Learn to Draw with Shapes: Doodle a Rockin' Woolly Bear Caterpillar simply and easily!

1. Introduction: Hi, I'm Sabrina Gosselin, certified wildlife biologist and longtime freelance artist. I'd like to welcome you to my little series Drawing with Shapes, where I teach you to draw adorable little characters using only simple shapes and lines. This series is a great companion to my in depth Warm Ups for Artists course and will help you develop an eye for finding simple shapes to use as a base for developing your illustrations. Whether you're a beginner or a professional, practicing your basic shapes is an important artistic habit. I've made these tutorials fun and bite size so they're easy to digest and practical. Ready? Let's grab our sketchbooks and do some doodling. 2. Rockin' Woolly Bear: Alright, let's draw a rocking wooly bear caterpillar together today. So first, we start with two equal circles. One and two. And then you connect them with a slight curve like this and a matching one on the other side. Okay, then we draw some mouth parts and drop in his eyes. After that, a little reference line and pop, we put in some little feeds here and on the other side, too. Alright, his headphones. They're also circles. And once you got those down, you put in a little head band. And now the fur. He's got to have a little bit of a rocking to peg, if you will. And we just follow his body outline. Keep going. Keep going. It can be a little random. And you're done with the fur now. Alright, let's do some reference line for the black and orange parts of his body. Alright, and optional, if you want to throw in a leaf, circle around him as a reference and throw in your leaf blades. Mm. And the stem. We're gonna throw in some music, too. Now, if you have a needed eraser, this is the time to use it. Otherwise, you can lightly erase with your regular eraser. Now, just ink where you've drawn your sketch, but be sure not to color over your reference lines because they're reference lines. They are not part of the sketch itself. Just keep going. Paying attention not to go over the lines you don't want to color. Coming together. And now we imply the black parts of the body using these quick lines here. And it gives him a sort of fuzzy texture as well. And now I decided to make my leaf a little bit of a thicker line weight, but this is up to you how you want to stylize it. And it's a good idea to add a bit of a shadow for more of a realistic effect. And then I wanted to really bring him out from the background, so I increased the line weight around his outline as well. Keep going as we want. And now for the little music notes, I decided to do this in a different color. And done. If you created your own rock Little buddy, let me know. Post yours, tag me, share if you enjoyed, and follow for more fun little doodle lessons like this.