How to draw wings? Instruction for beginners

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

People are created and live without wings - that's what nature ordered. Or God, whichever you prefer. Therefore, accordingly, we cannot fly on our own. But interest, and even love, for flights have always existed in humans, at all times. Inventors came up with various devices and devices that, in their opinion, would help people take to the air and fulfill their cherished dream for many - to look at the world from a bird's eye view! Not all of these devices were successful - most of the projects turned out to be worthless and failed. But the scope of thought and action has always amazed.

Great painters

Many artists also puzzled over how to draw wings: bird, angelic, demonic - different in their structure and purpose. Angels and demons in the religious paintings of the great artists inspire and amaze the imagination of young (and not only) draftsmen. Everything is so filigreewith great believability and in detail it is written that you never cease to be surprised: maybe they really saw it all with their own eyes!

Today we will take a closer look at how to draw wings in stages. We hope that with the help of our step-by-step instructions it will be much easier to do this! But first, some theory.

Structure and shape

The appearance of the wings and wings impresses with its diversity. On earth and in the sky there are a great many creatures capable of flying (plus those that exist in our imagination)! And, thinking about how to draw wings with a pencil or paints, you need to at least approximately know their structure. Here, again, we learn from great artists. To depict a bird or its wing, they first carefully studied the anatomy of the body: bones, muscles, feathers. Of course, we will not do this in as much detail as they do, but we certainly need to know the “base”.

Three varieties

Almost all wings can be conditionally combined by structure into three large groups:

• bird wings;
• insect wings;
• bat wings.

Moreover, note that even angelic ones resemble huge bird wings, and some demonic ones resemble bat wings!

Feathers

If you are going to draw bird wings, before that, carefully consider the image of the bird's skeleton (wing bones). The structure is similar for everyone, only the proportions change. The outlines are set with large feathers. little featherscover the top of the wing, completing the picture. In accordance with this, we begin the lesson "How to draw bird wings".

Step 1. Outline the curved line of the wing skeleton. It will not be visible later, but we will need it as a skeleton.

Step 2. Start drawing layers of feathers - one by one, from short to long. There are only three layers. We finish the sketch, remove the extra lines with an eraser.

Step 3. We detail our image: draw or select small feathers on top, draw grooves on them - this will add realism.

Step 4. Lesson "How to draw bird wings" is almost finished. If desired, you can paint the resulting image with paints - watercolor or gouache. It is possible to use various techniques here, but more on that in our other lessons.

Batman

If you are going to draw the wings of a bat, we also recommend starting with the structure. These animals, like humans, belong to the order of mammals. Therefore, the structure of their wings remotely resembles a human hand covered in a leather cloak. First you need to draw the base of the wing - from the shoulder to the fingers, slightly bent. Then, along the lines of the joints outlined earlier, we depict the membranous wing. The next step is to add details: draw claws on the fingers, draw wool, apply shadows. So the real “vampiric” wing turned out.

Secret: You can draw both dragon wing and Batman wings in this way if you draw in anime style.

Insects and their friends

If you are going to draw wings, for example, butterflies, pay attention to the fact that they have an infinite number of veins and somehow remind us of the structure of a leaf when you look at the light through it. Also, they are symmetrical! So, let's start the lesson "How to draw butterfly wings".

Step 1. Let's outline the general outlines of the planes (they resemble two semicircles - a small one at the bottom and a larger one at the top) on each side of the insect's body.

Step 2. With thin lines draw a network of veins - like a leaf of a tree.

Step 3. Add beautiful patterns on the wings, draw the scales with which they are covered.

Step 4. If desired, we make a drawing in color: with paints or pencils. So our butterfly will look much more attractive!

Ex alted Spheres

And finally, a few words about how to draw angel wings. If you have already drawn birds, it will be much easier.

First, draw the figure of a man in an old dress. Above his head is a halo. On the sides we will depict two curved hemispheres. This is the future wings of an angel. We detail them in the same way as the birds - with rows of feathers. We draw the contours and remove the extra lines. Our painting is ready! We only recall that the wings of an angel are powerful and sweeping, almost full-length. Good luck!