How to draw a Good Enough pig

Today’s Good Enough drawing tutorial actually comes from Action Coach Karie Kaufmann! (Thanks, Coach Karie, for being such a good sport and for letting me record your tutorial!)

[blockquote source=”Martina Navratilova”]The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.[/blockquote]

I remember the first time I sat down with Coach Karie back in 2010. When she heard that I was a graphic facilitator, drawing out ideas while drawing out the best in people, she exclaimed:

“Wow! The only thing I can draw is a pig!”

And she grabbed a pen and proceeded to draw the CUTEST little pig you ever did see!

Karie’s Grandma Rose Ella showed her how to draw this little fellah, and Karie’s already shown her own daughter how to do the same. That’s one committed pig!

So if you need to show that your business isn’t just involved – but COMMITTED – to its success, then pick up a pen and draw your own Good Enough pig…the Coach Karie and Grandma Rose Ella way!

Three and a Half Tips

The “E” sets the scale for the rest of your pig…but more than that, it also sets the personality. That center line implies a mouth, and if it swoops up or down, it establishes the mood of you pig with a smile or a frown.

I found it helpful to think about the “M” of the ears and the “W”s of the feet as a sort of right triangle: “M” and first “W” are aligned with each other, and the two “W”s are aligned with each other. They’re also somewhat equally spaced, with the distance between the “M” and first “W” being about the same as the distance between the two “W”s. (Step 5 is probably the best example of this in the bunch.)

When drawing the cursive “e” for the tail, go for just a wee bit higher than the top of the “E” nose, and just a wee bit further back than the back “W”.

By the way, when I drew lines to connect the letters, I found that when I drew my curve from the “M” to the back “W” I would miss my cursive “e”. (Couldn’t see it because my hand would cover the tail as I drew the line.) To fix this, I simply drew the line in reverse–from the back “W” up past the “e” and to the “M.” Worked like a charm!

And that’s it! Squee! It’s so cute! May this little drawing save your bacon one day. (Thanks again, Coach Karie, for sharing your Good Enough pig with us all!)

Looking forward to seeing what you draw forth,

P.S. What does YOUR pig look like? Draw yours up, Tweet it out to @jeannelking #goodenough, and see who hams it up!

P.P.S. Want to have fun drawing AND inspire others to pick up the pen at the same time? Got something you wish you could draw, but you’re not sure how to approach it? [highlights color=”ffea00″]Tweet your drawing or idea to @jeannelking and tag it with #goodenough: it could be featured in an upcoming “how to draw Good Enough” blog post![/highlights]

7 Comments

Natori Moore says:

June 17, 2014 at 7:37 am

Love it. Is the pig saying M-E-W-W? Or E-W-W? That flower must be pretty stinky if even a pig is saying E-W-W to it.

Jeannel King says:

June 17, 2014 at 8:08 am

Tee hee hee! I love how Karie learned how to draw this with letters…totally adds a new layer of fun to figure out what the letters “say!”

Nancy Davis Dow says:

June 17, 2014 at 10:13 am

I can draw a pig now. Do a dog…and a cat, please

1. Jeannel says:
  
  June 17, 2014 at 10:40 am
  
  My Good Enough dog and cat posts probably should get updated…will do! ;^)
  
Roberta Faulhaber says:

June 17, 2014 at 12:32 pm

very cute!

Karen Van Dyke says:

June 17, 2014 at 3:09 pm

yeah pig! perfect.

Marliese Bartz says:

June 17, 2014 at 9:48 pm

What a cute little piggly wiggly 🙂

How to draw a Good Enough pig