How to draw a kitten in pencil - easy master classes for beginners

When can this skill be useful?

In situations quite different and sometimes the most unexpected.

• "Mom, let's draw a kitty!" - familiar, isn't it? Waving aside your own child is not pedagogical - such a decision is unlikely to do him good. Pencil technique will help you not to lose face, and the baby to get acquainted with the basics of artistic creativity.
• Or maybe you want to make him happy and make a surprise? A small card with an adorable kitten on it will cause a storm of positive emotions in your kid.
• Older children may need help decorating a wall newspaper, a children's party, or independent work to learn about the world around them.
• Finally, a cat is such a graceful animal that it is difficult to resist and not to make a couple of sketches of the moment when it plays with a ball, sleeps or is preparing to jump.

The task of drawing a cat with at least a vague resemblance to the prototype seems very difficult only at first sight. Knowing the basics of drawing step by step and knowing a few tricks will turn it into a very exciting activity that both adults and kids can handle. So, let's begin our lesson.

Schemes and Drawing Techniques

To begin, let's decide in what manner we're going to illustrate the portrait of our hero today: realistic or cartoon, postcard style. Let's think about his pose, his coloring, his character traits. But whatever technique we choose, it is important to follow simple rules:

• facilitate the task can be, using as a visual aid usual geometric shapes: circle, oval, triangle;
• observing proportions is the key to success;
• sketch the main parts of the animal's body first, and only then move on to details;
• use smooth lines and strokes;
• don't forget about safety and trust a pencil to your child only under your responsive guidance.

To work, we'll need sheets of A4 paper (not ruled), pencils, an eraser and a good mood.

Cute Kitten

One of the easiest schemes for joint creativity with your karapuzu.

1. We draw a circle and an oval on a blank sheet of paper, touching each other. We place a circle at the top - this is the future head of our naughty boy. The oval, which will later become his body, we draw a little lower horizontally.
2. Image tail in the form of a fluffy squiggle and half-bent legs - our fidget is clearly planning some kind of adventure (maybe the rapid jump on the curtains or chase for a toy prey?).
3. And on his head two small rounded triangles - the ears on the top as a kind of antennae, keenly picking up every suspicious sound. And of course chubby cheeks - the baby is so fond of eating!
4. Let's move on to detail drawing, but first remove everything unnecessary with the eraser. There appeared sly eyes, whiskers, the tip of the tail - every hair is visible!
5. Shading the resulting silhouette. All done: recognize your Barsik?

Anime-style kitten

This is a master class based on Japanese animation, so popular and loved by today's kids. In just a few steps, the animated character is about to speak to us.

1. Step one: we draw something like a mushroom from a circle and an oval lying on its side, marking the future "face" of our cat.
2. Step two: draw surprised eyes, a small mouth and a "pimpochka" nose; don't forget about the wiry paws.
3. Step three: add the missing details - cheerfully protruding ears and a scraggly tail.
4. Step four: make a "meaningful" look, paying attention to the ears, fur, and whiskers.
5. Step five: involve our assistant eraser and remove everything unnecessary.
6. Step Six: be imaginative and fill in the background, using colored pencils or felt-tip pens.

The Sleeping Kitten

Shh...Please don't wake him up! Maybe he's not sleeping at all? Look at his sly smile. He's about to wake up and ask for a second breakfast! In the meantime, we'll try to capture him...

1. The first thing we depict a circle and a "lying" oval - the head and the fat body.
2. Doodle the tail - where would it be without it?
3. Two small triangles symbolize the ears...
4. We add a round nose and a slight half-smile...
5. Covered eyelids with long eyelashes - what a cutie!
6. Obligatory details: a tip of a tail and a spread out mustache...
7. Putting the finishing touches on it... Ooh, we did it! So easy and simple, our pet didn't even notice that it had time to become a model while he was napping.

Realistic cat face

You want to portray not a cartoon character, but a real, tactile, which you just want to touch, stroke the fluffy fur? This is what our next master class is all about.

1. We draw a vertical line across the sheet, make a semicircular marking for eyes, nose and chin.
2. We mark the top, cheeks, eyes and nose of the beast.
3. Do not forget about the ears and the bottom of the muzzle.
4. Correct the cut of the eyes and the shape of the nose - at this point you can decide on the breed.
5. We add expressiveness with sideburns and piercing pupils.
6. The kitty gradually grows hair, frowns his eyebrows, gets older...
7. We use strokes to complete the silhouette and mustache...
8. Fill in the missing elements, darken eyes, and voila - there is a portrait likeness!

As you can see, depicting an imaginary or real-life cat is not difficult, and anyone can learn how to do it. Draw yourself, involve your children, and have a lot of fun communicating with these charming and clever animals.

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