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.

How to draw a squirrel step by step for kids

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:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. From the middle of the second oval, draw a semicircle - this is the division for the legs of the squirrel.
4. Draw a pair of legs and an acorn cap.
5. Draw the second ear, nose and mouth. Draw an acorn, which the squirrel holds firmly with both paws.
6. Draw a small oval in the eyes with cilia and paint over everything except it with black.
7. Decorate the squirrel as desired. It can be, for example, a reddish-orange color.

Simple drawing for little kids

1. On top of the sheet where the drawing will be located, draw a large circle. You can draw by hand or use a compass.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. On the lower circle, draw an oblong arc - this is the lower foot of the squirrel.
6. Erase extra strokes from the pencil.
7. Draw the fur using the vertical hatching technique. Draw eyelashes, eyebrows, antennae, two protruding teeth.
8. Draw a branch with leaves under the lower foot of the squirrel.
9. 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"

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 drawing instructions 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.

step by step lesson will help reproduce the squirrel that sits in the 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.

Instruction:

1. In the right rectangle in the left corner, draw an incomplete oval - the head of the future squirrel.
2. Draw the ears, eye, mouth and nose, which then needs to be painted over with black.
3. In the lower right rectangle, draw the upper foot in an oblong shape.
4. Draw a curved line that goes through the top left and bottom left rectangles. This is the back of a squirrel.
5. Draw an arc under the upper foot - separation for the legs.
6. Connect the arc and the curve depicting the back with a smooth line, drawing the lower foot at the end.
7. We draw a large lush tail.
8. Finish the upper paw and insert a mushroom or acorn into the paws.
9. Draw the bottom paw.
10. 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 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:

1. Retreat one cell to the left.
2. Draw a line 5 cells long.
3. 1 cell up.
4. 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

V Lately drawings with 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.

Presented video tutorial and step-by-step instruction allow you to easily master the art of three-dimensional graphics:

1. 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.
2. Re-circle the silhouette, finish the pupils and sharp teeth.
3. Paint over the entire pattern with vertical strokes, and then lightly walk with an elastic band to evenly color.
4. 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.
5. 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 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:

1. From a sheet of paper cut 2 identical strips 4 cm wide.
2. Fold the sheets on top of each other and wrap around the head and secure with a paper clip.
3. Trim off the excess end, leaving 3-4 cm of paper after the staple.
4. Glue the picture to the orange cardboard and cut out the muzzle along the contour.
5. Gently glue the muzzle to the rim and glue the edges of the rim. The mask is ready.

For more complex model masks will be needed:

• 2 mask templates - base and ears with a muzzle;
• colored cardboard of different colors;
• scissors;
• simple pencil;
• glue;
• meter rubber.

Progress:

1. Cut out the necessary elements from the template. Outline the muzzle with ears on white paper, and the base on orange. Cut them out.
2. Carefully cut out two large holes for the eyes and two small holes for the elastic on the orange base.
3. Measure the elastic from ear to ear and cut off, adding 5 cm to the required length.
4. Thread and fasten the elastic into the required holes.
5. Glue the muzzle and ears to hide the holes from the elastic.
6. 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:

1. Using a hard pencil, draw the outline of the squirrel.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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. visual arts 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:

Everyone loves the little red squirrel. She is beautiful and it is not surprising that many children choose her as a character for their drawings. Often, parents are involved in the drawing process. But, maybe not everyone can explain how to draw a squirrel with a pencil in stages for children. We will show you some simple ways.

The simplest squirrel for children

1. We start drawing from the head. We draw a line. Add a triangular eye. From the ear we draw the back of the squirrel.
2. Draw the inside of the ear. Add a triangular nose to the squirrel. We determine the place for the eye and depict its elongated shape. Inside, add a pupil and a small circle for highlights.
   
3. Under the eye you need to draw cheeks. We recommend drawing them in a zigzag pattern so that the line looks like fur. Add a mouth at the bottom and finish drawing the lower part of the cheeks. We also depict them with a zigzag.
4. Let's move on to drawing the paws of the squirrel. Draw the front paw under the muzzle. The second paw will be hidden behind the first to create the feeling that the squirrel is holding something in its paws. Separate the bottom of the foot with fur. We depict it with a zigzag.
   
5. We draw the hind legs of the squirrel. The upper part of the paw will be rounded. And the lower part should have an elongated shape. The second hind paw will be slightly visible behind the one drawn in front, it is enough to mark it with a straight line. Separate the area with fur on the foot. Add fur to the back as well.
6. Let's draw a fluffy tail. It will consist of three colors. Draw the first part. It will be located behind the back. For drawing, use jagged lines, rather zigzag.
7. We begin to lead the second part of the tail from the back paw to the tip. Draw the third part along the entire tail.
   

Now we take pencils and color our beauty. Ears and back with the first part of the tail, paint in bright orange. Make the body, paws and the second layer of the tail lighter. And the lightest areas should be the ears, cheeks, fur on the legs and the last part of the tail.

Here is how to draw a squirrel step by step for kids. But you should not stop at this method, we will tell you a few more simple and beautiful methods for depicting this animal.

Squirrel drawing for beginners

Drawing the next squirrel will be even easier than the previous one. Prepare paper for drawing, pencil. We carry out the work, focusing on the following steps:

1. We draw the head. We depict it in the form of an oval. Add a triangular eye at the top. Divide it in half with one line.
2. On the ear you need to depict a brush. We draw a triangle. We shade it with stripes. On the background draw the second ear.
   
3. Add an eye to the muzzle. It should be elongated and pointed at the ends. Inside, draw a circle for the pupil and another one for the highlight. We paint over the pupil. Eyelashes can be added to the top of the eye.
4. Add a semicircular nose to the tip of the muzzle. Shade it with black. Place a few dots near the nose and draw lines from them. These are mustaches. Add them and, on the other hand.
5. Let's move on to the body. From the head we draw two lines down. We expand them below.
   
6. We draw the hind legs starting from the lower part of the body. We draw a line below and depict small paw brushes. Draw them in black.
7. Draw the front paws. They will be in the upper part of the body. We draw one paw in the center of the body. We paint over the paw brush. We begin to bring the second foot to the side.
   
8. It remains to draw the tail. The upper part of the tail must begin to be removed from the ear. We draw the lower part from the back paw. We make the end of the tail rounded and pointed at the end.

Color the squirrel with an orange pencil and the drawing is ready.

How to draw a squirrel with a pencil

In the next lesson, we will analyze in detail the technique of drawing a squirrel with pencils. The work will differ in complexity from the previous examples, if you follow the instructions, you will surely cope with the task. For work we need:

• sheet for drawing;
• pencil with HB softness;
• eraser.

So, how can you draw a squirrel with a pencil in stages for children:

1. First of all, you need to make sketches of the future squirrel. We draw the head. It will be in the shape of a droplet. The end should point down.
2. From the head we draw the silhouette of the torso. We draw two lines and round them at the end. Add two thin ovals below and above for future paws.
   
3. In the upper part of the head we draw two ears of a triangular shape. We place one in the foreground, the other behind it.
4. To sketch out the tail, draw an oval at the back of the torso and a circle at the end. This will help to further convey the complex curved shape.
5. We turn to the refinement and drawing of details. Begin to direct the contours of the animal. Add zigzags to highlight areas of fur. Draw fingers on the paws.
   The front paws of a squirrel are very similar to human hands. Give them the shape of two ovals. You can add a triangle to the top of the brush. It will resemble a nut in paws.
   
6. Erase all auxiliary lines. Some contours can also be erased and wool can be added in these areas.
7. Shape the tip of the squirrel's tail. Here you need to draw long hairs, because the tail of the animal is very fluffy.
8. Let's take a head. Move the profile with clearer lines. Add a line for the mouth and define the nose. Draw the middle of the ears, add wool along their contours. Shade the far ear immediately.
9. An eye will be located under the front ear. Give it a round shape. Move its features and draw a corner below. Shade the eye, do not forget that it needs to add a highlight.
   
10. If you succeed in drawing the contours of a squirrel with a pencil, you can proceed to the design of the drawing. Add shadows at the bottom of the head and mustache. The contour of the back needs to be made more alive, add lines that will emit growing hair.
11. Paint over the nut in the paws. Shade the back paw with a pencil. Add shadows to the bottom of the front paw. With wide strokes, decorate the central part of the body and the hind leg. Add some details to the tail and carefully color the rest of the space with gray.

The drawing is ready. You have learned how to draw a squirrel with one simple pencil. But the site recommends not to stop there and try to paint the following picture.

Squirrel with watercolors

We figured out how to draw a squirrel with pencils. And to get a bright, fluffy squirrel in the next lesson, we suggest you use watercolors. So what we need:

• paints;
• simple pencil;
• eraser;
• brushes of different sizes;
• drawing paper;
• water.

Before you get started, we remind you once again that the rich color of watercolors can be obtained with a sufficient amount of water. The brush must not be dry. And now, step-by-step instructions for drawing a fluffy little animal:

1. First, let's sketch with a pencil. Let's start with holding central line. She should be at an angle. Starting from this line, draw a circle for the future head and an oval for the torso.
2. At the bottom of the oval, draw two curved lines. They will help us draw a branch.
3. Let's move on to drawing the most prominent part of the animal - the tail. The tail should be higher than the squirrel itself. It is enough to outline the contours of this curved part, we will detail later.
   
4. Add triangular ears on the head and proceed to drawing the muzzle. Draw curved lines from the eye area to the nose. The bottom should be triangular in shape. Mark the area of ​​the cheeks. Make accurate sketches so that the squirrel turns out to be realistic in the future.
5. Add a triangular nose and mouth. The eyes will have a rounded shape with pointed ends towards the nose. Inside we draw pupils and highlights.
   
6. We draw the contours of the front and hind legs. The lower ones will have a rounded shape at the top and end with ovals. We make the front legs very small, but the squirrel should hold the nut firmly in them. Draw fingers and claws on the paws. Add a few leaves and nuts to the branch.

Delete extra auxiliary lines with an eraser. Try not to erase the work paths.

You learned how to draw a sketch of a squirrel in stages for kids. Let's move on to coloring. You can use felt-tip pens, pencils for this.

We decorate our drawing with watercolors:

Ready. A real squirrel appeared in the picture. You can also draw such a squirrel on a Christmas tree. And, you can find out from our other article.

How easy it is to draw a squirrel with a pencil step by step for children and adults. We learn to draw a beautiful squirrel with a pencil in stages with a child. Learn how to quickly and easily learn how to draw a beautiful squirrel.

Every person in his life wants to learn how to draw beautifully, children especially love to draw and want to learn how to draw beautifully, they are interested in learning how to draw not only nature, the sun, flowers, houses, people, but also different animals.

Today we will see how you can easily and quickly learn how to draw a squirrel. Take a sheet of paper and a pencil, look carefully at the picture where the squirrel is drawn. Look at the location of the squirrel, how and where its different parts of the body are located.

In the center of the picture, a squirrel's torso is drawn, a squirrel's head is on top, a squirrel's tail on the right, a squirrel's paws on the left, and a branch on which the squirrel sits is drawn below.

First, start drawing the squirrel from the head, draw the squirrel's head in the form of a circle. Draw a slightly curved line down from the circle - this will be the back of the squirrel.

Now, under the head of the squirrel, first draw a small circle, then a larger circle - this will be the torso of the squirrel. Divide the squirrel's head with a slightly curved line, leave less space on the left to the curved line, and more on the right, because the squirrel's head is slightly turned in the picture.

Draw the squirrel's eyes, they should be drawn in the form of ovals, draw the squirrel's paw at the bottom.

Now draw the pupils of the squirrel in black. Draw the ears on the squirrel's head, they should be drawn in the form of small triangles, draw the muzzle in the form of a small oval. Draw the bottom of the squirrel's foot. On the right side, draw a large and fluffy tail for the squirrel, the tip of the tail is slightly pointed.

Draw the squirrel's eyebrows in the form of small arcs, a nose in the form of a small circle, a mouth and a muzzle. Draw the upper leg of the squirrel, it should be drawn from the second small circle down and slightly curved. On the lower foot, draw the fingers of the squirrel.

Now draw the antennae for the squirrel, draw the mouth. Draw the tail, breast and muzzle of the squirrel with small strokes - this will give the squirrel fluffiness. Look what a beautiful squirrel you have turned out. The squirrel can be painted, you can leave it in black and white.

Now let's draw with you another squirrel with a mushroom.

Take a sheet of paper and a pencil, look carefully at the picture where the squirrel is drawn. Look at the location of the squirrel, how and where its different parts of the body are located.

In the center of the picture, a squirrel's torso is drawn, a squirrel's head and ears are on top, a large, fluffy tail of a squirrel on the right, and squirrel's paws on the left.

Now in the same way, mentally, divide your sheet of paper for different parts squirrel body.

First, start drawing the squirrel from the head, draw the squirrel's head in the form of a circle. Below the circle is the body of the squirrel, in the form of an oval, the oval is slightly curved and uneven. On the right, a large, fluffy tail of a squirrel is drawn, the tip of the tail is slightly pointed. Below, under the oval, draw another small oval, it is drawn horizontally - this is the lower foot of the squirrel. Draw the upper foot of the squirrel in the form of an oval, slightly curved.

Now draw the squirrel's ears, they are erect, long and slightly pointed, draw the squirrel's nose and paint over it with black. Draw the upper paw of the squirrel, draw the fingers on the paw and draw the mushroom that the squirrel is holding. Draw the lower part of the squirrel's foot and connect the upper foot and lower foot with a line.

Draw brushes on the tips of the ears, in the figure they are drawn in the form of small circles. Draw the eyes of the squirrel, in the form of a circle and a black pupil, draw the mouth of the squirrel below. Draw fingers on the lower foot of the squirrel. Apply a small stroke to the tail and breast of the squirrel, it will give the squirrel fluffiness.

Erase the extra lines and circle the outline of the squirrel. Look what a beautiful squirrel you have turned out. Color the squirrel orange, color the tummy and muzzle white, color the lower paw and mushroom brown, paint the mushroom leg white.

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Conclusion

Learn to draw yourself, teach your children how to draw a squirrel in stages, it took you a little time, but now you know how to draw this magnificent animal. We wish you good luck in your future work.

Of course, you can draw a squirrel different 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 offered in this article will help children master different variants drawing squirrels and choose the most suitable way for yourself.

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 her main character, 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, you can depict a cute and funny forest animal different ways, 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.

Today we will learn how to draw a squirrel. As a result, we will get a beautiful red squirrel with a fluffy tail, in whose paws there will be a mushroom that she found in the forest.

Necessary materials:

• white sheet of paper;
• HB pencil;
• colored pencils from yellow to dark brown;
• eraser.

Drawing steps:

1. In the center of the sheet, you need to draw with a simple pencil the general outline of the head and body of the squirrel.

2. Now let's draw the upper and lower legs to the main part of the body, and long ears on the head.

3. On the right side of the body, you should draw a large and beautiful tail, which distinguishes the squirrel from many animals. We twist the end a little.

4. We correct the shape of the muzzle, paws and ears. There will be small tassels on the tips of the ears. We finish the neck. Also, separate the white section of wool from the main orange on the body.

5. Delete all unnecessary lines with a piece of eraser.

6. Adjusting general form our squirrel. We give the effect of wool on the breast, tummy and fluffy tail. To do this, we need to draw small notches.

7. Draw a large mushroom in the upper paws of the squirrel.

8. We finish the sketch of a fluffy animal with a study of the muzzle, where you need to draw eyes, a nose and a mouth. Also add a line on the front ear.

9. We begin to colorize our drawing - a squirrel. First, take a bright yellow shade. They create the basic tone of the wool in almost all parts of the body and head of the animal.

10. With orange pencils set the main color, and then with red we will create the shadow parts in the picture.

11. Color the big mushroom with brown pencils. The hat will have a dark shade, but the leg will be painted only along the contour.

12. At the last stage, we will work out the stroke of the picture with a black pencil. We will also color the eye and nose on the muzzle of the animal.

Tip: For an even better and more precise outline of the entire drawing, you can use a thin black marker or drawing liner.

This is all set! Drawing lesson completed! We were able to draw such a cute squirrel!

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