Bull - the image that embodies the year 2021, which took pride of place in the Chinese calendar. It is a strong, strong-willed and noble animal. And also horned giants - the characters of myths, fairy tales and cartoons. Our article is for those who want to learn how to draw a bull for an illustration, postcard or just a beautiful picture. Each workshop is designed for a specific age group.
Calf from the cartoon "Prostokvashino"
Little calves are the children of the Bull. Have the most direct relation to the symbol of 2021. Let's look at some examples of drawing calves.
Everyone is familiar with the good Soviet cartoon "Prostokvashino". One of the heroes of this cartoon is a calf Gavrusha. Let's try to draw him for the New Year 2021.
Gavrush can draw a New Year's Eve outfit or decoration. Or you can make him part of a big New Year's Eve composition. Here the main thing is to be original, then the drawing will be unusual and interesting.
How to draw a sitting bull
Still image: Blotch TV / YouTube
What you will need
- Paper;
- A thin black felt-tip pen;
- A thick black marker;
- colored felt-tip pens.
How to Draw
Step slightly up and to the right of the center of the sheet, start drawing a spiral, make it oval and end just below the point where you started. Draw two ovals and the dashes above them. These are the nostrils.
Still image: "Blotch-TV" / YouTube
Underneath the nose, draw an arc of a mouth. Draw the contours of your head: the left one (in relation to you) starts just above your nose and smoothly rounds out your cheek and goes under your mouth, repeating its contour. The right one begins approximately above the center of the nose and descends in a slightly curved line toward the nostril.
Frame: "Blotch-TV" / YouTube
Draw the ear on the left, it looks like two leaves, one in the other. Above it, add an L-shaped rounded horn. Note that the horn starts from the outline of the head, and the ear is shifted closer to the nose. Draw the missing contours of the head and zigzag bangs arbitrarily.
Still image: "Blotch-TV" / YouTube
Similarly, draw the second horn and the second ear. It will start from the outline of the head, because visually it is slightly behind.
Still image: "Blotch-TV" / YouTube
From the right cheek of the bull, draw a smooth line down to the left, it consists of three curves: body, thigh and leg. Two lines indicate the hoof and draw a line from it to the right, completing the contour of the right leg.
Footage: "Blotch-TV" / YouTube
Draw the front legs with four slanting lines from top to bottom and draw hooves on them.
Still image: "Blotch TV" / YouTube
Add two horizontal lines and two vertical lines to the left hind leg, which is visible from behind the front. Above the right hind leg, draw a tail, it looks like a thin cord and ends in a split tassel.
Footage: "Blotch-TV"/ YouTube
Move on to the muzzle. Above the nose, draw oval pupils on both sides, paint over them, leaving white highlights. Circle them on the outside of the ovals, marking the outer contours of the eyes. Draw a triangular eyebrows. Draw an arc around the left eye, here you will need to make a gray spot when coloring.
Footage: "Blotch-TV" / YouTube
Draw some more spots on the bull's body. Draw around the picture with a thick black marker.
Still image: "Blotch TV" / YouTube
Color the drawing with felt-tip pens at your discretion or as shown in the video:
What other options are available
You can draw a friendly cow in a New Year's hat:
Or the simplest bull, literally in a few lines:
Bull's head for sketching
In this section we offer a selection of Bull's head for sketching. These images can be used to decorate postcards or wall newspapers. Also often such pictures are used as stencils for window decoration.
A selection of bulls head for drawing:
How to do a black and white drawing of a bull in pencil step by step
Our step-by-step instruction on how to draw a bull for children is for artists as young as 10 years old. It will come in handy for those who want to draw the symbol of 2021, and it is not a cute cartoon character, but a fierce, furious warrior. Such an opponent is afraid of a wild beast, and a professional bullfighter.
Before drawing a bull in pencil step by step, look at the anatomy of the animal to make it look realistic. If you know the shape of the skull of the animal, how the spine and large bones are connected, there will be fewer mistakes in the image.
The character of the Bull is serious - it is not only a tired toiler who plows, harnessed to a plow in the field. When enraged, it is a fearsome, wild and vicious foe, capable of taking the fight.
It is interesting to study how the artist conveys the image of the character, using various techniques. For example, Serov's bull in The Abduction of Europe is completely unlike the hero of Goya and Picasso's series of works on the theme of Spanish bullfighting. Ferocious and mighty is the horned character in the illustrations to the Greek myth "Cretan Bull".
In the first step, draw the bull's torso with a large front part tapering toward the tail. On the side, draw an oval head tilted downward. Connect both parts of the arc - this will be the neck. Draw a muzzle.
Make a schematic sketch of the legs: lines indicate directions, circles large joints of the legs, hooves. Now draw the bull's head, marking the curves on the muzzle.
Draw the thickness of the legs: at the top they are more voluminous than at the bottom. Erase the lines of construction, correct errors and detail the outline.
Draw the horns, ears, tail with a tassel on the end step by step.
Mark the lines of large muscles to highlight them when shading.
Start shading the pencil sketch with sharp movements, tearing the pencil away from the surface of the paper. Do not touch the illuminated areas.
Hatching can be done in different ways: arched movements to emphasize volume, crossing over flat areas, placing lines parallel to one another. The most complex shading is multilayered.
For greater effect, highlight the contour, intensify the pencil pressure where there are folds of muscle mass.
Now you know the easy way to draw a bull with a pencil.
Tips for moms and kids
- Try drawing a bull on the basis of these master classes in different poses: the animal lying down, or calmly walking, running. In each step, the main thing is to set the right vector for the limbs.
- Act as an artist: try to make a pencil sketch quickly, lightly touching the paper with a pencil.
- Another tip: watch a video lesson on drawing an animal, even better watch a real bull or cow in real life.
- Acceptable in the construction of the figure to draw several lines together, then you need to leave one, erase the rest.
Bulls from cartoons
One of the most common cartoons, where the main character is a bull, is Ferdinand. This is a cartoon about a good Bull, whose name is Ferdinand. He is good cheerful, used to frolic on the lawn with his friends. However, he does not want to fight with his tribesmen and find out who is the strongest.
As fate would have it, he is chosen as one of the participants in the Bullfights. Now Ferdinand will have to defeat all his fellow tribesmen and prove to everyone that the most important thing in life is not physical strength, but the qualities of the soul. We highly recommend watching this cartoon with your children on the eve of the New Year 2021.
It will be very relevant to draw Ferdinand. Here are step-by-step instructions:
- Take a sheet of scrapbook paper, a simple pencil and an eraser. Draw a circle, which will be the head.
- Draw the torso to the head.
- Picture details of the face - eyes, nose, mouth.
- Draw the ears.
- Draw horns.
- Draw legs and tail.
- The picture is ready. All that's left is to paint the symbol of 2021.
Video:
How to draw a standing cow or bull
Still from: "Drawing It Simple" / YouTube
What you need
- Paper;
- Black liner or felt-tip pen;
- colored felt-tip pens.
How to draw
Draw two slightly divergent lines from top to bottom. Underneath them, draw a cloud-like figure: this is the cow's nose and the smile that you can see from behind it on the right. Draw your upper and lower lips with two connected arcs, and put a bracket at the top corner of your mouth to make your smile even funnier.
Still image: "Drawing It Simple" / YouTube
Draw oval nostrils closer to the upper border of the nose, inside the brackets add volume. From the top of the head, draw curved loops of ears to the left and right, marking their upper borders with lines. Above the head, draw a curly bangs with a wavy line.
Still image: "Drawing Simple" / YouTube
Draw horns to the bangs with the corners and put a hat on the cow. It consists of a base resting on the bangs, a fluttering cap, and a round pompom. Image oval eyes with black circles inside. Shading the latter, leave a white glare. Use strokes to indicate the lower eyelids and eyebrows.
Still Image: "Drawing Simple" / YouTube
With a strongly curved line to the right, draw the side of the cow. At the top of it, just under the snout, draw two horizontal lines, marking the front paw, add a square hoof.
Still image: "Drawing it Simple" / YouTube
With the arc curved to the left, draw the other side. In the middle of the calf, bring the marker down vertically, drawing a leg. Add a second leg to it with another line to the left, tapering to the bottom. Draw a square hooves. From the side on the right, let go goofy curved tail with a leaf-shaped brush on the end.
Still image: "Drawing Simple" / YouTube
Above the left side of the cow's nose, draw the oval top of a Christmas tree. With smooth, wavy lines, schematically finish drawing the entire Christmas tree, in tiers from top to bottom. Add a rectangular trunk below and a few round Christmas decorations. Draw the outlines of spots of different sizes on the cow's body.
Still image: "Drawing It Simple" / YouTube
Paint the horns and nose with an orange felt-tip pen, and the ears inside, nostrils, and mouth with pink. In gray, draw shadows on the cow under the bangs, around the muzzle, on the tail, on the border of the belly, legs, and where the herringbone is adjacent to the body.
Still image: "Drawing It Simple" / YouTube
Finish coloring the picture as shown or as you like.
Still image: "Drawing It Simple" / YouTube
The process is shown in more detail in the video:
What other options are available
This cow looks realistic and isn't hard to draw at all:
And here's a funny Ferdinand bull, it would look great on a card:
You can also decorate a greeting card with this New Year bull:
Drawing a bull on a window
Before New Year's Eve 2021, you should definitely decorate your dwellings. Recently, there has been a tradition of gluing beautiful stencils and drawing New Year's decorations on the windows. Below you will find examples of window decoration with the image of the symbol of 2021.
How to draw a bull in motion
Still image: BALAJ ARTS / YouTube
You can start with a pencil sketch, but if you're confident, draw directly with a felt-tip pen.
What you will need
- Paper;
- A felt-tip pen.
How to Draw
On the left side of the sheet, draw two horns that look like elongated and slightly curved triangles. Underline the bottom of each with a short stroke.
Screenshot: BALAJ ARTS / YouTube
Sketch the future outline of the head with a short upward right stroke, leave a space and draw a curved line that looks like a mirrored question mark, this is the hump of the bull.
Still image: BALAJ ARTS / YouTube
Continue the line with a slight long arc, marking the bull's back. Then bring it upwards, passing into an S-shaped tail.
Still image: BALAJ ARTS / YouTube
Underneath the tail in a downward wave, mark the hip line. Under the hump, draw a blunt angle pointing to the left and ending with a split stroke, this is the front contour of the leg.
Still image: BALAJ ARTS / YouTube
From the bottom border of the horns down, draw a short forehead line. With a slight curve to the right, continue in the same direction, drawing a muzzle. Round the line to the right upwards, add a mouth and chin. Together, they look like the number 3 with a long upper tail.
Frame: BALAJ ARTS / YouTube
With the comma pointing upwards, mark the bull's nostril. Draw a round pupil with a white glare at the beginning of the forehead, circle it with an eyelid loop, trace an eyebrow with a stroke. Above the eye, place the ear, like a leaf. Add a vertical stroke on the inside.
Still image: BALAJ ARTS / YouTube
Behind the ear, finish the scruff, connecting the head and the hump. Trace a zigzag line from left to right to trace the abdomen. Complete the back leg as shown in the picture.
Frame: BALAJ ARTS / YouTube
In a W-wave, connect the chin and front knee of the bull. Leave a small gap for the leg and continue the wavy line to the left edge of the abdomen. Use three oblique strokes to mark the fur on the chest.
Still image: BALAJ ARTS / YouTube
With the arc convex to the right, mark the top of the front paw, stopping at knee level. Similarly, mark the top of the hind paw, it should start over the belly and taper strongly towards the knee.
Footage: BALAJ ARTS / YouTube
From the knee of the front leg, draw a line down to the right, and from the knee of the back leg, draw a line down to the left. Both end in small bulges and transition into pyramid-shaped hooves. On the hooves, draw strokes to sketch the bifurcation.
Footage: BALAJ ARTS / YouTube
Similarly, draw the third and fourth leg of the bull with hooves. The hind right leg starts at the beginning of the thigh and bends at the knee and goes down to the right and the front right leg starts in the middle of the chest and goes down to the left.
Frame: BALAJ ARTS / YouTube
Doodle the tail with a line parallel to the one you've already outlined earlier. Decorate it with a big tassel on the end.
Still image: BALAJ ARTS / YouTube
You can add short rounded strokes on the bull's hump, thigh, belly and leg joints, as shown in the video below. This will give the figure a dynamic look.
Diving into the story
If we take a closer look at the different religions that exist and have existed on the planet, we notice that the bull is often perceived as a divine animal. Many gods were patronized by the bull archetype. This universal symbol combines such qualities as:
- Rapid unrestrained energy;
- Royalty, supremacy, elitism;
- The vitality and power of nature.
Interestingly, in Iranian culture, the bull is a reflection of the soul of the world. In ancient Rome, known for its cruelties, the blood of the bull was considered a source of life-giving energy. India and Egypt are countries where the bull is considered a sacred animal highly revered by the people. As we can see, the key essence of the symbol is the embodiment of divine action, unrestrained energy and power.
There is also an alternative view of the bull symbol:
- In the zodiacal system, it corresponds to Taurus - a symbol of stability, earthiness, thoroughness.
- Black bull has a very ambiguous interpretation, meaning death, hell, fire. It is often depicted with glowing eyes.
- Bull from the Spanish bullfight. Such a tattoo should not be applied to guys, because the composition will mean the taming of masculinity. A guy certainly does not need such a "body mantra".
Choosing the location of the tattoo of bulls
Large images of bulls should be tattooed on the following parts of the body:
- back;
- chest;
- Thigh.
Not bad they will look on the shoulder. Especially if tattooed in the ornamental style. Such images imply clear detailing, and therefore they need quite a lot of space - it is simply unrealistic to trace all the details in a small area of the body. In addition, they will turn out to be too small, and after some time, most likely, will blur and instead of a beautiful drawing you will have to show an incomprehensible spot. If you want to make a simple tattoo of a bull, it should be small, and for the application perfectly suit such parts of the body as:
- shoulder blades;
- lower leg;
- or even the neck.
Cow from simple geometric shapes - easy and simple
Based on simple geometric shapes and curved lines used to connect the parts, you can make a drawing of a charming cow.
First draw a large rectangle - the torso. Below 3 elongated narrow rectangles - the legs of the animal. In the upper left corner of the large rectangle placed a circle - the head. At the bottom of his part another small rectangle - the nose, and the sides - triangles-ears.
Once the sketch is ready, you can begin sketching the details. Using curved lines on the outlined contour, draw the body and head of the animal, outline the legs in more detail.
On the head draw small horns in the form of elongated triangles. On the muzzle place 2 circles - the eyes and pupils inside. Nostrils are drawn on the nose. The tail of the cow should be slightly wider at the base. At the end of it draw a brush. At the bottom of a small arc denote udder. Horizontal line separates the hooves from the legs. Several randomly shaped spots can be drawn on the torso. Drawing is ready. Remains to paint the cow.
New Year's Tree
The Christmas tree is the main New Year's symbol. Since ancient times, it has been customary to decorate a Christmas tree for New Year. Here are drawings of the New Year's beauty for sketching:
Tattoo bull: sketches
Tattoo sketches can be collected together with the master, you should not rely only on your vision. The selection of colors and lines, size can make it both very beautiful and inappropriate. Since a good quality tattoo will not be cheap, you should not neglect to approve the sketch. Choose a master you trust.
Drawing the symbol of the year on the steps
New Year's picture is great for decorating a room and for the design of a postcard. Such themed drawings can be used to make posters and other decorative elements.
You don't have to be a professional artist to draw the symbol of 2022. Using a simple scheme and tips you can easily learn how to draw a bull with an ordinary pencil, drawing each detail of the figure step by step on a sheet of paper.
Drawing diagram of a bull or cow step by step:
1. An ordinary album sheet and a simple pencil are suitable for the work. Beginner artists can use thin tissue paper or parchment paper, and simply redraw the image. However, even to draw a picture according to this scheme will not be difficult at all, try and you will succeed.
2. In the central part of the sheet we draw an oval of medium size. This will be the body of the animal, so its proportions must match.
3. On the left side of the animal's body, finish drawing a smaller vertical oval. It should go a little over the edge of a large horizontal oval. Draw lines that will divide the muzzle into lower and upper parts.
4. Add ears and feet animal. The lines don't have to be the same length. When the drawing is almost done, you can correct them by adding hooves.
5. Doris horns and decorate the muzzle of a bull or cow. For this use simple geometric shapes - circles or ovals, which can easily be drawn even a child.
6. The other parts of the animal figures can be omitted. But if you want to achieve a more accurate image, finish drawing the patterns on the back of the bull. You can add a belly and an udder with milk to identify the cow.
7. When completing the drawing, carefully compare the resulting image with the diagram. Correct or add missing parts and lines using the eraser. All that remains is to color the picture with colored pencils or paint.
Drawing can be used as a template. Trace its silhouette with a thick line and carefully cut it out with scissors. Now you can reproduce the drawing by applying and redrawing it on other sheets of paper or fabric.
You can use the drawing to decorate a Christmas tree and windows, make a beautiful garland out of lots of bulls, or cut out a charming snowflake. Cooks can use the pattern for holiday baking and salad decorations. It all depends on your imagination and skill.
Drawings for older children and adults
Not only children love to draw, but also adults. Their works tend to be more realistic. Below are the master classes that will interest this category of artists.
How to draw a cow
This image has volume. If you look at the end result, it seems that the animal is about to come off the album page. And if you go back a couple of steps, it is clear that to repeat the image is not difficult, it is only important to maintain the proportions and do not forget about the shadows when painting. It is they will make the cow realistic.
A realistic image
The more details can accurately convey the artist, the more natural the image of the animal. In addition, it is important to observe all proportions to make it easier, even in complex work use simple geometric shapes, as in this master class.
Drawing the buffalo
The buffalo, a cloven-hoofed animal of the horned family, is one of the largest bulls. The weight of its individuals reaches 1 ton. The image of such a majestic animal would be appropriate on a postcard or a wall newspaper in the New Year 2021.
The work begins with an image of the head and torso, which are joined together by a massive neck and withers. Next, horns, legs, tail, and other finer details are drawn.
Master class on a basic grid
Drawing complex images in addition to the use of simple geometric shapes to comply with the proportions, will help the basic grid. To build it, you need to
- On a scrapbook sheet you need to draw a rectangle in which the picture will be placed.
- Then divide it in half with horizontal and vertical lines, passing through the center.
- Draw two more vertical and horizontal lines to divide the large rectangle into 16 identical smaller rectangles.
- Next, perform a sketch according to the scheme given, focusing on the location of parts of the image relative to the base grid.
Gavrusha the calf from Prostokvashino
Careful drawing of all the details of this cartoon character is not any comparison with the flat animation about Piggy Peppa. But with some diligence can draw and this bull, following a step-by-step algorithm. To give the calf a New Year look, you can hide his mischievous bangs under a red cap or draw a garland on the horns.
Drawing a real cow
Drawing a real cow is a challenging task. However, if you follow the instructions, everything will work out.
To begin with, it is necessary to designate the guides, according to which the drawing will be carried out.
- First draw a rectangle. To the right of it indicate the neck with 2 arcs.
- At the bottom of the rectangle draw an arc, indicating the abdomen and the location of the legs. Outline the face of the cow. It should be slightly wider at the base and slightly narrower towards the end.
- Curved horns are drawn on top of the head, sharpening at the top.
- Curved lines outline the contours of the legs up to the middle. Then draw a small circle with a pencil. This way it will be easier to mark the knee joint. Draw the legs to the end, not forgetting the hooves underneath.
- The tail of the animal is drawn at the back and the udder is drawn at the back leg.
- On the head draw ears and eyes.
- Remains more detailed drawings of individual parts: brush on the tail, udder, spots on the body and paint the animal.
A calf or little cow
A simple drawing for beginners that will help you discover all your hidden talents. Work on the image of a little cow will give you a lot of positive emotions, because the picture will turn out no worse than the professional artists. The picture will be perfect for decorating New Year's cards with greetings for family and friends.
A step-by-step picture:
1. Draw a large circle in the middle of the sheet. Use an eraser to erase part of the line at the top, thus leaving room to draw the ears and horns. The circle doesn't have to be perfect, but try to make sure that the line is fairly smooth.
If you find it difficult, you can draw a circle with a stencil or a compass. Draw the animal's horns and ears.
2. At the bottom of the sketch, finish drawing two arched lines. They serve as part of the silhouette of the figure, so the length is adjusted according to the size of the future image.
3. Roughly in the middle of the front of the body, draw a short arc, which will be the legs of the bull. At the bottom add horizontal ovals - hooves. On the side add smooth lines - hind legs. Also add small circles to them.
4. Obtained silhouette of the calf skirt line thicker, to make its outlines more clearly. Remove all the errors, adjust the lines with an eraser.
5. In the central part of the head, draw bangs, two small circles-eyes and smaller ovals-nostrils. Separate the nose from the main part of the head with a short arc. Draw small details - tail and ears.
It remains only to paint the drawing with pencils, felt-tip pens or paints. You can add a bell or bright ribbon, a medal, a New Year cap, or other details and elements of festive clothing to the cheerful calf, the symbol of 2022.
