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How to Draw an Anteater

13 steps · Medium · about 10 min

Draw an anteater 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: head and snout.

Step 1: Head and snout
On the left, draw a small round head that stretches into a long thin snout, curving gently down.
Tip Make the snout longer than the head.
Step 2: Nose, smile and eye
Colour a black nose on the tip, with a short smile behind it. Add 1 eye high on the head.
Step 3: Round ear
Draw a small round ear on top at the back of the head. Draw a little oval inside it.
Step 4: Humped body
Start behind the ear. Draw a bean body with a high hump, round the bottom, and stop under the head.
Step 5: Front leg
Start on the chest under the head. Draw a thick leg down to a round paw. Stop on the tummy.
Tip Rub out the tummy line inside the leg.
Step 6: Back leg
Start on the tummy near the back. Draw a thick leg down to a round paw. Stop on the bottom.
Tip Rub out the body line inside the leg.
Step 7: Far legs
Draw 2 far legs peeking out between the near legs, each half hidden behind a near leg.
Step 8: Toes and ground
Add 2 short toe lines on each near paw. Draw a long ground line under all 4 paws.
Step 9: Bushy tail
Start on the back above the bottom. Draw a big bushy tail sweeping back and down. Stop on the bottom.
Tip Add 2 curved hair lines inside it.
Step 10: Shoulder stripe
Draw 3 lines from the head and chest that meet in a point on the back, like a long triangle.
Step 11: Cream and pink
Colour the thin top band of the stripe cream, and the inner ear and cheek pink. Leave the eye white.
Step 12: Tan coat
Colour the head, ear, body and 2 near legs tan, going around the eye, nose, inner ear, cheek and stripe.
Step 13: Brown and black
Colour the bushy tail and the 2 far legs brown, and the big stripe black.