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How to Draw a Hydra

13 steps · Tricky · about 10 min

Draw a hydra in 13 steps, about 10 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 first head.

Step 1: The first head
Near the top of your paper draw a smooth egg head, narrowing to a rounded snout at the bottom.
Tip Leave room below: 2 more heads and a fat body must fit.
Step 2: Eyes and smile
Above the middle of the head draw 2 big round eyes. Dot 2 nostrils and add a wide smile.
Step 3: Ground and body
Draw a ground line. On it draw a fat hump body like a pebble, leaving room for a neck.
Step 4: The middle neck
From under the chin draw 2 neck lines swinging down in an S. Stop on the top of the body.
Tip The neck is narrowest at the head, widest at the body.
Step 5: Two more necks
From each side of the body draw a neck curving out and up like a banana, narrower toward the top.
Step 6: Two more heads
On top of each side neck draw a snake head like the first, a little smaller and tilted outward.
Tip All 3 heads look straight at you.
Step 7: Left head eyes
Give the left head 2 big round eyes with a black dot and a white shine.
Step 8: Right head eyes
Give the right head the same 2 big round eyes with a black dot and a white shine.
Step 9: Smiles and tongues
On each side snout dot 2 nostrils and draw a wide smile. From every smile hang a thin forked tongue.
Step 10: Tail and feet
Give each bottom corner a round foot with 2 toe lines. Curl a tail up from the right side.
Step 11: Belly and spots
Low in the middle of the body draw an oval belly. Scatter 3 oval spots around it.
Step 12: Yellow belly, red tongues
Colour the belly and the 3 spots yellow. Colour the 3 forked tongues red.
Step 13: Green hydra
Colour the body, necks, heads, feet and tail green, going around the yellow and red. Leave the eyes white.