How to draw a porcupine
There are 29 species of porcupine worldwide. In this tutorial we'll show you how to draw a North American porcupine.
How to draw a porcupine
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GRID STEP. You can print out the base construction lines and start drawing on tracing paper or you can draw the grid layout yourself using the following steps.
1) Draw a rectangle that will define the conditional proportions and boundaries of the chosen drawing. 2) From the middle of the rectangle, draw one vertical and one horizontal line equally dividing the shape. 3) Draw another horizontal line equally dividing the upper half of the rectangle. Similarly, draw a horizontal line equally dividing the bottom half of the rectangle. 4) Draw a vertical line equally dividing the left half of the rectangle. Similarly, draw a vertical line equally dividing the right half of the rectangle.
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STEP 1. Mark off the width and height of the picture. Draw two ovals for the head and body of the porcupine. Draw a line, which will act as the center of its head.
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STEP 2. Draw the shape of the porcupine’s body and neck. Add a smooth guideline for its tail.
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STEP 3. Add guidelines to define places for the legs and mouth.
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STEP 4. Sketch the shape of the legs, feet and snout of the animal.
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STEP 5. Draw the shape of the tail, toes, nose and eyes of the porcupine.
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STEP 6. Add claws and shape of porcupine quills. Work on the whole figure, paying special attention to detail.
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STEP 7. Contour the porcupine, trying to vary the thickness and darkness of the line. Add more detail and add the ground. Erase all guidelines.
Published by:
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Author: Lena LondonSource: Porcupine drawing from Archives of Pearson Scott Foresman

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