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To tackle spider web drawing means you must be capable of drawing straight lines.

It's no fun if you use a ruler, that would be like cheating!

Before I started these drawings of spider webs, I remember thinking that this would be an excellent subject for beginners.

Well, that was a wrong assumption!

A spider web isn't as easy to draw as it looks. However, once I got the hang of it, they turned out ok.

If you love drawing cartoons, this corner web here would be just the thing to use in your cartoon drawings.

About Spiders

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Spiders are small animals known as arachnids, they are not insects.

They have 8 legs and they spin silk.

We all relate spiders to the webs they create.

These webs are used to catch insects for food.

Not all spiders rely on their webs though. Some chase their prey and some lie in wait, then pounce.

The spider stuns or kills the prey with a poisonous bite. All spiders have poison, but not all spiders can hurt people with their bite.

About Spider Webs

Cobwebs are old webs covered in dust and dirt. That means that they are uninhabited. Spider Web Drawing

I used to think that cobwebs and spiderwebs were the same thing. Luckily, we live and learn.

The silk of a web can't be dissolved in water. It is quite a tough little fibre.

I ended up turning the paper around and around to do this drawing.

That helped me to keep the threads together neatly.

With more experience I shouldn't need to do this but, if it helped me, I figure it could help you to know this too. Spider Hanging By Thread Drawing

Spiders leave a silk thread behind them wherever they go. This is called a dragline.

The spider uses the dragline to escape from enemies.

So, whenever you see a spider hanging down from his web, he must be feeling threatened by something. You, maybe? Spider Web Drawings

Because there are at least 30,000 known types of spiders, they all spin different types of webs.

Some are quite messy looking.

I did try to draw one that is spun by a common house spider but it looked like a very poor attempt at a spider web drawing. I decided not to show you that one. (chicken!)


Getting Started

The drawings of spider webs that I did here are what we think a web generally looks like.

Spider In A Web Drawing

To draw the spider in the web, I decided to draw the spider first, seeing as though it is more detailed than the web itself.

Then I drew the web around the spider. I hope you get the idea.

I was quite surprised when I started the first spider web drawing, what a mess it turned out to be! You have to be careful the threads link up together neatly and spaced fairly accurately.

Some spiders take pride in their homes obviously.

If you are thinking of doing drawings of spider webs, take a look around outside to see if you can spot a good looking spider web. Do a quick, rough sketch outside then transfer it once you have a firm surface to draw on.

After a bit of practice, spider web drawings were quite easy. Spider Web In A Tree Drawing

This spider web drawing in a tree looks quite attractive, a bit like a sailboat.

The straight lines were probably the hardest part.

I cringed if I had to go over the lines because I didn't do them dark enough in the first place.

You might be able to see where that has happened.

I hope you have fun with these.

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