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How To Draw Animals

You've found our huge collection of how to draw animals! There are all kinds of animals in here, big, small, ones that fly and even swim. There are cartoon animal lessons, realistic animals, and even mythical creatures! This group of lessons is probably one of my favorite categories on our entire website.

How To Draw A Chinese Dragon

How to draw a Chinese dragon! First off, happy Monday and Monday is the day we show your art. We were completely shocked by how many submissions we received from all of you. You are all amazing artists. Thank you for sending in your art! Our new episode for today ended up being our longest […]

Filed Under: 8 And Older, How To Draw, Mythical Tagged With: Chinese dragon, dragon

How To Draw A Blowfish

Fun how to draw a blowfish steps, just for kids! Pick up those markers and grab some paper we’re going to draw a funny looking blowfish (also known as a pufferfish). Chuckers had a hard time not laughing at his blowfish, we hope you have as much fun drawing with us. Blowfish are crazy ocean […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, How To Draw, How To Draw Animals, Ocean Tagged With: blowfish, Fish, ocean

How To Draw An Octopus

How to draw an octopus! It’s a wiggly octopus, this guy is a lot like our how to draw a squid. They’re so much fun to draw because you can draw their legs any direction you want. It kind of turns into a big design when you’re done. We love featuring all of our art […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, How To Draw, Ocean Tagged With: animal, ocean, octopus

How To Draw A Wolf

How to draw a wolf! If you’ve been checking our site this week and have been wondering where all the new posts are…don’t worry we have a massive update coming this weekend. Also, drum roll please, we have a fun announcement to make on Monday. Stay tuned! In the meantime, today’s Friday so be sure […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Dogs, How To Draw, How To Draw Animals Tagged With: Wolf

How To Draw A Seahorse

How to draw a seahorse! These creatures are so cool, they look like little underwater dragons. If you’d like hope on over to Wikipedia and read more about these guys, they are extremely fascinating. Fun Link To More Info Seahorses on Wikipedia Watch How To Draw A Seahorse

Filed Under: 5 - 8, Cartoons, How To Draw, Ocean, Under 5 Tagged With: ocean, seahorse

How To Draw A Koi Fish

How to draw a koi fish! We haven’t colored our koi fish yet, but we’re planning to soon. If you’ve colored yours be sure to email us a photo at myart@artforkidshub.com Also if you’d like to learn more about these cool fish, check out the wikipedia article. Watch How To Draw A Koi Fish

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, How To Draw, Ocean Tagged With: animal, Fish, Koi Fish

How To Draw A Hamster

Here’s another fun art project to do with your young artists. Hey, but be sure to draw with them…it’s always more fun when you do. Also, after you finish drawing be sure to color this little guy in. You can also take a picture of your hamster and email it to us at myart@artforkidshub.com We’d […]

Filed Under: How To Draw, How To Draw Animals, Under 5 Tagged With: animal, Hamster

How To Draw A Rhinoceros

How to draw a Rhinoceros! It’s crazy how much Rhinos look like prehistoric animals. These things look like real live dinosaurs to me. We hope you have fun drawing this tough guy with us! Send us photos of your art to myart@artforkidshub.com Watch How To Draw A Rhinoceros

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, How To Draw, How To Draw Animals, Safari Tagged With: Rhinoceros

How To Draw A Koala Bear

How to draw a koala bear has been one of our most requested things to draw. I’m just guessing, but I think it has something to do with their cuteness level. After watching this video, be sure to click over and watch the second part. That’s where we color and paint our koala bears with watercolor […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, How To Draw, How To Draw Animals, Under 5 Tagged With: koala bear

How To Draw A Triceratops

To Parents and Teachers: We love getting requests! We do our best to get to all of them, though we are up to a couple hundred on our list now. I’m pretty sure it’s going to take us a while to get through them all. But please keep sending us requests. We love hearing from […]

Filed Under: How To Draw, Prehistoric Tagged With: Dinosaur, Dinosaurs, triceratops

How To Draw A Panda

Follow along with us and learn how to draw a panda bear! For this project, you’ll need paper and something to draw with. We use marker, but you can use a pencil or whatever you feel comfortable drawing with. You’ll also need something to color with (black and green).

Filed Under: 5 - 8, How To Draw Animals, Under 5

How To Draw A Duck

Sorry for the short break in posting last week! I was out of town with limited internet. At any rate, we’re back! Here’s how to draw a duck. When you watch the short YouTube video, you’ll notice that Chucker’s duck could use a little practice. I personally love it when my kid’s drawings turn out […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, Birds, How To Draw, How To Draw Animals Tagged With: animal, bird, duck

How To Draw A Turtle

This how to draw a turtle ended up being very cartoony, we’ll just need to work on posting a cartoon hare. That way these two could have an awesome race. I don’t know about you but this turtle looks fast. Fun Info About Turtles Turtles On Wikipedia Watch How To Draw A Turtle

Filed Under: How To Draw, Reptile Tagged With: turtle

How To Draw A Fox

What does a fox say? (Too soon?) I don’t know what they say, but we know how to draw a fox. Watch How To Draw A Fox

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, Cartoons, How To Draw, How To Draw Animals Tagged With: animal

How To Draw A Lizard

Our how to draw a lizard, kind of ended up like a Gecko. Though, I think the tail is probably to long to actually be a Gecko…so we’re just calling him a Lizard. Do you have a pet lizard? We’re thinking about getting one. Is there a particular kind you’d recommend? Watch How To Draw […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, How To Draw, Reptile Tagged With: animal, lizard

How To Draw A Giraffe

We recently visited our local zoo and spent some time with our neighborhood giraffes. They are crazy animals in real life! I was amazed just watching them walk and eat. My little Hads laughed her head off, watching one of them lick the wall…not sure why it was doing it, but it was pretty funny. […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, Cartoons, How To Draw, How To Draw Animals, Safari, Under 5 Tagged With: animal, giraffe, zoo

How To Draw A Squid

I know I’ve said this before on other lessons, but this is another one of my favorites. When your kids are learning how to draw a squid challenge them to try and fill the page. Also remind them that they can draw the tentacles or arms any way they want. Watch How To Draw A […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, How To Draw, Ocean Tagged With: animal, ocean, squid

How To Draw A Lamb

Super simple steps on how to draw a lamb! It’s also March, you know what they say? In like a lion, out like a lamb 🙂 Have you heard that saying before? Here’s some fun info about it, and other weather lore. Watch How To Draw A Lamb

Filed Under: 5 - 8, How To Draw, How To Draw Animals Tagged With: animal, lamb, sheep

How To Draw A Crab

How to draw a crab was fun, but they sure are weird animals! The have really cool exoskeletons and super big pinchers. I’ve always thought of them as looking very similar to spiders. Chuckers asked me if they were related, so I had to do some searching. The only thing I could find in relation, […]

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, How To Draw, Ocean Tagged With: animal, crab, ocean

How To Draw A Shark

Look out it’s how to draw a shark! This guy is mean and fierce, even if he’s a little cartoonish. I have a quick question: Do your kids prefer drawing cartoonish, realistic, both, or doesn’t matter? Watch How To Draw A Shark

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, How To Draw, Ocean, Shark Tagged With: ocean, shark

How To Draw A Dolphin

Dolphins are amazing animals, I’ve always liked them since I was a little kid. They seem so smart, and they always look like they’re smiling. Follow along with us and learn how to draw a dolphin! Art Supplies marker paper Lesson Length under 10 minutes

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, How To Draw, Ocean Tagged With: dolphin, Lesson Length - Under 10 min, ocean

How To Draw A Raccoon (Cartoon)

Here’s a cute little guy, how to draw a raccoon! This one is easy, but still fun, even for those parents and teachers that like to draw along with their kids. Art Materials Pen, pencil, crayon, or marker Paper Watch How To Draw A Raccoon

Filed Under: 5 - 8, Cartoons, How To Draw, How To Draw Animals, Under 5 Tagged With: animal, Raccoon

How To Draw A Horse (Zebra) Easy, Medium, and Hard

If you’re new to our site, I have three kids. They’re two, four, and seven. So that means sometimes it’s hard to make one art project work for all of them. Here’s a perfect example, how to draw a horse (or zebra). We first did how to draw a horse a while back, but left […]

Filed Under: How To Draw, How To Draw Animals

How To Draw An Elephant

How to draw an elephant is great for younger artists, especially since it uses very simple straight lines…or at least slightly curved straight lines. Once your kids have finished drawing the elephant, challenge them to draw the elephant’s environment. You could ask questions to spark their imagination. Where does your elephant live? Zoo? Jungle? Your […]

Filed Under: How To Draw, How To Draw Animals, Safari

How To Draw A Pig

How to draw a pig came as a special request from one of our friends. We’ve done how to finger paint a pig but never how to draw one. Materials Paper Crayon, marker, or pencil Watch How To Draw A Pig  

Filed Under: Farm, How To Draw, How To Draw Animals Tagged With: animal, farm, pig

How To Draw A Frog (More Realistic)

Our first how to draw a frog post was very cartoony, so we thought we’d do another, but more realistic. And if your kids just love frogs be sure to check out our easy pop-up frog! Watch How To Draw A Frog

Filed Under: 5 - 8, 8 And Older, How To Draw, How To Draw Animals

How To Draw A Tiger

Sorry for the lack of posts last week. I was out of town on a week long backpacking trip. It was a blast, but of course I missed my kids. It sure made my day, when one of the first things they said when I got back was, “Lets make a video!” Check the bottom […]

Filed Under: How To Draw, How To Draw Animals

How To Draw A Stegosaurus (For Younger Artists)!

Both Chuckers and I have been feeling bad that our last few dinosaur posts have been more advanced. So, we decided to make this how to draw a stegosaurus for the slightly younger artists! Though once we did it, I noticed that even Chuckers struggled with the leaf-shaped spikes along the back. If your kids […]

Filed Under: How To Draw, Prehistoric Tagged With: Dinosaur, Dinosaurs

How To Draw A Dilophosaurus

We have another dinosaur! It’s how to draw a Dilophosaurus! This was another request from one of our awesome friends. We love all of your ideas, thanks for sending them in. If you or your kids have never heard of a Dilophosaurus, check out their wikipedia page! Dilophosaurus’ are really interesting! Watch How To Draw […]

Filed Under: How To Draw, Prehistoric Tagged With: Dinosaur, Dinosaurs

How To Draw A Pterodactyl

It’s Friday, perfect for learning how to draw a pterodactyl dinosaur! Now your t-rex has a super cool friend, too. If you haven’t drawn a t-rex yet, be sure to check out that post. I had so much fun showing Chucker’s how to draw this guy, simply because of his reaction after we were done. […]

Filed Under: How To Draw, Prehistoric Tagged With: Dinosaur, Dinosaurs

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