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Drawing Turtles: How to Draw Turtles For the Beginner
Drawing tools
Pencils
Charcoal pencils
Mechanical pencil
Sharpener
Erasers
Smudge sticks
Coloring materials
Parts of a Turtle
How to Draw the Shell of a Turtle Easily
Different Types of Turtle Shells
Black-knobbed Map Turtle
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Softshell Turtle
Matamata
Author Bio
Publisher
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- Изобразительное искусство
Язык English
Издатель Mendon Cottage Books
Дата выпуска 4 сент. 2015 г.
ISBN 9781311698445
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Drawing Turtles – Adrian Sanqui
Learn to Draw Series
Mendon Cottage Books
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Table of Contents
Drawing tools
Charcoal pencils
Mechanical pencil
Smudge sticks
Coloring materials
Parts of a Turtle
How to Draw the Shell of a Turtle Easily
Different Types of Turtle Shells
Black-knobbed Map Turtle
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Softshell Turtle
Drawing tools
Pencils
The most important tool you need to be able to enhance your drawing skills is a medium that can be corrected if you made some sloppy line strokes. Knowing and using more than just one type of pencil is a big help and it is better if you have pencils of different grades so you can easily produce the kind of lightness or darkness you want to make. The ‘H’ engraved near
Reference
Here is the reference photo we will be using to draw our turtle.
It’s a simple angle and you shouldn’t have too hard of a time drawing this turtle if it’s your first time.
However, to make things easier for you we will begin by drawing the shell and then move onto drawing the head and hands of the turtle.
You can choose to leave the details of the shell for last or do it when you complete the shell. Totally up to you.
Steps For Drawing A Turtle
Step 1
To begin this turtle drawing, start by drawing a curved line like this. Make sure to draw the top part higher than the bottom since this will be the top of the shell.
Step 2
On the right side, draw slightly round shape for the head and then draw a line towards the bottom of that for the mouth. Then draw two lines making the one below the mouth slight more curved.
Step 3
Now you’ll want to draw the eyes and the nose of the turtle. You can do this by drawing two circles for the nose and a few curved lines for the eyes. You can draw a circle first if you need a guideline for the eyes.
Step 4
It’s time to work on the shell. Start by drawing wavy line from the head to the other end of that first line you had drawn.
You’ll then want to draw a second line within that shape to slightly match the wavy line you had just drawn. Complete it by drawing smaller lines to make it look like squares.
Step 5
To draw the legs of the turtle, on the left side, draw two lines that come out in an angle as done over here making sure the top line is longer that the bottom one.
Step 6
Draw another wavy line to join those two lines together. Then draw another line that curves below the sell. This will be the lower half of the turtle’s body.
Step 7
Continue drawing that line until you get to half way of the shell. Then draw a jagged line coming down in a angle and then another line that goes up as shown above,
Step 8
Extend that line by making it go up and then curving off towards the very top to create the arm shape.
Step 9
To draw the other arm of the turtle, continue drawing a line down from the line you already have and make sure it narrows down .
Once you reach the length you are satisfied with, draw a line up to join with the first arm you had drawn in the other step.
Step 10
Now all that is left to do is add the detail onto the shell by drawing these rounded shapes. You can start by drawing the first three and then filling in the rest of the shell with shorter lines in the places where need.
And that’s all there is to drawing a turtle. You can now add more details if you would like or color it in.
Conclusion
It does seem a bit complicated when you look at the reference image but if you break it down into simpler shapes, it’s so much easier to draw.
I’m actually really happy with the way this turtle drawing came out and I can’t wait to create an illustration with other sea creatures too.
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