Now that your squirrel has a good furry coat for the winter, use a tortillon to lightly “color” it in. Where the fur is darker, add more lines where it is lighter, add fewer lines. Remember drawing a sun with a circle in the center and the rays going all around it? The fur on the squirrel’s tail follows a similar pattern, going outward like the rays of the sun. The longest fur is on the squirrel’s tail, so these will be your longest lines. Too many lines will make it seem as if it were a darker color. Because this fur is white, however, you’ll want to draw fewer lines.
The fur under his front paws is longer, so use longer lines. These lines can (and should) overlap each other, just as the fur does. The fur on the squirrel’s head and back is very short, so we’ll use very short lines. Short lines = short fur, long lines = long fur. To draw animals with fur, add overlapping lines for the fur, making sure your lines are going in the same direction the fur is going. Now that you have your squirrel on the page, let’s make him look more realistic. His front paws are touching his nose/mouth. The line for the left side of the body connects to the middle of the left side of his head. Notice that the left side of the squirrel’s tail seems to connect with the center of it’s head, and the right side connects with the middle of the right side of his body. Next, add more definite lines to your drawing (straight and curved), making sure they connect with each other in the right places. You’ll also see that the width of the squirrel’s body is about 1 ½ times our reference measurement (top of head to nose), and the width of his tail is just a little more than our reference measurement.Īll set with the basics of the squirrel? Does it fit well on the page? This same distance (top of head to nose) is also the same distance from the top of his head to the top of his tail. Note that the distance from the top of his head to his nose is about the same length as the distance from his nose to the top of his foot. Here, I marked the length of the squirrel’s head. You can mark a piece of paper with your reference measurement. Basic shapes include circles, triangles, squares, ovals, etc.ĭouble-check your shapes to make sure you have the right PROPORTIONS (the size of something compared to the size of something else). I use these shapes to helps determine where the drawing should go and how big it should be. To begin, start by sketching the basic shapes you see. Part of learning to draw involves changing the incorrect patterns you already have established in your mind to the correct ones, and the way to do that is to look at something to see how it really is.
When drawing animals, it’s helpful to have an example to follow instead of drawing it from memory. What You’ll Need:īristol Paper – (This paper holds up very well to the blending technique we’ll be using) If you want to draw a furry animal, try sketching the squirrel below. I love drawing animals, especially the furry ones.
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