How to draw Maslenitsa

Maslenitsa is a bright holiday of winter wires. He arose in times of paganism. Orthodoxy, changing a slightly changing time and timed to the edible holiday to the beginning of the Great Post, included the carnival into the list of mandatory celebrations. If you decide to portray the walks on the canvas, then you first think over the plot. Do not forget about characters that personify Maslenitsa.

Stuffed. The main attribute, which remained unchanged from the pagan times, the celebration of Carnival is straw scarecrow. In the drawings, it is often depicted as a woman in Russian folk robes with a round face. More often you can see the burning scarecrow and dance around it. In order for the drawing of the stuffed carnival to turn out from you, like a professional artist, do everything in stages:

Distribute the pole with the cross to the hands and oval heads.
Draw the external contours of the clothing and head remove (handkerchief).
Distribute clothing in detail, highlight patch, cutters.
Draw a straw closing through clothes. The face of the stuffed is rudely rude or do not exercise at all.
If you want to draw burning scarecrow, remember that the flame in the fire is always darker from some sid. Pourish first flames first. Then add secondary, small flame tongues, giving the cutter volume. At the very end, make sketches of firewood by challenge the texture and size of wooden lanes.

The sun. In the image of the village of Carnival, the Sun has a central place, as symbolizes the arrival of spring and heat. Sometimes it is depicted instead of head stuffed. So that the sun fits into the overall flavor of the carnival drawing, use a repeated symbolism - rays, as flames or oil splashes, or folk ornaments. Use all shades of yellow, orange and red.

Pancakes are a symbol of Russian cuisine. The entire week of the celebration of Carnival is based on them. For example, on Wednesday, the mother-in-law called the son-in-law on pancakes, and on Friday, the son-in-law met the mother-in-law. Easily recognizable idea for the image of the holiday can be still life with a samovar, a stack of pancakes in the center. For the right image of a flour symbol of Carnival, draw a phased:

If you draw pancakes as a circles, it may be the impression that you put them in front of yourself straight. For a plausible type, it is better to depict them as a little flattened ovals.
For drawing a stack of pancakes, make markup - draw a rectangle (future stack). Draw the top pancake - oval shape with uneven edges.
Browse contours of pancakes in a rectangle. They should not lie on Lineberry and have perfect edges, some edges pancakes can hang or be torn off.
Completing the drawing of the pile of pancakes, apply light shadows on the surface and edge of pancakes.

Another idea for the image of the carnival can be a crowd of funny-rich, carrying plates with pancakes and poles with ribbons and sun. The main thing is for the image of the carnival you need to use bright colors, which enhance the joy of the onset of spring and heat.