画家教你如何速写一只小猫

 Hi. My name's Jessica and I'm an artist. And today we're going to sketch¹ a cat. So take your pencil or a pen or whatever you have and just start to draw your shape. So, you've got the round top for the head, a couple of little triangles for ears, and then the body comes down.

嗨，我是杰西卡，是一名画家。今天我们要画一只猫。拿着你的铅笔或钢笔或别的开始画你的小猫的形状吧。先画一个圆的脑袋，一对小三角是耳朵，然后下面是身体。

If the cat is sitting say to the side, it's going to have kind of a little bit of a puffed², kind of a puffed shape to its chest, which is going to come down to its feet. And then it has a little bit of a sort of back that arches out, like so. As it comes down, its tail's going to wrap around, like so.

如果小猫做着面向一边，应该有点鼓起来，像这种鼓起来的胸部，然后下来到它的脚。然后它有个有点拱起来的背，像这样。然后下来，它的尾巴正要卷起来，像这样。

So, just, you want to just get the basic shape of the cat body in there. There's the front and the back leg kind of comes around like that. Right. And then it's got the cat its kind of cat face. There's the nose, the eyes and the ears.

一个基本的猫的身体的形状就出现了。这是前腿，后腿像这样。好了。接下来是猫的脸。这是鼻子，眼睛还有耳朵。

And then you'll go in and maybe draw some colors and things like that later if you'd like to. The reason you have the tail, it doesn't have to be wrapped around the front. Maybe the tail's going to be straight behind it, like so.

然后如果你想添加的颜色什么的也可以。你如果不想让它的尾巴卷着，也可以让它直着翘在后面，像这样。

You can really do anything you want with the tail. Now, once you've got your cat shape, your sketch if you will, then maybe you want to go back in with a, with a pen or pencil and give it a little bit of a more defined line and erase³ some of those sketches⁴, if you want to have a more finished look to your piece.

你想怎么画尾巴就怎么画。现在，当你画出来猫的形状后，你可以勾下轮廓。如果你想让你的猫看着更完善，你可以拿支钢笔或铅笔，勾下轮廓然后擦掉一些草稿。

Give it a little nose and some whiskers. Make the pieces a little bit more defined. There's the leg, there's the back and the tail. And it comes around just like that. And then maybe you can give it some color. Maybe it has a little bit of orange in the front. And maybe this cat as a couple spots. Orange spotted⁵ cat, I've seen stranger things. Just like that. And that is how you sketch a cat.

给它画一个小鼻子和一些胡须。让这个猫咪轮廓更加清晰。这是腿，这是后背和尾巴。然后下来像这样。然后你可以给它上点色。它的前部也许是橘黄色，也许这只猫有些花斑。橘黄花斑的猫，我还见过更奇怪的呢。就象这样，这就是如何画一只猫的方法了。

1 sketch   

n.草图；梗概；素描；v.素描；概述

参考例句：

• My sister often goes into the country to sketch. 我姐姐常到乡间去写生。
• I will send you a slight sketch of the house.我将给你寄去房屋的草图。

2 puffed   

adj.疏松的v.使喷出( puff的过去式和过去分词 )；喷着汽（或烟）移动；吹嘘；吹捧

参考例句：

• He lit a cigarette and puffed at it furiously. 他点燃了一支香烟，狂吸了几口。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He felt grown-up, puffed up with self-importance. 他觉得长大了，便自以为了不起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 erase   

v.擦掉；消除某事物的痕迹

参考例句：

• He tried to erase the idea from his mind.他试图从头脑中抹掉这个想法。
• Please erase my name from the list.请把我的名字从名单上擦去。

4 sketches   

n.草图( sketch的名词复数 )；素描；速写；梗概

参考例句：

• The artist is making sketches for his next painting. 画家正为他的下一幅作品画素描。
• You have to admit that these sketches are true to life. 你得承认这些素描很逼真。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。