How to draw a monkey step by step

Behind the behavior of these funny and intelligent creatures can be observed for a long time and with pleasure. Some lovers acquire and hold primates at home, caring for them as pets. Others do not mind seeing their images in photographs and drawings. How to draw a monkey? Quite simply. We follow simple instructions. We depict a seated primacy.

Make a sketch

First, with a simple pencil, draw an oval - the future body of a monkey, then arrange the circle (head) in its upper part so that it "drowns" in the oval by about one third. On the lower part of this circle, we will depict a smaller circle - the animal's mouth will be on it. In the upper part of the oval, a short distance from the head, draw two small circles, denoting the shoulders of primacy. From them we will draw down lines approximately to the middle of the oval and draw the same circles - elbows, still of the same length with lines and a circle on the lower level of the oval, we finish the "skeleton" of the hands of the monkey. Now we'll take our feet. The knee and foot joints will also be denoted by circles. How to draw a monkey that sits? The legs of the animal will be bent at the knees, so the lines emerging from the lower part of the oval should be kept upward, and the lines emerging from the knee joints should be at an angle of approximately forty degrees. We will monitor the observance of proportions. After completing the foundation, we begin to clothe it in the flesh. It is important to ensure that the hands and feet are not too thick, but not too skinny, otherwise we will have a character for horror movies, not a monkey. Pictures drawn from life (photos) will look more believable than those executed from memory.

Filling out a sketch of life

Having convinced that the proportions are observed, we remove the contours of the "skeleton" of the figure with an eraser. Draw the fingers and toes. The animal puts its feet in socks inward, the fingers on the arms and legs are bent, with the left hand the monkey leans against the floor or the ground with knuckles. Then we'll work over the head and muzzle of the animal. Draw the ears, outline the mouth, thin lips on the prominent part of the face, slightly turned nostrils, close-set round eyes and arched eyebrows over them. Around the mouth, we mark characteristic transverse wrinkles. The eyes of most primates are painted black where people have proteins, so they practically merge with the pupils. To give the eyes a lively shine, we leave a small white speck on the pupil. Do not push too much on the pencil, because to achieve accuracy you will have to erase and re-draw the contours of the muzzle.

Finish drawing

We saw how to draw a monkey in a pencil step by step. Now we have to color the picture. We can also use a simple pencil to depict the wool on the monkey's body. Somewhere it grows thicker, in some areas it is almost nonexistent. The coat covers the head and shoulders of the animal. We depict her with confident strokes, not forgetting to make a parting on the "hairdress" of the beast. In place of the mammary glands, we leave light circles. Let's not forget about chiaroscuro: strengthen the dark tones under the knees, on the inside of the limbs, on the sides, under the chin. Here, perhaps, and all the main stages of how to draw a monkey. An animal figurine can be placed in the landscape of the jungle where it lives, or in any other.

The Fairy Monkey

Sometimes there is a need to depict not a real primacy, but to create a cartoon or comic character. Such pictures are suitable for children's events or corner design for kids. How to draw a monkey in an animated style? Draw a square with rounded corners, on its sides we draw small circles. This is the head of the character. Wrong quadrilateral is the body. To him we paint the upper and lower limbs, they all look alike to each other with equally well developed fingers. One handle will wave to the viewer, and another will be tightly clamped a ripe banana. Draw a smiling face of a funny hero, on the tummy we will depict an oval, on the ears - in a circle. From behind we draw a long, tenacious tail, with which the animal deftly hangs on branches. Color the body in a dark red color. Funny monkey is ready!