How to draw a squirrel.

We were going to draw a squirrel. Think about how a squirrel differs from most wild animals?

She lives in a tree. Right. And one more significant nuance. Here's an estimate: which of us saw a wolf? What about a wild boar, a bear, an elk?

Yes, we saw it, but at the zoo. And almost everyone saw a squirrel alive, in nature. Well, how to say “saw” ... a shadow flickers at our feet or in the foliage - “they only saw her” - the expression comes in handy. However, I am glad that in some parks squirrels are tamed and calmly make contact, ask for treats, and are not afraid.

The squirrel attracts with its cuteness - it is fluffy, beautiful, not dangerous. Children tend to color it red and literally orange, but in fact its color is more like the color of pine bark. Come across and brown and gray. The tassels on the ears are just long hairs, and clearly not a whole broom, as is commonly portrayed. Who knows why the squirrel has its famous luxurious tail? Of course, she uses it both as a steering wheel when driving, and as protection - both from heat and cold. In the same way, the squirrel mother warms her numerous children with it - we won’t say whether this is exactly the case in nature, but the detail is touching.

And here is our first lesson - How to draw a sitting squirrel in stages.

Draw a squirrel with a nut in its paws

First, a pencil sketch.

Now let's refine the pencil sketch:

Please note: the squirrel's hind limbs are more powerful than the front ones, so it sits like a man or a monkey, or even more like a hare than, say, a wolf or a fox - it does not rely on its front paws. Immediately striking is the strongly bent back. A large fluffy tail rises above the head and looks like the letter "S". The muzzle is slightly elongated forward, its shape is closer to that of a cat than to a dog, the eyes are rather large. The ears are rounded and small, it is the “brush” hairs that increase them. The front paws are small and look a little like human hands, fingers movable, grasping.

The hind legs are jumpy, the knees stand out, but the fur hides them, we note this detail. This is a training drawing, and I will emphasize the structure of the squirrel for you - all the folds of the paws are highlighted very clearly.

The muzzle is pretty, but somehow strangely hook-nosed.

The toes on the hind legs are closer together, as on the human foot. Squirrels, like all rodents, have strong teeth, but they should not be depicted in the figure, because they are very small. Also: we will treat the hatching of the squirrel carefully and conscientiously. Hair direction: from the head down the back, back. Shade the tail like a feather.

The tail is fluffy and arched like an S - dollar. Here is a coloring picture of a Squirrel:

Let's color it like this:

This, of course, is a classic - a squirrel bent over a nut. Now let's figure out how to draw a squirrel in motion.

Draw a squirrel on a branch

The body is taut, compact. The paws are not long, but with well-developed fingers. And very clawed, it is understandable - you have to cling to branches all your life.

The tail is long and very fluffy:

The muzzle is conical, the ears are upright - another Belka coloring has been drawn.

Let's color it without excessive orangeness, in a calm reddish color:

Squirrel coloring pages

Another squirrel coloring - just like that - a detailed lesson about it will not be here, but on another site. This squirrel runs on the ground. Yes, they can not only jump in the branches, but also easily move on the ground:

How to draw a squirrel

One of the activities that fascinates almost all children is drawing. Over the years, this hobby gives way to other more important things. And in vain! Drawing, we relax, recharged with creative energy.

Drawing is not only an interesting activity, but also a useful one. Follow our clear instructions and you will succeed beautiful drawing that you can proudly show to your friends.

In this article, we will consider several options for how to draw a squirrel. If you want to draw a fluffy and nimble rodent with your child, then pay attention to the simplest schematic drawings. For beginners, below are various schemes and step-by-step lessons.

How to draw a squirrel in stages with a pencil for children and beginners?

After walking in the park or watching a cartoon in which one of the characters is a squirrel, your child may ask you to help him draw this animal. Don't rush to say no. Try to draw a real forest squirrel with him, and perhaps you will also get something “masterpiece”.

You can pick beautiful photo squirrels and try to draw it yourself with a simple pencil. But if you do not have enough experience, then it is better to take the advice of professional artists who give detailed instructions on drawing an animal in their step by step lessons.

The features of such a graceful animal are difficult to convey without having a hand in other drawings. This material is for everyone who decides to draw a "real" squirrel with a pencil and "revive" it with paints.

Squirrels are very graceful animals.

To draw a fluffy squirrel, arm yourself with a soft pencil (it can be 4H, 2B or 6B) and a sheet of paper. It is more convenient for both children and adults to draw using geometric shapes for primary contours.

By inscribing details in a circle or square, it is easier to give it desired shape further. Don't disregard this advice. Even experienced artists use this method.

Remember that the pencil does not need to be pressed in the first stages of drawing. Otherwise, the whole drawing will then look not neat.

Step 1:

• Let's draw the main auxiliary lines. Let's draw two circles. The body of a squirrel is a large oval. It can be depicted as a large egg, which occupies 1/3 of the sheet, with the side narrowed upwards. We draw it with an inclination to the right side.
• Next to the top of this oval, draw a circle (the size of the large oval should be equal to three small circles). This will be the head of the squirrel.
• The accuracy of the primary contours determines how accurate the resulting image of the squirrel will be. Therefore, at the first stages, it is worth trying to repeat everything exactly as in the presented sketch.

Step 2:

• Let's outline the approximate contours of the squirrel legs.
• It will be much easier to maintain proportions in the drawing if you use the markings from small circles. This technique will allow you to determine where to start drawing the legs of the squirrel and how thick they should be.
• The front legs of the squirrel are short. Let's draw them using two circles: a small one is a "squirrel's hand", a large one is a squirrel's elbow. Let's draw a small arc above the small circle, thus depicting the second front foot.
• The hind legs of a squirrel are long, like those of a rabbit or a cat. Depict the squirrel's knees in a small circle. You should end up like this:

Step 3:

• At this stage, we will draw the outlines of the ears, muzzle and bushy tail. This step just seems complicated. In fact, it is enough just to exactly repeat all the lines, as in the figure, while maintaining the desired proportions.
• Outline the tail. Draw long ears on the squirrel's head. The outline of the head drawn earlier will be slightly corrected, showing the outline of the muzzle and cheeks.
• With a circle we will depict the place where the squirrel's eye will be located. As you can see, the animal is becoming more and more like a real squirrel.

Step 4:

• Now we will draw the small details of the picture and refine its contours. Please note: the squirrel's tail is divided into two halves by a curved line. This will help visually add volume to it.
• Let's draw the fingers on the front and hind legs, draw a muzzle and finish the eye - a circle slightly pointed downwards.
• We erase all auxiliary lines and erroneous strokes, but try not to touch the work path with the eraser. Look how fast we did the squirrel drawing! There is still quite a bit left. Do not stop halfway: the squirrel has not yet “overgrown” with hair and it does not have small button eyes.

Step 5:

• Let's draw the nose of the squirrel and refine the shape of the eye. Let's start drawing the skin of the squirrel and the long fluffy hair on the tail. To make the tail fluffy, draw long and thin strokes, as in the picture.
• Walk with a pencil along the body of the squirrel, over the head. Draw fur on the ears and shade short lines darker areas.
• At the final stage, you can take colored pencils and paint over the drawing in orange. Paint dark areas brown.

Adults will like to draw the previous drawing more. For children, the following way of drawing a squirrel is suitable:

Let's depict this design: an elongated ellipse, from which the squirrel's body will later turn out, we will attach a circle to it - the head, add a tail and draw the paws schematically. This is what should be on your piece of paper:

Let's draw squirrel contours in our design: make the head more elongated, add ears with tassels, fingers, draw a muzzle.

Let's draw a fluffy tail: it should look voluminous. With a curved line we denote the tummy of the squirrel. Let's draw a cute fungus in the paws. Optionally, you can depict both a nut and a berry in the paws of a squirrel.

Let's remove the auxiliary lines. Add a smiling mouth to the squirrel and a big eye. With short strokes, outline the fur on the stomach.

The squirrel drawing is almost ready. We will decorate it with an orange pencil or felt-tip pen. Decorate the mushroom with two colors: dark brown - a hat and light - a leg.

To make the squirrel look more realistic, let's draw a few light areas: on the cheeks, on the paws and on the tail.

Video: how to draw a squirrel in stages?

How to draw a squirrel on a tree?

To draw a squirrel on a tree, you need to decide how exactly the animal will be depicted: sitting on a tree or preparing to jump onto another tree.

Drawing of a funny squirrel, resembling a character from one of the cartoons, is performed in several stages according to the same scheme:

• three circles are drawn, which will then become the body, chest and head of the animal
• the circles are connected, and then the eyes, nose, paws, tail of the squirrel are drawn
• after we draw a squirrel, we “seat” it on a branch and decorate it

In this figure a squirrel is depicted, which prepared to jump. It is better to draw a branch under a squirrel at an angle.

You can draw a squirrel on a tree in a different way. To do this, we need two simple pencils: hard and soft. We will draw the initial contours with a hard one, and we will need a soft one to refine and detail the drawing.

• Draw with a hard pencil. With a rectangle, mark the place on the sheet (in the upper third) where we will place the squirrel. If this is not done, then the drawing may “leave out” or not fit into the sheet at all.
• Draw a circle and draw a diagonal in it. Now let's outline the squirrel's head around the circle. See the picture for how to do it.

• Draw the eye diagonally. The ears are two cones. Let's draw a muzzle. As you can see, it's not difficult at all.
• Let's draw a curved line from the head down. This will be the back of the squirrel. Let's draw an elongated oval at the bottom. This will be the thigh of the squirrel. Add the front paw and draw the line of the abdomen. Now you can mark the second hind leg with a short line. Let's draw the fingers.

• Let's put a squirrel on a branch. These are two parallel uneven lines that are drawn at a slight slope. Let's add a big fluffy tail, a peeking part of the front paw and a nut. We have dealt with the basis for the squirrel.

• With short dashed lines, paint over the peeking front and back paws, a nut, add shadows on the ears, shade the lower abdomen. We paint over the eye, not forgetting that we need to leave a round white highlight.

• Change the pencil to a soft one. We begin with short lines to draw protruding hair on the back, lower abdomen, tail, thigh. Add fur on the squirrel's forehead. Here it is very important not to overdo it, and exactly repeat the direction of the wool and the length as in the figure.

• With the index finger, we begin to smear the drawn lines, without affecting the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe eyes, nose and main contours. Again, draw the wool along the edges, pressing more on the pencil.

• We shade the area around the ears. Now we take the eraser and begin to “draw” with it, as we drew short dashed lines with a pencil in the direction of hair growth: between the ears, on the nose, near the eyes, on the cheek, on the elbow, at the top of the thigh, on the tummy and tail. Slightly lubricate the boundaries of the resulting lines.

And here is a very funny squirrel on the tree:

How easy is it to draw a squirrel by cells?

Children love to draw on the cells. Such an exciting activity very useful: the child will not only pass the time in silence, but also improve the coordination of hand movements, concentration.

Graphic dictations, namely the so-called drawings by cells, develop logical thinking.

To draw a squirrel by cells, you just need to find the drawing you like and make a calculation for the cells of the animal figurine.

But if your child decides to transfer a drawing of a squirrel from a postcard or photograph onto paper, then the following scheme will help him:

• You need to move from the bottom of the picture, gradually moving higher and higher along the rows of cells. First, you need to draw the legs on which the squirrel sits, then “complete” the torso, large tail and head of the squirrel with the help of cells.
• The eye of a squirrel is one cell in the center of the head.
• You can depict a squirrel sitting on a tree or stump.

How to draw a squirrel from the fairy tale about Tsar Saltan?

To draw a squirrel from the fairy tale about Tsar Saltan, we will need to create a real illustration with an episode in which the squirrel sits in a crystal house and gnaws nuts with a golden shell.

• Let's start drawing a house for the squirrel. Use a ruler to keep the walls straight. Of course, you can draw such a house as in the Soviet cartoon. But we draw with children, therefore we will simplify the “squirrel” dwelling a little.
• Let's draw a rectangle, "hoist" a triangle on it, and draw 2 more rectangles on the sides. Separate the columns and draw the entrance. You can draw a ladder, but for us it is just a slide-descent.
• Draw a squirrel at the top of the house. Decorate the house: add various carved elements.

Draw a rectangle and on it - a triangle

Add columns and descent

A small child makes his first attempts to draw. He is wondering how to draw a squirrel with a pencil. You don't have to be an artist to help a child.

Using the method step by step drawing, you can depict any object on paper with a sufficient degree of similarity.

You can try to draw simple objects and animals with a three-year-old kid. Don't rush, don't criticize, and don't demand too much. If you criticize, the kid may hate drawing.

Over time, if he is interested, the child himself will improve the technique of creating a drawing. With an older child, 5 or 6 years old, you can draw more complex drawings, work with watercolor paints and gouache.

What do we need

Prepare everything you need for the lesson:

• sheets of white paper A 4;
• simple pencils;
• eraser;
• a set of colored pencils for coloring;
• simple patterns geometric shapes from cardboard.

It is better to buy thick, slightly rough paper; it will be difficult for a child to draw on thin and smooth sheets. You can buy a soft pencil.

Colored pencils are also better to buy soft ones, they color brighter, and you don’t need to press or wet them (some kids manage to put a pencil in their mouth before drawing so that it colorizes brighter).

Templates of geometric shapes are needed if the baby still does not know how to draw an oval, circle, square and triangle on their own. The sizes of the figures should correspond to the details of the future drawing.

How to draw

To understand how to draw a squirrel in stages for children, you need to think about why they should be interested in this? Maybe you saw a walk in the park or you recently went to the zoo and fed the squirrel with nuts.

Or maybe my mother read Pushkin's The Tale of Tsar Saltan. The depicted squirrel should resemble the one that the baby saw, and be as close as possible to the real type of squirrel (not a photograph, of course).

Show your child step by step how to draw a squirrel with a pencil step by step. You can draw on a sheet without templates, and give the child the template of the figure that he should circle with a pencil.

If the kid does not want to draw pictures with patterns, let him learn to draw straight lines of figures. Everything will not be so fast and not so beautiful, but it will be interesting! First, draw an oval. You can accompany the lesson with verses:

We drew an oval, we didn’t know what would happen.

At the top there is a smaller oval - the head of an animal, of course!

Let's draw paws for the beast so that he can jump on the grass,

We draw a fluffy tail, like a squirrel, a fast one.

Ears, eye, nose, mouth - a squirrel came out, not a cat!

The finished drawing can be colored with colored pencils, erasing the extra contours of the geometric shapes with which the image was applied.

Here's what step by step drawing you should have squirrels at the end of the lesson. If the kid is tired, do not insist that the drawn masterpiece be finished, you can return to classes later or the next day.

Young children find it difficult to focus on anything for more than ten minutes. Never spend drawing classes in a bad mood.

The kid may think that it is the drawing that causes you bad emotions. It is better to postpone the lesson when the child and you have a desire to do fine arts.

There are other, more complicated ways to draw squirrel pictures for kids, but it's best to start with the simplest.

“The squirrel sings songs, but gnaws everything nuts” - lines from famous fairy tale who made a small red animal with a fluffy tail a universal favorite. With great pleasure in the park, children and adults watch the agile and nimble squirrel descending from the trees to feast on the treats offered by them.

In this lesson, which tells about how to draw a squirrel in stages, recommendations of varying degrees of complexity are specially selected for children, so that each artist can choose the most suitable way for himself.

Complex and realistic example

The proposed way of drawing a real squirrel explains how children can draw a squirrel in stages with a pencil. In addition to visualization in the form of pictures, it contains detailed description, which will allow you to depict the animal very realistically even for novice artists.

Stage 1

Any good drawing starts with a good sketch. For a squirrel, the most suitable sketch should contain the main elements: an oval of the body and a slightly elongated oval of the head, across which an auxiliary line is drawn to mark the muzzle.

Stage 2
To this base are added lines outlining the paws, ears and the famous fluffy tail. The sketch is ready and you can proceed to the details.

Stage 3
Detailing is most convenient to start with smaller elements of the muzzle. Just above the auxiliary line, an almond-shaped eye is drawn. It can be painted right away.

Then, at the more pointed edge of the head, just below that line, the mouth is marked, as shown in the figure.

The outlined ears are worked out as follows: an open part is added on the left visible one, the far right one remains unchanged for now. The head is connected to the body along the back with a smooth line. The entire contour is outlined with hatching that imitates wool.

Stage 4
In a similar way, the head is connected to the body along the neck and antennae are added.

Stage 5
Of the parts that require drawing, there were paws. They should be done now, after which the entire contour of the animal is hatched. Special attention you need to give a fluffy tail.

Stage 6
All auxiliary lines are removed. If necessary, the contours are specified, after which you can proceed to the skin. First, shadow parts and elongated hairs above the eyes are drawn with denser shading.

Then the whole squirrel is shaded with lighter lines. The tummy can be left completely white, and the hairs on the tail can be drawn longer and clearer.

For children 8 years old

A simpler, but no less interesting way to draw a squirrel in stages, similar to a real animal, is offered below for children 8 years old. It is quite understandable and accessible. young artists. The view of the squirrel will be from the side and a little from above, as if showing that it is small.
The image should start from the head. The shape is shown in the picture below.

It depicts ears and eyes.

On the head, a spout and the inside of the ear are added. From the lower right edge, the image of the body of the squirrel begins. It resembles a circle, slightly elongated towards the head.

The front paws are drawn in a pose characteristic of the animal - under the muzzle, as if it were nibbling nuts.

Extra lines are removed, and the squirrel is ready for coloring.

For children 5 years old

A funny cartoon character can turn out if you draw a squirrel using the option below for children 5 years old. He explains how to draw a squirrel step by step.
First, a muzzle is drawn. Its shape is a circle cut off at the top.

Eyes, ears, mouth and nose are drawn on the head.

A chic big tail is added and the character is ready.

Easy Example

Another way for children, telling how easy it is to draw a squirrel. By gradually following all the recommendations, you can get a very cute and funny animal with a nut in its paws. Quite simple lines and the lack of complex detail will appeal to less experienced artists.

The main image is being prepared, consisting of a drawing of a fairly large head and a small torso.

The proposed version of the image of the head is simplified as much as possible: two small ears on top, one eye with visible side, spout and smiling mouth.

At the very end, pairs of paws are added, and a nutlet is drawn in the front ones. The finished image can be filled with color.

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 squirrel's picture, 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.

If you decide to draw a cat with colored pencils or paint with paints, you can use the coloring from this drawing, which I made on a graphics tablet.

A kitten, like a squirrel, is not easy to draw. main reason to that - these animals cannot be without movement 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 jump merrily, 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 from the first time with me step by step without errors.