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.Mark off the width and height of the chinchilla. Draw guidelines for its body, neck and head.

STEP 1. Draw circles for the chest and sides of the body.

STEP 2. Outline the body. Define with a circle a big head.

STEP 3. Add guidelines for the chinchilla's limbs.

STEP 4. Draw a semicircle for the tail. Draw ears.

STEP 5. Outline circles for the ears of the chinchilla. Indicate the shapes of the head and joints.

STEP 6. Contour the chinchilla, taking into account the shapes you have already drawn.

STEP 7. Add the limbs with feet and toes; make the tail fluffy. Draw some lines to detail the shape of the body and the head.

STEP 8. Detail the animal by adding eyes, whiskers and fur.