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How to Draw a Puppy

13 steps · Medium · about 10 min

Draw a puppy 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: the head.

Step 1: The head
Near the top, draw a big soft egg for the head, a little wider than tall, with fat round cheeks.
Tip Puppies have big heads: more than half of the whole puppy.
Step 2: Long floppy ears
Start high on the head. Draw a long floppy ear hanging down and stop on the cheek. Do both sides.
Step 3: Eyes and patch
Across the head's middle, draw 2 big eyes with dots and shines. Add an egg patch around the right eye.
Step 4: Snout and nose
Under the eyes, draw a wide oval snout. Sit a rounded triangle nose on top and colour it black.
Step 5: Smile and tongue
From the nose point, draw a short line down to a little w smile. Hang a U tongue from it.
Step 6: The body
Start under each ear. Curve down for the body and stop near the bottom. Join the ends underneath.
Tip The body is small: only a little wider than the head.
Step 7: A ball
At the bottom left, draw a round ball as big as a paw. Add one curved line across it.
Step 8: Front legs
From the chin, draw 2 legs side by side down to round paws. Add 2 toe lines on each paw.
Tip The chest is a little U between the tops of the legs.
Step 9: Back paws and ground
At each bottom corner, draw a hill paw with 2 toes. Add a ground line under the ball and paws.
Step 10: Fat tail
Start low on the right side. Draw a fat tail up to a round tip and back to the side.
Tip Rub out the body line between the tail's two ends.
Step 11: Cream fur, white snout
Colour the head, body, legs, paws and tail cream, around the patch and tongue. Leave the eyes and snout white.
Step 12: Ginger ears and patch
Colour the 2 floppy ears and the eye patch ginger.
Step 13: Pink tongue, red ball
Colour the tongue pink and the ball red.