How to draw a wolf from “Once upon a time there was a dog”: a step-by-step drawing lesson for beginners. Let's try to draw a wolf with a pencil so that we can see its character Once upon a time there was a dog coloring page to print

This drawing lesson is dedicated to the step-by-step creation of a drawing of a wolf from. There is a way out of any situation when true friends are nearby. Let's move to a Ukrainian village, where there are small houses, and large families live in them. Every yard needs reliable security. We will talk about one dog who faithfully served one family all his life.

It so happened that his old age came. The dog began to hear poorly, and in general his attentiveness became dull. One day this family was robbed while the dog was sleeping peacefully. Due to the dog's uselessness, the owner kicked him out. The dog was heartbroken, but she was helped by a wolf who lived nearby in a snowy forest. In gratitude, the dog led the wolf to the master’s table when there was a wedding there and there was plenty of food, and he ate heartily and said: “Now I’ll sing...”. This phrase made the cartoon “Once upon a time there was a dog” popular.

Tools and materials:

• White list;
• a simple pencil;
• eraser;
• black pen;
• colour pencils

Drawing of a wolf from “Once upon a time there was a dog”: stages of work

1. Let's start drawing the character from his head. It has an oval shape, which is what we will start from. The wolf's muzzle will be in frontal view (straight), this must be taken into account when constructing. On the sides on top we will draw two ears, and we will outline the nose and mouth in front.

2. Let's add a big belly of a wolf, because, according to the plot, he ate to his heart's content. On the left we draw the paw on which he will rest.

3. Two hind legs are visible in the foreground. There are claws on the edges of the limbs (three on each paw).

The fourth paw is not visible because it is behind the hero's back. Let's add a tail, which is very short.

4. The wolf's muzzle has a characteristic feature - a very large nose. Eyes of different sizes: the left one is larger than the right. There are wrinkles on the forehead due to old age.

The outline of the mustache is thick, and three hairs stick out on the chin. We make the outline slightly imprecise (wavy), similar to cartoon illustrations.

5. We clarify and thicken the lines with a black pen. Let's sketch out the inside of the ears and pupils completely.

6. Draw the eyes in yellow, and part of the muzzle and belly in beige.

7. Make the rest of the wolf's fur naturally gray. At the edges we will enhance the shade with a black pencil. You will get a smooth transition from black to gray.

Let's draw a horizontal line behind the back.

8. For the atmosphere of the picture, add houses in the background. We will draw them with a blue pencil, because the time of events is winter.

Blue will symbolize snow, so we will add it under the sitting wolf.

A beautiful drawing of a wolf from “Once Upon a Time There Was a Dog” is ready.

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Our task today is to understand how to draw a wolf with a pencil, the evil and scary Gray, who knows a lot about piglets. And this must be done in such a way as to understand his nature.

But first, let's decide! Wolf, who is he for us, a hero of fairy tales or a predatory beast living in the forest? Accordingly, having chosen his role, we will portray this character. This is exactly what I am going to teach my son.

Find the character's character

So we begin to work on drawing a wolf in pencil step by step. We read books, mostly encyclopedias, and carefully look at the pictures together that are there. We discuss them together. Let's learn about the nature of this forest orderly.

We are interested in receiving as much information as possible. This time is not in vain for both my son and me. We are interested in communicating. But we also get to know the natural world around us. And finally we understand how we want to draw a wolf step by step with a pencil. Let's get started.

Work on preparation

He is a predator. He has a calm but attentive gaze, directed somewhere far away, probably to keep an eye on the animals of the forest, which in a moment could become prey, and also to anticipate the appearance of a hunter - the only threat to the wolves.

So, how to draw a wolf step by step? We prepare everything you need:

• Paper;
• Colour pencils;
• Eraser;
• A simple pencil.

Why do we need colored ones if it is usual for a wolf to be black and gray? And his predatory eyes, which gleam with a bright green color. Sometimes they draw an open mouth, this requires red color. The inside of the beast is white and pink. And the tip of the tail of some representatives of this family is white. Therefore, we will need this entire set.

Execution of a portrait of an animal

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We got a great picture. And my son and I already know how to draw a wolf, a predatory and beautiful animal.

And a few more options:

Howling at the moon:

And a cartoon wolf:

In 1983, the Soviet cartoon “Once Upon a Time There Was a Dog,” filmed in 1982, took first place at a film festival in Denmark. In 2012, at the Suzdal Animated Film Festival, it was recognized as the best cartoon of the century. We all remember this cartoon very well, and the phrases of the Dog and the Wolf have become catchphrases. Let's find out how this cartoon was created.

The future animator Eduard Nazarov read the fairy tale “Sirko” as a child, and 30 years later it fell into his hands again. Then he was a production designer at the All-Union animation studio Soyuzmultfilm. He later said: “At first glance, the fairy tale is completely unremarkable. It is generally short, only 15 lines. But there was only one expression: “I’ll sing now!” And somehow this hooked me. I began to think about what life was like for a wolf, what life was like for a dog when they were young... And so, gradually, gradually, events unfolded.”

The preparation process was very serious and lengthy. In the 1970s Nazarov often visited his army friend in the small Ukrainian town of Tsyurupinsk, which then resembled a large village. According to the director, the “mood and smell” that created the unique atmosphere in the cartoon came from there. And in order to create sketches of clothes, household utensils, dishes and other important little things, Nazarov went to ethnographic museums, including the famous Pirogovo.

The final touch in creating the atmosphere and color of the Ukrainian village was the music, which the director obtained from the Institute of Folklore and Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR. The employees gave Nazarov a tape reel with recordings of Ukrainian songs collected by ethnographers in the villages. Everyone probably remembers the song “Oh There, on the Mountain,” heard in the cartoon. But few people know that it is performed by the folk group “Drevo”. At the same time, its participants did not even suspect that this song was chosen for the cartoon, and that soon their voices would be heard by the entire Union.

One of the members of the “Drevo” collective, Nadezhda Rozdabara, said: “Back in 1958, folklore collector Vladimir Matvienko came to us from the Kyiv Conservatory. We gathered at a local club as young families: me and my husband Fyodor, Zagorulki, Malyshenki. Under the leadership of Galina Popko, they sang several songs. Matvienko listened, and two years later he came to us again. From that moment we officially began performing as a group.” In 1982, they recorded 24 songs at the Melodiya recording studio, and in the same year the cartoon “Once Upon a Time There Was a Dog” was released, in which this composition was performed, which came as a complete surprise to the members of the musical group.

Still from the cartoon *Once Upon a Time There Was a Dog*, 1982

The original running time of the cartoon was 15 minutes. However, the material had to be cut - due to disagreements with the head of the Soyuzmultfilm studio, the director had to cut out several scenes: “I wanted the story to be clearly told, but in the end some things turned out to be tongue twisters. For example, I would like to make the scene where a wolf and a dog sit on a mountain and howl at the moon longer. In general, purely psychologically, many things could have been lengthened.” The original title of the cartoon, “A Dog’s Life,” also had to be changed. The management seemed too suspicious - what is the author hinting at?

Still from the cartoon *Once Upon a Time There Was a Dog*, 1982

The appearance of the Wolf also had to be changed. Initially, it was planned that he would be voiced by the famous actor Mikhail Ulyanov, but at that time he was busy filming and refused. Then they invited Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, but it turned out that the character’s appearance was disharmonious with his voice. And the Wolf had to be urgently redrawn.

As a result, the Wolf turned out to be so similar to Dzhigarkhanyan that Nazarov even began to worry: “When Dzhigarkhanyan first entered the tone studio, sketches of the main characters were laid out on the piano. I see the stooped Armen Borisovich - well, the real Hunchback from “The meeting place cannot be changed”! He approached the piano and looked at the same wolf I had drawn. I thought that Dzhigarkhanyan would now be offended and kill me. But he looked and croaked: “Well, nothing. Good wolf! Will be working!". The dog was voiced by Georgy Burkov, who after that again worked with Dzhigarkhanyan on the dubbing of the cartoon “The Adventures of Funtik the Pig.”

Monument to cartoon characters in Kyiv

The premiere of the cartoon in 1982 created a real sensation. And a year later it was appreciated in Denmark, Poland, Yugoslavia and Australia. “Once upon a time there was a dog” still does not lose its popularity among both children and adults. When the director was asked what he sees as the secret of such popularity of the cartoon, he answered: “Cinema for myself is madness. For yourself, it’s better to paint pictures or communicate using a computer. And when making a movie, you have to think about how the viewer won’t fall asleep while watching your film.”

Monument to the Wolf in Tomsk