How to Draw a Horse

Step 1: The head

Near the top left draw a sideways head like a fat peanut: big round cheek, smaller nose end.

Tip The nose end leans down to the left. Leave room on the right.

Step 2: Eye and nose

Draw 1 big eye. From the nose top, curve a line down to the chin. Add a nostril and smile.

Tip Give the eye a black dot and a white shine. Only 1 eye: we see the side.

Step 3: The ears

On top of the head draw a pointed leaf ear with a smaller leaf inside, and a second ear behind.

Tip Add a fat lock of hair flopping forward over the forehead.

Step 4: The neck

Start behind the ear and slope the neck's back line down to the middle. From the chin, draw the front.

Tip Stop both lines about halfway down the paper. The neck gets wider as it goes down.

Step 5: The body

From the neck draw a big bean body: long back, round bottom, then the tummy up to the chest.

Tip Rub out the neck lines inside the body.

Step 6: The mane

Start at the ears. Draw a row of fat petal locks along the neck, down to the shoulders.

Tip Each lock tucks behind the one above, like roof tiles.

Step 7: Two legs

Draw a ground line low down. Add a front leg under the chest and a back leg under the bottom.

Tip Each hoof is a flat little doorstop on the ground. The back leg bends.

Step 8: The far legs

Draw 2 thinner legs peeking out from behind: one by the front leg, one by the back leg.

Tip Only draw the parts you can see.

Step 9: The tail

From the top of the bottom draw a long flowing tail down to a point. Add 2 hair lines inside.

Tip Thick where it grows from the bottom, pointed at the tip.

Step 10: Nose and ears

Go over your lines. Colour the nose patch cream and the ear insides peach. Leave the eye white.

Step 11: Colour it tan

Colour the head, ears, neck, body and legs tan, around the cream nose and peach ear insides.

Step 12: Mane, tail and hooves

Colour the mane and tail brown and the hooves dark grey.