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How to Draw a Jerboa

13 steps · Medium · about 10 min

Draw a jerboa in 13 easy 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 head.

Step 1: The head
Near the top, draw a big egg lying on its side. Make the left end pointy for the nose.
Tip Leave room above for tall ears and below for the body.
Step 2: Two tall ears
Draw a tall oval ear leaning back on the head, with a thin oval inside. Add a second ear behind.
Tip Each ear is nearly as tall as the head.
Step 3: Big shiny eye
Just above the middle of the head, draw a big oval eye with a black dot and a shine.
Step 4: Nose, smile, whiskers
Draw a round nose on the snout tip. Add a small smile under it and 2 short whiskers.
Step 5: Long flat foot
Leave a gap under the head. Draw a long flat foot with a round heel and 2 toe lines.
Tip A jerboa's foot is longer than its head.
Step 6: Back and tummy
From behind the head, draw a big C back down to the heel. Draw the tummy from chin to foot.
Step 7: Big back leg
Draw a big C from halfway down the back to the foot. Curve from under the eye to the leg.
Step 8: Tiny arm
Under the chin, draw a tiny bean arm with a round paw. Start and end on the chest.
Step 9: Tail and tuft
From the rump, draw a long thin tail curving up. Add a tuft at the end with a line across.
Tip Keep the tail thin all the way. Leave a little space under it for the ground.
Step 10: The ground
Draw a flat ground line from left of the toes to right of the tuft, under the foot and tail.
Step 11: Cream and pink
Colour the tummy patch and the arm cream. Colour the inside of the ear and the nose pink.
Step 12: Sand fur
Colour the jerboa sand, around the cream and pink, but not the tuft. Leave the eye white.
Step 13: Black tuft
Colour the tuft black, leaving its tip white. Go over your lines and your jerboa is done.