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Master class with step-by-step photos on drawing a Cat in watercolor for children from 5 years old

Master class with a step-by-step photo: "Not everything is Shrovetide for a cat ..."

Author: Natalya Aleksandrovna Ermakova, Lecturer, Municipal Budgetary Educational Institution of Additional Education for Children "Children's Art School named after A. A. Bolshakov", Velikiye Luki, Pskov Region
Description: the master class is intended for children from 5 years old and their parents, educators, teachers of additional education.
Purpose: interior decoration, participation in creative exhibitions, gift.
Target: creating a composition with a cat in watercolor technique.
Tasks:
-continue to introduce children to folk proverbs, holidays and customs of their native land;
- teach how to draw a cat, exercise in building a sketch of a drawing using auxiliary lines and geometric shapes;
- to improve skills in watercolor technique;
- to cultivate interest in various visual techniques and materials, a sense of love and pride in the history and culture of their homeland.

Hello dear friends and guests!
We all know the Russian proverb: "Not everything is Shrovetide for a cat ...", it is about someone who lived too well (undeservedly well), but in the end will face difficulties.
The meaning of the proverb is well explained in the play by Ostrovsky A.N. "Every day is not Sunday". The old merchant Akhov believed that money does everything. He began to woo a young poor girl, thinking that her mother and she would throw themselves on his neck because of his money. Moreover, the nastiness and stinginess of his character was known to all. He demanded attention, so that everyone bowed to him. When he finally came to woo, he received a decisive refusal. Instead, mother and daughter chose his young clerk Hippolyte. Seeing the old man out, the mother said: “Not everything is Shrovetide for the cat, there is also a great post,” this is the full version of the Russian proverb included in the Dictionary of Russian Proverbs by Vladimir Ivanovich Dahl. But as an analogue of the proverb, a form practically unknown to contemporaries is given: "Not everything is Shrovetide for the cat, Fomin's ass is Monday."
Fomin Monday is the second day of Fomin's (Radonitskaya) week, the beginning of spring commemoration and a large number of church memorial services, which was estimated by the people as a "bread" time for priests. Gradually, the second option practically disappeared from everyday speech, but we use the proverb about the coming difficult life of a cat everywhere.


In general, a proverb is a short wise saying that has an instructive meaning, in proverbs - the people's mind, the people's truth, a wise judgment about life and people. So this proverb: "" Not everything is Shrovetide for a cat, there is also a great post, "has its roots. This is Maslenitsa holiday, and there are three of them in Rus'.
The proverb refers to the Christian Maslenitsa, established by the Russian Church in the 16th century, as
7-day church holiday from Monday to "forgiveness" Sunday. On the church Maslenitsa, the Russian people have fun, eat pancakes, and in general do not limit themselves in anything in particular. When the time of Great Lent comes, the picture changes: everyone walks gloomy and serious, meat is banned, entertainment too. During the seven weeks of food abstinence, you can only eat fish, but very rarely. And here even a foreigner will understand that Maslenitsa symbolizes a favorable time in a person’s life, and Great Lent is an unfavorable one. Thus, the expression "not all Maslenitsa to the cat ..." has the following meaning: luck does not last long, harsh times will come. On the other hand, harsh times are also not eternal.


The second Maslenitsa folk, it begins a day earlier than the church Maslenitsa, and lasts eight days. This is a rampant secular holiday-carnival, established by the royal decree of Peter I in the image and likeness of European carnivals.
According to the Decree of Peter the Great, the celebration of Maslenitsa became known as the “Most Joking, Most Drunk, and Most Extravagant Cathedral.” Celebrated in the European manner, like carnivals with cheerful processions of mummers, antics of jesters, plentiful festivities. The holiday was headed by the clownish "Patriarch" appointed for the time of Maslenitsa, who headed the "most jesting and most drunken cathedral" ...


The real Russian Maslenitsa is a ritual and astronomical holiday Komoednitsa. It is celebrated strictly from March 21 to March 28 and is timed to coincide with the day of the spring equinox. Before the arrival of Christians and forced baptism, Rus' was a strong secular (by modern standards) state. There were no pagan gods, no religion in our Motherland. There was a veneration of Russian great ancestors, who were the children of the gods. We, modern Russian people, are the same children.
After Komoyednitsa, the day begins to become longer than the night, the Yarilo-sun melts the snow, nature awakens with spring power, people celebrated the beginning of the New Year according to the ancient Slavic solar calendar (in Rus' until 1492, March opened the account for the New Year).
In addition to celebrating the sacred entry of Spring into its own rights, on this day the Slavic Bear God was also revered: in the morning before breakfast, in a solemn procession with songs, dances and jokes, they brought “pancake sacrifices” to the great Honey Beast in the forest with the first baked holiday pancakes and laid them out on stumps. After that, the festive feast began. The ancient Slavs called the bear Kom (hence the rule - "the first pancake to the koms", that is, bears).


This tale is for you, dear guests, and for children, a master class on drawing a cat with watercolors. Welcome to our creative workshop!
Materials and tools:
- sheet of A3 paper

simple pencil
-eraser
-watercolor
-brushes
-cloth for hands and hands
- bank for water

Master class progress:

We begin work on the drawing with a preliminary sketch with a simple pencil (the sketch is made with light lines). At the bottom of the sheet, draw a horizontal line of the table. From the right edge of the sheet, draw a rectangle, conditionally it will be a stack of pancakes. On the remaining space of the sheet, in the middle, we begin to build the figure of a cat. First we draw a semi-oval for the head, then for the body (as if we are collecting a snowman).


Further, in the form of arcuate lines on each side of the body, draw the legs, then the tail. And we begin to work on the muzzle, we need to divide the oval of the head with a vertical line in half, this will help us proportionally draw the details of the cat's muzzle. In the lower part we draw two ovals of cheeks.


Above the cheeks there is a nose and eyes, ears consisting of double triangles. We draw the front paws using circles of different sizes.


Let's move on to watercolor. Let's start with the eyes, use green. Then we work with brown color, outline the contour lines of our hero, wash the brush and blur these lines with water (we make a smooth transition from brown to white background of the sheet). For pancakes, use the same color, heavily diluted with water.


We make the cheeks and nose pale pink, for this we apply a smear of red and blur it with water, the tongue of the cat will be red.


We draw rows of pancakes with brown horizontal lines. We outline the paws (pads) along the contours in brown, and then blur the color with water. The middle of the ears will also be brown. And we start working with orange - draw stripes.


All our cat will be red-striped.



We make expressive eyes. I use a deep blue color, but you can do with black. We leave small white circles inside the eyes not painted over, since white is not used when working with watercolor - this is the advantage of gouache.
The next step in the drawing will be working with brown: antennae, eyebrows and contouring of the entire silhouette of the cat. We draw as if with a trembling hand - we imitate the hair of our hero.
We paint the tablecloth in yellow and shade it with brown.


On the white surface of the sheet around the picture, we apply an almost transparent tone-ocher (we dilute the color with water), and the work is completed.



Older children can be offered a more complicated option, complement the image of a cat with additional elements of the composition. I added a window with curtains, wooden walls and a bowl of sour cream in the background.


When the pencil sketch is done, we start working with color. For the background, I chose my favorite and universal color ocher. First, it is applied in a transparent tone to the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe wooden walls and a stack of pancakes (we dilute the color with water). Then we pick up the ocher on the brush more saturated and draw the lines of the logs, these lines are slightly blurred with water.


Outside the window you can see the blue sky, my tablecloth is red, and there are already pancakes on the table - we draw them with brown horizontal lines.


I add a few dark brown lines to the drawing of pancakes, I use the same color for a bowl with sour cream. We paint the curtains in a light green tone.


Then we draw folds on them with the same, but more saturated color. And we get to work with black watercolor - we circle the contour lines of the drawing with it.


Next, we wash the brush, dry it slightly on a cloth and blur these lines.


The cat will be red (orange).


I do green eyes and pink cheeks with a nose as in the first version.
Then we begin to draw the cat in detail with the help of brown, make a stroke of the main details of the figure and gently blur them with water.



With the help of a semi-dry brush, along the contour lines of the cat, we draw-imitate wool (the “poke” technique).

Drawing master class for children from 8 years old on the theme "Kitten" with step by step photos

Non-traditional drawing techniques - drawing fur with PVA glue and a toothpick


Place of work: GKKP "Nursery-garden No. 116", Pavlodar

Description: the master class is intended for children from 8 years old and their parents, educators, teachers of additional education, creative people.
Purpose: interior decoration, gift, drawing for exhibitions and competitions.
Target: drawing fluffy kitten.
Tasks. To teach children to convey the features of the depicted object using PVA glue, a toothpick. Strengthen the ability to independently select the desired color. Expand your understanding of the life of a pet. Raise interest in the life of pets, the desire to know as much as possible about them.

Someone likes to draw flowers, someone likes butterflies, others devote their creative impulses to portraits. How about a cute fluffy kitten? Imagine how happy your mother or sister will be when you give them a card with a picture of a pretty kitten with fluffy fur on the holiday of March 8.
Do you think it takes a lot of time to depict fur realistically? Do you want to learn about an easy trick to give a natural look to fur? Now I'll tell you how to draw a fluffy kitten using PVA glue and a toothpick. This drawing technique is my know-how! Draw with glue and a toothpick, I think you will like it!

Materials needed for work:


- white thick paper A4;
- watercolor;
- 2 brushes - No. 5, No. 3;
- a glass of water;
-PVA glue;
-toothpick;
- felt-tip pens;
- simple pencil

Step by step workflow:

1. We begin to draw a kitten using geometric shapes.
We draw the head and torso of an oval shape.


2. Always start drawing from what you think is easier to do. Probably drawing ears is not difficult at all. The ears look like an equilateral triangle, only two lines and ears are drawn. The most difficult thing is to draw the eyes, you need not to be mistaken with the size, make sure that they are on the same line and the same.
On the muzzle we draw cheeks, antennae and a mouth with a visible tongue.


3. In addition, you need to make "glare" in the eyes so that the cat looks like a real one.


4. We finish the paws, the tail.
So that the cat does not look lonely in the picture, you can draw it on the rug.


5. Now the fun part. We begin to draw, tracing the contours of the picture with PVA glue with neat movements. Draw the fur with a toothpick.





6. We give volume to the rug, draw wavy lines with PVA glue and draw with a toothpick.



Let the drawing dry.
7. After it dries completely, we proceed to coloring.


8. My kitty is gray, so I mixed gray on the palette.

We have found and translated for you a wonderful watercolor master class that tells you how to draw a beautiful cat.

I like Liz Shaderton's approach to the choice of composition and the lightness of the watercolor solution. Well, the resulting cute portrait of a cat, I think, will inspire you to take up brushes.

One day I came to the conclusion that the work of watercolor requires special forethought. Its success is often associated with simplification... What we leave out is just as important as the elements we include in our picture.

Today I propose to draw a portrait of a cat. I am attracted in this animal by the "marbling" of the look, the mustache and the patterned color. These are the elements I want to focus on, the rest doesn't matter!

Reference materials

When drawing animals, you will need to use a lot of photographs for the obvious reason that animals tend to be very mobile. And if they are also wild, they are unlikely to allow you to even get close to them.

Drawing from nature in this case is something from the realm of fantasy. Therefore, the photos here can become your "lifeline".

Take note of copyright law. Not a problem if you're just using photography to paint for fun. But the moment you share it online, display it, or sell it, you may be violating the photographer's rights. Do not use the image in this case without the permission of the author.

Fortunately, websites such as Paint my Photo(pmp-art.com) and pixabay(pixabay.com) provide beautiful free high resolution images. Feel free to ask. Many photographers allow you to use their photos for free.

Work planning

We will work from light to dark, from far to near. This will allow us to preserve the transparency of the watercolor.

It is important to think over the light areas in advance, because they enliven the picture.

I also like to add shadows early on. So the area with the greatest contrast (in our case, this is the area of ​​​​the eye) will immediately attract the attention of the viewer.

Do preparatory pencil sketch. It will help you to think over the composition and the main elements in advance, so that later you can fully devote time to working with color.

A similar sketch helped me figure out that the size of the cat's head would be better to reduce compared to the original idea.

And also to achieve an expressive S-shaped line, conditionally passing between the eyebrows and mustache.

  • I don't like it when pencil lines are visible in the drawing, so I prefer to erase them with an eraser. If you want to erase the lines, make the initial outline of the image a little larger than necessary, or use a watercolor pencil.
  • I took half a sheet (not a square format). This allowed me to correct the composition even after the end of the drawing.
  • Drawing with a simple HB pencil indicating the general dimensions and shape of the object is all you need. Try not to draw details or make the drawing too dark.
  • Check the correctness of the picture by looking at it in the mirror or turning it upside down.
  • Using a small amount of colors will allow your brain to relax. I try to limit my palette to seven colors.
  • Decide if you want to use colors from the original image or your own shades. Make blanks of the desired shades before you start work.

Materials used

watercolor paper:

  • Bockingford NOT (35x35cm)

Watercolor paints:

  • French ultramarine (French ultramarine)
  • Quinacridone gold (Quinacridone gold)
  • Quinacridone sienna (Quinacridone sienna)
  • Emerald Phthalo (Phthalo turquoise)
  • Permanent Mars (Perylene maroon)
  • Dioxine purple (Dioxine purple)

How to draw a beautiful cat in watercolor:
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STEP 1

1. Start with the eye. Let's be honest, if you ruin the eye, then the whole portrait will not take place.

It's better to do it in the first 5 minutes than to leave it for last, wasting several hours of work...

2. Take a closer look, determine the places of light, shadows and shades of the desired colors. The cat's eyes are like marble.

Leave the desired area of ​​paper shaded. If you have masking fluid, use it.

Write the iris around the pupil.

STEP 2

Now move on to the dark areas around the eyes. If some color from the iris bleeds into the fur area, so much the better. Apply strokes as if you were stroking the coat in the direction in which it grows. This will make the strokes look much more natural.


STEP 3

With a clean, damp brush, partially brush away the dark layer, marking the S-shaped line that I mentioned in the sketching stage.

Add more character strokes, paint wet on wet.

Pre-moisten the paper where you want the smear to be softer.

Remember that the edges dry out faster. Be prepared to soften them up to avoid harsh edges when imitating wool.

STEP 4

Mark the bases of the whiskers while the surface is still damp.

Very lightly touch the nose with permanent mars (Perylene maroon) and the far eye. Soften the edges of the chin.

STEP 5

Now work with pale shades on three fronts in turn - under the chin, with the far ear, and then with the near one.

STEP 6

When the basic character of the animal is "captured", let the work dry.


QUESTION: The image looks somewhat flat.

ANSWER: Is everything in order with the balance of dark and light? If there are errors in tone, then no beautiful colors will "save" the work. Squint and look at the picture carefully. Or take a black and white photo of her with your phone. And then adjust by adding color.

QUESTION: The work looks busy.

ANSWER: Write with a large brush wherever the size of the paper allows. Hold the brush close to the tip and stop when you think you have 10 percent left on the end. You can always make some changes, but it will be much more difficult to remove the excess.

QUESTION: The colors are dull, lifeless.

ANSWER: If you make changes to a dry layer, the colors can blend and become lifeless. Also check the quality of the materials used. Are you using amateur paints or cheap paper?

QUESTION: "Lost" eye glare.

ANSWER: Put a highlight with white gouache. Or, if you're brave enough, gently scrape off the top coat of paint with a scalpel to the bottom of the paper. This should be done after complete drying, at the very end of the work.

Now experiment!

Draw the cat again, but use purple or blue as the basis, that is, not the natural "cat" color.

If you get the tone right, the portrait will still look alive.

Everyone loves animals, especially cute fluffy cats. We often see these mustachioed fluffies as one of the most popular heroes of fairy tales and cartoons. Cats are popular not only among children, but also among adults, as evidenced by funny videos on YouTube and pictures of cats on social networks. Cats are also considered a symbol of grace and femininity. We can talk about cats for a long time, but we will show you several ways to draw a cat.
This article will have three sections with different levels of difficulty: medium, difficult and for children.

What you will need:

  • Sheet A4 or A5
  • Pencils with hardness 2H and B or 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B
  • Eraser

Medium difficulty

Let's try to start by drawing a cat.

Take a pencil with hardness H and draw semicircles and dashes exactly the same as in the picture.

The first, upper circle is the head. Let's draw a "design" for the nose there, mark the place where the ears should be and draw the line of the back.

Draw the lower part (outlines of the bend of the paws), as in the picture.

We continue to draw the ears and muzzle, the lower part of the legs and the approximate location of the tail.

We finish drawing the ears, tail and paws.

And now, in the place where the curved line was drawn on the muzzle, above the nose, draw narrowed eyes. It's pretty easy to do just like in the picture. Wipe off unnecessary details, draw a nose, under it smooth lines of a closed mouth and antennae. The drawing is ready!

Considering how to draw a cat in stages, we offer the following method. Here you already need a soft pencil (from B to 6B).

To begin with, draw an oval, it can have a rough, more square shape, as in the picture. And we divide it with a light vertical line into equal parts.

Next, draw two oblique stripes on top of this oval - this will be the place for the ears. Draw a line below to know at what level to draw the eyes and draw the torso (preferably the same shape as in the picture).

Now we draw the cat's ears, make two lines from the nose to the eyes, draw a mouth in the form of an inverted number 3 or simply in the form of a semicircle. We mark the paws.

Draw circle eyes and an approximate shape of the tail.

And, finally, we finish the paws, shade the eyes, draw the rest of the details of the muzzle, do not forget about the mustache. And with short strokes outline the shape of the cat to give the impression of fluffiness. Ready!

Difficult level

And now we want to show a more complex technique of how to draw a kitten. This is not only for those who make great progress in drawing, it is also important for those who want to try their hand and be proud of the result! Here is our cat.

So, let's start with the fact that you need to draw the approximate outlines and pose of the kitten. To do this, use a pencil with a hardness of 2H or H. Try to follow the example of the picture.

Now draw two parallel lines on the cat's face, so that later you can evenly draw his eyes. Mark out the approximate outline of the eyes, draw the stripes that go from the eyes to the nose, draw the mouth (such as in the example), a place for the antennae (an inverted number 8 above the mouth), mark the ears more precisely.

The next step is to draw the pupils in the eyes, make the nose more detailed, draw the teeth and tongue inside the mouth, do not forget to draw the paws.

We draw a cat with a pencil - and this is one of the best ways to convey the fur in detail. On the muzzle, short strokes denote areas of dark coat color.

Now we will shade the darkest elements of the cat's face with a pencil with a hardness of B to 6B: pupils (do not forget to leave highlights in them, so they will seem more realistic), eye contour, nose, mustache dots, mouth.

All dark areas of wool on the muzzle are now stroked with the same pencil.

We continue to draw dark areas of wool throughout the body, do not forget about the shadow under the paws.

Having finished with dark stripes on wool, we work out light areas with a pencil H or 2H. We shade. After you have finished shading the fur, do not forget to draw the whiskers on the cat. It is desirable to do this already with a well-sharpened pencil with a hardness of B to 6B. You can add small "tassels" on the ears, but do not overdo it. The cat is ready!

How to draw a cat for kids

Learning to draw is worth it from childhood, because it is important not only for acquiring a certain skill, but also develops the color taste of the child, calms his nervous system. Therefore, if your child asks you: "How to draw a cat?" You can contact us and we will show you some easy ways! Let's start with the first one.

Take any pencil and draw a circle and an oval, as in the picture.

Draw paws.

Now we draw ears, a tail and add a check mark above the paws so that the cat has a fluffy neck in the end.

We draw the eyes with dots, the nose is a triangle, the mouth is an inverted number 3. We draw a mustache, a little more fur on the neck. We remove the extra lines on the paws, draw the fingers. The cat is ready!

Consider another option, how we draw a cat in stages for children.

We will draw a cat in front and behind. Draw ovals on top of each other (try to follow the example in the picture).

We draw short paws, ears and a tail. Note: the second, sitting with his back, does not see the upper legs, as if he is leaning on them, but you can finish them yourself.

Now we draw eyes like two commas, a nose - a triangle, a mouth - an inverted number 3 with a tongue. Do not forget about the antennae and stripes, our cat is tabby. 🙂

And one more option for you:

Draw a circle and an oval. They are connected by a curved line. The second line, which is larger, is the “skeleton” of the ponytail. On the muzzle, draw two parallel lines in order to evenly draw the eyes.

We draw ears and wool on the sides of the head.

In the ears we draw two inverted ticks, draw eyebrows and eyes. On the sides of the small line that connected the torso to the head, draw two more curved lines to make our neck thicker.

We finish the muzzle, remove the extra lines on the sides of the head. On the chest - draw fur, and below - paws.

We finish drawing the hind and front paws, turn the line into a ponytail.

We remove the extra lines on the paws, draw stripes for the cat, paint over them and the eyes. (You can paint over the cat to your taste, but it is advisable to do this with a neat stroke). We draw a mustache. Ready! Let's learn how to draw a cat together!

Cats are one of the cutest and funniest creatures on the planet. The animal has perfectly adapted to existence next to a person, like a dog, so almost every person has a cat at home. Many novice artists will be very interested in drawing a cat in watercolor, therefore we have created a step-by-step photo guide that will help you draw a pet.

The level of complexity of such work is considered average, because it is quite difficult to depict any animal. In the drawing, you need to accurately and realistically build a sketch in order to convey the pose of the animal as much as possible. Especially difficulties for beginners arise with a plot in which the animal needs to be depicted in motion. But we have specially selected a simple composition for drawing, which will simplify the task. So let's get started.

Let's prepare the necessary tools for work:

  • palette of watercolors;
  • high-density watercolor paper;
  • HB or H pencil;
  • an eraser (it is advisable to use a soft one so as not to damage the structure of the paper);
  • soft brushes (kolinsky, synthetics) No. 3 and 1;
  • flat brush for wetting paper;
  • palette;
  • a glass of clean water;
  • napkin paper or textile.

Drawing stages

Step 1. We start by marking the approximate outline of the drawing with a pencil. We depict the head in a circle, the body as a drop-shaped figure, draw a pair of triangular ears, and mark the paws and tail of the cat with several lines.

With the help of these auxiliary lines, we draw a detailed outline of the animal. Then we finish the small details: nose, eyes.

The sketch is ready, we remove the saturation of the pencil with an eraser and proceed to the next step - underpainting.

Step 2. We dilute the gray paint with water so that the paint becomes translucent. And we outline the color of the animal with it, as shown in the photo. With pale blue watercolor we shade the shading on the front paws.

Step 3. Now we prescribe the inside of the ears and the face with a translucent pink quinacridone. Highlight the eye color with a mixture of turquoise and blue.

Step 4. We return to the color again and give it a contrast. We stretch the strokes on the head in lines to achieve a realistic effect. On the chest, we draw in detail the folds of wool. We saturate the shaded front and back paws with a pale blue tone.

Step 5. With brush number 1 and neutral black, we prescribe the contour of the ears, eyes and pupils. We wash off almost all the paint from the brush and highlight the nose, the line of the mouth and the dots on the cheeks with the remnants of black watercolor.

Step 6. Next, use umber and neutral black to refine the intensity of the color. Turquoise create a light shadow on the body of the cat.

With the help of the same shades we create a falling shadow.

Step 7. To make the plot more interesting, let's add one bright detail - a ball of thread. We will use a pink and burgundy shade, and to indicate the shadow and draw the texture of the threads, we will take a little umber.

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