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How to Draw a Sphinx
Draw a sphinx 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: the head.
Step 1: The head
Near the top left draw a big soft egg head, full at the cheeks and narrower at the chin.
Step 2: The eyes
Below the middle of the head draw 2 big tall eyes with black dots and a little white shine.
Step 3: Nose and smile
Draw a tiny U nose. Start under the left eye and draw a wide smile across to the right eye.
Step 4: The headdress
Behind the head draw a bigger egg that flares past each cheek and hangs down in a long flap.
Tip Only draw the parts you can see outside the head.
Step 5: Gold band
Start on the left of the head above the eyes. Curve across, stopping on the right. Add another below.
Step 6: Stripes
On each flap draw 2 short straight lines across, one under the other, from edge to edge.
Step 7: Ground and back
Draw a ground line. From the right flap draw a long low back, round and down to the ground.
Step 8: Front legs
From under the left flap draw the chest down into 2 front legs along the ground, ending in mitten paws.
Step 9: Back leg and toes
From the back draw a curve down to a bun paw. Put 2 toes on it and the front paw.
Step 10: Tail and tuft
From the top of the rump draw a thin tail curving up, with a small soft tuft on the end.
Step 11: A pyramid
Right of the sphinx, start on the ground. Slant up to a sharp point and back down to the ground.
Step 12: Sand stone
Go over your lines, then colour the face, body, legs, paws and tail sand. Leave the eyes white.
Step 13: Yellow gold
Colour the gold band and the stripes on each flap yellow.
Step 14: Blue and brown
Colour the pyramid light brown and the headdress blue, around the gold. Your sphinx is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a sphinx, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
