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How to Draw a Bison
Draw a bison in 12 steps, about 9 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 head.
Step 1: The head
Near the top left of your paper draw a big round head, a little wider than tall, with soft cheeks.
Tip Leave lots of room on the right for the body.
Step 2: Eyes and nose
Draw 2 big eyes below the middle of the head, with black dots. Add a big egg nose and smile.
Step 3: Horns and ears
Draw fluffy hair on the head. Add a short horn curving out and up each side, a leaf ear below.
Step 4: Neck and hump
From behind the hair, draw the neck up over a tall hump. Stop a little way down the back.
Step 5: The body
From the end of the hump, draw the back down to a round bottom, then the tummy to the chest.
Step 6: Two legs
Draw a low ground line. From the chest draw a front leg down to a hoof, then a back leg.
Tip A hoof is a little doorstop, flat on the ground.
Step 7: The far legs
Start on the tummy behind the front leg. Draw a thinner leg down to a hoof. Repeat at the back.
Step 8: The tail
Draw a tail down from the top corner of the bottom, thinner at the end, with a leaf tuft.
Step 9: Shaggy fur
From the back behind the hump, draw a line of fur bumps down to the tummy. Add a bumpy beard.
Step 10: Colour the ears
Colour the ear insides peach.
Step 11: Light back half
Go over your lines. Colour the nose, the back half, the back legs and the tail wood brown.
Step 12: Dark shaggy front
Colour the front half, front legs, head, beard and tuft brown around the nose. Colour horns and hooves grey.
Tip Leave the eyes white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a bison, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
