Sad pencil drawings with meaning for copying

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Drawing sad pictures with a meaning in pencil helps the artist express negative feelings. Those who look at the images will be able to identify the drawn characters with themselves, or simply sympathize with them. The main thing is to find a way to express the emotion correctly. You can find out how to do this by reading several step-by-step instructions for creating different versions of drawings.

What you need for drawing

To draw beautiful pictures, you need a set of pencils of different degrees of hardness. When choosing tools, experienced artists advise paying attention to the country of their manufacture.

Where are good pencils made, according to professionals:

Russia;
Europe;
USA;
Japan.

On Russian-made instruments, you can see letter and digital markings. Hard pencils are marked with the letter "T", soft ones are designated as "M", and hard-soft ones with the letters "TM".

The numbers in front of the letters indicate the degree of hardness or softness of the lead, for example: 3M, 4T, 6M. Russian pencils leave clear and even lines that are sometimes difficult to erase from paper with an eraser.

European pencils have similar markings, only the letter "T" is replaced by "H" (from the word hard), and instead of the letter "M" "B" is used (from the word black). Accordingly, a hard-soft pencil is designated by the letters "HB".

There is also a pencil with the letter "F" (from the words fine point). Using it, you can get a medium-saturation tone, between "HB" and "H". European pencils are slightly lighter than the tools from Russia. It can be difficult to shade them. Japanese pencils are marked the same way. They leave dark lines, are easy to shade, but the graphite can crumble a lot.

Pencils from the USA are well shaded, leave clear and even lines during shading. They are easy to sharpen, do not crumble. Experienced artists recommend buying them.

To indicate the degree of hardness, Americans use numbers:

#1	Soft
#2	Hard-soft
#2½	Average
#3	Solid
#4	Very hard

The sets may contain pencils from 9H to 12B. The variety of tones allows for beautiful shading and shadowing.

What else should be on hand:

sharpener;
eraser;
cotton pads and swabs;
paper.

Any smooth and light paper is suitable for drawing with simple pencils. You can use album, office, writing or drawing sheets.

How to show sadness in a drawing

Psychologists believe that drawing sad pictures helps ease human experiences. The artist, creating a drawing, seems to splash out negative feelings on paper, while his mental state improves. This method is used in art therapy. The therapeutic effect extends not only to the artist, but also to his viewers.

To reflect the feelings of the drawn character more accurately and make others empathize with him, a special meaning must be put into the picture. This can be done by "revealing" the reasons for sadness.

Lack of self-confidence

Sad pencil drawings with meaning can be laconic, without shading and small details. Such pictures can be drawn using only 1 pencil. For example, you can look at a drawing that depicts a person suffering from self-doubt.

On his head is a paper bag, hiding his face. The character is unhappy with his appearance, he cries and tries to suppress his feelings by drinking alcohol. This is indicated by the bottle clutched in his hand.

Sad pencil drawings with meaning for copying — Sad pencil drawings with meaning^ lack of self-confidence

How to draw:

Using a hard-soft pencil, without pressing, sketch out the shape of the bag.
Finish drawing the neck and shoulder.
Draw the forearm and hand with fingers.
Draw the bottle.
Pressing a little harder on the pencil, draw creases and folds on the bag.
Draw 2 round eyes. Shade them.
Draw a zigzag line along the bottom edge of the bag.
Use an eraser to remove any extra strokes.
Finish drawing the dripping tears.
Add a collar to the shirt and buttons.
Draw a label on the bottle. Shade it.

Use an eraser to remove excess lines and outline the drawing, pressing lightly on the pencil.

Broken heart

The phrase "broken heart" symbolizes the sadness and pain of parting with a loved one and the longing for love. In the picture, this phrase can be turned into an object.

How to draw a broken heart:

Using a hard pencil, draw a heart shape.
Divide the shape in half with a zigzag line, imitating a crack.
Draw a drop at the bottom, as if the heart is bleeding.
Draw several stripes to imitate bandages.
Draw folds on the bandages.
Using a hard-soft pencil, darken the bottom of the heart.
Show the shadow on and under the bandages.
Use a soft pencil to shade the top of the drop.
Draw a blood stain on the bandages.
Blend all strokes applied with a soft pencil.

Trace the outline of the picture and clean the background with an eraser.

Apathy

Apathy is when a person has lost interest in the world around him. Nothing pleases or excites him. The drawing of a girl covered with a bandage can be interpreted as: "Don't touch me, I'm healing." The bandage is a symbol of the desire to be alone with oneself until things get better.

How to draw a picture like this:

Using a hard pencil, sketch out the shape of the patch.
Draw the girl's knees on top.
Draw her shoulders.
Draw the head as a circle.
Draw a hand sticking out from under the head, placing it slightly to the right of the circle. You need to take into account the volume of the hair.
Draw the lower back and buttocks below.
Finish drawing the feet.
Draw the shape of the girl's body under the patch.
Remove extra lines.
Use a soft pencil to draw the hair on the head. Add an ear.
In the center of the patch, draw an antibacterial insert.
Fill the edges of the patch with dots as shown in the picture.
Using a very soft pencil (6M), draw underwear on the girl.

Trace the outline of the drawing.

Sorrow

Sad pencil drawings with meaning can convey the bitterness of losing a loved one. To show this emotion, you can depict a character grieving at a tombstone.

How to draw:

Use a hard pencil to draw the shape of the tombstone.
Draw the girl's round head and the shape of her dress.
Draw the legs and 1 arm.
Draw a flower in your hand.
Using a hard-soft pencil, draw folds on the girl's dress.
Draw hair.

Shade the tombstone with horizontal and then vertical lines.
Use a soft pencil (2M) to draw the girls' shoes.
Trace the outline of the drawing.
Using a softer pencil (3M or 4M), outline the shadow under the tombstone and the girl, using diagonal strokes.

Write the date on the tombstone.

Regrets

Often people feel sad about lost time. They regret missed opportunities and wish they could go back in time to correct their mistakes. In this drawing, the clock face in the eye reflects this desire, and the tears emphasize the pain of realizing that time travel is impossible.

How to draw:

Using a hard pencil, draw the shape of the eye.
Add folds to the lower and upper eyelids.
Mark the inner corner.
Draw the iris of the eye, and instead of the pupil, a clock face with arrows.
Using a hard-soft pencil, shade the iris with transverse lines.
Draw tears flowing from the eye. Mark the highlights and shade them.
Draw a highlight in the eye.
Draw eyelashes with a soft pencil.
Paint over the tears without touching the highlights.
Outline the eye and iris.
Highlight the numbers and hands on the clock.

There is no need to outline the folds of skin on the eyelids.

Nostalgia

Nostalgia can be a little sad. This drawing shows a girl remembering a pet she loved to spend time with as a child.

How to draw:

Use a hard pencil to draw the silhouette of the face and hairstyle.
In the center of the silhouette, use a thin line to mark a circle, inside which the memory will be drawn.
Draw a silhouette of a cat and a sitting child.
Using a hard-soft pencil, begin shading in a circle. You need to smoothly move from the outer edges of the circle to the inner borders of the silhouette. As the strokes move away, you need to press harder on the pencil.
Use a soft pencil to darken the girl's face and the lower part of her hair. Blend the lines.
Using a very soft pencil (5M), outline the silhouette along the contour.
Shade the silhouettes of the cat and the child.
Draw an eye on the girl.
Use light strokes to indicate the position of the eyebrows.

Use an eraser to clean up the background.

Loneliness

Sad pencil drawings with meaning can reflect a feeling of loneliness. To convey this feeling, artists use the technique of "empty space." They draw pictures where a person is surrounded by a large, monochromatic space, without distracting details.

As an example, we can look at a drawing where a person is sitting on the edge of a cliff, against the backdrop of a large moon.

How to draw:

Using a hard pencil, draw the shape of the surface on which the person will sit.
Draw the slope of the cliff.
Add the outline of the moon.
Draw a silhouette of a person.
Shade the bottom of the background with horizontal lines.
Using a hard-soft pencil, outline the outlines of the Moon and the drawn cliff.

Shade the surface on which the person is sitting.
Use a soft pencil to shade the slope.
Draw a shadow under the person.
Shade the top of the background with horizontal lines.
Use a very soft pencil to color the human silhouette.

Use a hard pencil to slightly darken the edges of the Moon. Blend the strokes well.

Unrequited love

Unrequited love not only makes people sad, but also causes them mental pain. This drawing conveys this feeling well. The closer the two people standing in the rings of scissors, the more pain it will be for the central character, who is in love with the girl. In the end, the blades are about to close and destroy him.

How to draw a picture like this:

Using a hard pencil, sketch out the silhouettes of people holding hands.
Draw rings around their belts. Draw the shape of the scissors handles.
Add blades. The rings should have narrower blades than the ends.
Between the blades, draw the figure of the 3rd character.
Draw the shapes of people's hairstyles and clothes.
Erase extra lines with an eraser.
Use a hard-soft pencil to draw highlights on the blades.
Mark the shadows and folds of the fabric on the central character's T-shirt.
Shade the lower part of the clothes of the remaining characters.
Use a soft pencil to shade the hairstyles of all the people.
Draw a heart between the distant characters and color it in.
Shade the handles of the scissors.

Trace the outline of the drawing.

Despair

Sad pencil drawings with meaning can convey a sense of despair. To achieve this effect, you can depict a crying person. It is difficult for beginner artists to draw realistic portraits, so you can make a drawing in anime style.

This drawing technique allows you to depict human emotions without applying shadows or performing fine detailing.

How to draw:

Use a hard pencil to draw a round head.
Draw the neck.
Depict sloping shoulders and arms hanging down.
Finish drawing the T-shirt.
Draw 4 auxiliary lines on the girl's face, which will help to depict facial features symmetrically. Line 1 will serve as a guide for drawing eyebrows, the next will help to draw eyes. Line 3 should be short. It shows the location of the nose. The last line is a guide for drawing the mouth.
Draw closed eyes in the form of 2 curved lines. The auxiliary line should pass through the inner corners of the eyes. The outer corners should protrude slightly beyond it.
Draw the shape of the eyelids above the eyes.
Draw the eyebrows in a "house" shape. The auxiliary line should pass through the center of each eyebrow. Mark the interbrow fold on the skin.
Draw the nose as a triangle with rounded corners. Its lower side should be located above the auxiliary line.
Finish drawing the bridge of the nose with a short vertical line.
The mouth should be drawn so that the auxiliary line goes through its middle. The lower lip should be depicted as a large arc, and the upper lip should be drawn slightly smaller, in the form of an inverted arc. Connect these lines with smooth strokes.

Draw teeth in the mouth.
Designate the shape of the hairstyle.
Use an eraser to erase extra lines.
Use a hard-soft pencil to draw folds on the T-shirt.
Shade the empty space inside the mouth.
Darken the nose.
Draw on the tears.
Mark the blush on the girl's cheeks and highlight the shadow on her neck.
Show shadow under hair.
Draw individual strands of hair.
Show the shadow on the arms, under the sleeves of the T-shirt.
Select the collarbones.

Use a soft pencil to outline the girl’s eyebrows, eyes, mouth, and also highlight the dimple on her chin.

Problems in family relationships

Drawing sad pictures with a meaning in pencil can help the artist not only to reveal his feelings to the viewer, but also to convey some wise thought to him. This picture shows how strict parents influence a child.

Instead of their heads, a saw blade and a heavy gear are depicted. This is how the author shows the relationships in the family. The mother "nags" and the father "presses", their actions have a destructive effect on the child. The image makes you think about how this state of affairs can be corrected in real life.

How to draw a picture like this:

Using a hard pencil, draw the silhouettes of the parents' bodies.
Draw a smooth line behind them to indicate the boundary of the surface on which the characters stand.
Draw the details of the clothes: the father's tie and shirt collar, the mother's shoes, skirt and sleeves, as well as the collar of the blouse.
Finish drawing the necks of the bodies.
Step back from the necks a few centimeters up. Mark the center of each disk. The father's gear is larger than the mother's disk, so you need to mark the center higher.
Draw 2 circles.
Draw the details: teeth and spokes on the gear. Sharp teeth on the saw blade.
Draw the child's head and body between the disks. He has no legs, so the lower part of the body should be depicted as "flowing". Draw a few drops at the bottom, and a puddle on the floor.
Draw a hairstyle and big eyes for your child.

Shade the surface on which the characters stand. Blend the lines.
Using a hard-soft pencil, shade the disk and gear with diagonal lines, leaving gaps that will imitate highlights. Blend the strokes.
Mark the shadow on the parents' clothes. Slightly darken the edges of the child's body.
Use a soft pencil to shade the father's suit and tie. Color the mother's skirt and shoes.
Draw a shadow behind the parents' backs.
Draw the child's eyes.
Outline the drops and the puddle at the bottom.

Use a very soft pencil (7M) to shade the background. The lines should be diagonal.

Tips for Beginning Artists

What advice do experienced artists give to beginners:

To shade the strokes, use cotton pads and sticks. It is not recommended to shade the lines with your fingers. The drawing will be dirty.

After sharpening, the end of the pencil should be wiped with a napkin to prevent small graphite crumbs from falling off.
Sketches should be drawn with smooth, broken lines. This makes it easier to draw complex shapes.
When creating drawings where all objects and the background are shaded, you need to use a fixative. This is a spray that is sprayed on the picture so that the graphite does not stain your hands while shading different areas.

Drawing sad pictures with a pencil is not difficult. The main thing is to learn to put meaning into them so that, looking at the drawing, viewers understand the true reason for the character's sadness and can sympathize with him.

Author: Frolova Ekaterina

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