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How to Draw an Aardwolf

13 steps · Medium · about 10 min

Draw an aardwolf in 13 easy steps, about 10 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.

Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: big round head.

Step 1: Big round head
Near the top left, draw a big round head a little wider than tall. Leave room for a snout.
Step 2: Pointed snout
Start high on the head's front. Draw a long pointy snout, ending low on the head. Add a black nose.
Tip Keep the snout long and thin, like a fox.
Step 3: Big pointed ears
On top of the head, draw 2 big pointed ears, one peeking behind the other. Add a triangle inside each.
Step 4: Eye and smile
Draw a big eye above the snout, with a dot and shine. Draw a smile from under the nose.
Step 5: Sloping body
From behind the head, slope the back down to a round bottom, then the tummy and chest to the chin.
Tip The shoulders are higher than the bottom.
Step 6: Legs and ground
Draw the ground. From the chest, draw a leg to a round paw. Under the bottom, add a bent leg.
Step 7: Far legs
Draw a thin far leg peeking out behind each near leg, down to a paw on the ground.
Tip Only draw the parts you can see.
Step 8: Bushy tail
From the back end, draw a bushy tail down to a point. Add a curve across the tip.
Step 9: Hairy mane
Start behind the head. Draw soft bumps along the back for a hairy mane, and stop at the tail.
Tip The hair stands up along the back, like a brush.
Step 10: Side stripes
Draw 4 bold stripes down the side. Start each under the back and stop before the tummy.
Tip Keep every stripe inside the body.
Step 11: Peach ear insides
Colour the inside of each ear peach. Leave the eye white.
Step 12: Sandy aardwolf
Go over your lines. Colour the aardwolf sand, around the ear insides. Leave the mane and tail tip for later.
Step 13: Slate mane
Colour the mane and the tail tip slate.