How to draw a hedgehog

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The lesson

Sketch the basic shapes

Lightly sketch ovals for the head, body, feet and paws, and two crossing lines in the head. Add the umbrella’s curved top, ribs and hooked handle.

Draw the outline

Go over the edges firmly: a spiky back, round ears, paws on the stick, feet, and the umbrella's wavy edge with small tips. Keep the light lines.

Add the face

Draw an oval eye on each side of the vertical line, on the horizontal one. Add small eyebrows, a smile, the inside of the ears and a light line around the face.

Draw the face and quills

Add pupils with white spots, a round nose and an open smile. Cover the back and top of the head with short quill lines. Keep the light lines.

Clean the lines and add the scene

Erase the crossing lines and other faint sketch lines. Add dots on the umbrella, clouds, grass and a flower.

Colour the face first

Cream face, pink ears and cheeks; the rest stays pencil.

Colour everything else evenly

No shading yet: brown quills; cream belly, paws and feet; a red umbrella with white dots and a red handle; blue clouds, green grass and a pink flower.

Add soft shadows

Shade the edges of the body and the inside of the umbrella. Make the quills a deeper brown and add a soft shadow on the grass.

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