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How to Draw a Zebra

14 steps · Tricky · about 11 min

Draw a zebra in 14 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 of your paper draw a big round head with soft cheeks. Leave room on the right.
Tip A big head makes it cute: as big as the body is deep.
Step 2: Eyes and nose
Draw 2 big oval eyes in the middle of the head. Add an egg nose, 2 nostrils and a smile.
Step 3: The ears
On each top corner of the head draw a leaf ear pointing up. Add a smaller leaf inside each.
Step 4: Neck and mane
From behind the head and from the chin, draw 2 neck lines down to the right. Add a bumpy mane.
Step 5: The body
Start at the neck bottom. Draw a big bean body with a round bottom, back to the neck.
Tip A bean, not a loaf: the bottom is rounder and higher.
Step 6: Two legs
Draw a ground line. From the chest draw a front leg, thinner down to a hoof. Add a back leg.
Tip Each leg is thicker at the top, like a carrot.
Step 7: The far legs
Draw 2 more legs peeking out from behind the first ones. Start under the tummy and stop at a hoof.
Step 8: The tail
Start at the top corner of the bottom. Draw a thin tail hanging down, ending in a leaf tuft.
Step 9: Body stripes
Draw 6 curved stripes hanging from the back line, and 2 on the neck under the mane.
Tip Stripes are soft bands with rounded ends, not triangles.
Step 10: Head stripes
Draw 3 little rainbow stripes on the forehead, between the ears.
Step 11: Grey nose
Go over your lines. Colour the nose grey. Leave the body and the eyes white.
Step 12: Peach ears, grey hooves
Colour the inside of the ears peach and the hooves dark grey.
Step 13: Black stripes
Colour all the stripes on the body, neck and forehead black.
Step 14: Black mane and tuft
Colour the mane and the tail tuft black. Your zebra is done!