Herringbone contour drawing. How to draw a Christmas tree

A real New Year tree with garlands and toys looks beautiful not only in person, but also in children’s drawings. Depicting it in lessons at school, in the garden or at home, children can not limit their imagination and decorate the tree in an original way with toys, balls, and garlands. You just need to choose simple instructions with photos and videos and follow the indicated steps when depicting a Christmas tree. For example, with the help of the master classes listed below, even novice artists will be able to easily and beautifully depict a New Year's beauty. They describe step by step how to draw a Christmas tree with pencils or paints, what techniques can be used to create the most realistic picture.

How to draw a Christmas tree with a pencil step by step easily and beautifully - a master class for beginners

Simple drawing of a Christmas tree using pencils allows both children and novice artists to easily create cool drawings on the eve of the holiday. At the same time, coloring a picture can be done not only with pencils, but also with watercolors and gouache. The colorful drawing can be used to decorate your home for the New Year 2018 and will be an excellent gift for loved ones and friends. The following master class for beginners will help you learn how easy and beautiful it is to draw a Christmas tree step by step using pencils.

Materials for drawing a beautiful Christmas tree by novice artists using pencils

• A4 sheet of paper;
• pencils;
• eraser;
• ruler.

Photo from a master class on drawing a beautiful Christmas tree with pencils for beginners

1. Draw a pyramid on a piece of paper using a ruler. Mark its center with a vertical line. Add a small oval at the bottom.
2. Draw a star on the Christmas tree. Draw fir branches along one of the outer lines of the pyramid and in its lower part.
3. Draw the spruce branches on the opposite side. Draw garlands and balls. At the bottom draw a tree trunk and the snow surrounding it.
4. Remove the auxiliary lines, color the Christmas tree and add a colored background.

How to paint a Christmas tree step by step - video lesson for beginning artists and children

Drawing with paints is considered a rather complex process, since paints can spread and mix when depicting figures. You can make the task easier and easily draw a Christmas tree with garlands using bright gouache. Thick paints will help you create an original drawing without much difficulty. The following video tutorial will tell you how to paint a Christmas tree with these paints step by step for a novice artist.

Master class with a video of step-by-step drawing of a Christmas tree using paints for a child and a novice artist

Using the instructions below, both novice artists and children of any age can easily draw a beautiful Christmas tree. You just need to follow the instructions and carefully listen to the author’s advice and recommendations.

How to draw a Christmas tree with toys in pencil - a step-by-step master class with photos

Usually, on the eve of the New Year, children are given the task of drawing a thematic drawing for school or kindergarten. And in order to surprise all classmates and teachers, the child only needs to depict an unusual and as realistic picture as possible. For example, using the instructions below, you can learn how to draw a New Year tree with toys and balls. If desired, such a picture can be colored with pencils or paints: gouache, watercolor.

List of materials for drawing a Christmas tree with toys with pencils

• pencils;
• A4 sheet of paper;
• eraser.

Master class with step-by-step photo pencil drawings of a Christmas tree decorated with toys

1. Conventionally, depict a Christmas tree by drawing the edges of the fir branches. At the bottom, mark the ground line (for ease of drawing the background). Also, under the tree, you can conventionally depict toys and gifts.
   
2. Draw several layers of fir branches, then remove the auxiliary lines. Draw toys, balls, a bow and a star at the top on the Christmas tree. Clearly draw toys and gifts under the tree, erase the auxiliary lines.
   
3. Color the picture and draw snow.
   
4. Shade the left side of the picture to make the picture more realistic.
   
5. Color the background, and then use light pencils to highlight the balls and some areas of the spruce branches.
   

How to draw a Christmas tree step by step for a child with a pencil - a simple master class for children

It’s quite possible to create a beautiful Christmas tree with garlands and balls in just 20 minutes. And even children in kindergarten and students in elementary school can do this kind of work. Using the proposed master class, every child can easily and quickly portray a real New Year's beauty. To do this, you just need to study the simple instructions and find out how, step by step, your child can draw a Christmas tree with holiday decorations.

Materials for step-by-step pencil drawing of a Christmas tree by a child

• A4 paper;
• eraser;
• regular and colored pencils.

Photo from a master class for step-by-step drawing of a Christmas tree by a child using pencils

1. Draw a small triangle-herringbone.
   
2. Draw the trunk of the Christmas tree and the stand in the form of a bucket.
   
3. Draw a star on the top of the Christmas tree.
   
4. Draw balls and garlands in the Christmas tree triangle. Color the picture with colored pencils.
   

Using the proposed master classes with photos and videos, both children and novice artists will be able to easily and beautifully draw an elegant Christmas tree for the New Year 2018. Children can work with both pencils and paints. Simple instructions will help you understand how to correctly depict the basis of the picture and how best to color it. For example, using the lessons suggested above, you can learn how to draw a Christmas tree with colorful balls, garlands and toys. All that remains is to choose the appropriate instructions and get to work.

There is a little less than a month left until the New Year, we are preparing gifts and drawing cards. And you? If yes, then two Christmas trees are waiting for you in this lesson. Lovers of handicrafts feel especially inspired before the holidays, because their creative impulses can be channeled into making gifts and cards. Handmade cards, even the simplest ones, evoke very warm feelings among loved ones. And how grandmothers admire the creations of their grandchildren!

I won’t tell you how to make the card itself, but I will show you how to draw a Christmas tree for a card. More precisely, even 2 New Year trees. They are both quite simple, they can be drawn by both adults and children.

In the first case, the design of the Christmas tree is simpler and more understandable for children, and the decorations can be more complicated. You can decorate the Christmas trees in the newfangled doodling style, as I did, or in your own way.

Herringbone silver

It is silver because I drew on the card with silver markers and an outline. But more on that later.

I didn't use a pencil for drawing. Look at the diagram to understand how to draw a Christmas tree step by step. Before drawing on a postcard, you can practice drawing with a pencil or marker. In my case, the blue training herringbone was made with a regular thin marker.

In the diagram, each new step is marked in red.

For four tiers, you need to mark 5 dividing points vertically in the middle of the future Christmas tree. Don't forget to leave some free space at the top and bottom. If you plan to draw a high tip on the top of the head, then leave more space.

Imagine how the lines expand from the top point down, forming a triangle. By the way, if it is more convenient for you to make a preliminary border for the Christmas tree, then mark the triangle with a pencil. We draw the upper tier, but not as a triangle, but as a bell, slightly bending the corners of the base upward and lowering the lower border in the center in an arc.

We draw the remaining tiers like skirts, also raising the corners and lowering the lower border in an arc. All that remains is to draw the tip and the leg (optional).

So our form is ready, which can now be filled with different patterns. If desired, the Christmas tree can be continued to be “extended” downwards in tiers.

My Christmas trees are filled with different doodles - circles, curls, flowers, in free form, asymmetrically. And around it I drew curls and snowballs to make it more elegant.

You now know how to draw a simple Christmas tree.

Children also enjoy drawing such a Christmas tree. They can be asked to draw a Christmas tree with colored markers or pencils. Of course, in this case you need to draw all the “skirts” with a simple pencil, and only then start coloring. The section contains ready-made coloring pages for Christmas trees for children of different ages, as well as templates for coloring Christmas trees in the doodling style.

Postcard with a silver Christmas tree in doodart style

Now I’ll tell you about the postcard. I took dark thick paper with a beautiful texture from the album. I marked the size of the card and cut it out. Dark paper is a little fussy. Therefore, before drawing, I washed and dried my hands, so as not to leave fingerprints, and placed a sheet of paper under my hand. I marked the points with a pencil and then with a white marker. I did not draw the borders of the Christmas tree, because erasing the pencil with an eraser leaves marks on the paper that spoil the whole look.

Next, I drew branches with a white marker (here from ZIG). I filled them with silver patterns made with a gel pen. And I added a few more special effects, which, unfortunately, are not very visible in the photo: I decorated some details with finely dispersed holographic sparkles, and also added dots and snowflakes with a silver volumetric outline.

The card turned out stylish and elegant. Inside, I decorated the corner with a pattern in the same style using a silver gel pen. I pasted a square of thick light paper - this is a place to write congratulations.

And now the promised second lesson - how to draw a Christmas tree step by step, but in a different version.

Christmas tree green

This Christmas tree may seem a little more complicated, so I also advise you to first sketch out the sketch with a pencil in a smaller version several times, so that you can easily draw it on a postcard. After all, as you understand, it is better to make as few erasures and markings as possible on a postcard, then the paper does not deteriorate and the drawing looks neater. But in this version it is more difficult to do without a pencil. I laid the outlines on the pencil markings with a marker, and before painting the Christmas tree, I erased the visible parts of the pencil sketch.

Draw a cone with a pencil. Do you like to use a ruler? Please, you can use a ruler - corner.

We draw stripes with a pencil.
Before drawing the Christmas tree itself, you can already draw a tip with a marker, it will cover the very top of the head.

Now we draw the outlines of the tiers of the Christmas tree with a marker, and erase the pencil sketch where it is visible.

If you draw with a gel pen, let it dry before you erase the pencil.

We draw the lowest tier of branches to give the Christmas tree fluffiness

We draw the outlines of Christmas tree decorations, for example, with colored markers or pencils.

We fill the space between the toys with green, also with felt-tip pens, markers or pencils.

We do not paint the ribbons, this is a decorative effect. How to draw a New Year tree so that it is festive and elegant?

Add some shine! Paint on the highlights on the balls. This is how our Christmas tree turned out.

We took yellow single-sided cardboard on which we drew Christmas trees, some contours were outlined with silver and gold gel pens, so the decorations play beautifully in the light. Especially beautiful flickering under artificial light. You can also use glitter gels for children's creativity.

Next, we cut out a rectangle with a Christmas tree and pasted it onto a card made of decorative paper. By the way, you can draw a Christmas tree on self-adhesive paper, so that you can also glue it onto a blank for a postcard.

Christmas tree templates

Do you want to make a postcard with your own hands for the New Year, but can’t think of anything? Do not despair. Keep a few Christmas tree templates.

Christmas tree pictures are large, just open them in a new tab

They can be used as in the example above - drawn on dark paper with an acrylic marker or transferred to film and outlined with stained glass paint. In any case, it will turn out beautiful and stylish.

New Year is coming, and before you decorate your Christmas tree at home, learn how to draw it with a pencil and paints.

“A Christmas tree was born in the forest, it grew in the forest...” - who didn’t sing this wonderful New Year’s song as a child? For the New Year, everyone: both children and adults, wants a holiday and New Year's miracles.

One of these miracles can be drawing a Christmas tree, although if you know how to draw, you can do it without any tips. But if you are not such a great artist, or want to have a fun, New Year’s-like time with your child, then the drawing lesson offered here is just for you. So, let's draw a Christmas tree

How to draw a Christmas tree step by step easily and beautifully with a pencil for beginners and children?

There are several options to start drawing a Christmas tree.

For example, the first option:

1. A sketch is made - a large triangle and a square at the bottom, where there will be stands for the Christmas tree.
2. Then the legs of the Christmas tree emerge from the triangle, because the New Year’s beauty should be fluffy. You can make three rows of them.
3. Now you need to paint a few branches in the foreground of the tree, so it will look more voluminous.
4. The time has come to draw toys, cones, balls, candies and garlands on the tree, that is, to decorate the New Year tree.

Another option:

1. Start again with a sketch. This time you only need a vertical line, which will indicate the trunk of the tree, and again the base is a square.
2. A star is drawn at the top point of the line; this is the star at the top of the tree.
3. Next, several rows of triangles with teeth are drawn relative to the vertical line.
4. The last stage is decorations on the Christmas tree - balls, stockings, garlands, lights.

The simplest option:

1. Just draw a triangle on a small square at the base.
2. With the help of teeth on the sides of the triangle and on its area, the appearance of volume and splendor of the tree is created.
3. At the last stage, you can move on to drawing decorations on the Christmas tree.
4. If you paint such a Christmas tree, make multi-colored toys on it and make the lanterns shine, then it will look very festive!

Simple drawing of a Christmas tree: stage 1. Simple drawing of a Christmas tree: stage 2. Simple drawing of a Christmas tree.

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How to draw a Christmas tree step by step easily and beautifully with paints?

In addition to pencil drawings, you can immediately draw a Christmas tree with paints.
But it’s still better to start such a drawing with a pencil sketch of a triangle on a stand leg.
Afterwards, the fluffiness of the Christmas tree is painted on with a brush and paints.

IMPORTANT: Before moving on to the next stage of painting, you need to make sure that the previous layer of paint has already dried.

At the last stage, with different touches of the brush, New Year's decorations are drawn on the tree, and under it there are gift boxes of different sizes.

Drawing a Christmas tree with paints: stage 1. Drawing a Christmas tree with paints: stage 2. Drawing a Christmas tree with paints: stage 3. Drawing a Christmas tree with paints: stage 4. Christmas tree drawing with paints.

You can also try drawing a Christmas tree by drawing circles around the line of symmetry with a brush. You will get an original Christmas tree, which can also be decorated to the best of your imagination.

IMPORTANT: You can draw a New Year tree and leave it in nature, as if it was decorated right in the forest or in the yard. To do this, in addition to the tree itself, you need to draw a background for it. The background can be snow-covered snowdrifts or air painted with light, thin colors. At different times of the day, the air will have different shades - from blue to pinkish-violet.

VIDEO: Let's draw a Christmas tree. How to draw a Christmas tree for children?

Christmas tree in nature.

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There is less than a week left until the most important holiday of the year, so more and more people are getting creative and creating a New Year's mood for themselves. And it is for such people that below are several master classes on how novice artists can draw a Christmas tree with a pencil step by step.

Before you get started, you should have the following things in advance:

• white sheet A4 or even larger;
• simple soft pencil;
• eraser;
• sharpener (just in case);
• colored pencils or paints if desired.

And here are the main stages of work:

A large triangle is drawn on the sheet - its size determines what the future Christmas tree will look like at the very end. If necessary, you can use a ruler to make the lines as straight as possible.

Afterwards, the top of the future tree is drawn in the form of wavy lines, as shown in the figure below.

Now it’s worth drawing the branches below in exactly the same way. They should not be a single whole, but seem to be scattered.

At the next stage, the most magnificent part of the tree is completed and the auxiliary triangle is erased. This must be done as carefully as possible so as not to erase too many necessary details. Of course, after that they will need to be completed again.

Straight lines draw a short but reliable tree trunk. Since the Christmas tree is not on the street, it is transplanted into a pot that appears on paper at the same stage.

Now comes the interesting part. The tree needs to be decorated with garlands, as shown in the example below. But you can also use your imagination and decorate the Christmas tree at your own discretion.

At the last stage, New Year's toys, snowflakes and any other New Year's attributes are drawn at the artist's discretion.

All that remains is to decorate the resulting drawing so that it becomes “alive” and looks more interesting in a frame on the wall.

Now you know how to draw a Christmas tree with a pencil step by step, but this is not the only lesson for beginners in our article today.

Little Christmas tree

The next option is a little lighter than the previous one, and the festive tree looks very cute and attractive. Even children can handle this drawing.

So, in order to show all your drawing capabilities, it is enough to go through the following steps:

The A4 sheet is placed vertically and a straight vertical line is drawn in the middle of it. Its size will correspond to the height of the future Christmas tree, so this point should be thought through in advance. In the same way, you can draw several small Christmas trees on one sheet.

At the very top, just where the depicted line ends, a Christmas star is drawn. It will become the main decoration and should be quite large. Also, for fun, you can add eyes or a funny face on it.

If I may say so, the tree will have three tiers that complement each other. At this stage, the upper level begins to be drawn on paper in the form of a mountain with jagged ends.

Then the next part of the New Year tree is drawn. Everything is done exactly the same as in the previous step, only this time the “mountain” should be a little larger.

The penultimate stage is a detailed drawing of the lower part of the tree. Of course, it will be larger and more magnificent than all the previous ones. Now you need to finish drawing the visible trunk and the horizon line below so that the tree does not “hang in the air.”

At the very end, all kinds of New Year's decorations and garlands are drawn, which will sparkle with multi-colored lights.

Most often, for beginning artists, it is important not only how to draw a Christmas tree with a pencil step by step, but also what color scheme it will be presented in. So it's time to pick up pencils and trust your inner voice.

Christmas tree from the cartoon

During Soviet times, many holiday cartoons dedicated to the New Year were produced. And we all probably liked the festive spruce, whose branches were crushed with snow and decorated to such an extent that sometimes it dazzled our eyes.

It’s very easy to draw a similar Christmas tree yourself. And you can do this in just 4 steps:

According to a familiar pattern, a triangle is drawn on a sheet of paper. An auxiliary horizontal line is carefully drawn from its very top. With its help, you will be able to harmoniously draw a tree trunk, stars and a stand for a spruce tree.

It's time to start drawing the left side. To do this, smooth lines with pointed tips are drawn on paper. Sometimes they bifurcate, sometimes they remain united. This way the branches will look more harmonious. At the same stage, a pointed star is drawn on the top of the tree and its lower branches.

Using the same pattern, the right side of the New Year tree appears on the paper and both sides are connected to each other by wavy lines. All that remains is to finish drawing the trunk and stand, as well as New Year's toys or a small amount of snow.

After the step-by-step principle of drawing a Christmas tree with a pencil for beginners has become clear, all that remains is to erase the additional lines and paint the resulting masterpiece with paints or pencils.

Such a drawing can be a good basis for a homemade New Year's card or a gift for parents. You can also hang it in a frame on the wall or send it to a creative competition for young talents.

The latest holiday version of the drawing

Whatever it may seem at the very beginning, there is nothing difficult about drawing a Christmas tree yourself with a pencil. How to do this step by step will be shown below for beginning artists.

To do this, you only need a pencil, paper, an eraser, a little time and self-confidence. And even if it doesn’t work out the first time, this is not a reason to quit creative activities.

So, let's start with the simplest:

1. A straight horizontal line is drawn in the middle of the A4 or A1 sheet. To do this, you can use a ruler.
2. Based on the example below, a star is carefully drawn, which will become the main decoration on the festive Christmas tree. It can be supplemented with interesting elements.
3. Now two arc-shaped lines are drawn from the star - they should smoothly diverge to the sides and be connected to each other by a zigzag stripe. There is no need to rush at this stage.
4. A similar element is drawn below, which should start from the second zigzag on the right, and then on the left side.
5. The third part of the tree is drawn using the same principle, but is larger in size. Then the trunk visible from under the branches is drawn.
6. All that remains is to decorate the New Year's beauty with green paint and the drawing will be complete. For harmony and an “interesting image”, it is recommended to decorate the upper part of the tree with light shades, and the rest with dark tones.
7. As soon as the paint has dried, you can paint holiday toys on the branches of the tree with multi-colored paint, as well as create a beautiful background with snow.

Now everyone can draw a Christmas tree and even use different variations for this. But don’t stop there – use your imagination and don’t be afraid to be original.

You can draw a Christmas tree in a variety of ways. Although it is “structured” in the same way as other trees (trunk, branches extending from it), this “skeleton” is disguised with fluffy spruce paws. Therefore, when drawing a Christmas tree with children in general, it is convenient to take a triangle as a basis. By the way, this triangular (or rather, cone-shaped) shape of spruce trees has a deep ecological meaning. Spruce grows in places with a harsh climate, with snowy winters. This crown shape prevents snow from accumulating in large quantities on tree branches. He simply rolls off the tree as if from a mountain. And this helps the branches to withstand and not break from excessive snow weight. People have spotted this “trick” of nature and are building houses with a gable roof so that snow does not accumulate there either.
It is very convenient to paint a Christmas tree with children using gouache paints. First, we paint the pine needles with green paint, and when the gouache dries a little, we draw balls and beads. These round decorations are very easy to paint with small children, not with a brush, but with cotton swabs. Dip a cotton swab into the paint and press it onto the paper. You will get a fairly regular round print. Then you can add highlights to the dried balls using white paint.
We offer seven options for drawing a Christmas tree with children of different ages. They are arranged according to the complexity of the work.

Triangle Christmas tree - step-by-step drawing with children from 4 years old.

This is the simplest Christmas tree. It's not even based on a triangle - it's just a triangle. Add decorations-balls - and you have a wonderful New Year's picture!

Triangle Christmas tree - a step-by-step drawing scheme for children from 4 years old.

Simple with children over 5 years old.

This Christmas tree is a little more complicated. It already has characteristic serrated branches. Such a Christmas tree can be decorated with balls or simply painted with green paint and “planted” in the forest.

Scheme of drawing a Christmas tree step by step with children from 5 years old.

Christmas tree based on a triangle - step-by-step drawing

with children over 6 years old.

This tree has more branches. You need to draw them like a fence, right away by hand. The bottom of the tree is also openwork. It already looks more like a real tree. It makes sense to draw decorations in advance only if you are going to color the tree with felt-tip pens or colored pencils. If you work with paints, you can paint the balls and garlands later, without preliminary drawing.

Scheme of drawing a Christmas tree step by step with children from 6 years old.

Christmas tree based on a triangle - step-by-step drawing

with children over 7 years old.

In this version, the herringbone pattern is replaced by broken and wavy lines. And the Christmas tree looks less sketchy, even gaining some volume. Although its basis is still the same flat triangle. The feeling of volume is achieved by marking not only the side branches, but also the branches in the middle of the tree. And also not a straightforward, but a capricious and whimsical line of the garland.

Scheme of drawing a Christmas tree step by step with children from 7 years old.

Volumetric Christmas tree - step-by-step drawing with children from 8 years old.

When drawing this Christmas tree, we use a conditional skeleton-trunk. Its main feature is that here we draw branches that are facing us. They should be short, distorted by perspective. After the drawing is made in pencil, you can offer different options for designing and decorating the Christmas tree. Figure 4A - summer tree in the forest. Figure 4B – winter tree covered with snow. Gouache paints are very suitable for this type of work. After finishing the green paint, take whitewash and paint snow waves on the branches. Another idea is to try making the Christmas tree blue instead of green. Figure 4B – New Year tree, decorated with beads and balls.

Scheme of drawing a Christmas tree step by step with children from 8 years old.

Realistic Christmas tree - step-by-step drawing with children from 9 years old.

This is, of course, a very young Christmas tree. This type of work is best done with paints. The Christmas tree will look like a real living tree. Dressing her in a New Year's outfit is unlikely to happen.

Realistic Christmas tree - a step-by-step drawing scheme for children from 9 years old.

Christmas tree based on a pyramid - step-by-step drawing with children from 12 years old.

It is interesting to do this work with pastel, charcoal or sanguine. In the last two cases, the picture will be monochrome. The work is quite complicated and even for children 12 years old without artistic training, it is better to choose another option for drawing a Christmas tree.

A Christmas tree based on a pyramid - a step-by-step drawing scheme for children from 9 years old.
In addition to the Christmas tree, there are a lot of other trees that are fun to draw with children. Look at the article about drawing trees step by step with children. You are sure to find interesting options for children of any age.