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How to Draw a Pine Marten

14 steps · Medium · about 11 min

Draw a pine marten in 14 easy steps, about 11 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 soft head.

Step 1: Big soft head
Near the top left draw a big soft head, wider than tall, with round cheeks and a flat top.
Tip Leave lots of room on the right for the long body.
Step 2: Round ears
On each top corner of the head draw a round ear with a curve inside. The left one is smaller.
Step 3: Big eyes
On the middle of the head, a little to the left, draw 2 big oval eyes with black dots.
Tip Leave a tiny white shine in each eye.
Step 4: Snout and smile
Under the left eye draw a snout poking past the head. From its black nose, draw down into a w.
Tip Rub out the head line inside the snout.
Step 5: Long back
Start on the head, level with the eyes. Draw a long low back, curl round the bottom and stop.
Tip The line dips down the neck, then runs almost flat.
Step 6: Branch and front leg
Draw a long branch with 2 bark lines. From under the chin, draw a leg down to a paw.
Tip The paw sits flat on top of the branch.
Step 7: Tummy and back leg
From the front leg draw the tummy. Then a round thigh down to a paw and up to the bottom.
Tip The back leg bends just above the paw.
Step 8: Far legs
Under the tummy draw 2 more legs peeking out: one leaning back, one leaning forward.
Tip Only part of each far leg shows. All 4 paws sit on the branch.
Step 9: Toes
On each big paw draw 2 short curved toe lines. Draw 1 on each small paw.
Step 10: Bushy tail
Start on top of the bottom. Draw a fat bushy tail up to a round tip, and back down.
Tip The tail starts thin and gets fatter, like a bottle brush.
Step 11: Cream bib
Start under the cheek. Draw a curve down the chest and back in to the front leg.
Tip A pine marten has a creamy bib under its chin.
Step 12: Cream and peach
Colour the bib and the snout cream. Colour the inside of each ear peach.
Step 13: Colour the branch
Colour the branch light brown, around the 4 paws.
Step 14: Colour it brown
Colour the pine marten brown, around the bib, snout and ear middles. Leave the eyes white.