In this lesson, let's try it together draw a crocodile- the oldest and most dangerous animal on our planet. The drawing of a crocodile is actually quite simple, you just need to draw a huge predatory “toothy” mouth and it will already be clear that it is a crocodile. But, in order to draw a crocodile that looks like a real one, and not like the crocodile Gena from the cartoon, it is better to draw in stages, first with a simple pencil and then color with colored pencils.
The crocodile is a very dangerous and predatory animal, and in order to convey its character in the picture, first of all you need to draw an open long mouth, widely spaced paws and a tail bent from tension. The crocodile seems to be preparing to jump from your picture and grab its prey.
1. Start drawing with simple outlines
Start drawing a crocodile with a simple sketch of the body - a slightly inclined line and four circles. Please note that there are two large ones in the center and small ones at the edges. And also that the line divides all the circles in half.
2. Outline of the head and body of a crocodile
Perhaps this stage will be the most difficult. You need to draw the outlines of the shape of the body and head, more precisely, the mouth of the crocodile, and also mark two additional small circles for the paws.
3. The crocodile drawing comes to life
Now, when you remove the extra contour lines from the head and body, and also draw the eye, you will see how easy it is to draw a crocodile. Without a tail and paws, however, the crocodile immediately seems to come to life.
At this stage of the drawing you still need to draw general outline paws (three) and add two more circles for the tail.
4. Head, tail and paws of a crocodile in detail
Check that all the proportions of the crocodile picture are accurate, and if necessary, correct inaccurate details in your drawing. Now you need to draw a complete crocodile tail in the picture. This is quite easy to do since we have a guide in the form of circles. Looking at my drawing, draw a tail.
You also need to draw the claws on the paws and continue the line of the mouth. If you draw a crocodile with an open mouth, then do not forget to draw the fangs; they cannot be called teeth.
5. The final stage of the drawing
At this step, you only need to remove all the preliminary contours (circles) and draw in the details of the eyes and paws, and also draw a line demarcating the back and belly of the crocodile. After all, the skin of a crocodile is covered on top with horny, pointed growths; don’t forget to draw them too. And the belly looks more like snake skin.
6. Drawing of a crocodile with a simple pencil
Color with a simple pencil crocodile drawing not necessary. The crocodile will look much more impressive in the picture “in color”. Just keep in mind that green only the crocodile Gena from the cartoon has skins. In nature they are usually less attractive.
To make the drawing of a crocodile more realistic, draw it not on the river bank among the bushes. It is in such places that crocodiles live.
You always want to draw a picture of characters from a book you read about a frog traveler or how a frog turned into a princess. Drawing for children with a simple pencil is best done in stages, first outlining only the general contours.
Turtles have no external resemblance to a crocodile, but like crocodiles, they are the most ancient animals on our planet. Drawing a turtle is a lot of fun, but it's not the easiest task.
The prey for some snakes are frogs. She seems to hypnotize her with her gaze. And the poor frog, numb with horror, resignedly awaits its fate. In fact, a snake cannot hypnotize. The topic of this lesson: “How to draw a snake,” or rather a cobra.
Elephants have no enemies, but a crocodile can sometimes attack him and grab him by the trunk. There is even a cartoon about how a crocodile grabbed a curious baby elephant by the trunk.
There is nothing in common between a crocodile and a giraffe, except that crocodiles also live in Africa. Giraffe drawing will not be for you a difficult lesson, if you have tried to draw a horse before. The body structure is almost the same, only the giraffe’s legs are slightly longer than those of the horse, and of course the neck is very long. But if you draw it step by step, first with a simple pencil, and then color it with colored pencils, the picture of the giraffe will look like a real one.
Pictures of dragons are definitely difficult to draw. In fact, a dragon is a symbiosis of a lizard and a bird, and in the drawing of a dragon it is necessary to reflect the plasticity of these two creatures. The dragon, like the crocodile, has sharp spines on its skin.
Many children probably visit the zoo every year. And their attention is certainly attracted to a cage or terrarium with a crocodile.
The fact that the animal has a huge toothy mouth, a long tail and thick skin with beautiful design, everyone knows. But it’s not always possible to get a good look at it - the reptile is sedentary, most of it spends time in water, in the shade of greenery or driftwood.
The pictures for children with crocodiles posted here will allow kids to look at them in different angles, and some interesting facts will surprise even educated adults.
Photo of a crocodile for children
All species of crocodiles now living on planet Earth belong to big class Reptiles are carnivorous. They live both in water and on land, so they eat waterfowl and land animals, as well as birds. These animals are very large, from the tip of the nose to the tip of the tail, their length ranges from 2.5 to 4.5 m. The largest crocodile is the Nile. His “height” reaches 6 m.
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Unenlightened people use the word “crocodile” to call this reptile itself, as well as alligators and caimans. But there is a difference between these animals. The crocodile lives in both fresh and salt water, the alligator lives only in fresh water. In these colorful crocodile pictures for kids, you can see its large fourth tooth. This tooth sticks out when the predator closes its jaws. With an alligator's closed mouth, no teeth are visible at all.
Another interesting fact about reptile teeth - there are 24 of them, and they are replaced every two years. The teeth are designed to grasp and hold prey, but they are difficult to chew with.
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Cool and funny crocodiles
It's hard to say that a crocodile is a funny animal. Looking at this predator, you come to a conclusion. That he is a complete killing machine. It hunts at night, hiding in the water so that only its nostrils and eyes are visible, slowly creeps up to its prey, moving its tail, and, once at the required distance from it, makes a lightning-fast throw. The reptile's menu is very diverse; it can even eat a human. Moreover, crocodiles even eat each other!
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At the same time, crocodiles are very caring mothers. They lay their eggs in pre-dug holes on the shore, bury them with earth mixed with leaves and remain to guard the nests until the babies hatch. Ready to be born, but still in the eggs, the cool little crocodiles make a special sound, and their mother helps them get rid of the shell. Then she carries them on her back, head or mouth.
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On land, crocodiles are slow and clumsy. Their animal companions are small birds - Egyptian runners, which fearlessly scurry in the mouths of predators. These birds are called crocodile dentists, although in fact they do not feed on the meat stuck between the reptile's teeth, but catch flies and other insects attracted by the putrid smell.
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In exotic countries, the extreme attraction of swimming with crocodiles is gaining popularity. People are placed in a box or cage and immersed in water where predators swim. Some brave souls consider these precautions unnecessary!
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Adults often look for photos of animals in good quality to download for free for desktop wallpaper, or print in addition to a children's essay or report. For these purposes, you can use one of these colorful pictures.
Cartoon crocodile. Guess the cartoon from the picture
How fabulous or cartoon character, a crocodile can be both good and evil. The famous children's poet K.I. was very fond of the predatory reptile. Chukovsky. I wonder if the children will be able to guess from the frames below which of his works formed the basis for the cartoons.
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Pencil drawings of a crocodile
In these cool pictures, the crocodiles turned out very cute. They seem to be smiling rather than baring their many sharp teeth.
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The artist needs to gain experience so that his pencil drawings of crocodiles convey the patterns, roughness and thickness of their skin. By the way, it makes very durable and beautiful leather goods. The world has declared war on poachers who exterminate reptiles for their prey.
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Crocodile drawings in pencil step by step for children and beginners
It is worth inviting the child to arm himself with a pencil and try to repeat step by step the drawing of Gena the crocodile or his prototype from the wild. Perhaps it will be easier for the baby if his sketch has more auxiliary lines.
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This video instruction for beginners shows in detail how you can depict a predatory giant in just 5 minutes.
Rhymes and videos for kindergarten and primary school children
“For kids about animals” is an event that teachers can organize for children kindergarten And junior schoolchildren. It’s good if they invite the little one to choose an animal himself, for example, a crocodile, show beautiful picture with him, tell something entertaining about him, learn a thematic verse.
Short poems about a crocodile
This children's poem is dedicated to the formidable hunter - the Nile crocodile.
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Crocodile tears do not flow out of pity; every toddler knows this.
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Video about crocodiles for children
The little ones will be interested in watching a short educational cartoon about Roo, Roy and the crocodile.
And together with Gena and Cheburashka you can sing the songs “Happy Birthday”, “Blue Car” and many others.
In this step-by-step drawing lesson, we will learn how to draw a crocodile. Some fun facts about crocodiles before we start step-by-step drawing!
The lifespan of a Crocodile is about 40 years.
A total of 23 various types crocodiles live on earth.
- Nile crocodile
- Cuban crocodile
- Colombian crocodile
- Central American crocodile
- Philippine crocodile
- Siamese crocodile
- New Guinea crocodile
- West African dwarf crocodile
- Saltwater crocodile
- Eastern or Indian crocodile
- African long-nosed crocodile
- American crocodile
- Australian Johnson's crocodile
Alligators are part of the crocodile family.
Before we learn how to learn how to draw a cartoon crocodile, let's look at the anatomical drawing of this large, fierce animal. The crocodile has a powerful jaw (3), a long and thick tail (1) and hard skin that looks like a shell and consists of scutes and spines (2). The crocodile also has four strong legs that allow it to walk, swim and catch prey in a split second.
Let's start drawing a crocodile step by step, using the basic shapes to draw the body of this animal. The body of a crocodile consists of long rectangles and triangles. The neck and head are also very thick. Keep this in mind when drawing a crocodile. Just like the rest of the body, the four legs are drawn in large rectangles to show the strength and power of this reptile.
In this example, we will draw a crocodile from a cartoon. He is friendlier than real crocodiles. The first diagram is a circle for the head and a rectangle for the jaw. Then, make another rectangle for the body and a circle for the belly. Continue drawing the crocodile and add the tail and part of the left paw to this diagram. Next draw the eyes, mouth and teeth. If you want, you can add color to make your crocodile drawing more pleasing.
Drawing this animal can be a great way to get creative. You can try to draw the crocodile more realistic (2). Or draw this reptile using mostly squares or rectangles (4)? Keep drawing even if you find this drawing lesson too difficult. Good luck!
The topic of our next article is “How to draw a crocodile.” Of course, we have heard about caimans and alligators, but, friends, these animals are also varieties of crocodiles.
Crocodiles are one of the most ancient creatures on earth, their ancestors appeared approximately 250 million years ago. Oddly enough, their closest relatives are birds. The crocodile lives in water, all its species are predators. They can reach 5-6 meters in length, but, as a rule, they are still smaller. However, let's start drawing. Let's agree that he is well-fed today and communication with him does not threaten us in any way - we can turn him this way and that.
How can we draw a crocodile? There are not very many options: a crocodile crawls along the shore or swims in the water.
Let's say, first, let's figure out how to draw a crawling crocodile.
Drawing a crocodile - side view
For this drawing, I found an amazing prototype on the Internet - an albino crocodile:
First, draw a sketch with a pencil:
A fairly flat cylindrical body, a powerful, comb-like tail that is strongly curved - this crocodile can take photogenic poses:
The neck is also very powerful.
The hind legs are bent with the knees forward, the front legs with the elbows back. Notice how different the toes are on the hind and front paws:
The head is long and conical. Eyes and nostrils on the top. The line of the mouth is quite sinuous and very long - this is understandable - a crocodile can open its mouth surprisingly wide.
And here is our first drawing - Crocodile:
The second lesson is how to draw a crocodile crawling right at the viewer!
Drawing a crocodile from the front
Here's the picture I was inspired by:
As you can see, he is not crawling in a perfect straight line, what I mean is that children are very prone to drawing animals at attention. No, in nature animals behave freely.
So, having examined the prototype picture, I draw a sketch with a pencil.
Wow, that's a sketch - I scribbled a lot. But I’ll tell you what, if you’re just learning to draw, this is exactly what your sketches will look like. I immediately learned to draw a contour with absolutely confident, absolutely unambiguous lines, but for this I had to study for years and years and years and draw crossed-out sketches on which the diagram of the internal structure of the animal would be indicated, the proportions and all additional lines of construction would be indicated. Children, again, perceive this approach... with hostility. No need, let’s be patient.
Let's draw a long C-shaped line. This is the ridge and, so to speak, the axis of symmetry, relative to which we will check the correspondence of the right and left sides of the crocodile.
Let's outline the location of the paws. Although the animal’s paws are curved, they still grow from the body in pairs, with the right one opposite the left. It would seem that what to talk about here is self-explanatory, but in reality many try to place the paws according to the curves of the body, and not according to the actual structure of the reptile’s skeleton.
The paws were outlined, the sides were marked - our crocodile is well-fed, steep-sided. The tail is powerful, slightly flattened, like a fin.
The long pike-like mouth was also outlined.
The head has a large mouth dotted with sharp deadly teeth, the eyes are also located symmetrically - here again you need to be vigilant - place the eyes and nostrils correctly, they are located on the top of the head and protrude strongly, so that when sitting in ambush under water, the animal can look out for the victim and fully breathe. The skin of the animal is dotted with horny growths and ossified tuberous protrusions.
Let's color and draw a picture of crocodile skin:
Okay, today the crocodile is well-fed and complacent, but I strongly urge you: don’t put your finger in the crocodile’s mouth!
Yes, by the way! What is this mouth like? Let's look a crocodile in the mouth.
Let's draw the head of a crocodile in profile
When I decided to learn how to draw a crocodile’s mouth and began looking at profiles of the predator on the Internet, I was first of all surprised by the tortuosity and somehow bumpiness of the jaws. Sine waves, by God. But, looking closer, I saw that the lines of the upper and lower jaws clearly aligned. The mouth opens much further than the eye - almost to the neck. True, there are membranes there that prevent food from falling out of the gaping mouth. .
How to draw a crocodile?
A predator like a crocodile is not so difficult to draw. We offer our instructions for beginners and for children who want to portray a toothy animal.
Drawing ovals and centerlines
You will learn more precisely how to draw a crocodile by reading the instructions:
- Let's start by drawing the head. Let's place it, for example, in the left corner, at the bottom. Depicting it in a circle.
- Attach the body with an oval outline.
- The tail should extend from the body in a thin line.
- Let's return to the head. Draw the mouth with an uneven line. We indicate the place for the eyes and nose.
- Let's move on to the paws and fingers. We draw lines stretched in different directions. These will be our future paws.
These basic tips will help you learn how to draw a crocodile step by step.
Drawing outlines
- Next, let's get into the details. We draw nostrils and teeth. We outline the lines that were intended for the paws with a smooth line. Moreover, the fingers must be connected.
- Next, we draw zigzag lines along the back. We draw folds on the cheeks. And on the paws there are short stripes.
- We draw small lines on the crocodile’s body, thereby depicting the rough covering of its skin.
- After completing the drawing sketches, we draw outlines using smooth lines. Erase the extra lines. And we can start decorating.
Masterpieces using a pencil
Thus, you or your students, with the help of this article, will be able to learn a simple way of how to draw a crocodile with a pencil. Consistent instructions will help any beginner. Moreover, a pencil is the easiest way to learn to draw. It’s easier for them to draw and then remove unnecessary contours when finishing the work.
