Spiders are drawn much less often than beautiful butterflies fluttering from flower to flower. Many people find their appearance awesome. Meanwhile, these are very interesting insects, although scientists attribute them to a separate class of arachnids. Pictures with their image look spectacular. Let's talk about how to draw a spider and boldly look into the eyes of your fears.
Appearance
Spiders are the oldest creatures that appeared 2.5 billion years ago. The oldest web found on earth has been preserved in a piece of amber. Her age is 100 million years. Despite the fact that all this time people and spiders lived side by side, we know little about our tiny neighbors.
To understand how to draw a spider, you need to consider its structure. This arachnid needs to be distinguished from insects, to which it is often attributed by mistake. Let us dwell on the differences:
- Insects have 6 legs, and spiders have 8. In addition, the latter have small limbs (chelicera) near the mouth. They end in poisonous claws.
- The head of insects is mobile. And in a spider, it is combined with the neck and is called the cephalothorax. Between her and the abdomen there is a tiny connecting tube.
- Insects have 2 eyes, while among spiders this is a rarity. Most often they have 8 eyes, and in some species this number reaches 12.
- Spiders do not have antennae, like insects. They feel the taste and smell with the help of hairs located on their legs.
Pictures for babies
How to easily draw a spider with a preschooler? Details are not important for the kids, the main thing is to convey the general appearance of the spider. This is easy to do. The body of a cheerful spider can be depicted as a circle. Then eyes are drawn and a cheerful smile. Paws in the form of broken lines are added to the body. There should be exactly eight of them.
To the spider, you can draw an oblique line running from above. This is the web thread on which a tiny creature sways. Little artist can paint it in any color he likes.
Spider for older children
If the child confidently holds a pencil, you can master the technique more difficult. At the same time you will get acquainted with the structure of these unusual animals. How to draw a spider with a pencil in stages?
Follow the simple instructions:
- Draw an oval elongated laterally. He will become the abdomen of a spider.
- At the bottom of the oval, draw a smaller cephalothorax.
- Draw on it 8 round eyes of different sizes.
- In the center of each, put dots (pupils).
- Draw a mouth under the eyes. Sometimes spiders in children's books are portrayed as toothy, and you can do the same. However, in reality they have no teeth, but there are two processes near the jaw (chelicera).
- Draw 4 tabs on the left with curved lines, giving them volume.
- Perform the same action on the right side. It is desirable that the paws are symmetrical.
- Color the spider in your chosen colors. Animals may have spots, stripes, or patterns on the abdomen. The picture is ready.
Draw a web
Inside the spiders are small "looms". The lace networks they woven are very beautiful and durable. If the thickness of the thread was increased to the diameter of a pencil, the web could stop the plane flying at full speed. Scientists still have not been able to artificially recreate material of the same strength in scientific laboratories.
How to draw a spider weaving a web in stages? This is easy to do by following these steps:
- Draw a base from two perpendicular lines. Their length depends on the size of the web.
- Draw two more diagonal lines through the line intersection point. It is better that the distance between them be the same.
- The resulting web segments must be connected with each other with rounded lines. You can draw them at different distances from each other and at different angles. So the web will turn out believable.
- It remains to draw a little spider. His body consists of an abdomen, pointed downward, and an oval cephalothorax.
- From the front of the body, 8 curved legs extend to the sides.
- Small chelicerae protrude in front of the cephalothorax.
- The picture can be painted with a simple pencil or paints. In the latter case, you can place a web in the forest, among beautiful greenery, depict glistening dew on thin strings.
Realistic image
How to draw a spider to make it look as real as possible? This is nothing complicated. The following are helpful hints:
- The spider begins to depict from the torso. First make sketches with a simple pencil. The abdomen most often has an oval shape. The cephalothorax is round, smaller. The body can be coated with stripes or a pattern.
- Two small processes are distinguished on the cephalothorax - chelicerae. They resemble tiny cloves.
- The paws are drawn with thin sketch lines that can be easily erased.
- At the base of the legs, curved rectangles are drawn. The remaining leg segments are added to them. They become narrower as you move away from the body.
- All auxiliary lines are erased. Contours are best circled by pressing on the pencil. To give the spider volume, a hatch is applied. You need to darken the edges of the abdomen, head and legs.
Bird of prey
Some people keep these spiders at home instead of pets. The tarantulas perfectly feel the mood of their beloved master, play with pleasure, dance to the music and protect family members in case of danger.
To depict them, follow these instructions:
- Draw the body as two convex ovals.
- Mark 8 legs with curved lines. Make them thick by adding volume.
- The paws consist of joints similar to rounded rectangles on the bottom and top.
- There are 8 eyes on the head.
- Chelicerae sticking out of the jaw of the tarantula resemble fangs.
- On the side of them are small tentacles, which also need to be divided into segments.
How to draw a spider, you now know. You can place it in a wild environment by reconstructing a corner of a forest or jungle on a piece of paper. This creature, although it seems dangerous, attracts attention with its unusual appearance. Many spiders are very beautiful, especially if you look at them, throwing aside the usual stereotypes.