How to draw a hamster with a pencil

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Hamsters are wonderful animals. They are great for honing the skills of novice artists. The body structure of a hamster seems simple, but at the same time it has certain features. Once you get the basic skills of how to draw a hamster, you can then improve your drawing and make it more realistic.

Today we will try to draw a cartoon hamster. You will see - it is very easy! Step by step instructions are very accessible and suitable for both adults and children. Shall we begin?

Preparation for work

We will draw with a simple pencil, and color the resulting drawing with anything: paints, felt-tip pens, colored pencils. You can leave a black and white hamster. So we need a simple pencil of medium softness, paper (preferably drawing or landscape, but of good quality). For a hamster's whiskers, you can take a special thin mechanical pencil - it will be more realistic, but you can do with the usual one.

How to draw a hamster step by step

Step one. Draw a circle. This will be the hamster's head. Try not to press hard on the pencil - draw with thin, light dashed lines so that they are easier to remove if necessary. Attach a large, elongated "U" to the bottom of the circle. This will be the body of the hamster. Then you need to take an eraser and erase the inner lower part of the circle that touches the body.

Step two. At the top of the head, now connected to the body, draw two small circles for the eyes. One should be slightly smaller than the other. If before you draw a hamster, you decide that it will be a girl, then make her long eyelashes. Then darken the eyes with a pencil over the entire area, except for the middle - this highlight will be the pupil.

Step three. Under the eyes, but not in the middle, but a little closer to the smaller one, draw a small inverted triangle. Then, with a thin eraser, gently erase its upper side - you get a nose. Draw two smooth semicircles under the spout. They look like the letter "E", which "fell" to the left. This will be the hamster's upper lip.

Step four. In the middle of the bottom of the letter "E" drawn in the previous step, we make a slightly pointed "U". As you may have guessed, this is the mouth. And now draw a mustache for the hamster - three smooth lines coming out of the cheeks.

Step five. At the top of the head, draw two large circles to make the ears. They will also have an internaloutline for added volume and realism.

Step six. Two more "U" shaped squiggles will be the front legs folded over the abdomen. If you look at the picture, it becomes clear how to make them. And from below, with narrow ovals, draw the hind legs.

Step seven. We add drawings to our hamster: a little wool on the abdomen, claws on the paws, we draw the contours more strongly. You can draw some thing that he will hold in his hands.

Step eight. We take paints, colored pencils, felt-tip pens and color the animal. Do not be afraid to experiment, use several shades: for example, dark and light brown, sandy, golden, reddish. This will only benefit the drawing.

Now you know how to draw a hamster with a pencil. Look how cute it turned out, right?