Hello everyone! Today I'm going to be showing you how to draw a lion. The lion is one of the most popular animals that people always try to draw. Now this tutorial will NOT show you how to draw a realistic lion, rather a little cute lion! But a lion all the same!
STEP ONE:
Drawing a realistic lion is not easy, and will definitely take you more than 10 minutes to complete. But I will be showing you how to draw a lion nevertheless. To do this, you need to place the initial contours of the body and the head correctly. We will be using a grid for this. Divide your drawing paper into six EQUAL parts. Then draw a big circle for the head, and an oval for the body. After, add a few small circles at the bottom of your sheet, as illustrated below.
I apologize for the poor quality of the image, but you get the picture.
STEP TWO:
Start to complete the lion's shape. First draw one curved line for the belly, then add short curved lines for legs at the bottom of the body.
STEP THREE:
Draw simple sketches for the lion's paws. Make sure that you use very thin lines while drawing this, because you will be erasing the unnecessary lines afterwards.
STEP FOUR:
Begin to draw the lions head. Mine is going to come out looking fierce. As you noticed already, the grid lines has been erased. Use a kneaded (putty) eraser for the best turn out.
STEP FIVE:
Erase every unnecessary outline and clearly draw a basic outline. Then draw the contours of the lion's mane. As you draw, gently add little outlines to the mane so it looks like hair. Afterwards, add in the lions tail, and draw the tip of the tail.
Draw in eyes, outline the muzzle, tips of the tail, and there you have it!
Easy peasy! This tutorial won't take you more than 10 minutes to complete. For drawing a realistic lion, I will have to learn more about that. But as you can see, this is also a lion. Roar!!!
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