(playful music) - Today on "Cartoon Academy", we're visiting animal habitats around the world.

(playful music) (bouncy music) The Sky Islands are a solitary mountain range throughout the American Southwest.

They rise up from the desert and then become plains into forests.

So there's a wide variety of habitats and animals.

(bouncy music) We're gonna begin with our coyote, starting with the eye.

Simple oval shape.

(bouncy music) Add the pupil.

(coyote barks and howls) (bouncy music continues) And an eyebrow.

(bouncy music) Now for the head.

A line out, down and up.

Point, down and in, back out and in.

We're going to add the tip of the nose.

(bouncy music) An oval, and then just color that in, leaving just a little bit of white for the reflection.

Now for the ears.

Out, and back in.

Out, and back down.

For this ear, we see the inside or interior.

We're gonna add the chest with a little bit of fur texture.

And then bring a line down, in and up.

Do that again.

Line down and in.

Arch in slightly, and then we add the hind legs.

Around, down, in, up, up again and around.

And for the back.

Starting from the ear, come down, around and we connect right there.

We have another leg that sort of sticks right back here.

(mellow music) Next is the tail.

Up, back down.

Now we're gonna add a rattlesnake.

A rattlesnake is down here.

We give it the brow above the eyes.

Over, down, in, and then add the eye by drawing a letter U.

Over, up and in for the second brow.

Down and in for the eye.

Now for the pupils.

(bell chimes) They have a slight point to them, so it's sort of a letter V shape, and then fill that in.

Same here.

(bubble boings) For the snout, we come out, down, in and up.

Add a little dash for the corner of the mouth.

We're going to add a little bit of depth and dimension.

Just bring a line down like this to the end of the snout.

And then 1, 2, 3 lines.

For the lower jaw, the letter L, out, down, letter L again, and around.

The interior of the mouth, two lines down, and then color that in.

Next are the fangs.

One and two.

(bubble boings) (rattlesnake rattling) We're gonna bring our head around into the neck and then into a coil.

We come over, down, around and in.

And then for the lower jaw, down, around and in, around and up.

And then one more, around and in.

(playful music) Next is the tail.

This is a zigzaggy line.

And then follow it back down.

Now we're going to add the rattle.

Every time a rattlesnake sheds its skin, it adds another rattle.

So we're gonna add one, two, (bubble boings) three and four.

(bubble boings) (upbeat music) (rattlesnake rattling) Let's add a couple motion lines.

That shows that the rattle is moving.

And now for a pattern on our snake.

I'm gonna use some very geometric triangle shapes.

(upbeat music) All across the body.

Whatever looks right to you.

There is our rattlesnake.

Our last animal is a hummingbird.

That's gonna be up here in the air.

We have a circle for the eyes, and then a letter C. (cheerful music) Period here and here.

Why does a hummingbird hum?

They don't know the words.

- [Crowd] Boo!

- The beak starts from the base of the eye, comes out, in and up.

Now for the head and body.

We come around, down, leave a little space up and around and connect.

Our tail feathers consist of a line down, a letter M and back up.

Eyebrows.

Dash, dash.

Now for those fast moving wings.

It's really just sort of a scribble, like a child.

Now we're gonna add our mountaintop setting.

As you can see, our coyote is a little bit higher up.

So we're gonna add a little rock formation here.

(gentle music) And down.

Some land across.

And maybe a little flower here.

This is a desert rose mallow.

It's a type of hibiscus flower.

Line up, a little floof there, with a circle in the middle.

Lastly, I'm gonna add a little bit of a pattern onto our rock formations here.

This is strongly influenced by the Southwestern Native American art designs which use lots of geometric patterns.

So lots of sort of squared off edges and triangular shapes, just like on our snake, too.

(gentle music) There we go.

We're all done with our mountaintop scene.

Be sure to sign your name.

(bubble boings) Take pride in your work.

I hope you enjoyed our visit to the Sky Island.

Thanks for tuning in.

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