CThere are many beautiful legends and stories associated with cranes. In Japan, the crane is a symbol of happiness and longevity; the ancient Chinese believed that these birds were messengers of God; in Rus', seeing a crane was considered extraordinary luck and a sign of a rich harvest. In many beliefs, a pair of cranes still represents fidelity, love and happiness. They were embroidered on towels for the wedding day, painted, made into figures and given to loved ones. The Japanese say that if you make a thousand paper cranes, then your biggest and most cherished dream will come true. How to draw a crane?

Let's try to draw a crane step by step. Slide 1,2

1. Slide 3 Let's show a crane in flight; it is especially beautiful in motion. We draw a flying bird in watercolor, which means we need thick special paper, a pencil for a preliminary sketch and an eraser. You will also need a soft cloth that absorbs water well to remove excess water from the brush. Let's depict the body of the bird as an elongated oval, like a grain. The right wing will visually look larger, because the left one is at an angle to the viewer and appears shorter. Let's draw a curved, graceful neck; it will be approximately equal in size to half of the body. We finish drawing two graceful paws folded in flight.

2. Slide 4 We draw magnificent huge wings and a head. Notice how flat the left wing seems and where it is “attached” to the body - above the middle, closer to the back, at the same angle. 3.Slide 5 Carefully remove the auxiliary lines with an eraser and draw feathers. They will be large and hard around the edges. They seem to fold like a fan and at the highest point of the wing there are the widest and largest feathers, this allows the bird to easily soar in the air. Look how they are located - the top feather is at an angle of almost 90 degrees, and the lower ones are turned in the opposite side and gradually become smaller in size. We mark the border of the bird's colors on the neck and head. 4.Slide 6 Let's start painting with watercolors. Take plenty of water and different shades of blue. You can add a little purple and pink. Be careful with warm colors - yellow, ocher, brown - otherwise it may turn out dirty. Put a little paint on the brush, paint in light and transparent layers, add water, but in moderation. The paper will absorb it, mixing all kinds of shades, and you will get wonderful picturesque stains. Where we want to make an accent (and this will be the crane’s head), we add rich paint, highlighting this fragment. Be sure to wait until this layer is completely dry before moving on to the next step. 5.Slide 7 Using a thin brush we paint the neck of the bird, and with a wide brush we add a transparent gray-blue tint to the body of the crane. We will leave the edges of the wings and the back pure white, and do not paint over the paper in these areas at all. Using the same gray-blue paint we will make a shadow on the bird’s abdomen. This layer should also dry well. 6. Add details to the final drawing with a thin brush. In the picture the neck and feathers look black, but in reality the color used is dark gray with a deep blue added. Remember that pure black does not exist in nature; it is obtained by mixing different colors and can have cold and warm shades. Therefore, if you are painting a landscape or an animal, then do not use only black paint, it will not look entirely natural and rough. We draw the bird’s paws, a dark red beak and a bright “cap”. Using a cool shade of gray, in short strokes, draw the feathers on the wings, under the black row. Now move a little away from the drawing and see how it is perceived, is the picture complete? To further highlight the beautiful snow-white wings, you can add a deep blue tint to the area of ​​the sky near the crane's neck.

Our drawing is ready and, I hope, you also managed to draw a crane without much difficulty. All that remains is to make a suitable mat for the drawing and insert it into the frame. This can be a wonderful gift for a loved one or a couple. The crane will certainly bring happiness and good luck to the house.

The sketch is ready, we begin to refine the shape. At this stage, you need to make the bird’s neck longer and its body more graceful. Let's give the bird a tail and make its legs thicker. All that remains is to add feathers to the wings and work out the details of the head.

Crane preparing to take off

We will draw the bird according to the same scheme as we worked in the previous paragraph. First you need to draw a crane as an outline. We also immediately outline the water in which the bird is standing. At the second stage, when we move on to clarifying the details, a problem may arise with the image of the wings. It's hard to draw them the same. You shouldn't strive for similarity. The feathers on the wings may well lie in different ways. And remember, the wing that is in the distance, behind the crane’s neck, will be 2 times smaller than the one that is in the foreground. It is not necessary to draw the water; just marking it is enough. And lastly, we work out the details. Here you need to outline the lines separating the wings from the body, draw the feathers, and also draw the details of the head: the beak and eyes.

Stylized crane

If you are not faced with the task of drawing a realistic bird, then you can dream up. For example, draw a crane in a stylized form. How to do it? First you need to draw the outline of the bird. Even though it will be unrealistic, the silhouette should still be recognizable. After the outline is ready, we begin to fill it. To somehow separate the parts from each other, use different type tilting patterns. For example, zigzags can be positioned evenly on the body, but on the wings and tail they should have a different arrangement. Pay special attention to the neck. There is no need to shorten it, because it may turn out not to be a crane, but a duck. We draw the paws with thick sticks with sharp tips. Don't forget to mark the line of the knees. Draw the eye and beak, and also add small parts in the form of dots.

Crane soft material

Before you draw a bird with charcoal, you need to make a sketch. We discussed how to draw a crane with a pencil step by step in the first paragraph, and now we’ll see how to work with soft material. You need to work quickly so as not to get dirt on the sheet. Let's start drawing from top to bottom. We depict the head, beak and neck. First, we barely press on the coal, and then we outline the resulting outline with a thick line. We outline a crest on the head, and a shadow on the neck. To give the drawing volume, rub the charcoal a little with your finger. Let's move on to the body image. First, we make the entire body of the crane gray, and then draw the wings and tail with clear strokes. Using strokes we can show the feathers on the chest and neck. We outline the legs with two thin lines. The last step is to depict the surface of the water.

We depict the bird with spots

In order to draw a picture, we do not always need to draw absolutely all the details. Sometimes it is enough to outline the most important parts of the bird. The brain will complete the picture on its own. Let's try to draw a crane using this technique. If the image method is unfamiliar to you, do not despair; you will still have to start by completely drawing the outline of the bird. After all, otherwise the proportions may go wrong, and then the brain itself will not be able to complete part of the work for you. After drawing a sketch, you can start applying stains. You need to start with the lightest color, in our case gray. We use it to draw the inside of the wings and outline the tail. Now take a black pastel or charcoal and draw an outline. The line should be soft, it may even be interrupted in some places. In our case, we do not draw the lower part of the bird, but we denote the legs. The final action is the placement of color accents. We put pink spots on the head, paws, wings and rub the pink a little into the body. Remember that there should be one color accent and it is advisable to make it on the head. All other spots should not be knocked out, they fade into the background. If desired, the muzzle can be made even more realistic by adding eyes and a clearly defined beak.

How to draw a crane with a pencil step by step

Most animals have no idea that they symbolize or mean something to the people. For example, a dove that regularly shits on monuments and other people may well not be aware that in some way it symbolizes peace, and beer is named after geese and goats, and not a very bad one at that. Today we will learn to draw a crane.

The crane is a representative of birds who always leaves a tit in people’s hands, while he freely roams the expanses of the universe of the sky. It is a representative of true cranes, unlike flamingos and kiwis, which are actually called pseudo-cranes. They live in swampy areas, that is, in villages and urban-type settlements (like me in other respects). The important thing is that cranes fly with keys, which means they can open air holes, or close them, or in fact they are a license key to military airspace.

People use them as stuffing for pillows and symbolic image for writing most of the pop songs of the 90s.

Observations made by British scientists:

Cranes can make a nest on the roof of a house and live like Carlson;
You will never see them in a tree, for they do not like to sit in trees;
If a house with a roof is not found, the cranes live in the swamp along with the devils that live there;
In one fairy tale, the subject became friends with a fox, but after two unsuccessful dates, where both were left barefoot and hungry, their strong friendship disappeared in an unknown direction.

Now let's get down to business.

How to draw a crane with a pencil step by step

Step one. First create the shape of the body, use a long line to highlight the paws, and draw the head on top.

Step two. Connect the head with the body with the neck, draw the second raised paw and the shape of the wing.

Step three. Shade the bird, correct the contours of the lines and complete the eyes and beak.

The crane is a bird from the order Crane-like family of the Crane family. This is a bird of aquatic and semi-aquatic spaces. She settles near bodies of water. At the crane's long legs and neck. When it flies, it always extends its legs and neck in length. The head is usually small. It can walk on water in shallow waters thanks to its long and thin legs. It feeds on aquatic insects, which it catches from the water column or takes out by digging it out of the watery muddy soil. It can also eat seeds, shoots and roots of plants. During the breeding season, like many birds, it forms pairs. Builds a nest at the edge of a reservoir, usually hiding it in dense vegetation. There are 2-5 chicks. Cranes are the heroes of many Russians folk tales. They are often represented in them as very intelligent creatures. Let's draw a crane step by step with a pencil here in the lesson.

Stage 1. Draw helper lines. A small round head, from which in front we immediately draw two straight lines, converging at the end and separated in the middle of the straight line. This is a beak. From the head we outline a smooth S-curved line for the long neck. It connects to the oval body. From below we draw the legs bent at the joint.

Stage 2. Draw the contours of the head, turning into the neck. On the head we denote an eye with a pupil.

Stage 4. On the side of the body we draw the upper feathers of the wing folded at rest. After that, under the first feathers we show the lower feathers.

Stage 5. Under the belly of the crane, along the sketch lines, we mark the legs of the crane. They are quite thin, thickened only at the top and at the joint.

Stage 6. Below we will draw his foot with big toes, three of which are directed forward, and one is turned back. We will show sharp curved claws on our fingers.

Stage 7. Now let’s create a beautiful fluffy tail of the bird. At the back of the body we make feathers, first upper layer, then the bottom layer of feathers.

Stage 8. We detail the feathers, showing the trunk and grooves of the first order (see our lesson on drawing a feather).

Stage 9. This is what an unpainted crane looks like.

There are many beautiful legends and stories associated with cranes. In Japan, the crane is a symbol of happiness and longevity; the ancient Chinese believed that these birds were messengers of God; in Rus', seeing a crane was considered extraordinary luck and a sign of a rich harvest. In many beliefs, a pair of cranes still represents fidelity, love and happiness. They were embroidered on towels for the wedding day, painted, made into figures and given to loved ones. The Japanese say that if you make a thousand paper cranes, your biggest and most cherished dream will come true. How to draw a crane? There are many varieties of these amazing birds, the most unusual look- with a red cap on his head. Let's try to draw a crane step by step.

1. Let's show a crane in flight; it is especially beautiful in motion. We draw a flying bird in watercolor, which means we need thick special paper, a pencil for a preliminary sketch and an eraser. You will also need a soft cloth that absorbs water well to remove excess water from the brush. Let's depict the body of the bird as an elongated oval, like a grain. The right wing will visually look larger, because the left one is at an angle to the viewer and appears shorter. Let's draw a curved, graceful neck; it will be approximately equal in size to half of the body. We finish drawing two graceful paws folded in flight.

   

   
   
2. We draw magnificent huge wings and a head. Notice how flat the left wing seems and where it is “attached” to the body - above the middle, closer to the back, at the same angle.

   

   
   
3. Carefully remove the auxiliary lines with an eraser and draw feathers. They will be large and hard around the edges. They seem to fold like a fan and at the highest point of the wing there are the widest and largest feathers, this allows the bird to easily soar in the air. Look at how they are located - the top feather is at an angle of almost 90 degrees, and the lower feathers are turned in the opposite direction and gradually become smaller in size. We mark the border of the bird's colors on the neck and head.

   

   
   
4. Let's start painting with watercolors. Take plenty of water and different shades of blue. You can add a little purple and pink. Be careful with warm colors - yellow, ocher, brown - otherwise it may turn out dirty. Put a little paint on the brush, paint in light and transparent layers, add water, but in moderation. The paper will absorb it, mixing all kinds of shades, and you will get wonderful picturesque stains. Where we want to make an accent (and this will be the crane’s head), we add rich paint, highlighting this fragment. Be sure to wait until this layer is completely dry before moving on to the next step.

   

   
   
5. Using a thin brush we paint the neck of the bird, and with a wide brush we add a transparent gray-blue tint to the body of the crane. We will leave the edges of the wings and the back pure white, and do not paint over the paper in these areas at all. Using the same gray-blue paint we will make a shadow on the bird’s abdomen. This layer should also dry well.

   

   
   
6. We add details to the final drawing with a thin brush. In the picture the neck and feathers look black, but in reality the color used is dark gray with a deep blue added. Remember that pure black does not exist in nature; it is obtained by mixing different colors and can have cold and warm shades. Therefore, if you are painting a landscape or an animal, then do not use only black paint, it will not look entirely natural and rough. We draw the bird’s paws, a dark red beak and a bright “cap”. Using a cool shade of gray, in short strokes, draw the feathers on the wings, under the black row. Now move a little away from the drawing and see how it is perceived, is the picture complete? To further highlight the beautiful snow-white wings, you can add a deep blue tint to the area of ​​the sky near the crane's neck.

   

   
   

Our drawing is ready and, I hope, you also managed to draw a crane without much difficulty. All that remains is to make a suitable mat for the drawing and insert it into the frame. This can be a wonderful gift for a loved one or a couple. The crane will certainly bring happiness and good luck to the house.