Art Tutorials - How To Draw a Snail

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    Select the felt-pen with the smallest nib and black ink.
    Carefully draw a spiral like this.
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  • Now draw the snails body like this.
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  • Draw eyes and a mouth.
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  • Select the bucket tool.
    Choose a green paint that looks like grass.
    Fill the background with your green paint.
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  • Select the felt-pen and a thin orange ink.
    Click the moon 4 times to make the orange turn brown.
    Draw some lines connectng parts of the spiral together.
    Make sure there are no gaps!
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  • Select the bucket tool and fill in some of the sections of the spiral.
    Like this:
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  • Choose a different paint and fill in the remaining sections of the shell.
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  • Choose a very pale yellow paint and fill the snails body.
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  • Drawing at a snail's pace it better than not drawing at all.


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