How to Draw Realistic Water Drops A very simple drawing

Hi everyone! This is another tutorial, and today I'll show you how to draw realistic water droplets. I must warn you in advance that this drawing will not be hyper-realistic, because I've simplified it as much as possible to make your task easier. Yet the drops still look quite good. We begin this drawing, like any other pencil work, by sketching the outline. To make it easier for both of us to work, I've made a few preliminary sketches to roughly determine the composition and style of the drawing. We will refer to the final sketch. For you, it will hang in the upper-left corner of the screen as a hint. Alright, let's start drawing. Today I am working with a Kohino 5B pencil on A5-sized drafting paper. The outlines in this drawing are very simple, and there's plenty to trace, so there should be no problems with the outline. I only remind you that all lines are made very faint. If it's difficult for you to draw the entire drop at once, you can first mark its position with dots and then outline the shape with short lines, as I'm doing now. Alright, the outline is ready. It will be slightly adjusted and refined during the work process. Now we'll move on to shading. Or, to put it more accurately, we'll be rendering volume using tone and shadows. First, let's fill each drop with a solid light gray color. It's easiest to do this with a blending stump. Take a look at how I do it. I draw the pencil from one end of the drop to the other, without lifting my hand, placing the lines very closely together in the same direction. After applying one layer, add several more on top to make the shading smoother. All new layers should preferably be applied in different directions. If you, like me, draw with a soft pencil, you shouldn't press down on it during this work. The pressure should be minimal. And by the way, notice how I'm holding the pencil. Right now, it's very important that the tone be as even as possible, so to make it even smoother, we'll do a slight blending. Done. Now we gradually begin to shade each drop. For beginners, I'll explain that shadows make any drawing three-dimensional and realistic. A drop of water is a unique object in which shadows are formed in an entirely different way. The thing is, a water droplet acts like a lens, refracting light, and everything inside it appears as if reversed. Therefore, the shadows within the drop will face the light source. In this drawing, the light comes from the upper left, so the shadows on the drop will also be on the upper left. For now, I'm just marking them, moving from the edge toward the center. The edge of the shadow should be very dark, gradually lightening toward the center. Please note that right now I'm mostly drawing individual strokes, which are round and seem to repeat the shape of a drop. After marking the shadow inside, we mark the shadow outside. It will be a shadow cast by a drop onto the surface of a leaf. It is drawn exactly the same way as the shadow inside. The first drop is ready. We perform the same procedure with the remaining drops. This stage of the work is complete, and we are blending again. You can apply it with a cloth, as I do, or with a brush or a special tool. Whatever anyone has, it's theirs. Alright, I'm done. Next, I need to increase the contrast, make the shadows smoother, and slightly expand them. Technically, we are working almost exactly the same way as in the previous stage. Oops. This is what happens when you use such flimsy fasteners. Who didn't understand, I attached the sheet to the table with a rubber eraser square. This work is coming to an end, and I am once again finishing it with blending. I'm blending the outer eyeshadow especially carefully right now. With this technique, I not only soften the strokes but also extend the shadows lengthwise and make them smoother. You agree that shadows look more realistic this way. I'll make a few corrections now and then show you the most interesting part; after that, the work will become much more realistic. Alright, I'm taking in my hand a rubber, preferably a kneaded eraser, because you can shape it into various forms, which will make your work easier. And I begin drawing the reflection inside the drop from the opposite side of the shadow. You should get a small white stripe gradually transitioning into gray. After drawing the reflection, let's draw the highlights on the opposite side of the drop. Do you see how much the pattern has changed? Basically, you can leave it like this; everything else depends on your preference. I'll work on it a bit more to give the project a neater and more polished appearance. Done! I think it turned out pretty well. If you want to enhance the sensation of shine and light within the droplets even further, you can apply white pastel or a white pencil. How this can be done, I showed you in this lesson. Well, actually, this is what the drawing looks like after being processed with pastels. Well, write down what you think about this lesson and this drawing. Don't forget to subscribe to the channel if you're interested in drawing. And don't forget to click the bell icon, as it helps you promptly learn about new videos on the channel. That's all from me. As usual, I wish you luck, new creative achievements, and I'll see you in the next videos. Bye!