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How to Draw a Bat
Draw a bat in 11 easy steps, about 8 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: the face.
Step 1: The face
Just above the middle of your paper draw a face like an upside-down teardrop, with a soft pointed chin.
Tip Leave lots of room on both sides for wings.
Step 2: Tall pointed ears
On top of the head draw 2 tall pointed triangle ears, leaning out. Draw a smaller triangle inside each.
Step 3: Nose and smile
Above the chin draw a small upside-down teardrop nose. From its point draw a short line down to a smile.
Step 4: Big eyes
Across the middle of the head draw 2 big eggy eyes. Colour a big black dot low in each.
Step 5: Small round body
Under the chin draw a small egg body, narrower than the head. Rub out the bit inside the head.
Step 6: Left wing
Start left of the body. Draw a huge wing out to a point, then a wavy bottom back to it.
Step 7: Right wing
Draw the same wing on the right: out to the tip, then a wavy bottom back to the body.
Step 8: Wing fingers
Inside each wing draw 2 finger lines from the body out to the dips in the wavy edge.
Step 9: Full moon
Up in the top right corner draw a big round moon, a little way from the ear and wing.
Step 10: Pink ears, yellow moon
Colour the inside of the ears and the nose pink. Colour the moon yellow and go over your lines.
Step 11: Dark grey bat
Colour the head, ears, body and wings dark grey, going around the pink. Leave the eyes white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a bat, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
