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How to Draw a Saber Tooth Cat

14 steps · Medium · about 11 min

Draw a saber tooth cat 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: wide head.

Step 1: Wide head
Near the top, draw a big wide head like a bean. Make the cheeks wider than the top.
Tip A sabre-tooth has a heavy head with big jowls.
Step 2: Small ears
On each top corner of the head, draw a small rounded ear. Draw a smaller ear shape inside each one.
Step 3: Big eyes
In the middle of the head, draw 2 big eggy eyes. Add a black pupil and a white shine.
Step 4: Shaggy cheeks
Start on the side of the head, beside the eye. Draw 3 fluff bumps down, ending under the jaw.
Step 5: Nose and mouth
Under the eyes, draw a peanut patch with a black triangle nose. From the nose, draw down into a w.
Step 6: Long fangs
From the bottom of the nose patch, draw 2 long fangs. Each goes down to a point and back up.
Tip The long fangs are the whole idea, so make them big.
Step 7: Ground and body
Rule a ground line. From under each cheek, draw down to the hips. Join the hips with a chest line.
Step 8: Front legs
Start on the chest line. Draw a U leg down to a fat paw on the ground and back up.
Step 9: Back legs and paws
Start where each body line stopped. Draw a big round C down to the front paw. Add a bun paw.
Step 10: Toes
On each paw, draw 2 short curved toe lines that flick up from near the bottom.
Step 11: Stubby tail
On the right back leg, draw a short fat tail. It starts and ends on the leg.
Step 12: Whiskers
Start on each side of the nose patch. Flick 2 whiskers out across the cheek, stopping before the edge.
Step 13: Cream and peach
Go over your lines. Colour the nose patch, the shaggy cheeks and the tummy cream. Colour inside the ears peach.
Step 14: Colour the fur ginger
Colour the rest of the cat ginger, around the cream parts. Leave the fangs and the eyes white.