Learn how to draw a Cricket

Let`s learn how to draw a cricket.

I’ve never seen live crickets. But Jiminy Cricket, who taught Pinocchio how to live and the cricket that sat on the nose of Uncle Charlie are my favorite characters.So I will learn how to draw a cricket with a lot of love.

House Cricket drawing

Hey, it is…the cockroach! But no, the legs are rather like a grasshopper. And the insect, is as thick as mole cricket.

Okay, begin drawing. I want to say – begin with pencil sketching:

Our plan is good and we start the Cricket drawing wings and thorax:

Add cricket`s head:

Now hind legs – very muscular and large:

The other four legs are much shorter and thinner:

What else is missing? Draw a long antenna,plump belly and what is that? Ho! – This is an Ovipositor.This cricket is a female.

Well, we now know how to draw a house cricket ,but the second lesson –how to draw a field cricket – it looks quite another:

Field Cricket drawing step by step

Click the images to enlarge and draw one by one:

And here’s a picture. This cricket by the end of the abdomen has cerci, however no ovipositor ,then it is a male.

Now we have learned how to draw any cricket – house and field and male and female. And, besides, admire some drawings of crickets:

This was an article from the series “How to learn to draw insects.”