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Drawing Animals & Characters

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Draw step by step from circles, ovals and triangles: fish, cats, birds, faces with feelings, and your own creature.

Unit 1 · Lines and shapes

Lesson 1 Fish First A fish is one oval and a triangle tail. 🔒 Finish the lesson before
Lesson 2 Wiggly Lines Draw straight, wavy and zigzag lines with a steady hand. 🔒 Finish the lesson before
Lesson 3 Shape Spotting See the circles, ovals and triangles hiding in animals. 🔒 Finish the lesson before
Lesson 4 Mirror Halves Symmetry: both halves match, like a butterfly. 🔒 Finish the lesson before

Unit 2 · Animals from shapes

Lesson 5 Cat from Circles A cat is a circle head, an oval body and triangle ears. 🔒 Finish the lesson before
Lesson 6 Puppy Parts Make each part the right size: the body is about twice the head. 🔒 Finish the lesson before
Lesson 7 Bird in a Teardrop A bird body is a teardrop, and a wing is a leaf shape. 🔒 Finish the lesson before
Lesson 8 Turtle Patterns Fill a shape with a pattern that repeats. 🔒 Finish the lesson before
Lesson 9 Bunny from Memory Remember the shapes, then draw without a guide. 🔒 Finish the lesson before
Lesson 10 Animal Gallery Pick an animal and draw it all on your own. 🔒 Finish the lesson before

Unit 3 · Faces and feelings

Lesson 11 Happy, Sad, Surprised The eyes, eyebrows and mouth show how someone feels. 🔒 Finish the lesson before
Lesson 12 Big Eyes, Small Eyes Big eyes low on a big head make a character look cute. 🔒 Finish the lesson before
Lesson 13 Side View From the side, a face has one eye and a nose that points the way it looks. 🔒 Finish the lesson before
Lesson 14 Feeling Faces Challenge Draw a feeling with no guide. 🔒 Finish the lesson before

Unit 4 · Poses and motion

Lesson 15 Stick-Figure Skeleton One curved line of action shows a pose. 🔒 Finish the lesson before
Lesson 16 Running Dog Legs stretched forward and back show running. 🔒 Finish the lesson before
Lesson 17 Squash and Stretch Stretch when moving fast, squash when landing: that is bouncy motion. 🔒 Finish the lesson before
Lesson 18 Near and Far Near things are big and low; far things are small and higher. In front covers behind. 🔒 Finish the lesson before

Unit 5 · Colour and scene

Lesson 19 Mix Your Colours Red, yellow and blue mix to make orange, green and purple. 🔒 Finish the lesson before
Lesson 20 Light and Shadow Tints are lighter, shades are darker, and shadows fall away from the light. 🔒 Finish the lesson before
Lesson 21 Home for My Animal A background shows where your animal lives. 🔒 Finish the lesson before

Unit 6 · My own character

Lesson 22 Mix-and-Match Creature Invent a creature by mixing parts of different animals. 🔒 Finish the lesson before
Lesson 23 Give It a Feeling A pose and a face together show how your creature feels. 🔒 Finish the lesson before
Lesson 24 Sketchbook Show Draw your own character from start to finish, in colour. 🔒 Finish the lesson before