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How to Draw a Bandicoot

13 steps · Medium · about 10 min

Draw a bandicoot 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 of your paper, draw a round head that narrows to a long pointy snout.
Tip The snout is as long as the round part of the head.
Step 2: Two short ears
On top of the head draw a short round ear with a leaf inside. Add one peeking behind it.
Tip Keep the ears shorter than the head.
Step 3: Eye, nose and smile
Draw a big eye up high, with a dot and a shine. Add a round nose tip and a smile.
Step 4: Long back foot
Leave a gap under the head. Draw a long flat foot with a round heel and 2 toe lines.
Step 5: Humped back
Start behind the ears. Draw a high round hump for the back and stop at the heel.
Tip A bandicoot has a round, humped back.
Step 6: Tummy
Start at the chin. Draw the chest down and the tummy along. Stop at the toes of the foot.
Step 7: Big back leg
Start on the top of the back. Draw a big C down to the foot for the folded back leg.
Step 8: Front leg
From the chest, draw a short front leg down to a round paw with 2 toes. Stop on the tummy.
Step 9: Thin tail
From the rump, draw a thin tail pointing down and back, ending in a point.
Tip Thick at the rump, thin at the tip.
Step 10: Rump stripes
Start on the rump line. Draw 3 long finger stripes across the back leg, one under another.
Tip Each stripe is fat on the rump line and has a round end.
Step 11: The ground
Draw a flat ground line under the paw and the foot, from left of the nose to past the tail.
Step 12: Pink and cream
Colour the inside of the front ear and the nose pink. Colour the 3 stripes cream.
Step 13: Brown fur
Colour the bandicoot brown, tail too, going around the pink and the stripes. Leave the eye white.