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Today we will talk about how to draw autumn leaves(and not only autumn ones). I will show you diagrams for drawing leaves.

So, how to draw a maple leaf?

I offer several options and several schemes.

To begin with, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that all large veins should go into the stalk.

Moreover, the midrib divides the leaf exactly in half.

Drawing a maple leaf (diagram No. 1)

To draw a maple leaf, start with an oval. Divide it in half vertical line, outlining two halves. Draw each half more clearly. Add cloves along the edges of the leaf and get a maple leaf.

Drawing a maple leaf (diagram No. 2)

Start by displaying the leaf shape. Please note that maple leaf five main veins that converge into one “knot”. Mark each vein. Connect them with lines to make the sheet even. Then draw the jagged edges.

Drawing a maple leaf (diagram No. 3)

Let's start with a square. Let's divide it in half, depicting the spine. From the middle of the sheet we draw three veins, as shown in the figure. And then around each vein there are teeth.

Drawing a maple leaf (diagram No. 4)

We start with the veins. We draw them as shown in the figure. We mark the deepest cuts in the sheet with dots. Then we draw the spine. And then – the most protruding parts. Smoothly connect them to the designated points and get a maple leaf.

How to draw an oak leaf?

Very simple. We start with a narrowed oval. In the middle of the oval we draw a vein that goes into the root. Then the edges of the sheet, which look like waves.

Drawing an oak leaf (diagram no. 2)

We start with the shape of the leaf and divide it in half, drawing a vein that goes into the root. We form the borders using a wavy arc. Give it a clear shape and edges.

Master class with step by step photos"Autumn Leaves"

Bestik Irina Viktorovna, teacher of KSU “Regional special (correctional) boarding school for children with hearing impairments”
Description: this master class on drawing autumn leaves using the “poke method” is intended for educators and teachers primary classes, and can also be useful for teachers additional education. Helps students become familiar with unconventional technology drawing autumn leaves and developing fine motor skills.
Target: drawing autumn leaves using the “poke method”.
Tasks:
Educational – introduce students to an unconventional technique of drawing autumn leaves, teach children to draw with cotton swabs, and improve their skills in working with gouache.
Educational – instill interest in this type of drawing technique, cultivate aesthetic taste, instill interest in creative work, instill neatness.
Developmental - develop fine motor skills, develop in students creativity, imagination and fantasy.
Materials and tools required for work:
Album
Gouache
Cotton buds
Leaf patterns
Water glass

Autumn leaves
The leaves sparkle with bright colors -
The wind blows - they fly around...
Like butterflies, the leaves are fluttering,
Spinning in the sky, flying, flying
They lie on the ground like a motley carpet
They rustle under our feet -
Everyone is talking about autumn coming soon
(L. Schmidt)

Work progress:

1. Print out a leaf template on a landscape sheet.

2. Take a cotton swab, dip it in orange paint and trace the outline of the first leaf using the “poke method”. We also apply gouache to the veins of the first leaf.

3. Take a new cotton swab and use yellow paint to fill in the background of the first leaf. The first autumn leaf is ready.

4. Using a cotton swab, outline the outline and veins of the second leaf with green paint.

5. Now fill with lighter green paint cotton swab background of the second leaf. The second autumn leaf is ready.

6. Using a cotton swab, trace the outline and veins of the third leaf using the “poke method” with red paint.

7. Now carefully fill in the background of the third leaf with orange paint using a cotton swab. The third autumn leaf is ready.

8. Our autumn leaves are ready. Now we begin to fill in the background of the work using this technique. We take blue paint and carefully, starting from the edge, fill in the background of our work with a cotton swab. The background of the work should be non-uniform and transition from dark to light in any direction.

9. Our autumn leaves are ready.

10. Here is another work option. You can trim the edges with scissors, forming a curly oval. Then it turns out that fallen leaves are floating in a puddle.

We glue the work onto colored cardboard for aesthetics and the work is ready.

Children's works.

Thank you for your attention, dear colleagues!

In this lesson I will clearly show how to draw a maple leaf with a pencil step by step. This is a simple lesson that even a beginner can handle.

Before you draw complex shape, you have to imagine how it works from the inside. For example, a maple leaf is not simple figure. But if you study its structure, it will become much easier. Here is a maple leaf:

How to draw a maple leaf - simple step by step drawing lesson

First, look at the maple leaf in the picture above. Think about what its basic shape is. Look at the stem. Notice how it continues to the tip of the leaf. Look at the “ribs” of the leaf. Think about the angles where they meet the stem. Now you can draw the main shape. Always try to see the basic shape first and leave the details for later. Follow step by step instructions below.

1. Draw a square...then draw a stem going through the center.

2. Look at the edges of the leaves. Imagine the angles where they meet the stem. Note that they fold into a “V” shape at the top and sides of the sheet.

3. Now we draw the outline of the leaf. You can use the square you drew in the first step as a guide.

To make it easier for you, the main lines are highlighted in color step by step below:

3.1 Draw a flattened “W” shape at the bottom of the paper. At the top, draw an upside down "V" shape.

3.2 Now draw 3 letters “J” (2 upside down).

3.3 Now draw the number “7” on the right and the letter “Z” on the left side of the sheet.

4. Now draw the outer fluted shape of the edges of the leaf.

Leaf prints on paper: drawing with children. Step by step description non-traditional technique of drawing with leaf prints. Examples and ideas for children's creative work.

Leaf prints on paper: drawing with children

Leaf prints on paper - unconventional drawing technique with children preschool age, which allows you to get an interesting texture of the image using paints. This technique uses natural tree leaves.

There are several stages in drawing using this technique.

Stage 1. Autumn leaves of trees and shrubs are collected together with children on an autumn walk. Leaves are selected different forms and sizes.

Stage 2. A plot is invented from the collected elements - leaves. What can be depicted using collected leaves, using them as mosaic elements to create a pattern or plot? What are they like? What can be added to bring the picture to life?

The child lays out a “sketch” of leaves on paper - his future story. Maybe I can add something with a simple pencil. Think immediately about what kind of background you will need so that it matches the plot and contrasts with the color of the autumn leaves.

Stage 3. We begin to create in the background - create a drawing using the “leaf prints on paper” technique. First we make the background - paint it with a wide flute brush.

Stage 4. When the background is dry, we make leaf prints on it according to our sketch.

To do this:

— Step 1. We paint a leaf of wood from the back side (the side where the veins are clearly visible) in the right color thick gouache.

The paint should be thick.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT: You should not put too much water on the brush, so we remind the child of the rule: after wetting the brush in a jar of water, you need to remove excess water by applying the brush to the edge of the jar several times. Excess drops of water will drain from it. And only after that you can apply thick gouache paint to a damp brush.

— Step 2. Place the prepared sheet of paper, paint side down, onto the background. This must be done very carefully and carefully. Place a paper napkin on top and press it down with your palm.

— Step 3. Carefully remove the leaf and napkin from the background. The image is ready. Then we repeat everything with the next leaves.

— Step 4. We supplement the resulting image with details.

Let's look at this technique using examples of drawing an autumn forest with children 4-6 years old using the “leaf prints on paper” technique.

Drawing using the “leaf prints on paper” technique: example 1

Topic: Drawing an autumn forest

To work you need to prepare:- gouache paints; - white A4 album sheet; - a flat, wide brush (for example, No. 12), - fallen leaves from different trees.

How to draw an autumn forest with children using the technique of leaf prints on paper: step-by-step description

Step 1. Draw the sky on the background.

Let's start with decorating the background. Place the A4 size sheet horizontally. Dip the brush into white and blue paint and, moving from left to right, paint the sky and blur it a little with water. Going down the sheet, we try to take more white paint onto the brush than blue. The sky can be drawn on 1/4 sheet.

Step 2. Draw the earth on the background.

Invite the children to remember what colors autumn has? Let them think about how old trees differ from young ones? What trees will they depict in the drawing? Let's paint the ground with fallen leaves using brown-green paints by moving the brush from left to right.

Step 3. Draw a tree using the technique of leaf prints on paper.

Choose a piece of paper you like, preferably a large one. We paint it on the reverse side with paint of any color in accordance with the colors of autumn. This important nuance, since the veins on back side tree leaves are more pronounced, which means they will give us a more beautiful imprint.

Reminder: In this painting technique, the paint must be thick enough. Do not wet the brush too much in water, otherwise the print will be smeared.

Also paint the tail of the leaf.

Then you need to take a leaf, place it carefully on the prepared background in the background so that the leaf does not shift on the paper. Cover the top of our sheet with a paper napkin. It will protect your work from smearing the paint that has come out from under the piece of paper. Next, you need to press the napkin with your palm or lightly stroke it with your fist.

Remove the napkin. Carefully remove the leaf by the tail.

So the first painted tree appeared in our autumn forest!

Step 4. We draw large old trees with leaf prints.

Similarly, we draw several more trees with prints of different large leaves and paints of different colors. These are old trees, they are more large sizes. Try coloring the leaves in several colors. This is what happened to four-year-old Nastenka.

Step 5. We draw young trees and bushes with leaf imprints.

Now let's select a few smaller leaves - these will be young trees and shrubs. Let's paint them with different autumn colors and make prints on foreground. Thus we get a landscape - autumn forest. This is the autumn forest seven-year-old Lisa painted with leaf prints.

Drawing using the “leaf prints on paper” technique: example 2

Topic: drawing an autumn tree

We decided to draw a tree together with a group of children. On a sheet of Whatman paper in A1 format, I outlined a tree trunk and branches. And Mark and Lesha painted the trunk with brown paint.

Nastya and two Polinas painted leaves and made prints on the tree. Once the boys had painted the trunk, they also joined in with the leaf prints.

This fabulous autumn tree during leaf fall was invented and drawn by children.

We could not throw away the leaves that were painted after the prints. We glued some under the tree using PVA glue. And the rest were dried - they will be useful for future creative works.

Drawing with leaf prints- very interesting and exciting activity. Give free rein to children's imagination and they will “create” wonderful works!

Creative task:

While discussing fall activities, talk to the children and ask:

— What deciduous trees do you know?

—Have you been to the autumn forest? What happens to the leaves on the trees in the fall? Tell us, on which trees the leaves turn yellow, and on which ones they turn purple?

— Draw an autumn forest with leaf prints.

— Devote an hour family creativity. Sit in a close family circle and draw on whatman paper a large tree with imprints of autumn leaves. Have fun and decorate your home or your dacha or kindergarten group with this children's creative work.

I am sure that your children will have unforgettable impressions for the rest of their lives. Good luck to you in your family creativity!

Drawing with leaf prints on paper in kindergarten

And here is how children from Saratov drew with imprints of leaves on paper. This photo was sent to our competition “Autumn Workshop” by Natalya Vasilievna Ilyushina (Saratov, MDOU kindergarten No. 196 compensatory type, teacher of the 1st category).

Such drawings—prints of autumn leaves—were made by Natalya Vasilievna’s children.

Leaf prints on paper: materials for activities with children

Before drawing with leaf prints, when discussing the subjects of future children's works, read one of the poems about autumn to the children, discuss what color palette autumn has, how autumn differs from other seasons. Place the leaves of different trees around the children and play the game “We walked through the forest” (the description of the game is given below) and discuss how the leaves of different trees differ from each other in shape, size, color, and how they can be recognized.

To help teachers and parents, a small selection of poems for discussing them with preschoolers before drawing autumn trees using the technique of leaf prints on paper: these are poems about the colors of autumn. Choose those poems that best suit your plan and the child’s plan. These poems also contain hints about what can be drawn in the autumn landscape.

Poems about autumn colors for drawing classes using the technique of leaf prints on paper

Autumn on the palette
mixed paints:
Yellow- for linden,
for rowan - red.
Ocher of all shades
for alder and willow -
All the trees will
look beautiful.
The wind blew
dried the leaves
So that the rain is cold
the beauty was not washed away.
I didn’t decorate
just a pine tree and a Christmas tree,
Too many girlfriends
prickly needles. (O. Korneeva)

Who paints the leaves?
near oaks and birches.
maples and aspens -
So outfit them toss!
I spied it this morning
like on a maple branch
tiny autumn
in a green dress,
yellow scarf,
and red boots,
taking with you
different watercolors -
deftly paints leaves
V different colors.
So, here it is born
this beauty! (G. Ryaskina)

Autumn colors scattered
On trees and bushes.
And they burn brighter and brighter
Like summer bonfires.
Golden and crimson
Yellow festive outfit.
The last leaf falls,
Leaf fall is coming!

I draw autumn orange –
The leaf that flew away with the last greetings
Unripe berries of tart mountain ash,
Small baskets of fragrant flowers.
A path to the house with a bed of leaves,
And a smart red fox fur coat.
And yellow - grass and weeping willow,
And the prankish maple has a lush mane.
I paint autumn with blue paint:
A rain of pages in a slanted line,
And a flock of nimble flying clouds,
And a puddle with a brave seagull boat.
There is a lot of work for red:
Here the sun rose before the wind,
Viburnum fireworks sparkle on the branches,
And the berries of late raspberries are hiding.
And here is a fly agaric in a bright red beret
Standing on a hill, dreaming of summer.
I'll draw him white polka dots
And a fluffy skirt on a thin leg.
Now I'll paint emerald paint
And I’ll add green color to the trees.
And then, beyond the forest, up to the sky,
I paint expanses of winter bread.
I'll use a little black:
I will paint the clothes of crows and woodpeckers.
I paint trees and branches brown,
And white mushrooms are tight berets.
And again I draw the fire of falling leaves...
I need so many colors for autumn!

Autumn gives miracles,
And what kind!
The forests are depleted
Gold hats.
They sit on a tree stump in a crowd
Red honey mushrooms,
And the spider is such a trickster! –
The network is pulling somewhere.
Rain and withered grass
Mostly sleepy at night.
Incomprehensible words
They mumble until the morning.
(Author - M. Geller)

Who's in our park today?
Did you paint the leaves?
And spins them around and blows them off the branches?
It's autumn!

Poems and game “We walked through the forest”
Autumn has come to visit us
The rain and the wind brought
The wind blows, blows,
The leaves are torn from the branches.
Leaves are spinning in the wind
And they lie at our feet.
Well, let's go for a walk
And we’ll collect the leaves...
Next, the children stand in a circle and, moving in a circle, pronounce the words and, among all the proposed tree leaves, find the leaf mentioned in the text.
We walked through the forest, we found an oak leaf...
... found an ash leaf...
...they found a leaf from a birch tree...
...we found a maple leaf!

Autumn took the basket under her arm
I poured some cheerful colors into a bottle:
Yellow for the leaves, blue for the sky,
Paint the trunks a little brown,
A drop of green so that they don’t become withered
Sun-burnt tufts of grass.
I poured in a little orange paint,
To color the mushrooms along the path,
Red and white for the fly agaric,
I saw a mushroom growing by the fence,
Various colors for russula -
Let the world be joyful, like in a fairy tale!
Brushes in a basket, easel and tripod,
Let them be surprised - this is how an artist is!
She went out into the street, waved her brush -
The blue sky became cloudy.
She waved again and stood around
Gray grass, and a river, and a meadow...
-What happened to my paint?
Apparently I don't know how to paint at all.
-You don’t need to mix the paints all at once.
You need to paint with different paints. (O. Goldman)

Leaf prints on paper: more options for tasks for children

This idea was sent to us at our “Autumn Workshop” by Anastasia Iosifovna Kalinkova from St. Petersburg.
“Autumn Park” was painted using the technique of leaf prints on paper by her son Jaromir (3 years old). Jaromir made prints not with gouache paints, but with finger paints. And then I finished drawing the trunks with felt-tip pens. This is the drawing he came up with.

Anastasia came up with different tasks for her son based on drawings made using leaf prints. She writes:

“The drawing is interactive. We used it as a decoration for tabletop theater. You can along the way fairy tale story finish the work. So, it started to rain. A hedgehog crawled into the park (plasticine and seeds were used to make it) and began to prepare for winter - to make a nest for itself.

You can also use this drawing for reading lessons. Using a thematic poster, we compared which leaf from which tree became our painted tree. Then we signed the cards with the names of the trees using the “hand in hand” technique and the child matched the cards with the names to our trees.”

More about drawing with prints with preschool children You will find interesting information in articles on “Native Path”:

More interesting ideas on autumn crafts and drawing with children You will find

How we love to draw nature, various landscapes, which often contain trees and shrubs, as an obligatory element of many landscape drawings. Trees and shrubs have leaves. They sit densely on the branches, rustle in the wind, sway, creating a pleasant coolness on a hot summer day. Lush foliage can shelter a tired traveler from the heat when he stops to rest under a spreading tent of tree branches. Leaves vary in structure. Simple or complex, with varying patterns of veins, they are usually an integral part of every herbaceous plant. With the help of leaves, plants receive nutrients, and water is transported through the veins to all organs of the plant.

Acacia leaf. First, in the first part of our lesson, we will learn how to draw a complex leaf. Let it be a leaf of a well-known shrub - yellow acacia. In botanical terminology it is called unpaired pinnately dissected. In a pinnate leaf, the leaf blades are always located on the main petiole opposite each other.

Stage 1. First, we designate the main petiole (leaf stalk) with auxiliary straight lines, and from it we draw additional straight petioles, two in different directions.

Stage 2. Draw a clear line for the base of the main petiole.

Stage 3. On the first two straight lines we draw many small leaves sitting on additional stems.

Stage 4. On the second two straight lines and on the main stem in front we also draw many small leaves. At the top of such a leaf there is an unpaired leaf blade.

Stage 5. Erase the auxiliary lines, leaving only the main ones.

Stage 6. Outline the main outline of the leaves with a clear line.

Stage 7. Let's decorate our leaves, naturally, in green.

Lilac leaves. Lilac is a very beautiful shrub with clusters of small flowers of lilac, purple or white. Lilac has a very pleasant smell. It usually blooms in the month of May. And then a wonderful, unique lilac smell floats above the ground... Let's try to draw the leaves of this beautiful bush.

Stage 1. Lilac leaves are single, simple, they each sit on their own petiole opposite each other (opposite). We draw a small, not very thick petiole.

Stage 2. From this petiole we draw two straight lines located opposite each other. These are the rods of future leaf blades. On each of them we will depict half of a half-heart-shaped leaf blade.

Stage 3. Now we depict the second halves of the leaf blades in the same way. They also remind us of half a heart.

Stage 4. We use clear bold lines to mark the midribs of each leaf. They are the largest.

Stage 5. From the midrib of each leaf blade we show numerous veins extending in different directions and creating a patterned network on the leaf.

Stage 6. Now we erase all the auxiliary lines and clearly outline the remaining drawing.

Stage 7. Let's color our leaves. It is a green color of various shades. The veins can be made gray, brown or black. Or maybe dark green.