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How to Draw a Sloth Bear
Draw a sloth bear in 10 easy steps, about 8 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 left, draw a big round head, a little wider than tall. Leave room on the right.
Step 2: Eyes and long snout
Draw 2 big eyes and a long snout below them. From the black nose, draw down to a w smile.
Tip Let the snout hang below the chin: sloth bears have long snouts.
Step 3: The ears
On each top corner of the head, draw a round ear like a cookie, with a smaller curve inside.
Step 4: The body
Behind the head, draw a bean body with shaggy bumps along the back, a round bottom and a smooth tummy.
Tip No neck: the head sits right on the shoulders.
Step 5: Two legs
Draw a ground line. Add a leg under the chest and one under the bottom, each narrowing to a paw.
Tip Legs are wide at the top, narrow at the ankle, with a round paw.
Step 6: The far legs
Add the 2 far legs peeking out, a bit thinner: one behind the front leg, one before the back leg.
Step 7: The tail
On the top corner of the bottom, draw a short stubby tail pointing out and down, like a little thumb.
Step 8: The chest V
Start under the chin. Draw a big V on the chest, down to a point and up to the shoulder.
Tip Make the V thick like a bib, with a round tip up at the shoulder.
Step 9: Cream snout and V
Colour the snout and the chest V cream, and the ear insides grey.
Step 10: Colour it slate
Go over your lines. Colour the bear slate grey around the snout, ear insides and V. Leave the eyes white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a sloth bear, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
