Drawing is a skill that can be developed through regular practice. With the experience that comes from regular practice, one can visualise a image and the simple lines and shapes required to draw it. Even the most difficult drawings can be broken down into simple lines and shapes. Animals are popular with kids and fun to draw. Here are some free resources on the net which show you how to draw animals.
1. www.abc.net.au/creaturefeatures/draw/ has easy tutorials for drawing a Cat, a Hamster, a Bird, a Horse, a Rat, a Dog, a Seahorse, a Goldfish. Simple and easy to follow instructions, based on Creature Features, an ABC Television series about pets, animals and the people who care for them.
2. http://www.fun-with-pictures.com/how-to-draw.html has tutorials in animated gif format for drawing animals such as squirrel, pussycat, rabbit. Most of the drawings are with just a few lines.
3. http://www.kidsdraw.com/lesson1.html is a site specifically for teaching drawing to kids and has a huge selection of step by step teachings for drawing animals.
4. http://drawsketch.about.com/od/learntodrawanimals/Learn_to_Draw_Animals.htm has step by step tutorials for drawing animals like a dog, a tropical fish, a turtle etc.
5. http://www.animalsontheunderground.com/ is not a tutorial site. Rather it shows shapes of some common animals superimposed on a sketch of the london underground rail network. There are very simple drawings of animals from bat and bald eagle to whale and womabat, which are easy to copy and learn from.
Each of these websites has a different method of drawing animals, which can be learnt and practised easily. Have Fun!
Flash Man is a pseudonym for an extremely unflashy father, lifelong learner, a man for all seasons, south indian, husband, marketer on the web, and a newbie always. He maintains a number of informational and educational websites for kids including http://www.fun-with-pictures.com and http://www.online-coloring-pictures.com
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