How to draw a MiG-21

Sometimes aviation is loved by people who have nothing to do with flying or with ground handling of this wonderful technique. This attachment arises in early adolescence or even in childhood. So the boy or girl sees the airliner standing on the runway, tensed in anticipation of take-off, and then the roar will increase, the silver car will tremble a little and move from the spot, at first slowly, then faster and faster. And now she is in the air, rushing into the blue of the summer sky with her nose raised high and hiding unnecessary chassis. And it's even more interesting to be inside, of course, near the porthole, looking at the retreating earth, road tapes, squares of fields and boxes of houses ...

And the hand will reach for the pencil. But how to draw a plane, if nowhere else did he study? Nothing, for an inquisitive mind, the lack of art education is not a hindrance. Any, even the most complicated, case consists of successive operations, each of which is quite simple.

Here are some tips on how to draw an airplane in stages. The first thing to do is to draw a line along which a common silhouette of the fuselage and tail unit will be built. For example, we can take the famous supersonic fighter MiG-21, one of the most mass interceptors of Soviet production. He recognizes: the steering wheel, the conical fairing of the radar and the triangular wing do not allow it to be confused with any other winged car.

So, we have an axial line, it is best to hold it with a ruler. The next stage is the image of the bow. For those who do not know how to draw a plane, and are engaged in this case for the first time, it will be interesting to know that the silhouette of the fuselage is formed by smooth lines, due to aerodynamic characteristics. This is the secret of the beauty of aviation equipment.

The nosepiece of the MiG-21 is an air intake, oxygen is supplied to the jet engine , which ensures the combustion of kerosene in the turbine. In the cone protruding from it, a radar is mounted, its purpose is to search for the enemy and orientate on the terrain.

Closer to the tail, the fuselage narrows. In order to understand how to draw an airplane correctly, you need to know that it is pushed forward by a reactive jet coming out of the nozzle. By the way, it can also be portrayed in the form of several lines from behind, this will make the whole composition swift.

Especially it is necessary to stop on tail feathers and keel, they at MiG very beautiful. Silhouettes of these elements of the design can be seen in many photos. Looking at them, it becomes clear how to draw a plane like a real one.

There are small details - a suspended fuel tank, a pressure sensor on the nose, a glazing of the cabin. Here also photo and video materials will help. Wings at the side view are represented by lines parallel to the axial one.

How to draw a military aircraft and not arm it? It's just impossible. There are two air-to-air missiles on the outer hangers under the wing, they are represented simply: as two elongated rectangles with a sharpening in front and triangular wings.

That's ready MiG-21 - the guardian of the peaceful sky of our homeland. It remains to remember to draw on his tail a red star, the emblem of the military aviation of the USSR and the Russian Federation.