Q&A for How to Draw a Fox

Practice, practice, practice. The more you draw these foxes, the better you can remember how to draw them. Try focusing on specific features of the fox that define it, like the eyes or the pose.

Practice. Learn from other artists and challenge yourself to draw each day.

Pens are one of the best art tools! Draw using light strokes at first, then use more pressure once you have an outline.

You can, but if you do guidelines (base shapes such as circles for the base of the head that are erased in the end), be sure to use a pencil for initial sketching.

You can use more detailed lines with more pointy lines for fur. It might also help to use more time-consuming designs.

Of course! Every artist has a different method. Some people use circles and ovals, while others can use rectangles, squares, or other shapes, such as triangles. This is why practice makes perfect; if you don't practice, you don't figure out what method works best for you. You may even come up with a brand new method.

You can try putting something like whiteout over it, but if that's not possible, then there isn't really anything you can do.

Crate ragged lines across the outline of the fox to make fur.

Generally, you get a softer looking line with a regular pencil because the lead is thicker than that of a mechanical pencil. That's about it.

You can't erase it, so just sketch lightly or use an erasable pen.

Draw a fox as usual, but then draw a triangle on top of its head and lines to represent strings. Decorate the triangle however you'd like to form the hat.

It's the same as above, but smaller and with shorter, neater fur. Keep at it and try different things until it feels right.

It depends on the perspective of the drawing.

If you have a drawing tablet for your computer, that would be the easiest way. If not, use an editing program with layers. Make the sketch with one layer and draw over it in a second layer. Clear the sketch layer and use it to color below the lines. If you try and color in the lines, your lines may become thinner in some places. If you don't have layers, make the sketch in an outrageous color so you can tell it apart from the main lines and erase it before coloring.

Go to the public library and ask a librarian to help you, or check a website like Amazon or eBay for books about foxes.

Sketching circles helps you to establish the proper shape and proportions.

Think of a football. You can try drawing vertical and horizontal lines from the two sides of the fox's face and the two top and bottom sides of its head. Where the lines meet is called the center point, it really helps if you can't measure where to put facial parts. Try making the eyes on top of the horizontal line near the enter point. (It's best to use a pencil so you can move the eyes if you don't like how they look.)

The tip of the tail is white, and part of the top of the body is a little lighter than the rest of the fox.

Try erasing a little more. There's really nothing you can do about it now, but sketch more lightly next time and your pencil lines will erase much more easily.

Most pencils are great drawing tools, but most people use a mechanical pencil usually 0.7. A number 2 pencil is great, it allows a softer line and a more straight guide. If you’d like to draw more define lines use a thinner led pencil and a small eraser.

You could use a reference if you don’t already know what the markings looks like. Draw the fox's outline first, then lightly start drawing the black markings of the fox and keep going from there. When you start to actually outline, it is best if you use a thinner outlining tool to help with defining the fur into smaller pieces. If you wish to give the fox other markings, then go ahead make it look your way, in your style. You could always use other colors for the markings than black.

Yes you can make it smaller and maybe draw a scene where it is playing with another kit or draw a mother next to it.