations, showing a sample, artistic word, conversation, organization of a mini exhibition of drawings.

Tasks: clarify and expand children’s knowledge about underwater world, the diversity of its inhabitants. Learn to create expressive and interesting story using paints. Improve technical and visual skills. Develop children's creativity when creating and implementing a plan. To cultivate love and respect for the animal world, responsiveness and kindness.

Materials and equipment: illustrations step by step drawing, slides with illustrations of the inhabitants under water world ; sheet A4; simple pencil, eraser; gouache; brushes, cotton swabs, glass of water; samples of children's work; A3 format for demonstrating step-by-step drawing.

Progress of the lesson:

Guys, do you like to make discoveries?

Today we will go down to the bottom of the sea to explore undersea world. Close your eyes and imagine that we are all on submarine, we dive into the depths of the sea. Through a special window we observe this unusually beautiful and mysterious undersea world.

This is what the sea is like - without end and edge.

Waves rush onto the sandy shore.

The wind on the sea will stop getting angry.

It will become clear who is hiding in the depths.

What do we see in the depths of the sea?

Fish, shark, octopus, crabs, jellyfish, Sea Horses etc.

Well done! Right. Many different mysterious animals and fish live in the ocean-sea. We will now try to guess riddles about sea creatures. Listen carefully.

Looks so much like a horse

And he lives in the sea too.

That's a fish! Jump and jump -

The sea jumps... Horse. (Slide No. 2)

It pinches painfully with its claws

And screams: "Enough for me!

I'm tired. I am not your slave!

Scared the neighbors... Crab. (Slide No. 3)

He is a real circus performer -

He hits the ball with his nose.

Both the French and the Finn know:

Loves to play... Dolphin. (Slide No. 4)

How smart you are, you solved all the riddles. And your imagination is extraordinary, and it will give you amazing pictures now underwater world. And the task today such: you need to draw a diverse magical mysterious undersea world. (Slide No. 5)

To make it easier for you to express it, let’s consider how an artist begins to work on any idea. Artists always work according to rule: from the general to the specific, that is, first they draw the basis, the outline of the intended object, and then they work out its details.

Let's see how we can summarize the shapes of marine life. These are all geometric shapes. Which? By drawing any geometric figure, from it you can later make underwater inhabitant. (Showing the drawing method and corresponding slides). At the bottom there are a lot of pebbles, shells, and underwater plants. What are their names?

Seaweed.

That's right, algae. Some fish feed on them.

After you finish composing the composition, let's start working with color. Fill the background with blue paint, make it transparent so that the drawing made in pencil can be seen through. When the paint dries, paint the inhabitants of your drawing in bright colors. After they dry, decorate them with paint and cotton swabs. This is the picture we get. (Showing step-by-step drawing).

Practical part: the teacher invites the children to draw their compositions underwater world. Children work independently. If necessary, the teacher provides individual assistance. Reminds how to hold a brush and use paints correctly.

Analysis in progress finished works. A joint exhibition is organized in the ecological corner of the kindergarten.

How good it is to become a goldfish,

To swim in the blue-blue sea!

So that everyone can admire your beauty,

Your beautiful lines,

In the deep sea or mighty ocean

So many secret unknown wonders,

And the sky stands high above us,

And we do not know human progress.

We ourselves are magic, we are just a fairy tale!

There are a lot of us: different and mysterious creatures.

We are a riot of color, bright colors,

We are a world of fantasy and wonder!

If you want to depict the inhabitants of the sea, the flora of this environment, then you need to know how to draw the underwater world in stages. First you will draw Then you can draw a turtle, crayfish, shark and other inhabitants of the sea and ocean depths.

gold fish

If you want a fish to swim across the canvas, start painting with it. Place it in profile. Draw a circle - this is a schematic representation of the head. Inside it, on the right, draw two small horizontal lines. This is where you start creating the underwater world. The photo will tell you where to draw these segments. In place of the top one, mark a round eye, turn the bottom line into a smiling mouth, slightly rounding it.

To the left of the head-circle, draw a small horizontal segment, which will very soon become the body. At its end there are two semicircular lines, symmetrical to each other, in both directions. Connect them with a third - and the tail of the representative of the underwater kingdom is ready.

Now, with a smooth movement, connect it to the head, top and bottom sides, thereby creating the body. Draw a large fin on the top of the circle head and a smaller fin on the bottom.

Color the fish yellow or When dry, use a dark pencil to make several longitudinal lines on the tail and fins. Now you need to decide how to draw the underwater world next - which particular inhabitant of the sea kingdom will be next.

Turtle

Start depicting this waterfowl reptile by drawing a horizontal oval. This is Draw its lower part. On the left side of the oval, draw small rear flippers. There should also be a pair of flippers on the right, but slightly larger. Between them is her head on a rather thick neck.

Here's how to draw the underwater world, or rather, first of all its representatives. All that remains is to complete the image of the turtle. To do this, use a pencil or felt-tip pen to draw circles and ovals of irregular shape on it. They are larger on the shell than on the flippers, neck and head. Don't forget to depict it as small, but keen eye and make the muzzle slightly pointed at the end.

Now cover the shell with brown and the rest of the body with green paint, let it dry and think about how to further paint the underwater world. The photo will help you with this.

crustacean

Let a hermit crab slowly move along the ocean floor, half out of its shell. First, we create the basis of this representative of the underwater kingdom. Draw an oval located in the horizontal plane, narrow its left edge - this is the end of the shell. Its other side is slightly open. To show this, on the desired side of the oval, draw a line slightly concave to the left. Very soon the curious muzzle of a crayfish will appear from this hole.

At the top there are two round eyes, which are attached to two muscles. On either side of them are two hermit whiskers. Also protruding from the shell were its large upper and thinner lower claws. All that remains is to make the shell twisted, tapering downwards, paint it yellow, and the crayfish with scarlet paint, leave eyeballs white, and draw the pupils with a black pencil, and the drawing is ready.

Shark

Talking about how to draw the underwater world, you can talk about depicting not only its rather harmless, but also its ferocious inhabitants.

First draw 2 circles. Place the first, larger one on the right, and the smaller one on the left. Connect them at the top and bottom with semicircular lines. The upper curved one is the back of the shark. The lower one is slightly concave inward. This is her belly.

The left small circle is at the beginning of her tail. Finish this part of the design by making the end of the tail forked.

Start drawing out the details of the muzzle. Big circle- this is the basis of the predator’s face. Draw her cunning in it, draw a long, pointed and a little shark a little to the left. At the bottom of the muzzle, place the sharp teeth of the predator using a zigzag line.

Draw the upper triangular fin and two pointed ones on the sides. Erase the auxiliary lines. You don't have to paint the shark - it already looks impressive. This is an example of how to draw the underwater world with a pencil.

Assembling the drawing

Now that you know how to depict individual representatives of the ocean kingdom, it remains to talk about how to draw the entire underwater world.

According to the principle proposed above, first draw several fish on a sheet of paper. They can be different color and size. Place a hermit crab at the bottom. A turtle can deftly escape from a shark.

To make the picture of the underwater world more authentic, place plants and several oddly shaped corals on the ocean floor. It is better to first depict the fauna of the underwater world. Then you need to paint the background with blue or blue paint and let it dry. And only then draw corals and plants seeking the light. Then the drawing will turn out realistic and irresistible.

Realistic 3D drawings from a Singaporean artist!

Singaporean artist Keng Lai creates 3D works of art that balance on the edge of reality, depicting the inhabitants of the underwater world. The drawings look so realistic that they can easily be mistaken for photographs of octopuses, turtles, fish and shrimp swimming in small containers.

The master achieves a stunning 3D effect using epoxy resin, acrylic paint and a phenomenal sense of perspective.

Having gone through the stage of hyper-realistic painting, Keng's work went beyond its scope and approached sculpture.

Now he is experimenting with the use of additional elements protruding from the painting, adding a new dimension to his three-dimensional painting.

The work of the innovative artist has gained many fans around the world.

Keng Lai borrowed the technique he uses from Japanese artist Riuzuke Fukaori, known for his talent in manipulating illusion and perspective.

However, the Singaporean did not stop at the classic approach of his inspiration and went further - he forced representatives of the aquatic world to protrude above the surface of the resin surface.

This is not another three-dimensional painting, the depth of which can be seen from a certain angle, it is rather a sculpture painted with acrylic paints.

The process of creating three-dimensional masterpieces is long and painstaking - Keng Lai slowly fills plates, bowls, buckets or small boxes with alternating layers of acrylic paint and epoxy resin, which can be applied great amount times until a satisfactory effect is achieved.

A labor-intensive task that requires maximum patience and attention to detail, as all elements of the image must be carefully applied and dried, layer by layer.

The author spends a huge amount of time on each work - on average a month of daily work.

Keng Lai became acquainted with three-dimensional painting in 2012.

At that time, at the age of 48, he had a degree in graphic design, experience as a production designer in advertising and the creation own company, but his development did not end there.

One day Keng saw a video of Riuzuke Fukaori, where he performed real miracles with paint and resin, and decided to repeat the feats of the Japanese. Initially, all his illustrations were “flat”, and the depth of the image was given by the usual layering of acrylic and resin.

In 2013, the artist began to wonder if he would be able to raise his technique to more high level and began to experiment with the possibilities of hyper-realistic painting, adding three-dimensional objects into the thickness of the varnish.

So one day he included ordinary small pebbles in his compositions depicting an octopus and goldfish, and used eggshells as a shell for a turtle.

Overall, the idea was to give the work of art an even greater 3D dimension, therefore, from any angle the painting would appear at its best.

The Singaporean craftsman is confident that there are many more methods that can be used in art that lies on the border of painting and sculpture, and he tirelessly studies them.

Fans of Mr. Lai's work can only wait for new results of his activities to appear.