This document provides step-by-step instructions for drawing the animated character Gromit. It describes adding details like legs, feet, ears and tail to the basic oval body shape. The instructions then guide the reader to form the head using overlapping circles and adding features like eyes and nose. The final step is to erase guidelines and add shading to complete the drawing of Gromit.
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How To Draw Gromit
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He’s man’s best
friend: the brilliant ver plan for every situation
–
canine companion with a cle to draw him!
and this is your chance
Just follow the easy
steps, and
you’ll soon be creatin
g your own
amazing comics adve
ntures!
Where would Wallace be
without Gromit? Probably in
a right mess, surrounded by
smouldering rubble! This is your
chance to draw an unswervingly
loyal canine of your very own!
Gromit’s got his personalit
y at last! This is the stage
add in details such as his ea to
s and feet – his legs rs, pupils, eyebrows, toes
Now let’s add Gromit’s leg tail. Take time to note the and
t are squashed oval way his ears fold differently
are long tubes, and his fee depending on which side ,
head to his body
shapes. You can attach his has three toes on each foo
of his head they’re on. Gr
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with a short neck here, too t!
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Form the outline of the head around these circles. Add Gromit’s
nose and eyes, here, too – remember that the eye that is closest to
you will overlap the one behind it slightly. Did you notice that
f
e outlines o Gromit’s nose butts up against the bottom of the uppermost
Now add th – two circle? You can use the structure inside his head to make
ad
Gromit’s he
d together sure his eyes and nose are the right size!
circles linke
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The final stage is to erase all the guidelines, and add some
shading to your finished picture! Can you see how Gromit’s
eyes and nose are mostly black, except for a circular white
highlight? Add some shadows on his ears, body and tail –
and you’re done!
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