Typically found in fields of cereal crops or tall ground vegetation, this tiny mouse is the perfect creature to add to your meadow.
Mary Woodin shows how you can draw this harvest mouse in ten easy-to-follow steps.
How to draw a harvest mouse
This ten-step demonstration is taken from Mary Woodin's book, Ten Step Drawing: Nature.
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Gamboge
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Draw a harvest mouse in ten easy steps
1
Draw two long stems and create a guideline halfway up.
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2
Draw an oval over the stems, with the lower portion just crossing over the guideline. Rub out the guide.
3
Add a curved shape for the mouse’s head.
4
Sketch the eye, mouth, nose and ear. Use guides to help with positioning if needed.
5
Thicken the stem of the corn and add three leaf shapes to the top of the first one.
6
Create the legs and wrap the feet around the stems.
7
Complete the rest of the corn using small leaf shapes.
8
Give the mouse a tail, wrapping it around the corn stem.
9
Add whiskers and detail to the fur.
10
Use strokes of different browns to give the impression of fluffy fur.
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