A cheerful, fast grasshopper is one of the most interesting inhabitants of a summer cottage or city lawn. Probably, there is no person who, in childhood, would not admire a grasshopper and would not dream of learning how to jump as far and dexterously as he. Children love to catch grasshoppers and often want to keep them at home. Explain to your child that the grasshopper in the apartment will not survive. But you can draw it, and then the grasshopper will stay at home forever.
It is necessary
- Paper
- Simple pencil
- Colored pencils or wax crayons
- A picture of a grasshopper
Instructions
Step 1
Examine the grasshopper properly. He has a long body, which consists of several segments, long mustaches, and the most characteristic detail is long and strong hind legs, which allow him to jump so high and far. Start drawing the grasshopper from the center line, which is placed at a slight angle to the bottom edge sheet.
Step 2
Divide the centerline with small cross strokes into 6 parts. 1 part is the head, the other 5 are for the body. Start drawing with the torso. Draw a long oval. The hard back and softer abdomen are very clearly visible. Draw a rounded line that divides the torso into these parts. It is almost parallel to the lower line of the body, so the back is also oval. Draw transverse stripes on the abdomen.
Step 3
The grasshopper also has something like a "neck". It is rather even a tight "collar". From the end point of the torso, draw a curved line parallel to the back. It should end at about the level of the second cross-stroke that you used to divide the centerline. From the side, the "collar" looks like a triangle with rounded corners. From the same point from which you drew the top line of the "collar", draw a convex line down. It bends in the same direction as the body, but slightly longer. Draw the third side of the triangle. It can be straightforward.
Step 4
The head of a grasshopper is most like a drop that expands downward. You can compare it with a testicle, in which the upper part is sharper than the lower. Draw it, and draw long antennae at the top. They can bend in any direction. Draw a round, large eye approximately in the middle of the "droplet". Draw the line of the mouth parallel to the bottom line of the head.
Step 5
Count how many legs a grasshopper has and consider what they are. All legs are noticeably bent at the joints. The grasshopper seems to be bouncing backwards with its knees. The two front pairs are short and weak. The frontmost pair of legs grows almost next to the "neck", the second - about the middle of the body. Departing slightly from the "neck", draw a line towards the head, approximately equal to 3 segments of the center line. Draw a line down from this point. It doesn't matter at what angle it goes, the main thing is that the angle of the joint is pronounced. Draw two more lines parallel to these lines to convey the thickness of the leg. In the same way, draw the second leg, which is located approximately in the middle of the body. The hind legs of the grasshopper are large. Draw them just like the rest of the legs, only each joint will be 3 times longer. Do not forget that the grasshopper also has "feet" that are turned in the direction opposite to the "knees". From the lower end of each leg, draw lines parallel to the lower edge of the sheet.
