How to draw a postcard with your own hand - step by step instructions

If you want to make congratulations creative and unlike any other, then it's best to think about how to draw a postcard yourself. About how to do this, will be told in this article.

What to draw on a postcard

Considering the plot of the postcard, many are inclined to portray a cute cub of an animal. It can be cubs, belchata, rabbit, even a frog.

The animals in the picture are usually stylized either as cartoon characters or as children's drawings. Usually, in the paws of the heroes of plots of postcards, the artist presents hearts, bouquets, boxes with sweets or cakes.

A smiling elephant with a flower in the trunk can serve as a good option.

Drawing a little elephant

Since you need to draw a postcard step by step with the animal, you should first consider the stages of the image of the elephant.

1. Work begins with an additional build. It will be two circles superimposed on each other by some parts. They should differ in size.

2. In the middle of the smaller circle, the trunk is represented, the width of its base is one-third the diameter of the circle. A little above the base of the trunk on both sides of it, the artist draws eyes - large ovals, and eyebrows - arches.

3. Under the trunk, you should draw an open mouth, and then with curved lines change the line of shape of the cheek of an elephant.

4. The ears of the animal are shown to be large, smooth lines are used in their upper part and wavy from below.

5. In the lower part of a large circle, the posts-legs are attached.

6. On the feet of the artist makes sketches of folds - knees and nail plates.

7. The tail of the elephant is drawn by two twisting lines, at the end you need to draw a brush.

8. The eraser needs to remove additional constructions, and the basic lines to encircle thoroughly.

Postcard in color

Since it's best to draw a postcard with your own hands using bright colors, you should start painting it with the main character - the elephant. You can use the most unexpected colors: blue or green, lilac or yellow.

The most creative artists use the options to slice into a polka-dot or strip, in a box or in a flower.

In this master class, the elephant is to be painted in pink. Eyebrows and nails can be dyed in a different shade, less bright. And the inside of the mouth is best done in red.

Since you want to draw a postcard to an artist as brightly as possible, you should take care of its background. It is supposed to be done in warm tones to awaken the warm-hearted feelings and optimistic mood. You can paint the background with paints, for example, watercolor or gouache. But since you can paint a postcard with a pencil as beautifully as with paints, decorators usually use the following method for drawing a background. The razor is finely scribbled with a pencil rod on the surface where the pattern is located, then a patch of paper is ground with colored colored pollen. The background in this case lies flat, without traces of the pencil.

Final touches

Since to draw a postcard with only one elephant is not the best option, the artist should "reward" his protagonist with some distinguishing sign, indicating a festive mood: a gift for the holiday, flowers, butterflies, sweets, serpentine, confetti, a bright congratulatory letter Or by telegram.

A cool pink elephant can put a purple tulip in the trunk. Observe the real proportions when designing a postcard is not absolutely necessary, therefore the flower can be quite large, especially since this detail is the leading, semantic, on which it is worth paying attention.

Postcards with a surprise

About how to draw a postcard with a surprise, will be told here. The principle of registration of such congratulations is practically the same as above - you need to depict a plot picture on the cardboard.

Then the postcard is made out with a congratulatory inscription. And then one of the heroes of the plot is given a surprise - a real candy, a small envelope with a money bill, a pouch or a box with a small gift. In the latter may be, for example, earrings or a ringlet, the key to an auto or an apartment - this depends on the donor's capabilities. Although you can put a note there, in which to indicate the place where the real gift is hidden.

Having pierced the postcard with a needle with a thick thread, it is necessary to tie the last one from the inside out with a knot, so that it does not slip right through. You can paste a small piece of paper at the end of the thread from the back of the picture or fix it with an adhesive tape.

On the front side of the thread attached to the gift itself: a bag, a box, envelope or candy.

The gifted, having received such a congratulation, will be pleasantly surprised: together in the postcard drawn by the donor himself he will receive a surprise. Surprisingly untying the bag or opening the box, printing out the envelope or unfolding the candy, the person will undoubtedly be happy to receive a souvenir or even money - this will be original and creatively designed, so it will bring unexpected joy.