How to Draw: Running Cat

Hello.  Today you will be learning how to draw a cat that is running.  Sorry I didn't post this earlier, but I got braces today (my mouth still hurts) and then my Sim on my phone died from choking on a pretzel.  True story.  I got out of work (in the game, of course) and there was a big sign that said "In Memory" (or something like that) and then said that my Sim had choked on a pretzel during a meeting and then there was a picture of a grave.

ANYWAY…  


 I will be providing instructions for computer art only.  If you can only use paper, than you can just follow the drawings.  For the wireframe, draw lightly in pencil and then draw the outline in pen.

Step One


Make five layers,  six if your app doesn't build in the background.

Draw the wireframe of the cat in light blue on the fifth layer.  Make it look something like this:

Step Two


On the sixth layer, draw the outline over the wireframe.

Then delete the fourth layer.

Step Three


Click on the second to last layer and fill in the cat with the base color.

Step Four


Click on the layer above the previous one and fill in the details.

Step Five


Click on the last layer that is not used besides the one reserved for the background on the bottom.  Lower the brush opacity to 40% and choose a point at which the light is coming from.  Corners are best; it makes the shading so much easier.  Shade main points where the light would not be.  In this picture, the light is coming from the upper left hand corner.

Step Six


This is the last step.  Click the eye on all the layers except the last one.  This turns them temporarily invisible.  Click on the last layer and then color the  sky, then clouds (use a fuzzy-edged brush)  and the sun.  Then do the mountains with a light purple, gray or blue.  Then do the grass.  If you don't have a brush for this, then just draw long, flowy lines.  Use a few different (natural!!) colors.

Now de-invisiblize all the other layers by clicking on them again.  Go back to the outline and color grass over the paws a bit so the cat doesn't look like a sticker in a painting.

Voila!

Congratulations! You most likely successfully drew a cat!