Autumn is truly a magical time. What colors does she give to the trees! It is impossible to take your eyes off this riot of flowers. And I really want to capture a piece of fading beauty for a long time! You can take pictures of landscapes. Or you can transfer this golden magic to paper.
The best option is to resort to such a simple method as drawing autumn leaves with a pencil, paint, and hanging the picture on the wall. This way you will be able to maintain a warm mood in the house, even when bad weather is raging outside. Finding a master class on how to draw autumn leaves step by step and learning how to do it is not a difficult task. To do this you will need a little time, patience, inspiration and, of course, desire.
Leaf drawing diagram
In order to understand how to draw autumn leaves, you just need to disassemble the structure of the leaf down to the skeleton. That is, learn to draw lines - the basis of the future image.
To begin with, draw a straight vertical line - from this you need to draw two more, at approximately an angle of 45 degrees, directed upward. These lines will be shorter. There should be a pair of them. How much on each side depends on the size of the sheet.
They are then connected in a straight line or in arcs. All that remains is to finish drawing the leg and decorating it.
This is a simplified version of the leaf. To make it more like the real one, you need to add a couple more of the same to the segments that go obliquely. After this, we carry out the procedure as with the previous primitive drawing - we connect the edges of the lines to each other in pairs.
This is a short excursion on how to draw autumn leaves step by step. If you plan to continue coloring, then you do not need to press hard on the pencil so that it does not bleed through the paint later.
Drawing autumn leaves in color
For many, the answer to the question of how to draw autumn leaves with a pencil remains a mystery and a labor-intensive process. Few people can convey colors the way they appear in nature. The reason for this is ignorance, inability or a banal lack of courage to pick up a pencil and try to transfer the surrounding beauty onto a sheet of paper.
To draw a colored leaf, you need to select the following colors:
- red;
- yellow;
- orange;
- brown;
- pink;
- green;
- and universal color - black.
We paint over the leaf with a yellow pencil, without pressing too hard; near our skeleton, a couple of centimeters wider, apply orange. A little more orange - red. We do the same manipulations with the edges of the leaf.
Then we partially fill in the unpainted middle (yellow remaining background) with green.
To figure out how to beautifully draw autumn leaves, you need to take into account several nuances. A simple pencil must be wiped off as you paint so that it does not spoil the overall appearance. The edges of the colors should blend smoothly and be almost invisible. To do this, you need to start painting with the lightest shade, and then apply darker and darker on top.
The strokes should be directed in one direction so that the drawing does not look unnatural.
Unusual leaves
Who said that leaves are a classic of the genre? Drawing an autumn leaf can turn into the process of creating a piece of modern art. Simply put, we go beyond the classics and create the avant-garde.
We draw the backbone and rim of the leaf, but do not decorate it, as we are used to doing, but divide the leaf into sections and draw our own ornament in each. It is important that the pattern is not repeated in each section or that the zones are evenly repeated so that our composition looks organic.
The question of how to draw autumn leaves can be solved in an elementary way: with imagination and the ability to hold a pencil. Brilliant phrase: “I am an artist. That’s what I see!” - saved more than one abstractionist from the danger of being pelted with rotten tomatoes. So feel free to create!
Drawing autumn leaves
Autumn leaves are easy to draw. It is enough to apply the color scheme that is inherent to the resulting skeleton. How to do this is described above. But there are several subtleties.
In order to learn how to draw autumn leaves, you need to remember the magic word - variety. There is no need to be afraid of “splashing paint from the glass.”
A warm palette should not limit the canvas. Cool tones will help make the image contrasting and bright. We apply them as a background. Then the picture will be colorful and varied.
Drawing leaves. A guide for the lazy
It also happens that your hands are not sharpened for a magical device - a pencil. Don't despair! Like leaves, your imagination will tell you.
Let's not be upset, but we are going for a walk in the fall to collect a herbarium. At home we lay out the leaves, choose the most beautiful and favorite ones and trace them along the outline. We decorate the resulting drawing with warm tones, as we please.
An equally interesting way is to create a composition of leaves, leaving empty outlines instead.
For this we need:
- several different leaves;
- set of paints;
- glass of water;
- Toothbrush.
Place two or three sheets of paper on white paper. Apply a little paint to a wet brush. Using a brush, spray paint onto the sheet. Then lay out the next layer and repeat this simple manipulation. When you get tired of it (the herbarium runs out or you just think it’s enough), simply remove the leaves and insert the resulting drawing into a frame.
A little trick: it’s better to lay out the leaves in the form of a bouquet to avoid chaos.
Leaf Seal
There is nothing easier and more fun than teaching a child how to draw autumn leaves. Or rather, we are not really talking about the drawing. Leaf stamps are suitable for creative activities with the youngest artists.
We will need several different leaves and paints. Gouache ones are ideal for this. And also a white sheet, a board on which we will apply the drawing.
We decorate the background for the future painting with a light color or several. For the background it is better to use watercolor, as it flows well. When mixing several colors, this paint forms smooth transitions.
We wait until the background dries. Meanwhile, apply a thick layer of paint to one side of the sheet and apply it to the paper until the sheet dries. We repeat the same procedure several times, alternately painting the leaves in different colors.
To make the leaves stand out more, you can outline the outline with a black felt-tip pen. You can also apply the veins of the leaf or decorate it with an ornament.
Metal leaf
An original picture can be created by using dark paint, sheet and foil.
We apply foil to the sheet and carefully smooth it until the contour and veins are transferred to the foil. Then apply a thick layer of dark paint. Black and dark blue colors look especially beautiful in combination with silver foil.
After the paint has dried, use a metal scraper to carefully go over the drawing until the veins of paint are cleared. Carefully remove the sheet from under the foil and glue it to the cardboard to size.
Drawing leaves in watercolor
There is nothing easier than learning how to paint autumn leaves in watercolor.
We draw the same outline as for the drawing, it should be as light and transparent as possible. It’s good if, by the time you start working with watercolors, you have already become proficient and understand how to draw autumn leaves with a pencil.
Paint the leaf with yellow paint. Then we shade it with different colors - just like we did with the only difference is that you need to wait each time for the previous layer of paint to dry. Otherwise, there is a risk of getting an ugly blot without transitions.
Unusual ways to draw
There are many ways to draw an autumn leaf (a leaf with a pencil too). Therefore, for many it is not difficult to complete such a picture.
You don’t have to be limited in drawing tools and use cotton swabs instead of the usual brush or pencil. We fill the outline of the leaf with dots of different colors. Apply a darker shade to the places where the pencil outline is located. The background can be left white or painted over with strokes and strokes. It is not recommended to make a dot pattern in the background, since the leaves will merge with it (exception: if it is in cold shades, and the main pattern is warm, and vice versa).
An interesting composition is obtained when a wax candle is used instead of a simple pencil. Then, when the paint is applied, a white, unpainted space remains in place of the outline.
In order to learn how to draw, it is not necessary to have the talent of a great artist. Courage, imagination and the desire to create will allow you to create unique drawings quickly and always remain original.
Autumn is a time of beauty right under your feet. I just can’t get past the beautiful leaves, which you can find in incredible quantities in autumn. Each leaf is individual, a real work, and never repeated. Recently, while going to work, I managed to collect a dozen unique autumn leaves (details here), and it was they who inspired me to create today’s master class.
20 minutes
about 50 rub.
COMPLEXITY
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To create a winter composition we will need: 
1. A4 size watercolor paper
2. Watercolors
3. Synthetic brush No. 18
4. Palette
5. Template for autumn leaves (template in PDF format can be downloaded here)
6. Eraser
7. Simple pencil
8. Jar of water
The very first thing we do at the very beginning is prepare a template for autumn leaves (the template can be downloaded here) and put it on A4 watercolor paper. We outline with a pencil all the silhouettes of the leaves. 
When all the leaf silhouettes are ready. We begin to paint over the inside of the leaves with watercolors using the alla prima technique (from Italian it translates as “in one sitting”). We apply colors inside the leaf that can be found on autumn leaves, it can be orange, carmine, red, green, yellow, brown. Add water to the watercolor and then one color will blend smoothly with the other. We include creativity and imagination. For example, this leaf shown in the photo, we begin to apply watercolor on it from the middle, for this we mix ocher with orange, and then take red which we mix with a large amount of carmine color and apply from the middle to the very edge. Then we dip it in grass-green paint and apply it to the base of the leaf, where the leaf stalk is located. 
In this way we fill in all the silhouettes of various autumn leaves. The first leaf was a linden leaf. This photo shows a maple leaf. The next one is an oak leaf. 
When we are completely finished painting our autumn leaves. You can play with your child the game “Guess the autumn leaf by its silhouette” (the necessary information can be downloaded here). 
By the way, there is an interesting way of coloring using colored corrugated paper. You must first draw leaves on paper in exactly the same way with white wax crayon. After this, tear corrugated paper of autumn colors (red, yellow, orange, brown) into small pieces and, thoroughly wetting each piece in water, stick them onto the drawing. Make sure that there are no two pieces of paper of the same color nearby. Let the paper dry a little (but not completely!), and then remove it from the drawing. You will get a wonderful multi-colored background. Leave the work to dry completely, then put it under the press.
Method 2.
You can make an interesting autumn craft if you place the leaf under thin foil. The foil should be placed with the shiny side up. After this, you need to carefully smooth the foil with your fingertips so that the design appears. Next you need to cover it with a layer of black paint (this can be gouache, ink, tempera). Once the paint is dry, very gently scrub the painting with a steel wool pad. The protruding veins of the leaf will shine, and dark paint will remain in the recesses. Now you can paste the resulting relief onto a sheet of colored cardboard.
Autumn leaves. How to draw autumn
Method 3.
A very simple and at the same time effective technique is to print leaves on paper, onto which paint is first applied. You can use any paint, just apply it to the side of the leaves where the veins appear.
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Here are prints of rowan leaves. And any kid can draw rowan berries - they are made using a cotton swab with red paint.
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You can create a beautiful autumn design if you print leaves with white paint on a sheet of dark-colored cardboard. When the paint dries, you need to color the leaves with colored pencils. It will turn out beautiful if some leaves are left white.
The background can be left as is, or made colorful by painting with paints using a sponge. In this case, you need to leave a small unpainted space around the leaves.
If you decide to make the background colored, then the leaves themselves can be left white.
How to draw autumn leaves. Autumn crafts
Method 4.
To add volume to your drawings, you can use the following interesting technique. You will need thin wrapping paper or white crepe paper.
Method 6.
Another original autumn pattern, made in warm and cold colors. The leaves themselves are drawn in warm colors (yellow, red, orange), the background is in cold colors (green, blue, purple). To do this job you will need a compass.
1. Draw several leaves of different shapes on paper.
2. Now, using a compass, draw a circle of small radius in the lower left corner of the piece of paper. Next, adding about 1 cm at a time, draw circles of larger and larger radius, as far as the compass allows.
3. Now do the same in the upper right corner.
4. Finally, color the autumn leaves with felt-tip pens or pencils in warm colors (the colors should alternate sequentially), and the background in cool colors.
Maple Leaf. Maple leaf drawing
Method 7.
Help your child draw a maple leaf on a piece of paper. Divide it into sectors by veins. Let the child paint each sector of the leaf with some special pattern.
You can combine two methods.
Autumn crafts for children
Method 8.
Another unusual autumn pattern.
1. Draw leaves of different shapes on paper. They should occupy the entire sheet of paper, but not touch each other. Some of the leaves should start from the borders of the sheet of paper. Draw only the outlines of the leaves, without veins.
2. Now, using a simple pencil and a ruler, draw two lines from left to right and two from top to bottom. The lines should cross the leaves, dividing them into sectors.
3. Choose two colors for the background and two colors for the leaves. Color them in the chosen colors as in the picture.
4. When the paint has dried, trace the outlines of the leaves and the drawn lines with a gold marker.
Drawings on the theme of autumn
Method 9.
To make this fall craft, you will need regular newspaper and paints (including white paint).
1. Draw a maple leaf on a piece of newspaper.
2. Paint it and, after the paint has dried, cut it out.
3. Take another sheet of newspaper and use white paint to draw and color a large square on it.
4. Place your sheet over the paint and wait for it to dry completely.
5. This is what you should get in the end!
Autumn leaves drawing lesson
Master Class. Autumn leaf image
The topic of the lesson is “The diversity of the color palette of autumn nature and the three main colors of paints. Image of an autumn leaf"
2nd grade, Fine Arts Program edited by B.M. Nemensky, 1st quarter, 1st lesson.
Target. This master class is intended to develop the skills of 2nd grade students, independently or with partial help from the teacher, to create images of any shape of autumn leaves and convey their specific color.
Master class objectives: educational: learn
Rules for depicting some plant forms of the surrounding world that have equal halves;
Master primary painting skills; mix paints to obtain the desired color, using three primary colors and their combinations;
The ability to analyze your work from an aesthetic and moral point of view.
developing: develop
Ideas about the concept of “symmetry”;
Attention and observation in relation to color combinations in nature.
raising: bring up
Mutual respect, love of work;
Patience, accuracy, work discipline.
Basic Concepts: symmetry, wet painting, primary colors, complementary colors, color tone, color palette, diversity, nature.
Interdisciplinary connections: literature, music.
Resources.
For the teacher: presentation on the topic “Image of an autumn leaf”, chalk, board, pencil, paints, brushes, napkin, water, paper, palette.
For students: paper, pencil, eraser, paints, brushes, napkin, water, palette.
Autumn leaf tutorial
1. Organizational part.
To determine the topic and assignment of the lesson, I invite students to solve riddles. I accompany the students’ answers by showing slides about autumn, about the different states of nature in autumn bad weather or on fine days, and slides depicting autumn leaves.
Empty fields
The ground gets wet
The rain is pouring down.
When does this happen?
(autumn)
I paint with yellow paint
Field, forest, valleys.
And I love the sound of rain,
Call me!
(autumn)
The trees change their outfit,
The leaves are slowly losing their leaves.
It’s clear to everyone how twice makes two -
Came...
(autumn time)
The branches in the park rustle,
They shed their outfit.
He is near the oak and birch trees
Multi-colored, bright, catchy.
(Leaf fall)
Red Egorka
Fell on the lake
I didn't drown myself
And he didn’t stir up the water.
(autumn leaf)
2. Motivation and goal setting.
Having looked through even such a small number of slides, it becomes obvious: why autumn at different times has inspired writers, poets, musicians and, of course, artists to create beautiful works that convey the variety of colors of the autumn palette. Nature is good at this time of year: the sky and the forest as a single whole, and the reflection of the forest in the water, and each individual tree is unique and beautiful, and the earth is covered with a carpet of many different leaves, and each leaf from any tree is interesting and good in its own way. I really want to capture this beauty. Let's formulate the first part of the topic.
Nature. In everyday life, the word “nature” is often used to mean natural habitat (everything that is not created by man).
Color palette (color palette) is a fixed set (range) of colors and shades.
Diversity - variety, abundance of something different.
Let's look at individual leaves. We observe differences between leaves in shape and color, but between leaves from different trees, there is something in common. And this commonality is the sameness of the halves of a leaf of any tree relative to an imaginary line dividing the leaf into two parts and running along the petiole-stem. The halves of the sheet are identical and symmetrical. At the moment we are observing the manifestation of symmetry in nature using the example of a tree leaf.
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Symmetry, bilateral symmetry means that the right and left sides relative to some plane look the same (axis of symmetry, center line, symmetrical halves).
Each leaf of a tree has a certain shape and, accordingly, structure. Today we will not depict a tree, and if not a tree, what then... Of course, a leaf and... a leaf of a beautiful, not simple shape, filled with different color spots... that's right, it's a maple leaf. The title of the second part of the lesson topic sounds.
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Consider a maple leaf. It has a complex shape, but if you follow certain rules in the image, the appearance of a maple leaf will not be difficult to convey. The leaf has a median imaginary line; it runs through the middle of the leaf blade and goes into the petiole. And there is an imaginary point at the end of the leaf blade and the beginning of the petiole, from which the most visible veins emerge, located equally to the right and left of the leaf symmetry axis. Like this.
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3. Updating basic knowledge and methods of action.
Let's use this fact in the image of the leaf. And so, the first thing we do is draw a vertical line in the center of the format with a simple pencil, which will be the middle line of the tree sheet. Next, we mark the vanishing point of the veins on a given line and mark the veins located symmetrically relative to the center line. Like this.
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Next, around the veins we draw lines in shape resembling a crown, consisting of three pointed elements, smoothly connecting to each other through arcs. The middle element of each of the “crowns” is larger in size than the two side ones. In our case, there are three “crowns” in total (but it could be different). They are depicted around a central vein-axis and two side veins next to the central one and on both sides of it. And near the remaining veins we draw lines like an arrowhead.
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Then we gradually connect the crowns and arrows to each other with smooth deep arcs, add different lines that convey the finished look to the shape of the tree leaf, and in general the sketch for working with paints is ready.
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