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How to Draw an Old English Sheepdog

13 steps · Medium · about 10 min

Draw an Old English sheepdog 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: shaggy head.

Step 1: Shaggy head
Near the top, draw a big oval head, bumpy on top, with droopy hair locks round the sides and chin.
Tip Droopy locks everywhere: this dog is one big mop of hair.
Step 2: Shaggy ears
Beside each cheek, draw a long hanging ear with droopy hair locks down the edge, ending in 2 round locks.
Step 3: Snout and nose
Low on the head, draw a wide oval snout. Sit a black triangle nose on top of it, point down.
Step 4: Fringe and eyes
Draw long hair locks hanging over the forehead. Just under them, draw 2 round eyes with dots and shines.
Step 5: Smile and tongue
From the nose, draw a line down to a little w smile, ending under the snout. Hang a U tongue.
Step 6: Shaggy body
From under each cheek, draw round fur bumps down to the bottom. Join the 2 ends with a saggy line.
Step 7: Grey coat line
Under the chin, draw a wavy line from the left of the body across to the right side.
Step 8: Front legs
From the coat line, draw 2 legs down to round paws, sharing a middle line. Add fur bumps and toes.
Step 9: Back paws
At each bottom corner of the body, draw a little hill paw with 2 toe lines.
Tip No tail: an Old English sheepdog has just a shaggy bottom.
Step 10: The ground
Draw a long ground line across under all 4 paws.
Step 11: White head and chest
Colour the head, ears and chest above the wavy line white, pressing softly. Leave the eyes white.
Step 12: White socks, pink tongue
Colour the paws below the fur bumps white for the socks, and the tongue pink.
Step 13: Grey body
Colour below the wavy line grey, around the white socks: the body, leg tops and back paws.