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How to Draw a Chameleon Catching a Fly
Draw a chameleon catching a fly 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: helmet head.
Step 1: Helmet head
Draw a head like a helmet: a point at the back, a snout at the front with an open mouth.
Tip The open mouth is a sideways V cut into the snout.
Step 2: Big round eye
Draw a big circle on the head. Draw a smaller circle inside, with a black dot and a shine.
Tip The dot sits to the left: the chameleon is watching a fly.
Step 3: Egg body
Start behind the head point. Draw a big egg body, round at the back, and stop under the chin.
Step 4: Two bent legs
Start on the tummy. Draw a bent leg down to 2 round toes and stop on the tummy. Do 2.
Step 5: The branch
Draw a long thin branch under the toes, with round ends. The toes sit over it.
Step 6: Curly tail
Start at the back of the body. Draw a fat tail down past the branch, curling into a swirl.
Tip The tail gets thinner all the way to the middle of the swirl.
Step 7: The fly
Far on the left draw an oval fly with a small round head and 2 wings on top.
Step 8: Long tongue
Start in the mouth. Draw a long tongue to the fly, with a round ball on the end.
Tip Two lines side by side, then a ball that touches the fly.
Step 9: Three stripes
Draw 3 long bean shapes on the body, leaning the same way.
Step 10: Yellow and pink
Colour the eye ring and the 3 stripes yellow. Colour the tongue pink. Leave the eye white.
Step 11: Green chameleon
Colour the head, body, legs and tail green, around the yellow.
Step 12: Brown and grey
Colour the branch brown, around the toes. Colour the fly grey and leave its wings white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a chameleon catching a fly, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
