Flamingo How to Draw a Flamingo Please PAUSE the video after each step to draw at your own pace. For the first few steps, don’t press down too hard with your pencil. Use light, smooth strokes to begin. Step 1: Draw a big circle as a guide for the flamingo’s body. Leave enough room at the top and bottom for the head and feet. Don’t worry about the circle being perfect. It’s just a guide. Step 2: Draw a smaller circle on the top right side as a guide for the flamingo’s head. The higher up you place the circle, the longer the neck will be. Step 3: Draw the two arcs on the right side of the flamingo’s head as a guide for the beak. Place the second smaller arc under the first to create the bent beak. Step 4: Draw a curved line...

Turtle (Red-Eared Slider)... How to Draw a Turtle (Red-Eared Slider) Please PAUSE the video after each step to draw at your own pace (scroll down to see the final red-eared slider turtle drawing). For the first few steps, don’t press down too hard with your pencil. Use light, smooth strokes to begin. Step 1: Draw an oval on its side as a guide for the red-eared slider turtle’s shell. It doesn’t have to be perfect. It’s just a guide. Step 2: Draw a smaller oval on the top right side as a guide for the turtle’s head. Step 3: Draw two lines that connect the two ovals and form the red-eared slider turtle’s neck. Step 4: Under the big oval, draw two angled lines as guides for the turtle’s feet. Step 5: Draw a small line on the right side of the big oval for the turtle’s...

Spider How to Draw a Spider Please PAUSE the video after each step to draw at your own pace (scroll down to see the final spider drawing). For the first few steps, don’t press down too hard with your pencil. Use light, smooth strokes to begin. Step 1: Draw a small circle as a guide for the spider’s head/thorax or cephalothorax. It doesn’t have to be perfect. It’s just a guide. Step 2: Above the circle, draw an oval as a guide for the spider’s abdomen. Again, it’s only a guide, so don’t worry about making it perfect. Step 3: Draw four lines pointing down below the circle as guides for the first four legs. Bend the lines slightly at the base and try to make them the same size on either side. The size of the line will dictate the size of the spider’s...

Platypus How to Draw a Platypus Please PAUSE the video after each step to draw at your own pace (scroll down to see the final platypus drawing). For the first few steps, don’t press down too hard with your pencil. Use light, smooth strokes to begin. Step 1: Draw an oval as a guide for the platypus’ body. The oval doesn’t need to be perfect. It’s just a guide. Step 2: Draw a smaller oval on the left side as a guide for the platypus’ head. This oval should be a little less than half the size of the body and should be placed right next to it. Step 3: Draw a small arc on the left side as a guide for the first part of the platypus’ bill. Step 4: Draw a thinner, longer arc on the left of that as a guide for...

Snake (King Cobra) How to Draw a Snake (King Cobra) Please PAUSE the video after each step to draw at your own pace (scroll down to see the final king cobra snake drawing). For the first few steps, don’t press down too hard with your pencil. Use light, smooth strokes to begin. Step 1: Draw a small oval as a guide for the cobra’s head. It doesn’t have to be perfect. It’s just a guide. Step 2: Below the snake’s head, draw a bigger oval with the top part missing. This will be a guide for the expanded hood. Step 3: Draw a line below the hood as a guide for the body of the snake. The way you draw the line is the shape the snake’s body will take. Draw it coiling toward the front like this or just straight back to make it easier. That’s...