Please could some tell me how to draw a cow, thanks.

For me, animals with long legs are really tough. The angles and proportions just do not automatically click in my mind. So the best advice I can give you on long legged animals is to very carefully draw what you see in terms of lines, angles and proportions. This is good advice for any drawing but especially, for me, at least in regards to long legged animals.

I had a picture of a cow in my gallery, but had to remove it recently due to space limits. My experience is to draw the hooves and legs first where they look proportionately distanced from one another. Then put the body on top of the legs. This will help you in not making the body too long, then adding the legs and the drawing ending up looking like a Limooooosine! Doing it the other way, you will have a front and back end boundary to work with.

Great advice Eric!!!!

Edatkin! I'll add a cow to my list of upcoming lessons! Thanks for the great idea!

Brenda

See !! That's one of the many reasons I like this site. Immediate response. Too Cool. Oh and Eric if you had to remove a cow from your gallery because it was too big you might stick to drawing mice. Just a thought.

Thanks, i cant wait.

have a look at this site it may help in the intial stages
http://www.geocities.com/mandyandsnoopyooc...438/camper3.htm

I approach drawing a cow or any animal the same way. I block in shapes first and with a cow its likely easier as they are so angular and consist mostly of rectangles. Once you've blocked in the shapes, then you can start defining those shapes Pay attention to reference points in your drawing so that you have realistic proportions. For instance, note where the muzzle is in relation to the curve of the chest, or where the ear is located compared to the line of the back. Keep checking and rechecking and refining and you'll get there.

I've quickly sketched the basics of a cow to show you what I mean. This is how I all my animal drawings start, from a rough sketch to find proportion and ensure I like what will be on my final work. The main lines are then transferred to my good paper to start my drawing.

that cow is amazing, i wish i could draw like that. I would like to draw a cow or an farm animal for my gcse art coursework

You CAN draw like that. You can draw better than that.

Just break down everything into shapes and draw what you see, not what you think you see. It takes time and it takes practice. Draw something every day, keep practicing and you'll soon be churning out drawings of cows as fast as you think of them!

thanks for your help, i will try to concocked a drawing together and put it on here.

Just remember to go slow at first, or else you'll end up with a whole herd and not a pasture to keep them in. Not to mention if you have to get up very early every morning to milk them all.

Good Luck,
Eric

Oh, and Calvin, I really had to remove the cow from the gallery 'cause the family was gittin' hungry!

Glad you can tell the difference between a beef cow and a dairy cow! Or can you? lol

"keep practicing and you'll soon be churning out drawings of cows "
Come on people,we going to let Jeanetta get the butter of us?

Ok that's enough, this thread has become udderly rediculous!

I have cows on my dads farm, i iwll just grab on out of the field to draw it. lol

ok folks moooooo-ving on now

Edatkin,

Just take a big enough piece of paper with you to fit the whole outline of the cow on it.

Its easier to do if you go late at night. You can tip one over onto the large sheet of paper and get a quick outline without the chance of it moving away from you. I've found that a large black Sharpie works best. Be sure to take an extra in case the first one is low on ink.

Eric

I read this and felt a little cowed about drawing a cow