Dunno - step by step drawing for children with pencil

The fairy-tale hero was first encountered in comics of a Canadian publication in 1889. In 1954, Nikolai Nosov's books were published, where the main character was Dunno. Thus, the character spread among Soviet countries. Later, various animated films appeared.

Drawing a character is quite difficult, as it requires working out various small elements of the drawing. Using step-by-step execution of the work, both children and adults can create a drawing.

Pencil drawing

Dunno (drawing for children in pencil) is the main character of the book "The Adventures of Dunno". Reading such literature allows not only to captivate the child, but also develops the imagination.

Pencils, paper and supplies

To complete the drawing you will need:

• a simple pencil (it is advisable to use several pencils of different hardness);
• eraser;
• sharpener;
• white sheet of paper.

Using harder pencils, you can create clear lines. The soft lead of the pencil creates light lines that can be erased later without leaving marks.

Step by step process of execution

Step-by-step process of completing the work:

• Draw the character's "skeleton" on a sheet of paper. To do this, use jagged lines, drawing them with a soft pencil. The approximate location of the lines can be seen in the image.
• In the upper part of the drawing, draw an uneven oval – Dunno’s head. Around the head, create a large halo, shaped like a seed.
• Using the lines already drawn, make the person more three-dimensional.
• Draw the hat with a sharp peak, but at the same time maintain the roundness of the brim.
• The limbs should be more obvious, but not detailed. The arms are shaped like a trapezoid, and the legs are a rectangle combined with an isosceles triangle.
• Dunno's face is quite large and distinct, you can see large cheeks that stand out clearly in the picture.

• Using a pencil with a harder lead, make the drawing more natural. To do this, you will need to draw the boots (mark the socks and heels), pants, shirt and tie of the character.
• Also add Dunno's characteristic hairstyle - hair raised high (at the same time, you can see the "torn" edges, which add more naturalness to the drawing), add a hat.
• Add a heart shape to the upper part of Dunno's face and draw ears to the lower part.
• On the previously marked area of ​​the face, draw the eyes, nose and mouth of Dunno. Also, do not forget about the highly raised eyebrows. For greater naturalness, you can add a few lines on the ears to show the volume of the drawing.
• Add a few lines to the folds on the sleeves, and also detail the hands – draw the fingers and skin folds.

• Draw a belt at the junction of the pants and shirt, and add a sole to the boots and highlight the folds at the folds.
• Using an eraser, remove all unnecessary elements outlined with a soft pencil.
• Using a pencil with a hard lead, you will need to outline all the elements of the drawing to get a more distinct picture.
• If desired, you can also use various shading techniques to highlight areas of light and shadow.
• The darkest areas will be the bends of the arms and legs, as well as the inner surface of Dunno's trousers. You will also need to darken the wide, turned-up collar of the suit, and work on the areas around the belt.

For shading, you can use not only short lines, but also dots of different sizes. Pencil shading can convey the texture and volume of various elements of the drawing.

With colored pencils

Dunno (a drawing for children can be colored) is a bright and memorable character from cartoons. You can color the character with colored or watercolor pencils.

Pros and cons of pencils:

Watercolor pencils		Colored pencils
Pros	Cons	Pros	Cons
Convenient to use: fits easily in your hand and requires no effort during use.	To work with watercolor pencils, you will need special thick paper, as well as brushes of various sizes.	Simple and easy to use.	A bright design can only be created by layering shades on top of each other. This process requires more time and effort.
Creates bright lines and elements.	Not suitable for younger children, as it requires perseverance and increased attention during the process of blurring the pencils.	Availability: Pencils can be purchased at any store in a variety of colors.	Having a minimal set of colors, it is impossible to create a larger number of shades on your own. To get a wide range of colors, you need to buy a large set of pencils.
There are many ways to use watercolor pencils: use them as pressed paint and paint with a brush, or use them as a classic pencil.	High cost. A set of watercolor pencils costs several times more than regular colored ones. Also, when using such pencils, you will need to constantly sharpen the lead, which results in the material being wasted.	Does not require preparation or use of special materials.

Based on these advantages and disadvantages of the material, you can choose the tool that will be more comfortable for the child to work with.

Pencils, paper and supplies

Using these materials, you can create a beautiful and rich design:

• a set of pencils (colored or watercolor - your choice);
• sheet of paper;
• eraser;
• sharpener.

If you use watercolour pencils, you will need to prepare additional materials. These include special (thick) paper, brushes and a glass for water.

Step by step process of execution

The process of performing the work:

• On a clean sheet of paper, draw a flattened oval. Visually measure a horizontal line passing slightly below the middle of the oval, add 2 elements. They will serve as the character's ears in the future.
• Just below the top line of the head, draw small eyebrows, and then draw a vertical arched line.
• On the sides of this line, stepping back a small distance, draw 2 small ovals, and inside, closer to the right border, 2 more.
• At ear level, draw a small arched line – Dunno’s nose.
• In the lower third of the head, add a mouth and outline the character's chin. His face conveys surprise.

• Using the lower part of the head as a main point, draw arched lines. Using arched lines, form the character's hairstyle - as shown in the picture. Instead of the upper even angle, draw broken lines that will show the texture of the hair.
• At the bottom of the hair, mark the division into strands. This will require slightly curved short lines.
• Draw an unfinished oval around the hairstyle.
• On the top, add the protruding top of the hat and a tassel – as shown in the picture.
• Using curved lines and rectangles, draw the general outline of the character's shirt.
• At the neck level, mark the boundaries of the shirt and draw the collar.
• Draw palms from the sleeves. At the same time, immediately mark the fingers and dimples.

• Add a costume element to the bottom of the drawing, as shown in the picture.
• Add a tie. It looks like an inverted trapezoid connected to an elongated diamond.
• Draw the boots at the bottom. As you can see, the toes of the shoes are comically elongated.

The resulting character can be colored. When coloring, you need to focus on the hero presented in the book by Nikolai Nosov "The Adventures of Dunno and His Friends."

Stages:

• Using a yellow pencil, color the tassel area on the hat, hair and pants of the character.
• You will need a blue pencil to fill in Dunno's hat.

• Barely touching the paper, shade the character's shirt with a red pencil. Go over it with the same light movements with a yellow pencil. If the set has an orange shade, you can fill this area with it.
• Use a black pencil to highlight the character's tie and shoes. Also go over the eyes (leaving a spot of glare) and other facial features.
• Using a pink or black pencil, lightly pressing to obtain a minimal shade, paint the face, neck and palms. If you have a set for drawing skin, you can use it.
• Paint the cheeks with circular movements, using the same pink (with active movements) or red.

You can use a black marker to outline the outline of the drawing and other elements to achieve clarity.

Gouache

"Dunno (a gouache drawing for children) on the Moon" is a Russian animated series. The film is based on the book by Nikolai Nosov (1965).

The illustrator was the Soviet artist Genrikh Valk.

Pencils, paper and supplies

To complete the work you will need:

• pencil;
• ruler;
• sharpener;
• gouache;
• brushes;
• a sheet of white paper;
• eraser.

You will also need an easel and a palette, if desired.

Step by step process of execution

Stages of work execution:

• On a clean sheet of paper, draw a tall rectangle.

• Place a point closer to the lower left corner. From this point draw a long curved line – as shown in the picture.
• Place 4 circles on the resulting line. 2 of them vertically, and the rest horizontally.
• The horizontal circles should be the full width of the rectangle.
• In the drawing, depict a round face. Outline the brim of the hat around it – wavy lines that will look like a horizontal circle.
• Add a trapezoidal crown on top, and an unfinished oval as a base for the future tassel.
• Using small, broken lines, create the outline of Dunno's body.
• Use the eraser to remove the previously drawn rectangular frame.
• Remove extra lines with an eraser: drawn circles and diagonals.

• In the hat area, add the outline of the hair. The shape resembles triangles with wavy sides.
• Using the outline of the face as a guide, create the outline of the face, outline the ears. Also divide the face with diagonal lines so that various features can be drawn in the process.
• On the right side of the drawing, draw a hand. As you can see, the hero is showing a raised finger.
• Show the tie with slightly curved lines and a small triangle.
• On the feet are oval boots.
• Use an eraser to erase all unnecessary elements. As a result, only the main parts of the drawing should remain.
• Draw the details on the prepared neat drawing.
• Add trapezoidal elements to the top of the hat and outline the border with a voluminous semi-oval.
• On the crown of the hat, show the texture of the element and add creases and folds.

• Make the hair outlines more "ragged". The ends of the strands look more like triangles that lean in different directions.
• Show the collar with characteristic triangles. Under the collar is a rectangle with smooth angles, which will depict the tie knot.
• From the drawn rectangle, draw the base of the tie.
• Add detail to the hands – draw the fingers, and also add volume to the shirt sleeves.
• Divide the sole of the boot into several parts - mark the heel, add volume.
• Using the provided image as a guide, add eyes, nose and mouth.
• Remove extra lines using an eraser.
• Using a sharp pencil, outline all the details of the drawing for further convenience.
• Mix the paint to a certain consistency.

• Using blue paint, paint the entire surface of the hat.
• Add a small amount of brown paint to the yellow color and paint Dunno's hair with the resulting shade.
• Fill the shirt and the top of the boots with brown.
• Mix blue and yellow on a palette until you get an emerald shade. Paint the tie with the paint.
• Paint the soles of the boots with a gray shade.
• Paint the hero's socks with a purple shade.
• Mix the paint on the palette until you get a light beige shade. Fill Dunno's face, bows and pants with the resulting mass.
• Paint the eyes with blue paint and the mouth with reddish paint.
• Using a thin brush and white paint, add highlights to the eyes.

If desired, there can be empty space around Dunno.

Watercolor

Dunno (a drawing for children can be funny) is a bright character. You can paint the finished image with watercolors. The peculiarity of such paint is in the technique of its application.

Pencils, paper and supplies

To complete the work you need:

• watercolor paints;
• brushes;
• thick sheet of paper;
• pencil;
• ruler.

To remove unnecessary elements, you will need an eraser. For ease of use, you can also prepare pencils with different hardness of lead.

Step by step process of execution

Dunno can be drawn starting from the top. This option is suitable for older children.

Stages of work execution:

• Using a ruler and pencil, draw the “skeleton” of the drawing.
• Show the sizes of the arms, legs and body with straight lines. In the upper part, draw a circle with crossed arc-shaped lines inside.
• Add lines for the face and ears along the prepared outline.
• Starting from the outline of the face, draw an angular hairstyle, immediately dividing it into strands.
• Visually outline the prepared hairstyle with an oval shape. Do the same to form a hat.

• Add volume to the prepared hat by drawing an additional line.
• Draw a tassel in the lower third of the hat, as shown in the picture.
• On the prepared area, mark all the elements of the face. Dunno's distinctive feature is his highly raised eyebrows. Also add folds inside the ear.
• Draw the collar using triangular shapes and then add the tie.
• Draw the arms along the prepared lines. The sleeves of the rolled-up shirt should be voluminous, with folds.
• You also need to immediately highlight the fingers with light lines.
• Under the shirt you need to draw a belt. It consists of several parts - as shown in the picture.
• From the belt, depict wide trousers. You also need to add folds.

• At the bottom of the picture are boots with round toes and heels.
• Using a large brush, pick up a beige shade and distribute it over the entire surface of the drawing.
• Once the paint has been absorbed, take a smaller brush with the blue shade and paint the surface of the hat.
• Paint Dunno's eyes with the same color.
• After lightening the shade, apply the brush over the voluminous part of the hat.
• Mix a little yellow and red paint on the palette. Use the resulting shade to paint Dunno's hair.
• Use brown to darken the previously selected shade. Use orange to fill the character's shirt and the top of the shoes.

• Paint the pants yellow.
• Paint the belt with black paint using a thin brush.
• Fill the tie with green.
• The soles of the boots need to be painted with gray paint. Using a thin brush and gray shade, paint the eyebrows, ears and facial features.

You can use watercolor pencils to paint over the contours and small elements after the drawing has dried. If you don't have pencils, you can use a thin brush.

Dunno is the hero of the trilogy by the Soviet writer and its various modifications. It is quite difficult to draw him due to the many details. The step-by-step process greatly simplifies the work, which allows both children and adults to do it.

Video about drawing

Dunno drawing for kids: