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How to Draw a Chamois

12 steps · Medium · about 9 min

Draw a chamois 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: the head.

Step 1: The head
Near the top left of your paper draw a big round head, a little wider than tall.
Tip A big head is what makes it cute. Leave room on the right.
Step 2: Eyes and nose
Draw 2 big eyes with dots and shines. From a triangle nose draw a line down to a w smile.
Step 3: Horns and ears
Above each eye draw a short horn standing up, hooked at the tip. Add a leaf ear on each corner.
Step 4: Mask stripes
From under each horn draw a stripe that goes behind the eye and stops by the smile.
Tip The eye sits on top of the stripe, so stop your lines at the eye.
Step 5: The neck
Behind the head draw the neck line down right. From the chin draw a line straight down to the chest.
Tip The neck grows from behind the head, not off the chin.
Step 6: The body
Start at the bottom of the neck. Draw a big bean body round and back up to the neck.
Tip A bean, not a loaf: the bottom is rounder and higher than the chest.
Step 7: 2 legs
Draw a front leg with a knee and a back leg that bends back. End each in a split hoof.
Step 8: The far legs
Draw 2 thinner legs peeking out, one behind the front leg and one in front of the back leg.
Step 9: The tail
On the top corner of the bottom draw a short tuft of tail, pointing up and back.
Step 10: The ledge
Draw a ledge from the left edge to behind the back hooves. Drop a cliff line down to the bottom.
Tip The chamois stands on a rock ledge with the cliff dropping away behind.
Step 11: Tan chamois
Colour the ear insides peach and the chamois tan. Leave the stripes, tail, hooves and eyes white.
Step 12: Grey and black
Colour the rock grey, the stripes and tail dark grey, and the horns and hooves black.