Little fluffy kittens easily win the hearts of children and adults. They are mobile and curious, with enthusiasm chasing a piece of paper or a ball. And then they purr loudly, comfortably curled up on your lap. It is no coincidence that it is these creations that so often become the protagonists of paintings by both professional artists and amateurs. Let's talk about how to draw a cute kitten yourself.
Basic principles
For work you need an album, a simple pencil and an eraser. The finished drawing can be painted with felt-tip pens, paints or colored pencils.
How to draw a kitten so that it looks realistic? There are several rules that aspiring artists must adhere to:
- First, a sketch is made. He conveys the general features of the animal, his posture.
- The sketch is based on various geometric shapes: circles, ovals, triangles, rectangles, squares, etc.
- Do not try to draw perfectly straight lines. Let the circles and ovals be crooked, but the kitten will look alive and voluminous.
- First draw the main parts of the body: head, torso, paws, tail. Remember the proportions. Then add details.
A simple drawing for preschoolers
Kids love kittens and are happy to depict them in pictures. How to draw a kitten with a pencil in stages to a young artist? In fact, this is nothing complicated. The main thing is to convey the general form.
The algorithm is simple:
- A round head is drawn first.
- Then - an uneven elongated oval, which subsequently turns into a body.
- A tail, paws join the oval. To the circle are triangular ears.
- The nose and mouth in the form of two curls are indicated in the lower part of the circle. You can add a pinkish tongue. The eyes of the kittens are pointed on each side, the pupil is elongated.
- Do not forget about the mustache.
It is not necessary to draw a lot of details with a preschool child. But it’s necessary to color the kitten. Children love vivid pictures. You can come up with a simple plot, portray the environment.
Standing kitten
Older artists are able to create complex images with lots of small details. How to draw a kitten in stages so that it looks like it is alive? Below is the image algorithm of a standing animal:
- Use rounded lines to outline the contours of the head and body. Sketch out the legs, tail, ears.
- Circle the future kitten along the lines of the sketch, paying attention to the proportions. All parts of the body must be proportionate and believable.
- To make the muzzle symmetrical, it is divided by perpendicular features into 4 equal parts. Elongated eyes touch the horizontal line without leaving it. From the inner corners we draw straight lines to the vertical line. At this point, draw the nose and mouth.
- We remove auxiliary lines. Making the eyes more realistic. Draw the pupil, designate the glare. Do not forget about the eyebrows.
- We mark with a pencil the spots and stripes on the body of the kitten, make the tail fluffy, apply shading.
- We draw a mustache, small hairs and other details that add credibility. In order for the picture to look voluminous, convex portions of the muzzle should be made darker.
Sitting kitten
Now let's complicate the task. How to draw a kitten that sits facing you? Follow the step by step description:
- Denote the round head and oval torso.
- We decide which way the kitten will look. In the lower part of the muzzle draw a circle placed in the selected direction. Ovals denote the upper parts of the paws, remembering the proportions.
- Dashes depict the location of the nose and eyes of the kitten, add triangular ears. We finish the hind legs.
- We outline the tail, nose and mouth, round eyes. By ovals we denote the front paws.
- We make the nose triangular, ears - slightly turned sideways. We finish the foot on the forelegs, tail, two lines indicate the neck.
- We outline the contours by pressing harder on the pencil.
- Add small details: mustache, wool, stripes or specks, fingers on the paws.
Other poses
Kittens are unusually agile creatures. They like to run and jump, climb furniture, scratch their ears and sleep curled up. How to draw a kitten with a pencil during these and other movements?
It’s best to do this from nature. However, it is impossible to make the kitten stay in one position for a long time. Photos will come to the rescue. View the image, paying attention to the length of the legs and tail, the shape of the head and body. Mentally replace each part of the body with some geometric figure. On a piece of paper, sketch, collecting all the circles, ovals, and triangles together. Be sure to keep proportions.
Only after that proceed to the drawing of small details. Looking at the photo, try to convey all the nuances. The bends of the body, hair, the shape of the eyes and ears - they make the drawing realistic. Do not forget about the play of light and shadow. By hatching them, you create a sense of volume.
Draw a face
How to draw a kitten so that it evokes positive emotions in the audience? The most important thing is the expression of the face. To make it look natural, it is important to correctly arrange all the elements and give them the desired shape. Learn to do it.
To begin with, use the circle to designate the head. Then we outline the location of the eyes, nose, and mouth. In this we will be helped by auxiliary lines dividing the muzzle into 4 parts. One of them is horizontal and the other is vertical. Eyes are drawn on a horizontal line, and a nose on a vertical line.
The muzzle of a kitten is convex. Nose and mouth protrude slightly. This area is often indicated schematically by a small circle, and then details are drawn. The ears are shaped like a triangle, but they are slightly rounded.
How to draw a kitten so that others like the drawing? Follow the instructions above, try to do everything carefully, use imagination, and everything will work out.