IN THE BACKYARD

There are six patterns on this page.

A nutcracker.


Squirrel

By: Thomas Schinkoth

Design is 7 rows, 12 cells.

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Begin design:

Row 1: space 3 times, dot 6, J [245], W [2456].

Row 2: space 2 times, dot 5, U [136], A [1], space 1 time, L [123].

Row 3: space 3 times, dot 6, I [24], space 1 time, dots 45, dot 3.

Row 4: dot 4, G [1245], ER [12456], B [12], space 3 times, WH [156].

Row 5: space 2 times, dots 456, space 5 times, dots 456, dots 56, full cell, P [1234].

Row 6: space 3 times, WH [156], space 3 times, dot 6, OF [12356], Q [12345], F [124].

Row 7: space 1 time, dot 5, G [1245] two times, colon [25] two times, I [24], C [14], A [1].

End design.

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Ladybug

(LADYBIRD BEETLE)

By Thomas Schinkoth

Design is 6 rows, 7 cells.

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Begin Design:

Row 1: space 2 times, E [15], space 1 time, I [24].

Row 2: space 2 times, WAS [356], full cell 1 time, HIS [236].

Row 3: dot 6, B [12], dot 5, space 1 time, dot 2, dots 45, dot 3.

Row 4: dots 456, dot 5, space 3 times, dot 2, L [123].

Row 5: space 1 time, GH [126], dot 5, space 1 time, dot 2, AR [345].

Row 6: space 2 times, C [14], hyphen [36], C [14].

End Design.

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A small teddy bear.

Butterfly

By: Thomas Schinkoth

Design is 5 rows, 15 cells.

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Begin design:

Row 1: space 1 time, IN [35], X [1346], colon [25], hyphen [36], dot 4, EN [26], space 1 time, IN [35], A [1], hyphen [36], colon [25], X [1346], EN [26].

Row 2: dots 456, dots 45, hyphen [36], B [12], space 1 time, C [14], EN [26], full cell, IN [35], C [14], space 1 time, dots 45, hyphen [36], B [12], L [123].

Row 3: space 1 time, E [15], hyphen [36] three times, colon [25], O [135], full cell, OW [246], colon [25], hyphen [36] three times, I [24].

Row 4: space 2 times, dot 6, I [24], space 1 time, AR [345], space 1 time, full cell, space 1 time, GH [126], space 1 time, E [15], dot 3.

Row 5: space 2 times, E [15], U [136], I [24], space 5 times, E [15], ING [346], I [24].

End design.

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Dandelion

By: Rene Holzhauer

Design is 20 rows, 21 cells.

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Begin design:

Row 1: space 3 times, dot 6, dot 2, dot 4 two times, A [1] two times, dot 5, dot 3.

Row 2: space 2 times, I [24], space 8 times, E [15].

Row 3: space 1 time, ST [34], space 10 times, CH [16].

Row 4: space 1 time, K [13], space 4 times, full cell 2 times, space 4 times, dots 46.

Row 5: space 1 time, CH [16], space10 times, ST [34].

Row 6: space 2 times, EN [26], space8 times, IN [35].

Row 7: space 3 times, dot 4, dot 2, dot 6 two times, dot 3 two times, dot 5, CH [16].

Row 8: space 11 times, CH [16].

Row 9: space 12 times, dot 2.

Row 10: space 12 times, dots 46.

Row 11: space 12 times, dots 46.

Row 12: space 12 times, dots 46.

Row 13: space 12 times, dot 2, space 2 times, dot 3, dot 2, dot 4 two times, ST [34].

Row 14: space 11 times, ST [34], space 1 time, dot 3, A [1], space 2 times, dot 6, dot 4.

Row 15: space 10 times, ST [34], dot 3, A [1], space 2 times, dot 6, dot 4.

Row 16: space 9 times, ST [34], dot 2, space 2 times, dot 3, dot 4.

Row 17: space 8 times, ST [34], dot 3, dot 5, dot 4.

Row 18: space 7 times, ST [34].

Row 19: space 6 times, ST [34].

Row 20: G [1245] twenty-one times.

End design.

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A small rabbit.


Dragonfly

By: Rene Holzhauer

Design is 9 rows, 7 cells.

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Begin design:

Row 1: space 2 times, dot 5, GG [2356], dot 3.

Row 2: colon [25], dots 256, GG [2356], full cell, GG [2356], dots 235, colon [25].

Row 3: colon [25], dots 256, GG [2356], full cell, GG [2356], dots 235, colon [25].

Row 4: space 3 times, full cell.

Row 5: space 3 times, full cell.

Row 6: space 3 times, full cell.

Row 7: space 3 times, Q [12345].

Row 8: space 3 times, L [123].

Row 9: space 3 times, L [123].

End design.

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Dragonfly

By: Adam Barbee

Design is 14 rows, 29 cells.

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Begin design:

Row 1: dot 6, WITH [23456], OF [12356], HIS [236], dot 3, space 19 times, dot 6, WAS [356], WITH [23456], OF [12356], dot 3.

Row 2: dots 45, full cell 6 times, GG [2356], hyphen [36], space 4 times, GG [2356], full cell, GG [2356], space 4 times, hyphen [36], GG [2356], full cell 6 times, B [12].

Row 3: space 2 times, D [145], full cell 9 times, GG [2356], ING [346], full cell, U [136], GG [2356], full cell 9 times, F [124].

Row 4: space 1 time, hyphen [36] eleven times, GG [2356], WITH [23456], OF [12356], GG [2356], hyphen [36] eleven times.

Row 5: full cell 13 times, D [145], full cell, F [124], full cell 13 times.

Row 6: space 1 time, dot 4, D [145], G [1245], full cell 5 times, G [1245], F [124], A [1], space 2 times, full cell, space 2 times, A [1], D [145], G [1245], full cell 5 times, G [1245], F [124], A [1].

Row 7: space 14 times, full cell.

Row 8: space 14 times, full cell.

Row 9: space 14 times, full cell.

Row 10: space 14 times, full cell.

Row 11: space 14 times, full cell.

Row 12: space 14 times, full cell.

Row 13: space 14 times, full cell.

Row 14: space 14 times, G [1245].

End design.

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Drawing Notes:

Adam’s dragonfly is resting with its wings spread horizontally as most dragonflies do naturally. It has two narrow pairs of intricately veined, membranous wings that are generally transparent. The front and rear wing pairs are always shaped differently unless it is a damselfly.

Fun Facts:

For some people, dragonflies are magical.

There are more than 5,000 species of dragonflies.

Dragonflies can hover like helicopters and they can fly straight up and down.

If a dragonfly cannot fly, it will starve because dragonflies only eat prey they catch while flying.

Bird

By Marie Porter
From: So What About Drawing?

Design is 14 rows, 30 cells.

Note: A reduced size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 12 times, IN [35], C [14] three times, EN [26].

Row 2: space 10 times, colon [25], OW [246], space 2 times, dot 2, space 2 times, WH [156].

Row 3: space 12 times, WH [156], space 4 times, OW [246].

Row 4: space 12 times, I [24], space 1 time, S [234], C [14] three times, WH [156].

Row 5: space 11 times, S [234], space 1 time, S [234], space 4 times, dots 456.

Row 6: space 11 times, L [123], S [234], space 5 times, AR [345].

Row 7: space 11 times, GH [126] two times, space 4 times, AR [345].

Row 8: space 1 time, GH [126], hyphen [36] nine times, AR [345], E [15], GH [126], space 2 times, AR [345], GH [126], hyphen [36] ten times, AR [345].

Row 9: GH [126], hyphen [36] eleven times, AR [345], hyphen [36], GH [126], AR [345], GH [126] three times, hyphen [36] ten times, AR [345].

Row 10: space 17 times, GH [126] three times.

Row 11: space 18 times, GH [126] three times.

Row 12: space 19 times, GH [126] three times.

Row 13: space 20 times, GH [126] three times.

Row 14: space 21 times, H [125], Z [1356] two times.

End design.

Marie’s drawing notes:

Now the bird is completed, sitting on a branch, with its tail balancing it. This picture can be colored red for a cardinal, if you like, or any other color that suits your favorite bird. It is a pretty picture and shows details of the bird’s wing, and his delicate tail. You can be more creative about the branch, he is perched upon, but we wanted to place emphasis on the shape and style of the bird itself.

Drawing Notes:

To make the original drawing fit on our sheets, nine hyphens were removed from the second strip of hyphens in row 8 and row 9.

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