Master class: how to draw a squirrel in different styles

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

How to draw a squirrel will be discussed in this article. The author offers his readers two different master classes.

Master class "How to draw a squirrel in children's style"

The result of this workshop is extremely suitable for decorating the walls of a nursery, for illustrating books for preschool children, or for colorful appliqués on toddler clothes.

1. First, with the help of two ovals, the novice artist depicts the head and torso of the animal.
2. Positioning a smaller oval in the middle of the abdomen, the draftsman outlines its light part. Ears are attached to the upper part of the head, and thick fluffy cheeks of a squirrel are depicted on the muzzle in the form of a thickened eight or two ovals superimposed with narrowed ends slightly on top of each other.
3. Since a squirrel must be drawn with a fluffy tail - this is one of the main distinguishing features of this animal, a slightly curved, very fluffy tail with a rounded tip is painted on behind the body. On the abdomen, the artist depicts small paws with claws on the fingers.
4. The next step in the tutorial "How to draw a squirrel in children's style" is the design of a cute muzzle. Of course, everyone knows that the squirrel is notknows how to smile, but the drawing is created for the child, so there is nothing surprising that our squirrel will smile affably. Above her cheeks are round eyes-buttons. Although someone may also want to draw long eyelashes and even eyebrows, so that the muzzle looks like a girl's face. In the ears, separate the inner part with arcs, and draw a curl on the tail.
5. The last step is drawing the hind legs.
6. You can paint the squirrel with two colors: dark main and light for the cheeks, the inside of the ears and the middle of the abdomen.

How to draw a squirrel

No matter how cute the squirrel drawn above is, this image is still quite far from nature. It is more suitable for decorating rooms or dishes, decorating postcards or creating cartoons. A naturalist artist, on the other hand, definitely needs to know how to draw a squirrel living in the forest correctly. To do this, you should carefully consider pictures and photographs of a cute rodent, get acquainted with videos or even watch a live squirrel. Since it is best to draw a squirrel with a pencil in profile (to show its distinctive feature - a fluffy tail raised up and curved by a sinusoid), then here it will be just such an option was considered.

Squirrel Realistic Drawing Workshop

1. A mouth, an eye and a nose pipka are drawn on the head.
2. At the top of the head are ears, moreover,which is facing the viewer, you need to highlight the inside.
3. Immediately a small front paw emerges from under the chin.
4. From the back of the head, the line first bends inward, outlining the hollow of the neck, and then it forms a curved arched back. A rounded, rather large knee joint is drawn using a part of the circle.
5. Finish the rear leg and draw a curved tail with a pencil.
6. Last step: duplication of the upper and lower paws in order to write out the second pair of limbs, which are located on the side opposite to the viewer. In the paws of the animal, you can give a nut or a fungus, a cone or a seed.
7. You can color the squirrel as you wish: if it is depicted in summer, then its fur coat should be painted bright red or brownish, and the winter “clothing” of the animal is light gray or bluish.