How to Draw a Fox

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1. Bước 1

   Chặn đường tròn lớn của đầu cáo.

   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.

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

   Kiểm tra It should fill most of your page, with a margin all round.

2. Bước 2

   Thêm hai đường trung tâm, nhẹ nhàng.

   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.

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

   Kiểm tra They should cross at the middle of the shape you just drew.

3. Bước 3

   Vẽ mũi như một cái nhọn dài và hẹp.

   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.

   Cẩn thận! A short, wide muzzle, which reads as a puppy.

   Kiểm tra The muzzle should be about half the head's width in length.

4. Bước 4

   Vẽ tai đầu tiên: một tam giác cao, nghiêng ra ngoài.

   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.

   Cẩn thận! Making the ears too small and too upright.

   Kiểm tra The ear should be about half the height of the head circle.

5. Bước 5

   Vẽ tai thứ hai để phù hợp với tai đầu tiên.

   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.

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

   Kiểm tra Both should sit the same distance from the centre line.

6. Bước 6

   Thêm tai bên trong như một tam giác nhỏ hơn bên trong mỗi cái.

   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.

   Cẩn thận! Inner triangles that touch the outer edges, which flattens the ear.

   Kiểm tra There should be a visible margin all round each inner triangle.

7. Bước 7

   Đặt mắt lên đường trung tâm ngang.

   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.

   Cẩn thận! Round eyes set level, which looks startled rather than alert.

   Kiểm tra You should be able to fit one more eye between the two.

8. Bước 8

   Thêm mũi ở đầu mũi và một đường thẳng trở lại miệng.

   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.

   Cẩn thận! A large round nose, which pulls the drawing back toward a dog.

   Kiểm tra The nose should be small relative to the muzzle.

9. Bước 9

   Vẽ cơ thể như một tam giác tròn dưới đầu.

   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.

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

   Kiểm tra The body outline should pass behind the head.

10. Bước 10

    Vẽ đuôi như một đường cong dài, dày, rộng hơn bạn mong đợi.

    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.

    Cẩn thận! A thin tail, which loses the whole silhouette.

    Kiểm tra The tail should be at least a third as thick as the body is wide.

11. Bước 11

    Đánh dấu ngực trắng và đầu đuôi trắng.

    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.

    Cẩn thận! Shading the whole fox evenly and then trying to erase the white back in.

    Kiểm tra You should have two clearly reserved light shapes.

12. Bước 12

    Để bóng ở đầu tai, chân và đầu mũi tối nhất.

    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.

    Cẩn thận! Being timid, so the darks and the whites end up only slightly different.

    Kiểm tra The ear tips should be clearly the darkest part of the drawing.

13. Bước 13

    Thêm vài cái râu và một chút lông trên ngực.

    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.

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

    Kiểm tra Step back. You should still read the big shape first, detail second.

14. Bước 14

    Đi qua những đường mà anh muốn giữ, và mất đi những người dẫn đường.

    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.

    Cẩn thận! Going over everything at the same weight, which flattens the drawing back out.

    Kiểm tra The outline should be clearly darker than the smallest details.