Let's show how creative you are:- Drawing - Squirrel

in hive-147599 •  2 months ago 
Greetings fellow steemians! How are you today? I hope you are as fine as I am. I remain grateful to the steem4Nigeria and @benton3 for organising and sustaining this contest. This contest is also an opportunity to always help me improve my drawing skills.

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What is squirrel
A squirrel is a small rodent mammal with a bushy tail and big eyes. They can move very fast and are
omnivores animals. They mostly feed on fruits, nuts plants, insects and other small animals.

Economic Importance of Squirrel

  • Source of food (meat) for man
  • It helps in spreading seeds and spores which sprout into new plants
  • Squirrels also spread mushrooms.

Fact about squirrel

  • They are born blind.
  • There are more than 250 species of squirrel
  • Squirrel glide from tree to tree.
  • They are both predators and prey

Materials used for the drawing

  • plain A4 paper
  • Pencils
  • Colours
  • Eraser
  • Razor Blade

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Step 1
I began the drawing from the head of the squirrel. On the head, I drew the nose, mouth, eyes and the ear

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Step 2
At rbis step, I drew the Back of the squirrel and the hind limbs.

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Step 3
I drew the stomach of the squirrel and the forelegs. I also drew the fruit that the animal is eating.

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Step 4
Here I drew the stone on which the squirrel is standing.

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Step 5
I drew the tail of the squirrel which brought me to the end of the pencil work.

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Step 6
At this stage, I began colouring the squirrel from the back down to the hindlimbs. I used my brown and yellow colour to achieve this.

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Step 7
I coloured the head and forelegs of the squirrel using a brown colour

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Step 8
I coloured the tail and ears of the squirrel using brown colour.

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Step 9
Here, I used a 12B pencil to give the black hairs among the brown hair on the body of the squirrel.

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Step 10
I used a 12B pencil to give the black hairs on the tail of the squirrel.

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Step 11
I coloured the eye of the squirrel using a 12B pencil, a 6B pencil and a yellow colour. I also used a 12B pencil to give the black hairs on the head of the squirrel. I also shaded the mouth and the nose.

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Step 12
I shaded the fruit in the hands of the squirrel using yellow and orange colours. I also draw the long black hairs around its nose.

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Step 13
I shaded the stone on which the squirrel was standing using a 12B pencil.

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My selfie

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Conclusion
Fellow steemians, this is my drawing for this contest. I hope you like it. Thank you for visiting my blog and for your support. I wish that these friends of mine participate in this contest:
@basil20
@imoh1
@m-fdo

NB: All pictures are snapped by me using a Samsung Galaxy A12

Thank you all

Cc
benton3

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MODs Comment/Recommendation:
Squirrel marvels me, the way they jump and climb trees sometimes I paused to watch them. They are beautiful creatures.

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Greetings friend, am always impressed by your drawing. You are a master of your pencil and it seems that you are good at what you do. Kudos on this wonderful drawing of yours and more success to you

Thank you