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How to Draw a Panda Sleeping
Draw a panda sleeping in 12 easy steps, about 9 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 wide head.
Step 1: Big wide head
On the left draw a big head like an egg on its side, wider than tall.
Tip Leave room on the right for the body.
Step 2: Round ears
On each top corner of the head draw a round ear.
Step 3: Eye patches
Draw 2 big egg patches below the middle of the head. They lean in at the top.
Step 4: Closed eyes
Inside each patch draw a thin banana shape, curving down, for a sleeping eye.
Tip This thin shape stays white when the patch is black.
Step 5: Nose and smile
Between the patches draw a small black nose. From it draw a short line down and a smile each way.
Step 6: Shoulder and arm
Start behind the head. Draw a fat arm down, then along under the chin to a round paw.
Tip The chin rests on the arm.
Step 7: Round body
Start behind the right ear. Draw a low round back over to the right and down to the ground.
Tip The body is a soft mound, lower than the head.
Step 8: Back leg
On the right end draw a round thigh with a short foot pointing left, flat on the ground.
Tip Rub out the body line inside the leg.
Step 9: Sleepy zzz
Above the body draw 3 letter Z shapes floating up, each one bigger than the last.
Step 10: Grass line
Draw a long straight line along the bottom of the panda, from the far left to the far right.
Step 11: Green grass
Colour the grass under the line green.
Step 12: Black fur
Colour the ears, eye patches, arm and back leg black. Leave the eyes, head and body white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a panda sleeping, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
