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How to Draw a Lion Face
Draw a lion face in 11 easy steps, about 8 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 face.
Step 1: The face
In the middle of your paper draw a big fat egg face with a flat chin.
Tip Leave room all round for the mane. Fat cheeks, almost flat chin.
Step 2: Round ears
On each top corner draw a round ear, starting and stopping on the face. Add a smaller rainbow inside.
Step 3: Big eyes
Draw 2 big round eyes across the middle of the face. Colour a black pupil in each, leaving a shine.
Step 4: The mane
Start behind the left ear. Draw big round bumps all the way round the face, back to the start.
Step 5: The nose
A finger under the eyes, draw a small black triangle nose with a white shine dot.
Step 6: Cheek pads
Draw 2 plump oval pads under the nose, touching in the middle. Dot 3 spots on each pad.
Tip The nose point sits in the little V between the pads.
Step 7: The smile
Start under the left pad. Draw a small smile down and back up to the right pad.
Step 8: Whiskers
Draw 2 straight whiskers out from each pad, stopping well inside the face.
Step 9: Peach pads
Colour the cheek pads and the inside of the ears peach.
Step 10: Sand face
Colour the face and the ears sand, around the peach parts. Leave the eyes white.
Step 11: Ginger mane
Colour the mane ginger, around the face and the ears.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a lion face, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
