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How to Draw a Mouse
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 draw a big upside-down teardrop head, round on top and narrowing to a soft point below.
Tip The point is the snout tip. Leave room at the sides for big ears.
Step 2: Two huge ears
High on each side of the head draw a huge round ear swinging out, with a smaller oval inside.
Tip Each ear is half as wide as the head, and sits on the side.
Step 3: Nose and whiskers
At the snout point draw a small teardrop nose. From it draw 3 whiskers fanning back across each cheek.
Tip The whiskers sweep back toward the ears and stop inside the face.
Step 4: Eyes and smile
Above the whiskers draw 2 big eyes with black dots. From the nose, a short line down to a smile.
Tip The black dot fills over half of each eye, so the mouse looks soft.
Step 5: Pear body and tummy
From under each cheek draw a lazy C down for the body, to meet at the bottom. Add a tummy.
Tip The body is a short pear, narrower than the head.
Step 6: Front legs and paws
From each side of the body draw a leg getting thinner, then a round mitten paw with 2 toe lines.
Tip Wide at the shoulder, thin at the wrist, with a fat mitten.
Step 7: Back feet
Beside each front paw draw a small mitten back foot lying on the ground, pointing out, with 2 toe lines.
Step 8: Long thin tail
From the right side of the body draw a long tail along the ground, curling up to a needle point.
Tip Thumb-thick at the body, string-thin at the curl.
Step 9: The ground
Draw one flat ground line under the paws, feet and tail, a little past the tail on the right.
Tip Everything sits right on this line, so nothing floats.
Step 10: Cheese wedge
On the left draw a cheese wedge from the ground up to a point and back down. Add 2 holes.
Tip About half as tall as the body. Keep the holes away from the edges.
Step 11: Yellow cheese, cream tummy
Colour the cheese yellow, leaving the holes white. Colour the tummy cream.
Step 12: Pink ears and tail
Colour the inside of the ears, the nose and the thin tail pink.
Step 13: Grey fur
Colour the head, ears, body, legs and feet grey, around the pink and cream. Leave the eyes white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a mouse, drawn by you.
