Art Tutorials - How To Draw A Crab

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  • Lets draw a picture of a crab!
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    Find a yellow and click the moon symbol to make it darker like sand.
    Use the soap tool to wash your picture with sandy paint.
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    ArtBug Soap Tool
  • Find a nice paint for your crab, I have used a redish pink.
    Select the paint brush tool and the third smallest cicle.
    Draw a blob like mine, this will be your crab's body.
    Don't worry if it's a bit bigger or smaller than mine, crabs come in many sizes!
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    ArtBug Paint Brush
  • Keeping the same paint, use the bucket fill to make the crab body filled in.
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    ArtBug Flood Fill
  • Return to the paint brush tool with the same paint and the third largest circle.
    Now draw the top half of each of the crab's eight legs.
    Remember to put four legs on each side.
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    ArtBug Paint Brush
  • Select the fourth smallest circle and draw the other half of your crab's legs.
    ArtBug - How to draw a A Crab with ArtBug's Angela Seanor
    ArtBug Paint Brush
  • Use the same tool to draw the first part of the crabs claw arms.
    ArtBug - How to draw a A Crab with ArtBug's Angela Seanor
    ArtBug Paint Brush
  • Use the same tool to draw the pincers.
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    ArtBug Paint Brush
  • Use the bucket fill tool to fill in the pincer arms.
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    ArtBug Flood Fill
  • Select the smallest circle and the paint brush, keeping the same paint.
    Draw your crab some eye stalks.
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    ArtBug Felt Pen Fill
  • Select black, the third smallest circle and the paint brush. Give your crab eyes at the tops of the stalks.
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    ArtBug Paint Brush
  • Select white, the felt-pen and the smallest circle.
    Put a white dot in each of the crabs eyes.
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    ArtBug Felt Pen Fill
  • Now you can make some pebbles. Use the felt-pen and a circle, select greys and browns, put pebbles where you like!
    ArtBug - How to draw a A Crab with ArtBug's Angela Seanor
    ArtBug Felt Pen Fill
  • Watch out for those pincers, hold it from behind so it can't get you! Well done, now you're a really snappy artist!


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