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Master class with step-by-step photos on drawing a Cat in watercolor for children from 5 years old

Master - class with step by step photos: "Not everything for the cat is Shrovetide ..."

Author: Natalya Aleksandrovna Ermakova, Teacher, Municipal budgetary educational institution of additional education for children "Children's Art School named after A. A. Bolshakov", Velikiye Luki, Pskov region
Description: the master class is intended for children from 5 years old and their parents, educators, teachers of additional education.
Purpose: interior decoration, participation in creative exhibitions, a gift.
Target: creation of a composition with a cat in watercolor technique.
Tasks:
- to continue acquaintance of children with folk proverbs, holidays and customs of their native land;
-to teach to draw a cat, exercise in building a sketch of a drawing using auxiliary lines and geometric shapes;
-to improve the skills of working in the watercolor technique;
- to cultivate an interest in various visual techniques and materials, a feeling of love and pride in the history and culture of their homeland.

Hello dear friends and guests!
We all know the Russian proverb: "Not everything for the cat is Shrovetide ...", it is about someone who lived too well (undeservedly good), but in the end will face difficulties.
The meaning of the proverb is well explained in the play by Ostrovsky A.N. "Every day is not Sunday". The old merchant Akhov believed that money makes everything. He began to woo a young, poor girl, thinking that her mother and she would throw themselves on his neck because of his money. Moreover, the nasty and stinginess of his character was known to everyone. He demanded attention to him so that everyone bowed to him. When he finally came to match, he received a decisive refusal. His mother and daughter chose his young clerk Hippolytus instead. Kicking the old man out, his mother said: "It's not all Shrovetide for the cat, there is also Great Lent," this is a complete version of the Russian proverb included in the "Dictionary of Russian Proverbs" by Vladimir Ivanovich Dahl. But as an analogue of the proverb, a view practically unknown to contemporaries is given, "Not everything for the cat is Shrovetide, but Fomin is Monday."
Fomin Monday is the second day of Fomin (Radonitskaya) week, the beginning of spring commemoration and a large number of church funerals, which the people regarded as "bread" time for priests. Gradually, the second option practically disappeared from everyday speech, but we use the proverb about the coming difficult life of a cat everywhere.

In general, a proverb is a short wise saying that has an instructive meaning, in proverbs - the people's mind, the people's truth, a wise judgment about life and people. So this proverb: "" Not all the cat is Shrovetide, there is a great fast ", has its roots. This is the Maslenitsa holiday, and there are three of them in Russia.
The proverb talks about Christian Maslenitsa, established by the Russian Church in the 16th century, as
7-day church holiday from Monday to Sunday forgiveness. On the church Maslenitsa, the Russian people have fun, eat pancakes and generally do not limit themselves to anything. When the time of Lent comes, the picture changes: everyone is gloomy and serious, meat is forbidden, entertainment too. For seven weeks of food abstinence, you can only eat fish, but very rarely. And here even a foreigner will understand that Maslenitsa symbolizes a favorable time in a person's life, and the Great Post-unfavorable one. Thus, the expression "not everything for the cat is Shrovetide ..." has the following meaning: luck does not last long, and harsh times will come. On the other hand, harsh times don't last forever either.

The second Maslenitsa is popular, it begins a day earlier than the church Maslenitsa, and lasts eight days. This is a riotous secular holiday-carnival, it was established by the Tsar's decree of Peter I in the image and likeness of European carnivals.
By the Decree of Peter 1, the celebration of Shrovetide began to be called the "All-Sure, All-Drunken and Extravagant Cathedral." They were celebrated in the European manner, like carnivals with cheerful processions of mummers, antics of jesters, and abundant festivities. The holiday was headed by the "Patriarch" appointed for the time of Maslenitsa, the clown, who headed "the most joking and all-drunken cathedral" ...

The real Russian Maslenitsa is the ritual and astronomical holiday of Komoednitsa. It is celebrated strictly from March 21 to March 28 and is timed to coincide with the vernal equinox. Before the arrival of Christians and forced baptism, Russia was a strong secular (by modern standards) state. There were no pagan gods, no religion in our homeland. There was a veneration of the great Russian ancestors who were the children of the gods. We, the modern Russian people, are the same children.
After Komoednitsa, the day begins to become longer than the night, the Yarilo-sun melts the snow, nature awakens with spring force, people celebrated the beginning of the New Year according to the Old Slavic solar calendar (in Russia, until 1492, March opened the New Year account).
In addition to celebrating the sacred entry of Spring into its own rights, the Slavic Bear God was also revered on this day: in the morning before breakfast, in a solemn procession with songs, dances and jokes, they brought "pancake sacrifices" to the great Honey Beast in the forest with the first baked festive pancakes and laid them on stumps. After that, a festive feast began. The ancient Slavs called the bear Kom (hence the rule - "the first pancake is komam", that is, bears).

This tale is for you, dear guests, and for the children, a master class on drawing a cat with watercolors. Welcome to our creative workshop!
Materials and tools:
-A3 sheet of paper

Simple pencil
-eraser
-watercolor
-brushes
-a cloth for hands and arms
-can for water

Master class progress:

We start working on the drawing with a preliminary sketch with a simple pencil (the sketch is done with light lines). Draw a horizontal table line at the bottom of the sheet. Draw a rectangle on the right edge of the sheet - conditionally it will be a stack of pancakes. In the remaining space of the sheet, in the middle, we begin to build the figure of the cat. First, we draw a semi-oval for the head, then for the body (as if we were collecting a snowman).

Next, in the form of arcuate lines on each side of the body, draw legs, then the tail. And we begin to work on the muzzle, we need to divide the oval of the head with a vertical line in half - this will help us to proportionally draw the details of the cat's muzzle. Draw two ovals for the cheeks in the lower part.

Above the cheeks there is a nose and eyes, ears consisting of double triangles. Draw the front legs using circles of different sizes.

Next, let's get down to working with watercolors. Let's start with the eyes using green. Then we work with brown color, outline the contour lines of our hero, wash with a brush and blur these lines with water (we make a smooth transition from brown to white background of the leaf). For the pancakes, use the same color, heavily diluted with water.

We make the cheeks and nose pale pink, for this we apply a smear of red color and blur it with water, the tongue of the cat will be red.

Draw rows of pancakes with brown horizontal lines. We outline the paws (pads) along the contours in brown, and then wash the color with water. The middle of the ears will also be brown. And we start working with orange - draw stripes.

Our entire cat will be red-striped.

We make the eyes expressive. I use a deep blue, but black can also be used. We leave small white circles in the inside of the eyes not painted over, since when working with watercolors, white is not used - this is the advantage of gouache.
The next stage of the drawing will be working with brown: antennae, eyebrows and contouring of the entire silhouette of the cat. We draw as if with a trembling hand, we imitate the hair of our hero.
Color the tablecloth yellow and shade it with brown.

On the white surface of the sheet around the drawing, we apply an almost transparent ocher tone (dilute the color with water), and the work is completed.

Older children can be offered a more difficult option, to supplement the image of a cat with additional elements of the composition. I added a window with curtains in the background, wooden walls and a bowl of sour cream.

When the pencil sketch is made, we start working with color. For the background, I chose my favorite and versatile ocher color. First, it is applied in a transparent tone to the area of ​​wooden walls and stacks of pancakes (dilute the color with water). Then we type ocher on the brush more intensely and draw the lines of the logs, these lines are slightly blurred with water.

Outside the window you can see the blue sky, my tablecloth is red, and on the table there are already pancakes - we draw them with brown horizontal lines.

I add a few dark brown lines to the pancake drawing, I use the same color for a bowl of sour cream. We paint the curtains in a light green tone.

Then we draw folds on them with the same, but more saturated color. And we get to work with black watercolor - we outline the contour lines of the drawing with it.

Next, we rinse the brush, dry it slightly on a cloth and blur these lines.

The cat will be red-haired (orange).

I make green eyes and pink cheeks with a nose as in the first version.
Then we begin to draw in detail the cat using brown color, we outline the main details of the figure and gently blur them with some water.

With the help of a semi-dry brush along the contour lines of the cat, draw and imitate the fur ("poke" technique).

Drawing master class for children from 8 years old on the theme "Kitten" with step-by-step photos

Unconventional painting techniques - painting fur with PVA glue and a toothpick

Place of work: GKKP "Nursery garden No. 116", Pavlodar

Description: the master class is intended for children from 8 years old and their parents, educators, teachers of additional education, creative people.
Purpose: interior decoration, gift, drawing for exhibitions and competitions.
Target: drawing a fluffy kitten.
Tasks. Teach children to convey the features of the depicted object using PVA glue, a toothpick. Strengthen the ability to independently select the desired color. Expand the understanding of the life of a pet. Raise an interest in the life of pets, a desire to know as much as possible about them.

Someone likes to draw flowers, someone butterflies, others devote their creative impulses to portraits. What about a cute fluffy kitten? Imagine how happy your mom or sister will be when on March 8th you present them with a postcard featuring a cute kitten with fluffy fur.
Do you think it takes a long time to render fur realistically? Would you like to learn about the easy trick for making fur natural? Now I'll tell you how to draw a fluffy kitten using PVA glue and a toothpick. This painting technique is my know-how! Draw with glue and a toothpick, I think you'll like it!

Materials required for work:

- white thick A4 paper;
- watercolor;
- 2 brushes - No. 5, No. 3;
-a glass with water;
-PVA glue;
-toothpick;
- markers;
-simple pencil.

Step-by-step workflow:

1. Start drawing a kitten using geometric shapes.
We draw the head and body of an oval shape.

2. Always start drawing with what you think is easier to do. Probably, drawing the ears is not difficult at all. The ears look like an equilateral triangle, only two lines and the ears are drawn. The most difficult thing is to draw the eyes, you need to not be mistaken with the size, make sure that they are on the same line and the same.
On the face we draw cheeks, antennae and a mouth with a visible tongue.

3. In addition, you need to make "glare" in the eyes, so that the cat looks like a real one.

4. Draw the legs and tail.
To prevent the cat from looking lonely in the picture, you can draw it on the rug.

5. Now for the fun part. We begin to draw, tracing the contours of the drawing with PVA glue with neat movements. Draw the fur with a toothpick.

6. Give volume to the rug, draw wavy lines with PVA glue and draw with a toothpick.

We leave the drawing to dry.
7. After it is completely dry we start painting.

8. My kitty is gray, so I lit gray on the palette.

This guide is dedicated to our beloved cat Sammy. He was about 15 years old when we adopted him from a relative, and my son and I became very attached to him. It was 2 years ago. Sammy's mother was my cat when I was a teenager, but I went overseas on an exchange in high school, and my parents got rid of her as soon as I left. My heart was broken, but the fact that we took Sammy, given his age, felt right to me. I decided to write him a portrait based on his photograph, which I love very much. A few days after I wrote it, Sammy became terminally ill and retired. It was a few weeks ago. This portrait is a good way to leave a memory of a deceased pet, or to capture the life moments of a pet that is still with you.

Step 1: Materials Required

Materials:

• Watercolor and palette.
• Paint brushes - Make sure you have a few brushes for detailing.
• Photo of a pet.
• Tracing paper, pencil and eraser.
• Watercolor paper. Using good quality watercolor paper will greatly affect the final result. It can be bought one sheet at a time at most hobby shops. For practice, cheaper paper is also fine, you can buy it there.
• Gum arabic (optional). It is used to increase the fluidity of paints and create a glossy sheen. It is recommended to mix gum arabic and water in proportions of 10% to 90%, respectively. I also read that when you use it and the paint dries, you can easily go back to work, and even remove the paint by re-wetting.
• Gouache (optional). Gouache is very similar to watercolor, but more matte. I didn't use gouache in this portrait, but if I lived closer to an art store, I would buy it and use it. I advise you to buy only white - it will be useful when drawing small details of the mustache and wool.

Step 2: Preparing the pet portrait, copying and transferring

Image and paper

First of all, you need to decide how large the portrait you want. If it needs to be larger than what a regular printer can print, you will have to go to the place where they will print everything for you. Also, you will have to cut the watercolor paper to the correct size. Note that 400-weight paper is difficult to cut.

Tracing

I have printed the image of my pet on a sheet of standard sized paper. After that, I carefully stuck a piece of tracing paper onto it. I copied the main lines and the main details of the cat with a pencil, pressing down so that the lines were quite dark. Of course, if you are good at drawing, you can always try to sketch everything yourself, but many artists use the same method. Either way, both methods will work.

Transfer

Now flip your image so you can see the back of it. On the back of the tracing paper, you need to shade the places where you have the copied lines. You can use a softer pencil or a darker pencil if you have one (4B or 6B), but a regular 2B pencil will work just fine.

When you shade the areas where you have drawn the lines, carefully place the tracing paper on the watercolor paper. After that, take your pencil again and trace along the lines drawn on the tracing paper. While you are doing this, the graphite is transferred from the tracing paper to your watercolor paper. You will also notice small indentations where you ran your pencil. They won't be too dark, but they will be visible.

The final touch is to run the pencil again along the lines already drawn, but this time on watercolor paper, and you will be ready to start coloring.

First, get your paints and palette ready. Before I had tubes of watercolors, I only had my son's cheap paints for school. It is best to use watercolors in tubes. Be careful not to squeeze too much. Excellent quality of watercolor - its durability! You only need to squeeze a tiny amount of paint onto the palette (about the size of the eraser on the back of your pencil). Pour water into a large jar or mug and some over the palette. You will need a lot of water! If the paint dries on the palette, you can still use it further. Just dip your brush in water and then brush it over the dried paint and you can use it again!

Tip - please remember that with watercolor painting "less is better". If you want to keep the highlights, be careful where you apply the paint, or save those spots for later. I didn't overdo it with the watercolors on the cat's nose, and I managed to make it very realistic with highlights in the right places.

I started by painting the background. When I finished, I didn't like it so much, and I went overboard with the paint, repainting it several times. As a result, I got a rather dark background, but I like it. Remember that it is difficult to remove something when it comes to watercolor, especially after a few redrawings.

Pay attention to contrast. This is what will make your drawing come alive and close to reality. It is not necessary to trace all the lines several times and select every part of your pet. It's just that if your pet's coat is white, making the background darker is a great idea. Once I finished the basics of my background, which I then changed anyway, it was time to draw the eyes.

For the eyes, I used a layer of yellowish orange, and around it I painted with a darker orange color. I'll come back later to finish them.

Step 4: painting over dark areas and basic details

Then I started painting over the main details of the face. You need to coat the main areas with a thin layer, or a layer of very thinned paint. All that is required of you is to add a lot of water for a certain color and look very carefully at the photo of your pet in order to understand exactly where its color matches this color.

I originally applied a thin layer of gray paint to the cat's body. Then, I started adding details on him and on the body as well, using a gray (slightly darker) color. If your photo has shadows, then paint them as you see them. You may think, "No, this is too much, I can't draw this," but don't listen to these bad thoughts, just draw what you see. Leave the areas where you want to be white untouched. Blank paper is the best white.

When all the most basic colors are painted over, go back to the face and go through a thin layer of paint again, but this time less diluted (look at the photo!). You do not need to go into the details of the fur for the time being. As you paint, you can smooth out the corners by dipping a clean brush in water and gently brushing it over problem areas.

Step 5: fluffy details

When the basic colors are applied and some details are drawn, you can start with the wool. In the photos you can see that I started painting the fur from the dark areas on the face. By using a lot less water, I was able to create a matte effect. All this is not without the help of a linear brush. I made small strips towards the growth of the coat. The first time you do it, you might look at it and think that you are doing something wrong. This is fine. You really need to continue until the coat looks good. After you have moved a little, it helps a lot to step back a few meters and look at the drawing from that distance - the difference is huge.

In the last photo, you can see that the area of ​​the head between the ears looks straight and hard. It does not look like the real one at this stage of drawing, because in reality the fur grows in different directions, and does not lie so perfectly and evenly. As soon as we continue painting the fur layers, everything will fall into place.

Step 6: paint the body hair

When I was painting body hair, I first looked at the photo to pick out the darkest areas. Basically, you can save a lot of time if you just don't. I really liked how everything looked before, but since I started, there is no turning back!

First, I drew dark blotches on the cat's belly. Then, I went back and added some water to this place to lighten the drawing a little (I made this area too dark). Then I looked at the photograph again, in order to understand where the fur on the abdomen lies and in which direction, and drew it.

I'm having a little trouble with the white fur on my belly, and this is where gouache would come in very handy.

Look at your drawing and compare with what is shown in the photo to match all the details. Look at the photo and find the darkest areas! And make sure you pass them on in your drawing. The eyes will stand out if you add contrast to them and draw lines where needed.

Antennae can be a problem as you will want to draw them correctly the first time. There is no need to rush. Practice, practice and practice again before you start them! You will need a good line brush for this! Make sure you apply enough paint and water to the brush for smooth and smooth movement.

In the end, make sure to paint all the shadows on the original. For example, under the head of the cat in my drawing, the green is darker in some places. This is done in order to depict the shadow from his head. This approach will bring your drawing closer to reality.

Take a closer look at all the folds and add wool there, avoid straight folds (except for the ears). Draw what you see.

I hope this guide helps you write a wonderful pet portrait!

Everyone loves animals, especially cute fluffy cats. We often see these mustachioed pussies as one of the most popular heroes of fairy tales and cartoons. Cats are popular not only among children, but also among adults, as evidenced by funny videos on YouTube and pictures of cats on social networks. Cats are also considered a symbol of grace and femininity. We can talk about cats for a long time, but we will show you several ways to draw a cat.
This article will have three sections with different difficulty levels: intermediate, difficult and for children.

What you need:

• A4 or A5 sheet
• Pencils with hardness 2H and B or 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B
• Eraser

Average level of difficulty

Let's try to start by drawing a cat.

Take a pencil with a hardness of H and draw semicircles and lines exactly as in the picture.

The first, top circle is the head. Draw there a "construction" for the nose, mark the place where the ears should be and draw a line for the back.

Draw the lower part (outlines of the bend of the legs), as in the picture.

We continue to draw the ears and muzzle, the lower part of the legs and the approximate location of the tail.

We finish drawing the ears, tail and legs.

And now, in the place where the curved line was drawn on the muzzle, above the nose, draw narrowed eyes. It is quite easy to do it, just like in the picture. Wipe away unnecessary details, draw a nose, under it the smooth lines of a closed mouth and antennae. The drawing is ready!

Considering how to draw a cat in stages, we suggest the following method. Here you will need a soft pencil (from B to 6B).

First, draw an oval, it can have a rough, more square shape, as in the picture. And we divide it with a light vertical line into equal parts.

Next, draw two oblique stripes on top of this oval - this will be the place for the ears. Below we draw a line to know at what level to draw the eyes and draw a torso (preferably the same shape as in the picture).

Now we draw the ears of the cat, draw two lines from the nose to the eyes, draw the mouth in the form of an inverted number 3 or just in the form of a semicircle. We mark the legs.

Draw the eyes-circles and the approximate shape of the tail.

And, finally, we finish drawing the legs, shade the eyes, draw the rest of the details of the face, do not forget about the mustache. And with short strokes sketch out the shape of the cat to give the impression of fluffiness. Ready!

Difficult level

And now we want to show a more complex technique for how to draw a kitten. This is not only for those who are making great strides in drawing, it is just as important for those who want to try their hand and be proud of the result! Here is our cat.

So, let's start with the fact that you need to draw the approximate outlines and pose of the kitten. To do this, use a pencil with a hardness of 2H or H. Try to follow the example of the picture.

Now draw two parallel lines on the cat's face, so that later on, draw his eyes evenly. Mark out the approximate outline of the eyes, draw stripes that go from the eyes to the nose, draw the mouth (such as in the example), the place for the antennae (the inverted number 8 above the mouth), mark the ears more precisely.

The next step is to draw the pupils in the eyes, make the nose more detailed, draw the teeth and tongue inside the mouth, do not forget to draw the paws.

We draw a cat with a pencil - and this is one of the best ways to convey the details of the fur. On the face, with short strokes we mark the areas of dark coat color.

Now we shade out the darkest elements of the cat's face with a pencil with a hardness from B to 6B: pupils (do not forget to leave highlights in them, so they will seem more realistic), eye contour, nose, mustache dots, mouth.

All dark areas of the fur on the muzzle are now shaded with the same pencil.

Continuing to paint dark areas of the fur all over the body, don't forget about the shadow under the paws.

Having finished with the dark stripes on the wool, work through the light areas with an H or 2H pencil. Shading. After you've finished shading the fur, don't forget to draw a mustache for the cat. It is desirable to do this already with a well-sharpened pencil with a hardness from B to 6B. You can add small "tassels" on the ears, but don't overdo it. The cat is ready!

How to draw a cat for kids

It is worth learning to draw from childhood, because it is important not only for gaining a certain skill, but also develops the color taste of the child, calms his nervous system. Therefore, if your child asks you: "How to draw a cat?" You can contact us and we will show you some easy ways! Let's start with the first one.

Take any pencil and draw a circle and an oval like in the picture.

Draw the legs.

Now draw the ears, tail and add a check mark above the paws so that the cat has a fluffy neck in the end.

Draw the eyes with dots, the nose - a triangle, the mouth - an inverted number 3. Draw a mustache, a little more fur on the neck. We remove the extra lines on the legs, draw the fingers. The cat is ready!

Consider another option, how we draw a cat in stages for children.

We will draw the cat in front and back. Draw ovals on top of each other (try to follow the example in the picture).

We draw short legs, ears and a tail. Note: the second one, sitting with his back, does not see the upper legs, as if he is leaning on them, but you can finish them yourself.

Now we draw the eyes, like two commas, the nose is a triangle, the mouth is an inverted number 3 with a tongue. Do not forget about the antennae and stripes, our cat is striped. 🙂

And one more option for you:

We draw a circle and an oval. They are connected by a curved line. The second line, which is larger, is the "skeleton" of the tail. Draw two parallel lines on the face in order to draw the eyes evenly.

Draw the ears and hair on the sides of the head.

Draw two inverted check marks in the ears, draw eyebrows and eyes. On the sides of the small line connecting the torso to the head, draw two more curved lines to make our neck thicker.

We finish drawing the muzzle, remove the extra lines on the sides of the head. Draw fur on the breast, and legs below.

We finish drawing the hind and front legs, turn the line into a tail.

We remove the extra lines on the legs, draw stripes for the cat, paint over them and the eyes. (You can paint over the cat to your taste, but it is advisable to do this with a neat stroke). We draw the antennae. Ready! Learn to draw a cat together!

Cats are some of the cutest and funniest creatures on the planet. The animal has perfectly adapted to existence next to a person, like a dog, therefore, almost every person has a cat at home. Many novice artists will be very interested in drawing a cat in watercolors, so we have created a step-by-step photo guide that will help you draw a pet.

The level of complexity of such work is considered average, because it is quite difficult to portray any animal. In the drawing, you need to accurately and realistically build a sketch in order to maximize the pose of the animal. Especially difficulties for beginners arise with a plot in which the animal needs to be depicted in motion. But we have specially selected a simple composition for drawing, which will simplify the task. So let's get started.

Let's prepare the necessary tools for work:

• palette of watercolor paints;
• high density paper for watercolor painting;
• HB or H pencil;
• eraser (it is advisable to use a soft one so as not to damage the structure of the paper);
• soft brushes (columns, synthetics) No. 3 and 1;
• flat brush for wetting paper;
• palette;
• a glass of clean water;
• paper or textile napkin.

Stages of drawing

Step 1. We begin by marking the approximate outline of the drawing with a pencil. Draw the head in a circle, the body as a drop-shaped figure, draw a pair of triangular ears, and mark the legs and tail of the cat with several lines.

With the help of these auxiliary lines, we draw a detailed outline of the animal. Then we finish drawing small details: nose, eyes.

The sketch is ready, remove the saturation of the pencil with an eraser and move on to the next step - underpainting.

Step 2. We dilute the gray Payne with water to make the paint translucent. And we outline the color of the animal with it, as shown in the photo. Pale blue watercolor shading off the shading on the forelegs.

Step 3. Now we prescribe the inner part of the ears and the muzzle with a translucent pink quinacridone. Select the color of the eyes with a mixture of turquoise and blue.

Step 4. Go back to the color again and give it a contrast. Stretch the strokes on the head in lines to milk a realistic effect. Draw the folds of wool in detail on the breast. Saturate the shaded fore and hind legs with a pale blue tone.

Step 5. With a brush number 1 and neutral black paint the contour of the ears, eyes and pupils. We wash off almost all the paint from the brush and select the nose, the line of the mouth and dots on the cheeks with the remnants of black watercolor.

Step 6. Next, we refine the color intensity with umber and neutral black. With turquoise, create a subtle shadow on the cat's torso.

Using the same shades, create a drop shadow.

Step 7. To make the plot more interesting, add one bright detail - a ball of thread. We will use a pink and burgundy shade, and to indicate the shadow and draw the texture of the threads, we will take a little umber.