The child has heard more than once about a country like Africa. Birds fly there in autumn, crocodiles, elephants, lions live there. The kid would like to see all this live. And to help him with this, offer to draw the African savannah.

Savannah is a steppe with rare trees and bushes, overgrown with tall dense grass. Various animals, birds, insects live there.

The child will be interested in depicting a new landscape. And after finishing, he can add African animals to make the landscape more realistic.

You will need:

Skyline

First, you should divide the sheet into two parts by the horizon line. It is needed in order to make it clear where to draw trees, and where - clouds.

Foreground

The foreground is the part of the picture that is closer to us. Draw on foreground a low hill, because the savannah is uneven.

Background

Objects in the background are fuzzy. With wavy lines, draw the outlines of other hills that are far away.

Tree trunk

And in the middle plan draw a tree trunk. Note that it is even more uneven than the trees familiar to the child.

Main branches

The most common trees in Africa are acacias and baobabs. These trees have a thin trunk, but a very wide crown, under which animals gather. Therefore, the side branches should bend to the sides.

Let the child try to draw on their own, since a ruler is not needed to draw branches.

small branches

Small branches that depart from the main ones grow several at a time.

The more branches you draw, the wider the crown will be. The branches end approximately on the same line.

From above, depict the outlines of a dense crown.

Sun

The sun in Africa is much closer to the earth than in the northern countries. Draw it in the form great circle, which is half hidden behind the horizon.

Erase unnecessary lines.

elephant outline

Against the backdrop of the sun, depict an elephant - one of the animals of Africa. If it is difficult for a child to immediately draw a small animal, you can use and practice.

Head

If you have the outlines, form the head of the animal. Draw big ears, trunk and tusks.

Touch up the image of the elephant and erase unnecessary lines.

torso

Make the lines of the animal smoother and add small details.

tree crown

Draw the crown of the tree in small wavy lines similar to sheep wool.

As promised, I post a lesson on drawing a landscape.
In this landscape I used:
1. Paper for oil painting. A3 format
2. Oil paints- whitewash, natural sienna, burnt sienna, strontium yellow, cadmium yellow, mars brown light.
3. Palette knife No. 1012, No. 1017
4. Brush No. 4, No. 10 bristles.
5. Linseed oil for dilution.

So. We are painting this landscape. I removed the animals, leaving only the sky, the sun and the tree.

To begin with, we decide on the palette of this photo.
I chose these colors.

The first thing we need to do is define the contours of our beautiful tree. You can use the grid to precisely position the tree on the canvas. I did not use the grid and relied on my eyes.)) Next, we prime the surface of the canvas with diluted burnt sienna.

I did not wait for the paint to dry and soaked the excess oil with toilet paper.
Unlike the photo, I placed the sun in the center of the sheet. I used an ordinary glass of a suitable diameter.

To keep the light paint for the sun from blending into the background, I carefully wiped the paint in the sun with toilet paper.

Preparing the color for the sun.
I used natural sienna (just a little bit), cadmium yellow, whitewash. Mixed with a palette knife.

After that, very carefully applied paint with a palette knife in the sun. You can apply the paint with a brush, so the contours of the sun will be clearer. We leave the tree unpainted, otherwise we will have to wait at least 3 days for the paint to dry. And only after that draw a tree.

Looking at the photo, I mix the color for the lower part of the sky mars brown light + cadmium yellow + white. This is the darkest part of the sky.
Then apply with a strip, focusing on the photo. I don't paint the tree either.

The next strip is for the sky. I mix the remaining paint with yellow cadmium and white. The third strip already comes with the addition of strontium yellow. Try to feel the gradation of color from the sun.

Let's get to the "crown" of the sun.
For this, I used the previous paint mixed with white and strontium yellow. Focus on the photo when mixing colors. You will notice that the lightest piece of the sky is directly in the crown of the tree above the sun. Darker skies under the sun. I applied the paint with a palette knife, you can use a brush as you see fit. I got it like this.

Around the sun, the sky is the lightest, but closer to the edges of the canvas, the sky darkens.

I leave room for tree branches. And I proceed to the silhouette of the earth and the trunk of a tree. Paint clean mars brown. I really like the texture of the strokes from the palette knife, so I use it to apply paint.

We continue to paint over the silhouette of the tree and branches. Look at the photo, the crown of the tree almost completely covers the sky, only small gaps remain. I tried to add the outlines of the grass, but this needs to be done already at the conclusion of the picture. We do not touch the grass yet.)))

I really like to work with "wet" oil, I'm not afraid to put "gaps" of the sky over dark paint light paint. This must be done with a palette knife, otherwise the paint will mix.

After looking at the picture as a whole, I decided to add more crown to the tree. Also on top of "wet" oil. Add tree branches with a brush. We are not afraid to write on top of "wet" oil, but you should do it carefully. I add a dark cloud on the right.

Now we write weed. With a brush with a thin end, apply mars brown stripes. We try to make strips of different heights. Top down.

My painting is ready.

Africa is the second largest continent on planet Earth. The first in size is the mainland Eurasia. There is another part of the world, which is also called Africa. This article will consider Africa as the mainland of the planet.

In terms of its area, the size of Africa is 29.2 million km2 (with islands - 30.3 million km2), which is about 20% of the entire land surface of the planet. The mainland of Africa is washed by the Mediterranean Sea on the north coast, the west coast is washed by the Atlantic Ocean, in the south and east the continent is washed by the Indian Ocean, and the northeast coast is washed by the Red Sea. There are 62 states on the territory of Africa, of which 54 are independent states, and the population of the entire continent is about 1 billion people. By clicking on the link you can see full list African countries in the table.

The size of Africa from north to south is 8,000 kilometers, and when viewed from east to west, it is approximately 7,500 kilometers.

Extreme points on mainland Africa:

1) The easternmost point of the mainland is Cape Ras Hafun, which is located on the territory of the state of Somalia.

2) The northernmost point of this mainland is Cape Blanco, which is located in the Republic of Tunisia.

3) The westernmost point of the continent is Cape Almadi, which is located on the territory of the Republic of Senegal.

4) And, finally, the southernmost point of the African continent is Cape Agulhas, which is located on the territory of the Republic of South Africa (South Africa).

Relief of Africa

Most of the mainland is made up of plains. The following relief forms predominate: highlands, plateaus, stepped plains and plateaus. The mainland is conditionally divided into High Africa (where the heights of the mainland reach a size of over 1000 meters - the southeast of the mainland) and Low Africa (where the heights reach a size mostly less than 1000 meters - the northwestern part).

The most high point mainland - Mount Kilimanjaro, which reaches a height of 5895 meters above sea level. Also in the south of the mainland there are the Drakon and Cape Mountains, in the east of Africa there is the Ethiopian Highlands, and to the south of it is the East African Plateau, in the northwest of the continent are the Atlas Mountains.

In the north of the mainland is the largest desert on the planet - the Sahara, in the south is the Kalahari Desert, and in the southwest of the mainland there is the Namib Desert.

At the same time, the lowest point of the mainland is the bottom of the salt lake Assal, the depth of which reaches 157 meters below sea level.

Climate of Africa

The climate of Africa can be put in first place among all the continents in terms of warmth. This is the hottest continent, since it is completely located in the hot climatic zones of the planet Earth and is crossed by the equator line.

Central Africa is located in the equatorial belt. This belt is characterized by high precipitation and there is no change of seasons. To the south and north of the equatorial belt there are subequatorial belts, which are characterized by a rainy season in summer and a dry season in winter at high air temperatures. If you follow further south and north after the subequatorial belts, then the northern and southern tropical belts follow, respectively. Such belts are characterized by low precipitation at fairly high air temperatures, which leads to the formation of deserts.

African inland waters

The inland waters of Africa are uneven in structure, but at the same time vast and extended. On the mainland, the longest river is the Nile River (the length of its system reaches 6852 km), and the Congo River is considered the most full-flowing river (the length of its system reaches 4374 km), which is famous for being the only river that crosses the equator twice.

There are lakes on the mainland. The largest lake is Lake Victoria. The area of ​​this lake is 68 thousand km2. The greatest depth in this lake reaches 80 m. The lake itself is the second in its area on planet Earth from fresh lakes.

30% of the land mass of mainland Africa is desert, in which water bodies can be temporary, that is, dry up completely at times. But at the same time, usually in such desert regions, groundwater can be observed, which are located in artesian basins.

Flora and fauna of Africa

The African continent is renowned for its diversity. flora, as well as the animal. Tropical rainforests grow on the continent, which are replaced by light forests and savannahs. In the subtropical zone, mixed forests can also be found.

The most common plants in the forests of Africa are palms, ceiba, sundew and many others. But in the savannas, most often you can find thorny shrubs and small trees. The desert is distinguished by a small variety of plants growing in it. Most often these are grasses, shrubs or trees in oases. Many areas of the desert have no vegetation at all. A special plant in the desert is the amazing Velvichia plant, which can live for more than 1000 years, it releases 2 leaves that grow throughout the life of the plant and can reach a length of 3 meters.

Diverse in Africa and animal world. In savannah areas, grass grows very quickly and well, which attracts many herbivorous animals (rodents, hares, gazelles, zebras, etc.), and, accordingly, predators that feed on herbivorous animals (leopards, lions, etc.).

The desert at first glance may seem uninhabited, but in fact there are many reptiles, insects, birds that hunt mainly at night.

Africa has become famous for such animals as elephant, giraffe, hippopotamus, a wide variety of monkeys, zebras, leopards, dune cats, gazelles, crocodiles, parrots, antelopes, rhinos and much more. This continent is amazing and unique in its own way.

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