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How to Draw a Giraffe Eating

14 steps · Tricky · about 11 min

Draw a giraffe eating in 14 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: big round head.

Step 1: Big round head
Near the top left, draw a big round head, a little wider than tall. Leave room on the right.
Step 2: Eyes and nose
Draw 2 big oval eyes on the head, a gap apart. Below, add an egg nose, dots and a smile.
Tip The egg nose hangs a little below the chin.
Step 3: Horns and ears
On top of the head, draw 2 lollipop horns. On each top corner, draw a leaf ear pointing up.
Step 4: The neck
Start behind the head and under the chin. Draw 2 neck lines down to the body. Add mane bumps.
Step 5: Bean body
From the bottom of the neck, draw a big soft bean body: a long back, a round bottom, a tummy.
Step 6: Two legs
Draw a low ground line. Add a front leg under the chest and a back leg under the bottom.
Tip A hoof is a little doorstop with a line across its top.
Step 7: Far legs
Add 2 thinner far legs peeking out beside the near legs, with hoof lines. All 4 hooves touch the ground.
Step 8: Tufty tail
From the top corner of the bottom, draw a thin tail hanging down. Add a leaf tuft at the end.
Step 9: Patches
Draw 2 soft round patches on the neck and 5 on the body. Keep each one inside the lines.
Step 10: Leafy branch
Left of the head, draw a thin branch to the snout. Add 5 leaves and 1 in the mouth.
Step 11: Colour it yellow
Go over your lines. Colour the giraffe yellow, but leave the patches white. Colour the nose sandy.
Tip Leave the eyes white. Save the ear insides, horn knobs, mane, tuft and hooves for later.
Step 12: Colour the patches
Colour the ear insides peach and the patches ginger.
Step 13: Brown knobs and hooves
Colour the horn knobs, mane, tuft and hooves brown.
Step 14: Green leaves
Colour the leaves green and the branch brown.