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How to Draw a Dancing Cobra
Draw a dancing cobra 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: round head.
Step 1: Round head
Near the top, in the middle, draw a round head, a little wider than it is tall.
Step 2: Two big eyes
In the middle of the head, draw 2 big oval eyes. Colour a black dot in each.
Tip Leave a tiny white shine in each eye.
Step 3: Smile and tongue
Under the eyes, draw a wide smile. From its middle, draw a tongue down, split into 2 points.
Tip A big smile makes the cobra friendly.
Step 4: Wide hood
Start beside the top of the head. Curve out wide, then in to a thin neck. Match the other side.
Tip The hood is widest just below the chin.
Step 5: Hood diamond
In the middle of the hood, under the tongue, draw 1 big diamond with 4 points.
Tip Keep the diamond in the middle, away from the edges of the hood.
Step 6: Round basket
Leave a gap below the neck. Draw an oval rim, then fat round sides down to a flat bottom.
Tip The basket is wider than the hood.
Step 7: Swaying body
Start at each side of the neck. Draw 2 lines swaying right, then left, down into the basket.
Tip Keep the 2 lines the same distance apart, like a ribbon in an S.
Step 8: Tail tip
Start inside the basket on the right. Draw a small pointed tail tip poking up and out.
Step 9: Woven basket
Draw 2 curved lines across the basket. Add short brick lines: 3 above, 2 between, 3 below.
Step 10: Music notes
Draw a ground line under the basket. Draw 2 music notes, 1 on each side of the cobra.
Tip Each note is an oval, a tall stick and a little flag.
Step 11: Yellow and red
Colour the diamond on the hood yellow. Colour the tongue red.
Step 12: Light brown basket
Colour the outside of the basket light brown.
Step 13: Green cobra
Colour the head, hood, body and tail tip green, around the diamond and tongue. Leave the eyes white.
Step 14: Dark hole, black notes
Colour inside the rim dark brown, around the cobra. Colour the 2 note ovals black.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a dancing cobra, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
