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If you want to make a congratulation creative and unlike any other, then it's best to think about how to draw a card yourself. How to do this will be described in this article.
What to draw on a postcard
Thinking about the subject of a postcard, many tend to depict a cute baby animal. It can be cubs, squirrels, hares, even frogs.
The animals in the picture are usually stylized either as cartoon characters or as children's drawings. Usually, the artist gives hearts, bouquets, boxes of sweets or cakes to the paws of the heroes of the plots of postcards.
A smiling baby elephant with a flower in its trunk might be a good option.
Drawing a Baby Elephant
Since you need to draw a postcard step by step with an animal, you should first consider the stages of the image of an elephant.
1. Work begins with additional construction. These will be two circles superimposed on each other by some parts. They must differ in size.
2. In the middle of a smaller circle, a trunk is depicted, in widthits base occupies a third of the circle's diameter. Slightly above the base of the trunk, on both sides, the artist draws eyes - large ovals, and eyebrows - arcs.
3. Draw an open mouth under the trunk, and then use curved lines to change the outline of the baby elephant's cheeks.
4. The ears of the animal are depicted large, smooth lines are used in their upper part and wavy below.
5. At the bottom of the large circle, columns-legs are added.
6. On the legs, the artist sketches the folds - knees and nail plates.
7. The tail of the baby elephant is drawn with two winding lines, at the end you need to draw a brush.
8. With an eraser, you need to remove additional constructions, and outline the main lines thoroughly.
Colour card
Since it is best to draw a postcard with your own hands using bright colors, you should start coloring it with the main character - an elephant calf. In this case, you can use the most unexpected colors: blue or green, lilac or yellow.
The most creative artists use polka dot or striped, checkered or flowered elephants.
In this master class, it is proposed to paint the baby elephant in pink. Eyebrows and nails can be painted in a different shade, less bright. And the inside of the mouth is best done red.
Since the artist wants to draw a postcard as much as possiblebright, then you should take care of its background. It is supposed to be made in warm colors in order to awaken warm feelings and an optimistic mood in the recipient. You can paint over the background with paints, such as watercolor or gouache. But since you can draw a card with a pencil just as beautifully as with paints, designers usually use the following method to apply the background. With a razor, the pencil shaft is finely cut to the surface where the drawing is placed, then colored pollen is rubbed with a piece of paper. The background in this case lies flat, without pencil marks.
Finishing touches
Since drawing a postcard with only one baby elephant is not the best option, the artist must “reward” his main character with some distinctive sign indicating a festive mood: a gift for the holiday, flowers, butterflies, sweets, serpentine, confetti, bright congratulatory letter or telegram.
You can put a purple tulip in the trunk of a funny pink baby elephant. It is absolutely not necessary to observe real proportions when making a postcard, so the flower can be quite large, especially since this detail is the leading, semantic one, which is worth paying attention to.
Surprise cards
How to draw a postcard with a surprise will be described here. The principle of designing such a congratulation is practically the same as that described above - you need to depict a plot picture on cardboard.
Then the card is decorated with a congratulatory inscription. And then one of the heroes of the story is given a surprise - a real candy, a small envelope with a banknote, a bag or a box with a small gift. The latter may contain, for example, earrings or a ring, a key to a car or an apartment - this depends on the capabilities of the donor. Although you can put a note there, in which you indicate the place where the real gift is hidden.
Having pierced the postcard with a needle with a thick thread, you need to tie the latter from the inside with a knot so that it does not slip through. You can glue a small piece of paper on the back of the pattern where the tip of the thread should be, or secure it with tape.
The gift itself is tied to the thread on the front side: a bag, a box, an envelope or a candy.
The recipient, having received such a congratulation, will be pleasantly surprised: together with a card drawn by the donor himself, he will receive a surprise. Surprisingly opening a bag or opening a box, opening an envelope or unwrapping a candy, a person will undoubtedly be happy to receive a souvenir or even money - it will be originally and creatively designed, so it will bring unexpected joy.
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