How to draw a deer with a baby

Drawing for children is not only fascinating, but also useful. It trains a hand for writing, develops abstract thinking in the child , assiduity, accuracy, creative imagination.

Today we will solve a difficult task, how to draw a deer. This technique can be used in working with children older than 4-5 years. Invite the child to draw a reindeer, such that Santa Claus carries gifts for the New Year to young children.

Look with it a cartoon about Santa Claus, pay attention to the child's grace and beauty of these animals. You can tell about the image of their life, about the great benefits that they bring to people living in the far North. Consider several drawings depicting deer. Find out with the child the characteristic features of the structure of their body. After such preparation, the child will understand how to draw a deer.

Prepare everything you need for drawing. Well sharpen a pencil, it is important that he had a sharp tip. The eraser is better to take a white color, it is softer and leaves no traces on the paper.

Another tip before drawing a deer. If you do not have much experience in drawing animals, it is advisable to have an image so that you can check on it and show it to your child.

To draw a deer, let's start with common shapes. First, we outline the shape of the animal. Show the child that his head in general, like a small oval, and the body can be represented by two circles for the chest and thighs, connected together.

In our figure, the deer turned its head in the face, so first draw a circle, this will be the shape of its head. Inside this circle, draw a smaller circle - for the muzzle. Next, for the trunk, draw two circles in the middle of the sheet and connect them together with lines of back and abdomen. We connect the neck with the head with the front circle - the chest. We plan two lines for the location of the legs, marking knee joints with small circles on them. This will allow you to properly "put" your feet in the future. Mark the hips, the thickness of the front and hind legs. Draw a claw in the form of small rectangles and a tail. In general, the construction is ready.

Now you can proceed to detail the picture.

How to draw a deer so that it looks like yourself? Obviously, you need to give him the characteristics that you talked about with the child, considering the drawings. Circle the resulting sketch in smooth lines, trying to give the "deer" to become an animal at the withers, croup, setting the legs, planting the head.

Draw a horn deer, starting just below the crown, at first in the form of two twigs, which then give a thickness. Draw eyelets, almond eyes, nose in the form of a circle and mouth.

Paint the deer's nose with contrasting cross hatching, shade the eyes, leaving a white highlight. For applying shadows, use a soft pencil, for example, 2B.

If your child is less than five years old - add a smile to the deer and paint it in brown. If your child is older, you can show him the basics of hatching, applying light and shadow, which will give the volume to the animal, make it "alive".