Drawing a squirrel step by step. "Squirrel on the tree" Master class with step by step photos. Drawing using paper tone.
"Squirrel on the tree" Master class with step by step photos.
Drawing using paper tone.
Sidorova Zoya Grigorievna, teacher of the MBDOU "Kindergarten of the combined type No. 8" Aistenok ", MichurinskDescription: this master class is intended for children from 6 years old, educators, teachers of additional education, loving parents and creative people.
Purpose: for decoration of the premises, a gift, can serve as work for an exhibition, competition.
Target: drawing in mixed media drawing technique.
Tasks:
1. Introduce the techniques of using paper tones in drawing.
2. Learn to draw spruce branches and squirrels in gouache on a sheet of colored paper using different drawing techniques: sketching with a simple pencil, printing, poke, printing with a foam swab, drawing with a brush tip.
3. Develop the ability to mix paints on a sheet of paper, on a palette.
4. To cultivate the ability to notice and reflect in the drawing the structural features of the animal, the beauty of nature.
Dear colleagues, today I want to continue the topic of drawing on colored cardboard. The beautiful squirrel lives in the greenery of trees, so I decided to draw it on green cardboard.
Squirrel in a fur coat
Jump, and from the tree to the alder,
Deftly jumping through the trees,
And hides nuts in the double.
A. Ganiev
Where does the squirrel live and what does it eat?
Proteins are distributed almost all over the world (with the exception of Australia). The mobile mammal belongs to the rodent family.
This typical inhabitant of Russian forests is a real beauty. Twice a year (spring and autumn) she changes her fur coat so that in the summer she flaunts in a bright red fur coat,
and in winter to be not so noticeable in a gray, insulated outfit.
An ordinary squirrel lives in a hollow. Many animals have several such houses. In one she lives and breeds, and uses the rest as pantries.
It does not hibernate in winter, and it is rather tight with acorns and nuts - the main food of this rodent - during cold weather. So the household little animal stores them for himself for a rainy day, hiding them in nests.
The main food of the taiga beauty is pine nuts and acorns, its menu can be diluted with seeds of other cones, mushrooms, berries and even bird eggs.
Squirrels have one trait that is very useful for wildlife - their constant desire to stock up. Squirrels hide and bury seeds and nuts for the winter, and then ... they forget where they hid it! What they forgot where they buried, then sprouts.
Puzzles
Sits on a branch, not a bird.
There is a red tail, not a fox ...
(Squirrel)
Red little animal
Jump up and down the trees.
He does not live on earth
And on a tree in a hollow.
(Squirrel)
Materials needed for work:
green cardboard;
gouache, two brushes: pony or squirrel No. 1 and No. 2;
double glass-non-spill for water,
simple pencil, palette, foam swab
Place green cardstock horizontally.
We need a foam pad. We moisten it in water, squeeze out excess water, collect yellow gouache.
We paint the middle of the sheet with yellow gouache using a foam rubber swab by priming.
We draw a squirrel (a sketch with a simple pencil)
With a simple pencil, draw a tree branch at the bottom of the sheet.
On a branch, in the center of the sheet, draw an oval - the body.
The head is represented by a circle.
In circles, we outline the joints of the front and hind legs of the squirrel, schematically draw the paws.
We paint over the squirrel.
We draw the ears and start coloring them.
We draw the paws, paint the head in orange, the breast and the lower part of the head in yellow.
We paint over the back, paws, the upper part of the tail.
Make the lower part of the tail darker.
We paint over the branch with brown gouache.
With the end of a thin brush, draw the fur with strokes on the ears, torso, and tail.
In black, we draw the eye, nose, and additionally fur more clearly. With dark brown paint, paint the bark on the branch.
Spruce needle drawing.
We collect green paint on a foam rubber swab and apply a seal to the places of the intended needles.
To draw spruce needles using the printing technique, we will use a small piece of cardboard (width 2 cm) and dark green gouache poured into the gouache cap (can be diluted on the palette)
To draw needles, we dip the end of the cardboard rectangle in dark green gouache and often apply it to the sheet.
We collect light green gouache on the cardboard and draw light needles on top of the dark needles with a stamp.
This is what spruce branches look like. You can draw a bump in the paws of a squirrel.
On top of the light needles, draw dark green needles in the same way.
We got such a white!
Let's frame it.
The squirrel is a very cute animal and many children love to draw squirrels. draw a squirrel You can take a photo or even watch a squirrel in the park. But still, it is better to draw a squirrel in stages, using any lesson called "How to draw a squirrel in stages", since this is a very graceful animal and it is very difficult to convey this feature without experience. Of course, if you draw a fluffy tail and characteristic ears with tassels on the head of a squirrel, it will already be clear that this is a squirrel. But we want to draw a "real" squirrel, exactly the same that runs in the park. Therefore, let's try to draw a squirrel first with a pencil, and then "revive" the picture of the squirrel, color the drawing with colored pencils, draw a tree branch on which it sits, and of course, a bump in the squirrel's paws.
1. The first steps of drawing a squirrel
The first step in drawing a squirrel is quite simple. But, nevertheless, you need to accurately draw the oval of the body of the squirrel and the circle for the head. The height of the oval will be equal to two circles and must necessarily have a slope. The more accurately you make the primary contours, the more accurately the drawing of the squirrel will turn out in the future.
2. Approximate contours of the legs of a squirrel
At this stage, you need to draw the paws. To make it easier to maintain proportions in the drawing, use the markup using small circles. You will then imagine how thick the paws of the squirrel should be and see where to start drawing them from. The front legs of the squirrel are small, and the hind legs are long, the same as those of a cat or a rabbit. If you have drawn all the contour lines accurately, let's continue draw a squirrel at the next stage.
3. Draw the contours of the ears, tail and muzzle of the squirrel
You may find this step difficult at first. But take a closer look, it’s not difficult to draw the contour of the tail, add white ears on the head and slightly correct the contour of the muzzle. Well, when you draw a circle for the eye of a squirrel, the squirrel will seem to come to life.
4. How to draw a squirrel. Drawing detail
Erase the now unnecessary contour lines with an eraser, trying not to erase the work path. See how easy and fast you drew a squirrel. You just need to add a few small details and the squirrel drawing will be almost ready. Start detailing the drawing with the squirrel's eye, add claws on the paws, draw the nose.
5. Draw the skin of a squirrel and a fluffy tail
At this stage, you need to make the squirrel "fluffy". It is better to draw a fluffy tail with similar thin and long strokes, as in my drawing. In the same way, you can draw a fluffy skin for a squirrel, only with short strokes. Well, now the drawing of the squirrel is definitely completed and you can pick up colored pencils.
6. How to draw a squirrel. The final stage
What color is the color of the squirrel, I think you yourself know, but it’s still better to first look at the real photo of the squirrel in order to accurately convey its color. You can shade the squirrel drawing with simple soft pencils, just like in my drawing. If you decide to paint the drawing with paints, then it is advisable to be able to work with them. Be sure to draw a squirrel with a bump in its front paws, sitting on a tree branch. Add the surrounding landscape, but not too bright, in light colors to squirrel drawing remained in the foreground.
Video how to draw a squirrel.
If you decide to draw a cat with colored pencils or paint with paints, you can use the coloring from this drawing, made by me on a graphics tablet.
A kitten, like a squirrel, is not easy to draw. The main reason for this is that these animals cannot stay motionless for a long time. And even if you see a squirrel in the park and it comes up to you for food, it will not "pose" for a picture.
A squirrel doesn't look like a rabbit at all. But, if you look closely, they have a lot in common. Drawn pictures, where rabbits are merrily jumping, only at first glance seem simple to draw. In any drawing of an animal, you need to accurately maintain proportions and convey its character, grace.
If you are going draw a squirrel on the grass picking mushrooms or apples, draw a hedgehog next to it. This will bring the overall drawing to life. Let's try to do it together, and perhaps this lesson will seem quite easy for you.
Since learning to draw a squirrel and a hamster will most likely have small children with me, I made this tutorial as easy as possible. I hope you can draw a hamster with a pencil the first time with me step by step without mistakes.
Of course, you can draw a squirrel in various ways. They depict an animal on a branch, in a hollow, with nuts or other prey in tenacious fingers. The drawing can be schematic, primitive or quite complex, plausible, realistic. Much depends on the skill level and age of the artist. The lessons proposed in this article will help children master the different options for drawing squirrels and choose the most suitable way for themselves.
How to draw a squirrel with a pencil step by step?
To draw a simple squirrel with a child, you need to take a sheet of paper, an eraser, simple and colored pencils or felt-tip pens. Only at first glance it seems that the creation of a drawing of such an animal is an extremely complex process. If you act in stages, then everything will certainly work out.
How to draw a squirrel by cells?
The smallest can draw a squirrel by cells. Such lessons allow not only to get an original drawing, but also perfectly develop fingers. A similar graphic dictation can be performed with parents. This lesson perfectly develops the logic, attention, perseverance, thinking of the child.
How to draw a squirrel on a tree?
An excellent drawing will turn out 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 a hard pencil, you can draw the basic, rough outlines well. Soft is needed in order to add details and refinements.
The boundaries of the previously created lines do not need to be erased, but should only be lightly smeared.
How to draw a squirrel from the fairy tale about Tsar Saltan?
There is hardly a child who does not know the tale of Tsar Saltan and its main character, the squirrel. Not surprisingly, often many children dream of drawing an animal. By the way, in schools, one of the topics of fine art lessons is the works of Pushkin. That is why many children strive to portray a magical squirrel with precious nuts.
That's all! As you can see, there are many ways to portray a cute and funny forest animal, and each of them is quite simple. After practicing several times, children will be able to perfectly draw squirrel drawings.
Video lessons
A few more ideas on how to draw a squirrel can be gleaned from video tutorials.
The little red squirrel is a character that can often be found in fairy tales and cartoons. It is not surprising that children who are engaged in fine arts choose a squirrel as the heroine of their paintings. Parents often help in this process. But not everyone knows how to draw a squirrel in stages for children.
Step-by-step lessons will help you draw not only simple, but also complex images of a squirrel.
Using a simple technique, you can easily draw a squirrel in stages, even if the child does not know how to draw.
This lesson is specially designed by art teachers for children:
- With a pencil on a landscape sheet, draw two ovals - the top one should be half the size of the bottom one. The upper oval can be drawn tilted to the side. This will be the head of the future squirrel.
- On the left side, starting from the bottom of the large oval, draw a fluffy tail, an eye with a small tassel, an eye and a left paw.
- From the middle of the second oval, draw a semicircle - this is the division for the legs of the squirrel.
- Draw a pair of legs and an acorn cap.
- Draw the second ear, nose and mouth. Draw an acorn, which the squirrel holds firmly with both paws.
- Draw a small oval in the eyes with cilia and paint over everything except it with black.
- Decorate the squirrel as desired. It can be, for example, a reddish-orange color.
Simple drawing for little kids
- On top of the sheet where the drawing will be located, draw a large circle. You can draw by hand or use a compass.
- Draw a curved line from the bottom of the circle to the bottom third of the circle. At the bottom of the line draw 2 circles - one inside the other. This is the nose of a squirrel.
- Draw 2 circles to the curved line - medium and small. On the lower circle of medium size, draw a fluffy tail on the right side. On a small circle, between the large and medium ones, draw the upper paw.
- Divide the large circle with a curved line. On the left, right from the edge of the left side of the circle, draw one oval eye, and in the middle of the second part of the circle - the second. On top of the circle, draw ears with a sharp end.
- On the lower circle, draw an oblong arc - this is the lower foot of the squirrel.
- Erase extra strokes from the pencil.
- Draw the fur using the vertical hatching technique. Draw eyelashes, eyebrows, antennae, two protruding teeth.
- Draw a branch with leaves under the lower foot of the squirrel.
- Decorate the squirrel with colored pencils, felt-tip pen or paints.
Drawing of a squirrel for children to draw
There is another, more complex technique designed for children and beginner artists who do not know how to draw a squirrel in stages:
How to draw a squirrel from the cartoon "Ice Age"
The funny squirrel from "Ice Age" immediately won the hearts of the audience. Fans of the cartoon who are engaged in fine arts have probably tried to draw her more than once. The presented technique will help you easily depict your favorite character on a postcard or any other surface. 
Since the squirrel from the cartoon is constantly chasing a nut, the character in question will also be with his favorite treat.
Step-by-step instructions for drawing a funny squirrel:
We draw a squirrel from the tale of Tsar Saltan
Often children are asked to draw an illustration for the work they have studied. Drawing a fairy-tale squirrel character with step-by-step instructions for children will be not only interesting, but also useful. The squirrel from the fairy tale about Tsar Saltan came to life thanks to Soviet cartoonists. 
A step-by-step lesson will help you reproduce a squirrel that sits in a crystal castle:
How to draw a squirrel in a hollow on a tree
To draw a squirrel sitting near a hollow, you can use a simple technique and draw a part of the tree with a circle. Or you can apply a more complex scheme. For this drawing, you need to divide the landscape sheet into 4 parts.
To draw a squirrel beautifully, you must follow the step-by-step instructions. Instruction:
- In the right rectangle in the left corner, draw an incomplete oval - the head of the future squirrel.
- Draw the ears, eye, mouth and nose, which then needs to be painted over with black.
- In the lower right rectangle, draw the upper foot in an oblong shape.
- Draw a curved line that goes through the top left and bottom left rectangles. This is the back of a squirrel.
- Draw an arc under the upper foot - separation for the legs.
- Connect the arc and the curve depicting the back with a smooth line, drawing the lower foot at the end.
- We draw a large lush tail.
- Finish the upper paw and insert a mushroom or acorn into the paws.
- Draw the bottom paw.
- Color the drawing as desired.
How to draw a squirrel with a nut step by step
If the child has mastered the skills of drawing an animal in simple techniques, then you can move on to a realistic image of the animal:
Protein by cells in a notebook
Children who are already familiar with numbers and count fluently can draw in the cells. Graphic dictation will help develop fine motor skills of hands, attention and logic, and consolidate counting skills.
Dictation - drawing is better to start from the bottom of the picture and gradually move up.
You need to dictate like this:
- Retreat one cell to the left.
- Draw a line 5 cells long.
- 1 cell up.
- 3 cells to the right.
With children older than 9-10 years old, you can try to complete more difficult schemes.
How to draw a 3D squirrel
Recently, drawings with the 3D effect are gaining more and more popularity among artists. This effect is achieved through an unusual drawing technique, and in some cases, cutting out individual elements of the picture and folding. 
The presented video tutorial and step-by-step instructions will make it easy to master the art of three-dimensional graphics:
- First you need to draw a piece of ice with an acorn stuck inside. Scratty the squirrel tries to pull it out. Try to draw with light movements, without pressure on the pencil.
- Re-circle the silhouette, finish the pupils and sharp teeth.
- Paint over the entire pattern with vertical strokes, and then lightly walk with an elastic band to evenly color.
- Then darken the back of the squirrel, the right side of the tail, the bottom of the nut. Draw the shadow of a squirrel from a piece of ice to the tail.
- Using thin scissors, cut out excess paper around the muzzle and tail. Fold the sheet in half. Put the picture on the bottom.
How to draw a squirrel mask step by step
Mask #1
Mask No. 2 template-base
Template - muzzle and ears
Finished mask
Children like to try on different masks. One of them can be a squirrel mask. The considered techniques will help you easily and quickly create a mask for children. It's as easy as drawing a squirrel in a sketchbook.
For phased work you will need:
- sheet of white paper;
- a sheet of orange cardboard;
- color picture with a muzzle of a squirrel;
- glue;
- scissors;
- paperclips;
- gum (but you can do without it).
Progress:
- From a sheet of paper cut 2 identical strips 4 cm wide.
- Fold the sheets on top of each other and wrap around the head and secure with a paper clip.
- Trim off the excess end, leaving 3-4 cm of paper after the staple.
- Glue the picture to the orange cardboard and cut out the muzzle along the contour.
- Gently glue the muzzle to the rim and glue the edges of the rim. The mask is ready.
For a more complex mask model, you will need:
- 2 mask templates - base and ears with a muzzle;
- colored cardboard of different colors;
- scissors;
- simple pencil;
- glue;
- meter rubber.
Progress:
- Cut out the necessary elements from the template. Outline the muzzle with ears on white paper, and the base on orange. Cut them out.
- Carefully cut out two large holes for the eyes and two small holes for the elastic on the orange base.
- Measure the elastic from ear to ear and cut off, adding 5 cm to the required length.
- Thread and fasten the elastic into the required holes.
- Glue the muzzle and ears to hide the holes from the elastic.
- Draw a nose with a black felt-tip pen or gouache. The mask is ready.
Complex and realistic example of a squirrel
Step by step instructions: 
Experienced artists can move on to more complex and detailed squirrel drawings:
- Using a hard pencil, draw the outline of the squirrel.
- Using the vertical hatching method, draw the ears and fur on the tail. Where the tail is in contact with the back, you need to darken the strokes a lot.
- Using a soft pencil, darken the ears, the area around the eyes, paws and tail. Re-darken the area where the tail meets the back. With the same pencil, darken the ground around the squirrel.
- Using a hatching method, using a hard pencil, apply the main tone. Strokes should be short and almost invisible.
The presented lessons not only show how to draw a squirrel in stages for children, but also motivate novice artists to move to new heights of fine art from simple to complex.
Video: how to draw a squirrel
How to draw a squirrel, step by step video tutorial:
How to draw a squirrel from the "Ice Age", see the video clip:
Perhaps the most fun activity is drawing, especially if you draw with kids. This is where unlimited spaces of imagination, fantasy and possibilities are revealed. Kids love animals very much, so they often ask: “Show me how to draw a squirrel, bear, hare, fox!” What if mommy can't? Master classes on drawing all the flora and fauna come to the rescue, so drawing a squirrel will not be difficult even for those who hold a pencil for the first time in their lives.
Drawing will take place in several stages.
4. With smooth lines we outline the contours of the squirrel, smoothing the lines of the neck, and slightly stretch the muzzle. Outline the almond-shaped eyes, nose and small triangular ears. At the next stage, draw a tail - narrow at the bottom and fluffy at the top. We gain volume on the front paws, making them plump, but graceful.
5. With an eraser, we overwrite the extra sketch lines, draw ears, eyes, fingers with small claws, fur on the neck, paws, tail and abdomen.
6. Draw the antennae, small tassels on the ears. Optionally, you can draw a background of leaves, nut shells, dried mushrooms and berries. You can color the picture or pencils. Our drawing "Squirrel" is ready!
If you do not want to build complex graphic compositions from geometric shapes, there is an easier option on how to draw a squirrel. Do this with smooth rounded lines, as shown in the figure above. Just a few touches of a pencil, and a funny squirrel appeared in front of us, which even a kid can draw. The main thing is to know the characteristic squirrel features: small front paws, a large fluffy tail and almond-shaped black eyes on a neat muzzle. Now you know how to draw a squirrel quickly and easily.
It is very fun to draw a squirrel in stages, following the visual instructions. Your joint creativity with the baby can turn into exciting developmental activities, from which you will get a lot of impressions and invaluable experience. And most importantly - the question of how to draw a squirrel will no longer cause difficulties!
