Hello Everyone !

I am @hudamalik20 from Pakistan. I hope you all are doing great in your life , today I am going to participate in this SC S24W1: Animales organized by @jesusnunez . As explained and taught in the contest post, I will draw a turtle and also do shading on it.

Honestly, I am not very good at drawing, but after reading the contest post and following the instructions given, I decided to give it a try. I hope you will like my drawing.

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Since I cannot share my selfie with the drawing, I have written my username, the contest name, and the date directly on my drawing.

First, I drew a large oval to form the turtle’s body. Then, I drew a smaller oval on the right side which would become the turtle’s head.

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In the next step, I connected the body and the head using two curved lines one line joined the body and neck, and the other line connected the head to the body.

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Inside the turtle’s body, I drew three curved lines to divide the shell into different sections. After that, I added vertical lines to create smaller segments, just like the pattern usually seen on a turtle’s shell.

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Then, I drew a small tail and also marked the areas where the turtle’s legs would be placed.

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I lightly erased the extra guidelines to clean the drawing and started shaping the small shell sections properly. I also added little toes to the legs and detailed them carefully with a pencil.

After that, I darkened the important parts of the drawing with a pencil and erased any extra or unwanted lines around the legs and neck to make the drawing look neat.

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Then, I started shading. First, I began shading the upper sections. In the beginning, I was a little confused about how to shade properly, but then I understood that the corners should be shaded darker and the center should be kept lighter.

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I shaded the sides a bit darker and kept the middle light to create a nice realistic effect.

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After practicing a little, I started shading the body smoothly so that it would look natural. I shaded the turtle’s shell and body carefully to give a depth effect.

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I also added small cracks and little circular shapes inside the shell to make it look more realistic.

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I have learned from this experience that when we draw or shade, we should do it patiently. Taking more time and working carefully gives a more beautiful and neat result. I have put my full effort into this drawing, and I really liked how it turned out. I hope you all will also like my drawing.

If there are any mistakes or anything missing, you can kindly mention it. I am very happy to share my drawing with you, and I thank you all for your support.

That's it from today’s blog. I hope you liked it. With best wishes. Now I would like to invite:
@mile16 @norat and @josepha to participate in this amazing contest.

Thanks a lot for reading.

Regards: @hudamalik20