Kittens painted in watercolor. Draw a watercolor portrait of a cat. Materials for references

Everyone loves animals, and especially cute fluffy cats. We often see these mustachioed fluffies as one of the popular heroes 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 in 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 on how to draw a cat.
This article will have three sections with at different levels 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 level

Let's try to start with 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 “structure” for the nose there, mark the place where the ears should be and draw a line for the back.

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

We continue to finish drawing 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.

Now, in the place where the curved line was drawn on the muzzle, above the nose, draw narrowed eyes. This is quite easy to do, just like in the picture. Wipe away the excess details, draw a nose, underneath smooth lines closed mouth and antennae. The drawing is ready!

Considering how to draw a cat step by step, we offer the following method. Here you will already need soft pencil(from V to 6V).

First, we draw an oval, it can have a rough, more square shape, as in the picture. And 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. Below we will draw a line so that we 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 circled eyes and the approximate shape of the tail.

And finally, we finish drawing the paws, shade the eyes, draw the remaining details of the face, don’t forget about the mustache. And use short strokes to outline the shape of the cat to create the impression of fluffiness. Ready!

Difficult level

And now we want to show a more complex technique on how to draw a kitten. It's not just for those who do great success in drawing, this is also important for those who want to try their hand and be proud of the result! Here's 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 N. Try to follow the example of the picture.

Now draw two parallel lines on the cat’s face so that you can evenly draw his eyes. Mark the approximate outline of the eyes, draw stripes that go from the eyes to the nose, draw a 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, and don’t forget to draw the paws.

We draw a cat with a pencil - and this is one of the best ways convey the wool in detail. On the face, with short strokes we indicate areas of dark coat color.

Now let’s shade out the darkest elements of the cat’s face with a pencil with a hardness of B to 6B: the pupils (don’t forget to leave highlights in them, so they will seem more realistic), the outline of the eyes, the nose, the points of the whiskers, the mouth.

Now we shade all the dark areas of fur on the muzzle with the same pencil.

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

Having finished with the dark stripes on the fur, we work on the light areas with an H or 2H pencil. Shading. After you've finished shading the fur, don't forget to draw the cat's whiskers. It is advisable to do this with a well-sharpened pencil with a hardness of B to 6B. You can add small “tassels” on the ears, but don’t overdo it. The cat is ready!

How to Draw a Cat for Kids

It is worth learning to draw from childhood, because it is important not only for acquiring a certain skill, but also develops the child’s color taste and calms him down 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 the paws.

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

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

Let's consider another option, how we draw a cat step by step for children.

We will draw the cat from the front and back. Draw ovals on each other (try to follow the example in the picture).

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

Now we draw the eyes as two commas, the nose as a triangle, the mouth as an inverted number 3 with a tongue. Don't forget about the whiskers 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 tail. On the face we draw two parallel lines in order to draw the eyes evenly.

Draw ears and fur on the sides of the head.

In the ears we draw two inverted ticks, we draw eyebrows and eyes. On the sides of the small line connecting the torso with the head, draw two more curved lines so that our neck becomes thicker.

We finish drawing the muzzle, removing the extra lines on the sides of the head. On the chest we draw fur, and below – the paws.

We finish drawing the hind and front legs, turning the line into a tail.

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

In this lesson we will tell you how to draw a cat's face watercolor pencils step by step, and we will make the background with watercolors.

Drawing technique - mixed: watercolor pencils, watercolors, thin felt-tip pens for hairs.

1. I make a sketch on watercolor paper.

2. Now you need to carefully wet the part of the paper that will be the background with water.

3. Remove excess water with a wrung out brush.

4. I put a little paint diluted with water on the brush and carefully distribute it over the damp paper.

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5. Using a brush, you can add watercolors in those places where we want the background to be darker.

6. The background is ready for roughing.

7. Now I put away the watercolors and take watercolor pencils. In principle, I could have taken regular ones, but at that time I only had watercolor ones from the soft ones. I start working on the eyes and nose, always with the lightest color. We will always have time to darken it.

9. To make a cat come to life, I always try to work on the eyes almost immediately.

10. We begin to work on the fur, using thin strokes to follow the growth of the fur.

11. I try to make the stripes according to the shape of the body so that they emphasize the volume.

I draw the fur with thin felt-tip pens.

12. I made the mustache with thin felt-tip pens, leaving no white areas in advance.

13. I darkened it a little under the chin. gray pencil so that there is a shadow.

14. Then I regretted that I had not left my mustache white and decided to try to scratch it out.

I don’t know how well it turned out... But I think I’ve heard about such a technique.

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

Master class with step by step photos: “It’s not all Maslenitsa for the cat...”

Author: Natalya Aleksandrovna Ermakova, Teacher, Municipal Budgetary educational institution additional education 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, and additional education teachers.
Purpose: interior decoration, participation in creative exhibitions, gifts.
Target: creating a composition with a cat using watercolor technique.
Tasks:
-continue to introduce children to folk proverbs, holidays and customs native land;
-learn to draw a cat, practice drawing a sketch using auxiliary lines and geometric shapes;
-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: “It’s not all Maslenitsa for the cat...”, it’s 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 A.N. Ostrovsky. "It's not all Maslenitsa for the cat." The old merchant Akhov believed that money makes everything. He began wooing a young, poor girl, thinking that her mother and she would throw themselves at him for his money. Moreover, the badness and stinginess of his character was known to everyone. He demanded attention, so that everyone would bow to him. When he finally came to make a match, he received a decisive refusal. Instead, mother and daughter chose his young clerk, Hippolytus. Sending the old man away, the mother said: “Not everything is Maslenitsa, sometimes Lent", -This full version 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: “It’s not all Maslenitsa for the cat, but it’s Fomin’s Monday.”
Fomin Monday is the second day of Fomin (Radonitskaya) week, the beginning of spring commemorations and large quantity church funeral services, which was assessed by the people as a “grainful” time for priests. Gradually, the second option practically disappeared from everyday speech, but the proverb about the future difficult life We use cats everywhere.

In general, a proverb is a short wise saying that has an instructive meaning, in proverbs - the people's mind, people's truth, wise judgment about life and people. So this proverb: “Not everything is Maslenitsa, there is also Lent,” has its roots. This is the Maslenitsa holiday, and there are three of them in Rus'.
The proverb refers to Christian Maslenitsa, established by the Russian Church in the 16th century, as
7 days church holiday from Monday to Forgiveness Sunday. On Maslenitsa, the Russian people have fun, eat pancakes and generally do not restrict themselves in anything special. When the time of Lent comes, the picture changes: everyone walks around gloomy and serious, meat is forbidden, and so is entertainment. During 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 Lent symbolizes an unfavorable one. Thus, the expression “not everything is Maslenitsa…” has the following meaning: good luck does not last long, hard times will come. On the other hand, harsh times also do not last forever.

The second Maslenitsa is a folk festival, it begins a day earlier than the church Maslenitsa, and lasts eight days. This is a riotous secular festival-carnival, established by the royal decree of Peter I in the image and likeness of European carnivals.
According to the Decree of Peter 1, the celebration of Maslenitsa began to be called “The All-Joking, All-Drunken and Extravagant Council.” They celebrated in the European style, like carnivals with cheerful processions of mummers, antics of jesters, and abundant festivities. The holiday was led by the clownish “Patriarch” appointed during Maslenitsa, who headed the “all-joking and all-drunk cathedral”...

The real Russian Maslenitsa is the ritual and astronomical holiday of Komoednitsa. It is celebrated strictly from March 21 to March 28 and coincides with the vernal equinox. Before the arrival of Christians and forced baptism, Rus' was a strong secular (by modern standards) state. None pagan gods, there was no religion in our homeland. There was veneration of the Russian great ancestors, who were the children of the gods. We, modern Russian people, are the same children.
After Komoednitsa the day begins to become longer than the night, Yarilo the sun melts the snow, nature awakens with the force of spring, 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 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 this, the festive feast began. The ancient Slavs called the bear Kom (hence the rule - “the first pancake is to Kom”, that is, to bears).

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

Simple pencil
-eraser
-watercolor
-brushes
-cloth for hands and arms
-water jar

Progress of the master class:

We start working on the drawing with a preliminary sketch with a simple pencil(the sketch is done with light lines). At the bottom of the sheet draw a horizontal line for the table. From the right edge of the sheet we draw a rectangle - this 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 assembling a snowman).

Next, 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 in half with a vertical line - this will help us draw the details of the cat’s muzzle in proportion. At the bottom we draw two oval cheeks.

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

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

Make the cheeks and nose pale pink, to do this we apply a red smear and wash it with water, the cat’s tongue will be red.

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

Our whole cat will be a red tabby.

Making the eyes expressive. I use saturated blue, but you can get by with black. We leave the small white circles inside the eyes unpainted, as when working with watercolors white not used - this is the advantage of gouache.
The next stage of the drawing will be working with brown color: antennae, eyebrows and contour finishing of the entire silhouette of the cat. We draw as if with a trembling hand - we imitate the fur of our hero.
We paint the tablecloth in yellow and shade it brown.

Apply an almost transparent ocher tone to the white surface of the sheet around the design (dilute the color with water), and the work is completed.

For older children, you can offer a more complicated option, complementing the image of the cat additional elements compositions. I added a window with curtains, wooden walls and a bowl of sour cream in the background.

When done pencil sketch Let's 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 wooden walls and stacks of pancakes (dilute the color with water). Then we put 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 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 pancake design; I use the same color for the bowl of 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 start working with black watercolors - we outline the contour lines of the drawing with it.

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

The cat will be red (orange).

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

Using a semi-dry brush contour lines We draw a cat and imitate fur (the “poke” technique).

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

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

One day I came to the conclusion that working with watercolors requires special forethought. Its success often comes from simplification... What we leave out is just as important as the elements we include in our picture.

I propose to draw a portrait of a cat today. What attracts me to this animal is its marbled look, mustache and patterned color. These are the elements I want to focus on, the rest doesn't matter!

Materials for references

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

Drawing from life in this case is something from the realm of fantasy. Therefore, photographs here can become your “lifeline.”

Please be aware of copyright law. Not a problem if you're just using photography to draw for fun. But the moment you share it online, display it, or sell it, you may be violating the photographer's rights. In this case, do not use the image without permission from the author.

Luckily, websites such as Paint my Photo(pmp-art.com) and Pixabay(pixabay.com), provide beautiful free images With high resolution. Don't hesitate to ask. Many photographers allow their photos to be used for free.

Work planning

We will carry out the work from light to dark, from background to background. This will allow us to maintain the transparency of the watercolor.

It is important to think through the light areas in advance, because they are the ones that bring the picture to life.

I also like to add shadows to early stages. This way, the area with the greatest contrast (in our case, the eye area) will immediately attract the viewer’s attention.

Do preliminary pencil sketch. It will help you think through the composition and main elements in advance, so that in the future you can fully devote your time to working with color.

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

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

I don't like it when pencil lines are visible in a drawing, so I prefer to erase them with an eraser. If you want to erase the lines, make the original outline of the image a little larger than necessary or use a watercolor pencil.

I took half a sheet (not the square format). This allowed me to adjust the composition even after finishing the drawing.

A simple HB pencil drawing 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 accuracy of the drawing by looking at it in a mirror or turning it upside down.

Using a small amount of color will help your brain relax. I try to limit my palette to seven colors.

Decide whether you want to use colors from the original image or your own shades. Make blanks of the desired shades before starting work.

Materials used

Watercolor paper:

Bockingford NOT (35x35cm)

Watercolor paints:

French ultramarine
Quinacridone gold
Quinacridone sienna
Emerald phthalo (Phthalo turquoise)
Permanent mars (Perylene maroon)
Dioxine purple

How to draw a beautiful cat in watercolor:
progress of work

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STEP 1

1. Start with the eye. Let's be honest, if you ruin the eye, the whole portrait won't work.

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

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

Leave the required area of paper painted over. If you have masking fluid, use it.

Draw the iris around the pupil.

STEP 2

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

STEP 3

Using a clean, damp brush, brush off part of the dark layer, creating the S-shaped line that I mentioned at the sketching stage.

Add more characteristic strokes, paint wet on wet.

Pre-moisten the paper in places where you want the stroke to lay more softly.

Remember that the edges dry out faster. Be prepared to soften them to avoid hard edges when representing fur.

STEP 4

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

Very lightly touch the nose with 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 okay 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 do it black and white photo to the phone. And then adjust by adding color.

QUESTION: The work looks tortured.

ANSWER: Write with a large brush wherever the size of the paper allows. Keep the brush close to the tip and stop when you think there are 10 percent left to finish. You can always make some changes, but removing the excess will be much more difficult.

QUESTION: The colors are dull and lifeless.

ANSWER: If you make changes to a wet layer, the colors may blend and become lifeless. Check also the quality of the materials used. Perhaps you are using amateur paints or cheap paper?

QUESTION: The highlight of the eye is “lost.”

ANSWER: Add a highlight with white gouache. Or, if you're brave enough, use a scalpel to carefully scrape the top layer of paint down 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 a base, which is not a natural "cat" color.

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

Cats are one of the cutest and funniest creatures on the planet. The animal has perfectly adapted to living next to humans, just 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, so we have created a step-by-step photo guide that will help you draw a pet.

The level of difficulty of such work is considered average, because depicting any animal is quite difficult. In drawing, you need to make a sketch accurately and realistically in order to convey the animal’s pose as best as possible. Beginners especially have difficulty with a plot in which the animal needs to be depicted in motion. But we specifically 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 watercolor paints;
high-density paper for watercolor painting;
pencil HB or N;
eraser (it is advisable to use a soft one so as not to damage the structure of the paper);
soft brushes (kolin, synthetics) No. 3 and 1;
flat brush for wetting the paper;
palette;
a glass of clean water;
paper or textile napkin.

Drawing stages

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

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

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

Step 2. Dilute the gray payne with water so that the paint becomes translucent. And use it to outline the color of the animal, as shown in the photo. Use pale blue watercolor to highlight the shading on the front legs.

Step 3. Now we paint the inside of the ears and face with translucent pink quinacridone. Let's highlight the eye color with a mixture of turquoise and blue shades.

Step 4. We return to the color again and give it contrast. We stretch the strokes on the head in lines to milk realistic effect. On the chest we draw the folds of fur in detail. Shaded front and hind leg saturate with a pale blue tone.

Step 5. Using brush No. 1 and neutral black, draw the outline of the ears, eyes and pupils. We wash off almost all the paint from the brush and highlight the nose, line of the mouth and dots on the cheeks with the remains of black watercolor.

Step 6. Next, use umber and neutral black to refine the intensity of the color. Using turquoise we create a light shadow on the cat’s body.

Using the same shades we create a falling shadow.

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