How to Draw a Fox

පියවරෙන් පියවර

1. පියවර 1

   ඌරගෙ හිසේ ලොකු වටේට බ්ලොක් කරන්න.

   Everything else gets measured against this, so draw it in one motion rather than in short careful passes. A slightly lopsided shape drawn confidently is more use than a perfect one built out of twelve nervous strokes, because you can correct a shape and you cannot un-see a hesitant line.

   බලාගෙන Drawing it small to leave room for detail. The big shape is most of the drawing - use the space.

   පරීක්ෂා කරන්න It should fill most of your page, with a margin all round.

2. පියවර 2

   මධ්‍යම රේඛා දෙකක් එකතු කරන්න, සැහැල්ලුවෙන්.

   These are the rulers for everything that follows. Without them the two halves of the fox drift apart by a few millimetres at a time and you do not notice until it is finished and subtly wrong. Press lightly - they come off at the end.

   බලාගෙන Skipping them because it looks symmetrical already. It will not be by the time you are done.

   පරීක්ෂා කරන්න They should cross at the middle of the shape you just drew.

3. පියවර 3

   දිගු පටු තීරු ලෙස මුඛය අඳින්න.

   This is the shape that says fox rather than dog. It comes off the lower half of the circle and it is longer and thinner than feels right - compare its length to the head circle rather than guessing, and it should be about half as long as the head is wide.

   බලාගෙන A short, wide muzzle, which reads as a puppy.

   පරීක්ෂා කරන්න The muzzle should be about half the head's width in length.

4. පියවර 4

   පළමු කන අඳින්න: උස ත්‍රිකෝණයක්, පිටතට නැඹුරු වේ.

   Fox ears are big - roughly as tall as half the head circle - and the outer edge curves in slightly rather than running dead straight. Set the angle deliberately, because the two ears must agree.

   බලාගෙන Making the ears too small and too upright.

   පරීක්ෂා කරන්න The ear should be about half the height of the head circle.

5. පියවර 5

   පළමුවැන්න සමග ගැලපෙන ලෙස දෙවන කන අඳින්න.

   Compare it to the one you just drew rather than to your idea of a ear: same size, same angle, same distance from the centre. This is the comparison habit that fixes proportion everywhere, and a pair is the easiest place to practise it because the error is obvious once you look for it.

   බලාගෙන Making the second ear smaller - it usually happens because your hand is more cramped on that side.

   පරීක්ෂා කරන්න Both should sit the same distance from the centre line.

6. පියවර 6

   එක් එක් තුළ කුඩා ත්‍රිකෝණයක් ලෙස අභ්යන්තර කන එකතු කරන්න.

   Set in from the edges and slightly lower than the outer point. This is where the dark goes later, and it is what makes an ear read as a cup rather than as a flat shape stuck to the head.

   බලාගෙන Inner triangles that touch the outer edges, which flattens the ear.

   පරීක්ෂා කරන්න There should be a visible margin all round each inner triangle.

7. පියවර 7

   තිරස් මධ්‍ය රේඛාව මත ඇස් තබන්න.

   Fox eyes are almond-shaped and angled - the outer corner sits higher than the inner one, which is what gives a fox its sharp expression. Leave a full eye's width between them.

   බලාගෙන Round eyes set level, which looks startled rather than alert.

   පරීක්ෂා කරන්න You should be able to fit one more eye between the two.

8. පියවර 8

   මුඛයේ ඉහළ කොටසේ නාසය සහ මුඛයට ආපසු රේඛාවක් එකතු කරන්න.

   A small rounded triangle, and it points down. The line from the nose back along the muzzle is what separates the top of the snout from the jaw, and without it the muzzle reads as a solid wedge.

   බලාගෙන A large round nose, which pulls the drawing back toward a dog.

   පරීක්ෂා කරන්න The nose should be small relative to the muzzle.

9. පියවර 9

   හිස යට වටකුරු ත්‍රිකෝණයක් ලෙස ශරීරය අඳින්න.

   A sitting fox is essentially a wide-based triangle with the head on top. Overlap it with the head circle rather than butting them together - the overlap is what makes the head sit in front of the chest.

   බලාගෙන Placing the body directly under the head with no overlap, which reads as two stacked shapes.

   පරීක්ෂා කරන්න The body outline should pass behind the head.

10. පියවර 10

    දිගු ඝන වක්‍රයක් ලෙස වලිගය අඳින්න, ඔබ බලාපොරොත්තු වනවාට වඩා පුළුල්.

    This is the shape most people undersize. A fox tail is about as long as the body and roughly a third as thick, and it curls round the base of the body rather than sticking out behind. Draw its outline as two curves, not one.

    බලාගෙන A thin tail, which loses the whole silhouette.

    පරීක්ෂා කරන්න The tail should be at least a third as thick as the body is wide.

11. පියවර 11

    සුදු පපුව සහ සුදු වලිගය ඉහළ කොටස සලකුණු කරන්න.

    These are the two shapes that make a fox recognisable without colour. They are areas you leave alone, not areas you draw - deciding now where the paper stays white is what stops you shading over them in the next step.

    බලාගෙන Shading the whole fox evenly and then trying to erase the white back in.

    පරීක්ෂා කරන්න You should have two clearly reserved light shapes.

12. පියවර 12

    කන් ඉඟි, කකුල් සහ මුඛය ඉඟි අඳුරු සෙවන.

    A fox's dark points are its ear tips, its lower legs and the very tip of its muzzle. Get real contrast between those and the white chest - a fox in a narrow band of grey looks like a stuffed toy.

    බලාගෙන Being timid, so the darks and the whites end up only slightly different.

    පරීක්ෂා කරන්න The ear tips should be clearly the darkest part of the drawing.

13. පියවර 13

    බෙල්ලෙන් පහළ කොටස සහ පපුව මත පාදයේ පාද දෙකම ලා පැහැති ය.

    Detail is suggested, never itemised. A handful of marks in the right places lets the eye fill in the rest, and drawing every one flattens the drawing into texture. Put them where they matter and stop early.

    බලාගෙන Adding detail evenly all over, which removes the contrast between busy areas and quiet ones.

    පරීක්ෂා කරන්න Step back. You should still read the big shape first, detail second.

14. පියවර 14

    ඔයාට තියාගන්න ඕනේ රේඛා වලට යන්න, සහ මඟ පෙන්වීම් නැති කරන්න.

    This is the step that turns a construction drawing into a finished one, and it is the one most people skip. Press harder on the outline and the features; leave the small stuff light. That difference in weight is what makes a drawing look deliberate rather than traced, and it costs thirty seconds.

    බලාගෙන Going over everything at the same weight, which flattens the drawing back out.

    පරීක්ෂා කරන්න The outline should be clearly darker than the smallest details.