How To Draw A King Cobra Snake

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Step v: Draw the snake's nasal pit and mouth on the correct side of the head. Draw a small line for the pit and a longer, curved line that extends toward the back of the caput for the snake's mouth.

Footstep 6: Use the initial oval shape as a guide to draw the rest of the serpent'south caput. Make it dip lower toward the mouth and draw a few lines nether the snake'south jaw.

Stride 7: Use the oval below the head as a guide to depict the extended hood. Rex cobra snakes mostly have a thin hood, but yous tin can depict yours as wide equally you similar. Draw a couple of curved lines inside the snake's hood to add construction.

Step viii: Use the initial line as a guide to depict the residuum of the snake's body. Only follow the line and make the torso thicker. If you drew a direct line initially, the snake's body will be easier to draw. You can also draw the body of your snake as thin or as thick every bit you want. Call up to suspension the video if you lot need help completing the serpent's body.

Step 9 (optional): For a cleaner look, erase equally much every bit you tin of the initial guide lines. Don't worry about erasing all the guides. It'south okay to go out some behind.

Final Pace (optional): Add some shading to requite your king cobra snake drawing more dimension and book. Pick the direction of the calorie-free source when shading so that the shadows are consistent with it. Vary the pressure on your pencil to get your different degrees of tonal value. You lot tin can leave a portion of the ophidian's trunk unshaded to represent the sheen of the scales.

You can add more value throughout your ophidian drawing for extra detail. It's a good idea to use reference to be as accurate equally possible.

You can depict a few more than lines throughout your drawing as extra particular for the snake'southward scales. Over again you tin can use reference for accuracy if you'd like. Otherwise just draw a few lines throughout the cobra's body.

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