How to Draw a Turtle Walking

Smart Art Institute Online - Drawing and Painting Art Lessons

Learn to draw a turtle walking on the beach with this step by step drawing lesson.

Now let's get started with the Turtle drawing step by step drawing tutorial.
Turtle Drawing Tutorial Part 1: Here is the reference image I used for the this turtle drawing lesson.

Turtle Drawing Tutorial Part 2: It can be very helpful to trace over your reference image before attempting to draw it freehand. It's not cheating, it's learning.

Turtle Drawing Tutorial Part 3: Now sketch the turtle's basic shapes freehand.

Turtle Drawing Tutorial Part 4: refine your sketch by adding more detail to the shell, head and feet.

Turtle Drawing Tutorial Part 5: Here is a closeup of the head to help you get see the details. For now, we are still building shape with lines and shading.

Turtle Drawing Tutorial Part 6: Continue to sketch in the darker areas of the turtle.

Turtle Drawing Tutorial Part 7: Her is the finished sketch... time to clean up it up.

Turtle Drawing Tutorial Part 9: The cleaned up ink sketch.

Turtle Drawing Tutorial Part 10: Fill in the base colors of your turtle drawing.

Turtle Drawing Tutorial Part 11: Layer on the orange to the shell and head.

Turtle Drawing Tutorial Part 12: The finished turtle drawing.