How to draw rain with pencil and paints?

Everyone perceives the rain in different ways. Someone makes him sad, another has fun, jumping in puddles, and the third generally begins to write poetry, inspired by a cloudy atmosphere. Have you ever wanted to depict this phenomenon of nature on paper? Consider how to draw rain with a simple pencil and watercolors.

Preparing materials

First, we'll lay out on the table everything that can be useful in the process of drawing. The workplace should be well illuminated and be free of unnecessary things.

So, what tools will be needed:

• Sheets of paper.
• Simple pencils.
• Eraser.
• Color crayons, pencils, felt-tip pens or watercolors.
• Brushes.
• A glass with water.
• Palette (small plank for mixing paints).
• A picture of the rain (if necessary).

We study how it looks like rain

Before you draw a rain, you need to get to know him better. This will help make the drawing more realistic. Find different pictures with a picture of rain, drizzle and carefully consider them. If possible, catch a drop of rain with your hand or clothes. Well study the trace of the fallen water. Look at the look of the drop. Is it large or small, rounded or elongated, transparent or colored? Especially beautiful is the rain in sunny weather, when it overflows with all the colors of the rainbow.

When you draw a rain or drizzle, remember what drops you saw. It will be easier to concentrate and perform the landscape.

What is characteristic of rain

Be sure to consider all the details that you need to draw. It rains in cloudy or sunny weather, in a wooded area or urban, strong or not. All this will affect the drawing. If you, of course, want to make it realistic.

So, what features it is important to consider in the image of rain:

• Cloudy and predominance of gray color.

Usually, when it rains, the sky is tightened by clouds so that the sun can not be seen. In this case, the picture must be executed in a restrained color with a predominance of gray color. Darker paints should be applied to all painted horizontal surfaces, thus simulating moisture.

• Contrast.

Near objects need to be clearly reflected in the picture. And the objects of the background will be hidden by the rain, and therefore they are practically invisible.

• How to draw a rain depending on the terrain.

On the asphalt or concrete surface puddles accumulate faster. The earth absorbs moisture well. But this does not mean that in the forest and field do not need to draw puddles.

• Reflections.

In puddles, even the smallest, you will always see nearby objects. How can this be depicted on paper? Simply duplicate the mirrored objects with elongated vertical spots.

• Additional attributes.

Rain can be accompanied by lightning, the appearance of circles on the water and running people under umbrellas.

How to draw rain pencil in 10 steps

• Step one. First, think about what you want to draw. For example, a person walking in the rain.
• Step two. Mark the horizon line with a pencil.
• Step three. Schematically depict the silhouette of a man or a woman. The head may or may not be visible, because a person is covered by a newspaper or an umbrella.
• Step four. Make a sketch of an umbrella or a newspaper.
• Step five. Mark the background objects (road, houses, clouds, trees, lights and so on).

• Step Six. Now, in detail, draw a person with an umbrella (or newspaper).
• Step Seven. Eraser erase unnecessary lines.
• Step eight. Draw the background objects.
• Step the ninth. Add shading and shadows.
• Step ten. Draw the rain itself. It can be depicted by frequent shading, long lines, dashes with curved tips or ordinary drops. On all the pictures in the article the rain is drawn differently, pay attention to it.

The drawing in the pencil is ready. If there is a desire, you can give it a color. Painting only individual objects, you will give a special atmosphere in the picture.

How to draw a rain in a series of watercolors

Draw immediately begin to paint. Do not be afraid to work without a simple pencil! So, let's get started.

• Step one. Paint a gray color draw a cloud. This will make it clear where the rain will come from.
• Step two. The blue paint is slightly diluted with water on the palette. It should be a liquid consistency, a little fluid.
• Step three. In the resulting paint, dipped the brush and draw out the contours of small drops. Draw in rows in a vertical order, move better from top to bottom.
• Step four. Draw a drop of medium size.

• Step five. And then the biggest.
• Step Six. Now fill the drops with blue paint, slightly diluted with water. This will give the effect of transparency.
• Step Seven. Let the pattern dry.
• Step eight. Do large and medium drops with a light movement to make white highlights. The rain turned out to be real.

How to draw a rain pouring? Decide on the slope of the drops. Draw them with thin vertical lines on one scythe.

As you can see, rainy landscapes are not as complex as they seem.