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How to Draw a Kangaroo Jumping

13 steps · Medium · about 10 min

Draw a kangaroo jumping 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
Top left, draw a big egg head, fat at the back, narrowing to a snout low on the left.
Tip The head tips forward, pointing down toward where it will land.
Step 2: Two tall ears
High on the back of the head draw 2 tall leaf ears leaning back, one just behind the other.
Step 3: Eye, nose and smile
Draw a big oval eye halfway down the head, a black nose on the snout, and a smile under it.
Step 4: Back and tummy
From behind the head, draw a C down to the rump. Draw the tummy from the chin to the bottom.
Tip The tummy stops low at the back, where the leg will go.
Step 5: Big thigh and chest
From halfway down the back, curve a big thigh round to the rump. Add a chest line, chin to thigh.
Step 6: Long feet swinging forward
From the thigh, draw a long foot to a round pad with 2 toe lines. Add the far foot behind.
Step 7: Little bent arm
Start on the tummy below the chin. Draw a small tucked-in arm down to a round paw, and back.
Step 8: Tail streaming back
From the back, draw a thick tail out to a round tip, and back to the rump.
Tip A jumping kangaroo holds its tail out straight for balance.
Step 9: Pouch and joey
Start below the arm. Draw a pouch smile across the tummy, stopping on the leg. Add a peeking joey head.
Step 10: Joey face
Give the joey 2 black dot eyes with a tiny shine, a small black nose and a little smile.
Step 11: Ground and whoosh lines
Draw a long ground line well under the feet, so the kangaroo flies. Add 2 whoosh lines behind the tail.
Tip The gap between the feet and the ground makes it a jump.
Step 12: Cream tummy, pink ear
Colour the tummy and the pouch cream. Colour the inside of the front ear pink.
Step 13: Tan fur
Colour the rest of the kangaroo and the joey tan, around the cream and pink. Leave the big eye white.