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How to Draw a Velvet Ant

13 steps · Medium · about 10 min

Draw a velvet ant 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 egg head with round cheeks and a smaller chin. Leave lots of room below.
Tip An ant is 3 beads in a row: big head, small middle, big bottom.
Step 2: Bent feelers
From the top of the head draw 2 feelers up, then bend each one out to a little ball.
Tip Ant feelers are bent like an elbow, not straight.
Step 3: Two big eyes
Across the middle of the head draw 2 big egg eyes, a gap between. Colour a black dot in each.
Step 4: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes draw a wide open smile, flat on top, U underneath. Add a round cheek each side.
Step 5: The middle bead
Under the chin draw a small round ball tucked behind the head, as wide as the gap between the cheeks.
Step 6: A big fuzzy bottom
Under the middle bead draw a big fuzzy egg as wide as the head, with soft bumps along its edges.
Tip A velvet ant is really a wasp in a furry coat.
Step 7: Two dark bands
Across the fuzzy bottom draw 2 bands, each 2 smile lines close together from edge to edge.
Step 8: Front legs
From each side of the middle bead draw a leg out to a knee, then down to a foot.
Tip Each leg is thick at the body and thin at the foot, with a little toe turned out.
Step 9: Middle legs
Under the front legs draw a leg each side, out to a knee and down to a foot.
Step 10: Back legs
Between the 2 bands draw the last leg each side, out to a knee and down to a foot.
Step 11: Pink cheeks
Colour the 2 round cheeks pink.
Step 12: Red coat and mouth
Colour the middle bead, the open mouth and the fuzzy bottom bright red, around the 2 bands.
Step 13: Slate head and legs
Colour the head, bands, legs and feeler balls slate, around the cheeks and mouth. Leave the eyes white. Done!