Traditional-Drawing Tutorial: How To Draw Cute Animal Sketches

In this tutorial i'm going to show you how I made a bunch of simple, but cute line drawings to work on your muscle memory on drawing. Beginner level drawing skills are required for this tutorial.
The more detail you add to it these animals, the more you'll are practicing your drawing skills.

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Step 1

Materials:
No 2 pencil
Kneadable erase
Tracing Tablet (or blank white paper)
Black Ink

Simple line drawings are the best to learn with when you are a beginner to drawing, they teach you lines, connecting lines, help you practice proportion, and provides the all important muscle memory practice.

If you are using a tracing tablet, we will start on the last page and work our way forward, if you have done the flower drawing lessons tutorial, you can just start on the page just before the last page you drew on. To block the previous drawings, slip a piece of white paper behind the page you will be drawing on. I will be saving textures and shading for a later tutorial.

Step 1: We are going to start by drawing a frog setting on a lily pad, he is simple to draw and will teach you more about line placement. Please draw the frog head that you see in the image.

Note: As in the Flower Drawing Lessons, we will be redrawing the previous lines on the new pages, to give you practice for muscle memory.

Step 2

Step 2:

Now we are going to start on the front legs, where they meet the head and where they will join the front feet. Please draw what you see in the image.

Step 3

Step 3:

Now we are going to draw in parts of the back legs, please draw the image you see below.

Step 4

Step 4:

Now we draw in the feet, if you notice, the back feet are much larger then the front feet, please draw what you see in the image below.

Step 5

Step 5:

We draw in his face, the lily pad and make it look as if he was sitting on the water, we do this by using the side of the pencil to draw in the water lines. Please draw what you see in the image below. Congratulations, you have now drawn a Frog and his pad!

Step 6

Step 6:

Now we are going to draw a dragon fly, I always start with the body and head, please draw the image you see below.

Step 7

Step 7:

Now its time draw in the wings, please draw what you see in the image below.

Step 8

Step 8:

We need to add the look of the second wing, his feet, his antennas and some body lines, please draw the image you see below.

Step 9

Step 9:

With the dragonfly done, we can now start on the turtle, he's a happy little guy, never has had a snapping moment in all the years I have been drawing him. ;) Please draw the image you see below.

Step 10

Step 10:

Its time now to start drawing in his shell, we don't dare leave him without of home or protection. Please draw the image you see below.

Step 11

Step 11:

Now we add in his features, the shell markings, neck and his front feet, with just a slight a bit of shading. Please draw the image below. Woot! You have just drawn a frog, a dragonfly and a turtle, well done!!! =)

Note: Line drawings are often used as guides for author designed images done in painting and even graphic arts.

Step 12

Step 12:

Now we are going to draw a small duck, please draw the image below.

Step 13

Step 13:

Now draw in the bill and the eye, repeat the image you see below.

Step 14

Step 14:

Lets finish this duck up, add his wing, his webbed feet and finish his eye. Please draw the image you see below. We really don't want him to quack at not having any feet =O

Step 15

Step 15:

Lets draw a lady bug, please start with the body and the head, please follow the image below.

Step 16

Step 16:

Draw in the wings, the antennas and the spots on the wings, follow the image guide below.

Step 17

Step 17:

Lets draw a bumble bee, body and head first, please follow image below.

Step 18

Step 18:

Now draw in his wings, using image below as your guide.

Step 19

Step 19:

Now draw in the stripes on his body, his legs and antennas, using image below as your guide.

Step 20

Step 20:

Puppy Love! I used to draw this dog for my boys often when they were little, they loved it for some reason and now my oldest son draws it for his children. He's becoming a family tradition, sooooo, lets get drawing. Please draw the image you see below, we start with simple circles.

Step 21

Step 21:

Using the image below as your guide, draw in his front legs, the top of his head and top of his paws.

Step 22

Step 22:

Draw in the rest of his front paws and then add his long, fluffy ears, following the drawing below.

Step 23

Step 23:

Draw in his eyes, add collar and his dog tag, using image below. You now have your very own Puppy Love, he is very easy to take care of.

Step 24

Step 24:

Now to make a butterfly, they can be really good practice, due to all the different wing designs you can make. Please use the image below to draw the body and head.

Step 25

step 25:

Now draw the wings, you will see my choice for wing style below.

Step 26

Step 26:

Now draw in your wing decoration, think of your favorite butterfly, real or fantasy.

Step 27

Step 27:

Now lets try drawing a sleeping cat, he is in his favorite spot, the rug in the middle of the floor so everyone can trip on him. Use the image below as your guide.

Step 28

Step 28:

Time to draw his body in, use image below as your guide.

Step 29

Step 29:

Finish drawing in his body.

Step 30

Step 30:

Draw in his features, use the image below as an example.

Step 31

Step 31:

Now lets draw in his rug, it can be as fancy or as plain as you want.


In this tutorial, I showed you how to draw basic frog, bee, dragonfly, turtle, duck, lady bug, puppy, butterfly and a cat. I hope that you enjoyed learning and I hope you don't hesitate to make them into your own style, making changes here and there. In drawing as with any other art, the artist sees things in individual way and their image will be different then someone else. Enjoy your time drawing, try new things, don't get frustrated when something seems to hard for you, just keep practicing until you can accomplish it with ease. You learned to walk, talk and dance, you can learn to draw. The only thing that will stop you from learning is you, yourself, and the limits you put on yourself.

26 Comments:

Akassa says:

Oh this is a really cute tutorial!

(2 years and 124 days ago)

Giggles says:

That's just awesome!Thanks a lot!

(2 years and 124 days ago)

George55 says:

Nice training for beginners. Thanks!

(2 years and 122 days ago)

scratzilla1 says:

very cute... well explained

(2 years and 118 days ago)

Guest says:

those little,cute animals are so nice!

(2 years and 44 days ago)

Guest says:

They are verycute!!!!

(1 year and 325 days ago)

Guest says:

They are so so so so so so so so so so so so so... cute! (^^^)

(1 year and 325 days ago)

Guest says:

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(1 year and 325 days ago)

Guest says:

B)

(1 year and 325 days ago)

Guest says:

It is very cute cause I love those animals alot and It Is a very good training for begginers.cute!!!!!!!!




sincerly,
sonia cancino magana

(1 year and 319 days ago)

Guest says:

a really those animal suck!lol

(1 year and 313 days ago)

Guest says:

YOU GUYS ARE awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they are sooooo cute!!!! i especially like the cat B)

(1 year and 308 days ago)

Guest says:

i love the animals everyone wants me to make one for them sincerly judy blume

(1 year and 302 days ago)

Guest says:

those r really cute and cool

(1 year and 300 days ago)

Guest says:

good trianning but there so ugly

(1 year and 233 days ago)

Guest says:

i drew a poster out of them and who ever says they are not cute you are a b

(1 year and 226 days ago)

Guest says:

hi this is beeha.this gallary is really helpful for kids

(1 year and 201 days ago)

ssadat2567@hotmail.com says:

there nice for me to do for an art project

(1 year and 144 days ago)

Guest says:

that is awsem i coppes that it was cool

(1 year and 103 days ago)

cool girl says:

Those are so,so,so,so,so,so,so,so,so,so,so,so,cute

(1 year and 79 days ago)

Guest says:

omg soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute

(1 year and 44 days ago)

Guest says:

this is soooooooooooooooooooo awwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeessssssssssommmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. IDK what else to says

(1 year and 24 days ago)

Besty says:

i think these are good examples and very nice explaining. I like these animals but i DON'T think they should have the cat or the dog. But that's just my opinion. But yes they are sooooooo sute! luv ya!

(351 days ago)

Guest says:

i like these drawings but i like drawing stuff more complicated like stuff with more detail and designs

(314 days ago)

fashjg says:

cool drawin

(309 days ago)

Guest says:

The isects only have 4 legs.. :/

(157 days ago)

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