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How to Draw a Lion Walking
Draw a lion walking 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: big round head.
Step 1: Big round head
Near the top left, draw a big round head, a little wider than tall. Leave room on the right.
Tip The head is about as big as the body is deep.
Step 2: Eyes and nose
Draw 2 big oval eyes, then an egg snout. From its black nose, draw a line down to a smile.
Tip The eyes sit on the middle of the head.
Step 3: Round ears
On each top corner of the head, draw a round cookie ear with a smaller curve inside.
Step 4: The neck
Start behind the head and under the chin. Draw 2 neck lines down to the body.
Step 5: Bean body
From the bottom of the neck, draw a big soft bean body: a long back, a round bottom, a tummy.
Step 6: The mane
All round the head, draw a big ring of soft bumps, like a sun. Start and end behind the cheeks.
Step 7: Two walking legs
Draw a low ground line. Add a front leg under the chest and a back leg under the bottom.
Tip Make each leg thinner at the ankle, then add a plump round paw on the ground.
Step 8: Far legs
Behind each near leg, draw a slimmer far leg peeking out, with its own paw. Leave a gap between paws.
Step 9: Tufty tail
From the top corner of the bottom, draw a thin tail hanging down. Add a leaf tuft at the end.
Step 10: Colour it sand
Go over your lines. Colour the lion sand and the snout cream. Keep the eyes white.
Step 11: Colour the mane
Colour the ear insides peach. Colour the mane and tail tuft ginger, around the sand face.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a lion walking, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
