Do you want to learn how to draw animals? Preferably marine? What about walrus? Interesting? Then let's start our beginner lesson, "How to draw a walrus with a pencil in stages."
Who is a walrus
Agree, before anyone draws, you need to learn about him as much as possible. Walrus is a marine pinniped mammal. Have you ever seen them move awkwardly? Especially lucky was the one who could see it with his own eyes, and not in pictures or videos from the Internet. It is much easier for them to draw a walrus. No matter how hard you try, the most believable animal will come out only after you see it. Mostly walruses, of course, swim. It turns out they are much more beautiful.
In order to know how to draw a walrus, you need to at least have an idea of how it looks. You need to think about how you want to see it: size, pose, figure. Yes, yes, for a drawing that you will be completely satisfied with, this is all very important. And, of course, you need to know as much as possible about them.
The body of walruses is close to fish in shape. Someone may notice a subtle resemblance to a spindle. In principle, the way it is, only the spindle is very well-fed. They have a streamlined head, the neck expands with a cone, and the limbs are turned into flippers. They don’t have a tail, and their hind legs look like two tail blades.
Young walruses are covered with wool. Yes, you will also have to decide on the age of your hero in order to know exactly how to draw a walrus. Over time, the wool is washed away, and a very thick skin remains bare, gradually lightening. The skin of walruses is too wrinkled. On their faces quite a lot of mustaches grow. And an integral element of each representative of this species are huge tusks - fangs sticking down. They eat walrus mollusks.
Interesting Facts
It may not be useful to you to know how to draw a walrus, but you must admit that it is very exciting to discover something new for yourself.
If you literally translate the Latin name of walruses into Russian, you get "a sea horse walking with the help of teeth." They gave such a name for a reason. When an animal needs to get ashore, it helps itself with its tusks, which, by the way, can be up to one meter long.
Almost 20 percent of the weight of the entire body of walruses is their skin. Underneath it is about a fifteen-centimeter layer of fat, which allows animals not to freeze in ice water.
Once upon a time, walruses lived much south of the places of their current residence. This is evidenced by the fossilized remains of a walrus found in San Francisco Bay, which is about 28 thousand years old.
In order to withstand the icy waters of the Arctic, these animals can slow down the rhythm of their heart.
Draw
Now that you know enough about these animals, you can proceed to the lesson "How to draw a walrus with a pencil in stages."
Draw three circles of different sizes. It should be something like a snowman, just improperly assembled. Draw the smallest circle. Draw the shape of the eyes and tusks. We outline the contours of the body.
Now draw the outline of the limbs and begin the details of the muzzle. Draw eyes, nose and tusks. Draw up the contours of the head and limbs. Add a mustache. We draw a clear outline of the body. It remains only to erase additional lines and colorize.