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How to Draw a Bushbaby
Draw a bushbaby 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: teardrop head.
Step 1: Teardrop head
Near the top, draw a big upside-down teardrop head: round on top, narrowing to a soft point below.
Step 2: Huge bat ears
On each top corner, draw a huge oval ear standing up and leaning out, with a smaller oval inside.
Tip Bushbaby ears are enormous, like a bat's, taller than half the head.
Step 3: Nose, smile, whiskers
Draw a teardrop nose near the point. From its tip, draw down to a smile. Add 3 whiskers each side.
Step 4: Two enormous eyes
Draw 2 enormous round eyes nearly touching, with big black dots and 2 shines in each.
Tip The black dot fills more than half of each eye: soft and friendly.
Step 5: Pear body and tummy
Start under the left cheek. Draw a lazy C down to the bottom middle. Same right. Add a tummy arch.
Step 6: Front legs and paws
Start on the left body line. Draw a round shoulder, down getting thinner, out to a mitten paw. Same right.
Step 7: Back feet
Start at the bottom of each paw. Draw a small mitten foot out along the ground, back to the paw.
Tip Little rounded mittens lying on the ground, pointing out to the sides.
Step 8: Big bushy tail
From behind the right leg, draw a fat tail up to a soft tip, bumpy outside, and back.
Step 9: The branch
Draw a branch across the page under the feet, bending up a little at each end. Add 2 bark lines.
Step 10: Pink ears, cream tummy
Colour the inside of the ears and the nose pink, and the tummy cream.
Step 11: Grey fur, brown branch
Colour the fur light grey around the pink and cream, and the branch brown. Leave the eyes white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a bushbaby, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
