How to draw a squirrel with a pencil

Of course, you can draw squirrels in various ways. Represent an animal on a branch, in a hollow, with nuts or other prey in tenacious fingers. A drawing can be schematic, primitive or rather complex, plausible, realistic. Here much depends on the level of skill and age of the artist. The lessons offered in this article will help the children learn different ways of drawing proteins and choose the most suitable method for themselves.

How to draw a squirrel in pencil in stages?

To draw a simple squirrel with a child, you need to take a sheet of paper, eraser, simple and colored pencils or markers. Only at first glance it seems that the creation of a drawing of such an animal is an extremely complicated process. If you act step-by-step, then everything will certainly work out.

1. First, you need to draw a design consisting of a circle and an elongated oval. The circle then turns into a squirrel's head, and the oval into a body. Also draw sketchy paws, sketch the tail and ears.

2. Next, you should draw more and more detail and volume. The tail of the animal must be slightly "fluffy", giving it the appropriate outlines. The head (the former circle) will need to be stretched slightly. At the same stage, a part of the muzzle is drawn and ears are added. In addition, the legs of the squirrels need to draw claws.

3. Then you need to erase all the contours of the outline and other superfluous lines step by step. The mouth of the squirrel is drawn. In the legs you need to draw a fungus. If desired, it is replaced by berries or nuts.

4. On the belly of the squirrel, the contours of the fur should be drawn. Still need to draw a big eye animal.

5. Then the figure of the squirrel is gradually colored. It is worth taking bright colors to make the image look believable. For the body of a forest animal, the orange tone fits perfectly.

6. Separately, the fungus is colored. For him, brown tones are used: light and dark.

7. To add a picture of plausibility and volume, it is worth adding a few light - beige or cream - shades. Such accents allow the image of a protein to acquire some three-dimensionality.

How to draw a squirrel on the cells?

The smallest can draw a squirrel on the cells. Such lessons allow not only to receive the original drawing, but also perfectly develop fingers. Such a graphic dictation can be performed with parents. This activity perfectly develops the logic, attention, assiduity, thinking of the child.

1. It is necessary to take an ordinary notebook paper in a cage and find the starting point on it. For this, it is necessary to retreat from above on 6 cells, and on the left on 5 cells. Acting in accordance with the scheme in stages, we get the following image, as shown in the figure below.

2. To obtain a graphic representation of the proteins, follow the instructions given below. The arrows indicate the direction of movement. The figure indicates the number of cells.

How to draw a squirrel on a tree?

The drawing will look great if you depict a squirrel sitting on a tree branch. To create an image, you need to prepare a sheet of paper, soft and hard pencils. With the help of a solid pencil, it is possible to draw well the basic, rough contours. Soft is needed in order to add details and refinements.

1. So, how to draw a squirrel in pencil step by step? Start the work should be with the drawing of the head. To do this, use a hard pencil. On the top third of the sheet you need to make a rectangle. This is where the squirrel will be located. If you refuse to create a similar workpiece, then the image may go beyond the limits of the sheet or "deform". Here, a circle is drawn, and a diagonal line is drawn inside it, after which it is possible to depict the head of the animal around such a "billet".

2. The eye is drawn on the diagonal line. Of the two cones you need to get ears. The muzzle of the animal is drawn. This task is quite simple, and any child will cope with it. At the same stage, a slightly curved line is drawn from the head. This circuit will serve as the back of the squirrel. Below is an elongated oval, which later becomes the thigh of the squirrel. Then, the front foot is added and the outline of the abdomen is drawn. The second hind foot is marked with a short line, plus fingers are drawn.

3. A branch is shown under the squirrel. It is drawn from a pair of uneven contours parallel to each other. To get a realistic picture, you should make them a little bit tilted.

4. A lush, large, voluminous tail is being drawn. In addition, it is necessary to depict the nut and the details of the front paws. This is the basis of the body of the protein.

5. Now you need to work by applying on the silhouette of the protein dashed short lines. They should paint over the back and front legs, which look out from behind the torso of the squirrel. Shadows are created on the ears. The lower part of the abdomen is also shaded. The eye of the squirrel stains.

   Note! When painting the eye, you must leave a white highlight. Otherwise, the look of the squirrel will be unnatural.

6. Then you need to work with a soft pencil. Below the abdomen, on the thigh, on the back and tail, short lines create an imitation of protruding hair. The same contours are created on the forehead. At the same stage of drawing, you need to smudge the created contours with your index finger. In this case, you need to act as carefully as possible. After all, the main lines, the drawing of the nose and the eye area can not be touched. After that, the wool of the squirrel is drawn again around the edges, but already it is necessary to press more strongly on the pencil.

7. It is necessary to create shadows near the ears of the squirrel. Next, when you create a picture, you use an eraser. By means of a conventional shredder in the direction of growth of the animal's fur, it is necessary to make dashed short strips:
   • in the upper part of the thigh;
   • on the spout;
   • between the ears;
   • near the eyes;
   • on the elbow;
   • on the cheek;
   • on the tail;
   • on the tummy.

The boundaries of the previously created lines do not need to be washed, but only slightly lubricated.

How to draw a squirrel from a fairy tale about Tsar Saltan?

There is hardly a child who does not know the tale of Tsar Saltan and her main heroine, squirrel. No wonder, many children often dream of drawing a beast. By the way, in schools one of the themes of fine arts is just the work of Pushkin. That's why many babies tend to portray a magic squirrel with precious nuts.

1. Start the picture of a fairy-tale character from the drawing of a house. To make it perfectly smooth, you can use the ruler. First a rectangle is made. In its upper part, a triangle is drawn. On both sides, too, you need to make a rectangle, after which the columns form on the outside. Plus shows the entrance and the descent in the form of a ladder. This is where the protein will be.

2. The magic house should be decorated.

3. If desired, the resulting image can be colored with colored pencils, paints, markers, crayons, pastels or markers. The secret of this picture lies in the fact that the child does not focus on the protein itself, but not on the elements of the decor.

That's all! Apparently, you can depict a cute and funny forest animal in many ways, and each of them is quite simple. Having practiced several times, children can perfectly make pictures of squirrels.

Video lessons

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