Romero Britto Inspired Easy Cat Drawing | Pop Art Lesson

Get creative with Arty Crafty Kids and craft vibrant Romero Britto-inspired cat art! Easy cat drawing tutorial with printable step-by-step guide, cat coloring pages, and doodle practice sheet for all ages.

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Ready for a Romero Britto-inspired pop art lesson? Our easy cat drawing tutorial will introduce your Arty Crafty Kids to a world of vibrant colors and playful patterns!

Follow our step-by-step instructions to create a colorful Britto-inspired cat. This lesson is perfect for artists of all levels! Our younger Arty Crafty Kids have a playful assortment of cat templates to color and design.

Get creative with Arty Crafty Kids and craft vibrant Romero Britto-inspired cat art! Easy cat drawing tutorial with printable step-by-step guide, cat coloring pages, and doodle practice sheet for all ages.

Romero Britto’s vibrant colors and playful, cartoon-like illustrations make him a perfect artist for children to explore and learn from.

By drawing inspiration from Britto’s style, kids can learn to channel their happy feelings into their artwork and think about how they use colors and patterns to create a cat with a cheerful aesthetic – just like Britto’s!

Who is Romero Britto?

In 1963, the world welcomed Romero Britto, a Brazilian artist bursting with boundless creativity and infectious joy!

From the tender age of 8, Britto dreamt of painting rainbows and sculpting smiles, and by 14, he dazzled the world with his colorful creations.

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Using a kaleidoscope of mediums, from painting to sculpture, Britto weaves magic into every stroke.

Britto’s mantra? To paint the world with colors that make hearts sing and faces beam!

Key Features of Romero Britto’s Pop Art Style

Our easy cat drawing pop art project, inspired by Romero Britto’s “Cat“ and “Midnight Cat”, focuses on 4 key characteristics of his work: cubism, pop art, and his use of vivid colors and patterns to convey joy and happiness.

  1. Cubism: Britto’s art is a perfect example of how crisp lines and geometric shapes can be used to create a sense of energy and movement in a piece of work.
  2. Pop Art: He enhances his subjects with a whimsical touch through cartoonish visuals, giving them more energy and liveliness.
  3. Vivid Colors: Romero Britto’s color choices are bright, bold, and full of joy; using many different colors, often in strong combinations. His colors are flat (no shading), usually putting similar colors next to each other, and he uses bold lines to outline shapes.
  4. Patterns: Romero Britto’s paintings feature bold and eye-catching arrangements of simple geometric shapes such as squares, triangles, circles, and diamonds. Checkerboards, hearts, and flowers are also recurring motifs within his work, adding warmth and familiarity to his use of common images.
Get creative with Arty Crafty Kids and craft vibrant Romero Britto-inspired cat art! Easy cat drawing tutorial with printable step-by-step guide, cat coloring pages, and doodle practice sheet for all ages.

How to Draw a Romero Britto-Inspired Cat

Materials:

  • White Cardstock
  • Marker Pens (or favored coloring medium)
  • Black Marker Pen
  • Pencil
  • Ruler
  • Romero Britto Printable Cat Drawing Bundle: Featuring 2 pre-drawn templates, 2 cat outlines, a step-by-step cat drawing tutorial, and a doodle practice sheet. (members will need to login to access the templates). 

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Easy Cat Drawing Step-by-Step Tutorial

Image of a hand using the doodle practice printable sheet to design Romero Britto inspired patterns.

Step 1: Romero Britto inspired doodle practice.

Use the doodle practice sheet provided to create lines and patterns in the style of Romero Britto.

These could include geometric shapes like circles, squares, triangles, or squiggly and zig-zag lines and objects such as hearts and flowers ( these can be found in most of Romero Britto’s paintings!).

Image of a hand using the how-to-draw step-by-step printable to draw Britto's cat's head.

Step 2: Draw the cat’s head.

Use a pencil or black marker pen and follow the step-by-step to draw the cat’s head, which consists of interconnected angular straight lines.

Image of a hand using the how-to-draw step-by-step printable to draw Britto's cat's bowtie.

Step 3: Draw a bow tie.

Draw a small circle and then two large triangles from the tip of the cat’s chin to form a large bow tie.

Image of a hand using the how-to-draw step-by-step printable to draw Britto's cat's legs and paws.

Step 4: Draw the front legs and paws.

From the bow, draw a pair of legs and paws.

Image of a hand using the how-to-draw step-by-step printable to draw Britto's cat's hind legs.

Step 5: Draw the hind legs.

Next, draw a pair of hind legs to complete the basic shape of a cat.

Image of a hand using the how-to-draw step-by-step printable to draw Britto's cat's facial features.

Step 6: Draw the cat’s facial features.

Draw a triangular nose with an adjoining large smile, a pair of eyes, and whiskers!

With its simple features, the cat takes on a fun and cartoonish appearance.

Image of a hand drawing geometrical lines around the easy cat drawing.

Step 7: Segment the cat drawing.

Next, use a ruler to divide the background and parts of the cat into smaller, geometrical segments.

Image of a hand coloring in the cat drawing.

Step 8: Fill the segments with doodles and patterns.

Next, use a pencil to draw a collection of patterns within each of the segments.

Image of a hand drawing doodles and patterns within the segmented cat drawing.

Step 9: Color with vibrant colors.

Next, color each segment and its patterns with vibrant colors; using a black marker pen to highlight and outline shapes and lines.

Black border lines are a dominant feature within Britto’s work and are used for definition and to make elements pop. 

Image of a hand drawing doodles and patterns within the segmented cat drawing.

Step 10: Fill all the segments to complete the easy cat drawing.

Continue coloring in the cat drawing until it’s bursting with color!

Romero Britto often uses analogous colors within his designs, particularly where stripes and dots are featured. 

Analogous” is the term used to describe closely related colors, i.e., those next to each other within the color wheel.

Completed Easy Cat Drawings:

For color and pattern inspiration, take a look at how we’ve completed the four printable cat templates.

Get creative with Arty Crafty Kids and craft vibrant Romero Britto-inspired cat art! Easy cat drawing tutorial with printable step-by-step guide, cat coloring pages, and doodle practice sheet for all ages.

As well as bright and colorful patterns, Romero Britto was also a fan of using contrasting black and white patterns.

Completed Romero Britto cat template featuring bright colors and patterns.

This cat features the “midnight cat” design – notice how all four legs and paws are pushed forward. This playful take on a cat drawing is uniquely Romero Britto and this template is a great companion to the set.

Completed Romero Britto cat template featuring bright colors and patterns.

Here we’ve paid homage to Romero Britto’s love of hearts and have snuck them onto one of the cats’ legs!

Completed Romero Britto cat template featuring bright colors and patterns.

Waves, stripes, flowers and swirls – this cat features all of our favorite patterns!

Download the Romero Britto Inspired Cat Drawing Templates

The download provides you with everything you need to help your Arty Crafty Kids draw their very own Romero Britto-inspired cat!

The templates can be adjusted for different age groups, from adding patterns and colors to pre-drawn geometric lines, to using cat outlines to encourage spatial consideration, and a full drawing tutorial for kids up for the challenge of drawing a cat!

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