Rattlesnakes are mysterious but fascinating creatures, and learning about them is an exciting adventure. Let’s start by drawing our very own – are you ready to get started?
Tutorial Video
Step-By-Step Images and Instructions
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Use a black pen to draw a forked shape, angled at around 45 degrees, in the center of your page.
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Add a wavy line to the top of this, heading towards the top left-hand corner of the page.
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Take this to a point at the top, and then bring a curved line down and across to meet the original shape.
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Add a curved line just below the bottom of this.
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Now, add a half-circle shape above this…
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Add a small triangle inside the half-circle for the eye…
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And add a curved line above this, and a curved “T” shape to the right.
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Add two dots to the bottom of the face…
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And bring a curved line across from the back of the head, and down towards the bottom right-hand corner of the page.
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Add another line beside this from the top of the head.
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Add a wide curve to the bottom of the neck…
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And then another large shape below this, creating coils for the snake.
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Add a third coil to the bottom…
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And then add a series of small loops, each connected to the one above, on the right of the snake.
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Connect this section – the rattle – to the top coil…
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And add a wavy pattern just behind the top of the head.
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Now, add a loud shape behind this with a wavy line at the bottom…
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Now, add a series of patterns down the length of the neck…
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And follow this with patterns on the top set of coils.
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Add another set of patterns to the coil below…
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Add another set of patterns to the bottom coil…
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And then add patterns up the tail.
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Now, add three wavy lines to the right of the rattle on the tail…
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And use the black pen for the space around the patterns.
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Finally, shade the alternate sections of the pattern with a green pen.
And voila – an adorable rattlesnake who most certainly isn’t scary – in fact, he is waiting for a name!
