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How to Draw a Meerkat
Draw a meerkat 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: narrow head.
Step 1: Narrow head
Near the top, draw a head a little taller than wide, widest in the middle, with a smaller round chin.
Step 2: Ears and snout
Halfway down each side, draw a small half-circle ear. Low on the face, draw an oval snout and black nose.
Step 3: Eye patches and eyes
Draw 2 round eye patches, an eye in each. From the nose, draw a line down to a w smile.
Step 4: Whiskers
On each side, draw 2 short whiskers from the edge of the snout out toward the cheek.
Step 5: Tall slim body
Under the cheeks, draw a tall slim body, taller than the head, with a flat bottom.
Step 6: Left arm and paw
From the left side of the body, draw an arm sloping down to a plump paw on the tummy.
Step 7: Right arm and paw
Do the right arm the same way, ending in a paw next to the left one. Add 2 toe lines.
Step 8: Ground and feet
Draw a ground line under the body. At each bottom corner, draw a plump bun foot. Add toe lines.
Step 9: Thin tail
Behind the right foot, draw a thin tail along the ground, curling up. Add a line across near the tip.
Step 10: Tan fur, cream tummy
Colour the head, arms, feet and tail tan, around the eye patches. Colour the tummy and snout cream.
Step 11: Brown patches
Colour the eye patches, ears and tail tip brown. Leave the eyes white. Go over your lines.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a meerkat, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
