Drawing a fox in watercolors step by step. Master class with photos
Master class for junior schoolchildren "Fox". Master class with step-by-step photos.
Author: Victoria Fomicheva, 11 years old, studying at the Children's Art School named after A. A. Bolshakov, Velikiye Luki, Pskov region.Teacher: Natalya Aleksandrovna Ermakova, teacher, Municipal budgetary educational institution for additional education of children “Children’s Art School named after A. A. Bolshakov”, Velikiye Luki, Pskov region.
Description: The work can be done with children of primary school age. The material may be useful to educators, teachers, and parents.
Purpose: Such work can be a wonderful interior decoration, creative exhibitions, as well as a gift for family and friends.
Target: Based on a discussion with children about their favorite fairy-tale characters, create a composition with the image of a fox.
Tasks:
- teach how to portray the animal fox;
- create a composition with the main character in it;
- strengthen skills in working with watercolors;
- cultivate love and interest in the diversity of the animal world.
Hello, dear guests! The fox is one of the most popular heroines of children's fairy tales. But as a fairy-tale image, it is endowed with features characteristic of these animals in reality. The fox is beautiful: a bushy tail that is slightly less than half the length of the body, a red fur coat and a roguish narrow-nosed muzzle with beautiful brown eyes. In addition, the fox is slender, graceful, has an elongated body and slender legs, and is the size of a small dog: it weighs 6-10 kilograms.
The fox is not only a cunning animal. This is a predator that wins not so much with strength as with intelligence and cunning, and can fool not only prey, but also humans. No wonder they say “cunning like a fox.” The image of a fox is included in many fairy tales and legends about foxes among various nations. Foxes were both the personification of evil spirits and a symbol of fire and purification.
The Slavs had a special relationship with the fox as a totem animal, the incarnation of the goddess Mokosh. Foxes were admired for their beauty and ingenuity, despite the fact that the red beasts never missed a chance to climb into the chicken coop.
Foxes have long been popular in folk art, and their cunning has been depicted in folklore. Christians used to consider the fox to be similar to the devil. And all because she catches her victims at night, she is very insidious, cunning, but also smart. Such interesting facts about foxes are simply amazing. In many folk tales, the fox is portrayed as a cunning lady who, with her flattery and deceit, will achieve everything she needs.
Not many animals are called by their first name or patronymic. But the fox is often called exactly that. Moreover, her middle name is unusual - Patrikeevna. About 600 years ago there lived a prince named Patrikey Narimuntovich, famous for his resourcefulness and cunning. Since then, the name Patrikey has become equivalent to the word cunning. And since the fox has long been considered by the people to be a very cunning animal, then, as the heiress of the famous prince, she received the patronymic Patrikeevna.
The red fox in ancient Rome acted as a fire demon. The same deity existed in Scandinavia, and was called Loki.
For the peoples living in the Far East, the fox to this day is an example of evil spirits.
Unlike other countries, in North America the fox is considered a neutral trickster, while the coyote is fully maligned. For alchemists, the fox is a symbol of temporarily solidified sulfur.
There is no place on the planet where it would be impossible to meet a fox. Foxes can be seen in the tundra, forests, steppes, mountains, swamps, and where no human has gone before, and near rural outskirts. This animal adapts surprisingly well to a variety of conditions, but prefers open landscapes: forest patches, ravines, hills, fields, forest-steppes; it does not like to live in the remote taiga, in snow-covered areas and deserts.
One study found that 69% of their diet consists of mice, 20% hares, 10% plant foods such as fruit, and the rest insects and other miscellaneous foods.
The fox does not chew its food, but only tears the meat into small pieces and swallows them.
The foxtail changes its appearance depending on the time of year, and is especially beautiful in winter. A fox has sensitive hairs on its paws that help it navigate in space and find the right direction.
Apart from the breeding season, red foxes are solitary and sleep outdoors even during the very cold winters that characterize the northern part of their range. Since the tip of their nose and paw pads are sensitive to frostbite, the animal sleeps with its fluffy tail wrapped around its body.
The red fox is a common fox species found on all continents.
The foxtail changes its appearance depending on the time of year, and is especially beautiful in winter. The fox is a solitary animal. If a female fox dies, the male never looks for a mate again and lives the rest of his life “single.” However, if the male dies, then the female finds herself a new “gentleman”. Although foxes are similar to cats and dogs, they avoid contact with these animals. Foxes are primarily nocturnal animals and prefer to hunt at night.
This animal is found in almost every type of habitat. They can adapt to the presence of people. In addition to the red fox, there are individuals with a different fur color, for example, with a black chest, belly and scruff. Some foxes have a black cross on their back.
The common or red fox is the most common and largest species of the fox genus. Body length 60-90 cm, tail - 40-60 cm, weight - 6-10 kg. The common fox is distributed very widely: throughout Europe, North Africa, most of Asia, North America and Australia.
The fennec fox is a miniature fox that lives in the deserts of North Africa. This is the smallest representative of the canine family, smaller in size than a domestic cat. Height at the withers is 18-22 cm, body length - 30-40 cm, tail - up to 30 cm, weighs up to 1.5 kg. The fennec's ears are the largest among predators in relation to the size of the head; they reach 15 cm in length. The fenech needs such large ears not only because he has to learn from the slightest rustle in the sand about the movements of his main prey - insects and small vertebrates, but also for better cooling of the body in the heat of the day.
This is the marbled fox, an artificially bred subspecies of the red fox.
The gray fox is a species of the wolf family that lives in North and Central America, as well as in the far north of South America. The height at the withers is 30-40 cm. The gray fox is very agile and dexterous for its family, it runs fast and can also climb trees.
The silver fox is a subspecies of the common fox. According to legend, the black and brown fox brings happiness to everyone who has ever seen it; this is a very rare animal. It was brought to the brink of extinction by a man because of its unusually colored fur.
The polar fox, or arctic fox, is a predatory mammal of the canine family, the only representative of the genus of arctic foxes. Body length is 50-75 cm, tail - 25-30 cm, height at the withers - 20-30 cm. The average body weight of a male is 3.5 kg, maximum - up to 9 kg, females - 3 kg. The arctic fox is distributed beyond the Arctic Circle, on the coast and islands of the Arctic Ocean, in the tundra and forest-tundra zones.
The silver fox is a subspecies of wild red fox that is native to eastern North America, Canada.
Materials and tools:
- sheet A3
-watercolor
-simple pencil, eraser, brushes
-a glass for water, a cloth for brushes
Progress of the master class:
We start with a pencil drawing. The main character of the work is a fox, we place it in the middle of the sheet, starting with the head and details of the face.
Our fox will sit on a stone in a birch grove. We draw the torso and silhouette of the hind leg, tail.
Then we draw the paws, first the foreground, then the background.
Next we draw sketches of the background trees.
In our drawing, the fox is sitting on a stone, and behind her are spring birch trees. Snow-white birch trees will help make a fox's coat brighter. Before working with watercolors, you need to erase the extra lines of the drawing, make the drawing as transparent as possible, so that the pencil drawing does not show through the watercolor. In general, pencil drawing should always be light, but in photographs it is difficult to see, and we deliberately intensified the color. It is also necessary to prepare the watercolor, soak it with small drops of clean water in each color.
We always start with the light color, first the breast, and then the darker back, head and tail. The outline of the breast can be outlined in orange and then washed out with water.
Then, gradually thickening the color, new strokes of paint are applied, we paint the paws, draw the edging of the ears, and apply shadows to the face. We paint the stone (poke method) using gray shades of color.
We highlight the silhouette of the fox with black and draw individual hairs.
The subject of the composition is early spring, when birch trees are covered with the light down of foliage that has not yet blossomed. Therefore, the main background will be light green with a small splash of blue sky. At the bottom of the work we make the green more saturated, implying greening grass.
We draw the contours of the birches in black, draw individual twigs and branches, lines characteristic of birches.
She is often called the red-haired cheat, and her image is used in fairy tales to show cunning, ingenuity and deceit. Do you know who we are talking about? I think without much difficulty, we are talking about a fox whose appearance is unique and liked by many. Some children say that a fox is like a dog and a squirrel. Foxes have a red color with white elements, and on the paws there is a transition to black. Today we let's draw a fox in full height. Our fox will stand sideways so that her entire body and tail are visible, and her head is turned to the left. She is clearly looking for someone in the distance, perhaps her prey. In this lesson for children we will learn, how to easily draw a fox with a simple pencil step by step.
Tools and materials:
- White sheet of paper.
- A simple hard pencil.
- A simple soft pencil.
- Eraser.
Stages of work:
Step 1. The base of the fox's body will consist of a large oval that is attached to a small circle. The circle will serve as the basis for the head. Place the circle to the right of the large oval, and the connection will be below:
Step 2. Next we will finish drawing the animal’s paws, but their lower part is not visible due to the uneven surface on which the fox stands. The tail is dropped down, but has a fairly voluminous shape due to the thick fur. The predator stands on the rocks, so we make the surface lines sharp and pointed:
Step 3. Let's move on to drawing the head. We shape the fox's face so that the width is slightly greater than the height. In the middle of the muzzle, draw a small oval, outlining the nose. From it we will draw lines on the sides that will connect it to the head. The ears are raised up, but they are slightly turned to the sides:
Step 4. Let's detail the features. Draw a nose in the form of a drop that connects to a closed mouth. Place the two eyes at an equal distance. For now we draw them in the form of spots, without drawing them in detail:
Step 5. Let's outline the darkest places on the animal's face. These will be the eyes, nose and mouth line. Let's divide the head horizontally into two parts, because the lower part of the muzzle will be much lighter than the upper. Let's outline the fur along the contour of the head:
Step 6. Add shade to the top of the head. Around the eyes the shade will be darker due to the curve. Let's draw some more fur on the head:
Step 7 The fox's chest will be light, so you shouldn't darken it too much, but apply only light strokes to show the fur. At the level of the paws there is a sharp transition to darker fur:
Step 8 We continue to apply slightly chaotic strokes to the animal’s body to add volume. A shadow will fall from the head, so we darken this area:
Step 9 We will draw the remaining paws similarly to the front ones. By the way, one of the front paws will only be slightly visible due to the position of the body. The fur on the limbs will be quite dark, but short:
Step 10 Let's add some finishing touches to the rest of the body. We apply them in the direction of growth (from right to left). The closer to the back of the body, the lighter the coat will be. Therefore, the pressure on the pencil weakens here:
Sooner or later, your child will begin to show creative abilities and may want to draw. Perhaps at school they will ask you to draw a picture? Or art lessons? To make sure that your child is prepared for all the difficulties of drawing, you need to teach him yourself.
So, your child is already pulling you by the hand and asking you to help him draw a red furry animal, and you yourself never graduated from art, and skipped art classes. But we will tell you how to draw a fox step by step with a pencil for children.
First of all, the reference lines will help your child draw a fox with a pencil. Our fox will start with... a banana! 
We need the fruit in order to immediately create a reference line for the nose, because the fox has an upturned nose. Now you can complete the round outline of the muzzle, the triangles of the ears and the oval of the body. Try to maintain all proportions. When drawing these outlines, you do not need to put much pressure on the pencil, they are only auxiliary. 
We draw the outlines of the paws, making them slightly curved, because animals’ paws are not straight at all. Let's finish drawing the tail. If the fox is interested, then raise it higher, but if it is upset, you can lower it. 
Now it's time to revive our red-haired beauty. We draw the outlines of the fur on the face, tail, paws and ears. 
The most difficult thing is to round all the lines, finally creating the contours of the fox. Here the child will need your help, since the process is quite difficult. 
It's time to erase the auxiliary lines and take up colored pencils. 
Here we have a red-haired beauty! 
Everyone remembers the image of a mysteriously smiling, sly fox with pointed ears from children's books, but how to draw a fox with a pencil step by step?
For work we will need: a blank sheet of paper (preferably landscape paper), a pair of sharpened pencils and an eraser.
- If you are sure that you do not know how to draw, try to carefully and slowly repeat the following instructions, copying from the example. Let's start with a simplified version in the cartoon style, and then we'll move on to how to draw a fox "like an adult."
- Draw the head and ears
Let's draw an ellipse in the center, slightly narrowed on one side, and two more egg-shaped figures - these are the future ears.
- Body contour
The body of a fox is similar to a wolf, but longer. Draw an oval (you can draw a narrow one - for a thin fox, or a larger one - as in the example). Try not to press too hard on the pencil, then we will correct it.
- Let's outline the grounded paws
Three paws are visible to us, another one remains out of sight. Let's sketch out three ovals, with a smaller oval on the edge of each. Do not draw the legs too thin; their size should correspond to the body.
- Add a fluffy tail in the shape of a question mark.
- Let's draw the face
By trimming our oval a little, we will make the head more elongated. Before you draw a fox, think: what will it be like? Happy or sad? If desired, the expression of the fox's "face" can be changed. Add details to the ears, “pads” on the paws, and a neat nose.
- We erase the excess
Add a curve to the back and a curl on the tail, and use an eraser to remove the auxiliary lines. Correct anything you don't like.
Our cunning fox is ready! Try drawing a fox step by step by printing out these instructions in the form of a collage:
Now let's figure out how to draw a fox more realistic.
- Step 1. Let's draw a small head. Where the ears will be there are triangles with rounded edges. We will also outline the future mouth - a slightly flattened oval.
- Step 2. Add a circle like in the picture.
- Step 3. Draw the contour of the body - an oval narrowed on one side, place it “overlapping”.
- Step 4. The front legs are long, not thick, made of three ovals of different sizes.
- Step 5. Draw the hind legs in the same way, but a little larger.
- Step 6. The main decoration of the fox is the tail.
- Step 7. Draw in more detail the ears, paws and muzzle. Add wool using dashed lines.
- Step 8. Remove all excess with an eraser and draw the contours with a pencil.
This is such a beauty we have! The finished drawing can be colored or left black and white. Instructions on how to draw a fox step by step will help you and your child do it quickly and easily. Try, and you will definitely succeed!
