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Drawing Animals

The document provides guidance on drawing animals by dividing the body into three parts and indicating the skeleton. It discusses drawing the head, ears, eyes, and leg positions. It also mentions using straight and curved lines to build form and create movement when drawing animals.

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Drawing Animals

The document provides guidance on drawing animals by dividing the body into three parts and indicating the skeleton. It discusses drawing the head, ears, eyes, and leg positions. It also mentions using straight and curved lines to build form and create movement when drawing animals.

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Drawing Animals

On drawing animals
Divide the body into three parts
Forequarters
Belly
Rear quarters

This is the natural division and aids in proper proportion.


Draw in the dorsal stripe (spine) which will help center the
animal
Forequarter Rear
belly
quarter
On drawing animals
Indicate the skeleton bones

This will hold the sketch together.


Bears have a tendency to be pigeon-toed
Most hoofed animals are slightly knock-kneed
On drawing animals
When drawing the head…

Divide the skull into three parts: Base of the skull

Muzzle Long part of the nose

Long part of the nose


muzzle
Base of the skull
On drawing animals
Fasten the ears onto the back
of the head.
For simplicity, indicate the base
with an oval.
On drawing animals
Line up the eyes
with the ears and nostrils
This is a good guide and is correct
for most animals
On drawing animals
On most animals, usually
herbivores, the eyes are on
the side of the head, with
bears, cats and dogs, the
eyes are more forward.
On drawing animals
When drawing animals, try to
get variety in leg positions.
On drawing animals
The Use of Lines

Basically, there are two kinds


of lines:
A straight line and curved line
of varying degree. These are
used to build form and solids
and to create movement

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