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How to Draw a Calf
Draw a calf in 12 easy 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: big round head.
Step 1: Big round head
Near the top left, draw a big round head with soft cheeks. Leave lots of room on the right.
Tip A big head is what makes it cute.
Step 2: Eyes and nose
Draw 2 big oval eyes with black dots. Under them, draw a big egg nose with nostrils and a smile.
Step 3: The ears
On each side of the head, level with the eyes, draw a leaf ear sticking out, with a smaller leaf.
Step 4: The neck
Start behind the head, below the eye. Draw the neck sloping gently down. Stop a third of a head along.
Tip Let it flatten out at the end: that is where the back starts.
Step 5: Bean body
From the neck, draw a big soft bean body: a long back, a round bottom, a tummy and a chest.
Tip A bean, not a loaf: the bottom is rounder and higher.
Step 6: Two legs
Draw a ground line. Draw a front leg from the chest and a bent back leg from the bottom.
Tip A hoof is a little doorstop with a line across its top.
Step 7: The far legs
Draw 2 thinner legs peeking out, one behind the front leg and one in front of the back leg.
Step 8: The tail
From the top corner of the bottom, draw a thin tail hanging down to a small hairy tuft.
Step 9: Patches
Draw wobbly patches: one on the shoulder, one on the bottom, one on the tummy, one by an eye.
Step 10: White calf, pink nose
Go over your lines. Colour the body white, and the nose and ear insides pink.
Step 11: Colour the hooves
Colour the hooves slate grey.
Step 12: Brown patches
Colour the patches and the tail tuft brown, and your calf is done. Keep the eyes white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a calf, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
