Cats are the most popular image in the visual arts. The purring deities were the favorite models of the Egyptians, and the dexterous cat-hunter cats are masters of the Renaissance.
Contemporary artists also did not ignore the charming animals, dedicating them entire picturesque series. We keep up with the times - we learn to draw cats, cats and kittens.
Content
- How to draw a cat with a pencil in stages?
- How to draw a cat from circles?
- How to draw a sitting cat (Anfas)#1?
- How to draw a sitting cat (Anfas) #2?
- How to draw a sitting cat (profile)?
- How to draw a cat sitting sideways with your head turned?
- How to draw a cat or cat in stages?
- How to draw a smooth and fluffy muzzle in a cat?
- How to draw a kitten in stages?
- How to draw Hello Kitty in stages?
- Video: How to learn to just draw a cat?
Important: the child will be able to draw a plausible image only at the age of 5+
If your young talent is younger than 5 years, do not demand a drawing from him that affects the accuracy of details. Each childhood has its own characteristics of the reconstruction of an artistic image on a sheet of paper. Hurry events, you risk destroying the artist who lives in your child
And one more advice: pay attention to the color schemes that your young talent chooses. A careful observer color scheme of children's drawing can tell a lot about the inner world of the artist.
How to draw a cat with a pencil in stages?
In a previous article telling about how to draw a dog, you got acquainted with the basic principles of animal drawing.
Recall some of them:
- Whatever picture you try to draw, it will consist of basic forms
- rectangle
- square
- circle
- oval
- triangle
Accordingly, before proceeding with the image of something, you need to learn how to draw the main figures correctly.
- Be sure to focus the attention of a young artist on the ratio of sizes or proportions of individual parts of the animal’s body. The child must realize that the head of the animal is less than the body
- Start drawing a cat from your head. Look carefully at the animal animal and determine the shape of his head. To facilitate the task, imagine the head of the animal without ears and wool. In this way, try to determine the proportions and basic forms of the body of the animal
How to draw a cat from circles?
Perhaps this is the easiest way to draw a cat:
- sketch a couple of proportional circles. The approximate ratio of a small and large circle is 1: 2. This means that the diameter of a small circle is 2 times less than a large circle
- draw ears, tail
- draw the parts of the muzzle (in the first version of the picture)
And on the sheet for drawing, two pussies are asleep
![How to draw a cat with circles: step by step](http://heaclub.ru/tim/d84153dbf1944a612f37afef8a3fb55d/kak-narisovat-koshku-s-pomoshyu-krugov-shag-za-shagom.png)
Round cats seem too easy for you? Go to the next level of skill: try to portray a sitting cat
How to draw a sitting cat (Anfas)#1?
- First, draw a circle that will be a sketch of the head of the animal
- The main shape of the body of a sitting cat is oval
The proportions of the oval are as follows:
- on the vertical axis of the oval should be a little more than the twice taken head size
- on the horizontal axis, the width of the cat's body is slightly smaller than the twice taken head size
- By combining the main forms for the head and body, keep in mind that they are a little overlap on each other
![How to draw a sitting cat: sketch](http://heaclub.ru/tim/8ee6cdb049b7b73912e545048d291202/kak-narisovat-sidyashuyu-koshku-nabrosok.png)
- Then, focusing on the circuit and the vertical axis of the oval, draw the front and hind legs, the ears of the animal
![How to draw a cat: drawing paws - sketch](http://heaclub.ru/tim/ed477e7e69fd3455679d85d8b95f8745/kak-narisovat-koshku-prorisovka-lap--nabrosok.jpg)
- Given the auxiliary lines and the main axis of the sketch, draw your nose, mouth, eyes, mustache
- Combine auxiliary lines into a common drawing and paint it
![How to draw a sitting cat: main drawing](http://heaclub.ru/tim/74aa062fa57bb77f3d30d25c321dbd08/kak-narisovat-sidyashuyu-koshku-osnovnoi-risunok.jpg)
How to draw a sitting cat (Anfas) #2?
The second method of drawing is somewhat different from generally accepted techniques. Perhaps this option is suitable for playing funny associations
- For the convenience of drawing, be sure to draw a vertical axis of the symmetry of the future pattern. Draw a heart that will be a sketch of the lower body of a sitting cat
- Draw a small circle by laying it on the upper honor of the heart. Draw another circle on top. The diameter of the second circle should be larger than that of the first. Circles are also superimposed on each other. In the upper part of the large circle, draw two identical ovals. It will be a cat's eyes
- Focusing on the vertical axis of the drawing, draw two arrows, placing them symmetrically on the cat's head. So your purr will have ears. A small triangle will become a nose. The conditional letter “T” with an elongated vertical line will serve as a line of front paws
- Draw the number "3", which will become a sketch for the front paws pads
- Symmetrically drawn "3", located upside down, will become the hind legs of a sitting animal. The letters "E" will turn into wonderful mustache
- Draw two curved lines on both sides of the conditional vertical axis of symmetry. The lines should resemble "?". The rounded part of the line coincides with the line of the small circle. The line ends at the intersection with the line of the front paw pads. So your cat will have a chest and front paws. Do not forget to draw the fingers of the animal with "C"
- Combine all auxiliary lines sketch in the main drawing and you will see a charming cat
![How to draw a sitting cat: step -by -step instructions](http://heaclub.ru/tim/85ff2fff50880f6dbf516f5f0711bf09/kak-narisovat-sidyashuyu-koshku-poshagovaya-instrukciya.jpg)
How to draw a sitting cat (profile)?
Explore the step -by -step drawing scheme proposed below and you will succeed
![How to draw a sitting cat (profile): step -by -step diagram](http://heaclub.ru/tim/90cb4952af1624e07961096655f3c971/kak-narisovat-sidyashuyu-koshku-profil-poshagovaya-shema.jpg)
How to draw a cat sitting sideways with your head turned?
![How to draw a cat sitting sides with a turning head](http://heaclub.ru/tim/0ae345ede0811457b376e6e8a2462ff9/kak-narisovat-koshku-sidyashuyu-bokov-s-povernutoi-golovoi.jpg)
This scheme is a little more complicated, but the difficulties cannot stop the real artist
- It all starts with an oval (head) and a circle (body)
![How to draw a sitting cat: sketch - the location of the main figures](http://heaclub.ru/tim/005cb7f04e545e0668bc80f11bb95bcb/kak-narisovat-sidyashuyu-koshku-nabrosok--raspolozhenie-osnovnih-figur.jpg)
- Apply auxiliary lines, draw triangles-ushi
![How to draw a sitting cat: sketch - applying auxiliary lines](http://heaclub.ru/tim/c59ac4691b3f890d32a302f8e1e40427/kak-narisovat-sidyashuyu-koshku-nabrosok--nanesenie-vspomogatelnih-linii.jpg)
- Focusing on auxiliary lines, draw the details of the cat's muzzle
![How to draw a sitting cat: sketch - muzzle details](http://heaclub.ru/tim/7dad133c3ea45be289f2b1dbac7a59f6/kak-narisovat-sidyashuyu-koshku-nabrosok--detali-mordi.jpg)
- Sitting the ears line slightly, drawing slightly curved lines. A broken curve drawn around the head simulates the hair of the animal
![How to draw a sitting cat: sketch - head details](http://heaclub.ru/tim/6a5692b0d28fc857ca47c980bef95a09/kak-narisovat-sidyashuyu-koshku-nabrosok--detali-golovi.jpg)
- Taking into account the location of the auxiliary lines, draw the front left paw of the animal, the line of the back and neck
![How to draw a sitting cat: sketch - body details](http://heaclub.ru/tim/4dde27cd0fdea377060bc58e01c97bbc/kak-narisovat-sidyashuyu-koshku-nabrosok--detali-tela.jpg)
- Draw the tail and the clenched hind left paw of the animal. Do not forget to finish the front of the cat's front right
![How to draw a sitting cat: sketch - body details](http://heaclub.ru/tim/4606b53c57151ad974002a50bea4dd8a/kak-narisovat-sidyashuyu-koshku-nabrosok--detali-tela.jpg)
- Draw cat paws. Wipe the auxiliary lines and plunge the main lines of the drawing
![How to draw a sitting cat: main drawing](http://heaclub.ru/tim/40eca8a87cf055dece1026d3e48b79d0/kak-narisovat-sidyashuyu-koshku-osnovnoi-risunok.jpg)
- Color the drawing at your discretion
How to draw a cat or cat in stages?
- Draw an auxiliary shape - a circle. Mark the conventional lines: a vertical axis and two parallel lines passing a symmetrically horizontal axis.
- Then draw the arcs of the eyes, focusing on the auxiliary lines. Draw a narrow cat pupil. Do not forget about glare.
- Be sure to sketch vibrissas (hairs over the eyes), without which a cat portrait will lose its charm.
- Having taken as a basis the shape of the heart, make a sketch of a cat's nose. Consider the location of the auxiliary lines!
- In the lower part of the circle, draw two small arcs that will become cats of a cat. Draw your mouth under arcs.
- 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.
- Break the ears of the animal, and throw the neck lines.
- And be sure to draw a mustache! The real cat has twelve hairs on each cheek. But when drawing such details, you can neglect.
- Color the picture. Do not forget about the shadows that give the volume to the image.
How to draw a smooth and fluffy muzzle in a cat?
Below the diagram shows how to change the muzzle of a cat, adding a different amount of wool.
How to draw a kitten in stages?
Having familiarized yourself with a detailed description of all stages of creating a drawing with the image of an adult cat, it will not be difficult to draw a funny kitten. The main thing is to carefully study the proposed schemes and pay attention to small details
![Phased drawing of a running kitten](http://heaclub.ru/tim/f9ca1123c904f0360edeba7c50741af5/poyetapnoe-risovanie-begushego-kotenka.jpg)
![Phased drawing of a mischievous kitten from circles with a template](http://heaclub.ru/tim/1ca4c72eb0c4787acd5c2123dded925e/poyetapnoe-risovanie-ozornogo-kotenka-iz-krugov-s-shablonom.jpg)
![Phased drawing of a sitting kitten](http://heaclub.ru/tim/f77afe05cc57b0e2798e00698ad47d35/poyetapnoe-risovanie-sidyashego-kotenka.jpg)
![Paredal drawing of a standing kitten](http://heaclub.ru/tim/916e19475ab2359d8ed90bb123dd3b20/poyetapnoe-risovanie-stoyashego-kotenka.jpg)
![Phased drawing of a lying kitten](http://heaclub.ru/tim/e47cb5e8349f053d203aa7f45a0f43b6/poyetapnoe-risovanie-lezhashego-kotenka.jpg)
How to draw Hello Kitty in stages?
And as a bonus for all fans of a cult cat, several simple step -by -step schemes for drawing Kitty
![Step -by -step drawing scheme Hello Kitty](http://heaclub.ru/tim/5ccba474b7791ecdd7838a2d79e3dee6/poshagovaya-shema-risovaniya-hello-kitty.jpg)
I'm not an artist. I practically do not know how to draw at all. But after your article, I can easily draw a cat with my grandson. Thank you. Very useful.
Dear Olga, and who said that you are not an artist? The main thing is to believe in your strength)
exactly
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Dear Tatyana, share your experience of drawing cats!
Regret (((
but everything worked out for me)) everything is clear and Lego
nothing complicated
Very easy and just for beginners is difficult
But I can't do what to do?
I got it all UAAAA
thank you, I helped me a lot at all knew how to draw, and I even hated to do it, but then I tried to draw how you showed and everything worked out. Release new articles !!!!!
pussy
dauzh, I also did not know how to draw cats, but I got my strength and I did it
i liked it cool
no, it’s not good for a good thing, but if it could be completely small. You do something serious. The rest is good! 😀
anatomy 0, for 2 year old children good, but hoped to find some kind of suitable content.
Well, damn it, I'm a beginner, but thanks to your article I learned to draw cats !!!