How to Draw a Grasshopper

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Grasshoppers use their color to hide in the green grass, leaping around to get food and escape predators. Here's a tutorial on how to draw this simple yet fascinating creature.

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    These will serve as the guidelines for your drawing. You should end up with two overlapping circles to the right of a peapod-like shape, which will serve as the grasshopper's lower body.
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    The back legs are so defined at the top because of all the jumping around that grasshoppers do, and they're quite a bit longer in total length than the front legs.
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    Then add more details to your drawing, like the pattern on the grasshopper's stomach and its eyes.
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    You can color your grasshopper if you want, or add highlights/shadows, but they're not really necessary unless your drawing is for a science project or something significant.
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    Do I have to start with a specific color?
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    It is easier to start with something that you can erase easily. Grasshoppers can be other colors though; like brown, yellow, tan and different shades of green. Look at the coloring of real grasshoppers and experiment with those colors using your colored pencils or other tools.
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    Insects have a lot of legs and segmented body parts. Try to get the basic shape down, and then move on to the harder parts.
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    It doesn't really change. Just draw it bigger if you want to fill up the whole piece of paper!
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