Drawing a Christmas Bicycle

Step 1

The first thing to do is to copy the bike loaded with presents or print out the template and copy the preliminary drawing.

Make sure you don't press too much with the pencil, otherwise there will be marks in the paper. 

Step 2

When coloring and watercoloring, it is generally important to note that areas lying next to each other are best watercolored with a time delay, otherwise there is a danger that the colors will run very much into each other. Start with the bicycle and paint some color into the surfaces. The surfaces should not be completely painted, with the watercolor painting you dissolve the color somewhat and can fill the surface completely and produce a color gradient at the same time.

Step 3

Now you start to paint and watercolor the gifts and the wooden boxes bit by bit.
To create the background, it's best to choose lighter colors so that it doesn't distract too much from the bike. Draw a few hills with a pencil.

Step 4

For the firs, a few green strokes are enough. You can also draw a few light grey strokes as shadows and as a base for your bicycle and sign.

Step 5 

By simply dabbing on the green strokes you dissolve the paint with the brush selectively and create the impression of fir branches. You can also easily paint the shadows on the bicycle and on the shadows in watercolors. At the hills you can create the landscape with a little light grey.

Step 6

Finally, if everything is well dried, you can use the fine Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Pen to border the colored areas on the bicycle and the signpost. The lines can be drawn loosely and with slight interruptions.