Secret of flamingo. Part 1

Many people say that you need to draw without reference, because such an art is considered a partial plagiarism. But everything changes if we use our brains.

Any object consists of simple forms

In that article, we created complex objects using simple forms. Moreover, we made them voluminous. Why did we do this? To create even more complex shapes. But today we will do the opposite. You will n
hardly believe, but absolutely everything that surrounds you can be divided into simple forms. You probably saw step by step tutorials like "l - draw a circle, draw an owl" and other. I can create a hundred of such tutorials about what i have now on my desk. What's the point of this? Yes, you will learn how to draw a dinosaur profile for example, but you can not draw the same dinosaur from another angle without tutorials.
You will satisfy self-esteem, but you will not learn how to draw. So we need to learn how to divide complex shapes into simple shapes.

Drawing from nature

Drawing from a photo develops memory and observation. The Observance activates imagination and analytical thinking. I always tried to draw from my memory, because people told me - drawing from a photo is bad. So my works turned out to be crooked.

About the perspective

In order to build an image in three dimensions at the same time, we need the line of horizon. We draw a horizontal line, and put a point on it - it is called the vanishing line.

Composition

Now we will try to draw a Valentine's Day greeting cards.
The first one will be with a flamingo.

Details and volume

Looking at the night sky, we can see stars.

Detailing! The whole matter is about the detail. The most complex shape can be simplified to the most primitive. This is the basis of Everything - from drawing to quantum physics.

Volume #2

Let's draw a cylinder - it is a parallelepiped with a circle in cross-section.