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How to Draw a Buffalo Running
Draw a buffalo running in 14 easy steps, about 11 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: big low head.
Step 1: Big low head
Low on the left draw a big head: wide and round at the top, with a smaller round nose end.
Tip The head hangs low. Leave lots of room above and on the right.
Step 2: Eye and nose
Draw 1 big eye. From the nose top curve a line down to the chin. Add a nostril and smile.
Tip Give the eye a black dot and a tiny white shine. We see the side, so only 1 eye shows.
Step 3: Shaggy hair and beard
On top of the head draw a fluffy mop of hair. Under the chin hang a fluffy beard.
Tip Round soft bumps, like a cloud.
Step 4: Two short horns
From the hair draw a short horn curving up to a point. Peek a second horn behind. Add 1 ear.
Tip Each horn is fat at the bottom and curves in at the tip.
Step 5: Big hump
Start behind the head. Go up over a big hump, slope down the back, and stop round the bottom.
Tip The hump is the tallest part, much higher than the head.
Step 6: Reaching front leg
From the head draw the chest, then a slim leg reaching forward to a hoof and back to the body.
Tip The leg bends at the knee and gets thinner.
Step 7: Tummy and back leg
From the front leg draw the tummy. Then a leg kicking back to a hoof, up to the bottom.
Tip The back leg is fat at the top and bends half way down.
Step 8: Shaggy front
Start on the back behind the hump. Draw 5 fur bumps down to the tummy.
Tip The front half of a buffalo is shaggy. The back half is smooth.
Step 9: Far legs
Under the tummy draw 2 more slim legs peeking out. Draw a ground line under the back hooves.
Tip The front one is bent at the knee. Only draw the parts you can see.
Step 10: Split hooves
Draw a line across the end of each leg to make 4 hooves. Split each hoof with 1 short line.
Step 11: Tail and dust
From the bottom draw a thin tail held up, with a fluffy tuft. Add 1 dust puff behind the hooves.
Step 12: Grey and sand
Colour the 2 horns and the 4 hooves grey. Colour the dust puff sand.
Step 13: Tan back half
Colour the nose end, the smooth back half, the 2 back legs and the thin tail tan.
Step 14: Brown shaggy front
Colour the head, hair, beard, ear, shaggy front, front legs and tail tuft brown. Leave the eye white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a buffalo running, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
