How to Draw a Bear

Step 1: Big head

Near the top, draw a big head wider than tall, like a sideways egg with fat cheeks.

Tip Make it almost half of the bear. Not a perfect circle.

Step 2: Round ears

Draw a round ear top left and right, from the head back to it. Add a smaller bean inside each.

Tip Ears sit at 10 and 2 o'clock. Rub out the head line inside each ear.

Step 3: Two big eyes

Below the middle of the head, draw 2 big round eyes close together, with black dots and a shine.

Step 4: Snout and nose

Under the eyes draw a big wide oval, poking past the chin. Inside it, draw a black rounded triangle nose.

Tip Leave a gap between the eyes and the oval. Rub out the chin inside.

Step 5: Smile and tongue

From the nose, draw a line down, then 2 smiles out each way, stopping in the oval. Add a tongue.

Step 6: Round belly

Start under the left cheek. Draw a big pear body, widest low down, and stop under the right cheek.

Tip The body is narrower than the head. Its bottom sits where the ground will go.

Step 7: Tummy patch

On the tummy, draw a big egg from under the snout down to near the bottom.

Tip Leave a little gap under the snout.

Step 8: Arms and paws

Start under each cheek. Draw an arm down the side to a round paw on the tummy, then back up.

Tip The arm gets thinner at the wrist. Rub out the body line inside it.

Step 9: Hips and feet

Start halfway down each side. Draw a round C hip out and down to a flat loaf foot, toes out.

Tip The hip pokes out wider than the body. The foot is a long loaf.

Step 10: Toes and ground

Add 3 toe lines on each foot's end. Rule the ground from just left of the feet to just right.

Step 11: Tan snout and tummy

Colour the snout, the tummy egg and the bean in each ear tan. Colour the tongue pink.

Step 12: Brown fur

Go over your lines. Colour the head, ears, body, arms, hips and feet brown, around the tan parts.

Tip Leave the eyes white.