A LION DRAWING HOW TO

The further away from the bottom jaw you go the longer your mane will be. Sketch in the mane by drawing a curved line connecting the tops of the ears and another larger curved line that connects the bottom of the ears going all the way to the bottom of your vertical line. Next very lightly draw two diagonal lines from the centre point to the edges of the two circles that you drew for the muzzle to form a triangle shape. Once you have done this connect the bottom half circle to the large circle by drawing two diagonal lines. This should be slightly smaller than the length of the two circles added together. To do this add a half circle below the circles you have just draw. This is going to form the muzzle or part of the mouth. They should be roughly 2 thirds the length of each half of the face. They should slightly overlap with the bottom of the face circle. Next draw two even smaller circles roughly half the size of the ears towards the bottom of the face. Your drawing will actually look better if it isn’t completely symmetrical. It doesn’t matter if these aren’t perfectly in line. These should be slightly smaller than one of the quarters of the main circle. Draw two smaller circles on top of the first. Roughly half the length of the horizontal line. This is going to become your lion’s face. This is done by drawing a vertical line in the middle of your page then a horizontal line around one third from the top of the first line.ĭraw a circle around the point where the two lines cross. This lets me understand the perspective and place the eye line and mid-point of the lion’s head. When I draw a lion I always start my simple drawings with a cross. Draw the clumps in slightly different sizes, shapes and directions.Draw the fur as clumps not individual hairs.Add details such as pupils and hanging corners of the mouth.Make the nose slightly smaller than the gap between the eyes.Add the eyes just above the mid point of the head.

Sketch in the basic shapes of the lions head.I also recommend only pressing very lightly with your pencil at the start so that you can easily erase the construction lines when you have finished. We’ll begin with the basic shapes then move on to more detailed work.įor beginners just starting out I recommend starting with a 2H a pencil and paper then moving on to darker B-8B pencils in the later drawing stages.

A LION DRAWING HOW TO

We will start with a simple tutorial showing how to draw a lion’s head. Then in I will be sharing my process for turning that basic drawing into a finished work of art. We are going to cover the basic step by step approach that I follow when drawing a realistic lion. Which is why I decided to share with you my approach for how to draw a realistic lion But lions can be a very difficult and challenging subject to draw. I love creating the long flowing manes and the bright, fierce eyes. One of my absolute favourite animals to draw is a Lion.

A lion drawing