How to draw a squirrel with a pencil in stages

Drawing equally fascinates children and adults. To young curious artists, this activity brings one benefit: it develops creative thinking, trains visual and motor analyzers, stimulates memory and imagination. Concentally, leading a pencil or brush on paper, you can really relax and relax. In this article, we will learn how to portray a squirrel. A funny animal is so cute that it is not tolerated to start work.

We invite everyone to be imbued with a magical aura of fine art. If you believe that you do not know how to draw, immediately drop these stupid thoughts to the side! If a primitive person doubted his abilities, his descendants would never have received unique samples of cave painting, which today are a valuable property of world culture. So take pencils and have fun. We will give clear step -by -step recommendations, observing which, you will draw a pretty squirrel and even want to boast of your creation to relatives and friends.

There are several options for a graphic image of a fur animal. If it is decided to divide the creative moment with the child, pay attention primarily to simple schematic drawings.

Pictures of drawn protein: looking for inspiration

If your child loves cartoons about animals, he will delight with enthusiasm to your offer to draw a squirrel together.   It depends on how you present this activity to the baby, whether he will love drawing for life or will abandon this idea over time.

And here is our muse:

Look how sweet she is ...

... graceful ...

... and very elegant!

When drawing a squirrel, try to convey paper to all the characteristic qualities of this creation - compactness, smoothness of lines, fluffiness and an overwhelming degree of attractiveness. And these are children's drawings of squirrels:

They are all different, but everyone deserves admiration - only children are so beautiful, directly and simply, and simply can draw.

How to draw a protein for children and beginners

1. The easiest way to choose a picture of a squirrel that you really like, and try to draw a animal from there. Of course, it is quite difficult to immediately convey the natural grace and beauty of a fluffy beauty, and the result of your labors can upset you. On the other hand, all professionals were once amateurs and started small. It depends only on you how you will draw in a month or a year if you are really interested in this.
2. For comfortable drawing, take a soft pencil (4N, 2B, 6V) and a large sheet of paper (A3, A4). We will apply primary contours in the form of geometric shapes. It is much easier to fill the oval or square with details than combining these parts with a contour. Even experienced artists use this method in their work.
3. When applying the first main contours, do not press on the pencil too much, otherwise the fat lines will appear through colored pencils or paint, and the pattern will be inaccurate. In addition, all the superfluous will have to be later washed with an eraser.

We draw the squirrel in stages

This master class is suitable for everyone who wants to draw a simple image of a squirrel with a pencil and give it realism with the help of color.

Draw a figure in the center of the sheet: an oblong ellipse and a circle. This, as you already guessed, is the body and head, respectively. Also depict the tail and paws schematically. Here's what we did:

We continue to improve the parts of the body of our animal: we will pull the contours of the head a little, decorate the crown with your ears with brushes, add the fingers to the paws, and also improve the muzzle and flood the tail to make it more voluminous. Do not forget to draw a tummy.

"Put" the beast fungus in the paws. If desired, draw a nut, berry or flower instead of a mushroom with your squirrel.

At this stage, we clean the image of auxiliary lines and take up the face of the fur beauty - portray the eye and smile. Using hatching, designate the coat on the animal's stomach.

Our squirrel is almost ready. It remains only to paint it: take an orange or light brown pencil. For a mushroom, we use dark brown and beige pencils.

In order for the forest beauty to be transformed, we denote several light spots on her cheeks, legs and tail.

How to draw a squirrel with a pencil: step -by -step instructions

And this master class will be more likely to be liked by adults who would like to draw a squirrel similar to a real animal.

Step one:

• draw a large oval by hand, tilted to the right - it will be a torso of proteins. Please note that the top of the oval is slightly narrowed and, in general, the figure resembles a chicken egg;
• next to the upper part of the oval, draw a circle, the basis for the head of the protein. Follow the proportion: the size of the oval should be equal to the total size of three small circles;
• the quality and realism of the final result will depend on how clear and accurate the sketches will be. Therefore, at the beginning of the work, you need to carefully study the finished picture in order to pass it on paper with great accuracy.

Step two:

• we throw the contours of the legs of the animal;
• presenting the fines of the squirrel, try to maintain proportions. Marking from small circles will greatly facilitate the task. With the help of this technique, it is easier to determine where to draw squirrels and what thickness to make them;
• the front limbs of the animal are much shorter than the rear. To draw them, we will depict two circles on paper: a small circle is a brush, and a large circle is a squirrel elbow. Draw an arc above a small circle, indicating the second front paw;
• the rear squirrel legs are strong and long. They can be compared with the rear paws of the rabbit. A small circle is the knees of an animal. That's about such a sketch should be obtained by you:

Step third:

• we move on to smaller details. Apply the contours of the ears, muzzles and tail to the main image. Do not think it's difficult. Follow the proportions and accuracy of the transfer of lines;
• sketch out the outlines of a lush tail. Decorate your head with long ears characteristic of the squirrel. We transform the circumference of the head slightly, indicating the muzzle and cheeks with clearer contours;
• mark the location of the protein's eye. As you can see, the image becomes like a real animal.

Step fourth:

• we will engage in detailing the small parts of the protein body. See how with the help of a curved line that divides the tail in two, you can make it more voluminous;
• we draw the fingers on the front and hind legs, make the muzzle expressive and draw an eye, giving it the shape of a drop of pointed down;
• armed with an eraser, save the pattern from auxiliary lines and additional strokes. At the same time, try not to hurt the main contour. The forest beauty is almost ready. It remains only to “put it” in a magnificent fur coat and finish the dark bead of the eye.

Step Five:

• draw a squirrel and make the eye shape more expressive.   After that, we will deal with the design of the skin and wool on the tail. To flush the tail, make jerky movements with your hand, applying thin strokes on paper;
• in the same way, decorate the body and head of the squirrel with a wool. Do not forget about the brushes on your ears. Dark areas indicate with short lines;
• if you want the image to be colored, paint the squirrel with an orange pencil, gleaming individual sections of the pattern brown.

How to draw a protein on a branch

There are two options for image of protein on a tree: the animal can sit on a branch or prepare for a jump to another branch.

Funny "cartoon" squirrel, which will certainly appeal to children, draw in a few steps, according to the scheme that we already know:

• picture 3 circles - the basis for the body, breasts and heads of proteins;
• combine the circles, complement the pattern with eyes, nose, paws and tail;
• when the squirrel is ready, "put" it on the branch and paint it.

And in this figure, the protein is about to jump from the branch. To give the image of the dynamics, draw a branch under the slope.

And this is an option for lovers who already have certain artistic skills. Take two simple pencils - hard and soft. We draw the base and the main contours with a hard pencil, and we will clarify the finished image with soft:

• with a hard pencil, put a site on paper where you will draw. Choose the upper third of the sheet, otherwise the image may not fit in the sheet;
• draw a circle and designate the diagonal there. Sweep the squirrels around the circle;

• design the eye diagonals, draw cones for future ears and decorate the beast muzzle;
• lower the smooth line from the head and connect it with an elongated oval - the back and thigh are ready. Now, with two slightly curved dashes, indicate the front foot and complement the body with a line of abdomen. Draw a second hind paw with a short dash. Draw the fingers of the animal in detail;

• under sitting squirrel, draw a branch in the form of two parallel curved lines under a certain inclination. At the same stage, decorate the animal with a lush tail, finish it with the missing front paw and nut. The main part of the image is ready;

• with short strokes, fill the peeping parts of the front and hind legs, nuts, gleam your ears and lower abdomen. Paint your eyes, indicating a small white glare on it;

• now we will work with a soft pencil. Using short dashes, depict sticking wool on the contours of the back, abdomen, hips and on the tail. Easily pressing the pencil, draw the wool on the muzzle and the body of the squirrel. Do not overdo it and all the time make sure that the direction of the hairs is the same;

• gently rub the areas with the index finger where the wool is depicted without touching the area of \u200b\u200bthe eye, the nose and the main contours. Once again with a little pressure, draw the wool along the edges;
• get the site near the ears. Take a convenient eraser and with it, apply short strokes to the image in the direction of wool growth: between the ears, near the nose and eyes, on the cheek, elbow, in the upper thigh, on the stomach and tail. Carefully draw the drawn hairs with your finger and slightly plunge the hair of the animal on the outer contours.

We draw protein by cells

Teach your child to draw in cells. The graphic dictation will not only captivate the young artist for a while, but will also bring him a lot of benefits: it will stimulate the coordination of hand movements, improve concentration, will be an excellent training of oral account and logical thinking.

To portray the protein with the help of cells, find the pattern that you like, and make the calculation of the animal figure on the cells. If you want to redraw the protein from the postcard or photographs, use the following scheme:

• we begin to draw from the bottom of the picture, moving along the rows of cells up. First, they depict the lower legs, then the body is completed through the cells, the tail and head of the animal;
• the eyes of the squirrels are depicted with one cell or a mug in the center of the head;
• you can draw a squirrel sitting on a tree or hemp.

How to draw a squirrel - the heroine "Tales of King Saltan"

Drawing fairy -tale characters is a very interesting activity for children. To portray the famous squirrel from the “Tale of King Saltan”, we will choose an episode where the animal clicks precious nuts, sitting in his crystal house. For clarity, we will select a suitable illustration from a cartoon of Soviet times:

We start work:

• first, we will take a house for the animal (then it will be more convenient to draw a squirrel with the right proportions). You can draw the walls of the mini-watering man by hand or with the help of a ruler so that the house turns out to be neat. Since we draw with the child, we will a little simplify the intricate structure of the structure;

• picture a rectangular figure, draw a triangle on top of it, complement these figures with two more rectangles. Apply the outlines of the columns on paper, draw the entrance and descent in the form of a hill;

• in the triangular part of the house, schematically depict the protein. The point remains small - decorate the squirrel dwelling with decorative carved elements at your discretion.

As an option, you can not focus on the house, but on the squirrel itself, which sits very close to us. Creative success to you!