How to draw a cat, kitten? Drawings in simple pencil in stages for beginners

Cats are the most popular image in the visual arts. Muffling deities were the favorite models of the Egyptians, and deft cats-hunters - masters of the Renaissance.

Modern artists also did not ignore charming animals, devoting entire picturesque series to them. We keep up to date - we learn to draw cats, cats and kittens.

Contents

How to draw a cat in pencil step by step?
- How to draw a cat from circles?
- How to draw a sitting cat( full face) # 1?
- How to draw a sitting cat( full face) # 2?
- How to draw a sitting cat( profile)?
- How to draw a cat sitting sideways with its head turned?
- How to draw a head of a cat or a cat in stages?
How to draw a kitten in stages?
How to draw Hello Kitty in stages?
Video: How to learn how to just draw a cat?

Important: the child will be able to draw a believable image only at the age of 5+

. If your young talent is less than 5 years old, do not require a drawing that affects the accuracy of the details. Each child's age has its own peculiarities of recreating an artistic image on a piece of paper. Hurrying events, you risk destroying the Artist who lives in your child

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And one more tip: pay attention to the color decisions that your young talent chooses. Attentive observer color scheme of children's drawings can tell a lot about the inner world of the artist.

How to draw a cat in pencil step by step?

In the previous article, which tells how to draw a dog, you got acquainted with the basic principles of drawing animals.

Let's remind some of them:

Whatever drawing you tried to draw, it will consist of the basic

forms of
rectangle
circle
oval
triangle

Accordingly, before you start to image something, you need to learn how to draw the right figures correctly.

Be sure to focus the attention of the young artist on the ratio of sizes or proportions of individual parts of the animal's body. The child should realize that the animal's head is smaller than the body.
Begin drawing the cat from the head. Look closely at the animal model and determine the shape of its head. To facilitate the task, imagine the animal's head without ears and hair. In this way, try to determine the proportions and the main body shapes of the animal

How to draw a cat from the circles?

Perhaps this is the easiest way to draw a cat:

sketch a pair of proportional circles. The approximate ratio of a small and a large circle is 1: 2.This means that the diameter of a small circle is smaller than the diameter of a large circle in 2 times
draw the ears, the tail of the
draw the details of the muzzle( in the first version of the drawing)

And here on the drawing sheet are asleep two pussies

Round cats seem too light for you? Pass to the next level of skill: try to represent a sitting cat

How to draw a sitting cat( full face) # 1?

To begin, draw a circle that will be a sketch of the animal's head
The main shape of the body of the sitting cat is the oval

The proportions of the oval are as follows:

on the vertical axis oval should be slightly larger than the twice taken head size
on the horizontal axis the width of the cat's body is slightly smaller thantwice the size of the head

Combining the basic shapes for the head and trunk, note that they are slightly overlapping each other

Then, focusing on the diagram and the verticalaxis of the oval, draw the fore and hind paws, the animal's ears

Taking into account the auxiliary lines and the main axes of the outline, draw the nose, mouth, eyes, whiskers
Combine the auxiliary lines in the general drawing and color it

How to draw a sitting cat( full face) # 2?

The second way of drawing is slightly different from the conventional techniques. Perhaps, this option is suitable for playing in the merry association

For the convenience of drawing, be sure to draw a vertical axis of symmetry of the future drawing. Draw a heart that will be a sketch of the lower body of the sitting cat
Draw a small circle, putting it on the upper honor of the heart. From above draw another circle. The diameter of the second circle should be greater than that of the first. Circles are also superimposed on each other. In the upper part of the large circle, draw two identical ovals. This will be the eyes of the cat
Focusing on the vertical axis of the drawing, draw two arrows, placing them symmetrically on the head of the cat. So your purrs will have ears. A small triangle will become a nose. The conventional letter "T" with an elongated vertical line will serve as a line for the front paws of the
Draw the number "3", which will be a sketch for the pads of the front pads
. The symmetrically drawn "3", arranged upside down, will be the hind legs of the seated animal. The letters "E" will turn into a remarkable mustache
Draw two curved lines on both sides of the conventional vertical axis of symmetry. The lines should resemble "?".The round part of the line coincides with the line of a small circle. The line ends at the intersection with the line of the pads of the front paws. So your cat will have a thorax and front legs. Do not forget to draw the fingers of the animal with the "c"
Combine all the auxiliary sketch lines in the main drawing and you will see the charming cat

How to draw a sitting cat( profile)?

Study the step-by-step drawing scheme suggested below and you will succeed

How to draw a cat sitting sideways with a turned head?

This scheme is slightly more complicated, but the difficulties can not stop the real artist

It all starts with an oval( head) and a circle( body)

Drawauxiliary lines, draw triangles-ears

Referring to the auxiliary lines, draw the details of the cat face

soften the line of the ears, drawn slightly curved lines. The broken curve curve drawn around the head simulates the animal's fur

Taking into account the location of the auxiliary lines, draw the front left paw of the animal, the back line and neck

Draw the tail and the left hind paw of the animal. Do not forget to draw the front right cat's paw

Draw the cat's paws. Erase the auxiliary lines and move the main lines of the drawing

Color the drawing on your own

How to draw a cat's head or a cat in stages?

Draw an auxiliary shape - a circle. Note the conditional lines: the vertical axis and two parallel lines that are symmetrical to the horizontal axis.

Then draw arches of the eyes, focusing on the auxiliary lines. Draw a narrow cat's pupil. Do not forget about the reflections of the
Be sure to sketch the vibrissa( hairs above the eyes), without which the cat portrait will lose its charm
Taking the heart shape as a basis, sketch a cat's nose. Consider the location of the auxiliary lines!
At the bottom of the circle, draw two small arcs that will become the cheeks of the cat. Under the arc-cheeks draw a mouth

Shade the corners of the eyes. Taking into account the location of the auxiliary lines, outline the head of the animal. Significantly simplify the task of applying additional rounded and triangular shapes

Shade the ears of an animal, and sketch the neck lines

And be sure to draw a mustache! A real cat has twelve hairs on each cheek. But when drawing with such details you can neglect

Color the picture. Do not forget the shadows that give the image volume

How to draw a kitten in stages?

After reading the detailed description of all stages of creating a picture with an adult cat, it is not difficult to draw a funny kitten. The main thing is to carefully study the proposed schemes and pay attention to the small details

How to draw Hello Kitty in stages?

And as a bonus for all fans of the cult cat a few simple turn-based schemes for drawing Kitty