Scutes - Drawing sea turtles

step 7 of sea turtle drawing

(Illustration by the author. More about the illustration)

A turtle’s shell is covered with scutes. These are hard, flat scales. The turtle regularly sheds scutes as it grows. The turtle grows bigger scutes to replace the smaller ones — in much the same way that a snake sheds its skin.

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