In this drawing lesson we will show you how to draw a Chameleon in 9 easy steps. This step by step lesson gradually builds on each previous step until you reach the final drawing of the Chameleon.
Here are some interesting facts about the Chameleon that might interest you.
Chameleons are a distinctive and highly specialized species of lizard. There are about 160 species of chameleons. They vary in size, from 3.3 cm to 68.5 cm. Chameleons have very long tongues (sometimes longer than their body length), which they are able to quickly extend from their mouths. Chameleons prefer to live in clean and calm water.
Here are step by step instructions on how to sketch this chameleon in 9 steps.
Step 1: Start with a sketch of the head.
Step 2: Continue working on the head section.
Step 3: Start lightly sketching out the cross section of the body.
Step 4: Add some body details.
Step 5: Draw the outline of the tail and lower jaw.
Step 6: Draw the legs and arms.
Step 7: Draw the outline of the eye and add a branch in the background.
Step 8: Add some body and tail details.
The chameleon is a unique animal that few people manage to see, if only because this reptile is able to change the color of its skin depending on the landscape around it. Sitting on a branch, it takes on the color of the branch, on stones - grey colour stones, etc.
The second factor is that this ancient animal lives only in southern regions Asia, Africa, Madagascar. They were also imported to the USA. However, let's try to draw a chameleon step by step with a pencil.
1. Start drawing with simple outlines
Agree, it’s not at all difficult to draw these simple contours even for an inexperienced person. In the future, these circles and dashes will turn into a real chameleon drawing.
By the way, a chameleon can change color from brown to green to black in 20 seconds.
2. Outline of the chameleon's comb and tail
Draw a triangular outline of the comb on the chameleon's head. Next, draw a curled tail and add two small circles to the bottom of the torso. From these we will draw the chameleon's paws in the next step.
3. Draw the paws and back line of the chameleon
Now start drawing the paws. Small circles will be a good guide to help you draw the chameleon's legs in proportion to the body. Don't lose sight of the fact that the front and back pair of paws fold differently.
In addition to this, the chameleon has a number of other interesting features. For example, both of his eyes can look in different directions at the same time. A long, curled tongue is used to catch prey. The chameleon throws it like a lasso and spins it around its prey.
4. The chameleon drawing is nearing completion
The chameleon in my drawing is sitting on a tree branch, so you need to provide for this detail in advance. Make sure that all four outlines of the chameleon's limbs are in one line. All that remains now is to finish off a couple of lines to the tail.
5. The final stage of the drawing
Now you need to draw the branch and add a number of small details, for example, claws on the paws, eyes, etc. If necessary, you can correct general outline chameleon. The last thing to do is to delete the now unnecessary inner contours of circles and lines.
6. Drawing of a chameleon with a simple pencil
At this point you will be able to shade the drawing with a simple pencil. If you are going to color the chameleon drawing with paints or colored pencils, then go to the top of the article and copy the chameleon coloring from my drawing made on graphics tablet.
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A chameleon is a small animal that is somewhat reminiscent of a lizard. It is interesting because it can change colors, become the same color as environment. That's why kids can't wait to see it, to see if the chameleon really changes color.
Of course, there is no way to get such an animal, but you can draw it. Children love to imitate everything they see. In addition, the chameleon can be painted in any color immediately on our website.
You will need: a sheet of paper; pencil; eraser; compass.
Step 1
Auxiliary figures
To begin with, we should draw the figures with which we will depict the chameleon. This is two circles. The first is large, the second is small, and it intersects with the first figure. 
Outline of the body
Draw the outlines of the torso. The lower part starts from the head, and the upper part starts from the circle line. Draw the top line down, it smoothly turns into the tail. 
Removing extra lines
Erase almost all big circle, leave only the top part. 
Tail
Draw the line of the tail down, then make it curled. The tail gradually tapers towards the tip. 
Draw a thin tip. It does not touch other lines. 
Head
Correct the animal's head. Its tip is slightly narrowed, closer to the neck it widens. 
Paws
Draw the chameleon's legs short and slightly curved. Draw shorter limbs that are on the other side of the animal. 
Branch
Chameleons spend a lot of time in trees. To prevent our animal from hanging in the air, draw a branch under it. You don’t have to use a ruler, the branches are usually uneven, you can draw them by hand. 
Ends of the legs
A chameleon holds onto a branch with its paws. Draw the endings appropriately so that the animal is holding on to the branch. 
Muzzle
Let's move on to drawing the face. The chameleon's eye is large and round. 
Draw a smiling animal's mouth. By the way, the little animal really looks like it is smiling. 
On top, draw a pattern in the form of a straight line that smoothly goes into the nose. 
Comb on the back
Draw a small ridge on the back from the neck to the tail. 
Pattern
Draw slightly curved stripes on the chameleon's body. 
Coloring
You can paint the chameleon as shown in the picture or choose colors at your discretion. 
Today we will learn to draw chameleons. And the title of the article “chameleon drawing” is a nod to search engines. This is exactly what it looks like in statistics keywords the most popular request for drawing a chameleon. This means that during the course of the article I will insert this wording into the text a couple of times.
By the way, here's the first one step by step drawing- Chameleon.
How to draw a chameleon - 1
And here are the stages of its implementation - the pictures are enlarged by clicking.
You will get this beauty:
We can talk for a long time about the lifestyle and character of a chameleon, but now this is not our task. Briefly: a chameleon is a lizard that can change the color of its body (and not only for camouflage, but, apparently, simply for the sake of art). It feeds on insects, which it catches with its long, very long (two-thirds the length of the chameleon itself!) sticky tongue. The tail is also long and prehensile. The chameleon twists it around the branches along which it moves, and when at rest it keeps it coiled in a spiral. It moves slowly, stealthily creeping up on its victims by rearranging its jointed paws, the fingers of which are also adapted for grasping branches.
I watched a chameleon in a terrarium: it moves like a robot. Chameleons' eyes can rotate in any direction and are unsynchronized: each one looks in its own direction. Often the body of this lizard, and especially the head, is decorated with protrusions and outgrowths of the most bizarre shape, what? complementing its appearance, it makes the chameleon look like some kind of alien.
Let's draw a chameleon step by step - lesson 2
Now let’s get down to business and ask ourselves the key question “how to draw a chameleon.” And the answer is this: let's start by marking the body, first with a simple pencil.
After making sure that the proportions are in order, we clarify with a marker. The back is arched, the abdomen too.
The tail is a spiral, and the chameleon carries it tensely outstretched like this:
The head is large and with some kind of sharp-angled outgrowth above the neck (I wonder - for beauty or for protection?) The mouth is a slit, the eyes will only be designated first. The front paw appears to be very articulated. The brush is like a claw. The hind leg is also angularly bent.
And here are the finishing touches:
This is what I want to ask: when you draw a picture, say, a branch on which a bird or animal is sitting, be sure to move this branch beyond both edges of the sheet. Don't cut off the drawing. As a viewer, I am simply demoralized by pictures of birds sitting on a small piece of branch hanging in the air and not connected to anything. Soaring in zero gravity for me too! No, comrades, our chameleon is walking along a branch that does not break, but somewhere off-screen is honestly connected to a tree.
And let's color it:
Drawing - chameleon 3
Let’s orient the next chameleon (yes, it’s not that simple: repetition and consolidation of what has been learned) with its head to the right: the second “chameleon drawing”. Let's decide on the branch right away. What's next?
The back is in an arc, the tail is in a spiral... no, this chameleon decided to wrap its tail around the branch! Safety precautions! The paws are bent, the front elbow meets the back knee. Fingers clasp the branch. By the way, while I was drawing, I noted to myself: hind legs they grow, by golly, right in front of the tail and are somehow frivolously attached (like other lizards). Mammals have powerful pelvic bones (even a cow, for example); lizards also have limb girdles, but they are incomparably simpler and smaller. There are no broad shoulders or hips in sight.
I bought wax crayons for my crafts, but haven’t gotten around to them yet. And today I was leafing through Dasha’s magazine “Funny Ideas” and decided to indulge myself by doing children's drawing according to MK.
I decided to capture the process in case it might come in handy for the kids.
Please don't judge harshly - I don't know how to draw)))
On thick paper (watercolor) use bright pink wax crayon to draw the outline of a chameleon, and brown for a branch.
green - thick jungle grass. (Press well on the chalk to make the lines bold)
Use bright colors to repeat the lines of grass on the chameleon’s body.
Dilute liquid watercolor: orange or brown color the branch.
Dilute liquid watercolor and paint the entire sheet with different shades of green. more water onto the brush so that the paint flows freely.
Only wax or oil crayons are suitable for this technique; liquid watercolor cannot be placed on top of them.
A little information:
Chameleons live in trees and bushes, and only some of them live in burrows on the ground.
Most species have a body length of 25-35 cm, the largest reach 50-60 cm, the smallest - 3-5 cm. The head is helmet-shaped, with a noticeably raised occipital region. It is often decorated with more or less convex ridges, tubercles or elongated, pointed horns. In most cases, all these formations are developed in males, while in females they are rudimentary.
The legs are long, peculiarly adapted for climbing. The fingers grow together into two opposing groups and look like “claws” that can tightly grasp the branches of a tree. The tail is thick at the base, gradually tapers towards the end, and can spiral downward and wrap around branches. Most members of the family have this ability, with the exception of a relatively small number of species with a short tail.
Chameleons have unusual visual organs. The eyelids of animals are fused, constantly covering the eye, but having an opening for the pupil. The movements of the left and right eyes can be uncoordinated, which is important when catching insects. Chameleons have all-round visibility.
While hunting, chameleons usually long time sitting on tree branches. At the same time, the animal’s body remains motionless, and its eyes constantly move (but sometimes chameleons slowly creep up on their prey). Insects are caught with the tongue, the process of throwing it out lasts about 1/20 of a second, and together with the return to its original position - no more than half a second. In three seconds, a chameleon can recognize and catch up to four insects.
The ability of all chameleons to change color and body pattern is widely known. The change in color is associated with the structural features of the skin
Chameleons can quickly change color from light whitish and orange, through yellow and green to purple, and then completely black or dark brown. These changes can occur both on the entire body of the animal and on its separate parts, accompanied by the appearance and disappearance of various kinds of stripes and spots.
The body color of chameleons changes under the influence of both external stimuli - temperature, light and humidity, and as a result of hunger, thirst, fear, irritation, etc.
Mostly, the color of chameleons harmonizes with the background of the surrounding area, camouflaging the animal. Often color changes can be combined with threatening displays aimed at scaring off the enemy. Rapid color changes are also observed in males during the breeding season.