How to draw a wolf with a pencil?

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The wolf figures in many children's fairy tales,epics, legends of the peoples of the world, it is often portrayed as a simpleton, which is easy to navigate. The wolf represents freedom and independence, in fights with the enemy, he fights for life and death - or victory, or nothing.

As is well known, wolves live in families, and, unlike other animals, the wolf chooses a pair only once.

If you want to, but do not know how to draw a wolf with a pencil, read the article carefully and get a little patience.

A few tips

So, the wolf in many respects is similar to a dog, but becauseit will not be difficult to draw it. The wolf is distinguished by its larger size, its long paws and neck. The tail of a wolf is almost always omitted. Consider this in your creations.

For drawing, you will need an eraser, simple pencils (preferably of varying degrees of hardness).

How to draw a howling wolf with a pencil

Draw a wolf for his usual occupation is very simple, the main thing - carefully observe all stages of drawing.

First of all, indicate the rough contours of the future wolf - draw a circle and face (you can draw it as a rectangle). Draw a neck, do everything as a sketch for now.
Now you can start to round the rectangle,turning it into a snout and do not forget that you draw a howling wolf, which means that the top line of the rectangle should later become a nose, but the future chin should be divided by the bottom line of the rectangle in half.
Then you can proceed to draw smaller details - draw a nose, mouth with teeth. Then, where the neck was planned, start drawing your ear and go smoothly to drawing the wool.
When all the details are ready, erase the auxiliary lines, the wool of the wolf can be painted with a simple pencil.

In this simple way you will gethand-drawn portrait of a howling wolf. If you want, you can finish the moon, against which the wolf howls, mountains ... In general, everything that your fantasy will tell you and allow the skills. The finished drawing can be hung in a frame on the wall or someone to give.

If you want to draw a wolf in full growth, see the article How to draw a wolf. More lessons on drawing animals and more, you can find in the Drawing section.