Colorful Giraffe

Learn to draw a giraffe and choose from a variety of color schemes for rendering! Our new color theory references can help you learn more about color schemes and choose one that expresses your personality! Ages 8 and up.

Supplies:

• White Paper
• Pencil with eraser
• Black Marker
• Coloring medium, such as colored pencils, markers or crayons
• Giraffe photo reference, printed. (Right click on photo below and print.)

Directions:

1. Draw a curved "line of action", like this one. Draw lightly, since this line will eventually be erased.
2. Draw a large circle for the head and a small circle for the snout. Use your whole arm when you draw, not your wrist.
3. Look carefully at the photo reference and draw the outline shape of the head and neck, going around the circles. For now, don't draw the ears or horns.
4. Erase the lines on the inside.
5. Add the horns and the ear.
6. Add the eye, nose and mouth.
7. Add the shapes of the spots, the mane and the dark area of the face
8. Now you can color your giraffe in a variety of ways using markers, colored pencils, crayons, or a combination of these mediums. This one uses realistic colors.
This version uses a "cool" analogous color scheme, with an "warm" opposing background.
This one uses a "triad" color scheme! [What does that mean? It uses three, equally-spaced colors on the color wheel.] (Learn more about color theory in The Phonics of Drawing CD!)

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