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How to Draw a Macaque

13 steps · Medium · about 10 min

Draw a macaque 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 of your paper draw a big round head, a little wider than tall, with full cheeks.
Tip Make it big: half the whole monkey. Leave room for ears.
Step 2: Big round ears
On each side of the head draw a big C ear bulging out, with a smaller C inside.
Step 3: Heart face and eyes
Inside the head draw a big sideways heart. Put a big eye with a black dot in each bump.
Step 4: Nose and smile
Add 2 nostril dots. Start under the left eye and draw a wide U smile, stopping under the right eye.
Step 5: Body and tummy
Start on each cheek. Draw a C down for the body, stopping a hand below. Add an oval tummy.
Tip The body is narrower than the head: it fits between the ears.
Step 6: The hot spring
From the left edge of your paper draw a wavy water line below the tummy, stopping at the right edge.
Step 7: Arm in the water
From under the right cheek draw a round shoulder and bent arm down into the water.
Tip The arm disappears into the water: no hand to draw.
Step 8: Other arm
From under the left cheek draw the other shoulder and arm the same way, down into the water.
Step 9: Steam
Just above the water near each edge, draw a short wavy S of steam, stopping lower than the shoulders.
Step 10: Hair tuft
On top of the head draw 3 soft hill bumps of hair, starting and stopping on the head line.
Step 11: Pink face
Colour the face, the inside of the ears and the tummy pink. Leave the eyes white.
Step 12: Colour the fur grey
Colour the head, ears, body and arms light grey around the pink parts, stopping at the water line.
Step 13: Blue water
Colour the water light blue, from the wavy line down to the bottom of the paper.