We are here with how to draw a turtle for kids and beginners in a simple and easy way. There are always various tricks and techniques to draw any art or object, it’s totally on you what you want to follow. They are very adaptive aquatic life and spend most of the time in the water. Their webbed feet or flippers and a streamlined body help them to swim in the water. They live on land and water both and capable of digging land to hide inside during sunny days and hot summers.
How to draw A turtle
Step 1: Draw a big circle with an arc inside it for the centerline of the turtle. Draw another overlapping oval with this big circle. This whole structure will work as an outline for further process.
Step 2: Draw a curvy line in between the head and back going below the body of the turtle.
Step 3: Draw a rounded square inside the head and attach head and body with a curved line from below.
Step 4: Draw guidelines for the carapace and legs, pay attention while doing it.
Step 5: Using the guideline drawn in the last step delineate back and front legs.
Step 6: Draw finishing line in the head and draw round eyes, draw rounded long toes for your box turtle.
Step 7: Draw other details as plastron, nails, and finish other features.
Step 8: Draw small dotted lines all over the body and circular patches on the legs and neck.
Step 9: Contour your drawing to carry the thickness and darkness to give it volume.
How to draw a cartoon turtle:
Step 1: Draw a circle to start your turtle drawing with your head.
Step 2: Draw the head with a flat end and curvy upper becoming narrow at the point where attaching to body.
Step 3: Below the body draw a line parallel to it.
Step 4: Below the body draw 4 legs using circular rectangles and a tiny tail at back.
Step 5: Draw 2 big overlapped circles for eyes with pupil inside them, a small curved line for the mouth.
Step 6: Erase all the lines to get the image as depicted below.
Step 7: Draw hexagon in the upper body to form scale and small triangular shape on toes.
Step 8: Shade the upper sides of the leg to form shadow.
Step 9: Color your drawing with shade of dark green and yellow to give it a popy look.
How to draw Turtle step by step:
Below are given few more step-by-step tutorials for kids to draw. These are very easy to follow as given in small steps. Render your turtle by following it with attention. Both the illustrations are different, so you can go for both or whichever you like most. It will also develop your observation power and innovation.
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