Let's show how creative you are:- Drawing - Squirrel

in Steem4Nigeria4 days ago

INTRODUCTION

Happy new week, creative artists of steem4Nigeria, it's been a while. This week we are drawing a squirrel and I'm excited to take part in this drawing contest by @benton3. Let me take you through the drawing of a squirrel and facts about the squirrel.

MY DRAWING MATERIALS

My drawing materials was made up of

• Plain sheet paper
• Sharpener
• HB pencil
• Eraser

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STEPS IN DRAWING A SQUIRREL

Step 1 :
I drew the body of the squirrel in the shape of number 6, then I drew the head, included the eyes and put the forelimb.

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Step 2:
I drew the tail of the squirrel. This was by drawing a long line that wasn't straight and then curving it, I drew two lines and curved, then joined them together. And then I also added the hind limb of the squirrel.

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Step 3:
I did some sketch on the body of my squirrel and also added some finishing touches. I also added a bark of a tree on which the squirrel was sitting and my work on drawing a squirrel was finished.

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Let's get to know a squirrel

• A squirrel is a small rodent, tho medium sized can also be seen. It's covered in fur with a long tail which helps it to keep rain, wind or cold off itself. The tail also helps it to cool off when hot by pumping more blood through it's tail. It has large eyes with an excellent vision. Squirrels can be of different colours ranging from brown, white or black.

• Squirrels can be found in America and Africa and are usually seen in the bush, I'm an open field, or around houses. They are not aggressive but may bite just to defend themselves if they are harmed or about to be harmed.

• Squirrels are herbivorous. They eat seeds, nuts, insects and even small vertebrate. They love fruits. They rely on foods rich in protein , carbohydrates and fats. Adult squirrels can live between 5 to 10 years.

• Squirts make a high pitched chirp when excited. They bark when they feel threatened and whistle when happy.

• Squirrels are always found to be chewing but you can't blame then for this. This is because they have incisors (front teeth) that are always growing and if they don't chew on something, their teeth will grow into their lower jaw.

Squirrels are have kind and loving heart

When a female squirrel finds a baby squirrel, she feeds it before trying to find out if the baby squirrel has a mother or father alive.

If she is unable to find its parents after 3 days of investigation, she adopts the baby squirrel as hers. So the female squirrel is a mother at heart.

Female squirrel kisses the male squirrel when he brings her food.

The male squirrel makes love advance to the female by gifting her the beautiful roses and seeds.

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF SQUIRRELS TO HUMANITY

Squirrels shape plant composition by taking seeds which are their main source of nutrients and burying them, they usually forget where they buried these seeds and the seeds will decompose and later on die, then grow as a plant, so in other words, Squirrels do the work of a farmer, which is planting seeds. Without them, I think some seeds will become extinct as man eats more than he plants.

CONCLUSION

I hope you learnt something today. So next time you come across a squirrel, don't kill it. That Squirrel might be the answer to that plant or fruit tree you have always wanted.

I am calling on @tammanna

@nsijoro
@wizzyboy3 to join in this contest

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 4 days ago 

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 3 days ago 

Nice drawing but I advice you to improve more on your drawing skill

 2 days ago 

Your drawing is cool though
I didn't know that male squirrel are so romantic 😁😂
Good luck dear😊🙂

@us-andrew, thanks.