How to Draw Animals – Step by Step

In this sketchbook challenge, we'll take a look at drawing bats.  This tutorial will demonstrate how to draw a flying bat step by step.  We'll take the same approach that we have in other tutorials and break the process down into easy steps in which we draw simplified...

In this drawing tutorial, we'll take a look at how to draw a realistic butterfly - one step at a time.  Insects are a bit more complex than one may think.  It can actually be overwhelming when you start to notice all of the details that exist.  A butterfly can be one...

Alright, so a T-Rex is not an animal that still exists.  But it’s still an animal that has lived, so that counts.  Besides, who doesn’t want a T-Rex in their sketchbook?  In this drawing tutorial, we’ll take a look at how to draw a T-Rex dinosaur.  We’ll break the...

Snakes and spiders scare me.  I'd say of the two, spiders are the scariest. No spider is more feared by me than the dreaded black widow spider.  I definitely don't want to touch one - or even draw one from life - but they do make a great specimen for a drawing...

Let's take a look at how to draw a frog.  In this lesson, we'll break a frog down into easy to draw shapes. In fact, this drawing will only require 4 steps. The shapes that we'll draw are very simple. Even though the shapes are simple, we'll still draw loosely in the...

In the last drawing lesson, we took a look at drawing a wolf.  In this challenge, we'll take a look at how to draw a dog step by step.  This drawing will not be a little cute dog.  Instead, we'll draw one that's a bit bigger and a bit  more rugged. Just because this...

In this step by step drawing lesson, we'll draw a wolf.  I wouldn't want to run into a wolf in the woods, but I sure don't mind to draw one.  Texture is important in the finishing stages of the drawing. So, after we develop the structure with simple shapes, we'll be...

So, we got the small fish out of the way in the last tutorial.  In this one, we'll take on a much larger fish - the great white shark.  Drawing a great white shark is actually fairly easy.  It's not made up of very complicated shapes.  The challenge here will rest on...

Let's add a drawing of a fish to our collection. In this sketchbook challenge, we'll take a look at how to draw a fish.  Here again, we'll take a step by step approach to the drawing using basic and easy to draw shapes. Once we have the basic shapes in place, it's...

In this step by step drawing lesson, we'll learn how to draw a cat.  We'll draw just a typical, "run of the mill" feline here - not very cute.  There are enough pictures of cute cats out there already, right? Texture will be important here, so after we draw the basic...

In this drawing lesson, we'll take a look at how to draw a pig. Pigs are fairly simple to draw in a representational manner. Just like with any other subject, you'll just need to locate the basic shapes that you see and draw those first.  Then it's very easy to add...

In this step by step drawing lesson, we'll take a look at how to draw an elephant.  An elephant is easy to draw when we just start with basic shapes. By starting with basic shapes, we can define the form of the subject. Then after the basic shapes have been drawn, we...

Drawing is a skill that can be learned and most importantly - developed.  So, let's keep things going here by drawing a very organic creature - an octopus. There are plenty of lessons out there on drawing "cartoon" octopi. In this lesson, we'll draw one that is a...

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