How to Draw a Snake
Afraid of serpents!? Meh... here - learning how to draw a snake --- a very cute one at that, will hopefully tilt this feeling in the other direction. But if anything - you'll at least be able to draw one!
Here - tapping into that creative part of the brain... I've combined a coral variety with a rattle variety - and then... gone on to simplify it and make it extra 'cartoony' and cute.
Hope you like it! :-)
First Step - Easy Peezy... Not Much to Its Structure at All!
If you can draw a circle and line - and I know you can!!... then this is probably one of the easiest things you'll ever draw. Of course, even with the structure down, there are many twists, turns, tips, tricks - to make your drawing unique.
The framework...
Oh, and remember --- just because I've got mine curved around and in this particular position... doesn't necessarily mean you should do the same. Experiment a bit here... have your snake curved like an 'S' - coiled (like in a previous lesson)... or draping from a branch.
Let go and make it happen!
Second Step - How to Draw a Snake
At a 3/4 view - beginning with the left eye, and then developing from there --- is a good way to go about this lesson. These images are here to help you visualize and create a cute little serpent of your own.
This should give you some ideas!...
Pretty neat --- the colors really help to distinguish JUST WHAT kind of snake this is. Of course - this is one I totally made up!
You could do a lot more though - with less of course. Try a fan like formation on either side of its head to make your animal a Cobra. Or... color it bright green with some electric blue markings and you've got one of those awesome looking Emerald Tree Boas.
Ssssssssssssssssssssssssssee you again real soon! :-)
Recommended Drawing Resources
To further your learning and improvement, check out the following resources...
- Learn how to draw caricatures with Graeme Biddle.
- Discover how to use photoshop in a day. Makes everything so much simpler.
- Check out Chad Baldwin's digital painting techniques.
- Draw cars just like the pros, the pro being Tim Rugendyke.
- Want to learn painting? Look no further than Bob Davies' free watercolor secrets ebook.
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