Monday, December 8, 2008

How to Draw a Cartoon Mouse

So you think you can’t draw a cartoon mouse? Think again! With a little creativity and a few steps, you can learn how to draw a cuddly cartoon mouse with ease. Simply follow our step-by-step instructions and your cartoon mouse will be on the prowl for cheese in no time.

To draw a cartoon mouse, examine the illustration of a cartoon mouse before proceeding to step 1.
Learn how to draw this cartoon mouse.

In this section, we'll show you how to draw the above cartoon mouse. You can draw this cartoon mouse freehand while looking at your computer monitor or print out this page to get a closer look at each step.

Follow the red lines in each illustration to learn exactly what to draw in that step. The lines drawn in previous steps are shown in gray. Here, we'll show you an illustration of each step and then give you a description of how to draw it.

To draw a cartoon mouse, start by drawing the head, body, and legs. Draw a rectangle shape for the cheese.

Step 1: Begin with a slightly flat, oval head. Add a slipper-shaped snout. Form the pear-shaped body. Attach large partial ovals for the legs.

Draw small ovals for the shoulders. Use two parallel lines for the neck. Sketch a slanted rectangle for the top of the cheese.

When drawing a cartoon mouse, draw the ears, eyes, nose, mouth, hands and feet. Finish the cheese with a V-shape.

Step 2: Draw oval ears. Use U-shapes for the eyes. Put one on a line. Form a V-shaped nose. Place a Y-shape in a U-shaped mouth. Connect the shoulder and leg on your left.

Attach a U-shape to two lines for the arm. Add a circle for the hand. Use an oval and two curves for the other hand and the foot under it. Use an odd curve for the other foot. Finish the cheese with a V-shape.

When drawing a cartoon mouse, add eyelids, eyebrows, teeth, the neck, belly, arms, the tail, and fingers. Draw cheese holes.

Step 3: Attach L-shapes to curves for the eyelids and bridge of the nose. Add comma-shaped eyebrows. Join a curve and U-shape for the teeth. Connect V-shapes to curves for neck hair.

Use long lines for the neck and belly. Form a long V-shaped tail. Add V-shapes to the tail and leg. Use curves and U-shapes for the arm, fingers, and foot. Draw oval and heart-shaped cheese holes.

When drawing a cartoon mouse, detail the eyes and hair. Sketch whiskers, tongue, and wagging tail. Show the cheese’s aroma.

Step 4: Detail the eyes with curved lines and a partial oval. Use curved lines and curved V-shapes for hair on the arm and head. Draw a long curved line and tiny V-shape in the ear. Sketch whiskers and a tongue using curved lines.

Form a teardrop-shaped nostril. Add five short lines to the cheese. “Show” the cheese’s aroma as a curved Z-shape with three curved lines in it. Show the tail wagging with some short lines.

To finish drawing a cartoon mouse, darken the eyebrows, pupils, and nostril. Add shadow lines in the cheese holes.

Step 5: Darken the eyebrows, pupils, and nostril. Add shadow lines in the cheese holes.

That's it -- you're done!

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